Television inventions 09/08

20080231684 - Video streaming system: A streaming video system may include a video capture terminal configured to communicate with a first communications network and a video receiving terminal configured to communicate with a second network operatively connected to the first network. The video capture terminal may be configured to capture video data and stream the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080231685 - Communication system and communication method: A transmitting device transmits a video signal and an audio signal based on a television broadcasting signal, or a still picture signal and a silence signal as a transmission signal to a receiving device. The receiving device supplies the video signal and the audio signal transmitted from the transmitting device,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080231686 - Generation of constructed model for client runtime player using motion points sent over a network: Particular embodiments generally relate to generating video of a view of a constructed model which was generated using information derived by behavior tracking analysis of video. A webcam may capture video of a human user on a first device. A constructed model based on behavioral changes detected in the video... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20080231687 - Minimizing fast video update requests in a video conferencing system: In one embodiment, a method includes dropping an initial series of video frames received by a video conferencing system from a first endpoint that has entered a video conference session as a first participant. One or more fast video update (FVU) messages received by the video conferencing system from the... Agent: The Law Offices Of Bradley J. Bereznak

20080231688 - Video bit-stream gamma-correction method and a multipoint control unit: A video bit-stream gamma characteristic correction method and a multipoint control unit in video communication field resolve the gamma distortion problem of video image in the existing multimedia communication. In the method, the receiving end carries out correction once through carrying the gamma characteristic parameter of the transmission end in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080231689 - Beamsplitter display: A three dimensional viewing assembly includes a first display, a second display, and a beamsplitter. The first display is for displaying a first image. The second display is for displaying a second image. The beamsplitter is disposed at least partially between the first display and the second display, and is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080231690 - Display apparatus: A display apparatus comprises a spatial light modulator and optical elements in series therewith. The optical elements provide a first parallax element being a parallax barrier capable of directing light output from the display apparatus into a first plurality of viewing windows, and a second parallax element capable of directing... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080231691 - User-adjustable three-dimensional display system and method: A display system and method for providing user adjustability of displayed three-dimensional images. The system simultaneously displays a left-eye perspective view of an image and a right-eye perspective view of the same image, at a separation distance, and allows for the selective control of the separation distance via, for example,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080231695 - Device for dental operations: a compensated, articulated arm that bears, fixed to its distal end, a support on which the video-endoscope (10) is locked. According to the invention, the rotation and reflection of the image is obtained by means of an optical group composed of a first optical half-prism (16), a second optical half-prism... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20080231692 - Electronic endoscope apparatus: An electronic endoscope apparatus has: an image forming function of forming a moving image and a still image of an observation object according to an output signal of an image pickup device; and a main electronic enlargement function of forming an electronically enlarged image of the observation object at an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080231694 - Image processor of endoscope system: An image processor of an endoscope system comprises an input connector and a determination unit. The input connector is used for connecting one of a video signal output device that outputs a video signal that includes a synchronization signal and a non-video signal output device that outputs a non-video signal... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080231693 - Optical device, camera module, mobile phone, digital still camera, and medical endoscope: An optical device includes an optical element and a transparent element. The optical element includes an image pickup region provided on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate for outputting a signal according to incident light, a peripheral circuit region provided around the image pickup region for transmitting a signal... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080231696 - Electronic image pickup apparatus: An electronic image pickup apparatus includes a zoom lens system which is a taking optical system, an electronic image pickup element which is disposed at an image side of the taking optical system (zoom lens system), and which converts an image formed by the taking optical system (zoom lens system)... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080231697 - Portable digital photographing system combining position navigation information and image information: Taught is a portable digital photographing system combining position navigation information and image information, wherein the position navigation information and the captured image information is combined and processed by a digital signal processing unit. The combined information then is stored in a register and displayed through an interface circuit. The... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20080231698 - Vehicle video control system: A vehicle video control system is provided comprising a video camera unit having a wide angle (preferably a fisheye) lens mounted atop a column, wherein the column is attached to a manned or robotic vehicle, and an operator control unit in communication with the video camera unit. A continuous video... Agent: Townsend & Banta C/o Portfolio Ip

20080231699 - Dome type camera: A lens (16) is rotatably provided inside a dome cover (22). The lens (16) is supported so that the center of rotation can be moved from the center of a dome to a position apart therefrom in the zenith direction. A lens moving mechanism for moving the lens (16) according... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080231700 - Computer system for continuous oblique panning: A computer system for continuously panningoblique images. More particularly, the computer system uses a methodology whereby separate oblique images are presented in a manner that allows a user to maintain an understanding of the relationship of specific features between different oblique images when panning.... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.C.

20080231703 - Field watch apparatus: A field watch apparatus of vehicular use includes a camera and a mirror-integrated display unit. The mirror-integrated display unit is integrally disposed with a room mirror, and have two surroundings view monitors for displaying surroundings views that are captured by the camera. The mirror-integrated display unit is disposed at a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080231704 - Vehicle accessory module: An accessory system for a vehicle includes an accessory module, at least one accessory and an attachment member at an interior surface of a vehicle windshield. The at least one accessory comprises a camera having a lens, with the camera being disposed in the accessory module, and the accessory module... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080231701 - Vehicle maneuvering aids: A vehicle 1 towing a trailer 4 is fitted with three video cameras 5, 6, 7 fitted to the rear of the vehicle and on each door mirror. A view from any camera can be presented to the driver on a display 11. A predicted trailer path, calculated in a... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20080231702 - Vehicle outside display system and display control apparatus: When any of obstacle sensors detects an obstacle, a distance to the obstacle may be shorter than a reference distance. In such a case a vehicle outside display system clips a detection area corresponding to the obstacle sensor used for the detection from a photographed image supplied from a camera.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080231705 - System and method for detecting motion and providing an audible message or response: The present invention is to provide a system and method for monitoring a location that may include detecting motion in an area and providing an audible message in the area where motion is detected. The system may include a central processing unit (CPU), one or more video cameras coupled to... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080231706 - System and method for managing moving surveillance cameras: An approach that manages moving surveillance cameras is described. In one embodiment, there is a system for managing images generated from a movable camera. In this embodiment, the system comprises a motion estimation component configured to determine camera motion. A camera motion alert component is configured to generate an alert... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080231707 - Mobile security tower: A mobile security apparatus has a concrete base with a tall tower pole imbedded in the base. The concrete base is hollow and contains electronic equipment. The base and tower are towed horizontally on a trailer. The trailer has a slidable inner carriage. A push up ladder is connected to... Agent: Don W. Weber

20080231708 - Network apparatus, sound data transmission method, sound data transmission program, monitoring apparatus and security camera system: A network apparatus that sends sound data to another network apparatus connected over a network is disclosed. The network apparatus includes: a destination selecting part configured to select a predetermined number of network apparatuses as a destination network apparatus from network apparatuses connected to the network; and a sound data... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080231709 - System and method for managing the interaction of object detection and tracking systems in video surveillance: A system, method and program product for providing a video surveillance system that enhances object detection by utilizing feedback from a tracking system to an object detection system. A system is provided that includes: a moving object detection system for detecting moving objects in a video input; an object tracking... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080231710 - Method and apparatus for camera calibration, and vehicle: A camera calibration apparatus has a parameter deriver adapted to find parameters for projecting images shot with N cameras (where N is an integer of 3 or more) onto a predetermined surface and merging the images together. The N cameras comprise a first camera, a second camera, . . .... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080231711 - Automated compliance testing for video devices: A method of automated video device testing, and source and sink video devices are disclosed. A test signal may be provided by way of a video link from a video source to a video sink, over a video link extending therebetween. The method includes receiving on the video link a... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20080231712 - Portable video acquisition and internet broadcast system: A camera used to acquire video images at the remote site having a means for acquiring a video image, a wireless transceiver for transmitting the video images to a wireless Internet router. The camera includes a built-in web server for serving the images over the Internet to client computers having... Agent: William J. Mason Maccord Mason PLLC

20080231714 - System and method for capturing images: System and method for capturing images with reduced blur. An embodiment includes an image sensor to capture optical information, a shutter coupled to the image sensor, a motion sensor to measure movement of an electronic device, and a processor coupled to the image sensor, to the shutter, and to the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080231713 - Handheld article with movement discrimination: A digital camera has a pair of angular rate-sensing gyroscopic sensors with mutually perpendicular axes and an electronic circuit responsive to the sensor output signals to discriminate between voluntary and involuntary movements of the article as a function of the number of zero crossings per unit time of the signal... Agent: Fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20080231715 - Image taking apparatus: There is prepared an image sensor capable of creating an image of 300 frames per second. The image sensor creates consecutively images so that the digital signal processing section 182 generates a piled up image. When the face detection section 190 detects a face, the digital signal processing section 182... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080231716 - Connecting a camera to a network: A camera for connection to an authorised user via a network. The camera has a processor arranged to execute a communications client program and an image data decoding program. The camera further has means for capturing image data including encoded login data, the image data being supplied to the image... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080231717 - Digital camera capable of image processing: In a digital camera, when a motion image reducing mode is set, a pointer is displayed on a monitor. When the operator operates on cursor key, the pointer moves, and when the operator operates a determination key at two different pointer positions, a rectangular frame is formed. Namely, the two... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080231718 - Compensating for undesirable camera shakes during video capture: An image processor in an image capture device compensates for the effects of undesirable camera shakes occurring during video capture The image processor receives a pair of source frames representing images of a scene, generates a pair of subsampled frames from the source frames, and computes a coarse displacement of... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20080231721 - Image capture systems and methods: Image capture systems and methods for use in a picture-taking device. The system comprises an image sensor and a processing unit. The image sensor captures at least one picture. The processing unit determines whether a specific behavior exists in the picture. If so, the processing unit drives the device to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080231725 - Image capturing apparatus and dark current component cancel processing method: An image capturing apparatus having a shutter for making an image capturing element enter a light-shielded state or a light-unshielded state comprises an image capturing condition storing unit for storing a plurality of image capturing conditions, a dark-time image data storing unit for storing a plurality of pieces of dark-time... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080231723 - Imaging block and imaging apparatus: An imaging block includes a prism, first and second imaging devices, an analog/digital convertor, a timing generator, and first, second, third circuit boards. The prism separates light incident through a lens into at least two colors and outputs the light. The first and second imaging devices are each generates a... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. C/o Frommer Lawrence 7 Haug LLP

