Television inventions 12/08

20080316293 - Camera unit: There is provided a camera unit used in a communications system having a display section and arranged to exchange sound and images via communication between at least two locations. The camera unit includes a camera section having an image sensor for photoelectrically converting a visual image to an electric signal;... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080316294 - Method and apparatus for listening for incoming calls on multiple port/socket combinations: An apparatus for listening on multiple conferencing interfaces having a set of transport components coupled to the network interface, each transport component of the set of transport components having the capability of receiving a signal on a different conferencing interface; a conference component coupled to each component in the set... Agent: Apple Inc./bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080316297 - Video conferencing device which performs multi-way conferencing: In various embodiments, a video conferencing device (e.g., an endpoint) may generate a video frame that includes video images of two or more video conferencing endpoints. The video frame may then be sent to a video conferencing device that may receive the video frame and separate the two or more... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080316296 - Video conferencing system which allows endpoints to perform continuous presence layout selection: In various embodiments, a Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) or another video conferencing device (e.g., an endpoint) may generate a video frame that includes video images of two or more video conferencing endpoints. The video frame may then be sent to another video conferencing device that may receive the video frame... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080316298 - Video decoder which processes multiple video streams: In some embodiments, a spatially multiplexed output decoder may spatially multiplex video packets received in a time multiplexed video stream. A video stream with video packets from two or more sources may be received along with metadata. In some embodiments, a decoder may organize the video packets into respective buffers... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080316295 - Virtual decoders: In various embodiments, a Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) or another video conferencing device (e.g., an endpoint) may generate a video frame that includes video images of two or more video conferencing endpoints. The video frame may then be sent to another video conferencing device that may receive the video frame... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080316299 - Virtual stereoscopic camera: The subject matter relates to a virtual stereoscopic camera for displaying 3D images. In one implementation, left and right perspectives of a source are captured by image capturing portions. The image capturing portions include an array of image capturing elements that are interspersed with an array of display elements in... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20080316300 - Image taking apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, image taking method and program: To prevent information required for reproducing of a 3D/multi-viewpoint image being lost even in a case in which editing or the like of the 3D/multi-viewpoint image is performed using a device or application software that does not support 3D/multi-viewpoint images, a compound-eye digital camera can switch between a multi-viewpoint image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080316301 - System and method for spherical stereoscopic photographing: The present invention provides a novel imaging system for obtaining full stereoscopic spherical images of the visual environment surrounding a viewer, 360 degrees both horizontally and vertically. Displaying the images obtained by the present system, by means suitable for stereoscopic displaying, gives the viewers the ability to look everywhere around... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20080316302 - Autostereoscopic display device: The present invention relates to an autostereoscopic display device, comprising an imaging layer (9) and a lens layer (10). The lens layer (10) serves to project different content from the imaging layer (9) to the left and right eyes, respectively, of a user. The lens layer (10) comprises lens cells... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080316303 - Display device: An enhanced liquid crystal display design is provided having relatively fast response time particularly useful in high speed or highly intense applications, such as stereoscopic or autostereoscopic image display. The liquid crystal display device is configured to display stereoscopic images, and comprises an LCD panel and control electronics configured to... Agent: Real D - Patent Department

20080316304 - Digital video capture system and method with customizable graphical overlay: A method and system for acquiring and transmitting video image data with parameter data superimposed thereon is provided. The design includes an input device configured to receive said video image data and separately receiving said parameter data, the input device configured to transmit the video image data and parameter data... Agent: Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.

20080316305 - Obtaining consumer electronic device state information: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to obtain an image of a consumer electronic device, the image comprising at least one visual indication of a first operating state of the consumer electronic device, and to transmit one or more commands to the consumer electronic device to change to a second... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080316306 - Robot system equipped with a tool, camera and light source: A robot system comprises one or more tools (5, 15), a camera (9) and a light source (13), which can be moved independent of the camera (9), in order to illuminate the field of vision of the camera from different directions.... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080316307 - Automated method for temporal segmentation of a video into scenes with taking different types of transitions between frame sequences into account: The automated detection of scene boundaries supports the user in browsing a video. Establishing the similarity between two respective frame sequences is made by choosing and comparing respective key-frames from each frame sequence, which are temporally as far apart from each other as possible but lie outside gradual transitions. Additionally... Agent: Schoppe, Zimmermann , Stockeler & Zinkler C/o Keating & Bennett , LLP

20080316309 - Computer network security: The invention relates to a computer equipment security system (10) for securing computer equipment connected to a data communication network. The system (10) includes a plurality of surveillance units or agents (16) connected to respective computer devices (12) forming part of the data communication network. The security system (10) also... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080316310 - Method and apparatus for monitoring a region: A method and device for monitoring a monitored area with at least one camera (4) and in which the monitored area has a contrast strip (12) with at least one bright partial strip (13) and/or at least one dark partial strip (14) that extend in the longitudinal direction. A control... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080316308 - Method and device for programming an image acquisition system: Method and device for programming an image acquisition system including a camera having a field of vision and a processor of images taken by the camera, in order to define at least one detection area in the field of vision of the camera, in which a sending device (21) is... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080316311 - Video retrieval system, method and computer program for surveillance of moving objects: Video surveillance systems are used to monitor public places, streets, buildings, cities and other premises or surroundings and comprise a multitude of cameras which are monitoring relevant points in the surroundings. One of the problems of surveillance systems is, that the multitude of cameras produce a large amount of video... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080316313 - Multifunction remote control system for audio and video recording, capture, transmission and playback of full motion and still images: A multifunction remote controlled video recording, transmission and playback system includes a still frame generator adapted for selecting and generating still frames on the fly while a full motion video signal is being recorded, without interrupting the recording function. Audio and data signals, such as cockpit audio in an aircraft... Agent: Moore Landrey

20080316312 - System for capturing video of an accident upon detecting a potential impact event: A system and method for monitoring a vehicle and obtaining video of an accident or other criminal incident are described. An embodiment of the system includes one or more cameras mounted on a vehicle, a wireless transmitter, and a contact detection system comprising a processor in electrical communication with the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080316314 - Vehicle surveillance system: A security system for monitoring activities occurring within and around a vehicle. The security system includes a video camera positioned to monitor activities occurring within said vehicle. A receiver receives video data from the video camera and stores the data in its hard drive. The receiver includes a recording means... Agent: J. Wiley Horton, Esquire Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20080316315 - Methods and systems for alerting by weighing data based on the source, time received, and frequency received: Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring, alerting, and acting, including the following steps. Input data is received from one or more sensory devices. One or more data weights are determined for the input data based on a weight corresponding to a source of the input data, a weight corresponding to... Agent: Kd Secure Attn: Daniar Hussain

20080316316 - Digital camera capable of transmitting image data remotely: A digital camera aims to transmit image data captured by a camera lens to an external electronic device such as a PDA, 3G handset or personal computer. Hence the digital camera does not need a large capacity storage device to store the image data. The cost is lower. And users... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080316317 - Optical alignment of cameras with extended depth of field: A method for calibration of an imaging device that includes a sensor and optics for forming an image on the sensor. The method includes making a first image quality measurement, based on an output of the sensor, while imaging a first target at a first distance from the device and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080316318 - Bit weighting alignment in a display device: The disclosed embodiments relate to a method and apparatus to align bit weights in a display device. There is provided a method for calibrating light output in a display device, the method comprising: displaying a first video pattern, the first video pattern comprising a first set of pixels divided into... Agent: Fletcher Yoder P.C.

20080316319 - Digital camera: A digital camera procures from an external device related to image-capturing upon image-capturing data on the external device and records the procured data and digital image data of the procured image in relation to each other.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080316320 - Clock serizlizer/deserializer transmission method and appartus: An apparatus and method for use in transmitting data that is supplied with a high jitter input clock in a serial data stream over a single fiber cable. Video data from a camera is stored in memory using the high jitter clock. A stable clock is used to transmit the... Agent: Navairwd Counsel Group

20080316321 - Method of notifying users regarding motion artifacts based on image analysis: A digital image acquisition system includes a portable apparatus for capturing digital images and a digital processing component for detecting, analyzing and informing the photographer regarding motion blur, and for reducing camera motion blur in an image captured by the apparatus. The digital processing component operates by comparing the image... Agent: Tessera/fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20080316322 - Single motor/actuator for adjusting two assemblies: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for a single motor/actuator adjustment of two assemblies (e.g., for performing zoom and auto-focus functions) for image adjustment using a clutch unit (e.g., a switch) in image adjustment modules of electronic devices. The clutch unit can be used... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080316325 - Camera having an autofocusing system: An autofocus camera having a face recognition function, includes a photographing optical system including a focusing lens group; an image pickup device; an autofocusing system which performs a focus search process, and further performs a focusing operation in which the focusing lens group is moved to an in-focus position that... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080316329 - Camera module: There is provided a camera module including: first and second image sensors having different optical characteristics and sensing images; first and second auxiliary image processors electrically connected to the first and second image sensors, respectively, and correcting optical defects of the images sensed by the first and second sensors, respectively;... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080316328 - Foreground/background separation using reference images: A technique involves distinguishing between foreground and background regions of a digital image of a scene. First and second images are captured of nominally a same scene. The first image is a relatively high resolution image taken with the foreground more in focus than the background, while the second image... Agent: Tessera/fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20080316327 - Image capture device with contemporaneous reference image capture mechanism: A hand-held or otherwise portable or spatial or temporal performance-based image capture device includes one or more lenses, an aperture and a main sensor for capturing an original main image. A secondary sensor and optical system are for capturing a reference image that has temporal and spatial overlap with the... Agent: Tessera/fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20080316323 - Image input apparatus, image input method, personal authentication apparatus, and electronic apparatus: An image input apparatus that inputs an image of an object residing within a living body is disclosed. The image input apparatus includes a light source that irradiates near infrared light on the living body, a lens array arranged at a position facing the living body and including plural lenses... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080316331 - Image processing apparatus and method for displaying captured image without time delay and computer readable medium stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the method: The present invention provides image processing apparatus and method for displaying a captured image without a time delay. According to the present invention, an image signal processing module outputs sequentially an image data for display and an image data for storage of a captured image to a multimedia application processing... Agent: Jones Day

20080316330 - Image sensing apparatus and control method for same, and image sensing system: An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensor including a plurality of pixels, a control unit that, during an exposure operation that generates an image in the image sensor, reads out signals of a first portion of pixels among an entire frame of pixels from the image sensor, outputs an... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080316326 - Imaging apparatus and method for driving imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus is provided and includes: an imaging device including a first color pixel, a second color pixel, a third color pixel, and the luminance-detecting pixels; a controlling section that generates first complementary color information by adding data of the first color pixel and data of the second color... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080316324 - Position detection and/or movement tracking via image capture and processing: Position detection and/or movement tracking via image capture and processing. Digital cameras perform image capture of one or more objects within a particular region (e.g., a physical gaming environment). A game module or processing module processes the images captured by the digital cameras to identify a position of and/or track... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080316332 - Dual capture: Image acquisition device, method and computer program for digital image acquisition, where the image acquisition device comprises an actuated user interface, where the image acquisition device receives control information from a user indicative of actuation of the user interface, initiates an image acquisition process by receiving lighting data on its... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20080316334 - Apparatus and method for processing image: Provided is an apparatus and method for processing an image which can correct image distortion caused by hand shake. The apparatus includes: a reference image acquiring unit for acquiring a first and a second reference images by using different shutter times and international standard organization (ISO) values; and a color... Agent: Jones Day

20080316333 - Imaging apparatus, imaging method, program, and integrated circuit: An imaging apparatus enables flicker correction with small errors even when illumination changes in the image capturing environment or when the imaging apparatus is moved. In an imaging apparatus 100, an imaging unit 1 obtains an image-A signal including no flicker element and an image-B signal including a flicker element... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080316338 - Electronic device, video camera apparatus, and control method therefor: According to this invention, if noise generated by operation of a component such as a rotary drum of a recording/playback apparatus which operates periodically enters a microphone, noise waveforms can be extracted and reduced. Data obtained from microphones (6, 7) are converted into digital data by A/D converters (11, 12)... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080316340 - Image display and recording apparatus and a recording medium on which a category control program is recorded: An image display and recording apparatus displays at least one image which belongs to a category as a heading image which shows that category. The heading images are selected from a plurality of images recorded in memory. The display of the heading images allows the content of each category to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080316337 - Image generating apparatus and image generating method: To generate motion picture image data making full use of the characteristics of a photographed image such as a high resolution and a high rate fetching (high frame rate), an image pickup apparatus comprises a camera unit for photographing a subject at predetermined time intervals and generating image pickup data... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080316336 - Image pickup apparatus and control method for image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus that performs accurate correction processing for a pixel that outputs a non-reproducible high-level signal having a continuity with respect to an adjacent pixel is provided. The image pickup apparatus extracts data corresponding to a pixel of an image pickup element that generates an output value equal... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080316335 - Method and apparatus for minimizing noise pickup in image sensors: A method and apparatus for minimizing noise pickup in iSoC sensors using an improved Analog Capacitor Memory (ACM) design and optimized timing methods that together prevent direct connection of the electrical grounds between the low-speed signal processing circuit and high-speed signal processing circuit of an imaging System-on-Chip sensor. The ACM... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP

20080316339 - Picture imaging apparatus and imaging control method: A picture imaging apparatus includes: an imaging means for imaging a subject picture to acquire taken picture data; a storage processing means for performing a storage process of taken picture data acquired by the imaging means; a motion detecting means for detecting motion of the picture imaging apparatus itself; a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080316341 - Detecting red eye filter and apparatus using meta-data: A method of filtering a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image including a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes of the image, includes analyzing meta-data information, determining one or more regions within the digital image suspected as including red eye artifact, and determining, based... Agent: Tessera/fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20080316342 - Accurate gain implementation in cmos sensor: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate combining analog and digital gain for utilization with CMOS sensor imagers. The analog gain can provide coarse gain steps and the digital gain can provide finer gain steps between adjacent coarse analog gain values. Further, since analog gain can suffer... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080316346 - Color solid-state image pickup device and method for reading out pixel signals: A color solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel section having sets of a total of four adjacent pixels arrayed 2×2 in horizontal and vertical directions. Each of the sets consists of an first pixel serving as an upper left pixel and having a first spectral characteristic, a second pixel... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080316344 - Image pickup element module, and lens unit and portable electronic device using image pickup element modules: In an image pickup element module, a heat releasing member disposed to be thermally coupled to an FPC substrate and an image pickup element is formed of a PPS resin material having good thermal conductivity. Further, this image pickup element module is configured so that a phase-changing heat storage which... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080316345 - Imaging element and imaging device: An imaging element and an imaging device of the present invention have photoelectric conversion sections arranged two-dimensionally with respect to the surface of a semiconductor substrate; a color filter layer that is made up of a plurality of color filters for decomposing incident light into different colors and brightness filters... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080316343 - Method and apparatus for allowing access to individual memory: A method for detecting color temperature and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. According to the present invention, the apparatus for detecting color temperature converts RGB color information, generated by interpolating an image signal sequentially inputted in units of pixel from an image sensor, to a three-dimensional coordinate value of luminance,... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080316347 - Adaptive pixel for high dynamic range and disturbance detection and correction: A new adaptive pixel architecture, folded-multiple-capture (FMC), integrates synchronous self-reset and multiple capture schemes and advantageously eliminates the requirement of a high-frame-rate sensor array, which is essential for conventional image sensors with high dynamic range. The FMC comprises a per-pixel analog-front-end (AFE), a fine analog-digital convertor (ADC) stage, and a... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm, Inc.

20080316349 - Image display apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, and image displaying method: An image display apparatus includes a display which displays an image based on an image signal. An ambient light measuring unit measures the intensity of ambient light around the display. A brightness distribution measuring unit measures a brightness distribution in a scene when the image signal is obtained. A parameter... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080316348 - Virtual whiteboard: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a first camera configured to receive a first image via a first polarized filter, a second camera configured to receive a second image via a second polarized filter, a first projector coupled to the second camera via a communication link, the first projector configured... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080316350 - Image acquisition system: An image acquisition system for use in a motor vehicle, and a method for manufacturing an image acquisition system, are provided. Image acquisition system encompasses an image sensor, an optical module, a housing and a carrier for the image sensor mounted on a circuit board. For the purpose of adjusting... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080316352 - Focusing apparatus and method: The invention discloses a focusing apparatus applied in an image recording system. The focusing apparatus of the invention includes an evaluating unit and a control module. The evaluating unit can generate a plurality of focus values in accordance with an image sensed by a sensor. Furthermore, the control module can... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080316351 - Photographing apparatus and photographing method: A photographing apparatus including an in-focus position detector for detecting an in-focus position of a focusing lens to focus an image of a subject on an image pickup surface, a driving controller for controlling the driving of the focusing lens, a reflective member that opens and closes on a path... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080316353 - Image taking apparatus and lens apparatus: An image taking apparatus which can perform a focusing operation quickly is described. The image taking apparatus comprises a light splitting unit which splits a light flux from the image-taking lens into a plurality of light fluxes, a view finder optical system for observing an object image formed by the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080316354 - Method and device for creating high dynamic range pictures from multiple exposures: The invention relates to a method and a device for creating pictures and more particularly a method for creating an enhanced picture by means of several consecutive exposures. The exposures are combined to create pictures with enhanced properties, especially better color and light content. Sufficient light is obtained by performing... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080316355 - Camera: A camera includes an image sensor, and a plurality of metering areas are assigned to an object scene captured by the image sensor. A CPU evaluates a luminance of the object scene for each metering area, and binarizes each of the plurality of obtained luminance evaluated values. Furthermore, on the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080316356 - Detection of progressive pulldown in a video sequence: System and methods for the detection of progressive pulldown in a video sequence are provided. The method comprises calculating a difference between temporally adjacent frames in the video sequence, generating a pattern based upon these differences, and comparing the generated pattern against patterns understood for known progressive film modes in... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson, & Bear, LLP

20080316357 - Secure display method and device: A secure display device is designed to display on a screen a first set of information edited by an open operating system. A secure operating system resident in a dedicated circuit edits a second set of information. A filter allocates, independently of the open operating system, a first zone of... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080316358 - System and method for picture-in-picture assisted time-adaptive surfing for a content presentation system: Systems and/or methods are disclosed herein to identify a user interacting with a content presentation system, adaptively learn, in a passive manner, a user's pattern of accessing content over time, and globally store the user's identifying and use information. Specifically, disclosed are systems and/or methods for switching from a first... Agent: Duane Morris LLP (harris Corp.)IPDepartment

20080316359 - Detection and interpolation of still objects in a video sequence: s

20080316360 - Information signal processing apparatus, method of creating database, method of processing information signal, and program for implementing method of processing information signal: Disclosed is an information signal processing apparatus. The information signal processing apparatus includes an adjustment unit by which users each adjust an inputted information signal so that an output of the information signal has a predetermined quality, and a storage unit that stores operation information having a final adjustment value... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080316361 - Picture signal processing device and picture signal processing method: A picture signal processing device includes an A/D conversion unit configured to convert an input analog picture signal into a digital picture signal; an automatic image correction unit configured to correct the digital picture signal from the A/D conversion unit; a narrowing-down unit configured to narrow down possible formats of... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080316362 - Mechanisms to conceal real time video artifacts caused by frame loss: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate describing, communicating, utilizing, etc. a frame dependency structure in connection with real time video communication. For example, a protocol can be employed to communicate the dependency structure from a sender to a receiver. Moreover, a mechanism on a receiver side... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080316363 - System and method for estimating noises in a video frame: A system and method for estimating noises in a frame is disclosed. A storage device is provided to store a previous frame prior to the frame. Multiple window noise estimators are provided to estimate noise between sub-regions of the frame and corresponding sub-regions of the previous frame for producing a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080316364 - Rate distortion optimization for video denoising: Based on maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimates, video denoising techniques for frames of noisy video are provided. With the assumptions that noise is similar to or satisfies Gaussian distribution and an a priori conditional density model measurable by bit rate, a MAP estimate of a denoised current frame can be... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080316365 - Method and apparatus for motion estimation: An efficient method of motion estimation is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of macroblocks in a reference frame, wherein the plurality of macroblocks are used for motion estimation related to a current frame, and performing the motion estimation for a plurality of macroblocks in the current frame by... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080316366 - Display device, viewing angle control device, and electronic apparatus: A portable phone has a main LCD and a SW-LCD, provided on a path of light to be transmitted by the main LCD, which electrically switches between (i) an image to be seen in a single image display mode and (ii) an image to be seen in a multiple image... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080316367 - Selectable audio output configuration: An audio/video apparatus such as a television apparatus includes two or more auxiliary audio inputs (AUX1, AUX2, and AUX3) for receiving respective audio signals, an audio output, and a switch arrangement for selecting one of a broadcast audio signal and the auxiliary audio input signals. The audio/video apparatus operates in... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080316368 - Method and device for moving a camera disposed on a pan/tilt head long a given trajectory: The invention relates to a method for moving a camera that is disposed on a pan/tilt head along a given trajectory especially in a set or studio as well as an associated camera robot. In order to be able to move a camera with repeated accuracy along a given trajectory,... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080316369 - Broadcast reception module and broadcast device using the same: A broadcast module includes a receiver for selecting the signal of a specific channel from the signals of a plurality of channels under control of a controller; a demodulator connected to the output of the receiver; a detector for detecting the signal-to-noise ratio of the signal selected by the receiver;... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080316370 - Broadcasting receiver, broadcasting reception method and medium having broadcasting program recorded thereon: The present invention discloses a broadcasting receiver that receives broadcasting signals in terrestrial digital broadcasting and displays terrestrial digital broadcasting on a screen of a personal computer. The broadcasting receiver includes a recording unit that records a transport stream including the broadcasting signals as recorded data, assigns an elapsed time... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20080316371 - Appliance remote control apparatus and method of using same: A remote control apparatus and method of using are disclosed for controlling an electronic appliance such as a television set, radio, computer, or other. The remote control apparatus may include a hand held housing, a wireless transmitter for sending signals to the appliance, and a manually operated rotary controller for... Agent: Duckor Spradling Metzger & Wynne A Law Corporation

20080316372 - Video display enhancement based on viewer characteristics: A video display with a display screen adapted to display video images according to adjustable display parameters, for example brightness, contrast, and/or sharpness, and at least one viewer sensor configured to determine at least one variable viewing characteristic and wherein the display is adapted to adjust the display parameters to... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson, & Bear, LLP

20080316373 - Projection type image display device: A beam modulated by a video signal scans a projected region. A spot size of the beam in the projected region is set to be smaller than a width of one pixel in a direction vertical to a scanning direction. A group of pixels disposed in the scanning direction is... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080309749 - Method for processing the defeated videophone call based on mobile communication network: The present invention relates to a method for processing the video telephone call failure based on the mobile communication network, which comprises the following steps: when a video telephone call initiated by a calling terminal has failed, the mobile communication network side returns a call failure message which contains a... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080309748 - Video-communication in mobile networks: A video-communication service in which a separation in different components of the video-communication is caused at the telephone equipment of the users, e.g., a separation in a video and in a voice component. The different components are transmitted on different connections between the telephone equipment of the users. The users... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080309750 - Method for processing the video telephone calling based on the mobile communication network: The present invention discloses a method for processing the video telephone calling based on the mobile communication network. A calling terminal initiates a video telephone calling to a called telephone terminal, and when said called terminal is ringing, the called user is entitled to determine whether to cut off the... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20080309751 - High-definition video conference system and method: The invention provides a high-definition video conference system and method. The high-definition video conference system, according to the invention, uses an encoding module for compressing a plurality of usable digital signals under a high-definition compression standard into a plurality of compressed digital signals, and an instant-messaging application for transmitting the... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080309752 - Three-party video conference system and method: The invention provides a three-party video conference system and method. The three-party video conference system, according to the invention, uses a second terminal apparatus, which can transmit data in different protocols for receiving and transmitting the compressed digital signals transmitted from a first terminal apparatus and a third terminal apparatus.... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080309753 - System for video call processing: A system for video call processing is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a first communication device having a controller element to establish by way of a PSTN port of the first communication device a Public Switched Telephone Network communication session with... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080309754 - Systems and methods for displaying three-dimensional images: Systems and methods for displaying three-dimensional (3D) images are described. In particular, the systems can include a display block made from a transparent material with optical elements three-dimensional disposed therein. Each optical element becomes luminous when illuminated by a light ray. The systems can also include a computing device configured... Agent: Wilmerhale/columbia University

20080309755 - Image outputting apparatus and program: An operation unit switches the operating mode between a 3D display output mode in which the images of the 3D image file are displayed as a stereoscopic images and a 2D display output mode in which one of the images of the 3D image file is displayed as an ordinary... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080309756 - Rendering views for a multi-view display device: A method of rendering views for a multi-view display device (100) is disclosed. The multi-view display device (100) comprises a number of display means (104, 110) for displaying respective views in mutually different directions relative to the multi-view display device (100). The method comprises: computing a first motion vector field... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080309757 - Audio-video playing system capable of detecting remote control distance and method thereof: An audio-video playing system capable of detecting a remote control distance includes a remote control device and an audio-video playing device. The remote control device has a transmitting unit, a first control unit, and an input interface. When the input interface is enabled, the first control unit controls the transmitting... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080309758 - Endoscope system, camera set on body cavity inner wall and method of setting the camera set on body cavity inner wall on inner surface of body cavity wall: An endoscope system has a camera which picks up an image in a body cavity, and a needle portion which is an electrode for transmitting a signal picked up by the camera, and which is pierced through a body wall, to transmit the signal from the camera to the outside... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080309760 - Method and apparatus for controlling a video surveillance camera: A method of controlling a video surveillance camera comprising the steps of creating a first camera control to cause the camera to perform one of the control functions from a group of control functions comprising pan, tilt, zoom, and focus, storing the first camera control in memory, providing a video... Agent: Pelco

20080309759 - Stb/dvr video surveillance: There are provided a method, a system and machine-readable medium for managing surveillance video at a broadcast video terminal device. The method comprises detecting a security event associated with at least one surveillance video camera communicatively coupled to the broadcast video terminal device and requesting insertion of a surveillance entry... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080309761 - Video surveillance system and method with combined video and audio recognition: A novel video surveillance system is made up of video and audio compression engine, a storage device and, a video and audio recognition engine. The video recognition engine detects such events as face recognition, motion detection etc, whereas audio recognition engine detects voice and other sound signatures indicating a potential... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080309764 - Driving assist apparatuses and methods: Apparatuses and methods provide an image pick-up device for picking up an image outside a vehicle, an apparatus body including an installation portion installed to an interior-side surface of a pillar of the vehicle, and a display device provided integrally with the apparatus body and including a display screen disposed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080309763 - Driving support system and vehicle: Disclosed is a driving support system. With this system, a vehicle including a camera installed thereon is arranged at the center of a parking lot defined by two parallel white lines. End points of the respective white lines are included in the field of view of the camera. While the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080309762 - In-vehicle mobile digital video surveillance recorder system with gps visual mapping and navigation: A mobile digital video surveillance recorder with GPS mapping capability is provided that is carried by a vehicle and equipped with a plurality of channel inputs. An associated monitor can be carried by the vehicle to allow the driver to view the camera images being recorded real-time, or the monitor... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080309765 - Portable wireless baby monitor: A method and system for monitoring, both audibly and visually, a child in any location. The method and system consists of providing a wireless camera that can conveniently be located both in a vehicle and in the home. The wireless camera transmits the image signal to a monitor that can... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20080309766 - Color calibrating method for setting target gamma curves of target display device: The present invention discloses a color calibrating method for setting target gamma curves of a target display device by utilizing operations of color space transformation and chromaticity coordinate value comparison according to color characteristics of a reference display device. The color calibrating method disclosed by the present invention is able... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080309767 - Sequential regression for calibration from residues: A system for and method of calibrating an imaging device efficiently is described herein. The imaging device acquires an image of an object that is more than one color. The information acquired is then transferred to a computing device. The information is then used to generate a set of data... Agent: Jonathan O. Owens Haverstock & Owens LLP

20080309768 - Ipod's additional function device: An iPod's additional function device includes a fitting base for receiving an iPod in its hollow space, a lens and a shutter provided on the fitting base, and an interface adapter provided on the fitting base to connect to the connection interface of the iPod so that the iPod has... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080309769 - Fast motion estimation method: An estimated total camera motion between temporally proximate image frames is computed. A desired component of the estimated total camera motion is determined including distinguishing an undesired component of the estimated total camera motion, and including characterizing vector values of motion between the image frames. A counter is incremented for... Agent: Fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20080309771 - Digital camera: A digital camera comprises an imaging/focus detection element, in which focus detection pixel rows are incorporated in a two-dimensional array of a plurality of imaging pixels, that outputs image signals and focus detection signals, a focus detection unit that detects a state of focal adjustment at a photographic optical system... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080309770 - Method and apparatus for simulating a camera panning effect: A digital image acquisition system determines a motion function of a subject/object in an acquired image scene based on a comparison of a reference image of nominally the same scene taken outside the exposure period of the acquired image and at least one other image. The acquired image is segmented... Agent: Fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20080309773 - Image blur correcting unit, image blur correcting device, imaging device and portable device: An image blur correcting unit comprises: a holding module that holds a lens and a driving mechanism that drives the holding module so as to correct blur of an image formed by catching light of an object to be imaged arriving via the lens; a cover that covers the holding... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080309772 - Image pickup apparatus and method, lens unit and computer executable program: A digital still camera includes a lens system having a variable focal length. An image pickup unit is disposed on an optical axis of the lens system, for forming an image frame. Yaw and pitch rate sensors detect a camera shake to output shake information. A shake correction mechanism, associated... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080309774 - Multiple sensor input data synthesis: New systems and methods are hereby provided that inherently and naturally resolve the challenges of synthesizing coordinated inputs from multiple cameras. For example, a multi-sensor mediator may collect the input data from multiple sensors, and generate a composite signal that encodes the combined data from the different sensors. The multi-sensor... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080309776 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus having as a shooting mode a normal shooting mode and a continuous shooting mode for generating a plurality of pieces of image data, includes a setting unit operable to set a shooting mode, an imaging element having as a read mode a normal read mode for outputting... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080309775 - Information recording/reproducing apparatus: A video camera is provided not only with means for receiving any general captured images but also with means for receiving images from any other video input source. The video camera is also provided with an image input arbitration section that captures, after arbitration, video data coming from these two... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080309784 - Camera system and mechanical apparatus: A camera system includes a camera unit for obtaining an image of a periphery of a rotating body that is capable of performing a rotating motion, and an image processing device for generating a display image based on a camera image obtained by the camera unit, so that the display... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080309779 - Focusing method, suitable for an image capturing apparatus using in an environment of low brightness and image capturing apparatus using the same: A focusing method, suitable for an image capturing apparatus using in an environment of low brightness, is provided herein. The focusing method includes that an image sensing unit in the image capturing apparatus is wholly or partially divided into a plurality of regions, and digital image data sensed by the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080309783 - Image processing device and image processing program storage medium: An image processing device includes an image receiving section that receives two medical images, which are imaged at different imaging times, of a same examination object; a time difference acquiring section that acquires a difference between the imaging times of the two images; a global matching section and a local... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080309782 - Image recording apparatus and image recording method: An aspect of the present invention provides an image recording apparatus comprising: an image recording device which records an extended image file storing a plurality of pieces of image data and a basic file storing at least one piece of image data selected from the pieces of image data stored... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080309788 - Image taking apparatus execute shooting control depending on face location: An image taking apparatus includes an image taking system, and a display system, and has a CPU implementing a process to detect subject faces from image frames produced by the image taking system, a process to acquire coordinates of detected subject faces, a process to determine a face detected state... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080309780 - Imaging device: For a first region being a portion of a storage section (202), a read-out pulse produced by a progressive scanning shift register (206) is used to perform a progressive read-out operation of reading out signals from all rows of image-storing pixels (221). For a second region including an entire region... Agent: Gregory A. Stobbs

20080309786 - Method and apparatus for image processing: Digital camera audio/visual capture includes bandpass and notch filtering for the audio input during camera lens motor operation; the filtering may be active during capture or the audio segments may be marked for later noise suppression processing.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080309781 - Method and device for outputting pixel data with appended data: A method and an apparatus for outputting pixel data with appended data are disclosed. An imaging device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes an image sensor, which outputs raw data corresponding to an external image, a memory, which stores the raw data inputted from the image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080309777 - Method, apparatus and program for image processing: An analyzing means first calculates the blur direction and blur level of a digital photograph image based on edge widths and histograms of the edge widths obtained in each direction, and discriminates whether the image is a blurred image or a normal image. Then, it further calculates the camera shake... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080309789 - Output image adjustment of image data: Using image data generated by an image generating device, and image generation record information that is associated with the image data and that includes at least subject area information indicating a subject area in the image, hue of each pixel in the subject area is calculated, and in the event... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080309787 - Phase adjustment device and digital camera: In a phase adjustment device according to the present invention, a first luminance level detector detects a luminance level of a digital imaging signal in a first pixel region, a second luminance level detector detects a luminance level of the digital imaging signal in a second pixel region, a data... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080309785 - Photographing apparatus: A photographing apparatus is disclosed. The photographing apparatus includes: an imaging unit to photograph a subject to acquire image data; an object detection unit to detect a predetermined object from the image data; and a detection condition setting unit to allow a user to arbitrarily set a detection condition for... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080309778 - Shutter time compensation: A hybrid imaging device is configured to capture low resolution video and high resolution still images. The imaging device is configured to apply motion information obtained from the low resolution video to a reference high resolution still image to generate a missing moment of interest high resolution still image. The... Agent: Jonathan O. Owens Haverstock & Owens LLP

20080309790 - White balance adjustment device and white balance adjustment method: To determine white balance convergence in a reliable manner, a white balance adjustment device for adjusting white balance of an input image supplied sequentially in time is provided. The white balance adjustment device comprises first and second integrating units. Each of the integrating units corrects a color component of a... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080309791 - Video camera and flicker reduction method in video camera: To reduce flicker appropriately according to illumination condition of an imaging subject, a video camera is provided. The video camera includes an imaging unit for generating a subject image; a superimposing image generator for generating a superimposing image; an image synthesizer for synthesize the subject image and the superimposing image... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080309792 - Image pickup apparatus and exposure control method: A digital still camera includes a lens system and an image sensor. The image sensor receives object light through the lens system to output an image signal of an object, wherein exposure control and autofocus control of the lens system are carried out according to the image signal. The image... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080309793 - Imaging apparatus, continuous shooting control method, and program therefor: Herein disclosed is an imaging apparatus, carrying out a step of calculating an exposure value based on image data obtained by the imaging section, a step of computing a shutter speed by mean of, for example, a program AE control in accordance with the exposure value calculated in the calculation... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080309794 - Digital camera for protection of creative works: A digital camera for protection of creative digital images includes an image capturing device capturing and digitizing a creative image, a biometric identification device acquiring and verifying biometric information of authorized users, a local biometric database storing the acquired biometric information on the digital camera, and a digital image storage... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080309795 - Image reproduction system: An image reproducing apparatus includes: an image storage device that stores image data having been read into the image reproducing apparatus; an image output device that outputs the image data stored in the image storage device to a display device; an image selection device that selects an image from the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080309796 - Imaging device, imaging method and computer program: An imaging device includes an image input unit for inputting an image of a subject, an image signal processing unit for processing the input image, an image recording unit for recording the input image on a recording medium, a smiling degree detection unit for detecting a smile level of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080309797 - Spectral band separation (sbs) modules, and color camera modules with non-overlap spectral band color filter arrays (cfas): Spectral Band Separation (SBS) modules including at least one dichroic element for imaging at least two different still or video images along non co-directional lines of sight for imaging purposes including inter alia displaying multiple 2D images, displaying Extended Field Of View (EFOV) images, stereoscopic imaging, 3D image rendering, and... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080309799 - Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method: Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus, including: image inputting portion configured to capture an image; optical portion configured to adjust a capture magnification; a rotatable table for adjusting a capture angle; storage portion configured to store a displacement amount between the center of a reading region of the image... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080309798 - Zoom lens system and image pick-up apparatus: s

20080309800 - Noise and parasitic capacitance reduction for 1t pixel cmos image sensors: Methods and circuits for reducing noise for a passive pixel sensor (PPS) array of an image sensor are described. A noise reduction circuit includes a noise reduction integrator circuit configured to detect a potential voltage of a column line of the PPS array and generate a potential voltage substantially equal... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080309801 - Infrared camera system and method: Infrared (IR) camera systems for and a method of obtaining infrared images of target subjects are provided. In one embodiment, an IR camera system (10) includes a lens (12), a number of IR pass filters (14), an optical detector (16), a processor (18) mounted on a circuit board (20), a... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080309802 - Sensor apparatus and method for noise reduction: A sensor including an array of sensor elements generates an image responsive to electromagnetic radiation exposure. The sensor reads coordinates for predetermined hot sensor elements and calculates a dark count for each hot sensor element. The sensor determines a temperature indicator based on the dark count for the hot sensor... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20080309803 - Phase adjustment device, phase adjustment method and digital camera: An intended-usage judger judges an intended usage of an inputted digital imaging signal. A selector selects one or a plurality of signals to be inspected from a group of signals constituting the digital imaging signal based on a result of the judgment by the intended-usage judger. A phase adjuster adjusts... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080309805 - Image sensor package: An image sensor package includes a printed circuit board (PCB) with a plurality of signal input pads disposed on an upper surface thereof, an image sensor chip, a frame layer, a transparent layer, a plurality of wires and glue. The image sensor chip includes a photosensitive region formed on a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080309806 - Imaging system, image sensor, and method of controlling imaging system: An imaging system includes an image sensor and a mechanical shutter which controls the termination of exposure of the image sensor. The image sensor includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a matrix, and a vertical scanning unit which scans the pixel array for... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080309804 - Individual row calibration in an image sensor: A column parallel image sensor such as an active pixel sensor includes a calibration circuit for the readout circuit within the active pixel sensor. The calibration circuit produces a value that is stored and used to offset any noise in the A/D converter. The calibration is carried out each time... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris Inc

20080309807 - Solid-state image pickup device and electronic apparatus including same: A camera module 1 includes: an optical structure 3 that forms a subject image; a solid-state image pickup element 21 that converts, into an electrical signal, a subject image formed by the optical structure 3; a lens holder 4, holding the optical structure 3 therein, which contains the solid-state image... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080309808 - Method of driving ccd solid-state image pickup device, and image pickup apparatus: A method of driving a CCD solid-state image pickup device, which performs multiplication driving on the signal charges, the method including: reading out signal charges from a plurality of photoelectric converting elements that are arranged in a two-dimensional array-like pattern to a charge transfer path that is disposed in parallel... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080309809 - Image sensor and readout method: The invention relates to an image sensor, in particular a CMOS image sensor, for electronic cameras, having a plurality of light sensitive pixels arranged in rows and columns and a number of output amplifiers. The image sensor is made such that the order in which the pixels are switched to... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080309810 - Images with high speed digital frame transfer and frame processing: A digital frame transfer imager having an image sensor and frame memory in the same chip. The image sensor has an integrated memory controller for controlling transfers of data between the sensor and the memory array. The imager utilizes a rolling shutter and multiple groups of analog-to-digital processing circuitry to... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080309811 - Display device, electronic apparatus and camera: A display device includes: a transmission-type optical image forming element that forms an image based upon image signals; an illuminating device that illuminates the optical image forming element; and a light adjustment device that allows illuminating light emitted from the illuminating device to the optical image forming element to have... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080309812 - Camera module: A camera module includes a lens module including a holder and configured for imaging, an image sensor module received in the holder of the lens module and configured for capturing images, and a protective film adhered to an outer surface of the lens module. Due to the protective film, the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080309813 - Imaging device and method: Disclosed herein is an imaging device including an imaging lens; a microlens array section; an imaging element; and a transporting section adapted to transport the microlens array section.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080309814 - Solid-state image pickup device and electronic apparatus including same: A camera module 1 includes: an optical structure 3 that forms a subject image and moves up and down along an optical path; a solid-state image pickup element 21 that converts, into an electrical signal, a subject image formed by the optical structure 3; a lens holder 4, holding the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080309815 - Tilt lens system and image pickup apparatus: where βt is a lateral magnification of the tilt lens unit in a not tilted state, P is a distance from a most object side surface of the tilt lens unit to a rotating center of the tilt lens unit in a tilted state, and H1 is a distance from... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080309816 - Television content control system and method with cross-platform capability: Method and apparatus for content control of television signals which operate over multiple television standards and include flags, control bits, data copy, copy protection signals and/or video modification signals. Content control for high definition television signals is provided operative with television-type devices, such as television transmitters, signal translators, recorders, players... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080309817 - Combined scaling, filtering, and scan conversion: Techniques for performing combined scaling, filtering, and/or scan conversion are disclosed that reduce the amount of line buffer space required in the overall design of a video processing system. In particular, coefficients from all or a sub-set of the scaling, filtering (smoothing/sharpening), and scan conversion filters are combined into one... Agent: Mayer Brown LLP

20080309818 - Image-clock adjusting circuit and method: An image-clock adjusting circuit is provided and includes a phase comparator, a clock controller, and a timing generator. The phase comparator receives a power source signal and a vertical synchronous signal and compares a phase of the power source signal with that of the first vertical synchronous signal for producing... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080309819 - Video sequence id by decimated scene signature: A method for identifying video content consistent with certain embodiments involves, selecting a plurality pixels using a pixel selection algorithm, the pixels being selected to provide a repeatable selection of pixels in a selected frame in the video content; establishing a scene signature by: extracting a characteristic of each selected... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20080309821 - Display system and method for displaying video signals: A method for displaying a video signal and a display system using the same are provided. According to the method for displaying a video signal, the display system provides a setting menu through which a user can set an output resolution according to an occupancy level of a control means,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080309820 - Dual display multi-modal vehicle infotainment system: A vehicle includes left-hand and right-hand video monitors. Each of the video monitors includes opposing top and bottom edges and opposing left-hand and right-hand lateral edges extending between the top and bottom edges. A translation mechanism couples the video monitors to a vehicle body. The video monitors are movable between... Agent: Panasonic Automotive System Company Of America

20080309822 - Method for setting configurations according to external av device or program information and display apparatus using the same: A method for automatically setting configurations of a display apparatus according to audio/visual (AV) device information or program information, and an apparatus applying the method are provided. The method includes checking device information of an active audio/visual (AV) device, reading configuration setting values corresponding to the device information from a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080309823 - Method for processing an image sequence having consecutive video images in order to improve the spatial resolution: An image sequence includes consecutive video images each exhibiting at least one image region having a number of pixels, where each pixel includes at least one intensity value. For each image a motion measure value is determined indicative of temporal change of a video content of the image region and... Agent: O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C.

20080309824 - Image correction method: Disclosed is an image correction method of correcting an image including a number of horizontal image scan lines each corresponding to a number of pieces of image data. The method includes the following steps: segmenting each of the horizontal image scan lines into a plurality of segments according to a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080309825 - Image receiving apparatus and control method of image receiving apparatus: A video receiving apparatus configured to receive packetized video data from a server includes a detecting unit configured to detect an error from the packetized video data received from the server; a determining unit configured to determine the importance of the packetized video data with the error in the case... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080309826 - Television receiving system: The present invention discloses a television receiving system comprising: a smart antenna having a receiving unit that electrically switches directions of receiving television broadcasting signals and a connecting portion that is detachably connected to the receiving unit; and a television receiver couple with the receiving unit though the connecting portion... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20080309828 - Broadcast signal receiving apparatus: A broadcast signal receiving apparatus 1 can simplify up-and-down channel selection corresponding to operations of an up key 21a or a down key 21b by a user without increasing cost. The broadcast signal receiving apparatus 1 comprises a channel selector (primary controller) 8 that performs the up-and-down channel selection. The... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080309827 - Filter device, circuit arrangement comprising such filter device as well as method of operating such filter device: In order to provide a filter device (50, 60) as well as a method for processing input signals, in particular I[ntermediate]F[requency] input signals, for example sound signals, such as received television signals, wherein a bandpass function around the desired carriers is provided and the sound demodulation performance is not disturbed,... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080309829 - Frequency selective radio sensor and a method thereof: An efficient radio sensor and a method thereof. The radio sensor includes a first frequency tracking block (FTB) (110-i) for tracking an input narrowband signal within a predefined frequency range, wherein the first FTB is preset to a first initial frequency; a second FTB (110-j) for tracking the input narrowband... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080309830 - Audio output apparatus, audio input apparatus, audio control apparatus, audio control system, and audio control method: An audio output apparatus which outputs an audio signal to an audio control apparatus controlling processing of the audio signal, and to which an external device having an external terminal is connectable includes an output terminal, a detecting section, a generating section, and a transmitting section. The output terminal is... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080309831 - Video signal processing method and apparatus: Disclosed herein is a video signal processing method and apparatus. In an embodiment of the present invention, video having a second screen size is generated from input video having a first screen size through Wavelet/Bicubic video interpolation, and a parallel Projection Onto Convex Sets (POCS) method is applied to the... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080309832 - Projection display apparatus and display method applied to the same: A display apparatus and a display method applied to the same are disclosed, the display apparatus including a lamp which emits a ray of light; and a panel which represents each of a plurality of pixels constituting an image in a manner such that the ray of light emitted from... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080309833 - Wall assembly, wall assembly with display screen, and architecture: A wall assembly of AV-device integrated type comprises: two columnar members; a holding member bridged between the columnar members so as to hold an AV device; and a front base board and a rear base board for covering a part between the columnar members. The holding member has: a plate... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080309834 - Metallic cover and method for making the same: An exemplary metallic cover (20) includes a bottom base (21) and a plurality of side walls (22, 23, 24, 25). The side walls extend from bottom base. The bottom base and each of the side walls are connected by an edge structure (26). The metallic cover is made of a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080303888 - Electronic equipment for a communication system: The present invention relates to a method and an electronic equipment for reducing the set-up time required to establish video calls between handheld communication devices, wherein the method comprises the steps of detecting (16, S1) a signal to establish a video call via a communication link, determining (16, 30) the... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080303889 - High definition video conference system: The invention discloses a high definition video conference system comprising a plurality of transmitting terminals and a receiving terminal. Each transmitting terminal comprises a digital imaging/processing apparatus and a first data processing apparatus. The receiving terminal comprises a second data processing apparatus and at least one display apparatus. The digital... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080303890 - Videoconferencing systems with recognition ability: A videoconferencing system which encodes different streams of information. The information may include video, audio, speech recognized versions of the audio, and language translated versions of the audio. Text may be sent as part of the videoconference... Agent: Scott C Harris

20080303891 - Polarization-based shadow detection: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining an illumination flux condition in a scene. The method comprises the steps of generating and storing a sequence of images of the scene, each one of the sequence of images comprising an array... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080303892 - Method and apparatus for generating block-based stereoscopic image format and method and apparatus for reconstructing stereoscopic images from block-based stereoscopic image format: Provided are a methods and apparatuses for generating a stereoscopic image format and reconstructing stereoscopic images from the stereoscopic image format. The method of generating a stereoscopic image format for compression or transmission of stereoscopic images includes receiving a base view image and an additional view image, determining block pixel... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080303893 - Method and apparatus for generating header information of stereoscopic image data: A method and apparatus for using header information of stereoscopic image data is provided. The method includes using three-dimensional reproduction period information related to three-dimensionally reproduced stereoscopic image data of image data recorded in a payload region of the stereoscopic image bitstream, in a header region of the stereoscopic image... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080303894 - Stereoscopic image display method and apparatus, method for generating 3d image data from a 2d image data input and an apparatus for generating 3d image data from a 2d image data input: 2D image data are converted into 3D image data. The image is divided, on the basis of focusing characteristics, into two or more regions, it is determined to which region an edge separating two regions belongs. The regions are depth ordered in accordance with the rule that the rule that... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080303896 - Stereoplexing for film and video applications: A method for multiplexing a stream of stereoscopic image source data into a series of left images and a series of right images combinable to form a series of stereoscopic images, both the stereoscopic image source data and series of left images and series of right images conceptually defined to... Agent: Real D - Patent Department

20080303895 - Stereoplexing for video and film applications: A method for multiplexing a stream of stereoscopic image source data including a series of left images and a series of right images combinable to form a series of stereoscopic images is provided. The primary application is for video applications, but film applications are also addressed. The method includes removing... Agent: Real D - Patent Department

20080303897 - Visually capturing and monitoring contents and events of cargo container: A system for visually capturing and monitoring the contents and events surrounding a cargo container is provided. The system includes a camera such as a digital camera or still camera.... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080303898 - Endoscopic image processing apparatus: An endoscopic image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an image acquiring unit which acquires images according to subject images picked up over time by an endoscope inserted into an object to be examined; a lesion detecting unit which detects a lesion in an image each time the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080303899 - video system for viewing an object on a body: The present invention relates to a video system for viewing an object on a body, including an endoscopic lens for capturing an image, an endoscopic camera head attached to the endoscopic lens for transmitting the image, and a camera control unit attached to the endoscopic camera head for receiving the... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080303900 - Miniature low cost pan/tilt magnetic actuation for portable and stationary video cameras: A pan/tilt apparatus for a camera includes a base, a stage mounted on the base to rotate around a vertical pan axis, an optical apparatus mounted on the stage, a pan actuating mechanism, and a tilt actuating mechanism. The optical apparatus includes a frame that supports a magnetic structure and... Agent: Bever, Hoffman & Harms, LLP

20080303903 - Networked video surveillance system: A method of storing and accessing surveillance camera video data is provided. Captured video data as well as corresponding metadata is stored, at least temporarily, at the user sites. Additionally, the metadata and at least a portion of the video data is transmitted to a remotely located third party site... Agent: Patent Law Office Of David G. Beck

20080303902 - System and method for integrating video analytics and data analytics/mining: A method and system detects potential suspicious behavior in a monitored facility. The monitored facility includes at least one point of transaction terminal. Video content of an activity occurring at the monitored facility and transaction data relating to a transaction processed at the transaction terminal are collected. The video content... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080303901 - Tracking an object: In one embodiment, a method of tracking an object carrying a wireless location device comprises recording and storing images from a plurality of cameras corresponding to respective coverage areas having predetermined locations, determining location information associated with the wireless location device, the location information corresponding to one or more of... Agent: Cisco Systems, Inc. Scientific-atlanta, Inc.

20080303904 - Receiving assembly with function of displaying images about objects therein: A receiving assembly with a function of displaying images about objects therein, comprises a container having at least one receiving unit; at least one camera unit being installed in the receiving unit for sensing image about objects in the receiving unit and transferring the data; a display unit for receiving... Agent: Chih-ching Hsieh

20080303906 - Camera calibrating apparatus and method: A camera calibrating apparatus uses a calibration target in combination with a laser source generating a laser beam defining a calibration plane and intersecting the camera field of view to define an object imaging area. The calibration target includes a frame defining a coplanar arrangement of more than five reference... Agent: Jean-claude Boudreau

20080303905 - Methods and apparatuses for non-optical pixel self test: Methods and apparatuses for non-optical testing of imaging devices having an array of pixels are provided. One or more pixels are tested by setting the photoconversion device and/or a floating diffusion region to a known voltage level that is different from that used to operate the pixel during non-test operation.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080303907 - Shake correction module for photographing apparatus: A shake correction module for a photographing apparatus, including a base plate, a first slider member capable of moving in a first axis direction with respect to the base plate and accommodating a photographing device, a first drive portion moving the first slider member in the first axis direction, a... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080303908 - Moving imager camera for track and range capture: A precision motion platform carrying an imaging device under a large-field-coverage lens enables capture of high resolution imagery over the full field in an instantaneous telephoto mode and wide-angle coverage through temporal integration. The device permits automated tracking and scanning without movement of a camera body or lens. Coupled use... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080303910 - Imaging apparatus: A camera is provided with a control signal communication unit and a video and audio signal communication unit. A main camera operated by a shooter captures camera driving and operation control information such as panning, tilting, zooming, recording and reproduction conducted by the shooter and transmits the information to a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080303909 - Recording apparatus, communication apparatus, recording system, communications system, and methods therefor: A recording apparatus includes a communications device which can receive from another communications apparatus by wireless an image-capturing condition of restricting an image-capturing process or a sound recording condition of restricting a sound recording process, and a device which performs an image-capturing or sound recording process according to the received... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080303911 - Method for capturing, measuring and analyzing motion: A system and method for capturing, measuring and analyzing motion in real-time is provided which operates with or without markers. A threshold image is based on a background image and is created to minimize noise during the motion capture. A captured image is compared to the threshold image to identify... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080303917 - Digital processing cell: A method and apparatus of digital image processing that provides pixel based image correction. The method and apparatus provide a digital processing cell that includes first and second processing modules. Each processing module includes a gate array. The gate array includes a digital video processing module and a switch portion... Agent: Fisher Technology Law

20080303915 - Face image capture apparatus: A face image capture apparatus for a vehicle repeatedly performs an output of a difference image to an image ECU. When the number of times of outputs reaches a predetermined number of times, a bright face image from which an influence of disturbance light is not removed is outputted to... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080303914 - Image sensor array architecture for improved resolution switching: An image sensor array is provided with: a first CCD image sensor configured to output a plurality of first signal voltages from a first output terminal; a second CCD image sensor configured to output a plurality of second signal voltages from a second output terminal; a switch circuit selectively connecting... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080303916 - Image-capturing device: An image-capturing device including an image-capturing element, a data extraction device, a recording device, a reproduction device, and a display control device is provided. The image-capturing element captures an image of a photographic subject and outputs image data. The data extraction device extracts data corresponding to a region designated in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080303913 - Imaging camera processing unit and method: To allow much better user control of how a camera output image captures an original scene, the imaging camera unit (401), arranged to form part of a image-capturing camera system (400), comprising: a user-interface (420), allowing a user to specify at least one indication (gp) of a geometric position of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080303912 - Method, apparatus, software and arrangement for modifying image data: This invention relates to programmable modification of image data of a small compact digital camera. In the method according to the embodiments of the invention sensor data is processed before transferring it to an image processing component. The sensor data is read out from a camera sensor several times during... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080303918 - Color correcting for ambient light: An apparatus and method are described for adjusting the color balance of a display. According to the method, a sensor of the apparatus detects the color temperature of ambient light. A controller of the apparatus adjusts the color balance of the emissive display based on the detected color temperature of... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080303919 - Image pickup device and camera module using the same: An image pickup device includes a signal processing unit which processes a signal generated by separating a luminous signal into wavelength components of two or more colors by use of a sensor unit including two-dimensionally arranged pixels to which a wavelength separating unit for separating light wavelengths is arranged at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080303920 - Imaging device and signal processing method: The present invention is to allow an XY-address scanning-type imaging device such as a CMOS imaging device to detect a fluorescent flicker correctly and accurately and reduce a fluorescent flicker component surely and sufficiently. The RGB primary color signals arising from A/D conversion of the RGB primary color signals obtained... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080303921 - Photographing apparatus having functions of portable multimedia player: A photographing apparatus having portable multimedia player (PMP) functions. The photographing apparatus provides the PMP functions to store multimedia content such as images, music and moving image files and to play back the stored multimedia content using recording and playback functions of the photographing apparatus so that portability can be... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080303922 - Image capture: Embodiments of methods and apparatuses to improve image capturing are described. In certain embodiments, an apparatus to improve image capturing includes a camera, a processor coupled to the camera, and one or more ambient light sensors coupled to the processor. The one or more ambient light sensors may be located... Agent: James C. Scheller Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080303923 - Image pickup apparatus and interchangeable lens: An image pickup apparatus 100 includes a memory 52 that stores information on an object distance obtained from an interchangeable lens 220 mounted on the image pickup apparatus and a memory controller 50 that retains the information on the object distance in the memory also after the interchangeable lens is... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080303924 - Information processing apparatus and method for operating same: When the power supply is turned on, the value of a mode flag first is set to 0, the mode flag is evaluated, and processing of the record mode is executed. In the record mode, charging processing of the strobe is performed for a specified interval of time, and the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080303925 - Image pickup apparatus and focus control method: An image pickup apparatus includes a first image generator 3 that generates a first unit image based on a signal read from the image pickup device with each read cycle of the signal, a detector 5 that detects a luminance of the first unit image and detects a luminance variation... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080303926 - Method and apparatus for image improvement: A method and an apparatus for improving the image quality. The method comprises steps of producing image correcting information to decrease errors in the image to be produced by a camera module (109, 111, 112) by comparing the image taken by said camera module (109, 111, 112, 113) with a... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080303927 - Digital motion picture camera with two image sensors: The invention relates to a digital camera, in particular to a digital motion picture camera, for the taking of images, having a first sensor, a second sensor and a beam splitter to direct received light onto the first sensor and onto the second sensor, said sensors each including a plurality... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080303928 - Image pickup device and image pickup apparatus: To provide an image pickup device and an image pickup apparatus which are equipped with a linear-log sensor which can cancel variations between pixels in an inflection point caused by variations in a threshold of the transistors constituting a logarithmic conversion circuit while using a circuit constitution similar to a... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080303929 - Solid-state image capturing apparatus and electric information device: A solid-state image capturing apparatus is provided, and, in a pixel of a 3TR structure, the solid-state image capturing apparatus increases the reset electric potential of the signal charge accumulation section upon a reset operation so that an electric potential difference between the signal voltage and the reset voltage upon... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080303931 - Data transfer circuit, solid-state imaging device and camera system: Disclosed herein is a data transfer circuit including, a plurality of data transfer lines, a plurality of data outputting sections, a plurality of data holding sections, a data-acquiring-clock supplying section a clock supplying section, and a column scan section.... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080303932 - Isolation structure for image sensor device: Provided is an image sensor device including a substrate with a pixel region and a peripheral region. A first isolation structure is formed on the substrate in the pixel region. The first isolation structure includes a trench having a first depth. A second isolation structure is formed on the substrate... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080303930 - Photoelectric conversion device and image-pickup apparatus: In a photoelectric conversion device, groups of unit pixels are arranged in a well, where each of the unit pixels includes photoelectric conversion elements, an amplifier transistor, and transfer transistors. The photoelectric conversion device includes a line used to supply a voltage to the well, a well-contact part used to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080303934 - Image sensor and image reading apparatus: A structure which meets a high-quality reading requirement and realizes high-speed color reading when the reading section of a color image forming apparatus adopts a color contact image sensor using CCDs as reading element arrays is disclosed. The image sensor of a color image reading section uses a color contact... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080303933 - Solid-state image pickup apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and image sensor: In a solid-state image sensor according to this invention, an image signal temperature variation suppressing unit changes a voltage value of a driver voltage applied to multiplying registers in response to varations in sensor temperature of a CCD image sensor. Thus, a charge multiplication gain of a charge multiplying unit... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20080303935 - Image taking apparatus: According to the image taking apparatus of an aspect of the present invention, the switch image included in the acquired image of the subject is extracted and displayed on the display device. The touch panel is provided on the front surface of the display device and, when the input to... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080303936 - Camera system: An image display control component 15 displays part of an image 82A as a reference image 82A′ on a liquid crystal monitor 16. Further, the image display control component 15 displays part of an image 82B acquired at a different aperture value from that of the image 82A as a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080303937 - Portable telephone and autofocusing method: A portable telephone whose focusing operation is facilitated, with which missing of an opportunity of snapping can be prevented, and whose usability is improved. In the portable telephone, a camera section (101) images an object displayed on a display section (108). An autofocus region selection section (104) has a group... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080303938 - System and method for controlling photoflash: A system for controlling photoflash includes a signal processing unit, a calculating unit, a photoflash module and an adjusting unit. The photoflash module includes a capacitor. The signal processing unit is configured for analyzing image information to get a current brightness value of the image, and the calculating unit is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080303939 - Camera module with compact packaging of image sensor chip: An exemplary camera module includes a base, an image sensor chip, a lens holder, a lens module, at least one electronic element, and a light transmittance element. The base defines a first cavity. The image sensor chip is disposed on the base and includes a photosensitive area. The image sensor... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080303940 - Process for digitizing video over analog component video cables: A method for efficient digital capturing of analog video signals of computer game consoles is provided. The video format of the signal is changed from 480p to 720p, without any scaling artifacts. The number of active horizontal resolution lines and active vertical resolution lines is reduced in the higher definition... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080303941 - Picture processing apparatus, picture processing method, picture data storage medium and computer program: In an apparatus and a method for executing generation and reproduction processing of picture data suitable for picture display devices having differing processable frame rates, low frame rate picture data is generated on the basis of a plurality of temporally continuous pictures having a high frame rate to provide picture... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080303943 - Digest generation for television broadcast program: In a device for generating a digest of a television broadcast program containing subtitle information, a character number calculation section calculates, based on the subtitle information, a character number of a subtitle displayed in each of segments provided at regular intervals. A digest scene specifying section compares the calculated character... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080303945 - Storage medium storing text-based subtitle data including style information, and apparatus and method of playing back the storage medium: A storage medium includes text-based subtitle data including style information for use with an apparatus and a method of playing back the storage medium. The storage medium includes moving image data, and subtitle data for providing a subtitle for the moving image data. The subtitle data is recorded based on... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080303942 - System and method for extracting text captions from video and generating video summaries: Caption boxes which are embedded in video content can be located and the text within the caption boxes decoded. Real time processing is enhanced by locating caption box regions in the compressed video domain and performing pixel based processing operations within the region of the video frame in which a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080303944 - Television receiver: A television receiver 100 receives, with a tuner 11, a television broadcast signal to which text data indicating emergency information is added, and displays an image on the basis of the received television broadcast signal. In the television receiver 100, a TS decoder 12 separates the text data from the... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20080303946 - Method and apparatus for displaying a video signal on a computer system: A system that displays a video signal on a display for a computer system is presented. During operation, the system receives a signal to switch from displaying a video signal from an internal video source to displaying a video signal from an external video source. In this system, the internal... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080303947 - Audio processing apparatus and display apparatus with same: An AV device comprises a processing section for carrying out a process for view and listening, a signal output section for outputting a signal to the processing section, first signal input sections including a mobile audio input terminal, a first detecting section for detecting insertion/removal of a plug into/from the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080303948 - Video signal processing apparatus: By setting an area for displaying OSD data, a high-intensity part of this area is highlighted and an area which is not to be highlighted is set. Also, by performing translucent display of the OSD data and natural-image data, an area which is not to be highlighted can be set.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080303949 - Manipulating video streams: Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer program products, for manipulating video streams in videoconference session. A reference background image is identified from a first video frame in a video stream of a videoconferencing environment. A subsequent video frame from the video stream is received. Areas of the subsequent video frame... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080303953 - Device and method for removing grid noise: A device and a method for removing grid noises are disclosed. The device for removing grid noises in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention calculates an average value of each line of an inputted Bayer pattern image, calculates an estimate value estimating an average of even number lines... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080303952 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes a feedback unit configured to perform first nonlinear conversion of a signal obtained by subtracting a value of a subtraction image signal from that of a current-frame image signal, and to obtain the next subtraction signal by subtracting a signal obtained by performing the first... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080303951 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program: An image processing apparatus includes a noise reduction unit configured to nonlinearly convert a signal obtained by subtracting a value of a subtraction image signal, which is read from a memory, from that of a current-frame image signal, to generate a noise-reduced signal by subtracting the nonlinearly converted signal from... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080303950 - Video signal receiving circuit: A circuit for reducing ground noise of video signals is provided. The circuit includes a current source, a plurality of resistors, an AC coupling circuit and a subtracting circuit. The resistors are used for outputting a first and second voltage levels corresponding to different voltages provided by the series-connected resistors.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080303954 - Signal processing apparatus, image display apparatus, and signal processing method: A signal processing apparatus 200 comprises a detection unit 221 configured to detect a motion vector in a control target area targeted for an edge-enhancement control; an extraction unit 222 configured to extract a horizontal component which is a motion vector component in a horizontal direction and a vertical component... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080303955 - System and method of accessing digital video broadcasts within an information handling system: A system and method of accessing digital video broadcasts within an information handling system is disclosed. In one form, a digital video broadcast processing system can include a digital video broadcast receiver module operable to process a first digital video broadcast data received within a multiple channel digital video broadcast... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080303956 - Video transmission apparatus and video transmission method: According to one embodiment, a video transmission apparatus includes a detection unit which detects a communication quality level of a wireless communication channel which wirelessly connects a display device and the video transmission apparatus, a start control unit which starts a process of transmitting video data to the display device... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080303957 - Modular entertainment and data system: A modular, reconfigurable entertainment and data system provides data to at least one user. A cabinet is provided which contains a plurality of module receiving rails therein. A power supply module is positioned on a first one of the rails and provides an operating potential. An entertainment/data module is positioned... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080303958 - Method for receiving station signal and receiver for receiving the same: A method for receiving a station signal is provided. First, a radio frequency signal is received and converted to a first IF signal. Next, the first IF signal is demodulated to a demodulation signal and a first parameter is obtained within, the first parameter being a DC level of the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080303960 - Channel setting apparatus and television: Disclosed is a channel setting processing including the steps of: generating a channel map data including physical channel information about a physical channel available to receive a broadcast signal, the physical channel information being at least a main channel number of a virtual channel, a sub channel number of the... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20080303959 - Method and apparatus for changing channels in a system operating in a recording mode: An apparatus and a method for selecting one of a plurality of digital video channels and analog video channels in response to user selection, in particular, when operating in a digital recording mode. The user may select the channel using either a channel scan mode, in which the user selection... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080303961 - Inputs switching device: The present invention discloses an inputs switching device, includes: a plurality of external inputs accepting unit to accept different external inputs; a switching order storage unit to store a switching order of the external inputs to be output; an external inputs switching unit to switch the external inputs to be... Agent: Yokoi & Co. U.s.a., Inc.

20080297585 - Integrated cordless voice/video ip phone system: Discloses a system for Internet based audio video communications where a user participation in a communications session including a video component includes functionality to enable the participant to provide a video feed that is based on a user selection of a real time video capture or a still capture image.... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20080297588 - Managing scene transitions for video communication: Video communication systems and methods for operating the same are provided. The system has a computer cooperating with at least one image capture device which acquires video images of a local environment having an individual therein, an audio system, an image processor and a communication controller to acquire video images... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080297587 - Multi-camera residential communication system: Video communication devices and methods are provided. The device has an image display device; a first image capture device that acquires video images depicting a wide field of view within the local environment; a second image capture device that acquires video images depicting a narrow field of view within the... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080297586 - Personal controls for personal video communications: Video communication systems and methods for operating the same are provided with the method determining privacy settings for a video communication event; establishing a video communication link with a video communication system at a remote site; capturing video images of a field of view of at least one image capture... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080297589 - Eye gazing imaging for video communications: Video communication systems and methods for communicating between an individual in a local environment, and a remote viewer in a remote environment are provided. The system has an image display device; at least one image capture device which acquires video images for fields of view of a local environment, and... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080297590 - 3-d robotic vision and vision control system: A robotic vision and vision control system includes a stereoscopic camera mounted on a robot and a remote three-dimensional display system that provides the operator of the robot with a good sense of depth or distance for more precisely maneuvering the robot. The stereoscopic display system can further include an... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20080297593 - Rendering for an interactive 360 degree light field display: An interactive, autostereoscopic system for displaying an object in 3D includes a mirror configured to spin around a vertical axis when actuated by a motor, a high speed video projector, and a processing system including a graphics card interfaced to the video projector. An anisotropic reflector is bonded onto an... Agent: Marc E. Brown Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080297592 - Stereoscopic display and phase different plate: A stereoscopic display is provided. The stereoscopic display includes: an image displaying section that generates a right eye image and a left eye image and emits the same; and a phase differential plate disposed on an exit side of the image displaying section that orthogonalizes to each other or rotates... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080297591 - Supplementary visual display system: There is provided a supplementary visual display system (10,200) for use in conjunction with a display device (40) including an image display region (50) for presenting images to a viewer (15). The system (10,200) comprises: (a) one or more illumination sources (100a, 100b,110,120) which at least partially peripherally surround the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080297594 - Autostereoscopic display device: A switchable autostereoscopic display device comprising: a display panel having an array of display pixels for producing a display, the display pixels being arranged in rows and columns; an array of lens elements arranged over the display panel for directing the light output of the display pixels so as to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080297595 - Visual communication system: A visual communication system that is suitable for use in connection with a display surface is disclosed. The system includes a camera or other data-capturing device that can be remotely positioned from the display surface. A control unit receives image data from the camera or data-capturing device and processes the... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080297596 - Magnification observation apparatus and method for creating high tone image file: A high tone image is saved in a versatile image file format to enhance usability. There are provided an imaging unit that images an original image having a predetermined dynamic range, which is a ratio between minimum luminance and maximum luminance; a synthesized image generating part that generates a synthesized... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20080297597 - Magnification observation apparatus and method for photographing magnified image: A high tone image is saved in a versatile image file format to enhance usability. There are provided an imaging unit that images an original image having a predetermined dynamic range, which is a ratio between minimum luminance and maximum luminance; a synthesized image generating part that generates a synthesized... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20080297598 - Electronic film editing system using both film and videotape format: A system for generating a digital representation of a video signal comprised of a sequence of video frames which each include two video fields of a duration such that the video plays at a first prespecified rate of frames per second. The sequence of video frames includes a prespecified number... Agent: Peter J. Gordon, Patent Counsel Avid Technology, Inc.

20080297600 - Monitor device: A screen display section and a control section are formed as separate units, enabling the sections to be separated from each other and integrally assembled together through a rigid bracket. Further, the screen display section and the control section respectively independently have connector receiving spaces. By this construction, the screen... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080297599 - Video data storage, search, and retrieval using meta-data and attribute data in a video surveillance system: One embodiment is a method of storing video data from a video surveillance system having one or more cameras. Video data is captured from one or more surveillance cameras. Meta-data is automatically generated by performing video analysis on the captured video data from the surveillance cameras. A human operator may... Agent: Kd Secure Attn: Daniar Hussain

20080297601 - Camera control unit, camera display system, and camera control method: A camera control unit includes a position information acquisition unit, a capturing area determination unit, an angle of view/capturing direction computation unit, a camera control signal generation unit, and a camera control signal sending unit. The capturing area determination unit sets the capturing area of the camera so that an... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080297602 - Application method and device operated by infrared sensing and sound: An application device operated by infrared (IR) sensing is provided. The application device includes a camera module and an IR sensor. The camera module has a storage unit and is suitable for receiving an enable signal to activate a recording so as to produce an image data. The IR sensor... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080297603 - Method for generating test patterns for detecting and quantifying losses in video equipment: A method for detecting and quantifying losses in at least one of video and audio equipment, comprising the steps of generating the test pattern; processing the test pattern through video equipment; and displaying the processed test pattern to a display to a viewer. In one embodiment, the test pattern is... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20080297604 - Test pattern signal generator and generation method, color measurement system and display device: Disclosed herein is a test pattern signal generator for outputting a video signal adapted to display, on a display device, a test pattern of a color chart according to a standard for a first color gamut and a color chart of a test pattern according to a standard for a... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080297605 - Apparatus for image processing: An apparatus for image processing includes an image sensor including a pixel array of a plurality of pixels, the pixel array having equal vertical and horizontal lengths; a buffer storing image signals scanned at the image sensor; and a controller reading out the image signals stored in the buffer according... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080297606 - Digital camera: Provided is a hand-held modular camera assembly with a camera module, a printer module, and a dispenser module. The assembly has a central processor which includes a RISC processor core, and a memory operatively storing operating instructions for the processor core and image data for manipulation by said core. The... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080297607 - Image file sharing method, and digital camera and center server used in image file sharing system: Group keys and image group names of image groups to which the owner of a digital camera belongs are transmitted from a server to the digital camera. The image group names are displayed in list form and an image group name is selected from the list. The group key of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080297608 - Method for cooperative capture of images: The present disclosure relates to a system for acquiring images from multiple image capture devices. The system includes a first device coupled to the cooperative network for broadcasting a request to one or more image capture devices participating in the cooperative network for capturing an image at a predetermined location.... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080297609 - Image photographing apparatus and method: An image photographing apparatus and method, and more particularly, an image photographing apparatus and method that may divide each unit sensor of an image sensor into a high-sensitivity sensor and a low-sensitivity sensor and sense an incident optical signal using the high-sensitivity sensor and the low-sensitivity sensor. The image photographing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080297610 - Image quality selecting method and digital camera: Selection candidates for number of imaging pixels and for an image compression rate are displayed in a two-dimensional arrangement on a setting screen for setting an image quality, and combinations of selectable number of image pixels and a compression rate can be presented to a user. An instruction for moving... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080297611 - Computer-controlled lighting for video communication: A video communication system may include a computer program that implements a feedback control process for automatically controlling a light. The feedback control process may include receiving an image from a video camera and determining an initial difference between the received image and a stored image. For example, the feedback... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080297612 - Image pickup device: An image pickup device includes a plurality of image pickup unit configured to pick up images of a plurality of respective subject segments divided from a subject in a wide range; and a processing unit configured to combine the images picked up by the image pickup unit into a single... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080297613 - Image pickup apparatus and method for controlling the same: An image pickup apparatus including a photoelectric conversion element, first, a shutter speed for still-image pickup is set. Next, an image-pickup frame rate is set on the basis of the shutter speed for still-image pickup. Then, an operation of the photoelectric conversion element is controlled such that picked-up images are... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080297618 - Data processing apparatus, method of controlling data processing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium: The digital camera according to an embodiment executes image sensing processing first, if interruption processing occurs during transfer parameter setting processing. Thus, the user does not miss a photo opportunity.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080297616 - Image reading device and image reading method: In an image reading device, a sampling-and-holding circuit generates a plurality of analog image signals by sampling an image signal at each sampling-and-holding timing and holding sampled image signals for a predetermined amount of time, an analog-to-digital converting unit converts the analog image signals into a plurality of digital image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080297615 - Imaging device and method for reading signals from such device: Each pixel cell (12) of an image sensor (10) is made of a 4-Tr structure, in which only one Tr for resetting a column (X) is so added to an ordinary 3-Tr APS as to reset only an arbitrary pixel selectively, thereby to confine the pixel size. When a pixel... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080297619 - Modular digital camera: Provided is a pen-shaped modular camera assembly having a plurality of modules each with at least one connector to link the modules together. The assembly includes a camera module having an image sensor for capturing an image in an RGB (red, green, blue) color space. Also included is a central... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080297614 - Optical apparatus for virtual interface projection and sensing: Optical and mechanical apparatus and methods for improved virtual interface projection and detection, by combining this function with still or video imaging functions. The apparatus comprises optics for imaging multiple imaged fields onto a single electronic imaging sensor. One of these imaged fields can be an infra red data entry... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080297617 - Terminal and image capturing method thereof: A terminal with an image capture function and an image capturing method thereof are provided that can display a capture guide on a preview screen and optimize the arrangement of persons in a photographic image. The image capturing method of a terminal includes recognizing a face in an image displayed... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080297620 - Reducing computational complexity in determining an illuminant of a scene: In an embodiment, computational complexity of estimating the actual illuminant of a scene is reduced by examining only a subset of the pixel values generated for a received image frame. In another embodiment, number of rotations of color values is minimized by selecting an area which contains the color cue... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20080297621 - Strategies for extracting foreground information using flash and no-flash image pairs: A flash-based strategy is used to separate foreground information from background information within image information. In this strategy, a first image is taken without the use of flash. A second image is taken of the same subject matter with the use of flash. The foreground information in the flash image... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080297622 - Method and device for displaying images simulated based on different shooting conditions: During framing, an image sensor captures an image of a subject and produces an image signal. The image signal is chronologically retrieved and sent to plural signal processing sections. The signal processing sections concurrently produce frames simulated based on different shooting conditions or different shooting modes. Images of frames are... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080297624 - Image processing apparatus, image processing system, computer readable medium, and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes a memory that memorizes a plurality of pickup images in which an object has been picked up by varying an irradiation direction of a light; an extracting portion that extracts an area image of an area indicated by a user from each of the pickup... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080297623 - Real-size preview system in terminal having digital camera function and control method thereof: A real-size preview system in a terminal having a digital camera function and a control method thereof are provided. The real-size preview system includes a display unit for displaying an image provided through a camera module to a user and an image processor for designating a first display area in... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080297625 - Camera system: A camera system 100 has an imaging optical system L, an imaging component 45, a liquid crystal monitor 16, and an image display controller 15. The liquid crystal monitor 16 allows a plurality of images acquired by the imaging component 45 to be displayed. The image display controller 15 controls... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080297626 - Imaging device: An imaging device has: a video camera that takes a video of an imaging object; a camera holder that supports the video camera at a position of imaging the imaging object; an output module that outputs the video taken by the video camera; and an image processing module configured to... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080297627 - Solid-state imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having pixels two-dimensionally arranged into row direction and column direction, each pixel containing a photoelectric conversion section, an accumulation section for accumulating output of the photoelectric conversion section, an amplification section for amplifying output of the photoelectric conversion section accumulated at the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080297628 - Defective pixel specifying method, defective pixel specifying system, image correcting method, and image correcting system: A defective pixel specifying method and a defective pixel specifying system for a semiconductor device having a defective pixel are provided. Also provided are an image correcting method and an image correcting system for making a defective pixel inconspicuous on the screen when a read image is displayed. The present... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080297629 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: When pixel data of a solid-state image-pickup device is read in various types of methods to pick up images, a correction process for defective pixels is easily performed at a low cost. As defect-correction data in a case in which a still image is shot, data is used, which is... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080297630 - Imaging device and imaging method: According to an aspect of an embodiment, an imaging device has a black level reference generator for generating a reference value of a black level by calculating an average value of the accumulated pixel values for which the maximum values and/or minimum values has been replaced by the compensational pixel... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080297631 - Solid-state imaging circuit and camera system: A solid-state imaging circuit is formed by including an imaging unit and an image processing unit. The imaging unit is formed by including a pixel array in which plural pixel circuits performing a photoelectric conversion of an optical image image-formed by a photographic optical system are arranged. The image processing... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080297632 - Imaging apparatus and image processing program: An imaging apparatus includes an image pickup unit generating image data, a selecting unit selecting any one of a first photographic mode that does not correct dark area gradation of the image data and a second photographic mode that corrects the dark area gradation of the image data, a gradation... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080297633 - Imaging device: An imaging device comprises: an imaging element that comprises (i) at least three types of color detection photoelectric conversion elements that detect different color components of light and (ii) brightness detection photoelectric conversion elements that detect brightness components of light; a level adjustment section that adjust levels of color signals... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080297634 - Image pickup device, method of producing image pickup device, and semiconductor substrate for image pickup device: An image pickup device including a semiconductor substrate that is irradiated with light from a first surface side thereof, and reading signal charges generated in the semiconductor substrate in accordance with the light from a second surface side thereof, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes: a photoelectric converting layer that includes... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080297635 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus for converting an object image formed by a taking optical system into an image signal, the imaging apparatus including: a solid-state imaging device for converting the object image into the image signal, attached to a case body of the imaging apparatus such that its light receiving plane... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080297636 - Solid-state image pickup device and signal processing method using solid-state image pickup device: A solid-state image pickup device having a reduced signal transfer time and a signal processing method using the solid-state image pickup device. A pixel array includes a plurality of light-receiving pixel elements and a plurality of light-blocked pixel elements. A read block reads the output signals of the plurality of... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080297637 - Solid-state imaging apparatus and imaging system using the same: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having pixels arranged into a matrix, each pixel containing an electric charge retaining section with a first accumulation capacitance for retaining a signal electric charge, a photoelectric conversion device with a second accumulation capacitance greater than the first accumulation capacitance where a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080297638 - Information display apparatus, image taking apparatus, and method and computer program for controlling displaying information: An information display apparatus includes an input device adapted to input user operation information, a touch sensor adapted to detect the state of the input device in terms of whether the input device is touched by a user, a display adapted to display information, and a control unit adapted to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080297639 - Camera system: A camera system 100 has an imaging optical system L, an imaging component 45, a liquid crystal monitor 16, an aperture setting component 29, and an image display controller 15. The liquid crystal monitor 16 has a first display region R131 and a second display region R132. The aperture setting... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080297640 - Camera system: A camera system 100 has an imaging optical system L, an imaging component 45, a liquid crystal monitor 16, a body microprocessor 12, an aperture setting component 29, and an image display controller 15. The body microprocessor 12 allows a target aperture value and a reference aperture value to be... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080297642 - Camera module: A camera module includes a lens unit; a holder which houses the lens unit therein and is displaceable along an optical axis direction of the lens unit; a coil provided on the holder; a yoke, four main magnets and two flat plate-shaped auxiliary magnets which provide a magnetic field to... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080297643 - Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and computer readable media: Provided is an image capturing apparatus, including: an optical system causing a light receiving section to receive, in substantially the same spread, light from positions within a predetermined range of positional relation, and has different optical transfer functions for light from different positions lying within the predetermined range; a storage... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080297641 - Optical apparatus having device for removing foreign substance: An optical apparatus includes a rectangular optical member provided on an optical axis, a supporting member configured to support the optical member, and a rectangular vibrating device stuck to the optical member close to and in parallel with one of four sides of the optical member and configured to vibrate... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080297645 - Camera module with compact packaging of image sensor chip and method of manufacturing the same: An exemplary camera module includes a lens holder, a lens module, an image sensor chip, at least three apart bonding pads, and a light transmittance element. The lens module is received in the lens holder. The lens module includes a barrel and at least one lens received in the barrel.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080297647 - Image pickup device: An image pickup device that picks up an image of an object with an image pickup element, consisting of: a lens connecting portion that connects an interchangeable lens that can be attached and detached; a lens distinguishing portion that distinguishes the type of the interchangeable lens that is connected to... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080297644 - Light-emitting diode arrangement, optical recording device and method for the pulsed operation of at least one light-emitting diode: A light-emitting diode array is disclosed which has two light-emitting diodes which are connected in antiparallel with one another, and a power supply which is suitable for energizing the light-emitting diodes independently of one another in the forward direction. In addition, an optical recording apparatus and a method for the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080297646 - Optical apparatus having device for removing foreign substance: An optical apparatus includes a rectangular optical member provided on an optical axis, and a rectangular vibrating device stuck to the optical member close to and in parallel with one of four sides of the optical member and configured to vibrate the optical member in a wave fashion to have... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080297648 - Focus detection apparatus: A blurring parameter operating section calculates a blurring parameter corresponding to a distance from an optical system to a subject, based on two luminance information items which have different blurring degrees and are acquired by changing an arrangement setting of the optical system. A distance estimating section estimates distance information... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080297649 - Methods and apparatus providing light assisted automatic focus: Methods and apparatus for accurately auto focusing a lens of an imaging device. The method includes the steps of focusing an image of a subject on an imager, determining that the subject has moved, and refocusing the image of the subject on the imager by comparing a first brightness of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080297650 - Image photographing device: Disclosed is an image photographing device. Particularly, this invention intends to provide the image photographing device having a lower board spring that is easily manufactured and assembled by forming a terminal part on a supporting portion. In order to accomplish the above objects, the present invention comprises a lower board... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20080297651 - Optical apparatus having device for removing foreign substance: An optical apparatus includes a rectangular optical member provided on an optical axis, a supporting member configured to support the optical member, and a rectangular vibrating device stuck to the optical member close to and in parallel with one of four sides of the optical member and configured to vibrate... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080297652 - Delay stabilization method and apparatus for video format conversion: A method for stabilizing delay during conversion between Standard Definition (SD) video and High Definition (HD) video includes the step of establishing an integer divide ratio (M/N) corresponding to a ratio of clock rates with the output and input formats. The output clock rate is generated from the input clock... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080297653 - Storage medium for storing text-based subtitle data including style information, and reproducing apparatus and method for reproducing text-based subtitle data including style information: A storage medium for storing text-based subtitle data including style information, a reproducing apparatus and methods are provided for reproducing text-based subtitle data including style information separately recorded on the storage medium. The storage medium includes: multimedia image data; and text-based subtitle data for displaying subtitles on an image based... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080297654 - Script synchronization by watermarking: A watermark is embedded into a content stream including at least a clock value that relates to a time of embedding the clock value and an initial clock value representing the start of the content stream. A receiver extracts from the content stream the embedded watermark including the clock value.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080297655 - Television receiving apparatus and device control method: A television receiving apparatus has: a storage unit storing identification information, which identifies devices outputting image signals; a display control unit displaying a device selection screen for selecting a device to output an image signal based on the stored identification information; a confirmation unit confirming whether the device is in... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080297656 - Video processing device and video processing method: According to one embodiment, a video processing device comprises a communication unit which communicates with other video processing devices via communication paths, a remote controller communication unit which receives operation signals corresponding to operations of a predetermined key of a remote controller, and a control unit which performs processing by... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080297658 - Display: This display includes a display portion, a receiving sensitivity detection portion and a control portion so formed as to control the display portion to display an image received from a channel and displayable on the display portion while displaying a set screen enabling the user to select whether or not... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080297657 - Method and system for processing text in a video stream: The disclosed systems and methods achieve improved communication of the text in a video stream. Text may be processed separately from the video stream to suit the capabilities of a display device or to improve the availability of the textual information to users with special requirements. The disclosed methods and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080297659 - Pal signal demodulating apparatus: A PAL signal demodulating apparatus comprises BPF filters that perform band pass filtering to pass a chroma band for frames 1 to 5, thereby producing the BPF output signals for the frames, a 3D color phase distortion correcting color signal acquiring unit that calculates correlations between frames 1 and 3... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080297660 - Digital video apparatus and method for controlling digital video apparatus: A digital video apparatus includes: a first standby information storing unit that stores first standby command disregarding information; an active source storing unit that stores active source information indicating whether unique information of one of external devices from which a video is currently received is set as an active source;... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080297661 - Signal distribution device, receiver device, and apparatus including receiver device: A signal distribution device that is provided in a tuner of the present invention includes a plurality of demodulators, a voltage comparator, a switch, a broadband amplifier, and a balun. This allows the signal distribution device of the present invention to realize a signal distribution device capable of controlling a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080297663 - Liquid crystal television receiver: A liquid crystal television receiver includes a circular hole passing through a cabinet in a left and right direction, and an input terminal of a television broadcasting receiver unit mounted on a substrate disposed vertically in the cabinet, the television broadcasting receiver unit having the input terminal passing through the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080297662 - Method and system for optimizing mobile electronic device performance when processing video content: A method and system for optimizing performance of a mobile electronic device when processing video content through reduced reliance on software processing by the mobile electronic device in making luminance adjustments to the video content. Software processing by the mobile electronic device is reduced by having a video server node... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.

20080297664 - Integrated analog video receiver: An analog video receiver implemented in an integrated circuit device. The analog video receiver includes an amplifier to amplify an analog video signal having a desired carrier frequency, and a mixing circuit to mix the amplified analog video signal with a complex sinusoid having a frequency substantially equal to the... Agent: Shemwell Gregory & Courtney LLP

20080297665 - Method of manufacturing infrared rays receiver and structure thereof: A method of manufacturing an infrared rays receiver comprises the steps of: chip attach; wire bonding; encapsulation; metal housing covering; encapsulation; pin cutting; and testing. A lead frame has several pins, wherein one pin has a coupling part. An infrared rays receiving chip is coupled to the coupling part of... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080297666 - System and method for increasing the brightness of an image: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for increasing the brightness of a video image. More specifically, there is provided a video unit (10) comprising a color wheel (14), a light source (12) configured to project a light beam at the color wheel (14), and a video control... Agent: Fletcher Yoder P.C.

20080297667 - Projection apparatus with direct attachment of external storage media: The subject invention provides systems and methodologies for projecting data from storage media directly attached to a projector. In one embodiment, a projector unit is provided that comprises an input port attached to the projector unit that receives input data from storage media connected to the input port; an embedded... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080297668 - Video projection device: A video projection device includes: a video display element, a projection lens, a converter lens, and a video processing part. The video display element displays a video by an electrical video signal. The projection lens projects on a screen the video displayed on the video display element. The converter lens... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080297669 - System and method for taking control of a system during a commercial break: During output of a primary media stream from a cable, satellite, television, radio or internet source, a condition, signal or indication of a commercial break is detected causing a context switch to occur and enabling other services, programming or devices to intervene during the commercial break and causing an alternative... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP