Television inventions 01/09

20090027479 - Dynamic visual background for call-center agents: A system is disclosed that enables a first call participant, such as an agent at a call center, to project a carefully-controlled appearance towards a second call participant, such as a customer calling for technical support, while on a video call. Using the real-time image of the first call participant... Agent: Avaya Demont & Breyer, LLC

20090027482 - Full duplex network based appliance and method: A duplex communications device provides full duplex audio and video communications between a first location and a second location. The device includes a transceiver unit at the first location configured to transmit audio and video data over a wireless network to the second location where a broadcast studio may be... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090027481 - Method of monitoring 3g video telephony through dm port: Disclosed herein is a method of monitoring 3G video telephony through a DM port. The method is performed using monitoring equipment in a state in which the monitoring equipment, provided with a driver module capable of opening the DM port of a mobile communication terminal for measurement, is connected to... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090027480 - Mobile terminal and method of processing call signal therein: A mobile terminal including a camera configured to capture video data, a wireless communication unit configured to receive a video communication call signal and to transmit and receive real-time data with at least one other mobile terminal, a controller configured to control communication with the at least one other mobile... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090027483 - Video conference system: A videoconference system includes a head office controller (2) and a plurality of local controllers (3A, 3B) which are connected to a conference server (1) by the Internet and a camera-equipped microphone (4) connected to each of the controllers (2, 3A, 3B). Each of the controllers (2, 3A, 3B) includes... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090027484 - Call resource management based on calling-party disengagement from a call: A system is disclosed that addresses a problem that can occur when a calling party of a video call withdraws from the call, but does not actually hang up. For example, after the calling party begins working through an interactive voice and video response (IVVR) session, the party might put... Agent: Avaya Demont & Breyer, LLC

20090027485 - Automatic monitoring of a call participant's attentiveness: A system is disclosed that enables a first call participant, such as an agent at a call center, to receive feedback about his attentiveness towards a second call participant while on a video call. Using the real-time image of the first call participant while on a video call, as well... Agent: Avaya Demont & Breyer, LLC

20090027486 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus 4 includes a control unit 15 having an image display controller 15a and an image processing controller 15b so that an imaging period where an image of interest is present can be recognized easily. The image display controller 15a displays a time bar 27 as a... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090027487 - Image display apparatus and image display method: An image display apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image obtaining device which obtains image data taken from multiple viewpoints, an image processing device which selects one of the image data and applies a process of emphasizing a stereoscopic effect with respect to the selected... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090027488 - Video processing apparatus and video processing method: There are provided a video processing apparatus and a video processing method. The video processing apparatus includes: a plurality of signal delay parts which sequentially store left-eye pixel information and right-eye pixel information that are alternately supplied; an interpolation unit which interpolates the right-eye pixel information and separately interpolates the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090027491 - Image pick-up module and method for assembling such an image pick-up module: An image pick-up module comprises an electronic image sensor, single-piece circuit board electrically bonded to the image sensor, and at least one cable electrically bonded and leading away from the circuit board. The circuit board has at least three sections, first and second section extending in relation to the other... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090027490 - Image processing apparatus for endoscope: This is an endoscope apparatus which has an endoscope which picks up an image of a sample using a solid state image pickup element and outputs an image pickup signal, and a processor which processes the above-mentioned image pickup signal, generates HDTV and SDTV serial digital video signals, switches one... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090027489 - Signal processing apparatus for electronic endoscope and electronic endoscope apparatus: An electronic endoscope provided with a plurality of solid-state image pickup devices is connected to the endoscope connection portion of a signal processing apparatus for an electronic endoscope. The signal processing apparatus for an electronic endoscope includes a selecting operation portion for performing the operation to generate a selecting signal... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090027492 - Electronic endoscope device: There is provided an electronic endoscope device for use with an electronic endoscope. The electronic endoscope device is provided with a light source unit configured to supply illumination light to the electronic endoscope, and a processor unit configured to process an image signal provided by the electronic endoscope. In this... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090027493 - Method and device for security in public places: Security system for public places controlled remotely, manually and by a computer program, using cameras and various weapons. Using amongst other methods of crisis identification; facial recognition, behavior recognition and sound recognition. Methods to neutralize the danger of suspect attackers. Useable in public buildings, at public gatherings, on public transport... Agent: Uzi Ezra Havosha & Partners

20090027494 - Providing graphics in images depicting aerodynamic flows and forces: A video broadcast of a live event is enhanced by providing graphics in the video in real time to depict the fluid flow around a moving object in the event and to provide other informative graphics regarding aerodynamic forces on the object. A detailed flow field around the object is... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20090027497 - Camera light: A camera light assembly (100) includes a camera assembly (102) and a marker light assembly (111). The camera assembly (102) includes a body (104) and a lens (108) positioned at a forward portion of the body (104). The marker light assembly (111) includes a light housing (112) having an aperture... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20090027496 - Image information management system: An image information management system includes: a reading device which reads unique information from a storage medium in which the unique information is stored; an imaging device which automatically starts shooting a video at a time of detecting a change of a picture image in an image area; and a... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090027495 - Internet visual surveillance and management technology for telecommunications, internet, cellular and other communications companies: A visual surveillance system described enabling plurality of telecommunications, Internet, cellular and other communications companies and providers to provide commodity online surveillance services, products and values to plurality of clients comprising: plurality of serving apparatus, plurality of on-site apparatus and plurality of stationary and mobile apparatus. The serving apparatus comprising:... Agent: Neo It Solutions Ltd.

20090027498 - Security clock device and system: A discrete or covert surveillance-communication device and system is disclosed that includes at least one miniature video surveillance camera and alerting-communication assemblies hidden in objects resembling office, commercial or household devices, such as a wall clock.... Agent: George R. Reardon

20090027499 - Portable multi-media surveillance device and method for delivering surveilled information: The present invention is generally directed to a device for capturing, storing, sharing and communicating audio/video information and other related multimedia data. The present invention relates more particularly to a portable media capture device wearable by an individual such as a first responder. The device provides point-of-view information and associates... Agent: Ladi O. Shogbamimu

20090027500 - Detecting an object in an image using templates indexed to location or camera sensors: An object is detected in images of a live event by storing and indexing templates based on representations of the object from previous images. For example, the object may be a vehicle which repeatedly traverses a course. A first set of images of the live event is captured when the... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20090027501 - Detecting an object in an image using camera registration data indexed to location or camera sensors: An object is detected in images of a live event by storing and indexing camera registration-related data from previous images. For example, the object may be a vehicle which repeatedly traverses a course. A first set of images of the live event is captured when the object is at different... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20090027502 - Portable apparatuses having devices for tracking object's head, and methods of tracking object's head in portable apparatus: The portable apparatus includes camera section, head tracking section, image processor, video codec section and camera controller. The camera section obtains image of object. The head tracking section receives the image from the camera section, detects head area from the image, simulates the head area using model of ellipse, and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090027503 - Error detecting apparatus: An error detecting apparatus can diagnose what is happening with the line through which the image signal is passed, and determine a cause of trouble when the line diagnosed as going out of order. The error detecting apparatus comprises an error detecting circuit for detecting a direct voltage from an... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090027504 - System and method for calibrating a camera: A method of calibrating a camera includes capturing a set of dark images at each of a plurality of different exposure settings, thereby generating a plurality of sets of dark images. Each set of dark images is averaged, thereby generating a fixed pattern noise image corresponding to each one of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090027505 - Peripheral shared image device sharing: A mechanism configurable to transmit at least a portion of at least one image representation at a peripheral shared image device in a manner that can be received by at least one capturing shared image device, and/or configurable to receive at least the portion of the at least one image... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090027507 - Xy stage and image-taking apparatus: An XY stage includes an X stage and a Y stage. The X stage is supported at three points, i.e., two bearings of a first guide shaft, and a first support shaft. The Y stage is also supported at three points, i.e., two bearings of a third guide shaft, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090027506 - Xy stage and image-taking apparatus: The position of a first bonded body is adjusted in an X direction so that a first hall element approaches a position facing a boundary between N and S poles of a first magnet when an X stage is positioned in the middle of a movement stroke in the X... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090027508 - Image processing system, imaging device, and output device: In a system built from an imaging device and an output device, camera shake compensation is performed while processing load imposed on the imaging device is being lessened. An image processing system is built from a digital camera and a printer. Image data pertaining to a subject are recorded in... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20090027509 - Vision system with deterministic low-latency communication: Vision system and method. The system includes a vision system, including: a camera, a processor and memory, coupled to the camera, and an EtherCAT interface, coupled to the processor and memory, possibly contained in a chassis, and operable to couple to an EtherCAT network that provides for deterministic low-latency communication... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20090027511 - Illumination device, imaging device, and imaging system: An illumination device performs illumination light communication, and signals indicative of the luminance of an object illuminated with illumination light and the color temperature of the illumination light are superposed on the illumination light. An electronic camera demodulates the illumination light received by a light-receiving circuit and determines the aperture... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090027512 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. An obtaining unit obtains a first still image, a first difficulty level indicating a complexity of the first still image, a second still image, and a second difficulty level indicating a complexity of the second still image. A combining unit combines the... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090027513 - Image-capturing apparatus and image-capturing control method: An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject in order to obtain captured image data; a storage processor configured to perform a process for storing the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing unit; an operation unit configured to perform a self-timer image-capturing... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090027510 - Imaging device: Whether a digital camera body (1) is in a horizontal shooting attitude (a) or in either of vertical shooting attitudes (b), (c) is detected by using drive means of an image blurring compensation device. In the case where a focus drive means detects that the digital camera body (1) is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090027515 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup unit capturing a subject; an image generation unit performing image processing by different parameter values of a same parameter on an original image captured by the image pickup unit, and generating a plurality of images; and a multi-window display unit displaying the... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20090027514 - Image pickup apparatus and method: A digital still camera has a CCD image sensor, and picks up an image to produce an image signal. Colorimetric sensors have a sensor outer surface oriented in a measuring direction being different from a direction of an optical axis of the CCD image sensor, and colorimetrically measure ambient light.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090027516 - Image sensing apparatus and method of controlling the same: An image sensing apparatus comprises: an image sensor which converts an optical image of an object into an electrical signal; a first amplifier which amplifies the electrical signal by a first gain; a second amplifier which further amplifies the amplified electrical signal by a second gain that is changeable in... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090027517 - Method, apparatus, and system for pre-compression assessment of compressed data length: A method and apparatus are disclosed for image processing using dynamic assessment of image line data to select a compression technique for compressing the image line data prior to storage in a line buffer used for an image processing operation. Compressing the image line of data prior to storage in... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090027518 - Image pick-up apparatus and method of controlling the image pick-up apparatus: An image pick-up apparatus comprises a filter whose transmitting wavelength band is changed depending on an input drive signal, a spectral control unit for inputting the drive signal to the filter, thereby changing the transmitting wavelength band of the filter in plural steps, a single image pick-up unit disposed at... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090027521 - Image processing apparatus, image-taking system, image processing method and image processing program: An image processing apparatus is disclosed which can provide a high-quality image by specifying an image corresponding to an image resulting from non-image forming light in image information obtained by taking an image of an object having a high brightness and conducting image processing to make the image difficult to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090027519 - Noise reduction device, noise reduction method and video camera: A noise reduction device to reduce noise of a video image including multiple input frame images is provided. The noise reduction device includes: a motion detector that detects a dynamic region and a static region other than the dynamic region within the video image; and a temporal smoothing processing unit... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090027520 - Red-eye filter method and apparatus: A digital image acquisition system having no photographic film, such as a digital camera, has a flash unit for providing illumination during image capture and a red-eye filter for detecting a region within a captured image indicative of a red-eye phenomenon, the detection being based upon a comparison of the... Agent: Tessera/fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20090027522 - Systems and methods for enhancing edge detection: Systems and methods for performing edge detection on a surface. An example system includes a camera having a line of sight approximately perpendicular to a plane associated with a camera surface, one or more illumination sources having a line of sight that is less than perpendicular to the plane by... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20090027523 - System and method for determining a gamma curve of a display device: A method of determining a gamma curve of a display device includes identifying a region of interest of a display surface of the display device. A centroid of the region of interest is calculated. A plurality of input levels is applied to the display device to generate a corresponding plurality... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090027524 - Variable gain stage having same input capacitance regardless of the stage gain: A programmable gain amplifier (PGA) includes a sample-and-hold (S&H) stage which provides an input capacitance value for storing a charge. The PGA also includes an amplifying stage, which has a gain dependent on the input capacitance value. The amplifying stage is configured to provide a variable gain, while the S&H... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090027526 - Image sensor: An image sensor includes a pixel array arranged with a plurality of pixel units configured for converting optical image information to electrical signals. Each pixel unit is divided into a plurality of first sensing portions and second sensing portions. Each second sensing portion has different effective sensing area for sensing... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090027525 - Techniques for reducing color artifacts in digital images: A technique for reducing artifacts in a digital image, in accordance with one embodiment, includes receiving a stream of raw filter pixel data representing the image. The raw filter pixel data is interpolating to produce red, green-on-red row, green-on-blue row and blue pixel data for each pixel. An artifact in... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090027527 - Color filter arrays and image sensors using the same: Color filter arrays (CFA) and image sensors using same are provided. A color filter array includes a two-dimensional array including a plurality of first color filters, a plurality of second color filters, and a plurality of third color filters, wherein the first, second and third color filters are periodically arranged,... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090027529 - Image sensor with wide operating range: An image sensor includes a photoelectric converter, a source-follower transistor, and a selection transistor. The photoelectric converter generates electric charge in response to received light, and the electric charge varies a voltage of a detection node. The source-follower transistor is coupled between the detection node and an output node and... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20090027528 - Solid-state image capturing apparatus and electric information device: A solid-state image capturing apparatus has a plurality of light receiving sections for performing photoelectric conversion on incident light to generate a signal charge, a charge transfer section provided along a light receiving section arranged in a column direction among the plurality of light receiving sections, for transferring signal charges... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090027530 - Solid-state image pick-up device: A plurality of low-sensitivity pixels 10 and a plurality of high-sensitivity pixels 20 are arranged like a tetragonal grid respectively, and are provided in positions shifted by ½ of an array pitch from each other in a row direction X and a column direction Y. The detected charges of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090027534 - Image pickup device: An image pickup device has a signal processing part configured to perform signal process for the first to third color signals. The signal processing part includes a first color generator configured to generate a fourth color signal corresponding to a reference pixel based on a ratio between a second color... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090027532 - Image sensor control method: A method for acquiring images using at least one CMOS-type sensor with four transistors including an acquisition node and a read node, where the read node can receive a compression signal, including a step of reading a reference state of the sensor; a reset step; an integration step, during which... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090027531 - Pixel mixture method: A pixel mixture method for mixing several pixels on a solid-state image sensing device, which is applied to an imaging device having the solid-state image sensing device with a color filter array (CFA) and multiple pixels, comprising: a pixel mixture operating step for performing a pixel mixture operation based on... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090027533 - Solid state imaging device and method of driving the solid state imaging device: A row scanner selects an arbitrary row in an pixel array unit. Per-column AD converters separately convert voltage signals respectively outputted from a column of a plurality of unit pixels in the selected arbitrary row into digital signals. A column scanner sequentially outputs the digital signals by a column-scanning operation... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090027537 - Charge transfer device and a driving method thereof and a driving method for solid-state image sensing device: A driving method for a solid-state image sensing device having a plurality of sensor portions being disposed two-dimensionally in a horizontal and a vertical directions, and a vertical charge transfer portion being disposed between said plurality of sensor portions and being provided with transfer electrodes of a plurality of systems... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20090027535 - Solid state imaging element, image pickup device and method of driving solid state imaging element: A solid state imaging element comprises: photoelectric conversion elements; a plurality of vertical electric charge transfer passages that transfer, in a vertical direction, electric charges generated by the photoelectric conversion elements; and a horizontal electric charge transfer passage that transfers, in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090027536 - Solid-state imaging device, pixel-signal processing method, analog-signal transferring device, and analog-signal transferring method: s

20090027539 - Imaging device, display control method, and program: Upon press of a toggle button, an image 51 representing “macro mode” (set value), which is a closeup shooting mode, an image 52 representing “magnifying glass mode” (set value), and an image 53 representing OFF (set value) of the closeup shooting mode are displayed while being arranged in the order... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090027540 - Multi-magnification color image sensor: A color image sensor has imaging elements each structured to form, at an image plane, an image of a subject having a respective magnification. Ones of the imaging elements forming respective ones of the images with the same magnification in light of mutually different colors constitute a set characterized by... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090027538 - Projector with image capturing ability: A projector with image capturing ability is provided, which includes a portable electronic device with a detachable backlight module and a projection unit with a slot. After removing the backlight module of the portable electronic device and inserting into the slot of the projection unit, the light from a light... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090027542 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus capable of increasing the number of pixels in a reproduced image without a decline in image quality of a picked up image is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup lens section including an aperture stop, the aperture stop including a plurality of aperture... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090027541 - Solid state imaging device: A solid-state imaging device provided with a light receiving surface, in which plural unit pixels, each having a photoelectric transducer to convert light signals into electric signals, are two-dimensionally arranged; a microlens to focus a light beam, the microlens being arranged in each unit pixel corresponding to the photoelectric transducer;... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090027543 - Image processor, digital camera, and method for processing image data: An image processor including an object extracting device extracting an object region from original image data; an object separating device separating the object region from the other region; a first filter subjecting the object region to out-of-focus filtering processing to output first image data; a second filter subjecting the other... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090027544 - Solid state optical motion compensation: Methods and systems for capturing an image. Light is received through an imaging lens that has an adjustable focal center. A motion vector representing motion of the imaging lens is estimated and a shift vector is estimated in response to the motion vector. The shift vector is converted into a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090027545 - Exposure control for an imaging system: A device that analyzes an image. The device includes a circuit that receives an image that includes a plurality of pixels. The circuit creates a histogram of the image and analyzes the histogram to determine an acceptable exposure of the image. The histogram may include a plurality of bins versus... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP Ste. 900

20090027546 - Image transformation estimator of an imaging device: A technique includes obtaining an operational capacity of an imaging device. The technique can also include estimating one or more operational resources to perform an image transformation that estimates whether the imaging device has adequate operational capacity to transform one or more images.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090027548 - Joint mosquito and aliasing noise reduction in video signals: In one embodiment of the invention, decompressed video signals are upscaled and then filtered using a combined mosquito noise reduction (MNR) and aliasing coring filter that reduces both mosquito noise in the decompressed video signals as well as aliasing noise resulting from the upscaling process. In one implementation, the combined... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.C.

20090027549 - Method for processing motion pictures at high frame rates with improved temporal and spatial resolution, resulting in improved audience perception of dimensionality in 2-d and 3-d presentation: Previously-produced motion picture films are enhanced for theatrical exhibition, at double the frame rate at which they were originally produced. New images are interpolated between each of the images of the original film. These interpolated images are generated through the use of computer software that analyzes the actual horizontal and... Agent: David Peter Alan, Esq.

20090027547 - Rate converter: A rate converter includes: picture configuration judgment elements for identifying a picture configuration containing at least a picture type for a plurality of pictures classified into one of the preset picture types contained in a unit data group of inputted video data; and rate conversion elements for selectively rate-converting the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090027550 - Method for determining the aspect ratio and an image apparatus using the same: A method for determining the aspect ratio of an image signal and an image apparatus using the same is provided. The image apparatus includes a sync signal separation unit which separates a sync signal from an image signal, an aspect ratio determination unit which determines an aspect ratio of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090027551 - Method for processing a video signal and video display apparatus using the same: A method for processing a video signal and a video display apparatus using the method are provided. The video display apparatus compares a current video field to a previous video field two fields earlier than the current video field, detects motion information, and de-interlaces the current video field using the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090027552 - Systems and methods for automatic adjustment of text: Systems and methods for automatic adjustment of text in a video are described. At least one embodiment includes a system for automatic adjustment of text in a video on a display comprising a ratio detector configured to detect an original aspect ratio of the video, an edge locator configured to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090027553 - Image signal processor and method thereof: An image signal processor and a method for processing an image signal thereof are disclosed. When the image signal processor executes an automatic chroma gain control (ACC), the image signal processor adjusts a variable rate of ACC gain according to a size of an input color signal to reduce a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090027554 - Video apparatus and method for recognizing digital interface thereof: A video apparatus and a method for recognizing a digital interface thereof are disclosed. The method for recognizing the digital interface of the video apparatus enables a multimedia source to re-execute a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) recognition to deal with errors when the multimedia source connected using the HDMI... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090027555 - On screen displays associated with remote video source devices: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes interface circuitry to receive signals including video signals and drawing commands, and a command interpreter to receive the drawing commands and provide on screen display (OSD) signals in response to the drawing commands. Video processing circuitry processes the received video signals to provide processed... Agent: Silicon Image/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090027556 - Circuit used in digitizing analog video from an image pixel array: Disclosed herein is a camera system and camera controller having a modularized design. Camera control functions within the controller are distributed among a number of modules, each module performing a component task of controlling a camera. Individual modules can perform tasks such as generating clock signals, digitizing an analog video... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090027557 - System and method of geometrical predistortion of overlaying graphics sources: A system and method of geometrical predistortion of a graphical source signal is provided in which the graphical source signal is merged with an input video signal for display on a display device. The input video signal is received at a hardware scaler device and a predistorted video signal is... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20090027558 - Apparatus and method for rendering high dynamic range images for standard dynamic range display: The method, system and apparatus embodiments of the present invention provide for rendering original images having high dynamic range into display images having lower dynamic range while retaining a visual quality of rendered images comparable to the original or reference images. Tone-mapping parameters are applied to the display images and... Agent: Michael Blaine Brooks, PC

20090027559 - Video signal processing apparatus performing gamma correction by cubic interpolation computation, and method thereof: A video signal processing apparatus includes a non-equidistant section determination circuit, a sample data register, and an interpolation computation circuit. The non-equidistant section determination circuit detects a non-equidistant section having different intervals between plural sample points set for the dynamic range of a video signal to be inputted. The sample... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090027560 - Image signal processor and method thereof: An image signal processor and a method for processing an image signal thereof are disclosed. The image signal processor stores a difference of image signals between a current frame and a previous frame, determines whether the input signal is a moving image or a still image by comparing the difference... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090027561 - Mobile tv system with usb interface: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for enabling mobile TV functionality and universal serial bus (USB) functionality are provided. In an example aspect, a mobile television (TV) system includes a mobile TV receiver module and a universal serial bus (USB) interface. The mobile TV receiver module receives a radio frequency (RF) mobile... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Intellevate

20090027562 - Method and apparatus for dynamically switching off diversity mode to save power: A method and apparatus are provided for controlling power in a mobile device having two receivers operable in combination in a diversity mode. The apparatus includes a signal monitor and analyzer for monitoring and analyzing a signal concurrently received by the two receivers to determine whether or not one of... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20090027563 - Low noise amplifier: The present invention provides a low noise amplifier, comprising a first active element having a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, in which the first terminal is connected to an input terminal; a second active element having a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal,... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090027564 - Serial data receiving apparatus and electronic apparatus using same: A serial data receiving apparatus includes a transistor, a resistor, and a diode, converts input data of an RS232 standard to data of a TTL/CMOS standard.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090027565 - Bi-modal switching for controlling digital tv applications on hand-held video devices: A portable digital television (DTV) comprises a processor and a navigational button arrangement. The processor of the portable DTV controls the navigational button arrangement to have at least a bi-modal operation. In one mode of operation, the navigational button arrangement provides a navigational interface to a user and, in another... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20090027566 - Flexible sheet audio-video device: An audio visual device in which a flexible sheet carries at least partially interspersed arrays of audio and video elements, the video elements able to display or sense images to act as a display and/or a camera and the audio elements able to reproduce or sense sounds to act as... Agent: John R. Benefiel

20090027570 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes: a projection unit that includes a light source and projects an optical image with light from the light source; a shift unit that shifts the projection unit between a usage position and a housed position; and a heat conduction member that conducts heat due to the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090027571 - Image display device: The present invention provides an image display device which detects projection region suitable for performing a display of an image and displays an image on the detected projection region. The present invention provides an image display device which displays an image on a projection surface by projecting light on the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090027567 - Projection display apparatus: The present invention provides a projection display apparatus realizing easy recognition of the effect of registration adjustment. The projection display apparatus includes: a light source; a spatial light modulation device modulating, on the basis of a video signal, each of primary color lights for color display emitted from the light... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090027568 - Projection display apparatus: A projection display apparatus includes: a light source; a spatial light modulation device modulating, on the basis of a video signal, each of primary color lights for color display emitted from the light source; projecting means for projecting, onto a screen, each of the primary color lights modulated by the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090027569 - Projection display apparatus: The present invention provides a projection display apparatus realizing improved operability at the time of registration adjustment irrespective of a use situation of the apparatus. In the case where misregistration occurs between primary color lights, video signals for three colors are corrected (registration adjustment is performed) so as to reduce... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090027572 - Display apparatus and driving method of the same: A display apparatus includes a variable aperture stop device, a control circuit and a user interface. The variable aperture stop device is operable to adjust the lens opening size by opening and closing an aperture. The control circuit is operable to control the opening and closing of the aperture based... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090027573 - Integrated command center for flat screen televisions, and internet protocol monitors: A wall mountable media control system locatable adjacent a wall mounted video screen comprising a wall mountable media control center capable of controlling a plurality of different types of information data and having at least one output connection for each of said different types of information data for connection of... Agent: Keith D. Nowak

20090021572 - Content- and link-dependent coding adaptation for multimedia telephony: This disclosure describes techniques that can facilitate multimedia telephony. In one example, a method for communication of multimedia data comprises determining a first level of throughput associated with multimedia data communication from a first access terminal to a network, determining a second level of throughput associated with multimedia data communication... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090021573 - Apparatus and method for outputting digital broadcasting in a mobile terminal having camera: An apparatus and method for outputting digital broadcasting in a mobile terminal having a camera are provided. In the apparatus and method, a digital broadcasting receiver receives digital broadcasting data of a broadcasting channel selected by a user in a digital broadcasting mode, a controller switches an operational mode of... Agent: Jefferson Ip Law, LLP

20090021574 - Information-processing device with calling function and application execution method: A TV 1 with a calling function that simplifies operation of an information-processing device having a channel interface and allows smooth communication includes a communication unit 104, an operation input unit 101 for a channel selecting operation, and a calling program processing unit 109 executing a calling program when a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090021575 - Codec-driven touch screen video conferencing control system: A CODEC-driven touch screen video conferencing control system provides a touch screen entry and display device that interfaces with the CODEC of the existing video conferencing system so that remote operation is compatible with the pre-programming of the video conferencing system. A computer with video capture device captures the output... Agent: H. Jay Spiegel - H. Jay Spiegel & Associates

20090021576 - Panoramic image production: A method of assembling a panoramic image from a plurality of frames in a camera, the method comprising: (a) acquiring a video stream using a camera; (b) selecting an initial frame from the video stream for capture as a still image; (c) further selecting additional frames; and (d) stitching the... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090021577 - Image capture and display device: A display device for capturing and displaying images along a single optical axis, having an image capture device for capturing the objective image through the display panel when the display device is in a second transmissive state; an image supply source for providing an image to a display panel when... Agent: J. Lanny Tucker Eastman Kodak Company

20090021578 - Image processor and endoscope apparatus: An image processor includes a filter process circuit for executing a filtering of image data picked up by an image pickup unit with a plurality of spatial filters, a brightness calculation circuit for calculating a brightness in a local area of the image data, a weighting circuit for weighting an... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20090021579 - Device for biometrically controlling a face surface: The invention relates to the devices for contactlessly measuring surface profiles and can be used for person identification in security systems. The inventive device for contactlessly controlling surface profile comprises a pulse illumination unit which is provided with a transparency and forms a transparency image on an object surface, and... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090021580 - Camera calibration device and camera calibration method: According to the present invention, a camera calibration apparatus, which obtains camera parameters based on a correlation between world coordinates, in real space, and image coordinates, in an image recorded by a camera, includes: a calibration unit A113, for obtaining camera parameters by employing a set of coordinates for an... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090021581 - Bright spot detection and classification method for a vehicular night-time video imaging system: Bright spots imaged by a forward-looking monochrome video camera during night-time operation of a host vehicle are detected and classified to determine the presence of leading and on-coming vehicles. A specified region-of-interest in each image frame is globally scanned to adaptively detect the bright spot contours, and search windows bounding... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090021582 - Vehicle and driving assist system for vehicle: A vehicle of the present invention comprises a side mirror assembly provided in a main body of the vehicle, and an imaging device configured to take an image of a scene near the vehicle, and the imaging device is disposed in an inner space of the side mirror assembly. A... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090021583 - Custom video composites for surveillance applications: A video surveillance system includes a plurality of video sources, where each video source is arranged to monitor and acquire video surveillance data within a field of view (FOV), a video manager connected to each of the plurality of video sources to control the video sources and to process video... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090021584 - Camera: A camera which can accurately inform a photographer of the number of times image taking is possible is disclosed. The camera comprises an image-pickup device which photoelectrically converts an object image to an electric signal, an image processing circuit which applies image processing to the image data obtained by using... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20090021585 - Remote monitoring method using mobile terminal and system thereof: A remote monitoring method and system enables the moving picture data being captured at Place 1 to be monitored remotely at Place 2 real time, and more particularly for example to a method and a system, wherein the moving pictures are taken with a web camera installed on the computer... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20090021587 - Method, system and apparatus for jointly calibrating color digital cameras and monitors: A computer program product and method for calibrating and characterizing a color display perform calibrating and characterizing steps. A light source is operated in order to emit light from one or more light emitters on the light source. A color capture device, e.g., a digital camera, is calibrated and characterized... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090021586 - Display control device, imaging device, and printing device: A digital camera 1 has an image recorder 12, a microprocessor 3, and an image display controller 13. The image recorder 12 records a plurality of sequentially captured images along with a panning mode signal 60 related to the panning operation of the digital camera 1. The microprocessor 3 determines... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090021588 - Determining and correcting for imaging device motion during an exposure: A system and method for determining and correcting for imaging device motion during an exposure is provided. According to various embodiments of the present invention, multiple sets of image pixels are defined on an image sensor, where each set of pixels is at least partially contained in the output image... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20090021589 - Deviation detector, deviation corrector and imaging device: The correction amounts of respective correction units 37 of first and second shake correction amount deriving units 38, 39 are alternately employed in every short period composed of a time shorter than a period up to a timing at which it is contemplated that the output from a first HPF... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090021590 - Moving image playback device with camera-shake correction function: When a blurring correction is performed when shooting a moving image, a digital camera performs blurring correction on the picked up frames and successively records the frames. Then, when generating a moving image file, the digital camera records information stating that the blurring correction has been performed in the header... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20090021591 - Imaging system, imaging instruction issuing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and imaging method: An imaging system includes an imaging instruction issuing apparatus and one or more imaging apparatuses. The imaging instruction issuing apparatus includes a generation unit that generates notification data including identification information unique to each imaging instruction issuing apparatus and an imaging request signal, and a first communication unit that transmits... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20090021593 - Camera with an interrupting unit, and camera with an inhibiting unit: When at least a portion of an aperture of a lens part is covered with some object, both adjusting of the sensitivity of an image pickup part and display of “though image” are inhibited. Also, it is able to shorten a length of time for which the camera enters into... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090021592 - Display control apparatus, display control method, and program therefor: A display control apparatus includes a list-image-display control unit that executes control for displaying a unit moving image list image formed by arranging at least representative images corresponding to respective unit moving image data in a predetermined unit, a representative-image-display control unit that arranges, concerning representative images that should be... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090021594 - Digital camera and image combination device: The digital camera includes: a storage unit that stores a plurality of images captured by an image sensor when a multiple exposure photographic mode is set; a gain impartation unit that imparts, to the plurality of captured images, gains based upon the number of shots of multiple exposure photography and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090021600 - Image pickup device and control method thereof: An image pickup device includes a system control section which determines an area with closest proximity as an AF area among AF evaluation areas in a central part of an image. In addition, a block with the same distance as the AF area is determined as a main subject block.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090021601 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and image pickup apparatus: There are provided an image processing apparatus and method capable of providing a good image whose overexposure and underexposure are suppressed by holding information about saturation and contrast at the time of performing a dynamic range compression. In the image processing apparatus, a level information calculating circuit calculates the level... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090021596 - Imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, and program: An imaging apparatus includes: determination means for determining whether a capture image is a frontlit image or a backlit image; detecting means for detecting a flesh-color area in the capture image; calculation means for setting weights, in a luminance histogram on the flesh-color area, on luminance of pixels included in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090021597 - Imaging circuit and image pickup device: An imaging circuit includes a photoelectric conversion section and a transferring section. The photoelectric conversion section in which pixels each having a color filter attached thereto are arranged in an oblique direction in a lattice manner. The color filter is formed of: a GR line on which G and R... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090021599 - Imaging device: An imaging device determines whether, in an image captured by an imaging unit, straight lines exist which meet a condition of automatic vertical line determination (S14). If straight lines meeting the condition exist (YES in S15), the imaging device performs a vertical line determination process to extract vertical lines and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090021595 - Low memory auto-focus and exposure system for large multi-frame image acquisition: Embodiments of the invention are described that provide automated and efficient optimization of camera settings. In certain embodiments of the invention, both focus and exposure settings are determined based on an analysis of compressed images taken of a frame. Based on this analysis, the camera focus and exposure settings are... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090021598 - Miniature integrated multispectral/multipolarization digital camera: Several aspects of the invention respectively record one or more multispectral (MS) images using at least one sensor array, each array getting one respective image and simultaneously polarization state at the array points; and get and displays a MS, multipolarization (MP) movie, at MS/MP frame rates that suit a scene... Agent: Peter I. Lippman

20090021602 - Auto white balance correction value calculation device, method, program, and image pickup device: A normal AWB (auto white balance) correction value is calculated based on inputted image data. Further, a face area is identified from the inputted image data and a face AWB correction value is calculated based on image data in the face area. Then, first feature data and second feature data... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090021603 - Exposure adjustment methods and systems: Exposure adjustment methods and systems are provided. First, image data including a plurality of pixels is obtained. A plurality of sample regions is set based on respective pixels. A parameter calculation is performed according to a plurality of specific pixels in the sample regions to obtain a plurality of groups... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090021604 - Device for recording customers' av data to be accessed and seen by hairdresser: A device for recording customers' AV data including for example, preferential styles of the customers is disclosed. Prior to serving a seated customer, a hairdresser can access AV data of the customer by inserting a memory card into the device and then visually observe it.... Agent: Sam Chen

20090021605 - Image capturing device and auto-focus method for same: An image capturing device includes a taking lens, an image sensor for capturing images of an object, an auto-focus system for focusing the image capturing device, and a memory. The memory stores an offset value represented between a pre-focus position and an in-focus position of the taking lens. The auto-focus... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021606 - Image pickup apparatus, image processing method, and computer program:

20090021607 - Imaging system, method for processing thereof and program: An imaging apparatus is provided, which improves correction accuracy at the time of pixel addition reading and scarcely deteriorates in resolution of the image data. This apparatus comprises: a conversion unit comprising a plurality of unit-pixels and converting an incident radiation or a light into pixel information; a signal processing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090021608 - Electronic zooming apparatus and digital camera: A digital camera includes a memory, and pixel data cut out from the memory is subjected to ½ horizontal thinning processing by a ½ horizontal thinning circuit when a zooming magnification is equal to or larger than “2”, and the thinned pixel data is written to an image buffer. A... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090021610 - Apparatus and method for controlling noise caused by vibration in camera module for mobile device: An apparatus and method for controlling noise caused by vibration in a camera module for a mobile device are provided. The method includes transmitting a vibration signal sensed by a vibration sensor to a Choice Coil Motor (VCM) driver based on the vibration signal, applying, by the VCM driver, a... Agent: Cha & Reiter, Llc

20090021609 - Method and apparatus for distortion correction and image enhancing of a vehicle rear viewing system: An image enhancing system (12) for a vehicle (10) comprises a display unit (14) for displaying modified images (38) and an imaging device (20) for receiving captured images (36) enhanced by the image enhancing system (12). The system (12) further includes an image enhancing module (26) in communication with the... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.l.p.

20090021611 - Signal processing method, signal processing system, coefficient generating device, and digital camera: An estimated noise shape estimated to be included in the signal to be corrected is calculated based on a calibration signal including a noise correlating with the noise of the signal to be corrected so as to correct a noise of a signal to be corrected. A correction value of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090021612 - Multiple component readout of image sensor: A method for obtaining image data from an image sensor array including the steps of: providing an image sensor array having a first component subset of panchromatic pixels for integrating charge and a second component subset of color pixels for integrating charge; reading pixel charge to produce pixel signals from... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20090021613 - Video camera apparatus: Under circumstances where various recording formats are employed for HD (high-definition) images, the present invention provides a user-friendly video camera apparatus that can be used in a variety of user environments. An HD mode video signal picked up by an imaging unit is encoded to video data in the H.264... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090021614 - Position relationships associated with image capturing devices: A method for determining a plurality of spatial relationships associated with a plurality of image capturing devices is disclosed. In one embodiment, the present method acquires sets of a plurality of source images from a plurality of image capturing devices. The present method then determines a plurality of transforms for... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090021618 - Image pick-up module: An image pick-up module, in particular for an endoscope or a miniature camera, has an electronic image sensor, which has a plurality of contact fingers that are arranged in at least one row, and a rigid circuit board to which the contact fingers are electrically contact-connected, the image sensor and... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20090021616 - Image-taking apparatus: In response to a release button being pushed, a system control section informs a timing generation section of the number of images to be shot to carry out high-speed continuous shooting. A first image obtained by continuous shooting is stored in a frame memory of an imaging section. While a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090021615 - Objective holder for camera module: An exemplary objective holder for engaging with a PCB substrate having an image sensor and several passive components arranged thereon, includes a base and several continuously connected walls extending from the base. The walls enclose a chamber thereamong for receiving the image sensor and define notches therein for receiving the... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021617 - On-chip time-based digital conversion of pixel outputs: An integrated sensor chip comprises at least one pixel. The at least one pixel comprises: one or several integration regions for receiving and storing photogenerated charges; a modulation region that moves the photogenerated charges to be stored in the at least two integration regions; and sense nodes, in which each... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20090021620 - Amplification type solid-state imaging device: A plurality of pixels, each including a second conductivity-type photodiode portion 1 formed in a first conductivity-type well region and an amplifier transistor 6 for amplifying and outputting charge accumulated in the photodiode portion, are arrayed two-dimensionally. Furthermore, an intra-pixel contact 2 for providing the well region with a reference... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.c.

20090021621 - Image sensing apparatus and image capturing system: An image sensing apparatus comprises: a pixel array; a selection unit which selects a readout region in the pixel array; and a readout unit which reads out a signal from the readout region, wherein in thinning-out readout, the readout unit reads out signals from a first readout region corresponding to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090021619 - Solid state image pickup device and camera using the same: A solid state image pickup device 110 is provided with: a plurality of pixel units 10 that are arranged two-dimensionally and include a photoelectric conversion unit (photodiode PD) that converts light into a charge and an amplification unit (amplifier Q13) that converts the charge into a voltage and outputs it;... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20090021622 - Solid-state imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section with a plurality of pixels that are two-dimensionally arranged, the pixels including a first pixel having a first input section for accumulating a signal associated with object image, a first amplification section for amplifying signals accumulated at the first input section so... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090021624 - Camera module back-focal length adjustment method and ultra compact components packaging: The present invention relates to methods of manufacturing ultra-compact camera modules, adjusting them, post production, to precise focal point settings, and sealing the precisely aligned assembly to maintain the focal point. Also, the invention specifically relates to ultra-compact camera module apparatuses.... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20090021627 - High dynamic range cascaded integration pixel cell and method of operation: A cascaded imaging storage system for a pixel is disclosed for improving intrascene dynamic range. Charges accumulated in a first capacitor spill over into a second capacitor when a charge storage capacity of the first capacitor is exceeded. A third capacitor may also be provided such that charges accumulated by... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090021626 - Solid state imaging apparatus and method for fabricatig the same: A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a substrate; an imaging region which is formed at part of the substrate and in which photoelectric conversion cells including photoelectric conversion sections are arranged in the form of an array; a control-circuit region which is formed at part of the substrate... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090021625 - Solid-state imaging device: According to the present invention, as a structure of a pixel section (10), in each of columns from a first to a m-th column, a plurality of pixel signals outputted from a plurality of pixels arranged in a column direction are transmitted, respectively, to a plurality of output signal lines... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090021623 - Systems, methods and devices for a cmos imager having a pixel output clamp: Embodiments of a pixel read out circuit in an imager device is described. The pixel read out circuit includes an output node that is connected to a plurality of pixel cells. An output signal from a selected one of the plurality of pixel cells is applied to the output node.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090021628 - Ccd solid-state imaging device, drive method thereof and imaging apparatus: In a CCD solid-state imaging device that transfers, in an output charge transfer path, a first charge detected in a pixel of an effective pixel area and a second charge detected in a pixel of an optical black portion adjacent to the effective pixel area, and outputs the first and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090021629 - Solid state imaging device: A solid state imaging device includes color pixels to generate color signals and white pixels to generate luminance signals. The color pixels are arranged in a checkered pattern, and the white pixels are surrounded by the color pixels. Each color pixel has a light receiving element, a color filter and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090021630 - Solid state imaging element and driving method thereof: A solid state imaging element comprises: a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a two-dimensional array-shape; a plurality of first electric charge transmission sections that transmit signal electric charges detected by the photoelectric conversion elements; a plurality of second electric charge transmission sections having the same transmission stage numbers,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090021631 - Image capturing device and auto-focus method for same: An image capturing device includes a taking lens, an image sensor for capturing images of an object, an auto-focus unit for focusing the image capturing device, and an input device configured for inputting a command to capture an image by users. The auto-focus unit includes an image processing unit, a... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021632 - Lens correction logic for image sensors: Methods of calibrating a pixel correction function for compensating for vignetting in an optical device include exposing an optical device to a reference object in order to generate pixel data of at least part of an image of the reference object. A pixel correction function is provided including a first... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090021633 - Imaging device and imaging system: To provide the technology of an image-pickup device that can easily determine whether or not an image is photographed by mounting an interchangeable lens designed for an image-pickup device of an exposure-surface size different from an image-pickup element provided in a camera body. In an image-pickup system, when shooting is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090021634 - Infrared close-circuit television camera: An improved infrared close-circuit television camera is disclosed. The present invention provides a CCTV camera installed with rechargeable batteries on a rotary stand. When power supply is normal, electrical power is stored into the rechargeable batteries, which supply power to the CCTV camera, in case of power failure or damages... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20090021635 - Camera module: A camera module includes a circuit board (11), a lens module (10) mounted on the circuit board, an electromagnetic interference shielding casing (12) surrounding the lens module and the circuit board, and a electrically conductive sheet (13) being electrically connected to the electromagnetic interference shielding casing. The circuit board forms... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021636 - Image pickup module: An image pickup module is provided. The image pickup module includes a lens, a circuit board, an image sensor, a hollow base, and a lens seat. The image sensor is coupled to the circuit board and includes a housing package portion with a side periphery. The hollow base is disposed... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021637 - Image processing device, image processing method, program, and display device: An image processing device for obtaining motion information indicating a motion of an image, the image processing device including: a motion estimating section configured to obtain motion information of a pixel of interest and output the motion information of the pixel of interest, and obtain an evaluation value for evaluating... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090021638 - Chromatic coordinate converting apparatus, imaging apparatus, computer readable recording medium, and creating method of chromatic coordinate converting table: A proposition is to perform a high accurate chromatic coordinate conversion of a chromaticity value generated by a color sensor into a chromaticity value of a predetermined chromaticity coordinate system, and to perform an accurate color-reproduction. A chromatic coordinate converting apparatus includes a recording unit recording information representing a chromaticity... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090021639 - Audio and video communication: In order to correct the skew experienced by the end user, a ‘reverse skew’ is applied by a video IVR, resulting in synchronized data at the edge. This is achieved by ‘sliding’ the time-bases of audio relative to video prior to delivery. Therefore, the data as received by the end... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20090021640 - Signal processing apparatus for applying avc to delayed signals and a method thereof: A signal processing apparatus and method are provided. The signal processing apparatus adjusts the level of a certain signal from among sequentially input signals based on the levels of the signals, and the certain signal is one of signals input prior to the latest signal input to the adjusting unit.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090021641 - Digital broadcast receiver and receiving method: An unreceivability detector (6) that, based on various information obtained from a signal received from a broadcasting station of a digital broadcast program being viewed/listened to, detects that the received signal of that broadcasting station is currently unreceivable and outputs an unreceivability notification, an affiliated station memory (8) that stores... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090021642 - Moving image reproducing apparatus and control method of moving image reproducing apparatus: A moving image reproducing apparatus that does not inform the occurrence of any high light scene when high light scenes occur respectively in the images displayed in a main picture and a sub picture, and a control method of the moving image reproducing apparatus are provided. It can be determined... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090021643 - Digital television chip, system and method thereof: A digital television chip having a reduced layout size is disclosed, comprising a multiplexer, and first and second converting units. The multiplexer, according to a control signal, outputs one of S-video signals SY and SC to the first converting unit, outputs the other of the S-video signals SY and SC... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090021644 - Image noise measurement system and method: An image noise measurement system performs a noise estimation on a current image. A storage device stores a previous image. A noise estimator performs a noise estimation on sub-areas of the current image and the previous image to thereby produce a noise estimation index for the sub-area of the current... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20090021645 - Video signal processing device, video signal processing method and video signal processing program: A video signal processing device for compressing input video and transmitting compressed video data onto a network, the video signal processing device including a compression section configured to compress the video, and a noise reduction section configured to reduce noise in video data by a predetermined amount of noise reduction... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090021646 - Method and system for communication of uncompressed video information in wireless systems: A method and system for communicating video information over wireless channels is provided. Communicating video information involves receiving a frame of video pixel information, partitioning spatially correlated pixels into different partitions and allocating pixel information from the pixel partitions across one or more of said multiple channels based on channel... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20090021647 - Apparatus for controlling color temperature: Disclosed is the apparatus for controlling color temperature enabling the color region determiner to determine whether the inputted chroma signal value in pixels belongs to a pre-set achromatic color region or a chromatic color region, and the color temperature corrector to correct the chroma signal gains according to the determined... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090021648 - Histogram equalizer and histogram equalization method: A histogram equalizer and histogram equalization method is provided. A histogram equalizer, including: a memory; and an operation unit which reads first data and second data from the memory, and then overwrites the second data of the memory with a summed value, the summed value being obtained by summing the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090021649 - Video apparatus and method for supplying power thereof: A video apparatus and a method for supplying power thereof are provided. The video apparatus includes a video processor which processes a video signal, a transceiver which receives a communication connection signal from an exterior apparatus, and a controller which allows power to be supplied to the video processor to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090021650 - Common receiver for terrestrial tv and catv: A tuner section 1 includes: an RF signal input terminal 2 via which multichannel RF signals are supplied; an AGC circuit 4, by which the RF signal input terminal 2 is followed, for fixing or controlling a gain in accordance with a first gain control signal; a broadband amplifying circuit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090021651 - System and method to control media display functions: A system and method to control media display functions is disclosed. A system includes a processing logic and memory accessible to the processing logic. The memory includes instructions executable by the processing logic to perform a method including receiving input associated with a media display function. The instructions are also... Agent: Toler Law Group

20090021652 - Microprojector with a detachable interaction device: A microprojector that has a detachable interaction device is disclosed. The microprojector may include a chassis, one or more docking mechanism attached to the chassis, a detachable interaction device that attachably detaches to the one or more docking mechanism, wherein the detachable interaction device may include at least one motion... Agent: Prass LLP

20090021653 - Theft resistant video projector and mount: A video projector and mounting assembly that securely mounts and protects the projector from theft. A video projector unit is adapted with a housing that defines a through bore extending completely through the housing from top to bottom. A suspension member attached to an overhead structure is inserted through the... Agent: Mark D. Bowen, Esq. Malin Haley Dimaggio Bowen & Lhota, P.a.

20090021654 - Self-contained entertainment system: The present invention provides a self-contained entertainment system that includes a housing having a main compartment and a lid. The main compartment is comprised of a bottom and four sidewalls arranged to form an interior cavity. One or more media sources, a video display, and one or more audio outputs... Agent: Kevin Steinacker

20090021655 - Conversion apparatus for a mounting system: A conversion system for mounting a flat panel display device to a portion of an existing CRT mounting system that has previously been mounted on a mounting surface. The conversion system can utilize portions of existing CRT mounting systems, including a previously installed wall arm, wall arms and/or ceiling extension... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090015652 - Videophone system for scrutiny monitoring with computer control: In conjunction with the dial-up public telephone system, voice quality lines carry videophone signals for monitoring a multitude of locations from at least one central station for use in a variety of applications, such as for security, surveillance, quality control and inspection, regulation of food and/or other standards in food-related... Agent: Reena Kuyper, Esq. Byard Nilsson, Esq.

20090015651 - Voice communication device, voice communication method, and voice communication program: Provided is a voice communication device for carrying out voice communication among a plurality of locations, including: a sound source direction identification block for identifying a direction of a sound source; a voice sender block for sending the collected voice to a different location; a voice receiver block for receiving... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090015653 - Mobile terminal and method of creating multimedia contents therein: A mobile terminal including a camera configured to capture a first video image of a user using the mobile terminal, a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal, an audio output module configured to output currently played music, a display configured to display at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090015654 - Operation limiting technique for a camera-equipped mobile communication terminal: A camera-equipped mobile communication terminal allows its own camera functions to be selectively inhibited according to camera-function inhibition flags included in a camera-function limiting signal broadcast by a radio station or based on GPS-measured location and camera-function inhibition flags for each operation-limited area. Appropriate function limitations on the camera-equipped mobile... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090015655 - Transmitting apparatus and transmitting/receiving apparatus: A transmitter 14, which receives an input video signal VS_IN and an input audio signal AS_IN from an MPEG decoder 17, includes therein a dummy signal production circuit 11 and a selection circuit 12. The dummy signal production circuit 11 produces a dummy video signal VS_D having a higher resolution... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090015656 - Device for viewing images, such as for videoconference facilities, related system, network and method of use: A device for viewing images, for example, for videoconference facilities, has a substantially continuous viewing surface having a plurality of directions of frontal observation distributed in continuous fashion in an angular field of observation. Preferably, the angular field of observation is no smaller than 180°, and in particularly preferred fashion,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090015657 - Method and system for adapting video according to associated audio: The disclosed systems and methods relate to adapting video signals that may be suitable for video conference calling applications. Aspects of the present invention may improve visual perception at the client side with no change to the transmission side. Other aspects of the present invention may also minimize required transmission... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090015658 - Method and system for automatic camera control: A method for automatically determining an orientation and zoom of an image pickup device associated with a video conferencing system, wherein the method includes the steps of: generating, at the image pickup device, an image signal representative of an image framed by the image pickup device; processing the image signal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090015659 - Method and system for moderating multiparty video/audio conference: A method and a system are provided for moderating multiparty video/audio conferencing. The method includes the controlled initiation and termination of the video/audio stream from each participant. The method further includes the communication between the moderators and participants and between the multi-point control unit and endpoints. The moderator decides which... Agent: Park Law Firm

20090015661 - Virtual multiway scaler compensation: In various embodiments, a multipoint control unit (MCU) may arrange incoming video images into a composite video image and define their respective coordinate information including the size of the original composite video image. The MCU may subsequently scale the composite video image. The coordinate information for the scaled composite video... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20090015660 - Virtual tv room service with interactive capabilities signaling: A virtual TV room service configured with a virtual TV room session responsive to a unique session set-up protocol between participants in the virtual TV room session and a conference server unit hosting the virtual TV room service wherein the conference server unit is defined by a unique Session Initiation... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090015662 - Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding stereoscopic image format including both information of base view image and information of additional view image: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a stereoscopic image format. The method includes generating a combined image by combining a base view image and an additional view image, generating a depth map between the base view image and the additional view image, generating a first YUV... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090015663 - Method and system for configuring a monitoring device for monitoring a spatial area: A monitoring device for monitoring a spatial area comprises at least one image recording unit. A three-dimensional image of the spatial area is recorded and displayed in order to configure. the monitoring device. A configuration plane is defined using a plurality of spatial points which have been determined within the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090015664 - Method and interface for operating a vdov endoscope: A method and system are provided for configuring a variable direction of view endoscope, generally comprising a video display screen and an endoscope having a view controlling device for moving the view vector between predefined, discrete view vector positions. The video display screen displays a set of these view vector... Agent: Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr. St.onge Steward Johnston & Reens LLC

20090015665 - Medical diagnostic ultrasound video timing control: Video signals are controlled in an ultrasound imaging. The line synchronization and/or frame rate may be set for any desired purpose, such as to match an acoustic scan rate. The pixel clock rate is set based on the line synchronization or frame rate. Since the line synchronization timing may not... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090015666 - Automated protein crystallization imaging: An apparatus that automatically captures, stores and analyzes images of crystallization experiments contained in a number of crystallization plates. The apparatus includes a plate nest capable of accommodating protein crystallization plates of a plurality of different types, image acquisition optics, including an objective lens and an image capturing device, for... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090015667 - In-cylinder imaging apparatus and method: An in-cylinder imaging apparatus is provided for an internal combustion engine defining a combustion chamber. The in-cylinder imaging apparatus includes a high-speed imaging device such as a high-speed digital camera. A borescope is provided in communication with the combustion chamber and is operable to communicate images of the combustion chamber... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090015668 - Three-dimensional model data confirming method, and three-dimensional model data confirming apparatus: The present invention relates to an apparatus for confirming three-dimensional model data or the like, capable of confirming easily, efficiently, and precisely whether three-dimensional model data including an attached object attached to a machine tool and at least a part of the machine tool good are accurate. An apparatus 1... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090015669 - Method for controlling the movement of a mobile part of an x-ray recording system, and an x-ray recording system coupled to video cameras: With an x-ray imaging system with a moveable part, obstacles can stand in the way of the movement of the moveable part. In accordance with the invention, video cameras capture the occupation of the space by objects using volume elements. It is possible to determine at a target movement of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090015671 - Features in video analytics: A video analytics function is disclosed for use in a video monitoring applications to control and monitor streaming video from a video source arranged to monitor a field of view (FOV) and providing for end-user input to identify and modify a compression level of at least one object or area... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090015673 - Monitoring camera device, dehumidifying device, dehumidifying method, and dehumidifying program: A surveillance camera (1) comprises a camera housing (2), a dehumidifying element (3) provided in the camera housing (2), a current value detection unit (8) that detects the value of the drive current applied to the dehumidifying element (3), a target current value determination unit (10) that determines a target... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090015670 - Privacy zone algorithm for ptz dome cameras: The present invention advantageously provides a means by which the privacy zone on a PTZ camera can be maintained so that an object in the camera's sight is always masked or covered. An algorithm which remembers the defined privacy zones as an area in space marked by four rays touching... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090015672 - Systems and methods for geographic video interface and collaboration: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for facilitating a geographic video data interface and interactive collaboration system. The method includes displaying representations of stored video data sets on an interactive geographic interface to facilitate collaboration among users. The interactive geographic interface includes a visual representation which... Agent: The Law Office Of Deepti Panchawagh-jain C/o Intellevate

20090015674 - Optical imaging system for unmanned aerial vehicle: An optical imaging system and associated methods for capturing images from an aircraft, such as a UAV. A camera unit on-board the aircraft is remotely controlled from an image control station. The image control station receives image data from the camera unit, and also delivers control signals for determining a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090015675 - Driving support system and vehicle: A driving support system includes a camera fitted to a moving body to photograph the surrounding thereof, obtains from the camera a plurality of chronologically ordered camera images, and outputs a display image generated from the camera images to a display device. The driving support system has: a movement vector... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090015676 - Recognition and tracking using invisible junctions: The present invention uses invisible junctions which are a set of local features unique to every page of the electronic document to match the captured image to a part of an electronic document. The present invention includes: an image capture device, a feature extraction and recognition system and database. When... Agent: Ricoh/fenwick

20090015677 - Beyond field-of-view tracked object positional indicators for television event directors and camera operators: A system and method for implementing beyond field-of-view tracked object positional indicators for television event directors and camera operators. The present invention includes a camera having a field-of-view. The camera tracks an off-screen object. A coordinate manager blends an on-screen indication of distance that the object is away from said... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090015678 - Method and system for automatic pose and trajectory tracking in video: A system and method, the method including stabilizing a video sequence captured by an image capturing system, extracting a subject of interest in the stabilized video sequence to isolate the subject from other objects in the video sequence, determining a trajectory associated with the subject, tracking the trajectory of the... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar, LLC General Electric Company

20090015679 - Storage medium having image processing program stored thereon and image processing apparatus: The game apparatus generates an image of a virtual space viewed from a virtual camera as a reference image. The game apparatus then calculates a blurring value indicative of a blurring degree of the image. The blurring value is calculated so as to become greater than a reference value in... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20090015680 - Device, system and method for aligning images: An imaging alignment device, system and method. A sensor unit is provided that mounts to an imaging device and transmits orientation and perspective data to a base unit. The base unit provides information to facilitate placement of the imaging devices.... Agent: Ungaretti & Harris LLP Intellectual Property Group - Patents

20090015681 - Multipoint autofocus for adjusting depth of field: A device may include logic to capture an image, logic to detect a plurality of faces in the image, logic to calculate a distance associated with each face, logic to calculate a depth of field based on the distance associated with each face, and logic to calculate focus and exposure... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090015682 - Anti-glare device, method and accessory, and imaging system with increased brightness dynamics: The invention relates to an anti-glare device comprising a camera, a visualisation means for reproducing a processed image, and an adaptable filter comprising a filtering image controlled by the camera, said image containing masking regions which obscure the dazzling regions. The inventive device is characterised in that it comprises a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090015686 - Hyperspectral chemical and property imaging: An apparatus for displaying chemical projects a chemical image of an object back onto that object. At region (23) light travels from the object to the apparatus (20) and back from the apparatus as it projects onto the object. Light (24) from the object (22) (which is illuminated by natural... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090015683 - Image processing apparatus, method and program, and recording medium: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, method and program, and a recording medium configured to be able to clearly display an image captured by a high dynamic range imaging device. A reference region extractor extracts data corresponding to an image of a reference region in the image... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090015687 - Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and image signal processing program: Disclosed herein is an imaging apparatus for performing predetermined image signal processing on an image signal picked up by an image pickup device in order to convert the image signal for recording and display purposes, the imaging apparatus including, a parameter storage section, a parameter setting section, a gamma correction... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090015684 - Information recording system, information recording device, information recording method, and information collecting program: An accident judgment device (105) judges whether or not an accident has occurred based on a detection signal of an impact sensor (104). Upon judging that an accident has occurred, an image saving device (106) extracts an image within several seconds before and after occurrence of the accident from a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090015688 - Multifunction lens: An image capture apparatus and a method of image processing. The apparatus includes an image sensor array which receives light that has been reflected by a scene, a luminance photodetector which receives light from a luminance channel, a multifunction lens, and a processor. The multifunction lens includes an imaging lens... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090015685 - Navigation and inspection system: A method of detecting a changed condition within a geographical space from a moving vehicle. Images of that geographic space are memorialized in conjunction with GPS coordinates together with its GPS coordinates. The same geographic space is traversed from the moving vehicle while accessing the route's GPS coordinates. The memorialized... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090015691 - Image pickup apparatus and method for controlling the same: An image pickup apparatus for applying high-speed dark shading correction and reducing random noise in a black image is provided. The image pickup apparatus has an image pickup element capable of reading image signals corresponding to one frame, which are obtained by photoelectric conversion, on a field-by-field basis. With the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090015690 - Imaging apparatus and imaging method: The object is to determine an appropriate light exposure condition thereby to generate an appropriate synthesized image signal for an imaging scene for which an appropriate light exposure condition cannot be obtained by conventional techniques. There is provided an imaging apparatus including: a light exposure condition determining unit for determining... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090015689 - Multi-eye image pickup apparatus and adjusting method: A stereoscopic camera includes a master camera for photoelectric conversion of object light to generate a first image signal with three color components G, R and B. A slave camera generates a second image signal. In an adjusting method, a first gain Dmr, Dmg and Dmb of the color components... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090015692 - Methods, systems, and devices for offset compensation in cmos imagers: Methods, devices, and systems for offset compensation in an amplifier are disclosed, wherein the amplifier inputs may be exposed to large loads from an array of pixel columns coupled in parallel. During a sampling phase, an amplifier offset may be sampled by selectively coupling a first amplifier output to a... Agent: Trask Britt, P.C./ Micron Technology

20090015693 - Signal processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus and computer readable medium: A signal processing apparatus includes a synchronization processing unit for processing image pickup signals including three kinds of signals and luminance signals output from an image pickup device. The synchronization processing unit is used to interpolate other color signals than the above-mentioned respective color signals at pixel positions where the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090015694 - Image-pickup apparatus and lens: An image-pickup apparatus includes an image-pickup element that photoelectrically converts an optical image formed by an image-pickup optical system having a zoom function, and a correcting part that performs correction processing for a distortion component in image data generated based on an output from the image-pickup element, the distortion component... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20090015696 - Imaging apparatus and its control method: An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units configured to output an image signal obtained by executing photoelectric conversion and a noise signal; a clipping unit configured to clip the noise signal to a clipping level when the noise signal exceeds a preset clipping level; a control unit... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090015695 - Sbi motion artifact removal apparatus and method: A system, method and apparatus for eliminating image tearing effects and other visual artifacts perceived when scanning moving subject matter with a scanned beam imaging device. The system, method and apparatus uses a motion detection means in conjunction with an image processor to alter the native image to one without... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20090015697 - System and method for scene change triggering: A triggering system and process for a form reader is shown using a histogram of the optical scene. The form reader is open on three sides with a camera facing a platen on to which a form is placed. The camera converts the light rays reflected from the platen into... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20090015698 - Method and apparatus for compensating signal distortion caused by noise: Provided are an apparatus and a method for compensating signal distortion caused by noise. The apparatus comprises a noise reduction unit which reduces noise of an input signal including non-zero mean random noise, and a signal compensator which compensates the output signal of the noise reduction unit so that a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090015700 - Apparatus and method for eliminating artifacts in active pixel sensor (aps) imagers: An active pixel sensor (APS) that includes circuitry to eliminate artifacts in digital images. The APS includes a comparator for comparing a signal level from a pixel to an adjusted saturation voltage to determine if the pixel is saturated. If the pixel is saturated, the signal output from the pixel... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090015699 - Image sensing apparatus driving method, image sensing apparatus, and image sensing system: Since pixel signals are not only added in the row direction but also averaged in the column direction, it is possible to sufficiently increase the frame rate even when the number of pixels increases. Additionally, since the spatial centers of gravity of the added or averaged signals are arranged at... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090015701 - Image processing method and device: An image processing method and a device thereof are disclosed. In an image signal processor of the present invention, a process clock rate or an output clock rate for a preview mode is applied differently from a process clock rate or an output clock rate for a capture mode. When... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090015702 - Enhanced image capturing functionality: The present invention may be directed to a method, image capturing device and computer program product for providing image capturing functionality as well as to a method, image capturing device and computer program product for enabling the provision of image capturing functionality. An image capturing device that may enable the... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090015703 - Portable terminal having touch sensing based image capture function and image capture method therefor: Disclosed is a portable terminal having a touch sensing based image capture function and image capture method therefore, the method including: displaying a preview image of an object to be captured on a touch screen; recognizing (sensing) a touch input for the preview image; setting an image capture function based... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090015706 - Auto focus/zoom modules using wafer level optics: A disclosed example camera module includes a substrate, an integrated circuit image capture device (ICD) mounted on the substrate, the image capture device having an array of light sensors on its top surface, a first lens unit rigidly fixed to the top surface of the image capture device, a second... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20090015705 - Driving device for removing foreign substance such as dust and image pickup apparatus: A driving device and an image pickup apparatus including the driving device capable of reliably detecting a vibration state of a vibrated member even when a piezoelectric element including as a control circuit an H-bridge circuit which contributes miniaturization of the circuit is employed are provided. In this driving device,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090015704 - Image sensing apparatus: An image sensing apparatus has an image sensing element which accumulates received light as a charge, a mechanical shutter which travels to shield the image sensing element, and a scan unit which makes a scan for starting charge accumulation. The image sensing apparatus executes the scan for starting charge accumulation... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20090015707 - Method of exposure control and image pickup apparatus: A method of exposure control in an image pickup apparatus includes determining whether a zoom lens has been moved, determining whether an F value obtained from information about focal position of a focus lens linked to movement of the zoom lens has changed, estimating a variation in the focus luminance... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Koda & Androlia

20090015708 - Housing structure of a web cam: The housing of a web cam includes a main housing member and a corresponding cover for accommodating a web cam module. The rear portion of the main housing member has a space and a plurality of extensions or projections along the periphery of the space, and the cover has a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090015709 - Camera and direction indicating switch: A camera includes a direction indicating switch to specify an arbitrary indicating direction which is attached to a case member. The direction indicating switch has a switch base having a contact point which is capable of abutting intermittently; an operating section held by the switch base to be capable of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090015710 - Method and apparatus converting moving image, method and apparatus for reproducing moving image, and computer program: A down-sampling operation is performed on moving image data to reduce a sample count of the data to 1/M times the original sample count. In the down-sampling operation, a band-limitation operation is performed on the moving image data using a low-pass filter. The low-pass filter has a stop band frequency... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090015712 - Frame interpolating apparatus and method: A motion vector is searched for each block of the current video frame by using a previous average motion vector within a screen as a reference motion vector, and whether or not interpolation is effective is determined by using the obtained motion vector. If the interpolation is determined to be... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090015711 - Relay apparatus and communication system: A home gateway is an apparatus that transmits information, which is received from an intercom slave unit, to a plurality of appliances each having a communication function. The home gateway includes a demultiplexing circuit, a wireless communication circuit, a memory, a video codec circuit, and a CPU. The demultiplexing circuit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090015713 - Arrangement and method for processing image data: A method includes capturing an image and providing video frame data representative of the image in a first format. The video frame data in the first format includes a plurality of pixel data, the pixel data of each pixel containing single color data. The method also includes generating pixel data... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090015714 - System and method of demodulating audio signals: A system and method for demodulating signals are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a signal at an input and determining a first noise estimate of the signal. The method also includes providing a first output indicating a second noise estimate of the signal at a primary... Agent: Toler Law Group

20090015715 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus, includes: a display unit; a signal receiving unit which receives a video signal; a signal processing unit which processes the video signal received by the signal receiving unit to be displayed; an input unit through which a frame rate demonstration function is selectable; and a control unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090015716 - Method and system for rendering content from two programs simultaneously: Methods, systems and computer readable media are disclosed that combine media content. A user is allowed to select one source for primary media content and a second source for secondary media content and combine them into one combined media content.... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090015717 - Image resizer and resizing method: An apparatus embodiment is operative to scale video and includes an input buffer coupled to a real time source of video data and configured to hold a number of lines of video, a horizontal resizer coupled to the input buffer to resize lines of image data, outputting horizontally scaled line(s)... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20090015718 - Video processing method: A video processing apparatus obtains information describing the amount of displacement of images in multiple predetermined units (such as video durations) imaged by an imaging apparatus from an image at steady state, which is a reference, and displays the images in the multiple predetermined units in decreasing order of amounts... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090015720 - Image display control device: An image display control device is capable of performing video image correction in real time. An effective pixel evaluation area Z1 corresponding to one frame is set in a statistical information acquisition section. The statistical information acquisition section finishes a statistical value acquisition process after acquiring a statistical value of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090015719 - Reducing motion blur from an image: A method for reducing blur from an image is described. The method includes accessing a blurred image, wherein the blurred image has a width and a length that can be different. The method further includes converting the blurred image into a frequency domain representation of the blurred image and determining... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090015723 - Media switching device: A High Definition Multi-media Interface (HDMI) switch emulating a Consumer Electronic Control (CEC) source device. A source device may be coupled to the HDMI switch, wherein the source device is incompatible with CEC protocol. Configuration information, e.g., a logical address corresponding to a port which couples the source device to... Agent: Sony C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090015721 - Methods and apparatus using shared storage for cannel error correction and multimedia decoding and processing in a digital tv system: An OFDM receiver is provided that comprises a channel decoder; a source decoder; and a memory controller coupled to the channel decoder and source decoder to control the channel decoder, the source decoder and a memory separate from the apparatus such that the memory is shared by both the channel... Agent: Frank F. Tian

20090015722 - Signal receiving circuit adapted for multiple digital video/audio transmission interface standards: The invention provides a signal receiving circuit applied to multiple digital video/audio transmission interface standards. The signal receiving circuit includes at least an input interface for receiving an input signal, and at least an interface circuit. The input interface includes a set of shared input terminals, a set of first... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090015724 - Broadcasting processing apparatus and control method thereof: A broadcasting processing apparatus, includes: a receiver which receives an image signal; a storage unit; a decoder which decodes the image signal; a channel selection unit which is provided to select a channel; and a controller which determines whether sequence header information exists in the image signal received through the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090015725 - Method and apparatus for outputting video frames while changing channels with digital broadcast receiver: A method and apparatus for outputting video frames while changing channels using a digital broadcast receiver are provided. The method includes sequentially tuning to a plurality of channels and receiving a plurality of digital broadcast signals from the respective channels; extracting a plurality of video frames from the respective digital... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090015726 - Receiver and receiving system provided therewith: In a receiving system including an analog TV 1 (first receiver unit), an STB (second receiver unit) externally connected to the analogy TV 1, and a STB remote control transmitter unit 5, the STB includes: an STB light receiving part 3; a control part 2H controlling operation of the STB... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090015727 - Adapter and consumer electronic device functional unit: A functional unit of a video display, a main body and a connector associated with the main body for receiving an external electrical signal that is transmitted to the video display. The main body provides a first service to connect the video display to the host, a second service to... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20090015728 - Video display device and luminance range correction method: In a video display device of the present invention, a main control unit is equipped with a user interface for varying correction values set to a range correction unit and controls a range correction unit by acquiring the corresponding correction values from a storage unit in accordance with correction level... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090015730 - Image projecting method and projector: A projector sets a projection range defined as the range occupied by the projection image on a screen (projected surface) and displaces the projection range in the screen coordinate system (projected surface coordinate system) in the case that an instruction on displacing the projection image is accepted. Furthermore, the projector... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090015729 - Interface computer for a stage lighting system: A stage lighting system with a digital and analog part. The digital part is used to form the image, which can be, for example, a full brightness image. The analog part is used to dim the image, and to carry out failsafe operation. If an error occurs in the digital... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris Inc

20090015731 - Monitor opening and closing mechanism: A monitor opening and closing mechanism according to the present invention includes a first guide means guiding a monitor to rotate from home position to a first opened position, and a second guide means guiding the monitor to rotate from the first opened position to a second opened position where... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090009583 - Voice and video over a shared telephone line: A system for alternately transmitting an audio signal and a video signal over a single voice grade telephone line is disclosed. The system includes an apparatus located at a subscriber location which establishes a first communication connection between a user at the subscriber location and a dispatcher at a dispatch... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090009584 - Wireless image signal transmission device: A wireless image signal transmission device includes a wireless receiving and sending unit, an image-obtaining unit, and a control unit. The image-obtaining unit is used for obtaining an image signal. The control unit is electrically connected between the wireless receiving and sending unit and the image-obtaining unit. The control unit... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090009585 - Wlan communications system: A wireless local area network audio and video communication system with mobile units is provided, wherein mobile units are operated in a power saving mode and become active at selected intervals corresponding to the duration of audio and video signals forming audio and video data packets. In a preferred arrangement... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20090009586 - Methods, systems and computer products for video calling and live help via iptv: Systems, methods and computer products for querying for an interactive assistant for communication over a network via the set-top box. Communications are initiated between a subscriber and an interactive assistant. A diagnostic data log is uploaded from the set-top box to the interactive assistant. Based on the communications between the... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20090009589 - Method for video telephony communication and a terminal using the same: A terminal and a method for video telephony communication using the terminal are provided. The method for video telephony communication includes executing video telephony communication for transmitting and receiving a video signal and a voice signal, determining a power saving mode set in the terminal, measuring at least one environmental... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090009588 - Recognition of human gestures by a mobile phone: In one embodiment, a method includes electronically detecting a gesture of a user listening to a speaker via a communication device, and generating an audible and/or visual response that corresponds to the gesture. The audible and/or visual response is then communicated to the speaker. It is emphasized that this abstract... Agent: The Law Offices Of Bradley J. Bereznak

20090009587 - Tag-aware multipoint switching for conferencing: Conferencing methods and systems are disclosed wherein tags are associated with conferencing endpoints. The tags provide information enabling a decision-making entity to determine the preferability of one or more processing aspects of the endpoints. In a multipoint conference a tag can allow a decision making entity such as an MCU... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20090009590 - Method for reducing stereoscopic phase-lag distortion under motion in a 3-dimensional video display: According to various illustrative embodiments, a device, system, and method for reducing stereoscopic phase-lag distortion under motion in a 3-dimensional video display are described. In one aspect, a method comprises reducing a phase difference between a first image and a second image in a portion of a frame time of... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090009591 - Image synthesizing apparatus and image synthesizing method: A stereoscopic image supplier acquires stereoscopic image data in a side-by-side layout format. Visual information supplier acquires visual information to be added to a stereoscopic image. Based on a 3D display for displaying a stereoscopic image, a 3D display information supplier acquires the coordinates of portions that are not used... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090009592 - Three-dimensional image forming system: Information for each of a right eye and a left eye obtained by a pair of cameras, which is provided on a three-dimensional image information obtaining apparatus, is displayed on a three-dimensional image display apparatus. An optical axis of each of the cameras is disposed so as to intersect each... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090009593 - Three dimensional projection display: A display system includes a screen and a plurality of projectors configured to illuminate the screen with light. The light forms a three dimensional (3D) object for display in a viewing region. The system further includes one or more processors configured to generate image information associated with the 3D object.... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20090009594 - Three-dimensional representation apparatus: Three-dimensional representation apparatus are disclosed. In one implementation, the three-dimensional representation apparatus includes a first two-dimensional picture forming device configured to form a first two-dimensional picture and a second two-dimensional picture forming device configured to form a second two-dimensional picture. The luminance of the first and second two-dimensional pictures may... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20090009595 - Scattering medium internal observation apparatus, image pickup system, image pickup method and endoscope apparatus: A scattering medium internal observation apparatus according to the present invention includes: a light source; an illuminating apparatus that guides light from the light source to an observation object that is a scattering body; and an observation optical system for observing the observation object illuminated by the illuminating apparatus, wherein... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090009596 - System for and method of synchronous acquisition of pulsed source light in performance of monitoring aircraft flight operation: A system for and a method of synchronous acquisition of pulsed source light performs monitoring of aircraft flight operation. Diode sources of illumination (18, 108, 208) are pulsed (16, 106, 206) at one-half the video frame rate of an imaging camera (36, 136, 236). Alternate frames view the world-scene with... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20090009599 - Intelligent surveillance system and method of controlling the same: An intelligent surveillance system and a method of controlling the same. The intelligent surveillance system and method monitor a specific surveillance region. When detecting a specific object in the surveillance region during surveillance, the intelligent surveillance system and method determine the risk of the detected object and automatically changes a... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090009601 - Logistics monitoring and tracking method and system: A system for monitoring objects comprising an electronic tag reading apparatus for reading an electronic tag and collecting information contained in the electronic tag; a video image monitoring apparatus for video recording an object comprising the electronic tag; and an electronic tag video image coder for integrating information contained in... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20090009597 - Method apparatus and system of remote monitoring: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus and system of remote monitoring. The apparatus according to some demonstrative embodiments of the invention may include a camera positioned to capture an image within a field of view including a monitored area; a transmitter to transmit data corresponding to the... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090009598 - Monitor recording device: The monitor recording device (10) can allow an operator to identify an object with ease by comprising a frame control unit (11) for receiving a video signal of a monitor area at a specific frame rate such as for example one frame per second, a compression/expansion unit (12) for performing... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090009600 - Systems and methods for distributing digital content at events: Methods and systems of offering and distributing digital content to an attendee at an event are described. The system contains a server containing the digital content that can be offered to an attendee as well as recording equipment for creating digital content based on the event. The digital content can... Agent: Kenneth E. Horton Kirton & Mcconkle

20090009602 - Method for reducing the number of scanning steps in an airborne reconnaissance system, and a reconnaissance system operating according to said method: An airborne reconnaissance system which comprises: (a) A focal plane array positioned at a focal plane of an optical unit, said focal plane array having an area A, and comprises a plurality of optical pixels sensitive to light; (b) Optical unit for acquiring light rays from a terrain portion, said... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090009603 - Device and method for detection and prevention of motor vehicle accidents: A device and method for vehicle collision avoidance and mitigation employing a video camera providing a frontal view of a roadway to a video display. A plurality of generally trapezoidal windows formed in front of and rearward of an iconic vehicle are employed to ascertain objects in front of and... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20090009604 - Image processing system and method: An image processing system for a vehicle including a plurality of image pickup devices directed toward different predetermined areas around the vehicle to provide captured images and a display unit. Subject areas are extracted from the captured images, wherein the subject areas correspond to partial areas of predetermined areas captured... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20090009605 - Providing multiple video perspectives of activities through a data network to a remote multimedia server for selective display by remote viewing audiences: Multiple visual perspectives in video of private and public activities including those in public areas such as entertainment venues captured by cameras located near the activities can be transmitted over data networks to a server where video-related data is processed and recorded for selective display by authorized, remote video display... Agent: Ortiz And Lopez, PLLC Patent Attorneys

20090009606 - Tracking device, focus adjustment device, image-capturing device, and tracking method: A tracking device includes: a first tracking control unit that tracks an object based upon focus adjustment states that are detected by a focus detection unit in a plurality of focus detection positions; a second tracking control unit that tracks the object based upon image information that is outputted by... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090009607 - System for providing uniform image quality in displays for image reproduction: Although video display screens are factory calibrated to correct performance, they differ in the actual color balance presented to the viewer. Similarly, the output of video sources may vary, in particular from video cameras. For recalibration purposes, each video display screen is connected to the video source via a Central... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090009610 - Automatically configuring a web-enabled digital camera to access the internet: A method and system for automatically configuring a hand-held electronic device for accessing a site on a public network is disclosed. The method and system include establishing a connection to a website server, which is responsible for establishing and maintaining website accounts, and sending information uniquely identifying the electronic device... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20090009608 - Digital image storage system that deletes images from digital camera memory after tramsmission and storage in external storage medium: A digital image storage system includes a digital camera having a memory storing digital images, a docking station on which the digital camera can be placed for transmitting one or more of the digital images from the memory of the digital camera, and a data storage separate from the docking... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090009609 - Photographing device with image output control function: A photographing device outputs image data signals to a peripheral device that reproduces the image data signals in a reproduction format predetermined according to the location where the peripheral device is actually used. The photographing device includes an output-format selector and an information receiver. The output-format selector selects an output... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090009611 - Thin-type image capturing module structure for a web cam: An image capturing module of a web cam device, and particularly to a thin-type web cam device, includes a circuit board having circuit lines and a through opening. A substrate plate having contacts attaches to the bottom of the circuit board. An image sensor is covered by a transparent shield.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090009613 - Method for processing images and electronic device using the same: A method for processing images and an electronic device using the same are provided, and the method includes the following steps. A plurality of pictures are successively captured in a frame. A shake parameter of each of the pictures relative to the preceding picture is analyzed. Each of the pictures... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090009612 - System and method for implementation motion-driven multi-shot image stabilization: An improved system and method for capturing an image using a camera or a camera module. In the present invention, the number of image shots taken, as well as the integration time of each image shot, are controlled based upon knowledge about the existence or absence of camera motion. Whenever... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090009614 - Digital still camera and method of controlling operation of same: A solid-state electronic image sensing device senses the image of a subject repeatedly for an exposure time over which camera shake is thought not to occur, and repeatedly outputs image data representing the image of the subject. A combining device generates one frame of a combined image obtained by combining... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090009618 - Analog front-end circuit, semiconductor device, and electronic instrument: An analog front-end circuit includes an analog processing circuit, an A/D converter, and a timing generator that generates a plurality of control signals that are supplied to an image sensor. The timing generator includes an event information memory, and a control signal output circuit that generates the control signals based... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090009622 - Image data management apparatus and method, and recording medium: An image data management apparatus includes a unit adapted to display different types of plural frames (such as an in-focus frame and a face frame) at the same time in a manner capable of selectively changing both of those frames by a user operation such that an in-focus frame portion... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090009617 - Imaging apparatus: The object of the present invention is to provide an imaging apparatus capable of preventing the degradation of image quality associated with a temperature rise in an image pickup device despite that an electronic viewfinder is usable. An imaging apparatus including an image pickup device for capturing a subject image... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090009619 - Imaging apparatus and control method thereof: An image sensor includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units disposed in line and column directions, transfer capacitances that store a signal read out from the (n−1)th line (n being an integer of 2 or more) of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, transfer capacitances that store a signal read... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090009616 - Imaging apparatus and signal processing method: An imaging apparatus which enables correction of signal deterioration responsible for transfer deterioration occurred in a horizontal charge transfer path is provided. Provided that positions of “n” transfer packet formed in a horizontal charge transfer path in correspondence to “n” vertical charge transfer paths are expressed as a coordinate “i”... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090009623 - Imaging device, video signal processing method, and video signal processing program: An imaging device (1) includes an all-pixel readout imaging element (2) outputting a LONG signal and a SHORT signal in one field period for each pixel line, a mixing level calculator (7) calculating for each pixel line a mixing level at which the luminance level of the LONG signal is... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090009615 - Medical camera platform: The invention is a medical platform system that overcomes many of the shortcomings of current systems. The novel platform provides simultaneous image display and capture, network based wireless control, preferably by way of a web browser, and the capacity to acquire surgeon specific setting by way of removable storage devices.... Agent: Mark Rodgers

20090009621 - Solid-state imaging device, signal processing method, and camera: A solid-state imaging apparatus that performs color imaging using visible light and imaging using infrared light, the solid-state imaging apparatus including a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pixel cells, in each of which a filter mainly transmits one of visible light and infrared light, wherein filters are arranged such that a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090009620 - Video camera and event recording method: According to one embodiment, the video camera includes an operation unit which performs a variety of input operations, a video shooting unit which performs video shooting, a recording unit which records video data obtained from the video shooting unit in a hard disk, and a GPS processing unit which determines... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090009624 - Automatic white balance control system, automatic white balance module, and method thereof: The present invention discloses an automatic white balance control system, an automatic white balance module, and a method thereof. The automatic white balance (AWB) control system calculates a distance value from a coordinate related to the image to a reference point in a color space coordinate system for each image.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090009625 - Image storage and camera system in which protected image data in camera can be forcibly deleted: An image storage includes a built-in memory having large capacity for storing plural image data taken by a digital camera. A digital circuit retrieves desired one of the image data from the built-in memory. A connector electrically connects with the digital camera for data transmission. A detector detects the connection... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090009626 - Method and apparatus for generating image file having object information: Provided are a method and an apparatus for generating an image file having information about an object. The method of generating the image file having the object information includes the operations of generating image data by taking a picture of the object; receiving the object information from the object through... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090009627 - Image photographing apparatus: An image photographing apparatus includes a main body including a lens unit, and a recording medium driving unit to drive a recording medium that records an image photographed through the lens unit, a recording medium cover openably attached to the main body of the image photographing apparatus to insert or... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090009628 - Capturing an image with a camera integrated in an electronic display: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for capturing photographic images with a camera integrated in an electronic display. The system includes: a display screen; a set of display elements coupled to a front side of the display screen; and an image-capturing mechanism coupled to a backside of the... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090009630 - Direct interface of camera module to general purpose i/o port of digital baseband processor: In a mobile wireless device, a camera module can be connected directly to a digital baseband processor that does not have a special interface, without the need for an external coprocessor. The data interface of the camera module is directly connected to pins of a general purpose input/output port on... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090009629 - Electronic camera: An electronic camera of the present invention includes: an imaging unit capturing a subject to generate an original image; a derivative image generating unit reducing resolution or color of the original image to generate a derivative image for transfer; a recording unit recording the original image and the derivative image... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090009631 - Image-taking apparatus and optical adjustment method for image-taking apparatus: An image-taking apparatus is disclosed which is capable of adjusting a positional displacement of an image-taking optical system and an image-pickup element even in a state in which they are fixed. The image-taking apparatus includes the image-taking optical system including an offset lens unit movable in a direction orthogonal to... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20090009632 - Wide dynamic range electronic image recording and reproducing system: The electronic camera has an imaging device that images a subject with subject reflectance R (%) with a dynamic range wider than that at displaying or printing to acquire image data and a recording device that converts the image data acquired by the imaging device with a predetermined function and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090009634 - Apparatus for correcting camera shake and image capturing apparatus: A digital camera 100 is provided with an optical unit 1, CCD 3, a CCD holder 27 for holding CCD 3, actuator 10 for connecting the CCD holder 27 with the optical unit 1, wherein the actuator changes in shape when a voltage is applied across a front surface and... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090009636 - Image taking apparatus: When a release button is pressed in the image adding mode and flash-on mode, a system control section instructs a timing generation section to continuously supply a timing signal to an imaging section, thereby causing the imaging section to perform high speed continuous shooting. A flash is caused to emit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090009637 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, a first luminance signal generating unit and a correcting unit. The imaging device includes at least three types of color detecting photoelectric converting elements and a luminance detecting photoelectric converting element. The first luminance signal generating unit generates a first luminance signal corresponding... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090009633 - Lens apparatus, image capture apparatus, and method for correcting image quality: An image capture apparatus on which a lens apparatus is detachably mounted, may include an image capture device, an image-signal processor, a communication unit, and a control unit. The image capture device may generate an image signal obtained by photoelectric conversion of subject light forming an image through a lens... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090009635 - Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit configured by arranging plural unit pixels including charge generating units and output transistors that output processing object signals corresponding to charges generated by the charge generating units, an imaging-condition determining unit that determines whether a large light-amount imaging condition, when an... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090009641 - Da converter, ad converter, and semiconductor device: A DA converter includes a first DA conversion section for obtaining an analog output signal in accordance with a digital input signal value, and a second DA conversion section for obtaining an analog gain control output signal in accordance with a digital gain control input signal value. In the DA... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20090009640 - Image pickup apparatus and monitoring device and method: Detection and notification of states where degradation of the image quality occurs due to heat are certainly performed. A temperature detection portion detects the temperature around a logarithmic transformation type image pickup device and supplies a signal indicative of the detected temperature to a notification portion A permissible-temperature setting portion... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090009638 - Imaging apparatus and processing method thereof: A solid-state imaging apparatus of a dynamic range enlarged by reading out a carrier accumulated in a carrier accumulation unit at a plurality of times during a single carrier accumulation time period.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090009639 - Solid-state image capturing device, manufacturing method for solid-state image capturing device, solid-state image capturing apparatus, and electronic information device: A solid-state image capturing device is provided, and in a pixel section in the center of a chip where a plurality of light receiving elements are arranged in two dimensions, an on-chip lens for focusing incident light is provided on each of the plurality of light receiving elements in a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090009642 - Fast-settling line driver design for high resolution video ir and visible imagers: A fast-settling line driver circuit capable of high-speed operation. The line driver is particularly well-suited for operation in a high-resolution imaging system. The line driver circuit comprises a signal amplifier that is configured in a negative feedback loop and connected to a bus line through a switch network. The switch... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20090009645 - Image sensor, method for operating an image sensor, and computer program: An image sensor includes a plurality of image elements configured to provide associated image element signals which are dependent on light intensities incident on the image elements. The image sensor includes an accumulation circuit with a plurality of charge storage elements, wherein the accumulation circuit is configured to change charges... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20090009644 - Imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same: In an imaging apparatus, a first conversion unit multiplexes input signals including control signals for driving an image sensor to generate a multiplex signal having a frequency higher than those of the input signals. A transfer unit transfers the multiplexed signal generated by the first conversion unit according to low-voltage... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090009643 - Mos type solid-state image pickup device, method for driving such mos type solid-state image pickup device, and camera: A MOS type solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel unit which includes image pickup elements arranged two-dimensionally; a readout shift register; an electronic shutter shift register; a signal processing unit which extracts a pixel signal from the selected pixel; a horizontal shift register which outputs a column selection signal;... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090009646 - Configurable timing generator: In one embodiment, a configurable timing generator outputs at least one timing signal. The configurable timing generator comprises a first timing generator configurable to output the at least one timing signal so that the at least one timing signal is adaptable to a plurality of applications. In one embodiment, a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090009647 - Configurable timing generator: In one embodiment, a configurable timing generator outputs at least one timing signal. The configurable timing generator comprises a first timing generator configurable to output the at least one timing signal so that the at least one timing signal is adaptable to a plurality of applications. In one embodiment, a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090009648 - Display device having camera: An exemplary display device includes a monitor, a camera, a comparison circuit connected to the camera, and a control circuit connected to the control circuit and the monitor. The camera is capable of capturing a plurality of instantaneously captured images. The comparison circuit is capable of generating a positive result... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090009649 - Imaging apparatus and exposure control method: In a digital camera (10), an imaging sensitivity setting circuit (61) selects a pair of distance range selection parameters “A” and “B” according to a zoom position of a zoom lens (41), to compare an in-focus position of a focusing lens (43) with these parameters “A” and “B”, wherein the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090009650 - Portable electronic device and camera module therefor: The present invention provides a camera module for a portable electronic device. A beam splitter has a first light input end for receiving a first light beam, a second light input end for receiving a second light beam and a light output end for outputting the first or second light... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090009651 - Imaging apparatus and automatic focus control method: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging sensor for performing photoelectric conversion of incident light and a focus control portion for adjusting a focal point based on an image signal obtained by the photoelectric conversion performed by the imaging sensor. The focus control portion includes a change detecting portion for detecting... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090009652 - Image display control apparatus: An image display control apparatus includes a determination unit (step S903) adapted to determine whether an image to be displayed is an image captured in a shooting mode in which at least one of focus adjustment, exposure control, white balance adjustment, and light control is executed on a range related... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090009653 - Auto focus system and auto focus method for use in video cameras: An exemplary auto focus method for use in video cameras including a focus lens includes: focusing the pickup lens and capturing a current image and a prior image; calculating two contrast estimation values of the current image and the prior image; and judging whether a difference between the contrast estimation... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090009654 - Apparatus, method, and medium for generating image: An apparatus, method, and medium for generating an image is provided. The apparatus includes an optical module, a filter module which includes a wide-band filter area that allows transmission of optical signals within a wavelength band corresponding to a color of a predetermined color, a narrow-band filter area that allows... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090009655 - Imaging apparatus and imaging method: An apparatus suitably detects a recording trigger even in a low-brightness or low-light-intensity environment, and acquires, from a recorded image, a high-quality image from which a person or the like can be easily recognized. When a recording trigger is to be detected, this apparatus disables an infrared reduction filter, so... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090009656 - Sma actuator driving device, and image pickup device incorporated with the same: In a shape memory alloy actuator driving device, a predetermined constant current is applied to a shape memory alloy member as a retrieval signal to detect a terminal voltage of the shape memory alloy member, and a detection result of the terminal voltage is compared with a target voltage value... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20090009657 - Drive apparatus and image pickup apparatus: An anti-vibration unit has: an X-axis transducer generating elliptical vibration in drivers; a frame which is a fixing member having a holding portion for holding the X-axis transducer; an X frame having fixed thereto a slide element to which the drivers of the X-axis transducer are pressed and which moves... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090009658 - Calibrating a projection system: A method of calibrating a projection system is disclosed. The method includes determining a location of at least one hotspot on a screen within the projection system, initiating a calibration sequence of the projection system and ignoring the at least one hotspot during the calibration sequence of the projection system.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090009659 - Image capturing apparatus and method: The present invention relates to an image capturing apparatus and method in which the image recording time is reduced and the memory capacity required for compression is also reduced. A number-of-bytes calculation unit 302 determines the number of bytes after compression based on an integrated value of high-frequency integrated data... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090009660 - Video displaying apparatus, video signal processing apparatus and video signal processing method: The video signal processing apparatus comprises an input unit, into which a plural number of video frames, and a resolution converter unit, having characteristics for resolution conversion differing depending on the direction, in which an object to be photographed moves on that input video frame, by composing the plural number... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090009661 - Captioned still picture contents producing apparatus, captioned still picture contents producing program and captioned still picture contents producing system: There is provided a captioned still picture contents producing technique capable of opening caption broadcasting contents being a closed caption and synthesizing it with a still picture obtained from a TV video to automatically produce new captioned still picture contents. In a captioned still picture contents producing system, a captioned... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090009662 - Method and apparatus for wireless clock regeneration: Methods and systems for operating a wireless clock system for multimedia datastream transmission and display. Source clock frames are compared with a reference clock frames and the clock difference are transmitted to a wireless clock receiver which also receives the same reference clock frames. Source clock frames are re-constructed using... Agent: Groover & Associates

20090009663 - Image processing apparatus and method, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program: An information processing apparatus includes storage means for storing an adjusted value previously set by a user for an output state of information and prediction means for predicting a prediction value for adjustment of the output state in accordance with the stored adjusted value.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090009664 - Color image processing apparatus, color image processing method, program and recording medium: A color image processing apparatus performs color image display using a red display, green display, blue display and white display. The apparatus includes a white signal generation circuit generating a white signal W based on an input red signal Rin for the red display, an input green signal Gin for... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090009665 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a correction interval setting unit for setting a correction interval; a correction interval dividing unit for dividing the correction interval into a black side interval and a white side interval; histogram calculating units for calculating a total... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090009666 - Terminal with projected display: A mobile data and/or communication terminal is provided which includes an optical system for the generation of a projected display as well as parts for stabilizing the display when the terminal is moved.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20090009667 - Key chain display device: A display device that is able to have a key chain alternately attached and detached therefrom. The display device is able to receive digital data from an external device and display the data on its screen. The display device further has an easel that is able to support the display... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20090002475 - Apparatus and system for improving image quality: A system and an apparatus for improving image quality of an object in video telephony are described. The apparatus comprises an image detection unit, an image alignment unit and an image fusion unit. A near infrared light source in the image detection unit illuminates the object, such that the object... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090002476 - Microphone array for a camera speakerphone: A camera speakerphone having a microphone array may be used for videoconferencing. Example microphone array designs described herein may be used to perform Sound Source Localization (SSL) and improve audio quality of captured audio. In one example, an omni-directional camera speakerphone includes a base having a speaker and at least... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090002478 - Photographed image process changeover apparatus of a video telephone function: In order to provide a photographed image process changeover apparatus of a video telephone function which reduces the power consumption by providing only the most optimal functions in accordance with the state of a portable terminal, the comprisal at least includes an image cutout unit 11 for cutting out a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090002479 - Methods and terminals that control avatars during videoconferencing and other communications: Methods and associated wireless communication terminals are disclosed that control the display of avatars on communication terminals. A person's portrait characteristics are identified in a video stream from a video source. A portrait command is selected among a plurality of portrait commands that are known to the recipient communication terminal... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090002480 - Techniques for detecting a display device: Techniques to detect a display device are described. An apparatus may include a video camera operative to receive video information for an image, and a microphone operative to receive audio information for an image. The apparatus may further include a monitor detection module communicatively coupled to the video camera and... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090002477 - Capture device movement compensation for speaker indexing: Embodiments of the invention compensate for the movement of a meeting capture device during a live meeting when performing speaker indexing of a recorded meeting. In one example, a first position of a capture device is determined. A second position of the capture device is determined after the capture device... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090002481 - Method and apparatus for generating stereoscopic image bitstream using block interleaved method: Provided are a method and apparatus for generating a stereoscopic image bitstream. The method includes dividing a base view image and an additional view image into blocks having a predetermined size, generating a combined image by combining the blocks of the base view image and the blocks of the additional... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090002482 - Method for displaying three-dimensional (3d) video and video apparatus using the same: A method and apparatus for displaying a three dimensional (3D) video are provided. The apparatus includes a video processor which splits a 3D video signal into a left video signal and a right video signal, and a driver which displays the split left video signal and right video signal on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090002483 - Apparatus for and method of generating image, and computer program product: An apparatus includes a stereoscopic display region calculator calculating a stereoscopic display region to reproduce a three-dimensional positional relationship in image data displayed on a stereoscopic display device, based on two-dimensional or three-dimensional image data, a position of a target of regard of a virtual camera set in processing of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090002484 - Method and apparatus for correcting misalignment of a lenticular in a 3-d television receiver: A projection television receiver is given 3-dimensional functionality by mounting a lenticular array of substantially vertically arranged cylindrical lenses in front of the display screen. The position of this lenticular array is critical to the performance of the 3-D functionality. In order to correct for misalignment, the lenticular array is... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090002485 - Image acquisition apparatus: This invention provides an inexpensive image acquisition apparatus capable of capturing not only an image of a still object, but also an image of a moving object with the use of an appropriate quantity of illumination light. The image acquisition apparatus includes a head section incorporating an image acquisition device... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20090002486 - Coordinate measuring machine and method for calibrating the coordinate measuring machine: A coordinate measuring machine is disclosed having an orientor automatically orienting a substrate associated therewith. A control and computing unit is further associated with the coordinate measuring machine, so that self-calibration may be performed on the basis of at least two different and automatically set orientations of the substrate.... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090002487 - Portable vehicle mounted monitoring system: A portable vehicle mounted monitoring system to aide an operator of a vehicle while traveling in the rearward direction. The system includes an image receiving means capable of relaying real-time images from behind the vehicle to an image display means located inside the vehicle. The image receiving means and the... Agent: Lambert & Associates, P.l.l.c.

20090002488 - Automatic alignment of a contrast enhancement system: An apparatus and method for insuring the proper alignment of a detected vein pattern and a projected vein pattern are disclosed. The apparatus enhances the visual appearance of veins so that an error that can lead to improper patient care or injury can be avoided.... Agent: Thomas A. O'rourke Bodner & O'rourke

20090002490 - Acoustic recognition apparatus, acoustic recognition method, and acoustic recognition program: An acoustic recognition apparatus determines whether or not a pre-stored target acoustic signal of a target sound subject to detection is contained in an entered input acoustic signal. The acoustic recognition apparatus includes an acoustic signal analysis part, a target sound storage part, a characteristic frequency extraction part, a calculation... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090002489 - Efficient tracking multiple objects through occlusion: Visual tracking of multiple objects in a crowded scene is critical for many applications include surveillance, video conference and human computer interaction. Complex interactions between objects result in partial or significant occlusions, making tracking a highly challenging problem. Presented is a novel efficient approach to tracking a varying number of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090002491 - Vehicle-mounted video system with distributed processing: A vehicle-mounted system (1010) for recording video and audio. The system (1010) uses distributed processing, including encoding the video and audio at their source(s), and a high-speed, e.g., Ethernet, bus (1148) connecting the various system components and external devices. The system (1010) may include a display monitor (1040) which is... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20090002492 - Method and system for spatio-temporal event detection using composite definitions for camera systems: A system and method for monitoring events includes defining alert events based on primitive event types in an environment monitored by monitoring devices. Alert parameters are set for each alert event, and alert events are combined to create a composite alert event based on a plurality of alert events. A... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20090002493 - System and method for pest detection: Systems and methods for detecting presence and movement of pests. Various embodiments of a pest detection system can be based on, for example, a beam-interrupt detector or a thermal imaging device. The beam-interrupt detection based system can provide functionalities such as counting of pests crossing a given beam. A plurality... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090002494 - System and method for archiving data from a sensor array: Systems and methods are disclosed for archiving and processing information from an array of remote sensors. Aspects of the innovations may be incorporated, for example, into a gunshot detection and location system to preserve sensor information surrounding a gunshot event for later review or analysis. According to one implementation, an... Agent: Shotspotter, Inc. C/o Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Andrew Schwaab

20090002495 - Method for monitoring set parameters of a motion-picture camera: A method for monitoring set parameters of a motion-picture camera is provided. Film images, which are extracted from a recording beam path of the motion-picture camera and which are converted into digital assist signals by an optoelectronic transducer are arranged in an assist beam path of the motion-picture camera. Digital... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090002496 - Device for inspecting animal cages: A device for inspecting animal cages includes a frame and a plurality of camera and scanner modules mounted to the frame. The camera and scanner modules are for signal communication connected to a central unit including a display. The camera and scanner modules are placed at the frame so that... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20090002497 - Digital camera voice over feature: Embodiments of the invention provide a method and system for adding voice and text annotations to a digital photograph. Embodiments include recording a digital photographer's voice while capturing a digital photograph. The voice recording is saved to camera memory and mapped to the digital photograph. In addition, a voice recognition... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090002498 - Wind noise reduction apparatus, audio signal recording apparatus and imaging apparatus: Provided that α is a wind noise reduction filter factor derived by a wind noise analyzer, filtering units 5 and 6 use α as an exponent and raise the levels of frequency-base signals Ln(f) and Rn(f) to the αth power to thereby produce and output the signals Ln′(f) and Rn′(f),... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090002499 - Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and image processing method: An image pickup apparatus having a function of performing cut-out processing for an image for electronic image-stabilization and detecting a particular object of the image is provided. The image pickup apparatus detects a particular object from an image that has not been subjected to cut-out processing for electronic image-stabilization, adjusts... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090002500 - Drive device and image stabilizer: A drive device includes an actuator, a fixed member, a movable member, rotating members, and a guide member. The actuator is arranged on the fixed member, and includes a piezoelectric element and at least two drivers on the piezoelectric element in parallel with the central axis of the piezoelectric element.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090002501 - Image blur correction using a secondary camera: A device that employs a secondary camera for use in image blur correction. The device includes a first camera that acquires a digital image and a second camera that acquires a series of digital images that enable a determination of a motion of the device during acquisition of the digital... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090002503 - Image stabilization unit, image stabilization device, imaging apparatus, and mobile device: Convex portions 2021A and 2021B, which serve as drive points for driving a holding module 202 at the operation time, press concave portions K1 and K2 of two arms ARM1 and ARM2 with urging forces of springs 2022A and 2022B at the non-operation time, thereby making the two arms ARM1... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090002502 - Photographing apparatus: A photographing apparatus for reducing the effect of shake on an image. The photographing apparatus includes an image pickup device, an image pickup device stage supporting the image pickup device and moving the image pickup device, a driving force generating portion for driving the image pickup device stage and moving... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090002504 - Image acquisition apparatus, resolution enhancing method, and recording medium: An image sensor acquires images with resolutions being switched. A resolution switching unit switches the resolutions of the images to be output from the image sensor. An image selecting unit selects a basic image from a plurality of output images which are output from the image sensor, having different resolutions... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090002505 - Imaging device: The generation of a false color at the periphery is prevented in an imaging device including a compound eye optical system in which parallax occurs for each color information. An imaging device that includes a plurality of lens portions, a plurality of imaging regions each including a light receiving surface... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090002506 - Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method: An image capturing apparatus includes: a captured still image data generating section that converts captured light into an electrical signal and generates captured still image data from the electrical signal; a recording section that records the captured still image data onto a recording medium; a free-capacity recognizing section that recognizes... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090002509 - Digital camera and method of controlling same: Whether a portrait photography mode has been set is determined. A first threshold value is set when the portrait photography mode has been set and a second threshold value that is smaller than the first threshold value is set when the portrait photography mode has not been set. A cross-correlation... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090002514 - Digital image processing using face detection information: A method of processing a digital image using face detection within the image achieves one or more desired image processing parameters. A group of pixels is identified that correspond to an image of a face within the digital image. Default values are determined of one or more parameters of at... Agent: Tessera/fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20090002512 - Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and program thereof: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to pick up a subject image and a control unit configured to perform control in a manner such that, in a case in which a predetermined mode is set, smile detection of a subject is started when an operation input... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090002507 - Image pickup device, integrated circuit if image pickup element, and image pickup result processing method: The present invention is applied to for example video cameras recording an image pickup result by moving picture, electronic still cameras, monitoring devices and the like. Image pickup means 3 and image compressing means 6 are connected to each other by a wiring layer formed on a surface on an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090002510 - Image processing device, computer readable recording medium, and image processing method: An image processing device includes: a connecting unit that connects a projecting device and an image capture device, at least one of the projecting device and the image capture device having an adjustable position; an acquiring unit that acquires an image captured by the image capture device capturing an image... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090002513 - Imaging apparatus, imaging method and integrated circuit: An imaging apparatus requiring a large dynamic range captures an image including a moving image with an increased dynamic range without degrading resolution. In an imaging apparatus 100, an L/S separation unit 3 generates a long-signal and a short-signal based on a video signal output from an imaging unit 1,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090002508 - Method and apparatus for dark current reduction in image sensors: Methods and apparatuses for dark current reduction by adjustment of electrical characteristics of transfer gates in pixels within an imaging sensor based on image comparisons.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090002511 - Method for automatically correcting frame faults in video assist frames of a video assist system: A method for automatically correcting frame faults in video assist frames of a video assist system in a video beam path branched off from a capture beam path of a motion-picture camera, a ground glass screen being arranged in said video beam path, is provided. The video assist system is... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090002515 - Self-contained wireless camera device, wireless camera system and method: A self-contained wireless camera (10) and a wireless camera system (25) having such a device and a base station (20). Video processing circuitry (200, 210) of the camera device receives video signals from a camera (130) and provides processed video signals. A radio receiver (101) receives processed video signals from... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090002517 - Color correction device, color correction method, dynamic camera color correction device, and video search device using the same: A color correction device (1) including: color set information storage portions (11) which store color set information inclusive of source colors and reference colors; region selection portions (6) which select specific source regions from source images picked up by two cameras 2 respectively; region color decision portions (7) which decide... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090002516 - Image capturing apparatus, shooting control method, and program: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject to obtain an image signal; a display unit configured to display an image based on the image signal and a specific index; an instruction-receiving unit configured to receive a specific instruction; and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090002518 - Image processing apparatus, method, and computer program product: An image processing apparatus and method capable of improving illuminant estimation accuracy and performing a stable white balance correction. A specific subject detection unit detects a specific subject having a specific color from assigned image data. A specific chromaticity calculation unit calculates a specific chromaticity from data representing the specific... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090002519 - Image processing method, apparatus and computer program product, and imaging apparatus, method and computer program product: An appropriate white balance coefficient is calculated using an evaluation value of a specific chromaticity or an imaging condition, in addition to face area detection information, in the following manner. A first white balance coefficient is calculated by a first white balance coefficient calculation unit based on a color image,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090002520 - Imaging apparatus, imaging method, storage medium storing program, and integrated circuit: An imaging apparatus reduces flicker occurring under fluorescent lamp illumination in real time and also effectively reduces noise of a captured image generated by low-sensitive pixel areas fixed on an imaging surface. The imaging apparatus obtains a first image signal including no flicker element and a second image signal including... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090002521 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes a photometry section, an exposure calculating section, an imaging section, and an image processing section. The photometry section performs the photometry of a subject. The exposure calculating section sets exposure conditions based on a photometry result of the photometry section. The imaging section images the subject... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090002523 - Image processing method and imaging apparatus using the same: An image processing method includes storing corresponding addresses of original image data in respective addresses of a look-up table, the number of the respective addresses being smaller than the number of addresses that are necessary in output image data; determining whether the addresses of the original image data corresponding to... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090002522 - Imaging apparatus and image searching method: An imaging apparatus includes management data which includes file identification information (ex. name of image file) identifying an image file recorded in a recording medium and search identification information indicating search information stored in header part of the image file identified by the file identification information, with the file identification... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090002524 - Camera system and power supply for optical recording devices: A camera system includes a video camera having a first mating mechanism defined on a bottom, planar surface of the video camera. A battery assembly contains an energy cell and a first surface of the battery assembly is releasably engageable with the mounting mechanism such that the battery assembly is... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090002526 - Image processing device, image processing method, and image processing program: An image processing device that performs color shading correction on an image formed by a plurality of pixel signals with correction data includes: a correction execution decision unit that decides whether or not color shading correction is to be executed for each pixel signal in order to perform color shading... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090002525 - Method and apparatus for improving dynamic range of image: Provided are a method and apparatus for improving a dynamic range of an image. The method of improving a dynamic range of an image, which is obtained by a sensor unit of an image capture device, includes: creating an input image by using the sensor unit which has a plurality... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090002527 - Solid-state image sensor and method of removing dark current component: A solid-state image sensor where dark current components fluctuating due to temperature changes are removed from pixel signals without reducing resolution during AD conversion. The sensor has a DA converter for generating a reference signal that increases at a constant slope from a predetermined initial signal level, a comparator for... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090002528 - High dynamic range sensor with blooming drain: An image sensor has at least two photodiodes in each unit pixel. A high dynamic range is achieved by selecting different exposure times for the photodiodes. Additionally, blooming is reduced. The readout timing cycle is chosen so that the short exposure time photodiodes act as drains for excess charge overflowing... Agent: Omnivision C/o Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

20090002529 - Method and apparatus for robust image processing: A method and digital camera module is provided for taking a digital picture of an image. The digital camera module includes a plurality of light sensitive pixel elements, a first memory buffer, a second memory buffer and a controller. The controller is coupled to the plurality of light sensitive pixel... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (mot)

20090002530 - Apparatus and method for processing images: The mixing of high-gain and low-gain outputs of a wide dynamic range image sensor uses relationship parameter estimation according to linear regression; and the mixed output is adaptively filtered for noise gap reduction.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090002531 - Solid-state imaging device and camera module: A solid-state imaging device is provided. The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of arrayed pixels, an optical inner filter layer, and a light-blocking side wall. The plurality of arrayed pixels each includes a photoelectric conversion portion and a pixel transistor. The optical inner filter layer is provided for blocking... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090002532 - Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method thereof, and camera module: An optical filter layer composed of an infrared cut filter layer, an optical low pass filter layer and the like is formed on a glass substrate. The optical filter layer is made either by attaching or depositing. The glass substrate with the optical filter layer is attached to a semiconductor... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090002533 - Apparatus of high dynamic-range cmos image sensor and method thereof: The present invention discloses an apparatus of high dynamic-range CMOS image sensor and method thereof. The present invention utilize a pixel circuit outputting an output signal, wherein the pixel circuit has a photodiode and a plurality of transistors; and utilize a current source as a charge supplement unit to supply... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090002534 - Solid-state image capturing device, driving method of solid state image capturing device and electronic information device: A solid-state image capturing device for capturing a subject to generate and output an image signal is provided, in which a predetermined number of transfer gates applied with different driving signals are arranged adjacent to respective pixel sections, so that each light receiving section and the predetermined number of transfer... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090002536 - Biasing scheme for large format cmos active pixel sensors: An image sensor includes circuitry compensating for voltage drops in a VSS line. The image sensor includes a plurality of photoreceptors arranged in a pixel array having a number of column lines, and read-out circuitry on the column lines. The read-out circuitry provides substantially equal currents on each column line... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090002535 - Offset-compensated self-reset cmos image sensors: Devices and methods for improving the dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio of image sensors. Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors that use at least one CMOS image pixel circuit, and methods that the CMOS image sensor integrated circuit is configured to perform.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20090002537 - Method for driving ccd-type solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus: A method for driving a CCD-type solid-state imaging device includes: reading charges detected by photoelectric conversion elements into potential packets A (B) formed in a charge transfer path, dividing each potential packet A (B) into plural segment packets A1, A2 (B1, B2) while narrowing a range where the charges are... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090002538 - Solid state imaging apparatus, method for driving the same and camera using the same: A solid state imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion cells each including a plurality of photoelectric sections arranged in an array of at least two rows and two columns; a plurality of floating diffusion sections each being connected to each of ones of the photoelectric sections which are... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090002539 - Pixel to pixel charge copier circuit apparatus, systems, and methods: Methods, apparatus and systems may operate to copy pixel charge, compensating for image subject shift within in an imaging array during exposure time of an imaging device. Activities may include transferring charge from one or more source pixels to one or more buffer pixels within the same pixel array, and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090002540 - Image display device, image pickup apparatus, image display control method, and program: An image display device includes a display unit configured to display at least an image and an icon relating to a predetermined setting, a touch panel which allows input of operations, and on which a predetermined inhibited area is set, and a control unit configured to perform control so that,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090002541 - Imaging apparatus having unit for removing foreign substance: An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor configured to convert an optical image of a subject into an electric signal, an optical member provided on an imaging optical axis in front of the image sensor, a vibrating device configured to vibrate the optical member, a status acquiring unit configured to... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090002542 - Electronic imaging apparatus with anti-dust function: An electronic imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical system which forms an optical image of an object. A photoelectric conversion element converts the optical image into an electric signal. The optical element is arranged between the imaging optical system and the photoelectric conversion element. An excitation unit vibrates the optical... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20090002543 - Camera system, lens barrel, camera body, and camera system control method: A camera system includes: a focus detection controller that is capable of performing control for an imaging optics according to a plurality of focus detection systems; and a focusing controller that controls focusing of the imaging optics. And the focus detection controller transmits, to the focusing controller, identification information that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090002544 - Methods of adding additional parameters during automatic exposure for a digital camera and related electronic devices and computer program products: An electronic device includes a camera that includes an automatic exposure module. The automatic exposure module is configured to determine an exposure for a picture by automatically adjusting an aperture size, shutter timing, and/or an ISO setting. The automatic exposure module is further configured to automatically adjust at least one... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20090002545 - Method and system for color management in digital imaging: A color management system has an illuminating source identification algorithm to identify the ambience at which a picture is taken. One or more illumination sensors, along with a plurality of narrow-band filters are used to measure the spectral distribution of the illuminating light so that the illuminating source or sources... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090002546 - Mobile terminal device and network connection control method: A mobile terminal device includes a wireless communication interface and a wired communication interface. The device further includes a wired communication determination unit configured to determine whether or not communication with a network by the wired communication interface, an external power source supply unit configured so as to be supplied... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090002547 - Mobile terminal device and network connection control method: A mobile terminal device configured to build in a battery and connect to a network, includes a wireless communication interface configured to connect to the network through wireless communication, and a wired communication interface configured to connect to the network directly or indirectly through wired communication. The device further includes... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090002548 - Document camera: A document camera includes a base, a first arm, a second arm, and a camera head assembly. The base includes control electronics. The first arm is connected at a first end to a side of the base utilizing a first hinge. The second arm is connected at a first end... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090002549 - Electronic camera: An electronic camera includes an imaging device, a drive printed circuit board, a camera main body, an air inlet, an air outlet, and a cooling fan. The imaging device is located inside the camera main body on the optical axis of an imaging lens attached to the camera main body,... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090002550 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus, which converts a video signal in a first video signal format into a video signal in a second video signal format causing an increase in dynamic range, and displays the video signal in the second video format, includes a video signal conversion circuit configured to receive... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090002551 - Video signal conversion device, video signal conversion method and video display device: A video signal conversion device performs the process of: selecting a selected video signal out of two or more video signals input; recognizing the signal type of the selected video signal; converting, in accordance with the result of recognition, the selected video signal into a display signal format suitable for... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090002552 - Color difference signal ip conversion method: An output of a conventional color-difference inter-field interpolating unit (10) and an output obtained by a color-difference 4:2:0 inter-field interpolating unit (11) and a color-difference intra-field line interpolating unit (12) as a progressive signal through inter-field interpolation by changing a 4:2:2 color-difference signal into a 4:2:0 color-difference signal are switched... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090002553 - Video processing: A video processing apparatus generates an output frame from two or more input images by deriving pixels to interleave between lines of pixels of a base field. The pixels are derived from one of: a first pixel generator generating a pixel value from one or more fields other than the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090002554 - Electric field effect read/write head, method of manufacturing the same, and electric field effect storage apparatus having the same: An image display apparatus and method which remove double edges are provided. The image display apparatus includes a first driving unit which generates pulse signals indicating the beginning of each of a plurality of frames which constitute an image signal reproduced by adjusting a frame rate of an image signal,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090002555 - Gamma-correction technique for video playback: Embodiments of a system that includes one or more integrated circuits are described. During operation, the system transforms the video image from an initial brightness domain to a linear brightness domain, which includes a range of brightness values corresponding to substantially equidistant adjacent radiant-power values in a displayed video image.... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090002556 - Method and apparatus for packet insertion by estimation: A novel method, device and system for recovering missing data packets during data transmission. Data packets are tagged with corresponding frame index and packet indexes. Received data packets are buffered and plurality of frames are constructed. Missing data packets are identified either by packet indexing or by frame indexing or... Agent: Groover & Associates

20090002557 - Fast response discrete time infinite impulse response (iir) filter: An infinite impulse response (IIR) filter provides fast response time without significant effects of ringing or overshoot. In a first step, an input signal is received and a preliminary output signal is computed based upon at least the input signal and a prior output signal. The preliminary output signal is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090002558 - Three-frame motion estimator for restoration of single frame damages: A method for reconstructing damaged areas in a single frame of digital motion pictures, where damaged pixels in a current frame (C) are reconstructed using motion compensation based on a motion estimator. The motion estimator comprises a motion vector selection using a combined measure for evaluating linear motion over three... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090002559 - Phase shift insertion method for reducing motion artifacts on hold-type displays: A method and system for displaying frames on a hold-type display to reduce perceived blur are disclosed. One example method includes detecting a parameter associated with an object in an input frame and filtering the input frame to generate at least two filtered sub-frames based on the parameter. The filtered... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090002560 - Technique for adjusting white-color-filter pixels: Embodiments of a system that includes one or more integrated circuits are described. During operation, the system receives a sequence of video images, which include a video image, and predicts an increase in an intensity setting of a light source (which is configured to illuminate a display) when the video... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090002561 - Color-adjustment technique for video playback: Embodiments of a system that includes one or more integrated circuits are described. During operation, the system receives a video image. Then, the system jointly modifies brightness values of pixels in at least a portion of the video image and an intensity setting of a light source to maintain light... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090002562 - Image processing device, image processing method, program for image processing method, and recording medium having program for image processing method recorded thereon: An image processing device for processing input image data includes a contrast correcting section. The contrast correcting section corrects the input image data using image data of a gradient image, which has a luminance gradient in which a luminance level gradually changes, to make a luminance level of the input... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090002563 - Light-leakage-correction technique for video playback: Embodiments of a system that includes one or more integrated circuits are described. During operation, the system compensates for gamma correction in a video image to produce a linear relationship between brightness values and an associated brightness of the video image when displayed, where the compensation includes an offset at... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090002565 - Dynamic backlight adaptation for black bars with subtitles: Embodiments of a system that includes one or more integrated circuits are described. During operation, the system receives a video image, that when displayed, includes a picture portion, a non-picture portion, and a subtitle which is superimposed on at least a subset of the non-picture portion, where the non-picture portion... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090002566 - Image processing apparatus, tv apparatus and image processing method: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a reception unit for selectively receiving a signal, a signal processing unit for processing the signal that is output from the reception unit, and outputting the signal to a display unit, and control unit for controlling the signal processing unit, wherein... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090002564 - Technique for adjusting a backlight during a brightness discontinuity: Embodiments of a system that includes one or more integrated circuits are described. During operation, the system receives a sequence of video images, and calculates brightness metrics associated with the video images in the sequence of video images. Then, the system determines an intensity setting of a light source, which... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090002567 - Image analysis apparatus and image analysis method: An image analysis apparatus and an image analysis method are provided with functions of easily comparing an image with a scene change point list and easily correcting scene change points. The image analysis apparatus includes a scene change information storage unit for storing information of scene change points detected by... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090002568 - Information processor, control method and display system of the same: According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a first connection unit, a second connection unit which is different from the first connection unit, receiving a reproduction request signal of content data from an external terminal, a start-up unit which transmits the control signal to start up the display device... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090002569 - Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and controlling method of information processing apparatus: There is provided an information processing apparatus in which a great number of users can use thin clients, and in which various services such as simultaneous picture distribution are realized in an integrated manner, an information processing system, and a controlling method of the information processing apparatus. The apparatus capable... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090002570 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and broadcast receiving method: According to one embodiment, in switching of a channel to a digital broadcasting tuner, when the switched channel is selected by any of a plurality of one-segment broadcasting tuners, an output of an one-segment data processing part, which applies demodulation processing and decode processing to an output of the one-segment... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090002571 - Television card with remote control module: The television card with remote control module includes a 34 mm express card type TV card, a TV card remote control, and a connecting structure. The 34 mm express card type TV card has a TV card long side and a TV card short side, and a length of the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090002572 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: There is provided a display apparatus which includes a signal processing part which processes a video signal including at a peripheral area thereof a position determining pattern having a plurality of characteristics; a display part which displays a picture on the basis of the video signal processed by the signal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090002573 - Image display device: A first translucent conductive layer is disposed on a front surface of a front substrate, a translucent insulating member is disposed on a front surface of the first translucent conductive layer, and a second translucent conductive layer held at the ground potential is disposed on a front surface of the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090002574 - Method and a system for optical design and an imaging device using an optical element with optical aberrations: A method for designing an imaging device. The method comprises receiving specification of a final image mapping a three-dimensional environment according to a predefined mapping and an optical unit with an optical aberration. The method further comprises estimating an optical design of the optical unit with the optical aberration. The... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.