20080231724 - Quick image capture system: A quick image capture system for a notebook computer able to capture the images while the notebook computer does not launch an operation system is described. The quick image capture system includes a hot key, a read-only memory, a central processing unit, a chip set, a random-access memory, a video... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080231720 - Range finder system and electronic system having same: A range finder system (100) includes a point light source (10), image pickup devices (20), (30), and a processing device (50). The point light source (10) emits light. The image pickup devices (20), (30) include lenses (22), (32) and sensors (24), (34), respectively. The lenses have focal lengths F1, F2... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080231722 - System and method for image capture and distribution: A system and method for capture, storage and display of a video image are disclosed. The system and method involve camera-based capture of images on an independent data storage medium for a first period of time. Thereafter, images are simultaneously captured on the independent data storage medium and a digital... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20080231719 - Thermography camera configured for leak detection: A portable camera system (100) includes a lens (104) for forming a focused image of a survey scene (106) onto a focal plane array (108). The focal plane array (108) comprises a cooled two dimensional array of quantum well infrared photo detectors, (QWIP) having a peak spectral responsivity in the... Agent: Edward L. Kelley Dba Invention Management Associates

20080231726 - Apparatus and method for image color correction in a portable device: A method and apparatus for image color correction in a portable device. A device 100 can include a housing 110, a first camera 120 coupled to the housing, the first camera configured to capture a first image 125, and a second camera 130 coupled to the housing, the second camera... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080231730 - Camera system: A camera system is provided, which performs exposure amount control operation in combination with gradation conversion processing for an image signal acquired from a CCD. With such a camera system, a control unit performs control operation so as to perform pre-shooting multiple times with different exposure amounts prior to real... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080231727 - Extended dynamic range using variable sensitivity pixels: A method for reading out an image sensor, the method includes the steps of integrating charge in a photodetector with the photodetector at a first capacitance; reading the resulting signal level at a first time with the photodetector at the first capacitance; changing the photodetector capacitance to a second capacitance;... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080231728 - Image capturing apparatus, light metering method, luminance calculation method, and program: An image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing processing unit capable of selectively performing a normal image capturing process in a normal image capturing mode and a combined image capturing process in a combined image capturing mode, the normal image capturing process being a process of obtaining a single exposure... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080231729 - Light source estimation device, light source estimation system, light source estimation method, device for super-resolution, and method for super-resolution: An imaging device condition determination section determines whether a condition of an imaging device is suitable for obtaining light source information. When it is determined to be suitable, a light source image obtaining section obtains a light source image by the imaging device. A first imaging device information obtaining section... Agent: Gregory A. Stobbs

20080231732 - Streaking correction signal generating circuit, streaking correction signal generating method, program, streaking correcting circuit, and imaging device: A streaking correction signal generating circuit includes a light-shield waveform detecting unit configured to detect signal levels of respective lines in a horizontal light shield by using an output signal of the horizontal light shield of an image sensor; a black level detecting unit configured to detect a black level... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080231731 - Imager and method for consistent repeatable alignment in a solid imaging apparatus: A solid imaging apparatus is provided that includes a replaceable cartridge containing a source of build material and an extendable and retractable flexible transport film for transporting the build material layer-by-layer from the cartridge to the surface of a build in an image plane. An operator using the device needs... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon

20080231733 - Amplification type solid state imaging device: An amplification type solid state imaging device in use includes at least a light-receiving portion 10 formed by arranging on a semiconductor substrate 7 one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally a plurality of pixels that convert incident light to signal charge and output electric signals corresponding to the amount of the signal charge,... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20080231734 - Method of processing images from an imaging device: A method of processing images from an imaging device corrects defective pixels in an image acquired with the imaging device. The method includes a step of acquiring position information about continuous defective pixels from the position information about the defective pixels, a first correcting step of correcting the defective pixels... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080231735 - Activity-based system and method for reducing gain imbalance in a bayer pattern and digital camera employing the same: An activity-based system for, and method of, reducing Gr-Gb gain imbalance and a digital camera incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a sensor configured to provide a input Bayer pattern array containing amplitudes corresponding to Gr and Gb cells and (2) a processor... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080231736 - Method, apparatus and system providing an image sensor having pixels with multiple exposures, diodes and gain readouts: A method, apparatus and system are described providing a high dynamic range pixel. Operating conditions, including integration time and sensitivity of different photosensors, and signal processing, including gain settings, are selected to provide multiple possible response curves. An output is selected from the possible response curves and used to provide... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080231737 - Dual storage node pixel for cmos sensor: A sensor includes control circuitry and a pixel having a photo site, a first storage node and a second storage node. The control circuitry operates to transfer a first collected signal produced by light from a first image from the photo site to the first storage node during a first... Agent: Fisher Technology Law

20080231738 - Image sensor, single-plate color image sensor, and electronic device: An image sensor includes an imaging area including a plurality of cells arrayed in a matrix on a semiconductor substrate, each of the cells including an avalanche photodiode, the avalanche photodiode including: an anode region buried in an upper portion of the semiconductor substrate; a cathode region buried in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080231739 - Solid-state imaging device and method for manufacturing the same: A transfer film, on which an adhesive is applied, is glued to plural spacers formed on a glass substrate. The glass substrate is laid on a working table, and one end of the transfer film is fixed to a winding roller. A peeling guide is set at a position over... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080231740 - Camera with multiple displays: The present disclosure relates to a digital camera including a first image display formed on the surface of the camera body. The digital camera also includes a second image display mounted to the camera body and deployable to at least one viewing position in which the first and second image... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080231741 - Camera with multiple displays: The present disclosure relates to a digital camera including a first image display formed on the surface of the camera body. The digital camera also includes a second image display mounted to the camera body and deployable to at least one viewing position in which the first and second image... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080231742 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus is disclosed which includes: an image pickup unit that picks up a shooting object; an illuminating unit that illuminates the shooting object; a specifying unit that specifies a range of illumination by the illuminating unit; an illumination range image generating unit that generates an image of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080231743 - Image sensor package and image capture device with same: An image sensor package is provided. The image sensor package includes a basic body, an image sensor chip, a carrier, and at least one passive component. The image sensor chip is electrically and structurally connected to the basic body, the image sensor package including a sensitive region. The carrier positioned... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080231744 - Machine having camera and mounting strategy therefor: A machine includes a frame having ground engaging elements for propelling a machine, and a body mounted to the frame. The body includes a plurality of body components, one of which is contoured for mounting a camera that includes a continuous face and a pocket each formed in an outer... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper

20080231745 - Video processing apparatus and video display apparatus: There is provided a video processing apparatus comprising a motion vector detection unit for detecting data on the motions of objects by using at least two frames, an interpolation frame generation unit for generating interpolation frames in the horizontal/vertical and temporal directions in accordance with the motion vectors obtained by... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080231747 - Deinterlacing method and apparatus for digital motion picture: A deinterlacing method for a digital motion picture is provided. The method includes determining if a predicted pixel lies in an artificial horizontal line or not according to the relationship among a first pixel value, a second pixel value, a first threshold value and a second threshold value; and estimating... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080231746 - Method and system for edge directed deinterlacing in video image processing: A method and a system is provided for deinterlacing interlaced video containing an interlaced image field f including scan lines of multiple pixels. Such deinterlacing involves detecting the one or more edge directions in the image field f using principal component analysis (PCA), and performing spatial interpolation to reconstruct a... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20080231748 - De-interlacing system with an adaptive edge threshold and interpolating method thereof: A de-interlacing system with an adaptive edge threshold has a motion factor generator to produce a motion factor of a position in accordance with a previous and a next fields. An adaptive edge threshold generator produces the adaptive edge threshold in accordance with a current, the previous and the next... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080231749 - Image data processing apparatus: An image data processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a base clock output circuit for outputting a base clock; a plurality of image processors; and a plurality of external PLL circuits provided for each one of the plurality of image processors. The plurality of external PLL circuits each synchronize... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080231750 - Broadcast reception device: The broadcast reception device includes: a primary storage unit (1808) and a secondary storage unit (1807) which store a main service-list; and a CPU (1806) which acquires, from a broadcast signal, SI constructed using NIT, NTT, and SVCT, and SI constructed using LVCT, updates the main service-list based on service... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080231751 - Scheme for determining the locations and timing of advertisements and other insertions in media: A method for use with content includes analyzing a sequence of frames of the content, determining whether an area exists in a scene depicted by the sequence of frames where additional content such as advertising can be inserted without obstructing activity in the scene, for any such area, determining an... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080231752 - Method for generating a clear frame from an image frame containing a subject disposed before a backing of nonuniform illumination: A method for extracting a clear frame from an image frame containing at least one or more subjects disposed before a backing, whose color and luminance vary smoothly from one backing area to another. The method replaces a subject's pixel signal levels with backing pixel signal levels. The method selects... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080231753 - Noise reducer for video signals: A noise reducer for a signal determines a direction of correlation for each picture element (pixel) by calculating sums of absolute differences between a block centered on the pixel and neighboring blocks centered on surrounding pixels and choosing the direction of the neighboring block with the least sum of absolute... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080231754 - System and method for dynamically establishing microdisplay driver offsets using brightness value in rear projection tv having dynamic iris control: In a rear projection microdisplay TV with dynamic iris control, sensed average picture level (APL) or other sensed brightness level is used to dynamically establish microdisplay driver offsets including white balance.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080231756 - Apparatus and method of processing image as well as apparatus and method of generating reproduction information: An apparatus of processing an image based on an image signal relative to a video contains display-size-changing-and-deciding device that detects a motion vector of on object based on the image signal and decides a display size of the image based on the detected motion vector, and display-size-setting device that sets... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080231755 - Methods and apparatuses for upscaling video: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect content that represents original image information; detect a direction of the content wherein the direction corresponds to a portion of the original image information; compare a variation between adjacent pixels that are represented by the original image information; and generate new image... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080231757 - Moving image processing apparatus and method, and computer readable memory: A frame extraction unit detects a luminance change point frame in which the brightness change amount between frames is equal to or higher than a threshold value from a moving image formed by a plurality of frames. A flash check unit checks the presence/absence of a flash portion in the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080231758 - Television production technique: A television production system (300) affords simplification over the automation of a television program such as a news program by making use of State Memory Objects (S-MEMs), each defining one or more operations for execution by one or more production devices. The S-MEMS serve to control one or more actuators... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080231759 - Removing interfering signals in a broadband radio frequency receiver: Various embodiments are directed to removing interfering signals in a broadband radio frequency (RF) receiver by implementing a silicon tuner arranged to replicate high quality factor (Q) performance without the advantages of using high Q components available for module tuners. In one or more embodiments, tuned filter elements within a... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20080231760 - Control device: A control device including a means for capturing an image of a display; means for determining from said captured image, information defining a desired position on said display; and means for sending a signal having the determined information. Embodiments of the present disclosure have many applications such as with television... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080231761 - Information communication system, terminal apparatus, base apparatus, information communication method, information processing method, and computer program and recording medium: An information communication system for performing bidirectional communication over a network, which may include a terminal apparatus, a base apparatus, and a memory supplied in at least one of the base apparatus and the terminal apparatus. A terminal control unit in the terminal apparatus may cause a transmission of a... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080231762 - System and method for application dependent universal remote control: A remote control device includes one or more mode buttons which, when manipulated, cause plural controlled devices to assume preset configurations. HDMI CEC can be used to convey device ID information to the TV, which can then access the Internet using the ID information and receive back device control information... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080231763 - System and method for displaying and capturing images: A system for displaying and capturing images with a portable device includes a projector to project an image, a position sensor to determine positional information, and a processor coupled to the projector and to the position sensor. The processor adjusts the image based on the positional information. The position sensor... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080231764 - Writing surface with video display: A system of a video display and a writing surface. In one embodiment, the system includes a writing surface, a video display and a service interface for coupling the system to an appliance surface. In another embodiment, the system includes a main body, a video display attached to the main... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20080225109 - Method of displaying images on a mobile communication terminal: A mobile communication terminal displays images of a video conference to enable a feeling of natural conversation ambience to the participants. The terminal captures an image of the terminal user and receives images of other video conference participants. The terminal displays one of the received images closest to the camera,... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080225110 - Virtual camera system and instant communication method: The present invention discloses a virtual camera system and an instant communication method. The virtual camera system comprises a multimedia imaging unit, a virtual camera unit, an instant communication unit and a display unit, wherein the multimedia imaging unit outputs a video data; the virtual camera unit is coupled to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080225111 - Two-way communication system, communication terminal device and image mute control method: A two-way communication system in which a plurality of communication terminal devices are mutually connected via a network, wherein the communication terminal devices include: a camera; and a terminal main unit; and wherein the camera includes an imaging unit configured to image a subject to output image data; and wherein... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080225112 - Image communicating display apparatus and image communication method thereof: An image communicating display apparatus includes: an imaging unit that picks up and processes an image signal of an object; a voice input unit that receives a voice signal of the object; an encoder that receives and encodes the image and voice signals and generates information on the object; a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080225114 - Stereoscopic display apparatus: A method of computing a display value to be provided to a stereoscopic display apparatus (150) is disclosed, The method comprises:—determining a first intermediate value (811) from a 3-D representation on basis of a first one of the angular directions and coordinates of a first one of the picture elements... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080225113 - Three-dimensional image display device, method for displaying three-dimensional image, and structure of three-dimensional image data: A three-dimensional image display device includes a display section having pixels arranged in a matrix and each includes three color component sub-pixels arranged in vertical stripes, and a light beam control element installed opposite the display section and having optical apertures arranged in a substantially horizontal direction and extending linearly... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L. L. P.

20080225115 - Perspective distortion inspecting equipment and method of translucent panel: Perspective distortion inspecting equipment (1) comprising an LED plate (3), a CCD camera (4), and a computer (6). The LED plate has a plurality of target marks (T) inclining at 45 degrees. Under a state where a panel (2) is arranged between the LED plate and the CCD camera, the... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080225116 - Method and apparatus for defining and reconstructing rois in scalable video coding: A multiple ROI (region of interest) setting method and apparatus in scalable video coding and an ROI reconstructing method and apparatus are provided. The multiple ROI setting apparatus includes: an ROI setting unit which sets at least one or more ROIs and allocates ROI identification numbers to the each of... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080225117 - Method for controlling masking block in monitoring camera: A method for controlling a masking block in a monitoring camera. The method adjusts the masking block to precisely hide an image of a subject with its position and size changed when a zoom magnification is changed under a state where the masking block is set. In addition, the method... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080225118 - On-vehicle emergency call apparatus: An on-vehicle emergency call apparatus includes: a camera capturing an image of an interior of a vehicle; a capturing controller controlling the camera; and a transmitter transmitting an image capturing result obtained by the capturing camera to an emergency information center. The capturing controller controls the camera so as to... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080225119 - Video distribution device: A video display function that enables the user to view video. When a plurality of video signals are displayed on a screen, processes are performed to set at least one pattern of information about the arrangement of video signals on the screen, display a list of arrangement information, select at... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080225120 - Security system: A security system (10) includes an alternating electric current powered motion sensor assembly (30), and a direct electric powered security module (31) incorporating a storage device (63). A digital camera includes a digital camera mechanism (50) associated with the security module (31), and a digital camera lens (51) associated with... Agent: Michael Winfield Goltry

20080225121 - Camera terminal and monitoring system: The present invention is a camera terminal 110A in a monitoring system for imaging a monitoring subject region by cooperatively operating multiple camera terminals, and is equipped with a camera 101A having a function to change an imaging region, a communicator 103A to transmit/receive information for identifying the imaging region... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080225122 - Deterministic triggering over an ethernet network: A method and system for rendering Ethernet linked components deterministic, the method including the step of storing a communication rule set in each of at least two Ethernet linked components where the set specifies rules by which the two components communicate and monitoring communications between the two components to identify... Agent: Cognex Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080225123 - Electronic mirror: An Electronic Mirror is described that can capture and display, using a digital/video camera or cameras, the image of a subject as they look when viewing themselves in a mirror. The captured image is displayed on a video monitor or TV set. A widescreen flat panel monitor is utilized, having... Agent: Robert Osann, Jr.

20080225124 - Demo mode for digital cameras and other electronic devices: Digital cameras, systems, and methods for implementing a demo mode are disclosed. An exemplary method of demonstrating a digital camera to a user may comprise activating a demo mode that displays demonstrative camera display images. The method may also comprise suspending the demo mode so that a user can try... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080225125 - Image feature identification and motion compensation apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus, systems, and methods disclosed herein may estimate the magnitude of relative motion between a scene and an image capture device used to capture the scene. Some embodiments may utilize discrete cosine transform and/or Sobel gradient techniques to identify one or more blocks of pixels in an originating calibration image... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080225126 - Shake correction apparatus of a camera: A shake correction apparatus of a camera, includes a stationary support board; an electrical board movable relative to the stationary support board; an image pickup device supported by the electrical board and including leads made of a magnetic material which are arranged on a periphery of the image pickup device... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080225127 - Digital image stabilization method for correcting horizontal inclination distortion and vertical scaling distortion: Provided is a digital image stabilization method. The method includes: extracting characterizing points from a current frame; matching the characterizing points of the current frame with characterizing points of a previous frame; detecting an outlier from the matched characterizing points and removing the outlier; calculating homography using the characterizing points... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080225128 - Image-capturing apparatus, image-capturing method, and computer program product: In an image-capturing apparatus, recorded position information is stored upon receiving instruction of storing the recorded position information, and real-time position information is stored upon a photograph is taken, which is stored together with a captured-image. The image-capturing apparatus executes mode changeover from a recorded position information use mode to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080225129 - Electronic equipment and method in electronic equipment for forming image information and a program product for implementation of the method: The invention relates to electronic equipment. The equipment includes camera means for forming data from an object located in the imaging direction, in which case the said camera means include at least two camera units (CAM1, CAM2) and data-processing means, which are arranged to process the data formed using the... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080225133 - Cmos aps with stacked avalanche multiplication layer and low voltage readout electronics: An image sensor includes a pixel having a protection circuit connected to a charge multiplying photoconversion layer. The protection circuit prevents the pixel circuit from breaking down when the voltage in the pixel circuit reaches the operating voltage applied to the charge multiplying photoconversion layer in response to the image... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080225131 - Image analysis system and image analysis method: An image analysis system includes a camera which captures an image of a monitor object, a mirror mounted at a predetermined angle within a visual field of the camera so as to form an image of the monitor object viewed from a direction different from a capturing direction of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080225132 - Image display system, image transmission apparatus, image transmission method, image display apparatus, image display method, and program: Camera sections pick up divided images obtained by dividing a panorama image to generate image data at a high resolution. Image data processing sections perform compression encoding on the image data at the high resolution through encoder to obtain first compressed image data. The image data processing sections perform size... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080225130 - Method for extracting of multiple sub-windows of a scanning area by means of a digital video camera: The present invention relates to the field of extracting a plurality of sub-windows of a scanning area of an external object to be scanned by means of a digital video camera providing a digital video stream of said scanning area. In a first step a defining of a size and... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080225134 - Updateable endoscopic video imaging system with unified electro-optic cable: A control unit is detachably coupled to a camera and receptive of the imaging data with a plurality of data processing instructions being stored on the camera and/or the control unit such that when the camera is coupled to the control unit, the plurality of data processing instructions transfer the... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080225135 - Imaging device element: characteristic are improved. An imaging device having a hybrid RGBYC color filter using a primary color system RGB filter and a complementary color system YC filter is composed. Four G filters that directly relate to resolution and that is close to a luminance signal that human eyes sense are arrayed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080225136 - Imaging apparatus and automatic exposure controlling method: An imaging apparatus having an automatic exposure function includes: an imaging section which images a photographic subject, and which obtains image data according to the photographic subject; and a controller configured to: judge whether or not imaging conditions at the time of imaging by the imaging section are backlight conditions;... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080225137 - Image information processing apparatus: An image information processing apparatus which uses more than one wireless IC tag to detect the information concerning a present position of a target object to be shot and which senses an image of the object based on the position information is disclosed. This apparatus is operative in corporation with... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080225138 - Camera: A camera includes: an image obtaining unit that obtains an object image obtained by capturing an image of an object and a dust reference image obtained by capturing an image of dust that adheres on an image sensor or a protecting member protecting the image sensor; a recording unit that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080225139 - Imaging device: An imaging device includes an imaging optical system including at least one movable optical element; an image sensor, an imaging surface of which lies on an image-forming plane of the imaging optical system; a circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted; and an image processing circuit for processing... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080225140 - Image sensors: A pixel structure includes two different photosensitive portions. One portion is shielded from incident light and the signals from both are fed into an op amp so that the differential signal is output as the pixel output, thereby cancelling dark current.... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080225141 - Phase adjustment device, phase adjustment method and digital camera: A brightness level detector detects a brightness level of the digital imaging signal for each of the plurality of pixels. A shading detector sets a group of pixel regions distant from each other in a horizontal direction in the imaging element and then detects whether or not shadings are generated... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080225142 - Solid-state imaging device: A solid-state imaging device comprising a plurality of pixel parts each capable of obtaining one color signal, said plurality of pixel parts being arranged in the same plane, wherein each of the pixel parts comprises: a photoelectric conversion element comprising a lower electrode formed on or above a substrate, an... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080225143 - Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays: Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays where each and every scan line includes full red, green, and blue color representation to provide for high resolution electronic video sign displays.... Agent: Hugh D Jaeger, P.A.

20080225146 - Imaging apparatus and image data recording method: An imaging apparatus, includes a photoelectrical conversion element with a rectangular light receiving surface, an image cut-out device that cuts out image data of a cut-out area of a square in which the number of pixels in the horizontal direction is the same as the number of pixels in the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080225144 - Multi-purpose image sensor circuits, imager, system and method of operation: Methods, devices, and systems for image sensors are disclosed that include a multi-mode circuit that can be configured for operating as an imaging pixel and a memory. The multi-mode circuit includes a photo-detector for collecting electrons generated by radiation impinging on the photo-detector. A transfer gate is configured for transferring... Agent: Trask Britt, P.C./ Micron Technology

20080225145 - Solid-state image pickup apparatus and method for driving the same: A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel converting incident light into an analog electrical signal and outputting the analog electrical signal; AD converters in correspondence with individual columns, each AD converter converting the analog electrical signal from a corresponding pixel into a digital signal... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080225147 - Image pickup apparatus: For an image signal of a solid-state image pickup element, average value calculation means calculates an average value of pixel values for the respective color components constituting an image of each frame. Gain calculation means calculates a maximum value from the average values of the pixel values of the respective... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080225149 - Column sample-and-hold cell for cmos aps sensor: A sample and hold readout circuit, and method of operation which minimizes fixed pattern noise during a read out operation. The circuit improves the consistency of the pixel to pixel output of the pixel array and increases the dynamic range of the pixel output. This is accomplished by eliminating the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080225150 - Multi junction aps with dual simultaneous integration: A new kind of pixel is formed of two floating diffusions of different sizes and different conductivity type. The two floating diffusions have different image characteristics, and hence form a knee-shaped slope.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080225148 - Reduced pixel area image sensor: An image sensor that includes a plurality of pixels disposed on a substrate, each pixel includes at least one photosensitive region that collects charges in response to incident light; a charge-to-voltage conversion node for sensing the charge from the at least one photosensitive region and converting the charge to a... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080225152 - Ccd image sensor having charge storage section between photodiode section and charge transfer section: The signal charge corresponding to the amount of light is obtained from a photodiode section and is then stored in a charge storage section under the control of a first control gate. An additional charge storage section may be provided between the photodiode section and the charge storage section. The... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080225151 - Device of offset compensation for solid-state imaging device and related method: A method of offset compensation for solid-state imaging devices is provided. In the method a first and second detection signal are obtained. The two signals are compared to obtain a difference value. A variable voltage is output according to the difference value to drive a magnetic element. The solid-state imaging... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080225153 - Interactive image thumbnails: A computer-implemented method displaying, within a user interface, a view pane having a vertical direction and a horizontal direction, displaying, within the view pane, a first frame represented by a bounded region, wherein the first frame represents a container that comprises one or more objects, upon detecting a positioning of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080225154 - Digital camera and menu display method of same: A digital camera includes a rotatable wheel, a screen, and a menu display system for displaying menu on the screen. The menu display system includes a primary menu having a number of menu options and may have one or more hierarchical submenu options. The submenu is disk-shaped with a number... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080225155 - Information processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, image display control method and computer program: An apparatus for processing image, includes an input unit for inputting user operation information, a recording medium for recording moving image data, a data processor for retrieving data recorded on the recording medium and generating display data in response to an input to the input unit, and a display unit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080225156 - Digital image processing apparatus with rotating display device: Provided is a digital image processing apparatus including a body and a rotating display device rotatably installed on the body. The rotating display device comprises: a display panel that displays an image; and a direction sensor for sensing a direction of the display panel. Various embodiments of the direction sensor... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080225157 - Digital camera and interchangeable lens: A digital camera includes: a mirror box that defines a space in which a light flux from a photographic lens is guided to an imaging unit; a mirror unit that is arranged inside the mirror box and is configured to rotate between a viewing position in which the mirror unit... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080225159 - Automatic focusing system: A taking lens 10 of an automatic focusing system of an optical path length difference type is configured so that AF object light is branched from a main optical path that guides object light to a video imaging device 26 of a camera main body 14, and object images are... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080225158 - Imaging device and imaging method: An imaging device having an imaging element which takes a subject image by light from a subject passing through a photographing lens and obtains an image data, includes a filter selection device configured to select a filter transmitting an optional frequency component of the subject image; an autofocus detection device... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080225160 - Mobile devices having an image sensor for charging a battery: Mobile devices and methods of operating mobile devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a mobile device includes a rechargeable battery, a battery charger electrically coupled to the battery, and an image sensor operably coupled to the battery charger to selectively charge the battery. As such, the image sensor is... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

20080225161 - Electronic device with image capturing device: An electronic device comprises a body, a first image capturing element, a cover and a arm. The body comprises a first surface and a second surface, with the first surface opposite to the second surface. The first image capturing element is disposed on the first surface. The cover is connected... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080225162 - Method and apparatus for deinterlaccing of video usung motion compensated temporal interpolation: A method and an apparatus for processing an interlaced video signal is disclosed. First, the interfaced video signal is de-interlaced. A plurality of temporal interpolated frames between original frames of the interlaced video signal are created using motion compensated temporal interpolation. The plurality of temporal interpolated frames and original frames... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080225163 - Method and system for redundancy-based decoding of video content: Aspects of a method and system for redundancy-based decoding of video content are provided. A bit sequence comprising video content may be decoded in a multilayer process based on a decoding algorithm and at least one physical constraint. The decoding algorithm may be based on the Viterbi algorithm. Whether the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080225164 - 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

20080225165 - Image pickup device and encoded data transferring method: A method of transferring encoded data and an imaging device executing the method thereof are disclosed. The method of transferring encoded data in accordance with the present invention converts a valid data enable signal to a high or low state, in case JPEG encoded data to be outputted to a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080225166 - Audio-video apparatus: An audio-video apparatus, which is connectable to a plurality of external devices (e.g., DVD players, TV monitors, and game devices) so as to process input signals thereof and to thereby control them individually, stores a plurality of packaged information regarding setups and operations, i.e., a plurality of scene templates, which... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080225168 - Method and apparatus for processing a television signal with a coarsely positioned if frequency: Various embodiments are described herein for a universal television receiver that is capable of processing television channel signals broadcast according to a variety of analog and digital broadcast standards. Analog processing includes using coarse filtering with pass bands that are wide enough to accommodate frequency shifts in a desired television... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080225167 - Method for displaying video pictures: A method of displaying video pictures, comprising: displaying a first video picture of a first standard; receiving at least one second video picture of a second standard which is different from said first standard; switching to a thumbnail view; and displaying said at least one second video picture in said... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080225169 - Television connection state detecting device and image display device: The invention provides a television-connection-state detecting device that includes: a resistor element that is connected to a television connection terminal that outputs an analog video signal that is to be displayed on a television receiver, the resistor element having the same resistance value as that of a termination resistor of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080225170 - Carrier recovery system with phase noise suppression: Various embodiments are described herein for a universal television receiver that is capable of processing a television channel signal to provide phase-adjusted video information for the desired television channel signal.... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080225171 - Display system for video stream and method thereof: The present invention discloses a display method for a video stream including video contents of a plurality of channels, the display method includes: displaying video contents transmitted by a first channel on a first portion of a display screen, wherein the first channel is not a currently tuned channel; displaying... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080225172 - Digital photo display with detachable photo frame: A digital photo display is provided in the present invention, and the digital photo display comprises a frame and a digital photo display device. The digital photo display device is detachably mounted into the frame. The digital photo display device comprises a display screen, a housing and a support stand.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080225173 - Signal processing apparatus: A signal processing apparatus capable of efficiently processing bitstream in a small circuit scale includes an input buffer in which a bitstream is stored, a first processor which generates a program for processing a signal B corresponding to a signal A by taking out the signal A from the bitstream... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080225176 - Automatic gain control system: Various embodiments are described herein for automatic gain control techniques that can be used by a universal television receiver that is capable of processing television channel signals broadcast according to a variety of analog and digital broadcast standards.... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080225174 - Interference avoidance in a television receiver: Various embodiments are described herein for a universal television receiver that is capable of processing television channel signals broadcast according to a variety of analog and digital broadcast standards. In particular, various embodiments are provided for avoiding interferers in a desired television channel signal and these embodiments generally include changing... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080225175 - Method and apparatus for extracting a desired television signal from a wideband if input: Various embodiments are described herein for a universal television receiver that is capable of processing television channel signals, that are transmitted according to a variety of broadcast standards, to provide video and audio information for a desired television channel signal. The processing includes producing a coarse channel signal that includes... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080225177 - Apparatus and method for correcting solid-state electronic image sensing device: Signal charge is branched in either of two directions, namely to a first output circuit or to a second output circuit, by a branching portion at the left end of a horizontal transfer line. Imperfect transfer of signal charge occurs at the branching portion owing to the branching operation, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080225178 - Automatic signal gain control method and apparatus: Provided are an automatic signal gain control method and apparatus that adaptively controls signal gain according to sync tip depths in a video receiving system. The method includes: detecting a sync signal from a video signal; detecting a blank level and a sync tip level from a sync section of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080225179 - Television production technique: A television production system 300 affords simplification over the automation of a television program such as a news program by parameterizing State Memory Objects (S-MEMs), each defining one or more operations for execution by one or more production devices. The S-MEMs are typically parameterized in accordance with the scenes they... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080225180 - Display information feedback: In general, in an aspect, the invention provides a multimedia entertainment system including a communication link, a video source coupled to the communication link and configured to produce a video signal and provide the video signal to the communication link, a video display coupled to the communication link and configured... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Amd

20080225182 - Analog television demodulator with over-modulation protection: Various embodiments are described herein for a universal television receiver that is capable of processing television channel signals broadcast according to a variety of analog and digital broadcast standards. An overmodulation handling mode is used that modifies operation when locking onto a picture carrier signal frequency in the presence of... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080225181 - Mobile digital broadcast receiving apparatus and receiving method: The present invention separates a video stream from compressed multiplexed data using a transport decoding section (3) while receiving digital broadcast using an antenna (1), expands the video stream, and reproduces original video data and original audio data. At this time, when a mobile digital television (100) is open, the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080225183 - Display apparatus, display monitor and television receiver: When dividing one frame into a plurality of sub-frames to carry out image display, in a gradation range which is able to be displayed using only sub-frames other than the last sub-frame (for example, luminance ½ or less in the case of two-part division, and luminance ¾ or less in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080225184 - System and method for effectively performing a remote control configuration procedure: A system and method for effectively performing a remote control configuration procedure includes a settop box that receives electronic programming from a program source and a television that is configured to reproduce the electronic programming. A remote control device controls various functionalities of the television over an RC-TV communications link.... Agent: Gregory J. Koerner Redwood Patent Law

20080225185 - Video processor alignment clamping: A clamping spring (70) formed of a sheet of resilient material having an interconnected plurality of alternating first and second tabs disposed around the periphery thereof is disclosed. The first tabs (72) being angled upwardly and having mounting slots (73) therein. The second tabs (74) being angled downwardly. A force... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080225186 - Image display device and display position adjustment system and method: The disclosure is directed to image display devices and display position adjustment systems and methods. In one example, an image display device includes a control unit configured to acquire one or more characteristics of optical images. The control unit is configured to designate, based on the acquired characteristics of the... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, LLC

20080218581 - Network audio/video communication system, comunication device and operation and audio/video data processing method for the same: A network audio/video communication system, a communication device and operation and an audio/video data processing method for the same is disclosed. A user utilizes a remote control unit for operating communication software inside a network audio/video communication device to achieve audio/video communication anywhere via the Internet.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080218582 - Video conferencing: A video conferencing system is provided, in which at least two cameras are used to capture images of people at a first location participating in a video conference. One or more active speakers are identified among the people at the location, and one of the at least two cameras is... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080218583 - Video conferencing apparatus and method: A video conferencing system having video and/or audio capture device for video and audio communications is disclosed. The video and audio capture device may include one or more switches for securely activating and deactivating the device. Furthermore, an indicator may be hard-wired to the video and/or audio components so to... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/apple Inc.

20080218585 - Appearance matching for videoconferencing: Methods and systems for presenting video images generated by multiple endpoints in a videoconference such that the displayed images have consistent appearance, for example consistent brightness levels are disclosed. Sampling methods and algorithms are used to calculate an appropriate amount of correction for each video image and the images are... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.l.p.

20080218584 - Multi-point conference system and multi-point conference device: There are provided a multi-point conference system and a multi-point conference device capable of using an SIP terminal as a conference terminal and clearly and smoothly performing speaker switching without requesting a conference terminal to transmit an intra frame when a speaker is detected. The multi-point connection device includes an... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080218586 - Multipoint conference video switching: A method includes receiving a plurality of audio signals, wherein the audio signals each include a plurality of packets containing voice data associated with conference participants. One or more of the audio signals is associated with a video signal and at least one of the audio signals is associated with... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p.

20080218587 - Panoramic image management system and method: A panoramic image management system and method is disclosed. The system provides for improved calibration of a 360 degree panoramic camera, as well as improved means for manipulating the images, and correlating images from conventional video cameras with the images from the 360 degree panoramic camera. The system also provides... Agent: Michael R. Kahn

20080218588 - System for remote guidance by expert for imaging device: Systems and methods for combining tomographic images with human vision. The systems preferably include a first assembly located proximal to an object to be imaged and a second assembly remote from the target. The first assembly is preferably able to collect a tomographic image from a target object and superimpose... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080218589 - Autostereoscopic display: An autostereoscopic display 101, which provides a depth perception by providing a viewer's left and right eyes (104a, 104b) with two slightly different perspectives of an image to be displayed, is provided for ultrasound guided interventions with a surgical instrument (103). The surgeon watches displayed ultrasound data (102), rendered for... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080218590 - Method and system for multiple-codec surveillance video storage and retrieval: A method and system for processing surveillance video stored on a video storage system is provided. A universal media control command is received and translated to a local control command specific to a video storage system. The surveillance video is retrieved in response to receipt of the local control command.... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080218591 - Event detection based on video metadata: Video data from sources, such as cameras, is analyzed to create metadata descriptive of the events and objects occurring in the video. This metadata, which consists of data about the video, is then analyzed on a transaction basis to determine if a suspicious activity, such as a fraudulent Point of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080218592 - Method and system for calibrating a camera in production machines: Method and system for calibrating a camera (12) in the working chamber (10) of a production machine. A calibration object (24) inside the working chamber (10) of the machine is brought to different positions and its picture is taken by the camera (12). The position parameters of the calibration object... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, Llc Henry M Feiereisen

20080218593 - Multi-streaming web camera controlling system and controlling methodology of the same: A multi-streaming web camera controlling system and controlling methodology are capable of providing an original video data stream and at least one compressed video data stream for displaying demands of local host and for requested video data format(s) by remote hosts, respectively. The host can selectively display the original video... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080218594 - Differential phase correlation: Acceleration of a set of three frames of video with N movers may be determined by generating an inverse Fourier transformation of a differential phase correlation matrix of the three frames. The resultant acceleration estimate may be integrated with the velocity and offset estimates for the second frame so as... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080218596 - Camera apparatus, recording medium in which camera apparatus control program is recorded and method for controlling camera apparatus: A through image with a trace frame is displayed. A subject on which a trace frame is superposed when a shutter key is half-depressed is determined as a target image. A trimming frame is additionally displayed. Whether the target image has moved within the through image or not is determined.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080218595 - Digital camera: A digital camera includes an object detecting unit which analyzes an analysis target image including a through image data taken in from an image pickup device to compose a shot of an object, a shot image, or a reduced image, based on a feature appearing in an image representing a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080218598 - Imaging method, imaging apparatus, and driving device: A driving device includes a driving control unit that reads out the signal charge generated by at least the charge generating section for a low-sensitivity pixel signal to the charge transfer section, after the predetermined timing, continues incidence of the electromagnetic wave and, after continuing the incidence of the electromagnetic... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080218597 - Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging device includes: a first detecting portion that detects each component by dividing a first wavelength region of image information into a plurality of wavelength regions; a second detecting portion that detects components in the first wavelength region with higher sensitivity than the components in the first wavelength... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080218599 - Image pickup apparatus: The invention relates to an image pickup apparatus (70) comprising an image pickup means (700) for forming a plurality of image signals (S,L) having different exposure conditions, combining means for combining said plurality of image signals (L,S) to form a combined image signal having an extended dynamic range, further comprising... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080218600 - System, method, and computer program product for evaluating photographic performance: A method for automatically evaluating photographic performance is provided. The method includes recording with a camera device one or more images during a photography session. The images are digitally stored, and image information related to the images is automatically compiled. The image information may include sales data, image content data,... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080218601 - Camera system and camera main body: A camera system includes a camera main body and a camera head mounted to the camera main body. A main body CPU of the camera main body determines whether or not an image signal transmitted from the mounted camera head can be processed by a signal conversion processing section of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080218603 - Imaging apparatus and control method thereof: A digital camera has human extraction means, non-human extraction means, and composition judgment means. The human extraction means extracts a human figure region by analysis of image data. The non-human extraction means extracts a major subject other than a human figure by analysis of a region other than the human... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080218602 - Method and apparatus for improving and controlling dynamic range in an image sensor: A method and apparatus for an electronic image sensor having a base exposure, followed by a second or multiple exposures that are formed during signal readout. A timing controller controls the signal readout, such that as each line is read, the second and subsequent exposures are subsequently added to the... Agent: Doyle B. Johnson Reed Smith LLP

20080218604 - Image pickup apparatus, image pickup lens, and data writing method to image pickup lens: In a case of mounting an exchange lens (4F, 4Z) to an image pickup apparatus main body (3) and displaying an image of an object picked up by an image sensor (2) and a scale (5) indicative of a reference length in juxtaposition on a screen of a display (6),... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080218605 - Image processing method and apparatus, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium: This invention can perform a developing process or editing process, with a high response, for raw image obtained by image sensing by a digital camera or the like. When, therefore, raw image data is input, an extraction area in the raw image data is determined on the basis of the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080218607 - Distortion correction for photographing device: A photographing device comprises a lens and a camera. The camera body has an imaging device and an image-processing unit that performs distortion correction on the basis of information regarding distortion quantity, as part of an image processing of an image signal obtained by the imaging device through the lens.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080218606 - Image processing device, camera device, image processing method, and program: Disclosed herein is an image processing device capable of correcting distortion of au original image picked up bad a wide-angle lens using distortion correcting parameters formed in a form of a lattice. The image processing device includes a processing unit configured to sharably process distortion correcting parameters for at least... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080218608 - Apparatus and method for reducing edge effect in an image sensor: A method and apparatus for forming dummy pixels exhibiting electrical characteristics virtually identical to the clear pixels of the imaging array. Arrays of such dummy pixels are used to form regions that isolate the main imaging array and sub-arrays of optical black pixels while preventing edge effects. The dummy pixels... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP

20080218609 - Cross-coupled differential dac-based black clamp circuit: A black clamp circuit for an image sensor utilizes a differential programmable gain amplifier and a feed-back loop to adjust a black level based on comparison to a reference black level. The gain (and therefore step size and range) of the feed-back loop constant for all programmable gain amplifier gain... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP

20080218610 - Methods and apparatus for detecting defects in imaging arrays by image analysis: Methods for detecting defective pixels in imaging arrays involve establishing probabilities that individual pixels are defective and updating those probabilities by analysing images acquired by the imaging arrays. Probabilities may be evaluated for each of two or more defect conditions. The methods may be used to detect defects such as... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080218612 - Camera using multiple lenses and image sensors in a rangefinder configuration to provide a range map: An electronic camera for producing an output image of a scene from a captured image signal includes a first imaging stage comprising a first image sensor for generating a first sensor output and a first lens for forming a first image of the scene on the first image sensor, and... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080218613 - Camera using multiple lenses and image sensors operable in a default imaging mode: An electronic camera includes first and second imaging stages for capturing separate images of a scene, one of the stages being designated as a default imaging stage. A processor enables capture and display of the separate images, and further responds to an operator selection of one of the imaging stages... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080218614 - Dynamic range enhancement scheme for imagers: An imaging system implementing a scheme for enhancing the dynamic range of the device. An array of radiation detecting pixels produces an output in response to a stimulus. The signal from each pixel is read once for evaluation. If the voltage at an individual pixel satisfies a programmed condition, such... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20080218611 - Method and apparatus for operating a dual lens camera to augment an image: An electronic camera for producing an output image of a scene from a captured image signal includes a first imaging stage comprising a first image sensor for generating a first sensor output and a first lens for forming a first image of the scene on the first image sensor, and... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080218615 - Apparatus and method for stabilizing image sensor black level: A black clamp stabilization circuit for an image sensor utilizes a mixed-signal SoC block comprising sub-blocks to dynamically and precisely adjust the black level based on comparison to a reference black level. The black level adjustments include a first level regulation using digital control of an analog signal in a... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP

20080218618 - Digital image capturing device with scan type flash: The invention relates to a digital image capturing device (10) for capturing a scene. The device comprises a two-dimensional array of light-exposable cells (12) capable of capturing said scene and one or more light-emitting diodes (4) capable of illuminating said scene. A controller (13) of said device is arranged to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080218616 - Method and apparatus for video acquisition: A system for video acquisition has a mechanism for sensing the integrated brightness on an image sensor. When the integrated brightness at a sensor element reaches a predetermined level, a message including the spatial position of the sensor element is sent. The message may also include a timestamp indicative of... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080218617 - Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method: There are provided a device and a method for converting an electric signal attributed to a plurality of characteristic conversion into a state attributed to a linear conversion and preventing increase of the device size. An image capturing apparatus 1 includes: an image sensor having a plurality of pixels G11-Gmn... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080218619 - Solid-state image sensing device: There is provided a solid-state image sensing device including a pixel section in which cells are arrayed, each cell including a photoelectric conversion unit, a reading circuit reading out, to a detection unit, signal charges obtained by the photoelectric conversion unit, an amplifying circuit amplifying and outputting a voltage corresponding... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080218621 - High intrascene dynamic range ntsc and pal imager: The invention provides a new method and apparatus for NTSC and PAL image sensors which employs fusion of adjacent row pixel charge samples to generate image data for a row. A variety of fusion schemes are possible for fusing the pixel signals from the adjacent rows. The rows of pixels... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080218620 - Ultra low noise cmos imager: A column buffer for use with a pixel cell array includes an amplifier coupled to three read-out circuits in parallel providing a signal corresponding to accumulated photon-generated charge in a pixel cell plus noise, a reset level plus noise, and a pedestal level, respectively. These three signals are used to... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080218623 - Accurately-aligned camera module and method for making same: A camera module includes an image sensor, a lens module and a holder. The holder defines a cavity, the cavity including a first receiving portion, with the lens module received therein, and a second receiving portion. The side surface of the image sensor tightly contacts the inner surface of the... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080218625 - Camera having an optical finder: A camera according to the present invention includes a picture-taking lens unit including a picture-taking optical system having a bending optical system which optically bends incident light and an optical finder unit including a finder optical system having a bending optical system which optically bends incident light. A pre-bending optical... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080218624 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus includes an optical system which forms an image based on light from object, an image pickup device which acquires the image of the object, a display section which displays the object, and a focusing detection inoperative condition and a focusing detection operative condition. The image pickup... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080218622 - Image pickup camera: An image pickup apparatus includes a photographing optical system; a photographing preparation manipulation judgment device; a photographing implementing manipulation judgment device; a timer adapted for counting a time period from outputting of a signal from the photographing preparation manipulation judgment device to outputting of the signal from the photographing implementing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080218626 - Camera unit for driving lenses and method of manufacturing the same: A camera unit includes a soft substrate on which electrode regions and an image pickup device region are disposed, a driving electrode group disposed on one of the electrode regions, an image pickup device disposed on the image pickup device region, stationary unit frame attaching portions disposed at positions surrounding... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080218627 - Image capturing system: An image capturing system comprises an image sensor and a mechanical shutter, wherein a charge accumulation operation of the pixels of each row of the image sensor starts at a timing of ending a reset operation, and ends at a timing of causing the mechanical shutter to set a light-shielded... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080218628 - Decoder device and receiver using the same: A decoder apparatus which includes a de-multiplexer, which is configured to divide motion picture data from a transport stream, a video decoder, which is configured to decode the divided motion picture data, and a first re-formatter on-screen unit, which is configured to display motion picture data and at least one... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080218629 - Method and system for processing image data in lcd by integrating de-interlace and overdrive operations: A system for integrating de-interlace and overdrive operations includes a de-interlace device, a first frame scaling controller, a second frame scaling controller and an overdrive device. The de-interlace device performs a de-interlace operation on plural fields to thereby obtain plural frames. The first frame scaling controller receives a first frame... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080218630 - Content-dependent scan rate converter with adaptive noise reduction: A content-dependent scan rate converter with adaptive noise reduction that provides a highly integrated, implementation efficient de-interlacer. By identifying and using redundant information from the image (motion values and edge directions), this scan rate converter is able to perform the tasks of film-mode detection, motion-adaptive scan rate conversion, and content-dependent... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080218631 - Television set and audio output unit: An audio output device includes an audio control circuit outputting to an audio amplifier an audio control signal generated based on a volume signal supplied from an audio adjustment switch, the audio amplifier including a control IC, a power control circuit generating a predetermined drive voltage from a power supply... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20080218632 - Method and apparatus for modifying text-based subtitles: A method of modifying text-based subtitles reproduced with an audio visual (AV) data, a method of decoding text subtitles, a text subtitle decoder for modifying text-based subtitles, and a reproduction apparatus. The method of modifying text subtitles includes receiving source and target words; searching first text subtitle data for the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080218633 - Method and system for transmitting video signals: The first device receives the video signal to encode a horizontal sync signal and a vertical sync signal of the video signal into a composite sync signal, compresses the composite sync signal into one of three color signals of the video signal, and transmits the three color signals. The second... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080218634 - Method and apparatus for automatic startup and shutdown including automatic source switching: A method and apparatus for automatic startup and shutdown including automatic source selection is provided for the selection of one of many video input sources provided on a visual display device in response to a new video signal being transmitted over a particular input port. The visual display device is... Agent: Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP

20080218635 - Image processing system, image processing method, and computer program product: An image processing system includes a multiresolution decomposition section for frequency decomposing an image signal into high and low frequency components at an nth stage, a correction coefficient calculation section for calculating at least one of a gradation correction coefficient, a noise correction coefficient, and an edge correction coefficient with... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080218636 - Apparatus and method for adjusting inputted color concerning total and specific colors: A specific color-adjusting stage adjusts data of an inputted color with respect to a specific color. A total color-adjusting stage adjusts the data of the inputted color with respect to a total color. The specific color-adjusting stage and the total color-adjusting stage are provided in parallel. A composing unit composes... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080218637 - Receiving apparatus, method of controlling apparatus, and program for implementing the method: A receiving apparatus for receiving a digital television broadcast includes an amplification unit that amplifies radio frequency signals supplied from an antenna at a predetermined gain to output the amplified radio frequency signals, a channel selection unit that selects a broadcast wave from the radio frequency signals output from the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080218638 - Receiver: This receiver includes a receiver body having an antenna connection portion connected with an antenna, a control portion controlling the receiver body, a first internal power source provided on the receiver body for supplying power to the control portion and a second internal power source provided on the receiver body... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080218639 - Receiver: This receiver includes a control portion detecting whether or not an antenna is connected and whether or not the connected antenna is an active antenna and a power supply portion supplying power to the antenna, while the control portion controls the power supply portion to supply power to the antenna... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080218640 - Display: A display is formed such that a control portion reads second channel data corresponding to channels not displayed at start-up from a second storage portion after reading first channel data corresponding to a prescribed channel displayed on a display portion at the start-up from a first storage portion, at the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080218641 - Method and system for a user-following interface: Techniques are disclosed for projecting an image onto a surface suitable for interaction with a user while avoiding user occlusion, and while correcting for distortion due to oblique projection. The displayed image moves to a suitable surface at a suitable size and orientation as a user moves around an environment,... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080218642 - Automobile entertainment system: An automobile entertainment system includes a video system mounted within an automobile headrest. The headrest includes a headrest body in which the video system is mounted. The video system also includes an integrated housing supporting a video monitor and a television receiver.... Agent: Welsh & Flaxman Llc

20080218643 - Automobile entertainment system: An automobile entertainment system includes a video system mounted within an automobile headrest. The headrest includes a headrest body in which the video system is mounted. The video system also includes an integrated housing supporting a video monitor and a television receiver.... Agent: Welsh & Flaxman Llc

20080211901 - System and method for scalable and low-delay videoconferencing using scalable video coding: Scalable video codecs are provided for use in videoconferencing systems and applications hosted on heterogeneous endpoints/receivers and network environments. The scalable video codecs provide a coded representation of a source video signal at multiple temporal, quality, and spatial resolutions.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080211902 - Imaging device: An imaging device is provided with an all pixel driving mode which reads the signal charges of pixels of the entire frame and a specific line driving mode which read the signal charges of pixels on the specific lines on the area sensor. In the all pixel driving mode, the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080211903 - Image processing of regions in a wide angle video camera: A system and method for providing privacy regions in a picture or video. In one example embodiment, a camera is provided which has a lens system and detector, image processing circuitry, compression and formatting circuitry, and control circuitry. Images or video taken from the camera are preferably corrected for distortion... Agent: Groover & Associates

20080211909 - Apparatus, method and computer program for image-based tracking of surveillance objects: In automatic assessment or surveillance with camera-based surveillance systems, it is of particular interest to detect moving surveillance objects, such as persons or motor vehicles, and track them over time so that if there are unusual trajectories or unusual behavior, an alarm can be tripped. An apparatus for image-based tracking... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080211906 - Intelligent remote multi-communicating surveillance system and method: at least one sensor adapted to emit, with a wireless communicating member at short range, a signal representative of a physical data and the elements “external network heads” being adapted to communicate between them and with the sensor, via their wireless communicating members at short range, at least one of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080211908 - Monitoring method and device: A method for monitoring including capturing video frames over time, processing data from the captured video frames into derived data representing a rate of change of the captured data, creating new frames from the derived data, and storing and/or displaying the new frames.... Agent: Deborah A. Gador

20080211911 - Object detecting apparatus and method, program and recording medium used therewith, monitoring system and method, information processing apparatus and method, and recording medium and program used therewith: An object detecting apparatus and method accurately detect an event while reducing power consumption. A photosensor is used to detect an object entering a monitoring region, and a microwave sensor is used to detect the object, which enters another monitoring region. State data representing the state of the object is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080211904 - Situation monitoring device and situation monitoring system: A situation monitoring device which enables monitoring of a variety of situations and reporting in response to the situation using a single device is provided. The situation monitoring device is easy to install and to use and a system therefore can be implemented inexpensively. The situation monitoring device recognizes a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080211910 - Surveillance camera, method for calibrating the surveillance camera, and use of the surveillance camera: Video monitoring systems are commonly used for monitoring streets, junctions, squares, and also public buildings, museums, prisons. Video monitoring systems which output the results for the viewing areas/objects in the scene in metric units, such as lengths in meters and speed in meters per second, or the absolute and/or relative... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080211905 - Temporary surveillance system: A surveillance system is provided including a platform having a plurality and variety of cameras or sensors mounted thereto, and a base enclosure adapted to accommodate a power supply, a variety of electronics and other equipment for controlling and providing power to the surveillance equipment. The base is constructed to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080211907 - Video surveillance system: Viewing a three dimensional area from numerous camera angles at different exposures using intensity and chromaticity data at the different exposures to create a pixel model for each pixel. A current image is compared with the background model to find pixels that have changed from their pixel model. These novel... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080211912 - Airborne reconnaissance system: An airborne reconnaissance system comprising: (1) Gimbals having at least two degrees of freedom; (2) At least one array of light sensors positioned on the gimbals, for being directed by the same within at least two degrees of freedom; (3) Map storage means for storing at least one Digital Elevation... Agent: Marsteller & Associates

20080211913 - Surveillance television camera: A surveillance television camera including a camera base which is mounted on an installation surface and to which a surveillance television camera is mounted, a dome cover which is detachably attachable to the camera base and a locking device including a movable locking member mounted on the camera base and... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP Koda/androlia

20080211914 - Apparatus and method for capturing and displaying images of the undercarriage of vehicles: A portable undercarriage vehicle inspection system (UVIS) (100) uses an under vehicle imaging (UVI) module (110) to capture an image of the undercarriage of a vehicle. The UVIS also includes multiple scene cameras (120) that capture the associated vehicle scene images. The scene cameras are easy to view and manipulate.... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080211915 - Scalable system for wide area surveillance: According to one embodiment, a controller for a surveillance system includes ports for coupling a camera, synchronization logic blocks coupled to the ports, an information aggregation logic block coupled to the camera ports, and an output port coupled to the information aggregation logic block. According to another embodiment, a method... Agent: Schox PLC

20080211916 - Image capturing system, image capturing method, and computer program product: Visible light image capturing is performed at appropriate timing that corresponds to the action of a subject. An image capturing system includes: an infrared light image capturing section that successively captures a plurality of infrared light images of a subject, by means of infrared light; a timing predicting section that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080211917 - Digital video media duplication or transmission quality measurement: A system and method for measuring video quality of a video image, wherein the system comprises a source device comprising an original video image; a receiver comprising a received video image; a storage device adapted to store video images from the source device and the receiver; a decoder connected to... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080211918 - Method and device for evaluating the quality of a signal: A method and device evaluating the quality of a signal by virtue of the deviation of at least one measured characteristic variable of the signal in relation to an associated reference value. The quality is calculated by averaging all of the deviations which are determined and standardized in relation to... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080211920 - Monitoring apparatus: A video/audio signal transmitted from a transmission source 10 to transmission destinations 20A and 20B is stored repeatedly for a predetermined time period. Thus, for example if the video/audio signal is overwritten at predetermined timing, it is sufficient to have a small storage capacity for the video/audio signal. Also, the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080211919 - System and method for analyzing and displaying digital signal quality information: A method and apparatus for determining and displaying signal quality measurement on a television display screen. The method and apparatus of this invention provides for the display of signal quality measurements, including measurements of signal to noise ratio, bit error rate and channel multi-path distortion in addition to the signal... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080211921 - Imaging apparatus and imaging method: Disclosed herein is an imaging apparatus including imaging means confitured to photograph an image of a scene that is in a direction in which a user sees, outside world information acquisition means confitured to acquire outside world information, and control means confitured to control an operation of the imaging means... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080211922 - Image pickup apparatus: In an imaging apparatus with a shake correction function, the influence of front curtain shock is prevented from being exerted on a shake correction function section (shake correction drive). The imaging apparatus includes a shake detection sensor 171 that detects an amount of shake applied to a digital camera, a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080211924 - Image capturing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and control methods thereof: An image capturing apparatus having a three-dimensional grid data table holds a matrix coefficient which is a basis of the three-dimensional grid data table, and editing data for editing grid point data of the three-dimensional grid data table. To set the three-dimensional grid data table, the grid point data of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080211923 - Imaging apparatus, image processing method, and computer program: An imaging apparatus include an imaging unit configured to capture an object image, a smoothing unit configured to smooth a dynamic range of luminance of an image signal generated based on the object image captured by the imaging unit, and a color conversion unit configured to perform a color conversion... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080211925 - White balance correction apparatus and method: A specific target included in an image is detected by a specific target detection unit based on a specific target evaluation value representing likeliness of the specific target. Using a first white balance correction value calculation unit for obtaining a first white balance correction value for the region of the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080211926 - Imaging device and control method of imaging device: An imaging device to which a portable storage medium is attachable, includes: a portable storage medium attachment section which attaches the portable storage medium; an inside storage medium which links image data imaged to information of imaging date and time and stores the data; and a transfer control section which... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080211927 - Digital camera: A digital camera comprises an imaging device; an internal memory; an attachment device that attaches a storage medium; a medium detector that detects whether the storage medium attached to the attachment device is a storage medium limiting overwrite; and a record control device that controls so as to store image... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080211933 - Camera apparatus that is controllable by an optical signal picked up in an image by the camera apparatus, and a method for operating the same: An image pickup device such as CCD of a camera is substituted for a photo detector of infrared light emitted from an infrared remote control unit. When infrared light is detected based on an image signal output from the image pickup device, a transmitting position of infrared light in the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080211929 - Camera control apparatus and method, and camera control system: A camera control system having a terminal device connected to a plurality of cameras via a network is provided. In response to an operation that exceeds a maximum control value (maximum control angle) of the PTZ of a camera that is the target of control, the terminal device displays peripheral... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080211928 - Image output system, image operating apparatus, image method, image operating method, and computer readable medium: According to the present invention, the album including user's favorite pictures as main features can be easily provided. The system includes; an image capturing section which captures an image; a image capturing time measuring section which measures the time after setting the image capturing section ready to capture the image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080211934 - Image pickup apparatus: An object is to provide an image pickup apparatus which can improve convenience of white sheet data used for correcting the color of a picked-up image. Each image pickup data is converted into a file by an image filing unit and recorded by a medium-recording unit. Average value data of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080211931 - Image-capturing apparatus and image processing method: An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing unit configured to sequentially output image data in a RAW format related to each of captured images as a result of a continuous series of image capturing operations; a signal processor configured to perform a predetermined process on the image data in a RAW... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080211930 - Intelligent rapid camera: The invention relates to a high-speed camera comprising at least one image-forming lens (1) and a plurality of acquisition modules, each module comprising a shutter means (2) and an image-forming means (2a), an image-digitising means (3) and a means for storing a digitised image (3a). The high-speed camera also comprises... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080211932 - Recorded content display program and recorded content display apparatus: Provided are a recorded content display program and a recorded content display apparatus which effectively display the recorded contents of video image recording apparatuses connected in plural. To display the recorded contents of the images when the image recording apparatuses for recording the images taken by a camera are connected... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080211935 - Imaging apparatus having a lens device for a zooming control operation and the method of using the same: An object of the present invention is to suitably perform a zooming control operation in the case that a zoom ring is provided at a lens-side portion and zoom switches are provided at a camera-body-side portion of a lens-interchangeable video camera. To achieve this object, in the case-that no zoom... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080211936 - Image sensing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and control method therefor for relaxing a red-eye effect: This invention makes it possible to execute photography with a sufficient red-eye relaxation effect. To do this, in this invention, the amount of a red eye is detected on the basis of a signal obtained by reading an object image under light projection by a light projection unit. The light... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080211938 - Red eye image correction device, electronic camera and red eye image correction program product: A red eye image correction device includes: a data size conversion unit that executes reduction processing on an image so as to retain color component information contained in the image and generates a sub image with a smaller data size than the image; a red eye detection unit that detects... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080211937 - Red-eye filter method and apparatus: A digital image acquisition system having no photographic film, such as a digital camera, has a flash unit for providing illumination during image capture and a red-eye filter for detecting a region within a captured image indicative of a red-eye phenomenon, the detection being based upon a comparison of the... Agent: Fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20080211939 - Backside illuminated imager and method of fabricating the same: A structure and method for fabricating imagers that detect light from the backside of the wafer. The structure may have less complex focusing, reduced crosstalk, tighter pixel packing density, increased quantum efficiency, and wafer-level packaging. The fabrication of the imager includes forming an imaging device on a silicon wafer, adhering... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080211940 - Image pixel employing floating base readout concept, and image sensor and image sensor array including the image pixel: A pixel of an image sensor includes only two signal lines per pixel, a pinned photodiode for sensing light, a floating base bipolar transistor, and no reset and address transistors. The floating base bipolar transistor provides the pixel with a gain, which can increase pixel sensitivity and reduce noise. The... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080211941 - Digital camera using multiple image sensors to provide improved temporal sampling: A method and apparatus for capturing image data from multiple image sensors and generating an output image sequence are disclosed. The multiple image sensors capture data with one or more different characteristics, such as: staggered exposure periods, different length exposure periods, different frame rates, different spatial resolution, different lens systems,... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080211946 - Image sensing apparatus and image sensing system: An image sensing apparatus comprises an image sensing element having an image sensing unit configured to include an effective pixel area in which light is incident on arrayed pixels and a shading pixel area in which the arrayed pixels are shaded, analog-to-digital conversion units connected one-to-one to columns of the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080211945 - Image sensor with extended dynamic range: An image sensor includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and an image processor. The first sub-pixel generates a first image signal with a first sensitivity, and the second sub-pixel generates a second image signal with a second sensitivity less than the first sensitivity. The image signal processor adds a... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20080211944 - Imaging device, image recording/playback apparatus, and power supply control method for imaging device: An imaging device with a solid-states image sensor includes a recording/playback section that records a captured image signal on a recording medium and reads the recorded signal, a recording/playback control section that controls recording and playback operations of the recording/playback section, a monitor image processing section that generates a display... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080211942 - Method and design for using multiple outputs of image sensor: A method and apparatus for correcting signal differences between at least two adjacent parts of a radiation-sensitive sensor, each containing a contiguous set of radiation-sensitive sites read out through a respective separate electronic processing mean, by increasing the perimeter of the border between the adjacent parts of the sensor read... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20080211943 - Solid-state image pickup device: In a pixel unit, cells are arranged in rows and columns two-dimensionally. Each of the cells accumulates signal charge obtained by photoelectrically converting light incident on photoelectric conversion section and outputs a voltage corresponding to the accumulated signal charge. On the cells, W, R, G, and B color filters are... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080211947 - Image sensing apparatus and control method: An image sensing apparatus that controls exposure includes a signal processing unit for processing the output signal of a image sensing element, an aperture control unit for controlling aperture, and an external sensor for measuring the brightness of an object. In this case, exposure is controlled using the luminance information... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080211948 - Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image sensing system using the same: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pixel unit having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a plurality of block lines to which signals are supplied from the pixels, transfer switches used to supply the signals from the block lines to a common signal line, and a driving circuit... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080211949 - Solid-state image sensing apparatus and driving method thereof: A solid-state image sensing apparatus which can improve the S/N ratio without enlarging the chip area in both of the mode in which pixel signals are summed and the mode in which pixel signals are not summed is provided. The solid-state image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing region 510... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080211950 - Imaging apparatus and imaging system: An imaging apparatus includes a pixel unit array and a driving unit. Each pixel unit includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a charge-voltage converter common to the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a plurality of transfer units which transfer electric charges generated by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080211951 - Imaging device and camera: An imaging device is disclosed. The device includes: a unit pixel that outputs an analog electric signal in accordance with a signal charge; a local voltage supply circuit that generates a local voltage different from an operation voltage; a reference signal generation section that generates a reference signal based on... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080211952 - Solid state image pick-up device and camera using the solid state image pick-up device: To suppress an influence exerted on an output video signal due to a high frequency noise from a scanning circuit. In a solid state image pick-up device including horizontal scanning circuits, and a vertical scanning circuit having a lower driving frequency than those of the horizontal scanning circuits which are... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080211954 - Image pickup apparatus: A lower electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and an upper electrode are stacked in order above a semiconductor substrate, and a charge storage section that stores charge generated in the photoelectric conversion layer is connected to the lower electrode. The charge stored in the charge storage section is swept away... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080211953 - Linear image sensor: A linear image sensor with low noise and low power consumption comprises both high and low resolution analog shift registers for each photocell array. Noise in the output signals is decreased by driving either the low resolution analog shift register or the high resolution analog shift register depending on a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080211955 - Camera modules with lens drive device: A camera module has a plurality of lenses aligned along an optic axis that receive and transmit light from a scene being imaged by the camera module. At least one lens is mounted on a platform which is movable along the optic axis and is moved by action of a... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP

20080211956 - Image pickup device: A plurality of imaging regions (104, 105 and 106) capture a plurality of images, respectively, via a plurality of imaging optical systems (101, 102 and 103) corresponding one to one to the plurality of imaging regions. An image combining means (115) eliminates a difference among the plurality of images and... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20080211957 - Focusing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and method for controlling focusing apparatus: When the present position of a focus lens is on the closest distance side with respect to a predetermined position, the focus lens is driven and controlled using a TV-AF method without using the output result of an external ranging unit, and thereby a malfunction of an AF control due... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080211958 - Dehumidified equipment housing: A dehumidified equipment housing may be used to house equipment including one or more mechanical devices and/or electronic devices. The dehumidified equipment housing may prevent condensation on one or more regions inside of the housing and may control condensation inside of the housing to provide a dehumidified environment inside of... Agent: Ip Legal Department Tyco Fire & Security Services

20080211959 - Methods and systems for improving low-resolution video: Systems and methods are provided for improving the visual quality of low-resolution video displayed on large-screen displays. A video format converter may be used to process a low-resolution video signal from a media providing device before the video is displayed. The video format converter may detect the true resolution of... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080211960 - Method and related apparatus for image de-interlacing: An image de-interlacing method comprises: (a) defining a first threshold value and a second threshold value, wherein the second threshold value is larger than the first threshold value; (b) generating a parameter according to motion level of a interlaced image; and (c) utilizing a first interpolation method and a second... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080211961 - Sequential scanning conversion device and image display apparatus: A sequential scanning conversion device includes: N (N is 3 or larger integer) line memories which store each input image data of successive N main scanning lines contained in input image data for interlaced scanning; an input/output control unit which sequentially selects one of the N line memories and writes... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080211962 - Frame synchronizer circuit: When it is detected that a write address signal and a read address signal coincide with each other during in the judgment range state, an address value of the write address signal is held to halt writing into a memory, whereby a video signal is outputted without mixing old and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080211963 - Equipment for audio-video processing system: The invention provides a processing system, comprising a video signal processing unit for processing a video signal, the video signal processing entailing a video signal processing delay, and video delay control for controlling said video signal processing unit in dependence on a maximum allowed value for the video signal processing... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080211964 - Automatic tv standard determination method and apparatus thereof: An apparatus for automatically determining a TV standard of a TV channel comprises a frequency identification module and a determination module. The frequency identification module identifies a carrier frequency of an audio IF signal of the TV channel to generate a frequency identification result. The determination module, which coupled to... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080211965 - Automated inverse telecine conversion: The present invention is generally directed to automated methods and systems for converting image streams having a first frame rate to a second frame rate without the need for user intervention. Embodiments of the present invention obviate the effects of processing of a telecine process. In one embodiment, where frames... Agent: Graybeal Jackson Haley C/o Realnetworks Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP

20080211966 - Image display device: A chroma key color determining section is operable to determine a chroma key color in an image of a plurality of input images. A image synthesizing section is operable to overlap the images with each other by switching the images with respect to each pixel based on an output of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080211967 - Imaging unit, portable terminal device, and portable terminal system: The present invention provides an imaging unit, a portable terminal device, and a portable terminal system capable of performing a satisfactory key synthesizing process. An imaging unit mainly includes an imaging section, a conversion section, and a key signal generating section. The conversion section converts the format of the imaged... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080211968 - Image processor and image display apparatus comprising the same: An image processor includes a motion vector acquisition section for acquiring and outputting an image motion vector in pixel or a predetermined block unit from plural frames included in an input image signal; and a frame interpolation section for generating an interpolated frame by using the motion vector provided by... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080211969 - Systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for providing atsc interoperability: Systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products are provided for causing a dataframe to be emitted at an air interface of an antenna. A memory stores a transmission to antenna delay value (TAD). An offset calculator calculates an offset value based on an epoch of a global timebase generator and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080211970 - Television reception circuit and television reception apparatus: A television reception circuit includes a high-frequency amplifier amplifying a received television signal, a mixer frequency-converting the amplified television signal to an intermediate-frequency signal, a filter attenuating a component outside a prescribed frequency band in the resultant intermediate-frequency signal, a first AGC circuit outputting a first gain control signal for... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080211971 - Color balancing systems and methods: A display system is described comprising a light source, color wheel and a light modulator. The light source is configured to emit a beam of white light along a first light path. The color wheel may be provided on a first light path and be configured to filter the beam... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080211972 - Projection screen, in particular for video projection reducing the moire effect: A projection screen comprises a film having a projection side and provided with a number of passages adapted for permitting emitted sound waves to pass through said film. The projection screen is characterized in that these passages are arranged in such a manner that, if alignments can be detected, at... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080211973 - Spectrum sequential display having reduced cross talk: A color display device, a drive circuit for a color display device, a method, a signal and a computer-readable medium for reducing electro-optical cross talk that occurs in a display that is operated in Spectrum Sequential mode is disclosed. The invention eliminates annoying visible artefacts, such as contouring, noise, or... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards