Television inventions 06/09

20090160929 - System and method for video conferencing: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes two modules. A first module receives a request from a first endpoint to subscribe to a voice activated multicast group and causes the first endpoint to receive a current speaker's video stream if the first endpoint is not the current speaker and to receive... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090160930 - Method for recording digital images: A device and a method for recording digital images which represent objects, in particular, motor vehicles, from various angles of observation is disclosed. According to the system described herein, a method for recording images with a qualitatively high resolution image of objects from various angles of observation may be rapidly... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20090160931 - Image processing for supporting a stereoscopic presentation: An image processing is applied in common to image data for a first image and to image data for a second image. The image data for the first image and the image data for the second image are moreover compared as a basis for matching a visual appearance of images... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090160932 - Method and apparatus for generating multiview image data stream and method and apparatus for decoding the same: Provided is a method and apparatus for generating a multi-view image data stream, the method including: recording multi-view image data onto the multi-view image data stream; recording onto the multi-view image data stream a multi-view image parameter recording parameter indicating whether a multi-view image parameter with regard to the multi-view... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090160933 - Video perspective navigation system and method: A video navigation system and method can be utilized to efficiently and adjustably navigate video content. In one embodiment, a video information control method facilitates efficient video navigation. A video stream is received and video access point selection between multiple access points in said video stream is controlled. The presentation... Agent: Murabito Hao & Barnes LLP

20090160934 - Generation of three-dimensional movies with improved depth control: Techniques for creating 3-D movies allow improved control over camera positioning parameters and editing of depth in post-process to provide for a smoother variation in the viewer's convergence distance and a more pleasant viewing experience. A director can define reference parameters related to a desired viewing experience, and camera positioning... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc. C/o Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20090160935 - Metrology device for videoendoscopic probe: Image splitting device for videoendoscope, comprising an image splitting optical component to form on the sensitive surface of a video sensor housed in the distal end part of a videoendoscope a single composite image formed from two images of an observed target, viewed from two different angles; the image splitting... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090160936 - Methods and apparatus for operating a video camera assembly: Method and apparatus for a video camera assembly are provided. The video camera assembly includes a pan mechanism rotatable about a pan axis, a video camera mounted on the pan mechanism such that the video camera is rotatable about the pan axis, and a controller communicatively coupled to the pan... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22697) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090160937 - Camera control method for vehicle entramce control system: This development is about the camera control method for a vehicle entrance control system. In detail, it is about the applying variable exposure time and gain level per image frames that are captured through a CCTV camera of vehicle entrance control system. The entire control is done through 4 steps.... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090160938 - Image processing method and image capture apparatus applying the same: An image processing method and an image capture apparatus applying the method are disclosed. The image processing method comprises the steps of: capturing an image; detecting whether the image is captured in a low luminance environment; performing at least one image enhanced process for the image when the image is... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090160939 - Mobile unit communication via a network: Integrated imaging and GPS network monitors remote object movement. Browser interface displays objects and detectors. Database stores object position movement. Cameras detect objects and generate image signal. Internet provides selectable connection between system controller and various cameras according to object positions.... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20090160940 - Image display method and image display apparatus: An image display method for displaying a combined image by capturing images at areas surrounding a vehicle includes a) calculating a plurality of displacement vectors for a plurality of points taken on images captured by a plurality of cameras upon the application of a load that changes the attitude of... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20090160941 - Enhancing image resolution of digital images: An imaging apparatus with adjustable imaging plane, said apparatus having mechanical, electronic or optical means to adjust the position and the orientation of the imaging plane, which successively captures a plurality of images while adjusting the imaging plane, and a method to integrate the captured images to a single high-resolution... Agent: Frank Pincelli, Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20090160942 - Tagging and path reconstruction method utilizing unique identification and the system thereof: Disclosed is a tagging and path reconstruction method utilizing unique identification characteristics and the system thereof. The tagging and path reconstruction system comprises a plurality of readers for reading identification information having unique IDs, a plurality of cameras for taking object's image data, and a server. The server includes an... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20090160943 - Detecting legacy bridges in an audio video bridging network: In a network having one or more Audio Video Bridging (AVB) devices, non-AVB bridges are detected by transmitting a maintenance message, such as a unicast linktrace message, from one AVB device such as a residential gateway to another AVB device such as a set-top box or IPTV. AVB devices in... Agent: Rg And Associates

20090160944 - Camera flash module and method for controlling same: a pre-flash stage followed by a main-flash stage. In the pre-flash stage, two images are captured under the same camera settings regarding the exposure time, gain, iris and resolution. One image is captured with flash and one without. From the difference between the two images, a reference pixel is used... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090160945 - Systems and methods for enhancing image quality of a web camera image: A method for capturing an image using a webcam is provided. The method may include receiving a request to capture an image using a webcam of an information handling system the information handling system comprising a display. In response to the request to capture an image, a flash screen may... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20090160946 - Image pickup apparatus, communication control method, and program: In an image pickup apparatus having a communication function through a predetermined communication interface and being equipped with a plurality of connectors adapted for the communication interface, the image pickup apparatus includes a connection state determining unit configured to detect respective connection states of the connectors, and when a state... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090160947 - Image pickup system, method for driving image pickup elements, and recording medium: An image pickup system includes an image pickup element with an image pickup region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, and a controller configured to control reading of signals from the pixels. The controller divides a first frame period in which a first image is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090160956 - Camera system, camera body, interchangeable lens, and method of controlling camera system: There are provided a camera system which operates the proper image blur corrector when image blur correction devices are incorporated in a camera body and in an interchangeable lens, and a method for controlling this camera system. The camera system (1) includes the camera body (3) and the interchangeable lens... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090160948 - Image stabilization control circuit: In an image stabilization control circuit for an image capturing device, a gyro-equalizer (24) is used to integrate an angular velocity signal corresponding to vibration, and determine a required magnitude of lens displacement. The gyro-equalizer (24) integrates the angular velocity signal from a gyro-sensor (12) using an integration circuit (46)... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090160950 - Image stabilization control circuit for correcting vibration-caused displacement of optical axis, and image pickup apparatus provided with the same: A first equalizer generates a vibration-component signal indicating the amount of movement of an image pickup apparatus according to an output signal of a vibration detecting element for detecting the vibration of the image pickup apparatus. The second equalizer generates a drive signal used to control a driver element to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090160952 - Shake correction control circuit and image pickup apparatus provided with the same: An optical shake correction unit corrects an optical axis in response to an output signal of an vibration detecting element. An electronic shake correction unit adaptively varies an effective region in image signals of an image pickup region formed by image pickup devices. A control unit performs control such that... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090160951 - Three-axis image stabilization system: An image stabilization system includes an optical assembly configured to receive electromagnetic radiation emitted by a target and produce focused image of the target; a focal plane array, the focal plane array being configured to receive the image and integrate at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation making up... Agent: Utah State University Technology Commercialization Office

20090160949 - Video processing apparatus, video processing system, video processing method, and program: A video processing apparatus comprises a signal input unit which receives a video signal, a shift detection unit which detects a shift period in shooting and a maximum shift amount during the shift period from the video signal input from the signal input unit, an effective area detection unit which... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090160953 - Image stabilization control circuit: In an image stabilization control circuit of an image-capturing device, a gyro-equalizer (24) is used to integrate an angular velocity signal corresponding to vibration, and determine a required magnitude of displacement of a lens. The gyro-equalizer (24) integrates the angular velocity signal from a gyro-sensor (12) using an integration circuit... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090160954 - Image stabilization control circuit and imaging device having image stabilization control circuit: A image stabilization control circuit is provided which comprises at least one analog-to-digital converter circuit which converts an output signal of a vibration detection element which detects vibration of an imaging device and an output signal of a position detection element which detects a position of an optical component, into... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090160955 - Vibration prevention control circuit of imaging device: A vibration prevention control circuit is provided, comprising at least one analog-to-digital converter circuit that converts an output signal of a vibration detection element which detects vibration of an imaging device, and an output signal of a position detection element which detects a position of an optical component, into digital... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090160961 - Amplifier circuit: In a first operational amplifier, an input signal is input to the negative input terminal, a reference voltage is input to the positive input terminal, a feedback path from the output terminal to the negative input terminal is formed, and the input signal is amplified by a predetermined amplification factor.... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090160958 - Image stabilization control circuit and imaging device having image stabilization control circuit: A image stabilization control circuit is provided that comprises at least one analog-to-digital converter circuit that converts an output signal of a vibration detection element which detects vibration of an imaging device, and an output signal of a position detection element which detects a position of an optical component or... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090160959 - Image stabilization control circuit for correcting vibration-caused displacement of optical axis, and image pickup apparatus provided with the same: A first equalizer generates a vibration-component signal indicating the amount of movement of an image pickup apparatus according to an output signal of a vibration detecting element for detecting the vibration of the image pickup apparatus. The second equalizer generates a drive signal used to control a driver element to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090160960 - Image stabilization control circuit for imaging apparatus: A vibration control equalizer for generating a vibration signal for determining a driving amount for an optical component on the basis of an output signal of a vibration detector for detecting vibration of an imaging apparatus, a position control equalizer for calculating a position signal for determining a driving amount... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090160957 - Methods and system for digitally stabilizing video captured from rolling shutter cameras: An imaging device and methods of stabilizing video captured using a rolling shutter operation. Motion estimation is used to determine a row motion vector for individual rows of a current frame of a pixel array. The row motion vectors are used to map the location of pixels in the current... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090160962 - Vibration prevention control circuit of imaging device: A vibration prevention control circuit is provided that comprises at least one analog-to-digital converter circuit which samples and converts an output signal of a vibration detection element which detects vibration of an imaging device and an output signal of a position detection element which detects a position of an optical... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090160963 - Apparatus and method for blurring image background in digital image processing device: Provided is a method and apparatus for blurring an image background, in which a moving image information and a focal distance information, which is matched to the moving image according to a movement distance of an AF motor, are obtained for the same object and background blurring is applied to... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

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20090160967 - Determination of shooting scene and image processing for the determined scene: A CPU 30 generates reduced image data for analytical use from the input image data, analyzes the generated analytical reduced image data on a pixel-by-pixel basis, and acquires R, G, B components of each pixel that constitutes the analytical reduced image data. By using the result of analysis of the... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20090160966 - Digital image capture device and digital image processing method thereof: A digital image capture device includes an image capture unit, a display unit, a selection unit, and a processing unit. The image capture unit is configured to capture an image. The display unit is configured to display the captured image and allow determination of a portion thereof to be selected.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090160965 - Image sensor having a diffractive optics element: An apparatus for generating a color image that comprises an image sensor having a plurality of light-sensitive elements having a light sensing area, each light-sensitive element is configured for measuring a value corresponding to an intensity of light at the related light sensing area. The apparatus further comprises a diffractive... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090160968 - Camera using preview image to select exposure: A digital camera comprises an image sensor for providing initial sensor image data and final sensor image data; a lens for exposing the image of a scene onto the image sensor; an exposure control system for adjusting an exposure level of a final image on the image sensor in response... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20090160969 - Image capturing apparatus: An image capturing apparatus can use a reading time from an image sensor efficiently. To achieve the object, the image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit which separates a color image of a subject being captured by an image sensor having pixels of colors into three or more fields... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090160971 - Image sensor with adjusted gains in active and black pixels: An image sensor includes an active pixel and a black pixel. The active pixel has a first signal gain and a first dark signal level, and the black pixel has a second signal gain and a second dark signal level. At least one of the first and second signal gains... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20090160970 - Remote determination of image-acquisition settings and opportunities: Pre-image-acquisition information is obtained by a digital camera and transmitted to a system external to the digital camera. The system is configured to provide image-acquisition settings to the digital camera. In this regard, the digital camera receives the image-acquisition settings from the external system and performs an image-acquisition sequence based... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20090160972 - Digital image capturing device and image accessing method thereof: An image accessing method is disclosed. A search query view is firstly generated in response to a first user input. A time search query is secondly received by the search query view in response to a second user input. Exifs respectively associated the images are compared with the time search... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090160974 - Image sensing apparatus and control method thereof: When image shooting is performed in a mode that records plural images in response to a single shooting instruction and deletion is instructed on a shot-image confirmation screen that displays the shot image data immediately after the shooting, the plural image data generated by the same shooting instruction are all... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090160973 - Register configuration control device, register configuration control method, and program for implementing the method: A resister configuration control device which is capable of updating resister configuration values during a non-display period without increasing a circuit scale. A FIFO selector 103 receives register configuration value information comprising a register configuration value and address information, and selects a transmission destination to which the register configuration value... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090160975 - Methods and apparatus for improved image processing to provide retroactive image focusing and improved depth of field in retail imaging systems: Systems and techniques for image capture and management in a retail environment. One or more retail cameras are directed so as to capture digital images. Each camera is configured so as to provide image information that can be used in a retroactive focusing process. Captured images are retroactively focused to... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20090160976 - Digital photographic camera with brightness compensation and compensation method thereof: A digital photographic camera with brightness compensation and a compensation method thereof are applied for the brightness compensation of the digital photographic camera when shooting under different environments so as to maintain a frame rate. The camera includes a light measuring unit, a sensor, a light source generator, a light... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090160977 - System for multi-media image magnification: A vision magnification system includes a fixed work area, a camera, and drive mechanism capable of moving the camera in at least one direction. The vision magnification system provides a magnified image of an object for viewing by a user and is particularly useful for individuals having impaired vision. A... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP

20090160978 - Data processing apparatus for operating lens correction and method for compressing and restoring lookup table values: A data processing apparatus having a small hardware size and performing tens correction includes a seed memory, a gain memory, and a decoder. The seed memory stores a plurality of encoded gain values forming an A*B seed matrix; the gain memory stores a plurality of decoded gain values forming an... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090160979 - Methods and apparatuses for double sided dark reference pixel row-wise dark level non-uniformity compensation in image signals: Methods and apparatuses for row-wise dark level non-uniformity compensation of imaging sensor pixel signals. A column dependent dark reference value is determined as one of a linear and parabolic function of signal values from two areas of dark reference pixels and a column location and then used for dark level... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090160980 - Graduated-based digital image processing method: A graduated processing method of digital image is adapted to a digital camera for immediately adjusting brightness in different regions of a shot digital image. The processing method includes the following steps. An image capturing device determines an image boundary of a digital image according to an image difference condition... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20090160981 - Apparatus including green and magenta pixels and method thereof: A color photo sensing structure, includes an array of multiple color photo sensing elements. The photo sensing structure includes a first pixel located laterally with respect to a second pixel in a substrate of a first conductivity. The first pixel includes a first doped region of a second conductivity formed... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090160984 - Analog to digital converting device and image pickup device for canceling noise, and signal processing method thereof: An image pick-up device includes a first correlated double sampling circuit configured to generate a first sampling signal by performing correlated double sampling on an active pixel signal output from an active pixel and generating a first comparison signal by comparing the first sampling signal with a reference signal, and... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20090160983 - Method and apparatus providing light traps for optical crosstalk reduction: An imager having layers of light trapping material to reduce optical crosstalk and a method of forming the same.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090160985 - Method and system for recognition of a target in a three dimensional scene: A method for three-dimensional reconstruction of a three-dimensional scene and target object recognition may include acquiring a plurality of elemental images of a three-dimensional scene through a microlens array; generating a reconstructed display plane based on the plurality of elemental images using three-dimensional volumetric computational integral imaging; and recognizing the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090160986 - Pixel sensor: A photodetecting circuit is disclosed. The photodetecting circuit includes a photodetector for generating a signal in response to incident light, a storage node having first and second node terminals, a transfer transistor, disposed intermediate the first node terminal of the storage node and the photodetector, for electrically connecting the first... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090160982 - Sensor device and method thereof: A sensor device determines a value based on a sensed parameter by applying a voltage across two voltage terminals of a sensor. In response, the sensor provides an electrical signal representative of a sensed parameter to a controller via a pair of conductors. The controller samples the electrical signal to... Agent: Larson Newman Abel & Polansky, LLP

20090160988 - Drive method for solid-state imaging device, solid-state imaging device, and imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging device having: (a) a pixel array with an oblique pixel pattern in which pixels are obliquely disposed, an odd-numbered row vertical signal line in an odd-numbered row vertical signal line group being connected to each column of odd-numbered row pixels and an even-numbered row vertical signal line... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090160987 - Imaging device: The present invention relates to improved imaging devices having high dynamic range and to monitoring and automatic control systems incorporating the improved imaging devices.... Agent: Brian J. Rees Gentex Corporation

20090160992 - Image pickup apparatus, color noise reduction method, and color noise reduction program: An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor including a color filter having pixels of different colors arranged in a predetermined order and a demosaic processor. The image sensor receives a subject image and outputs an image signal including color signals of the different colors. The demosaic processor generates color... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090160990 - Imager method and apparatus having combined select signals: An imaging device and method for operating the device. The device comprises a pixel array having a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns and a plurality of readout circuits for the pixels. A reset circuit in one readout circuit is simultaneously operated with a row select circuit in... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090160989 - Low noise readout apparatus and method with snapshot shutter and correlated double sampling: A low noise readout apparatus and method for CMOS image sensors having a photosensitive element configured to collect charge when light strikes the photosensitive element, a reset gate adjacent the photosensitive element and configured to drain excess charge from the photosensitive element, a first electrode, a second electrode and a... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20090160991 - Unit pixel for use in cmos image sensor: A unit pixel of a CMOS image sensor includes one PMOS for receiving light and generating electric signals and one NMOS that outputs the signals applied from the PMOS. Therefore, the pitch size of the pixel itself can be reduced, and the whole area by the image sensor can be... Agent: The Rafferty Patent Law Firm

20090160993 - Solid-state imaging device, driving method thereof, and camera: An objective of the present invention is to provide the solid-state imaging device and the driving method thereof which can control: a poor picture quality, such as blooming, to maximize a dynamic range of the photodiode; and a poor picture quality resulted from an incomplete read-out operation. A solid-state imaging... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090160994 - System for recording and representing images of preparations: A system for acquiring and displaying images of preparations is provided. The system includes a first and second illumination device, each including an illumination source defining a respective illumination beam path amid configured to emit light to illuminate the preparation. A camera and a display for displaying a portion of... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090160995 - Display device, photographing apparatus, and display method: A feature area having a visual feature is analyzed for each of at least three of similar images in a memory card, and the analyzed feature areas are displayed on a display screen while overlapped with a reference image. The visual feature is used to distinguish an image from other... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090160996 - Image processing device, image processing method, program thereof, recording medium containing the program, and imaging device: Relative to an image processing apparatus that processes image data containing a distortion of an image pickup optical section, which is obtained by picking up an optical image from a subject through the image pickup optical section giving the distortion, an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20090160998 - Image capturing module, method for manufacturing the image capturing module, and electronic information device: An image capturing module according to the present invention includes a holder member, which accommodates therein a focusing lens for forming an image of a subject light on an image capturing chip attached on a substrate and is attached to the substrate to cover the image capturing chip, where the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090160997 - Imaging device: A plurality of lenses 102a to 102d arranged in the same plane form a plurality of subject images on a plurality of imaging regions 104a to 104d. Vertical line directions and horizontal line directions of the pixel arrangement in the respective plurality of imaging regions are equal to one another... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090161000 - Auto-focusing module: An auto-focusing module comprises a lens, an actuator and an external focusing assembly. The lens is a single-focus optical system and assembled in the actuator. The actuator includes an electric focusing element and conductive pins and is hollow in the direction along the optical axis to accommodate the lens therein.... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20090160999 - Sensor module, electronic information device, autofocus controlling method, control program and readable recording medium: A sensor module according to the present invention includes an autofocus control section for moving the lens section in a predetermined direction from a reference point to a plurality of predetermined moving points consecutively by the driving section, calculating a focal point evaluation value, which increases as a lens is... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090161001 - Camera and method for operating same: A camera (1) comprises photoelectric converters (6), which convert incident light with transfer functions into electrical signals. In order to be able to use this camera (1) also for measuring purposes, the camera (1) comprises at least one diffuse light source (10), which can apply this light on least a... Agent: Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James, LLP

20090161003 - Lens apparatus and imaging apparatus: In a lens apparatus, light entering a lens barrel from an external source is incident to an optoelectric converting element for image recording. The light passing through an optical path of the lens apparatus is filtered by a filter that absorbs a specific range of optical wavelengths and is provided... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090161002 - Lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus and method for controlling the same: Provided are a lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus that can use a suitable lens according to a photographing circumstance, a method of controlling the lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium having recorded therein a program for the method. The lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus includes a photographing circumstance analysis unit,... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090161004 - Portable electronic device: A portable electronic device includes a housing including an opening defined in a peripheral side surface thereof, a camera module mounted in the housing, and a light-reflecting member rotatably mounted at the opening. The camera module is aligned with and faces toward the opening. The light-reflecting member mounted at the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090161005 - Connecting structure and digital camera module employing the same: A digital camera module (100) includes an image capturing apparatus (30) and a connecting structure (40). The image capturing apparatus includes an image sensing module (32) and a flashing module (34). The connecting structure includes a cover (42) configured for receiving the image sensing module therein, and a holding member... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090161006 - Image sensor, method of manufacturing the same, and camera module having the same: Provided is an image sensor module including a lower substrate having a plurality of top pads formed on the top surface thereof; an upper substrate that is installed along the edge of the top surface of the lower substrate and has a plurality of connection grooves formed on the inner... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090161007 - Camera apparatus: Disclosed is a camera apparatus including an enclosure configured to enclose an imaging unit, a terminal arrangement unit arranged adjacent to a curved surface of an edge portion of the enclosure, and a cover member for covering the terminal arrangement unit, configured to move to open in parallel and along... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090161008 - Communication apparatus, information processing method, and program: A communication apparatus connected to one or more apparatuses via an interface having at least a signal channel unidirectionally transmitting a baseband signal and a bidirectional control channel used for control is provided. The communication apparatus includes an equipment information obtaining unit, a selection unit, and an instruction unit. The... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090161010 - Image interpolation with halo reduction: An image interpolator is presented that utilizes a block-based motion estimator to provide block-based motion vectors and a motion vector select coupled to the block-based motion estimator to provide pixel based motion vectors. A first image interpolator provides a first interpolated image from the selected motion vectors. A second image... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090161009 - Method, apparatus and machine-readable medium for handling interpolated video content: Spatial or temporal interpolation may be performed upon source video content to create interpolated video content. A video signal including the interpolated video content and non-interpolated video content (e.g. the source video content) may be generated. At least one indicator for distinguishing the non-interpolated video content from the interpolated video... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20090161011 - Frame rate conversion method based on global motion estimation: Embodiments of a frame rate conversion (FRC) method use two or more frames to detect and determine their relative motion. An interpolated frame between the two frames may be created using a derived motion, a time stamp given, and consecutive frame data. Global estimation of each frame is utilized, resulting... Agent: Carrie A. Boone, P.C.

20090161012 - Dynamic multilayer video processing method: In a dynamic multilayer video processing method applied to a signal receiving apparatus, the signal receiving apparatus is connected to a display device. To display a screen on the display device, the method transmits a request signal to a system control end connected to the signal receiving apparatus for receiving... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090161013 - Method for setting caption window attributes and associated television system: A method for setting caption window attributes and an associated television system are concerned. The method includes steps of providing a plurality of attributive bit sets corresponding to a plurality of pixels in a caption; utilizing a window condition to compare the plurality of attributive bit sets in response to... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090161014 - Method for displaying tv program on computer: A method for displaying TV program on a computer system is described. An operation system of the computer system is started and a memory-resident program is simultaneously loaded to continuously detecting whether or not a predetermined TV signal transforming device is electrically coupled with the computer system and established. A... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090161015 - Display device, video signal correction device, and video signal correction method: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a display unit configured to carry out video displaying on a display panel based on a supplied video signal; and a video signal correcting unit configured to output a corrected video signal value obtained through arithmetic operation including division operation in response to... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090161016 - Run-time selection of video algorithms: Most often a pleasing video scene includes a few objects of great interest shown in front of a relatively uninteresting background. These pleasing scenes can be displayed with greater clarity and realism when the most computing intensive filter algorithms are used for images or parts of images of greatest interest.... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20090161017 - Method, apparatus and machine-readable medium for describing video processing: An upstream video processor may perform video processing upon video data to created processed video data. The video processing may include at least one of color correction, contrast correction, gamma correction, sharpness enhancement, and edge enhancement. Metadata indicative of the performed video processing may also be generated. The processed video... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20090161018 - Video picture display method to reduce the effects of blurring and double contours and device implementing this method: The present invention relates to a video picture display method that aims to reduce the effects of blurring and multiple contours when the picture display frequency is doubled. According to the invention, for each source video picture, a video level dissymmetry is created between the two pictures from the source... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20090161019 - Method and apparatus for removing color noise of image signal: A method and apparatus remove color noise of an image signal in which a distortion of a YCbCr color space caused by noise is corrected using correlations between color channels in the YCbCr color space of low frequency (LF) and high frequency (HF) components of an image signal while maintaining... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090161020 - Management techniques for video playback: Embodiments of a system that includes one or more integrated circuits are described. During operation, the system may determine an intensity setting of the light source based on at least a portion of a video image, such as the portion of the transformed video image that includes spatially varying visual... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090161021 - Interlaced video field motion detection: A television line doubler (interlaced to progressive scan converter) incorporating the following aspects an improved field motion detector which does not treat low frequency vertical transitions as motion; a frame motion detector having an improved ability to differentiate motion from subcarrier signal components; a sawtooth artifact detector; a sawtooth artifact... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20090161022 - Wiring board, electron source, image display apparatus, and image reproducing apparatus: A wiring board has a substrate having a groove on its surface, a first wiring placed in the groove, a plurality of bonding members located at mutually separated positions and each of which bonds the first wiring and the substrate. A gap is located between the first wiring and the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090161024 - Apparatus and method for sensing an atsc signal in low signal-to-noise ratio: A Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) receiver comprises a transceiver for communicating with a wireless network over one of a number of channels, and an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) signal detector for use in forming a supported channel list comprising those ones of the number of channels upon which... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090161023 - Setting television default channel: A television device is provided which is configured so that it will automatically cause a first predetermined television channel to be displayed on a television monitor when a television viewer sends a request signal to the television device to turn the television monitor off. The television device may be configured... Agent: Mr. Walter J. Teneza Jr.

20090161025 - Methods and systems for fast channel change between logical channels within a transport multiplex: A system, method and computer program product are provided for fast channel change between logical channels within a transport multiplex. By reducing the amount of time it takes to acquire and display a tuned channel, fast channel change can improve a viewer's experience. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention,... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090161026 - Remote controller: A remote controller for controlling a display device includes a first image sensor, a processing unit and an activation mechanism. The first image sensor is for sensing an object and forming a digital image. The processing unit is coupled to the first image sensor for calculating image variations of the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090161027 - Touch sensitive wireless navigation device for remote control: Remote control of an electronic device is achieved by retrieving a description of a control surface associated with the electronic device, rendering a graphical representation of at least portion of the control surface on a screen in accordance with the description and navigating the graphical representation using a navigation device... Agent: Leveque Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20090161028 - Image signal processing apparatus, image signal processing method, image projecting system, image projecting method, and computer program: An image processing apparatus receives first and second input image signals and generates first and second projection image signals for projecting images from first and second projectors so as to be superimposed on a screen. A storage unit stores, for each projection position on the screen, intensity ratios between projected... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090161029 - Display device: A display device includes a light source and an image generating unit that modulates light from the light source and generates an image. The image generating unit includes a color modulating element that performs color modulation for the light of the light source based on color information separated from image... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090161030 - Illumination system and television using the same: A system includes a light source, a driving module and a processing unit. The light source includes a red, green and blue light emitting diodes. The driving module is electrically coupled to the red, green and blue light emitting diodes. The driving module is for controlling a driving current outputted... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090153645 - Method for dynamically optimizing bandwidth allocation in variable bitrate (multi-rate) conferences: Method for dynamically optimizing bandwidth allocation in a variable bitrate conference environment. Conference means with two or more outputs are provided, where each one can output data at different rates, in order to support two or more endpoints which may have different media rates. Two or more endpoints are connected... Agent: Professional Patent Solutions

20090153646 - Method and system for providing assistance via video: A system, device, and method for providing assistance to a user may include initiation of a video and/or text chat session as an audio telephone call between a terminal operated by the user and a call host, establishment, by the call host, of an audio connection between the user terminal... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090153647 - Method and device for generating a panoramic image from a video sequence: The invention relates to a method and device for generating a panoramic image (3) from a video sequence composed of several consecutive images (I0, I1, Ik−1, Ik). The method comprises the following successive steps: —receiving on an input (4) a current image (I1, Ik) having a first and a second... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090153648 - Three-dimensional movie browser or editor: A three-dimensional movie browser or editor is disclosed. In one aspect, video frames are quads in space. A movie plays at full quality by moving the quads in space at a speed of the movie and having a camera follow the quads. A focus frame in the movie is put... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090153649 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup unit, a cutout image generation unit for cutting out a specified area in a pickup image taken by the image pickup unit to generate a cutout image enlarged at a specified magnification, an image display unit for displaying one or both of the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090153650 - Camera position recognition system: A camera position recognition system includes: multiple cameras removably placed at different positions to be able to photograph a subject from different viewpoints along a horizontal direction; a host device to assign camera identification information to each camera, the camera identification information representing a relative position of each camera; and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090153652 - Depth dependent filtering of image signal: The invention pertains to rendering of image data for a multi-view display, such as image data for a lenticular auto-stereoscopic display. The method comprising the steps of receiving an image signal representing a first image, the first image comprising 3D image data, spatially filtering the first image signal to provide... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090153651 - Suspended particle device: The invention relates to a 3 D display. The 3 D display comprises suspended particle devices with a suspension of elongated particles that align at a predetermined angle with incoming light beam. The display will allow information to be separated relevant to the left and right eye. An electronically controllable... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090153653 - Electrically-driven liquid crystal lens and stereoscopic display device using the same: An electrically-driven liquid crystal lens wherein electric connection between finely split electrodes and signal lines used to apply signals to the split electrodes can be accomplished using a minimal number of masks and signals can be applied to the finely split electrodes without line resistance, and a stereoscopic display device... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090153654 - Video customized to include person-of-interest: One or more input video sequences and a set of person-of-interest (“POI”) information are received. The set of POI information identifies at least one person-of-interest. A particular video sequence is identified that prominently or relatively prominently displays at least the person-of-interest. The particular video sequence is identified from (a) the... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20090153655 - Gesture recognition apparatus and method thereof: A gesture recognition apparatus including a detector, a controller and a gesture recognizer, and is able to detect a portion to be detected using an image captured at a first resolution without reducing the number of images to be entered per unit of time to an object detector by detecting... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090153656 - Wind turbine maintenance system: A wind turbine monitoring system having a central monitoring device and one or more wind turbines. The central monitoring device is capable of receiving signals from one or more wind turbines. The wind turbines each include one or more cameras arranged and disposed to provide visual signals transmittable to the... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20090153657 - Method and apparatus for processing the image of the surface of a wafer recorded by at least one camera: A method for processing the image data of the surface of a wafer (2) recorded by at least one camera (5) is disclosed, wherein an image field (15) is defined for each camera (5) in such a way that the recorded image content is repeated after N recorded images. In... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090153659 - System and method for detecting and classifying objects in images, such as insects and other arthropods: A color-based imaging system and method for the detection and classification of insects and other arthropods are described, including devices for counting arthropods and providing taxonomic capabilities useful for pest-management. Some embodiments include an image sensor (for example, a digital color camera, scanner or a video camera) with optional illumination... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20090153658 - Video and thermal imaging system for monitoring interiors of high temperature reaction vessels: A system and method for real-time monitoring of the interior of a combustor or gasifier wherein light emitted by the interior surface of a refractory wall of the combustor or gasifier is collected using an imaging fiber optic bundle having a light receiving end and a light output end. Color... Agent: Mark E. Fejer Gas Technology Institute

20090153661 - Method for building and extracting entity networks from video: A computer implemented method for deriving an attribute entity network (AEN) from video data is disclosed, comprising the steps of: extracting at least two entities from the video data; tracking the trajectories of the at least two entities to form at least two tracks; deriving at least one association between... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20090153660 - Surveillance system and method including active alert function: A surveillance system including active alert function has a recognition system and an information processing system linking to the recognition system. The recognition system sets a monitoring area and identifies whether a visitor entering the monitoring area is an authorized user and gets monitoring information of the visitor. The information... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090153663 - Back-up camera and integrated led license light: A vehicle rear-vision system for providing the operator scenic information relating to the vehicle's rearview area may be integrated within a common housing with the vehicle's rear license plate light assembly.... Agent: Emerson, Thomson & Bennett, LLC

20090153662 - Night vision system for recording and displaying a surrounding area: In a night-vision system, an area surrounding a motor vehicle is recorded by a recording apparatus and information about recorded objects is displayed on a display. The recording apparatus has a laser light source and a laser detection apparatus, with the laser light source transmitting laser pulses which scan the... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090153664 - Stereo camera device: A stereo camera device includes: plural picture image taking sections, an image correction section which makes correction of picture images taken, a parallax calculating section which calculates parallax, an amount of dislocation between the left and right images, and an image recognition section which carries out image recognition processing using... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090153665 - Lane change control system: This invention relates generally to vision systems for vehicles and, more particularly, to rear-view vision systems which provide the vehicle operator with scenic information in the direction rearward of the vehicle. More particularly, the invention relates to a rear-view vision system utilizing image capture devices, such as CMOS imaging arrays... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090153667 - Surveying instrument: The present invention provides a surveying instrument provided with a tracking function, said surveying instrument comprising a first image pickup means 40 with a first solid image pickup element 33, a second image pickup means 37 with a second solid image pickup element 19, an image pickup control instrument for... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20090153666 - Tracking device, automatic focusing device, and camera: A tracking device includes: a light measurement device for light measuring an object; a focus detection device for performing focus detection of the object by an optical system; and a tracking control device for tracking the object based on light measurement information from the light measurement device and focus detection... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090153668 - System and method for real-time video quality assessment based on transmission properties: A system and method for video quality assessment includes utilizing codec auxiliary information related to the encoding and decoding process to enhance performance of picture quality assessment. In a video transmission system, video quality assessment can be accurately performed in real time with reduced computational load upon the client. In... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090153669 - Method and system for calibrating camera with rectification homography of imaged parallelogram: A method for calibrating a camera including (a) obtaining a two-dimensional (2D) homography that maps each of parallelograms projected onto images taken by two arbitrary cameras into a rectangle, wherein the 2D homography is defined as a rectification homography and wherein new cameras that have virtual images are defined as... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090153670 - Hand held digital photo transfer device: A system and method for transferring digital photo files from a plurality of different sources having different connection configurations to one or more sources, which may also have a plurality of different connection configurations. The system may generally include a body, a processor in communication with a system bus, at... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090153671 - Image display apparatus having pointing function and method thereof: An image display apparatus and method having pointing function are provided. The apparatus includes a picture taking unit for taking a picture of not only visible ray image but also infra ray image, extracts control information to control the image display apparatus from the picture taken, and display the picture... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090153672 - Image processing controller and test support system: There is provided an image processing controller capable of faithfully recreating a process of a series of image processing based upon a control program, which includes: a history buffer for extracting a result of the measurement in each processing unit, executed by the program executing section, as history information in... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20090153673 - Method and apparatus for accuracy measuring of 3d graphical model using images: Disclosed is a technology for measuring a degree of accuracy of a 3D graphical model by using images. The technology includes creating camera parameters by calculating a position, a direction, and intrinsic parameters of a camera through a calibration of the camera to a reference image which is photographed for... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090153676 - Display control apparatus, display control method, and recording medium: The present invention provides a display control apparatus comprising a read out unit configured to read out an image from a recording medium, a classification unit configured to classify a plurality of images into a plurality of groups in accordance with attribute information of each image, a display control unit... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090153674 - Image reading apparatus: An original is inclined with respect to an optical axis of a camera until the camera is positioned outside a reflected-image taking range by inclining a mounting surface of an original glass on which the original is placed. This makes it possible, when the original is taken by the camera,... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090153675 - Image transmitting apparatus and wireless image receiving apparatus: An image transmitting apparatus is provided with a free-running transmitting unit for transmitting image data and a free-running receiving unit for receiving the image data transmitted from the transmitting unit, wherein the transmitting unit includes a marker attaching unit operative to attach a vertical synchronization marker to the image data,... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20090153677 - Recording and reproduction apparatus and methods, and a recording medium storing a computer program for executing the methods: Apparatuses and methods for recording and reproducing RAW image data to more precisely correct for hand tremble in response to an electronic hand tremble correction when an image is recorded. The recording apparatus includes an image developing processor performing an image developing process on raw data sequentially output from an... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090153681 - Digital photographing apparatus and method of controlling the same: A digital photographing apparatus that is capable of detecting the shaking of the apparatus by using an autofocusing (AF) process and a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus are provided. These involve calculating a first focal value while focusing on an object by performing the AF process and comparing... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090153683 - Image acquisition apparatus, image processing apparatus, image acquisition system, and image processing program: In an image acquisition apparatus, RAW data obtained in image acquisition with an imager in which a color filter is disposed in a front face is divided into each identical color by a RAW data dividing unit, a compression coding processing unit produces coded data of each color by compressing... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090153682 - Reducing video shaking: Included are embodiments for reducing undesirable motion in a video. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving a plurality of video frames that comprise at least one segment of a video, the plurality of video frames being captured by a capture device and determining a maximum undesired movement... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090153679 - Image stabilization control circuit for imaging apparatus: An internal CPU, a vibration control equalizer for processing an output signal of a vibration detector for detecting vibration of an imaging apparatus and calculating a vibration signal for determining a driving amount for an optical component on the basis of vibration of the imaging apparatus, a position control equalizer... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090153678 - Reproducer, digital camera, slide show reproduction method, program, image display apparatus, image display method, image reproduction method, and image display program: A reproducer is provided with members shown below. Namely, the reproducer is provided with a storage part for storing images, a vibration detection part for detecting a vibration operation by a user, a switching instruction part for instructing switching of reproduction content in slide show reproduction based on a detection... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20090153680 - Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, and program: An image capturing apparatus includes a motion vector detection unit which detects a motion vector on the basis of the correlation between image signals continuously captured by an image capturing unit, a reliability evaluation value calculation unit which calculates the reliability evaluation value of the motion vector detected by the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090153684 - Imaging device unit and imaging apparatus: An imaging device unit includes: an imaging device having an imaging surface located on one side thereof in a width direction thereof and a rear surface located oppositely to the imaging surface; a heat radiating plate radiating heat generated in the imaging device, the heat radiating plate being arranged at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090153685 - Method for automatically photographing panoramic picture: A method for photographing a panoramic picture, and for identifying motion of a photographing apparatus to automatically photograph respective images of a panoramic picture. The method steps include: (a) obtaining a first image in response to a request for a panoramic picture photography; (b) identifying motion of a photographing apparatus... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090153686 - Interactive system and method for controlling a camera with a mobile phone: An interaction system and method for controlling a camera with a mobile phone are disclosed. The interaction system includes a camera device and a mobile phone device. The camera device in a first operating mode is capable of capturing a first image data. The mobile phone device is provided with... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090153687 - Camera and control method therefor, and camera cradle system: A camera that has an acquisition unit which acquires an identifier via a cradle apparatus connected to the camera, a comparison unit which compares the identifier acquired by the acquisition unit with an identifier stored in a memory, and a camera controller which controls access of the apparatus connected via... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090153695 - Camera performing photographing in accordance with photographing mode depending on object scene: A camera includes a CPU. The CPU individually detects a ratio of an object which exceeds a threshold value in a moving amount to a center area of an object scene and a ratio of an object which exceeds the threshold value in the moving amount to a peripheral area... Agent: Bodner & O'rourke, LLP

20090153689 - Device and method for capturing an image of a human face: An image capturing device includes an image sensing unit for sensing an image of a human face, an image processing unit, and a memory device. The image processing unit includes a face detection module, a brightness obtaining module, a comparing module, and an adjustment module. The face detection module is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090153688 - Digital video cable driver: In accordance with the teachings described herein, a digital video cable driver is provided that includes an input stage, an output stage and an amplification stage. The input stage converts a pair of differential input voltages into a control current. The output stage generates a digital output voltage for transmission... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20090153692 - Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, and program: An image capturing apparatus having a plurality of communication modes comprises an image capturing unit adapted to capture an object image and obtain image data, and a control unit adapted to control the image capturing apparatus, wherein the plurality of communication modes include a host mode in which the image... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090153693 - Image-pickup apparatus: The image-pickup apparatus includes an image acquiring part respectively photoelectrically converting first and second object images respectively formed by first and second light fluxes into first image data and second image data, the first and second light fluxes being formed by dividing a light flux from an image-pickup optical system... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090153691 - Imaging apparatus and imaging method: According to one embodiment, an imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a first image data obtaining unit, a second image data obtaining unit, and a composite image data obtaining unit. The imaging unit obtains image data of a predetermined imaging area. The first image data obtaining unit obtains, as first... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090153690 - Method for determining imaging quality of a camera via a motion sensor and iso settings: A method for determining imaging quality of a camera via a motion sensor and ISO settings uses a CCD sensor module, an ISO setting module, a shutter module, a zoom module and a color temperature module to provide all kinds of information of an object image and transmit the information... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090153694 - Moving image generating apparatus, moving image shooting apparatus, moving image generating method, and program: A moving image generating apparatus comprises: an obtaining device which obtains a series of image data in which high-resolution first image data obtained at a predetermined frame rate and low-resolution second image data obtained at times that are different from the times of the obtainment of the first image data... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090153696 - Chromatic aberration correction apparatus, image pickup apparatus, chromatic aberration amount calculation method, and chromatic aberration amount calculation program: The invention relates to a chromatic aberration correction apparatus. A judgment unit judges whether a selected pixel of interest is a white overexposure pixel or not on the basis of white overexposure pixel distribution information that is held in a white overexposure distribution information memory. A white overexposure pixel judgment... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090153699 - Imaging apparatus, imaging processing method, and imaging control program: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device outputting, during a unit period of time, a long-exposure-time image signal having a relatively long exposure time and a short-exposure-time image signal having a relatively short exposure time; a first clipping processing mechanism clipping a part not lower than a first signal level... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090153698 - Method for adjusting a controller of a scanner: A method for adjusting a controller of a scanner includes obtaining a scan of a predefined image. The method further includes moving the sensor-element signals of the control signal pattern generated by the controller earlier in the pattern by at least one unit and obtaining an additional scan. The obtaining... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090153697 - Method for providing image illumination calibration for an imaging apparatus: A method for providing image illumination calibration includes: generating a plurality of images of a calibration target at a plurality of exposure levels, each image of the plurality of images being represented by a total pixel area; identifying a plurality of zones of the total pixel area, each zone of... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090153701 - Image file processing apparatus, image file processing method, and storage medium: An image file processing apparatus comprises a first storage unit configured to store an image, a first data creating unit configured to create main image data or sub-image data, a second storage unit configured to store the main image data and the sub-image data as one file, a management region... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090153700 - Image processing system and method: This invention relates to an image processing system and method, the image processing system comprising an image capturing unit; a resolution conversion unit; a detection unit; an image conversion processing unit; an image compression unit, and a memory unit, the processing method comprising the steps of: capturing a first image... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090153702 - Camera performing photographing in accordance with photographing mode depending on object scene: A camera includes a CPU. The CPU individually detects a ratio of an object which exceeds a threshold value in a moving amount to a center area of an object scene and a ratio of an object which exceeds the threshold value in the moving amount to a peripheral area... Agent: Bodner & O'rourke, LLP

20090153703 - Method and device for processing digital photographs: A method for processing digital photographs is provided. It includes the steps of: selecting a digital photograph; selecting a template, which defines plural grid cells arranged in a checkered pattern; dividing the digital photograph into non-overlapping image cells; processing each image cell of the digital photograph in a mosaic way;... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090153704 - Recording and reproduction apparatus and methods, and a storage medium having recorded thereon computer program to perform the methods: Recording and reproduction apparatus, recording and reproduction methods, and a storage medium storing a computer program to execute the methods to retain magnification information regarding digital zoom manipulation during capturing of an image, prevent decrease in image quality of recorded images, and reproduce high-quality images with digital zoom. The recording... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090153705 - Image-capturing element and image-capturing apparatus: An image-capturing element includes a group of first pixels configured to receive object light and generate an image signal representing an object image; and a group of second pixels configured to receive the object light and generate a ranging signal for detecting a phase difference. The second pixels each include... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090153709 - Digital camera: A digital camera has an image-capturing device, an image processor, and a display. The image-capturing device creates a cleaning image which is used for pinpointing dust particles attached to an image sensor. The image processor creates an inverted cleaning image so that the top and bottom of a subject image... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090153706 - Imaging module package: An imaging module package includes a substrate, an imaging sensor chip, a functional unit, a housing, and a lens module positioned in the housing. The substrate defines an upper chamber extending through a top surface thereof, and a lower chamber extending through a bottom surface thereof. The imaging sensor chip... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090153707 - Solid-state image pickup device and electronic device comprising the same: A camera module 100 comprises at the bottom of a lens unit 4, a flange unit 43 being extended beyond a contact portion C between the lens unit 4 and a lens holder 3. Debris D produced by contact between the lens holder 3 and the lens unit 4 is... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090153708 - Solid-state imaging device and camera: A solid-state imaging device includes pixel cells that are formed on a substrate having a first substrate surface side, on which light is irradiated, and a second substrate surface side, on which elements are formed, and separated by an adjacent cell group and an element separation layer for each of... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090153710 - Digital imager with dual rolling shutters: A method of forming an image of a moving object is provided. The method includes capturing a first digital image of a moving object using a first rolling shutter scanning in a first direction. Likewise, a second digital image of the moving object is captured using a second rolling shutter... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090153711 - Cmos image sensors and methods for outputting pixel data at high speeds: A The CMOS image sensor includes a pixel array including pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns and a row selection unit configured to generate selection signals for simultaneously or concurrently selecting at least two rows from the rows of the pixel array in response to a received... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090153712 - Integrated image capture and projection system: An integrated system comprises a light valve and an image sensor for image display and image capture. The image sensor and the light valve share a common dual-function lens by positioning the light valve and image sensor at locations offset from the optical axis of the dual-function lens.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090153717 - Cmos active pixel sensor with a sample and hold circuit having multiple injection capacitors and a fully differential charge mode linear synthesizer with skew control: An CMOS active pixel sensor (APS) imaging system include circuitry to compensate for different analog offset levels from the CMOS pixel array. More specifically, the compensation is performed in the analog (charge) domain. A digital correction value, which may be measured as part of the operation or testing of the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090153713 - Imaging device: a correction unit, when an electric signal converted logarithmically and outputted from the imaging element is varied from the reference electric signal, for correcting it so as to coincide with the reference electric signal, and a circuit for giving the corrected electric signal to the conversion unit.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090153714 - Method for resetting time-based cmos image sensor: A method of resetting a time-based CMOS image sensor may be provided, where the time-based CMOS image sensor may include a photodiode, a transfer transistor transferring photo-generated charges generated in the photodiode to a floating diffusion node and having a gate to which a ramp signal is input, and a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090153715 - Pixel read circuitry: A method of reading voltages from an image sensor having an array of pixels, each pixel Having at least one photodiode connectable to a storage node, the method including: controlling each pixel in a row of pixels to store and output a first voltage value at a first instance, a... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090153718 - Rolling-reset imager: An imaging system comprises a rolling-reset imager that forms an electronic image of an object, a light source illuminating the object with pulsed light, and a bandpass optical filter disposed between the object and the rolling-reset imager. The pulsed light has an illumination frequency spectrum and an illumination pulse width... Agent: Datalogic - Stoel Rives LLP C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20090153716 - Solid state imaging device and imaging apparatus: A solid state imaging device is provided and includes: a semiconductor substrate a photoelectric conversion element including a pair of electrodes and a photoelectric conversion layer sandwiched between the pair of electrodes; a signal output circuit including an MOS transistor for outputting a signal responsive to an electric charge generated... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090153719 - Digital photographing apparatus and method of operating image pickup device: A digital photographing apparatus and a method of operating an image pickup device reduce generation of smear. The image pickup device includes a matrix of photoelectric converters which generate charges from incident light, vertical transfer paths for reading charges generated in the photoelectric converters and for transferring the read charges... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090153720 - Image pickup apparatus and display control method for the same: An image pickup apparatus of the present invention comprises an image obtaining part configured to photoelectrically convert a first object image and a second object image formed by light fluxes divided by a pupil divider among light fluxes from an image pickup optical system to generate a first image and... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090153721 - Digital camera: A digital camera has a display, a magnification input device, and a magnification control device. The display simultaneously displays images. The magnification input device is used to input the magnification factor for the images displayed in said display. The magnification control device which simultaneously changes the magnification of the images... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090153722 - Digital camera: A digital camera has a display and a shifting device. The display has display areas and simultaneously displays images in each display areas. The shifting device simultaneously shifts the images in the display area in the same direction in lockstep.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090153723 - Digital camera: A digital camera has a measuring part and a display part. The measuring part measures a certain quantity from the moment of photographing a cleaning image. The display part displays the cleaning image in the case that the certain quantity is less than a predetermined threshold.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090153724 - Focusing device with uninterrupted excitation: A focusing device includes a vertical-synchronization-signal generator generating a vertical-synchronization-signal sequence including vertical synchronization signals, an excitation-sequence generator generating an excitation sequence according to the vertical-synchronization-signal sequence and applying excitation according to the excitation sequence, and a driving module driving a lens of an imaging system according to the excitation... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090153725 - Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, and program: An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit, a motion vector detection unit which detects a motion vector quantity representing a shift amount between images from image signals successively obtained by the image capturing unit, an angle conversion unit which converts the motion vector quantity into an angular displacement... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090153726 - Camera module: Disclosed is a camera module. The camera module includes a lens unit including a first reflective member that reflects and corrects incident light, a second reflective member that reflects the light passing through the lens unit, an image sensor that converts the light reflected from the second reflective member into... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090153728 - Camera performing photographing in accordance with photographing mode depending on object scene: A camera includes a CPU. The CPU individually detects a ratio of an object which exceeds a threshold value in a moving amount to a center area of an object scene and a ratio of an object which exceeds the threshold value in the moving amount to a peripheral area... Agent: Bodner & O'rourke, LLP

20090153727 - Image-pickup device, method for controlling image-pickup device, program of method for controlling image-pickup device, and recording medium having recorded program of method for controlling image-pickup device thereon: There is provided an image-pickup device including a light-emitting unit, an image-pickup unit, a brightness detection unit that detects an evaluation value, and a control unit that controls, on the basis of the evaluation value, the amount of light that the light-emitting unit is to emit. The control unit calculates... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090153729 - Reflowable camera module with integrated flash: A reflowable camera module is implemented using a Chip Scale Package (CSP). An image sensor is formed on one portion of the carrier. A light emitting diode (LED) is formed on another portion of the carrier. The LED serves as an integrated camera flash. Additional optical isolation is provided within... Agent: Curtis A. Vock Lathrop & Gage LLP

20090153730 - Method and apparatus for modifying a moving image sequence: A moving image sequence is automatically reframed for a small display. The framing is adjusted in dependence upon foreground and background segment weights derived for pixels in images in the sequence. Reframed images are formed from only those input pixels which fall within a reframing window within the input image... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090153731 - Method for processing an interlaced scanning image: A method for processing an interlaced scanning image that can eliminate the interference problem. The method for processing an interlaced scanning image comprises the steps of: obtaining an interlaced scanning image; defining a target zone from the interlaced scanning image; retrieving a plurality of scan lines of a first field... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090153732 - Method and apparatus for adaptive selection of yc separation: A method for adaptive selection of YC separation is provided. While a video decoder is re-sampling, a frequency of a re-sampling signal and a pixel rate of an output signal have a fixed relation, which is used to determine if a sampling frequency of the signal is deviated. And, accordingly,... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090153733 - Method and apparatus for interpolating image: Provided are a method and apparatus for interpolating an image, that improve frequency characteristics of a motion compensated interpolation by combining motion compensation and a de-blurring filter. The image interpolation method includes: estimating a motion vector between adjacent frames; determining a location of a pixel that is to be interpolated... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090153734 - Method, apparatus and machine-readable medium for video processing capability communication between a video source device and a video sink device: At one of a video source device and a video sink device, an indication of video processing capabilities of the other of the video source device and said video sink device is received. Based upon the indication and an indication of video processing capabilities of the one device, one of... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20090153735 - Signal processor, signal processing method, program, and recording medium: Disclosed is a signal processor includes a contents receiver receiving or storing contents of stream data, a characteristic extracting unit extracting a prescribed amount of characteristic of the contents received by the contents receiver, a detector detecting viewing time or hearing time for the contents received by the contents receiver,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090153736 - Embedded video demo mode for television: Process and methods for effectively displaying product features in a point of purchase environment to draw the attention of the consumer to the manufacturer's television. In one embodiment, the un-used capacity of the television memory devices are used to store and run an embedded video demo. The embedded video demo... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090153737 - Method, apparatus and machine-readable medium for apportioning video processing between a video source device and a video sink device: To apportion desired video processing between a video source device and a video sink device, at one of the devices, and based upon an indication of video processing algorithms of which the other device is capable and an indication of video processing algorithms of which the one device is capable,... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20090153738 - Aberrometer having reduced noise: Methods and apparatus for facilitating determination of centroids of image spots in an image containing an array of image spots generated by an aberrometer, the image comprising a first plurality of pixels each pixel having a corresponding intensity value, the method comprising calculating an average intensity value for a second... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20090153739 - Method and apparatus for a noise filter for reducing noise in a image or video: A noise filter method and apparatus for producing at least one of a video or an image with reduced noise. The noise filter method includes performing noise estimation on a frame of at least one of an image or video and applying a low pass filter on the noise level... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090153740 - Antenna for vehicles: An antenna for vehicles includes a first AGC unit and a second AGC unit. The first AGC unit determines the strength of a signal, which is input to the input stage of an amplifier without passing through a transistor. Depending on the determination result, the first AGC unit attenuates the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090153741 - Video filter and video processor and processing method using the same: A video processor includes a video filter and a calculation circuit. The video filter performs a low-pass filtering operation on first frame data to obtain brightness distribution data. The calculation circuit obtains difference data between the brightness distribution data and second frame data. The calculation circuit multiplies the difference data... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090153742 - Global motion estimation: In a global motion estimation, profiles (Prof1, Prof2, ProO, Prof4) are determined of frames (FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4) of an input video signal. Each profile comprises a value, for each pixel in a first direction of the frame, which is obtained by combining pixels in a second direction of the... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090153743 - Image processing device, image display system, image processing method and program therefor: An image processing device according to the present invention includes a motion vector detecting unit, a response time information storage unit, a compensation processing unit and an output unit. The motion vector detecting unit detects a motion vector of image data. The response time information storage unit stores response time... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090153744 - Scene detection system and scene detection method: A shot symbol string storage is configured to store a shot symbol string provided by applying a shot symbol corresponding to the type to each shot of video data. A model pattern storage is configured to store a model pattern symbol string which is obtained by arraying the plurality of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090153745 - Multi-view camera color calibration method using color checker chart: A multi-view camera color calibration method using a color checker chart, includes measuring a brightness range of photographic data being input from multiple cameras; photographing the color checker chart for each camera and adjusting a brightness value of the chart to be within the brightness range of an input image... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090153746 - Device and method for saving power in digital broadcasting receiver: A device and a method are provided for saving electric power consumed in a digital broadcasting receiver. The device and method includes acquiring information regarding a transmission order of all service channels, calculating a delay relationship between an arbitrarily played service channel and a service channel for switching, and enabling... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090153747 - Pre-processing of descrambling data to reduce channel-change time: This invention discloses an apparatus and a method for receiving a plurality of encrypted digital video, audio and data that require an encryption key to decode before utilizing. Specifically the invention is directed toward devices such as cable and digital broadcast satellite systems that transmit multiple channel information to receivers... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090153748 - Apparatus and method for sensing an atsc signal in low signal-to-noise ratio: A Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) receiver includes a tuner for tuning to one of a number of channels, and a broadcast ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) signal detector. The tuner is calibrated as a function of a received ATSC signal. The broadcast ATSC signal detector can be a coherent... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090153750 - Image display apparatus: A projector can be connected to a PC through a network. A flash memory in the projector stores a control program and external storage access information indicating an area in an HDD of the PC where a program for implementing an image display function is stored. During start-up, the projector... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090153751 - Image projection system, terminal apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium recording program: In a case where display of an image is terminated in a predetermined display region and, then, the image is generated again based on an application program corresponding to the image of which the display is terminated, the image is generated in a region other than the predetermined display region... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090153749 - Portable projector background color correction scheme: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of controlling an image projector comprising a multi-color laser source, projection optics, an image sensor, and a movement detection device comprises the projection of an image onto a display surface with the image projector. During projection, a movement signal generated... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090153752 - Projector using independent multiple wavelength light sources: A digital image projector for increasing brightness includes a first light source; a second light source that is spectrally adjacent to the first light source; a dichroic beamsplitter disposed to direct light of both the first and second light source; a spatial light modulator that receives light from both the... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20090147069 - Vws secure/non-secure bypass switch: Disclosed is a secure/non-secure bypass switch, which includes a secure mode signal path, and a non-secure mode signal path, wherein signals are routed through an encryption device connected in the secure mode signal path when no power is supplied to the switch, and the signals are routed through the non-secure... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20090147070 - Providing perspective-dependent views to video conference participants: During a video conference between a local endpoint and a remote endpoint, a display at the local endpoint may be configured to provide perspective-dependent views to local video conference participants. A local endpoint may receive a plurality of video streams and identify a first video stream that provides a first... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090147071 - Systems and methods of creating a virtual window: The systems and methods described provide an imaging system that allows multiple sensors to record images at their respective best exposures values and adaptively altering the exposure of the images recorded to create a seamless 360-degree view. In particular, the systems and methods described herein include determining exposure values for... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090147072 - Image capture system for a digital holographic printer: An image capture system for a digital holographic printer is disclosed comprising a digital camera (22) having a relatively small horizontal field of view (29). The camera (22) is translated along a rail (21). As the camera (22) is translated along the rail (21) the camera (22) is also rotated... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan & Sriram, PC

20090147074 - Methods and systems for marking stereo pairs of images: Systems and methods for marking stereo pairs of images include an imaging device for retrieving a collection of images that are representative of a volume, where the images can be representative of a physical volume or a volumetric set of data. A computing machine identifies image elements within the retrieved... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20090147073 - Methods and systems for stereoscopic three dimensional viewing: A method and system for three dimensional viewing of stereo images of an object or cavity includes using an imaging machine to obtain images representative of either a physical volume or a volumetric set of data. A computing machine can be used to identify image elements within the volumetric set... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20090147075 - Method for producing differential outputs from a single video source: A method for producing differential outputs from a single video source. A first step involves providing a single video source with two or more sequentially intermeshed video streams. A second step involves isolating through on and off temporal synchronization at least one of the sequentially intermeshed video streams.... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20090147076 - Wide angle hdtv endoscope: A wide angle HDTV endoscope includes at least two optical imaging channels. Lenses close each channel at the distal end of the endoscope. The imaging channels each have a different field of view in complementary directions, and have overlapping or cross-over field of view areas. Received images are transmitted along... Agent: Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090147079 - Light source apparatus and endoscope apparatus: A light source apparatus capable of controlling a quantity of light in a stable manner and an endoscope apparatus including the light source apparatus are provided. The light source apparatus includes a light source and a light quantity adjusting portion for limiting the light flux from the light source using... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090147077 - Light-source control system, shutter control system, endoscope processor, and endoscope system: A light-source control system including a detector and a controller is provided. The detector detects an output period. The XY-address type imaging device generates an image signal comprising a plurality of pixel signals. The pixel signals vary according to the signal charges. The pixels generate signal charges according to the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090147078 - Noise reduction system, endoscope processor, and endoscope system: A noise reduction system comprising a switch, a light-source controller, a memory and a noise reduction block, is provided. The switch switches an exposure method of a CMOS imaging device to global exposure. The CMOS imaging device generates an image signal on the basis of signal charges. The light-source controller... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090147080 - Apparatus for detecting feature of driver's face: An apparatus for detecting a gaze direction of a driver is mounted on an automotive vehicle. An image of the driver's face on which infrared rays are incident is reflected on a windshield, and the reflected image is fed into a camera. An outside view entering through the windshield may... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090147081 - Hair styling system and apparatus: A hair styling apparatus that may include a body portion; a handle portion that may extend away from the body portion; and a camera unit that may be coupled to the body portion, the camera unit may include a camera unit body portion; a lens that may be coupled to... Agent: Maier & Maier, PLLC

20090147082 - Method for quality control of plastic containers: A method for quality control of a stretch-blow-molded plastic container by inspecting its base, which method is easy to execute and is not highly susceptible to faults. Such inspection of the container bases includes determining quality features such as the surface area of an unstretched and/or only slightly stretched region... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090147083 - Object detection system for vehicle: An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor and a control. The imaging sensor is operable to capture an image of a scene occurring exteriorly of the vehicle. The control is responsive to the imaging sensor. The imaging system may be associated with a side object detection system,... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20090147084 - Wiring tool and monitor camera device: The wiring fixture has a base unit, which is to be mounted on a predetermined position, and a functional unit that is formed as a removable structure and is to be electrically connected to the base unit. The base unit has a connecting body having a connecting section for connecting... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090147085 - Method of displaying shot image on car reverse video system: A method of displaying a shot image on a car reverse video system is described, which is applicable for adjusting an image displaying angle of the car reverse video system with a fixed lens according to a distance from an obstacle. Firstly, a scene image behind the car is shot... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090147086 - Image-taking apparatus and processing program for the image-taking apparatus: An image-taking apparatus, which can automatically adjust parameters relating to image-taking regardless of variations in manufacturing errors and adjustment errors, is disclosed. The image-taking apparatus takes images by using an image pickup element. The image-taking apparatus successively shifts a parameter relating to image-taking so as to include a reference value,... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090147087 - Digital photo frame printer: A digital photo frame printer includes a printer casing module, an image-capturing module, an image-processing module, an image-displaying module, and an image-printing module. The image-capturing module is disposed in the printer casing module for capturing images of external objects. The image-processing module is disposed in the printer casing module and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090147088 - Image processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a number of prints for image data, a storage unit configured to store identification information for identifying an object in association with transmission target information used for transmitting the image data to an external apparatus, and a collation unit... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090147089 - Column noise reduction device and method thereof: An image sensor and method for column noise reduction may reduce decrease the visibility of fixed pattern noise. The image sensor may include an analog processing circuit and a digital processing circuit. The analog processing circuit may be configured to selectively permutate columns of pixel data based on a permutation... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090147090 - Image processing device: There is provided an image processing device that enables acquisition of a superior image even when camera movement arose. A digital camera has an angular velocity sensor for detecting amounts of camera movement arising during photographing. A control parameter computation section computes, from a result of detection performed by the... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20090147091 - Method, apparatus and system for image stabilization using a single pixel array: An imaging pixel array and associated method and system are disclosed in which the array contains first pixels each having a first photo-conversion device, and second pixels each having a first photo-conversion device and a second photo-conversion device. The first photo-conversion devices are configured to acquire an image during a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090147092 - Image capturing system and method for object image of low light intensity: An image capturing system for capturing an object image of low light intensity comprises an image capturing means, a motion value detection means, a motion value detection means, an image data memory, and a preview image display. The image capturing means outputs a first frame and multiple second frames of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090147093 - Color processing circuit: An image processing apparatus includes an image sensor and a color processing circuit. The image sensor outputs single color image signals to the color processing circuit. The color processing circuit includes a delay unit and a process unit. The delay unit delays the single color image signals belonging to multiple... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090147094 - Digital imaging device capable of auto-regulating brightness of display panel and brightness auto-regulating method thereof: A digital imaging device includes a display panel, a capturing unit for capturing a number of images including a current image and a subsequent image, a brightness measuring unit configured for measuring a brightness value of the current image, a judging unit configured for determining whether the measured brightness value... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090147095 - Digital photographing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and recording medium storing a program for implementing the method: A digital photographing apparatus, a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium storing a program for implementing the method are provided in a manner by which a user can enjoy maximized convenience in manipulating the digital photographing apparatus. The method includes (a) determining a motion direction... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090147097 - Imaging system, imaging apparatus, portable terminal apparatus, onboard apparatus, medical apparatus and method of manufacturing the imaging system: An imaging system is provided and includes an imaging lens and an imaging device such that the maximum diameter of an effective region of a point image covers three or more pixels of light receiving pixels, the point image being projected onto a light receiving surface through the imaging lens... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090147096 - Position specifying system, position specifying method, and computer readable medium: Provided is a position specifying system including: a light irradiation section that irradiates light to different positions of a physical body respectively; an image capturing section that captures images of an object existing inside the physical body, by means of the light irradiated to the different positions; and a position... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090147100 - Camera control apparatus, camera control method, and camera system: A camera control apparatus comprises a processor adapted to control a display to display a plurality of sensed images respectively obtained from a plurality of cameras and a transmitter adapted to transmit a command to control another camera to execute color adjustment based on an image signal of a reference... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090147098 - Image sensor apparatus and method for color correction with an illuminant-dependent color correction matrix: An image sensor apparatus is disclosed. The image sensor apparatus includes an image sensor for generating pixel data corresponding to a scene under a scene illuminant. The image sensor apparatus also includes a memory for storing color correction information corresponding to a subset of candidate illuminants. A color correction module... Agent: Curtis A. Vock Lathrop & Gage LLP

20090147099 - Method of performing auto white balance in ycbcr color space: There is provided a method of performing auto white balance including: setting a plurality of sections of a whole range of a value of each of Y, Cb, and Cr in the YCbCr color space, according to a size of each value; calculating an accumulated Y, Cb, and Cr value... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090147102 - Electronic camera: Disclosed herein is an electronic camera for generating an image having a wide dynamic range by synthesizing two image pickup signals of different exposure amount generated by using an electronic shutter function and means for shutting off light, shading of image pickup signals resulting from difference in charge accumulating time... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090147101 - Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and camera: A solid-state imaging device is provided. The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of arrayed pixels, an optical inner filter layer, and an inner-layer lens. Each of the plurality of arrayed pixels includes a photoelectric conversion portion and a pixel transistor. The optical inner filter layer is configured to block... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090147103 - Automatic flicker detection and correction apparatus and method in a video capture device: To automatically detect and correct flickers in a video capture device, a frame number generator receives a plurality of frames and generates frame numbers. A storage device stores brightness values of partial pixels of a frame numbered 1. An extractor extracts brightness values of partial pixels of a frame numbered... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090147104 - Camera device having an odor recording function and a method thereof: A camera device having an odor recording function and a method thereof is disclosed to overcome the shortage of the prior art that digital cameras cannot record odor or smell while taking pictures. The present invention adds an odor detection unit to detect the environmental odor and converts the odor... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090147106 - Image capturing apparatus and electronic information device: An image capturing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an image capturing section for forming an image of a subject via an optical system; a signal processing section for obtaining image center position information for an image data from the image capturing section to perform a shading correction; an... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090147105 - Image processor and image processing method: Document image data is converted into luminance image data. Block image data is generated from the luminance image data. Start point block pixel data and end point block pixel data are set based on a change rate of luminance values of adjacent block pixel data. A luminance value of block... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090147107 - Electronic camera: An electronic camera includes a face detecting section, a setting section, and a controlling section. The face detecting section detects a face of a subject. The setting section sets a scene shooting mode to adjust a shooting condition to an optimum shooting condition in accordance with each pre-assumed shooting scene.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090147108 - Ccd signal processing device and image sensing device: A CCD solid-state image sensor alternately outputs, pixel by pixel, N (where N is an integer of 2 or more) lines of image signal and a line of smear signal for correcting the N lines of image signal by switching an output line from one to another. an AD conversion... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090147109 - Calculating interpolation errors for interpolation edge detection: An edge directed demosaicing algorithm for determining an edge direction from an input color filter array (CFA) sampled image is disclosed. Aspects of the present invention include calculating for a current missing green pixel, interpolation errors in an East-West (EW) direction at known neighboring green pixels, and averaging the EW... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20090147110 - Video processing device: It is an object of the present invention to provide a video processing apparatus which can perform separately two shading corrections including a dark shading correction of an image and a peripheral shading correction for light falloff at edges of the image, and can calculate, with accuracy, correction gains corresponding... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090147111 - Image enhancement in the mosaic domain: Imaging apparatus includes a mosaic image sensor (24), which is configured to generate a stream of input pixel values belonging to a plurality of input sub-images, each sub-image responsive to light of a different, respective color that is incident on the mosaic image sensor. An image restoration circuit (26) is... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090147112 - Method and apparatus for achieving panchromatic response from a color-mosaic imager: A method and apparatus for achieving monochromatic response from a low-cost color imager is presented. In this method and apparatus, the out-of-band response to infrared (IR) light is by solid state sensors exploited to produce a monochrome image. The monochrome image is produced by removing the IR blocking filter from... Agent: Young Basile Hanlon Macfarlane & Helmholdt, P.C.

20090147114 - Circuits and methods for image signal sampling: This invention discloses a type of image signal sampling circuits and methods. The circuit includes: a signal acquisition unit, a column read out unit, and a working module control circuit. The control circuit includes: a control unit, a source column switch group, a ground column switch group, and a between-column... Agent: Venture Pacific Law, PC

20090147116 - Image-capturing apparatus, camera, vehicle, and image-capturing method: The image-capturing apparatus according to the present invention is an image-capturing apparatus including a solid-state imaging device which generates a first image by image-capturing a subject using a first exposure time, a predicted-flare generating unit which generates a predicted-flare image showing a flare component included in the first image, a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090147117 - Photoelectric conversion device and imaging system: A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion unit are arrayed, a first storage unit and second storage unit which store pixel signals read out from the pixel array, a first read switch which reads out the pixel signal stored... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090147115 - Solid-state image pick-up device, method for producing the same, and electronics device with the same: In accordance with the present invention of the solid-state image pickup device 100, a holder 31 is mounted along outer edge portion of the board 1 in such a manner that the holder 31 is mounted on a board 1 and on chip components 7 that are arranged on the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090147113 - System for programming a plurality of chips, such as photosensor chips or ink-jet chips, with operating parameters: An imaging system, such as for recording images as digital data, comprises a plurality of imaging chips. Each chip includes a plurality of imaging elements; a data-in input, the data-in input accepting control data of a first type and control data of a second type, the control data of each... Agent: Patent Documentation Center Xerox Corporation

20090147118 - Device and pixel architecture for high resolution digital imaging: The present invention discloses structure of a two-gate field effect transistor (FET), named as charge gated FET, and presents various active pixel sensor (APS) and multimode architectures using the device which has only one, or two on-pixel transistors for high resolution, high gain and fast frame rate APS arrays. It... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20090147119 - Optical sensor circuit and image sensor: An optical sensor circuit has a photodiode PD, a MOS transistor Q1, a voltage controller 13 which supplies a gate voltage and a drain voltage to the transistor, etc. The voltage controller includes initial setting means 15. In the initial setting means, an electrostatic capacitance element of the photodiode is... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090147120 - Image sensor, image taking apparatus, and state inspection system: An image sensor includes: a photoelectric conversion unit including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, the photoelectric conversion elements being disposed in a two-dimensional matrix, the photoelectric conversion elements converting received light into electric charge and accumulating the electric charge; a reset processing unit for performing a reset process, the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090147121 - Solid state imaging device: A solid state imaging device including a plurality of photo diodes disposed in a matrix shape, a vertical transfer unit disposed along each vertical column of the photo diodes, and a horizontal transfer unit in which a predetermined number, two or more, of adjacent vertical transfer units are used as... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090147122 - Imaging apparatus capable of changing frame rate: The invention is provided to perform exposure control that uses a diagram for monitor-through in a shooting waiting state in which the output frame rate of an image sensor is set into 30 fps and that for high-speed movie recording is performed during move images shooting with the high-speed movie... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090147123 - Image-capturing apparatus: An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing element configured to receive object light and generate image signals representing an object image; a display unit; a phase-difference detector configured to receive the object light using a range-finding sensor and generate a phase-difference detection signal; a first focus detection unit configured to perform... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090147124 - Imaging system, imaging apparatus, portable terminal apparatus, onboard apparatus, medical apparatus and method of manufacturing the imaging system: An imaging system is provided and includes an imaging lens and an imaging device such that the maximum diameter of an effective region of a point image covers three or more pixels of light receiving pixels, the point image being projected onto a light receiving surface through the imaging lens... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090147125 - Image pick-up apparatus and computer readable recording medium: Frame image data “B” obtained by the shooting operation using a long exposure time is displayed and recorded. Frame image data “A” obtained by the shooting operation using a short exposure time is used to evaluate an image, that is, to detect a face area in said image data and/or... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090147126 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus is provided with an imaging optical system (imaging lens), an image sensor for picking up a subject image formed by the imaging optical system, and a view division optical system (first mirror) which divides a view picked up by the image sensor into an environment imaging... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090147128 - Digital photographing apparatus: A digital photographing apparatus is provided that has a reduced number of elements as compared to conventional arrangements and can thus be manufactured through a simple process with low manufacturing costs. The digital photographing apparatus includes a main printed circuit board to which an imaging device converting energy of incident... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090147127 - Lens hood device, and image pickup device using the same: A lens hood device includes a barrier case (11) to cover the front and back of a lens barrier unit (32) in an optical axis direction and to have a non-circular opening at a position passed by the optical axis, and a plurality of lens barriers (14 to 17) arranged... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090147129 - Handheld electronic device: A handheld electronic device mainly includes a first casing, a second casing, and an image-capturing apparatus. The first casing has a display screen, and the second casing is pivoted to the first casing about a hinge section and movable between first and second positions relative to the first casing. In... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090147130 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus and a control method of the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel which is partitioned into a plurality of panel areas; a storage unit which stores a video frame comprising a plurality of video areas; an operating unit which controls the display... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090147131 - Image editing apparatus, image editing method, and storage medium storing image editing program: An image editing apparatus capable of easily setting an aspect ratio for use when edited image data are output. The image editing apparatus includes a determination unit for determining, among a plurality of images, which of vertically long images or horizontally long images are larger in the number of images,... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090147132 - Image interpolation apparatus: A first feature value calculator calculates a feature value of an entire screen, and a second feature value calculator calculates a feature value of only an image area designated by designation data stored in a designation data storage. An interpolation determiner outputs a control signal indicative of interpolation-ON if the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090147133 - Method and apparatus for high quality video motion adaptive edge-directional deinterlacing: A method for deinterlacing video includes constructing a temporary frame of deinterlaced video based on a first (i.e., current) field of interlaced video, wherein the temporary frame includes pixels in lines of the temporary frame associated with the first field of interlaced video, placeholder pixels in identified areas of motion... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20090147134 - Audio signal supplying device, parameter providing system, television set, av system, speaker apparatus, and audio signal supplying method: An audio signal supplying device includes a connection terminal which is connected to a speaker unit and which outputs an audio signal to the speaker unit, a specifying section which specifies a type of the speaker unit connected to the connection terminal, an acquiring section which acquires a parameter corresponding... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090147135 - High-definition multimedia interface receiver/transmitter chipset: A buffer chip is used to isolate the internal connection between an HDMI receiver chip and a remotely-located HDMI port in a consumer electronic device. In one embodiment, an HDMI receiver/transmitter circuit is coupled to a main processor via an internal bus. The HDMI receiver/transmitter circuit, which includes one or... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090147136 - Tv card with power-switching function: A TV card with power-switching function is provided. The TV card comprises a TV card chip module, a power-switching module and a connecting interface. The power switching module is connected to the TV card chip module to transfer or block a power to the TV card chip module; the connecting... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090147137 - Method for providing information on type of image apparatus and image apparatus adopting the same: A method for providing information on types of image apparatus being used and an image apparatus adopting the same are provided. The method for providing information on the types of image apparatus being used includes transmitting a request message to external devices inquiring whether or not the external device which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090147138 - Multi-view display system and method with synchronized views: System and method for operating a multi-view display system. An embodiment method includes receiving an image frame comprising a first portion and a second portion; displaying a first image on a display panel during a first display period, wherein the first image includes the first portion of the image frame,... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090147139 - Video synthesizing apparatus and program: The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content in the parent frame,... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090147140 - Image apparatus for processing plurality of images and control method thereof: An image apparatus for processing a plurality of images and a control method thereof are provided. The control method includes determining whether a channel change command is input, while only a first broadcast received via a first channel is being displayed; if it is determined that the channel change command... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090147141 - Method and apparatus for video telephony in mobile terminal: A method and apparatus for video telephony in a mobile terminal includes: extracting, after establishment of a video call, a facial feature from a video image captured by a camera unit of the mobile terminal, comparing the extracted facial feature with that of a pre-stored reference image, and correcting the... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090147142 - Flash detection: There is provided a method of pre-processing video data to detect flashes, comprising calculating a normalized difference index value for a Luminance M component of the video data, calculating a normalized difference index value for Chrominance [U and V] components of the video data, calculating a normalized luminance [Y] mean... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20090147143 - Video quality analysis using a linear approximation technique: A video analysis technique includes correlating frames from a processed video with frames from a pre-processed, original video. A linear approximation of a relationship between the correlated frames is determined. A disclosed example includes determining a linear approximation that maximizes the number of processed video frames that fit into the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C./alcatel-lucent

20090147144 - Television box: A television box suitable for being coupled to a display is provided. The television box includes a chip and a transmitter. The chip supports to output a low voltage differential signal. The transmitter is coupled to the chip and selectively transmits the low voltage differential signal output by the chip... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090147146 - Method and apparatus for reproducing media content of portable device via digital television: A digital TV connected to a portable device via an external input port. The digital TV to which the portable device is connected recognizes the type of the portable device, downloads media content stored in the portable device, and reproduces the media content via a screen and/or a speaker of... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20090147145 - On screen display interface for digital broadcast receiving device: An interface through which a decoder chip, which pre-processes an image, transmits on screen display (OSD) data to a display chip, which post-processes the image, in a digital broadcast receiving device. The decoder chip generates and transmits an interrupt to the display chip which operates as a host, and when... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090147147 - Method and apparatus for adjusting center frequency of filter: The present invention provides a method for adjusting a center frequency of a filter utilized for extracting information carried via a target channel. The method includes: detecting adjacent channel interference (ACI) for the target channel to generate a channel interference information; and adjusting the center frequency of the filter for... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090147148 - Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and method: An information processing system according to the present invention includes: a reaction section for executing a first process based on a request from a user; an output section for outputting a result of a process; a signal detection section for measuring a signal concerning an event-related potential of electroencephalograms of... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (pan) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090147151 - Remote control apparatus: A remote control apparatus for remotely operating an electronic device. The remote control apparatus including: an operation section having a plurality of operation keys; and a reader/writer configured to read and/or write information from or to an information storage medium, wherein in said operation section, at least one of the... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090147150 - Remote control apparatus and communication system: Disclosed herein is a remote control apparatus for performing wireless communication with an electronic device, the remote control apparatus including: a reader/writer configured to read and/or write information from or to an information storage medium; and a transmission/reception section configured to transmit and receiving a signal to or from the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090147149 - Television receiver and radio frequency device for electromagnetic wave type remote control used therein: The resent invention provides a television receiver including: a radio frequency section for an electromagnetic wave type remote control, the radio frequency section configured to transmit and receive an electromagnetic wave to and from the electromagnetic wave type remote control; and a retaining section configured to retain said radio frequency... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090147152 - Lighting system and projection type video display apparatus utilizing the same: A lighting system requiring no precision adjustments thereof and having reduced luminance inhomogeneity is provided, along with a projection type video display apparatus utilizing such lighting system. The lighting system has: a multiplicity of light sources (1a and 1b) for emitting substantially parallel beams of light; and a light-path alteration... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090147153 - Signal conversion device, video projection device, and video projection system: A signal conversion device supplies a video signal to each video projection device of plural video projection devices that display a video image by superimposing the projection image. The device includes a characteristic information transmitting unit that transmits, to at least one video projection device of the plural video projection... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090147154 - Color display system: An image display apparatus is disclosed in the present invention. The image display apparatus includes a light source emitting an illumination light of at least two colors comprising a first color and a second color, at least two spatial light modulators for receiving and applying an image signal for modulating... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090147155 - Digital photo frame: A digital photo frame includes a transparent front frame, a back frame detachably coupled to the front frame, and a display screen accommodated between the front frame and the back frame for displaying digital photos. The digital photos can be seen through from the transparent front frame.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090147156 - Digital photo frame with a function of automatically power off: A digital photo frame with a function of automatically power off is provided. The digital photo frame includes a display unit, a power management unit, a storage unit, a detection unit, and a processing unit. The detection unit detects whether there is some one around the digital photo frame. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090147157 - Digital photo frame with a function of prompting power off and powering off automatically: A digital photo frame with a function of prompting power off and powering off automatically is provided. The digital photo frame includes a display unit, a power management unit, a storage unit, a power off prompt device, and a processing unit. The power off prompt device produces a prompting signal... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090141116 - Display with gaps for capturing images: A combined video display and camera system is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the system comprises a video display with gaps in between the pixels. Light goes through these gaps and enters a camera, which captures an image. The system is arranged such that the display... Agent: Cowsy J. Wadia

20090141117 - Method and apparatus for connecting and operating lockers for home deliveries via video interphones and remotely via a virtual doorman: A method and apparatus for connecting and operating plurality of lockers in a multi apartment or multi office building connected via an interface to a video interphone system and via a local guardman or a virtual guardman over a network, for providing access to the building and opening a locker... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20090141118 - Video communication terminal and method of road guidance using the same: The present invention relates to a video communication terminal and a method of providing road guidance using the same. More specifically, the present invention provides a road guidance service to a user during video communication by transmitting the user's location information to a user of a correspondent video communication terminal... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090141119 - Self-contained secure videoconferencing console: Disclosed is a secure/non-secure bypass switch, that includes a secure mode signal path, and a non-secure mode signal path, wherein signals are routed through an external encryption device connected to the secure mode signal path when no power is supplied to the switch, and the signals are routed through the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20090141120 - Method and apparatus for compensating data image reproduced from holographic system: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for preprocessing a page image reproduced from a storage medium in a holographic system. The present invention calculates pixel sums for each lines in the page image to select a maximum sum, calculates a modified maximum sum using the modified maximum sum... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090141121 - Calibration of a 3-dimensional display: A method (200) is described for calibrating a display system adapted for generating three dimensional images by combining at least first sub-image information and second sub-image information. The method comprises obtaining (210) at least information about the displaying of a first sub-image and information about the displaying of a second... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090141122 - Three-dimensional image display device and method of driving the same: A three-dimensional image display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels each having red, green and blue sub-pixels, the red, green and blue sub-pixels alternately disposed along a horizontal direction and each of the red, green and blue sub-pixels disposed in a single line along a vertical... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090141123 - Method of producing and displaying a three dimensional image: A method of manufacturing a lenticular sheet having as its primary steps the provision of a substantially transparent substrate material; forming a plurality of lenses on a first side of the substrate; and shaping the substrate to correspond to a display area of a display device, wherein the plurality of... Agent: Clements Bernard PLLC

20090141124 - System and methods for vital sign estimation from passive thermal video: A system for measuring a pulse and respiratory rate from passive thermal video includes contour segmentation and tracking, clustering of informative pixels of interests, and robust dominant frequency component estimation. Contour segmentation is used to locate a blood vessel region to measure, after which all pixels in the nearby region... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090141125 - Endoscope apparatus: A band-limiting filter of the invention exhibits a trimodal filter characteristic, and includes, for example, band-limiting transmittance filter characteristic portions Rb, Gb, and Bb for wavelength regions of red, green, and blue, respectively. More specifically, the band-limiting transmittance filter characteristic portions Rb, Gb, and Bb, for example, have bandpass characteristics... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090141126 - Fully automatic rapid microscope slide scanner: Apparatus for and method of fully automatic rapid scanning and digitizing of an entire microscope sample, or a substantially large portion of a microscope sample, using a linear array detector synchronized with a positioning stage that is part of a computer controlled microscope slide scanner. The invention provides a method... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090141127 - Image processing system, imaging system, and microscope imaging system: An image processing system comprising an image data acquisition unit for acquiring captured image data, with a first image processing unit for performing first image processing relating to color correction and gradation correction on the image data, a second image processing unit for performing second image processing relating to color... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090141128 - Method and device for image processing and a night vision system for motor vehicles: A method and a device for image processing and for a night vision system for motor vehicles, in which a standard camera that is sensitive in the near infrared delivers images which are displayed on a display arrangement having a lower resolution than the camera. In addition, the image processing... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090141129 - Communication and surveillance system: A surveillance and communication system is provided and includes two-way audio communication capabilities and a covert video acquisition system. In one embodiment, a system for acquiring video data within an environment is provided. The system includes a device having an image acquisition component, an audio acquisition component, and a speaker... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20090141130 - In-play camera associated with headgear used in sporting events and configured to provide wireless transmission of captured video for broadcast to and display at remote video monitors: System and method for capturing visual perspectives of live activities at an entertainment venue with wireless in-play video cameras associated with user equipment for transmission to enterprise equipment for processing and broadcast to remote video monitors for display. Video recording can be from more than one entertainment venue or can... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20090141131 - Calibrating method of image measuring instrument: An image measuring instrument includes: a CCD camera having an objective lens; an orientation changer that changes an imaging direction; a movement mechanism that relatively moves the CCD camera and a workpiece for auto-focusing the objective lens; and a position detector for detecting a position of the CCD camera. A... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090141132 - Instrumentation for image acquisition from biological and non-biological assays: Embodiments of this invention include flatbed scanners that have a surface and have a plurality of light sources. Alternatively, a single light source can be moved in two dimensions relative to an object placed on the surface of the scanner. Other embodiments include a scan head that is moveable in... Agent: D. Benjamin Borson Borson Law Group

20090141133 - Semiconductor device with anti-shake control function: A semiconductor device with an anti-shake function includes a logic chip having a digital circuit which obtains a value for vibration of an apparatus based on a vibration detection signal supplied from a vibration detection element to generate a correction signal. The logic chip includes a correction signal processing unit... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090141134 - Image stabilization control circuit of image pickup apparatus: An image stabilization control circuit comprises a plurality of vibration detecting elements for detecting vibration of an image pickup apparatus; a plurality of position detecting elements for detecting a position of an optical component; an analog/digital converter circuit for converting output signals of the plurality of vibration detecting elements and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090141135 - Lens drive device, image pickup device and lens drive method: A lens drive device in at least one lens barrel holding a lens moveably includes a motor to drive the lens; an acceleration detection section to detect an acceleration; and an output control section to control an output of the motor corresponding to the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090141136 - Semiconductor device and imaging capturing apparatus: A semiconductor device with an “anti-shake” function includes a logic chip having a digital circuit which obtains a value indicating the amount of vibration of device such as an imaging apparatus based on a vibration detection signal supplied from a vibration detection element to generate a correction signal. The logic... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090141137 - Semiconductor device and imaging capturing apparatus: A MCP semiconductor device with an “anti-shake” function includes a driver chip and a logic chip. The logic chip includes a correction signal processing unit which obtains a value for vibration of apparatus based on a vibration detection signal to generate a correction signal and a control signal output unit... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090141138 - System and methods for capturing images of an event: A system for capturing images of an event includes at least one data correlator. The data correlator is operable to receive still images captured by a camera and to receive identification/time pairs from a sensor. Each identification/time pair includes an identity of at least one respective object and a time... Agent: Lathrop & Gage LLP

20090141144 - Digital image adjustable compression and resolution using face detection information: A method of adjustable spatial and/or temporal compression of an image including a face includes identifying a group of pixels that correspond to a face within a digitally-acquired image. A first compression portion of the image including the group of pixels is determined. A second compression portion of the image... Agent: Tessera/fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20090141140 - End-to-end design of electro-optic imaging systems for color-correlated objects: An electro-optic color imaging system includes an optical subsystem, a detector subsystem and a digital image processing subsystem. The system is used to image a color-correlated object. In the optical subsystem, the image surfaces for different color channels of the object are substantially separated. Thus, one color channel may be... Agent: Ricoh/fenwick

20090141142 - Image pickup apparatus and time correction method: An image pickup apparatus that records a picked-up image and time information indicating when the picked-up image was picked up includes a unit that obtains location information and UTC and generates positioning information indicating the obtained result, a unit that determines the time difference between the time corresponding to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090141141 - Imaging apparatus having focus control function: A digital camera 1 includes a focus position table. The focus position table, in which focus positions for person-priority pan focus have been set, is used when a face has been detected, and the focus position table (FIG. 2B), in which focus positions for non-person priority pan focus have been... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090141139 - Imaging device: An imaging device including: an imaging element which comprises a plurality of pixels capable of switching between a linear conversion operation for linearly converting incident light into an electric signal and a logarithmic conversion operation for logarithmically converting the incident light into an electric signal, according to an incident light... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090141143 - Network camera: The invention relates to a network camera comprising an image acquisition part, an image processing part, a flat cable connecting the image acquisition part with a first end of the image processing part, and an inlet for an external data cable arranged at a second end of the image processing... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090141145 - Anti-eclipsing circuit for image sensors: An anti-eclipse circuit of an image pixel includes a clamping circuit for pulling up a voltage of a reset signal output by the pixel and an eclipse detection circuit for controllably coupling the clamping circuit output to the output of the pixel. The clamping circuit includes a source follower transistor... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090141146 - Multiple image sensor system with shared processing: A primary integrated image sensor is operatively connected to one or more secondary image sensors. The primary integrated image sensor includes a pixel array integrated on a semiconductor substrate along with one or more of an image signal processing circuit, readout circuitry, a digital serial interface, storage, a timing circuit,... Agent: F-p, Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20090141147 - Auto zoom display system and method: Auto zoom display system and method for user interaction with a display screen. The auto zoom display system has a display screen for displaying an image, and a viewing distance detector. The display screen and viewing distance detector are connected to a processing system, the processing system being arranged to... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20090141148 - Distortion-corrected image generation unit and distortion-corrected image generation method: An internal parameter storage unit stores, in advance, a plurality of sets of internal parameters each of which can be applied to correct a pixel position in a direction from an image principal point, i.e., a plurality of sets of internal parameters for accommodating errors of different magnitudes that occur... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20090141149 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes a gradation correction unit configured to multiply input image data by a gradation correction value appropriate for the input image data so as to obtain gradation corrected image data; and a noise suppression unit configured to suppress noise of the gradation corrected image data on... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090141150 - Image pickup system: In the image pickup system of the present invention, factors that have an effect on noise such as the signal level, temperature of the CCD during shooting, exposure time, gain and the like are dynamically acquired, the noise level of the CCD is estimated, for example, for each pixel by... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090141151 - Dynamic range enhancement method and apparatus: A dynamic range enhancement method and apparatus for an imaging device expands a dynamic range of an input image without an associated increase in the amount of image calculations. The dynamic range enhancement method includes producing brightness information and color information from an input image; applying gamma correction and inverse... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090141152 - Photographing apparatus and photographing method: Disclosed is a photographing apparatus of interlace transferring type comprising a photographing device which carries out transfer of electrification of all pixels stored in the photographing device by dividing into a plurality of fields when transferring the electrification, which has a plurality of color filters and which includes a color... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090141153 - Solid-state imaging device: To provide a solid-state imaging device that can capture an image which is bright through to its periphery, even when used in a single-lens reflex digital camera that accepts various interchangeable lenses from wide-angle to telephoto. The solid-state imaging device includes a two-dimensional array of unit pixels each of which... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090141154 - Solid-state pickup apparatus, its driving method and camera system: There is used an XY address type solid-state image pickup element (for example, a MOS type image sensor) in which two rows and two columns are made a unit, and color filters having a color coding of repetition of the unit (repetition of two verticals (two horizontals) are arranged, and... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20090141155 - High dynamic range imaging cell with electronic shutter extensions: A pixel sensor cell of improved dynamic range and a design structure including the pixel sensor cell embodied in a machine readable medium are provided. The pixel cell comprises a coupling transistor that couples a capacitor device to a photosensing region (e.g., photodiode) of the pixel cell, the photodiode being... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20090141157 - Image sensing apparatus and imaging system: An image sensing apparatus includes an output unit including a first output line which transmits a first signal of the first pixel, a second output line which transmits a second signal of the first pixel, a third output line which transmits a first signal of the second pixel, a fourth... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090141156 - Reference voltage generation in imaging sensors: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate generating and/or maintaining low noise reference voltages for CMOS imaging System-on-Chip (iSoC) sensors. A primary reference voltage can be generated utilizing a low noise bandgap. Further, the primary reference voltage can be filtered via a low pass filter. The filtered,... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090141159 - Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same: An image sensor and a manufacturing method for an image sensor. An image may include a central pixel array that contains pixels disposed in a center of a pixel area, and a peripheral pixel array that contains pixels disposed in a periphery of the pixel area. A gate oxide layer... Agent: Sherr & Vaughn, PLLC

20090141158 - Reduced-component digital image capturing apparatus: Provided is a digital image capturing apparatus which has a reduced number of components so that manufacture thereof is simplified and manufacturing costs are reduced. The digital image capturing apparatus includes a main printed circuit board (PCB) on which a charge-coupled device (CCD) and a control component for controlling the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090141160 - Contoured surface cover plate for image sensor array: A cover for an image sensor array is disclosed. The cover includes a plate formed of substantially transparent material and placed adjacent to the image sensor array. The plate has a plurality of surfaces and forms a lensing structure. At least one of the plurality of surfaces is contoured into... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090141161 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup substrate on which an image pickup device is mounted on an object side; an optical unit having a lens for imaging an object light on the image pickup device; a blade member adjusting an amount of the object light entering into the... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20090141162 - Image pickup apparatus having audio output unit: An image pickup apparatus comprises a barrel including an image pickup element and a lens; an optical viewfinder; an audio output unit for generating a sound; and a light emitting unit having a member for emitting light, wherein the audio output unit is arranged in a space surrounded by the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090141163 - Compact camera optics: Imaging apparatus includes an image sensor, which is adapted to generate an input image in response to optical radiation that is incident thereon. A processing engine is configured to apply a digital filter to the input image so as to generate a filtered image, the digital filter having a kernel,... Agent: D. Kligler I.p. Services Ltd

20090141164 - Reduced-component flash assembly for a digital image capturing apparatus, and a digital image capturing apparatus including the same: A reduced-component flash assembly for a digital image capturing apparatus, and a digital image capturing apparatus including the same are provided. The digital image capturing apparatus includes a frame; a flash module including a flash lamp which is capable of emitting a flash and a flash lamp housing which contains... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090141165 - Solid-state image pickup apparatus, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device including the same: In a solid-state image pickup apparatus 100 of the invention, a transparent member 4 that covers a light receiving section of a solid-state image sensing device 2 is located within an opening 10 of a wiring board 1. The solid-state image sensing device 2 is adhered to the backside of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090141166 - Selective error concealment method and apparatus for moving picture frame: Disclosed is a selective frame error concealment method for a moving picture frame, the method including the steps of determining if an erroneous frame corresponds to one among a predetermined number of frames received after an I frame when the erroneous frame is received during reception of moving picture frames,... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090141167 - Video signal converter, video display device, and video signal converting method: When each value of luminance signals of three primary colors in the primary video signal is less than the output lower limit value, in short, when the gradation level is negative, the negative gradation level of the present primary color is, in accordance with its magnitude, in other words, in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090141168 - Sub-program avoidance redirection for broadcast receivers: A system for automatically tuning a primary broadcast receiver using a secondary broadcast receiver to receive a first broadcast signal corresponding to a source of an origin program, one or more program transition detectors to monitor first broadcast signal tuned by the secondary broadcast receiver to determine and signal a... Agent: Robert H. Frantz

20090141169 - Subliminal image system: A Subliminal Image System is described whereby a subliminal image, data set or message is transmitted by simple flashing light sources and captured by a camera system.... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20090141170 - Video/audio output device and external speaker control apparatus: The invention provides an external speaker control apparatus for causing only one of an internal speaker and an external speaker to output audio when a power supply of the external speaker control apparatus which controls the external speaker changes from an off state to an on state, the external speaker... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090141171 - Display system and display method capable of receiving multiple sources and with synchronous multiple outputs: The synchronous briefing or visual playback in different areas and capability of receiving multiple image sources are achieved by connecting various briefing subsystems in different areas via the Internet. One or more image sources are configured in each briefing subsystem and each connected to a server of the subsystem via... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090141172 - Tv system, multimedia processing apparatus, and method thereof: A TV system, a multimedia processing apparatus, and a method thereof are provided. The TV system comprises a multimedia processing apparatus and a display unit. The multimedia processing apparatus comprises a multiplexer, a controller, and a detector. The multiplexer receives a plurality of input signals. The controller signals the multiplexer... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20090141173 - Apparatus having an emergency alert function with priority override feature: An apparatus such as a television signal receiver, radio or other apparatus provides an emergency alert function with a priority override feature to ensure that users are informed of significant emergency events. According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a signal receiving element operative to receive emergency alert signals... Agent: Robert D. Shedd Thomson Licensing LLC

20090141174 - System and method for presenting guide data on a remote control: System and method for displaying guide data on a remote control. In one embodiment, guide data may be received in a first format by the remote control. The guide data may be converted from the first format to a second format based in part on a predefined user preference. A... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090141175 - Handheld apparatus and operating method thereof: The invention provides a handheld apparatus and an operating method thereof. The handheld apparatus is electrically connected to a RGB color temperature sensor. The handheld apparatus comprises a receiving module, a signal converting module, and a color temperature calculating module. The receiving module is for receiving a set of RGB... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090141176 - Gray-scale correcting device: An amount of change calculated by an amount-of-change calculator (11) is stored in an amount-of-change storage (12), and an amount-of-change comparison unit (13) compares an amount of change between a frame one frame before a frame whose gradation is to be corrected and a frame before that frame. If the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090141177 - Automatic gain control circuit using gain shift: An AGC circuit includes a RF amplifying module has a first gain control resolution, a frequency converter, an IF/Baseband amplifying module has a second gain control resolution, an IF/Baseband micro-setting amplifying module has a third gain control resolution which is higher than the first and the second, an A/D converter,... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090141178 - Methods and systems for backlight modulation with scene-cut detection: Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for filtering a display source light illumination level with an adaptive filter based on the presence of a scene cut proximate to the current frame.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20090141179 - Cellular antenna assembly with video capability: An antenna assembly is disclosed for analyzing conditions of an antenna and its surroundings with video technology including an antenna housing wherein an antenna panel is disposed, and a camera that is in connection with the antenna panel and is coupled to a computer system for storing and transmitting data... Agent: Storm LLP

20090141180 - Transmitting device, receiving device, and method for transmitting operational information in receiving device: A transmitting device includes a video-signal output unit, an image displaying unit, an information receiving unit, and a controller. The video-signal output unit outputs a video signal. The image displaying unit displays an image based on the video signal outputted from the video-signal output unit, on a first image display... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090141181 - Video processing apparatus and control method thereof: A video processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The video processing apparatus includes: a signal receiving unit which receives a signal from an external video processing apparatus; a video processing unit which processes the signal received by the signal receiving unit; and a controller which supplies or... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090141182 - Digital broadcast receiving apparatus, semiconductor integrated circuit, and digital broadcast receiving method: The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first decoding unit which decodes video data of a first digital broadcast and outputs first video data that is decoded; a second decoding unit which decodes video data of a second digital broadcast and outputs second video data... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090141183 - Active splitter device and method using diplexed front end: A method and apparatus is presented for actively signal splitting an RF signal. Specifically, the RF signal is frequency-separated to generate a first signal including a first set of frequencies and a second signal including a second set of frequencies. The first and second signals are independently amplified to generate... Agent: Robert D. Shedd Thomson Licensing LLC

20090141185 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and method for switching channel thereof: A broadcast receiving apparatus and a method for switching a channel thereof are disclosed, the broadcast receiving apparatus including a channel switch unit which monitors the condition of a channel used to communicate with a remote controller, and sets a new channel to be switched with a current channel if... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090141184 - Motion-sensing remote control: A motion-sensing remote control is described. In an embodiment, a television remote control can include various sensors that sense a motion of the device. The television remote control also includes an integrated circuit that receives a motion signal corresponding to the motion from the sensors and converts the motion signal... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090141186 - Display system and method: A display system and method are disclosed. The system comprises a data transmitting apparatus built in a computer and a data receiving apparatus connected to a remote VGA/DVI display device, in which the data transmitting apparatus comprises a collecting unit for collecting screen data and/or audio data in video signals... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090141187 - Buffer management system for video image display apparatus: A video image display apparatus for displaying a video image in accordance with a video image signal comprising: a light source; and a control unit for generating display data for a first spatial light modulator (SLM) and a second SLM for modulating illumination lights projected from the light source, wherein... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090141189 - Light source control method for video image display apparatus and video image display apparatus: A method for controlling a light source of a video image display apparatus, comprising: projecting illumination lights to a first spatial light modulator (SLM) and a second SLM, and changing over a wavelength of one of the illumination lights projected to the second SLM in a sequence during a period... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090141188 - Video image display apparatus and timing control method: A video image display apparatus for displaying a video image in accordance with a video image signal including: a light source for emitting an illumination light to a color wheel driven by a color wheel driving unit to rotate the color wheel for filtering and transmitting lights of different colors... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090141190 - Rear projection immersive display system: An immersive rear projection imaging and audio system with interactive capability. It utilizies a single projection device. Said device receiving its image correction information via a computer interface. The computer interface is performing 3-D geometric image reformation and correction from the source. Said source may be supplied by any commercially... Agent: William Steven Kroll

20090141191 - Scanning image display and scanning image display system: A scanning image display includes a plurality of light sources adapted to emit a plurality of light beams, and a scan unit adapted to scan the light beams emitted from the light sources on a projection surface, which comprises a plurality of sub-illumination areas, in a first and second direction.... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090141192 - Scanning image display system and scanning image display: A scanning image display system which includes a plurality of scanning image displays each including a light source adapted to emit a laser beam, and a scan unit having a first scan section adapted to scan the laser beam emitted from the light source in a first direction on a... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090141193 - Image display apparatus: A laser light source 1 outputs a laser. A condenser lens 80 condenses the laser outputted from the laser light source 1, and outputs it to an optical fiber 8. The laser that propagates through the optical fiber 8 enters a light guide panel 2. The light guide panel 2... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090141194 - Apparatus and method, both for controlling spatial light modulator: An image display apparatus includes: an illumination light source controlled by an illumination light control unit for projecting a first illumination light and a second illumination light; a first SLM for modulating a first illumination light; a second SLM for modulating a second illumination light; and an SLM control unit... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090141195 - Apparatus and method, both for controlling spatial light modulator: An image display apparatus includes: a first spatial light modulator (SLM) and a second modulator for modulating a first and a second illumination lights for displaying images; an SLM control unit for generating first control data and second control data for controlling the first and second SLMs respectively in accordance... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090141196 - Photo microprojector: A photo microprojector for projecting digital photo albums, includes: a.) a main housing having a lens port; b.) a digital photo input means within the housing and including at least one input port; c.) a microprocessor in the main housing includes: i) digital photo storage means for storing inputted digital... Agent: Charles M. Basner

20090141197 - Liquid crystal display apparatus and method thereof for preventing transient noise: A display apparatus which does not expose a transient phenomenon and an abnormal phenomenon to a user and a method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display which has a unique panel resolution, a receiver which receives an image signal and an additional signal, a display driver, and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090141199 - Component assembly and electronic apparatus: A component assembly includes a first component having a locking section and a flat-plate shaped projection formed on a first face. The locking section extends from the first face and bends in a first direction. The projection extends perpendicularly to the first face and is formed of a face intersecting... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090141198 - Display apparatus: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus does not require a cover structure for enclosing a front peripheral portion of a front panel so that the screen of the display apparatus can be seemed to be large, and the display apparatus can have a neat appearance.... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP