Television inventions

20080106591 - Two way communication system: A two-way communication system for viewers at first and second sites, including an integrated imaging apparatus at the first site for displaying second site images from the second site while capturing first site images from the first site and sending them over a channel to a second site; a structure... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20080106594 - System and method for tagging objects in a panoramic video and associating functions and indexing panoramic images with same: A system and process for attaching tags to panoramic video. Tags provide information when viewing panoramic images, serve as references to specific actions and serve as reference for outside systems into a panoramic image database. Objects in a video can be tagged. It defines tags through 4-D time-space curves, which... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20080106593 - System and process for synthesizing location-referenced panoramic images and video: A system and process of morphing location-referenced panoramic images into views at nearby locations. When using panoramic images in an interactive tour, a user might desire to see the environment from viewpoints for which no panoramic images are available. This invention makes this possible. It enables a user to experience... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20080106595 - Display apparatus, frame member, and reflection suppressing member: A display apparatus, frame member, and reflection suppressing member that are capable of achieving an improvement in display quality and an improvement in visibility, are provided. In a case, a reflection suppressing portion that attenuates emitted display light is formed on an annular wall portion (frame portion). The reflection suppressing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080106592 - Videophone apparatus: Between a display of a videophone apparatus and a cover thereof, there are disposed lenses 114, 116, 118 and a half mirror, having sufficiently small areas as compared to the surface areas of the display and the cover. The half mirror enables light from the display to transmit to the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080106596 - Device and system for in vivo imaging: The present invention provides a system and method for obtaining in vivo images. The system contains an imaging system and a transmitter for transmitting signals from a camera to a receiving system located outside a patient.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080106598 - Remote access memorial viewing system: A system for allowing remote viewing of a particularized item located within a plurality of items; such as a particular gravesite within a cemetery. In particular the present system includes at least one viewing device, which is operatively connected to a host control device. This combination of items is configured... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20080106597 - System and method for storing and remotely retrieving surveillance video images: A system and method for enabling real-time off-site video image storage is disclosed. An off-site storage site is coupled to camera servers at client sites via a private network. Each camera server is further coupled to one or more surveillance cameras. Video images captured by cameras located at the client... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080106599 - Object density estimation in video: A video camera may overlook a monitored area from any feasible position. An object flow estimation module monitor the moving direction of the objects in the monitored area. It may separate the consistently moving objects from the other objects. A object count estimation module may compute the object density (e.g.... Agent: Venable LLP

20080106600 - System and methods for delivering event-related multimedia content to wireless devices: A system for delivering to a wireless subscriber terminal multimedia content related to a spectator event comprises an event application server, a wireless network coupled to the event application server and a wireless subscriber terminal that interacts with the network. The event application server acquires, converts, and manages content related... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20080106601 - Camera: This camera includes a display device that displays a photographic condition, and a detection unit that detects a problem related to photography of which a photographer should be warned. When some problem is detected by the detection means, notification thereof is provided via a specification display (a simple warning message)... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080106602 - On chip test mode implementation: An improved on chip test method for determining the photon transfer curve (PTC) and dark current in an image sensor is described. Cost and time savings is achieved by reducing the number of frames necessary for the measurements to three including two exposure frames and one frame for dark current... Agent: Stephen B. Ackerman

20080106603 - System and method for high-speed image-cued triggering: A high-speed digital camera system and method for processing high-speed image data is claimed. The method comprises generating images with at least 3×105 pixels at greater than 200 frames-per-second with an image sensor, downloading an image from the image sensor; defining an area of interest in the downloaded image comprising... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.c.

20080106604 - Image output device, image processing apparatus, image output and image processing system, and method therefore: A digital camera 40 transmits to a printer 20 a command for transmitting RAW format compatibility information which is information of a RAW file format directly printable by the printer 20. Upon receipt of the RAW format compatibility information from the printer 20, the digital camera 40 determines, on the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080106606 - Digital image capturing device with a slidable lcd: A digital image capturing device is disklosed. The digital image capturing device of the present invention comprises an LCD and a main body. The LCD has a first fastening element. The main body has a switching device a sliding shaft, a sliding shaft sleeve and a second fastening element. The... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080106607 - Photographing device for controlling image recording according to the state of a received image signal on image recording and an image recording method thereof: A photographing device and method are provided for controlling image recording according to the state of a received image signal on image recording. The photographing device includes a receiver which receives an image signal generated by capturing an image, a recorder which records the image signal on a recording medium,... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080106605 - Secure sensor chip: A method and device for providing a secure sensor chip (1) for recording digital information regarding at least one physical parameter, wherein the recording later can be verified with respect to its authenticity, whether the at least one physical parameter was indeed recorded by the specified chip (1) or not,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080106609 - Method and apparatus for taking a moving picture: A method and apparatus for taking a moving picture that quickly and effectively reduces a processor load and stabilizes an image due to shaking of the apparatus. The apparatus and method perform operations for extracting feature points from a kth image captured by the apparatus, extracting feature points from a... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080106608 - Systems, devices and methods for digital camera image stabilization: Disclosed are various systems, devices and methods for digital camera image stabilization. In one embodiment, a digital camera captures a plurality of digital images of a subject simultaneously or near-simultaneously and stores the captured images in memory as individual digital data sets. While the digital images are being captured simultaneously... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080106611 - Image signal processing circuit used in electronic product: An exemplary image signal processing circuit (20) includes an image sensor (22), a drive circuit (28), and a microprocessor (24). The drive circuit includes an image signal processor (25) and a data processor (26). The microprocessor is provided to send control signals to the image sensor, the image signal processor,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080106610 - Photographing apparatus having external cameras and method of switching modes thereof: A photographing apparatus having external cameras, and a method of switching modes thereof, are provided. The photographing apparatus includes a photographing part for photographing an optical image being converged through a lens part, and converting the image into an electric signal, a video signal generating part for processing the electric... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080106612 - Automatic image quality adjustment according to brightness of subject: The image processing device performs image processing using image data generated by an image generating device, and image generation record information associated with the image data where the image generation record information includes at least operating information about the image generating device at the time of generation of the image... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080106614 - Imaging device and imaging system: A recording support information (metadata) on a schedule of and a performer for an imaging operation, and the like, which are determined in advance is recorded in a first recording medium 16 by a program constitution input device 100. The first recording medium 16 is inserted in to an imaging... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080106613 - System for capturing and displaying digital images: A system for capturing and displaying images of subjects includes a digital camera and a slide show controller disposed in a common case. A subject can take is own picture using the digital camera. The resulting image is stored in an electronic folder with other images and all the images... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080106617 - Camera and file management method used therein: A recording medium has clusters assigned first cluster information pieces respectively. The clusters store a file or files of image data. When a received signal is a copying command indicative of a requested file, image data in the requested file is read from one or more clusters and is sent.... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20080106615 - Electronic device and method in an electronic device for processing image data: The invention relates to an electronic device for performing imaging, including a camera means for creating image data (ID) from an imaging target (IT), the imaging target (IT) including at least one primary image object (I1) and at least one secondary image object (I2), an image-processing chain arranged in connection... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080106618 - Method and apparatus for automatic recognition of the relative motion direction of an object relative to a multiline camera: A multi-line camera such as a two-line camera acquires image data of an object moving relative to the camera. An output of a first sensor line is connected through a first time-delay memory to a first comparator, and is connected directly to a second comparator. An output of a second... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20080106616 - Image taking device with removable optical unit: There is provided an image taking device with removable optical unit, with which it is possible to switch the operating mode of an image taking device body to playback mode without operating an image playback button or the like, and operation of the image taking device body is made easy.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080106619 - Imaging system and pixel defect correctin device: Disclosed herein is an imaging system including: an imaging device; light blocking means for blocking a light receiving section of the imaging device from light; a pixel defect correction section configured to detect and correct defective pixels of the imaging device; a signal processing section configured to process a pixel... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080106620 - Method of generating range images and apparatus therefor: According to an aspect of the invention, since two range images (first and second range images) are individually generated by a first range image generating device and a second range image generating device by different methods, and one range image (a third range image) is generated on the basis of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080106621 - Shared image device synchronization or designation: In certain aspects, designating an attribute of at least one shared image at least partially with a designating shared image device that can be utilized to capture an image with at least one capturing shared image device. In other aspects, synchronizing a capturing shared image device to a sharing session... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080106622 - Imaging device: An imaging device comprising an array of pixels fabricated using a microelectronic technology such as CMOS is disclosed. The imaging device provides information regarding rapid increases in incident radiation. The sensor is sensitive to a variable quantity to be imaged, such as visible or non-visible radiation, and a signal representative... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080106624 - Method of using a camera module: An image sensor package includes an image sensor, a window, and a molding, where the molding includes a lens holder extension portion extending upwards from the window. The lens holder extension portion includes a female threaded aperture extending from the window such that the window is exposed through the aperture.... Agent: Gunnison Mckay & Hodgson, LLP Garden West Office Plaza, Suite 220

20080106623 - Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging device is provided and includes: an imaging area including unit pixel row elements arranged in a two-dimensional array, each of the unit pixel row elements including a pixel row in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, a charge transfer path that transfers signal charges detected by... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080106625 - Multi image storage on sensor: An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels with each pixel having a photosensitive area that captures a sequence of at least two light exposures by accumulating photon-induced charge for each exposure; at least two charge storage areas each of which is associated respectively with one of the sequence of... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20080106627 - Imaging device, and control method for solid imaging element: An imaging device capable of suppressing the complexity of a constitution and reducing the dispersion of brightness sensitivities of individual solid imaging elements to the temperature includes a solid imaging elements a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature, and a temperature monitor for detecting the temperature of the solid imaging... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080106626 - Solid-state image pickup device and image pickup apparatus: A solid-state image pickup device includes a semiconductor substrate 11, a photoelectric-conversion sensor portion 13 formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 11, a pixel area including an effective pixel portion 31 and an optical black portion 32 and a low reflective film 21 with low reflectance of infrared... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080106629 - integrated display having multiple capture devices: An integrated imaging apparatus for displaying images while capturing images of a scene, including an electronic display having an array of display pixels which are used to display image content; a plurality of apertures are integrated within the display, wherein each of the apertures includes at least one partially transparent... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20080106630 - Camera system and camera: A camera system including a camera having an image displaying unit that displays various images and an external flash device that is connected to the camera when in use. To the camera is connectable either a first external flash device whose light emission amount is settable according to an operation... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080106628 - Integrated display and capture apparatus: An integrated imaging apparatus for displaying images while capturing images of a scene, including an electronic display having an array of display pixels which are used to display image content; at least one image capture device which captures an image, wherein the image capture device having at least an imaging... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20080106631 - Imaging unit: According to the present invention, an imaging unit, comprising an imaging device, an imaging device driver, and a signal-processing block, is provided. The imaging device has pixels which are arranged in a first direction. The pixels are alternately and repeatedly covered with N1 kinds of different color filters along the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080106632 - Camera device and method for making same: An exemplary camera device includes a holder, an image sensor, at least one optical element, and a barrel unit. The barrel unit includes a barrel and at least one lens received therein, and the barrel is threadedly coupled to the holder. The image sensor and the at least one optical... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080106633 - Electro-optic lens with integrated components for varying refractive properties: A lens system for dynamically collecting refractive error is disclosed, the lens system comprising: a lens having at least one electro-active element having a refractive property that is alterable, the lens being capable of being shaped to fit a housing without hindering performance of the electro-active element, a controller in... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080106634 - Multiple lens imaging apparatuses, and methods and programs for setting exposure of multiple lens imaging apparatuses: When an exposure value calculated according to a result of photometric measurement for predetermined main imaging units among a plurality of imaging units is used for setting exposure of the main imaging units and sub-imaging units other than the main imaging units, judgment is carried out as to whether an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080106635 - Optical mouse and image capture chip thereof: An optical mouse and image capture chip thereof. The image capture chip comprises an image sensor, a calculating logic circuit, and a refreshing logic circuit. The image sensor has a plurality of sensor units, capturing an image according to an exposure parameter to provide a plurality of exposure values. The... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20080106636 - Camera and method in a camera: The present invention relates to a method in a camera for determining a camera setting when using pulsed flash is provided. The camera comprises a source of light. The source of light is adapted to emit light to illuminate an object. The object is further illuminated by ambient light. The... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080106637 - Photographing apparatus and photographing method: A photographing apparatus including: an imaging unit for obtaining image data by imaging a subject; a light irradiation unit for irradiating light onto the subject when photographing; an eye detection unit for detecting a human or animal eye; and a light control unit for changing the irradiation condition of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080106638 - Internet media experience data compression scheme: A basic high-definition image is divided into tiles. Each of the tiles is analyzed to determine how it can be compressed. The tiles are both compressed and reduced in size according to the desired target, where the target is how many pixels are available on the screen of a device... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris

20080106639 - Video enhancement internet media experience in converting high definition formats to video formats: Image or video from a cell phone is processed to expand the image in a way to display it on a high definition video screen.... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris

20080106640 - Method of multiple stream formatting in a multimedia system: A method of multiple stream formatting in a multimedia system. An input media signal is simultaneously converted to a plurality of different media formats selected from a menu, and the different media formats are stored on a storage device. The method then includes retrieving one or more desired different formats... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20080106641 - Method for controlling display device: A method for controlling a display device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input video image having a plurality of active scan lines, controlling the display device to display a plurality of background scan lines on a first display area with a first scan line frequency, and controlling the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080106642 - Advanced deinterlacer for high-definition and standard-definition video: A motion adaptive video deinterlacer may process fields of video derived from frames of video. The deinterlacer may use multiple pixel motion engines to provide motion information about the pixels within each field. The output of the motion engines may be used to deinterlace the fields of video based on... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080106643 - Method and apparatus for video transmission over long distances using twisted pair cables: A system capable of transmitting and receiving high frequency video signals across various lengths of a twisted pair cable while maintaining video quality is presented. The system includes a transmitter and a receiver tandem coupled together over twisted pair cable. Each video component is mixed with a reference signal in... Agent: The Hecker Law Group

20080106644 - Broadcast receiving apparatus, tv set, and control method of broadcast receiving apparatus: There is provided a broadcast receiving apparatus having a broadcast receiving unit. The apparatus includes: an instruction receiving unit which receives a broadcasting type selection instruction or a channel number selection instruction, and a control unit which, when the instruction receiving unit receives the broadcasting type selection instruction, controls the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080106645 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. A system and a method for providing a plurality of screen configurations to provide at least one service on a physical display device. The method includes positioning a logic logical main screen in a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080106646 - System, apparatus, method, and computer program product for generating an on-screen display: Video processing systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for generating an OSD according to an OSD data set and a plurality of available colors are provided. The video processing apparatus comprises a control unit and a memory. The control unit is configured to determine whether the OSD data set... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20080106648 - Signal processing method and apparatus in digital broadcasting apparatus of wireless terminal: An apparatus and method for processing a digital broadcast signal are provided. The method includes cutting off a noise frequency of a received digital broadcast signal and low-noise amplifying the noise cut-off signal, limiting an amplitude of the low-noise amplified signal spectrum to an amplitude of the digital broadcast signal... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080106647 - Video-signal processing method, program of video-signal processing method, recording medium having recorded thereon program of video-signal processing method, and video-signal processing apparatus: A video-signal processing method for measuring a noise level of an input video signal includes the steps of detecting an intra-field or intra-frame feature for each region that, is set in the input video signal, the intra-field or intra-frame feature representing a noise level in the input video signal within... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080106649 - Burn-in control: A burn-in control method and video processor for executing the same. The video processor intelligently recognizes aspects of a video image that are likely to cause bum-in, and responsive to such recognition, modifies the video image to prevent uneven aging of the pixels. According to one aspect of the disclosure,... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080106650 - Filter configuration for a receiver of multiple broadcast standard signals: A filter arrangement for a receiver for multiple broadcast signals includes a first filter for receiving a broadcast signal from a tuner, a second filter coupled to an output of said first filter, said second filter having a variable bandwidth response, said second filter providing an output for a demodulator;... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080106651 - Method and system for an integrated vsb/qam/ntsc/oob plug-and-play dtv receiver: Systems and methods for processing signals in a communication system are disclosed and may include demodulating a wirelessly received inband signal and a wirelessly received out-of-band signal via a DTV receiver. One or more TV channels may be generated based on the demodulation of the wirelessly received inband signal and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080106652 - High-performance bipolar tuner solution systems and methods: A system for processing signals comprises a tuner and an input/output (IO) bus bridge, wherein the tuner and the IO bus bridge are formed at least in part on same semiconductor chip, and wherein at least a portion of logic on the chip is implemented in Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080106653 - spatial light modulator techniques for stage lighting: Spatial light modulator techniques for stage lighting. A first technique pieces together multiple spatial light modulator's or sectors within an existing spatial light modulator to form an overall area which is closer to being square. For example, to 16×9 spatial light modulators may be located next to one another to... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris

20080106654 - Audience scanning light projector and associated methods: A scanning laser system has a scan position controller to control an X-Y beam translator and a beam power controller to control a light source. A processor has accessible a table having a matrix of elements representing regions having spatial coordinates in at least two dimensions. A plurality of regions... Agent: Jacqueline E. Hartt, Ph.d Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20080100692 - Call control system and method for mobile communication: A call control system and method for mobile video telephony that enables an automatic call setup between a mobile video telephony terminal and a mobile audio-dedicated terminal is disclosed. A call control method for communication between mobile terminals having different capabilities includes receiving, at a called party terminal, a call... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080100693 - Method, system, and graphical user interface for making conference calls: A user interface for handling multiple calls includes displaying an image associated with a first party on a first call and an image associated with a second party on a second call. When one call is active and the other call is on hold, the image associated with the party... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/ Apple Computer Inc.

20080100694 - Distributed caching for multimedia conference calls: Techniques to perform distributed caching for multimedia conference calls are described. An apparatus may comprise a conferencing server and a frame management module. The conferencing server may receive a sequence of video frames from a sending client terminal and send the sequence of video frames to multiple receiving client terminals.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080100696 - Dynamic picture layout for video conferencing based on properties derived from received conferencing signals: A method and apparatus for conferencing dynamically determines composite image layout based on properties of received conferencing signals that include video signals and control signals. Video signals received from connected sites are processed to provide a composite video signal according to the defined composite image layout and the composite video... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080100697 - Methods and systems for producing seamless composite images without requiring overlap of source images: A method for color blending seamless composite images without requiring overlap of source images is disclosed. A plurality of source images is acquired from a plurality of imagers and is combined to produce a seamless composite image. Moreover, a first reference location is selected in a first source image and... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080100700 - Electronic endoscope: An electronic endoscope has a first signal-reading processor that successively reads image-pixel signals from an image sensor at regular intervals, and a moving-image signal processor that generates video signals on the basis of the image-pixel signals read according to the pixel mixing method. Further, the electronic endoscope has a second... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080100701 - Electronic endoscope: An electronic endoscope has a first signal-reading processor, a second signal-reading processor, and white-balance adjustment processor. The first signal-reading processor reads image-pixel signals from the image sensor in accordance with a first signal-reading method that obtains a moving image. The second signal-reading processor reads image-pixel signals from the image sensor... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080100702 - Electronic endoscope: An electronic endoscope has a first signal-reading processor, a second signal-reading processor, and a color-adjustment processor. The first signal-reading processor reads image-pixel signals from an image sensor in accordance with a first signal-reading method that obtains a moving image. The second signal-reading processor reads image-pixel signals from the image sensor... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080100699 - Endoscope system: An endoscope system, including a plurality of processor devices, each of which having a detachably attached endoscope, and a controller device, which is communicably connected with the plurality of processor devices, is provided. The controller device is capable of outputting at least one of an activating signal to activate at... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080100698 - Imaging apparatus: The present invention relates to a compact imaging apparatus. A memory in which one-line data is temporarily stored is provided between an analog processing system and a digital processing system. The analog processing system performs a series of processing from obtaining a pixel signal with an image pickup element to... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080100703 - Microscope system, observation method and observation program: It is possible to provide a microscope system, capable of constructing a wide vision and high definition microscope image without requiring a work by a pathologist, of reducing a storage capacity for recording and storing after a pathologist observing and/or determining a diagnosis, and of forming and displaying a wide... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080100695 - Product demonstration system and method: Conducting a video conference as part of the operation or demonstration of an appliance.... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20080100705 - Method and apparatus for notifying one or more networked surveillance cameras that another networked camera has begun recording: A method and apparatus for use in a surveillance system having a plurality of remotely located cameras that are in communication over a data network. The method includes the steps of: receiving a first message over the data network associated with a change in imaging status of a first camera;... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080100704 - Video surveillance system employing video primitives: A video surveillance system is set up, calibrated, tasked, and operated. The system extracts video primitives and extracts event occurrences from the video primitives using event discriminators. The system can undertake a response, such as an alarm, based on extracted event occurrences.... Agent: Venable LLP

20080100706 - Asset monitoring system using multiple imagers: Asset including an arrangement for monitoring objects in an interior of the asset includes at least first and second optical imagers for obtaining images of a common area of the interior and which are spaced apart from one another, and processing circuitry coupled to the first and second imagers and... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080100708 - System and method for obtaining consumer information: A consumer research system and method integrates video and other forms of media recording or transmission to collect consumer information. Selected consumers are provided with instructions and video equipment. Instructions may be presented as video instructions or booklet instructions or a combination thereof. The instructions explain how the consumers should... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20080100707 - Temporary surveillance system: A transportable surveillance system comprises a base configured to maintain the transportable surveillance system in an upright freestanding position and to substantially prevent movement of the base by hand. A camera is positioned above the base at a height sufficient to put the camera substantially out of reach of a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080100709 - Target moving object tracking device: A target moving object tracking device takes a time series of picture images of a target moving object, and track a movement of the moving object in the picture images for displaying an enlarged view of the moving object. The device includes a template memory storing a template image which... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080100710 - Image forming apparatus and control method therefor: Print settings changed in a direct printing-capable image forming apparatus are treated as either temporary changes or permanent changes depending on the state of the image forming apparatus when the print settings are changed. Specifically, print settings changed when the image forming apparatus is in a direct printing-executable state are... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080100713 - Camera module of an electronic device: A camera module installed on an electronic device is described. A main body is rotatably connected with the electronic device. An image sensing unit is disposed on the main body for obtaining images. A magnetic sensor is disposed on the main body. A magnet is disposed on the electronic device.... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080100712 - Camera with integrated wireless interface: In one or more embodiments taught herein, a camera comprises a camera body, a flip-out display member coupled to the camera body, and a wireless interface module and one or more associated antennas incorporated into the flip-out display member. The wireless interface module may be integrated within the flip-out display... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20080100711 - Integrated multiple imaging device: In some embodiments, an imaging system can include a first imaging device and a second imaging device. The first imaging device can be configured to capture a first image from a first image path. The first imaging device can include a first optical element and a first housing. The second... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20080100714 - Method and apparatus for processing images using black character substitution: An image correction section in an image processing section performs a resolution-enhancing process for an input R signal from a RED photodiode array 9R1, an input G signal from a GREEN photodiode array 9G1 and an input B signal from a BLUE photodiode array 9B1, using an input K signal... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080100715 - Image-stabilization driving device: Disclosed is an image-stabilization driving device including a first sliding member connected to an image sensor; a first piezoelectrical element for driving the first sliding member to move linearly along a first direction; a second sliding member connected to the first piezoelectrical element; and a second piezoelectrical element for driving... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080100716 - Estimating a point spread function of a blurred digital image using gyro data: Methods for estimating a point spread function of a blurred digital image. One example method includes capturing gyro data during an image exposure time, deriving gyro samples from the gyro data at predetermined gyro sampling times, calculating a motion vector field of the image at each gyro sampling time, approximating... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080100717 - Method and apparatus for taking a moving picture: A method and apparatus for taking a moving picture and stabilizing the image of the moving picture to reduce the effect caused by shaking of the apparatus. The method and apparatus perform the operations of extracting an edge image of a kth image that is input into the apparatus, extracting... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080100718 - Wireless adapter for a digital camera: A wireless adapter for a digital camera enables communications between the digital camera and remote devices over a wireless network. The wireless adapter comprises a wireless interface for communicating with remote devices, a housing for enclosing said wireless interface, a mechanical connector on said housing to mechanically connect the wireless... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20080100719 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a host, a microphone module, a first camera module, a second camera module, a driving module and a control module. The microphone module is connected to the host. The first camera module and the second camera module are respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080100720 - Cutout effect for digital photographs: Systems and methods are disclosed for applying cutout effects to digital images. An exemplary method of applying a photo effect to either a subject or a background in a digital image on a camera may comprise subtracting a first image of both the background and the subject from a second... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080100721 - Method of detecting specific object region and digital camera: A digital still camera for photographing an image of an object is provided. A motion vector detector acquires a change of a position of the object in the image between a first picture frame and a previous picture frame recorded prior thereto. A normalizer normalizes the previous picture frame according... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080100723 - White balance adjustment method for a digital image capturing device: A white balance adjustment method for a digital image capturing device is disclosed. The white balance adjustment method comprises the steps of: setting a color temperature estimation area; capturing an image with the digital image capturing device; choosing one or more analysis blocks from the image; determining whether values of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080100722 - White balance correction including indicative white color determination based on regions in a divided image: An entered image is divided into a plurality of blocks and it is determined, on a per-block basis, whether the image data within an applicable block is indicative of the color white, based upon a condition, from among a plurality of conditions, that conforms to the position of each block... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080100724 - Image processing device and imaging device: A gain adjustment processor generates first gain-adjusted image data by executing a first gain adjustment suitable for display processing to image data, and further generates second gain-adjusted image data by executing a second gain adjustment suitable for detection of a particular region in the image data to the image data... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080100725 - Circuits for enhancing yield and performance of cmos imaging sensors: A system for replacing a defective pixels in a pixel array is presented. The system includes means for identifying a defective pixel in the pixel array, means for generating a code including information corresponding to the defective pixel row and column; means for decoding the information;, and means for generating... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080100726 - Blemish repair tool for digital photographs in a camera: Systems and methods for implementing a blemish repair tool for digital photographs in a camera are disclosed. An exemplary method of repairing a blemish in a digital image on a camera may comprise selecting at least one candidate region including a blemish in the digital image. The method may also... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080100727 - Defect pixel, correction circuit, image processing system using the same, and defect pixel, correcting method: A defect pixel correction circuit that can easily determine a defect of an image sensor that has the defect that ranges to one direction and replace with the correcting pixel is provided. The defect pixel correction circuit 1 includes: a defect pixel determination unit 10 configured to determine whether a... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080100728 - Image sensing apparatus and correction method: An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensor provided with a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric converter that receives light from an object and converts the received light to a signal, a semiconductor region to which the signal from the photoelectric converter is transferred, a transfer unit that... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080100729 - Gamma-correction circuit for graphic signals: The present invention provides a gamma-correction circuit, which is capable to decrease the noise in graphic signal or make the noise not clearly sensible while carrying out gamma-correction on the graphic signals. In the circuit, a high-pass filter is used to decrease the noise in a graphic signal, a gamma-correction... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080100731 - System and method for producing and displaying images: A system for producing and displaying images of a person is described. The system includes sets of cameras for capturing camera information to form K images of the person from more than one perspective. The system also includes a multi-screen display system for showing images of the person from the... Agent: Mass Engineered Design Inc.

20080100730 - Imaging apparatus and control method thereof: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a first image generating unit configured to generate a still image having one frame based on two field images obtained by light exposure at the same timing, a second image generating unit configured to generate a still image having one frame based on... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080100732 - Optical device module, fabrication method thereof, optical device unit and fabrication method thereof: One end of a flexible substrate is connected to a solid-state image sensing device and the other end constitutes an external connection part in which external lead-out electrodes are provided. A plurality of electronic components are mounted on a mounting part of the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate is bent... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080100733 - Imager apparatus, driving method, and camera: In an XY address type solid-state imager apparatus comprising a solid-state imager having a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged, and horizontal and vertical scanning circuits to read signals of the pixels, the scanning circuits each have a progressive scanning circuit to progressively read pixel signals by a first scanning control... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080100734 - Imager apparatus, driving method, and camera: In an XY address type solid-state imager apparatus comprising a solid-state imager having a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged, and horizontal and vertical scanning circuits to read signals of the pixels, the scanning circuits each have a progressive scanning circuit to progressively read pixel signals by a first scanning control... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080100735 - Image sensor, camera module having the same, and mobile terminal having the same: Provided is a mobile terminal comprises a camera module including an image sensor having a two-dimensional pixel array in which the number of pixels in a row direction is equal to the number of pixels in a column direction; an image processing unit that converts an electrical signal output from... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080100736 - Image sensing apparatus and control method therefor: An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing unit that performs image sensing by converting incoming light into electrical signals, a control unit that controls driving of the image sensing unit so as to read out the electrical signals by each area of a plurality of areas of the image... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080100737 - Aberration compensation system for digital camera and method therefor: An aberration compensation system for digital camera and a method therefor are provided, wherein the system includes an optical lens, an axial moving mechanism, a photosensitive element, and an image unit. The photosensitive element is loaded on the axial moving mechanism, and generates a first and a second image at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080100738 - Focus detection device and accumulation control method of focus detection device: A focus detection device having a pair of light receiving sections (a first and second light receiving sections) which receive subject images observed from different view fields having parallax to accumulate charges is disclosed. The accumulation of the charges in the pair of light receiving sections is ended selectably based... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080100739 - Display with disc player: A display has a housing with a front side having a display panel, and an opposing rear side including a recess. A disc player is received in the recess. Hooks and cooperating lips, together with fasteners, connect the disc player to the display. A sector-shaped window in the housing cooperates... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080100740 - Methods and apparatuses for adjusting digital video signals: Methods for adjusting digital video signals, performed by an image generating device of a portable media player, are disclosed. A first signal adjustment unit reduces a resolution of a video frame to generate a reduced video frame by alternately dropping half of the scan lines of the video frame, and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080100742 - Automatic format identification of analog video input signals: In a method of automatically identifying a format of a video signal, where the video signal includes HSync pulses, VSync pulses, and video display data, the video signal is received, information about timing and width characteristics of the HSync pulses and the VSync pulses is extracted from the video signal,... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/o Intellevate

20080100741 - Image processing device: An image processing device includes a car navigation processing unit 12 for processing a WQVGA signal, a TV receiving processing unit 15 for processing an NTSC signal, and an image resolution converting unit 17 which carries out an image resolution conversion of the NTSC signal from the TV receiving processing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080100743 - Display device and method of improving flicker of image: A display device includes a scene conversion detecting module to detect whether a scene is converted in an input image, and a brightness compensating module to determine an image category of the input image when a scene conversion is generated in the input image, and compensating for the brightness of... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080100744 - Method and apparatus for motion adaptive deinterlacing: A deinterlacing method and apparatus for converting an interlaced format into a progressive format are provided. The deinterlacing method includes receiving a plurality of interlaced video fields; extracting a previous video field having a same field identifier as a currently input video field from the interlaced video fields; detecting motion... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080100745 - Pull-down signal detecting apparatus, pull-down signal detecting method, and video-signal converting apparatus: An inter-field pull-down pattern detecting circuit determines whether an input video signal is a first pull-down signal or a second pull-down signal, on the basis of input plug information and a pattern of the consecutive inter-field correlation levels, obtained from an inter-field correlation determination circuit. A counter counts the number... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080100746 - Tv capture unit and information processing apparatus: According to one embodiment, a TV capture unit includes a wiring board. a first device provided with a first TV tuner and a second device provided with a second TV tuner are mounted on the wiring board. The wiring board includes terminals which are provided in correspondence to pins of... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080100747 - Voice-controlled tv set: A voice-controlled TV set comprises a storage device, a voice controller, and a processor. The storage device is used to store a plurality of application programs, which is utilized to execute the various functions of the TV set; the voice controller is used to receive the voice of the user,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080100748 - Method and device for fast and effective noise reduction: The present invention relates to the field of noise reduction. The invention especially relates to a filter for temporal domain noise reduction and to a method, a device and a computer software for temporal domain noise reduction of image sequences. The filter for temporal domain noise reduction is operable to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080100749 - Image processing device capable of performing retinex process at high speed: A storage portion stores, in association with first pixel values, table values including either gamma-corrected values obtained by performing gamma correction on the first pixel values using a predetermined reflectance component or second pixel values calculated based both on the gamma-corrected values and on the first pixel values. A pixel-value... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080100750 - Method for detecting interlaced material and field order: A (50) method and apparatus (110) for determining a scanning format of a frame of a video signal determines (52) if any interfield motion exists within the frame; and indicates (53) that the frame is interlaced scanned if interfield motion is detected and indicates (54) that the frame is progressive... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080100751 - Reception module, reception apparatus and television receiver: A reception apparatus (3) which can realize a compact size thereof includes: a tuner circuit portion (5); a digital demodulating portion (6) that converts a signal from the tuner circuit portion into a digital signal; and a digital circuit portion (7) that converts a digital signal from the digital demodulating... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080100752 - Channel detecting method for digital broadcast and receiver using the same: A channel detecting method executes a process for instructing a broadcast wave scan start, a process for performing tuning control, a process for starting initialization/operation of an OFDM demodulation section and starting the counting of a synchronous establishment timer unit, a process for determining that broadcasting is being conducted, a... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080100753 - Single down-conversion television tuner: A television tuner employs a single down-conversion architecture to translate VHF/UHF TV signals to various standard IF frequencies. The television tuner includes a harmonic rejection and quadrature mixer and a quadrature mixer. The harmonic rejection and quadrature mixer mixes a first-band signal with a reference signal to output a first... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080100754 - Television tuner with double quadrature mixing architecture: A television tuner employs a double quadrature mixing architecture to frequency-translate VHF/UHF TV signals to various standard IF frequencies. In the television tuner, a quadrature mixer converts the input television signal into a first in-phase signal and a first quadrature-phase signal according to a first reference signal, and a double... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080100755 - Triple-conversion television tuner: A television tuner employs a triple-conversion architecture to translate VHF/UHF TV signals to various standard IF frequencies. The television tuner includes a harmonic rejection mixer, a first image rejection mixer and a second image rejection mixer. The television tuner receives a television signal. The harmonic rejection mixer up-converts the television... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080100756 - Method and system for producing full motion media to display on a spherical surface: A method and system for producing full motion media for display on a spherical surface is described. The method may include selecting a subject of full motion media for display on a spherical surface. The method may the include capturing the selected subject as full motion media (e.g., full motion... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080100757 - Liquid crystal television receiver and liquid crystal display device: The liquid crystal television receiver comprises an inverter circuit 28, transistors Q14, Q13, and a microcomputer 22. The inverter circuit 28 includes resistors R5, R6, R7, R8 determining the value of a tube current that is supplied to cold cathode fluorescent tubes of a backlight 26, and supplies to the... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20080094466 - Target use video limit notification on wireless communication device: A method and system for informing a user of a wireless communication device about conformance of a video sequence captured by the user with a target use for the video sequence. In one aspect, a wireless communication device comprises a video capture system, a user interface and a processor communicatively... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.

20080094467 - Video telephony apparatus and signal transmitting/receiving method for mobile terminal: A video telephony apparatus and signal transmitting/receiving method for a mobile terminal are disclosed. The video telephony apparatus includes: a radio frequency unit for establishing a video call connection; an audio processor for collecting and reproducing an audio signal including a voice signal; a caption generator for converting the voice... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080094468 - Method for displaying stereoscopic image and display system thereof: The invention discloses a method and system thereof for displaying a stereoscopic image including left-eye image data and right-eye image data. The invention utilizes persistence of vision to process the stereoscopic image based on display frequency, such that different images can be displayed at different time but on the same... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080094469 - Circuitry testing method and circuitry testing device: A circuitry testing method, comprising: providing a circuit board needing testing; applying a potential(160) to the circuit board needing testing so that the circuit board works and operating elements of the circuit board needing testing emit infrared rays; testing an intensity of radiation of the infrared rays using an infrared... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080094470 - Surveillance security system and method: A surveillance security system is used for selectively storing motion image data of an object to be detected. The surveillance security system includes an image-capturing device for capturing images from an object; a memory module for storing the image data; and a controller for controlling a storage process of the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080094471 - Image processor for vehicles: A camera [[17]] captures an image by applying for every frame camera control values that are computed for a white line detection, and captures the image by applying for every frame camera control values that are computed for a three-dimensional object detection. The captured frame is transmitted to a stereo... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080094472 - Method for analyzing the motion of a person during an activity: A method is disclosed for analyzing with a computer (1) the motion of an athlete (3), of a team or a patient during an activity, said method comprising the steps of defining a number of unevenly time-spaced key positions in said motion, said key positions being of particular interest for... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080094473 - Weapon sight assembly and weapon system including same: A weapon sight assembly, comprising: a platform for mounting the weapon sight assembly on a weapon; a weapon sight carried by said platform to facilitate orienting the weapon in alignment with a target in a field of view; a video camera carried by the platform for generating and outputting video... Agent: Martin Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080094474 - Calibration methods and apparatus for digital cameras: Digital cameras are calibrated so that detailed highlights and shadows in scenes being photographed are reproduced in digital images of those scenes by calibrating holographic data obtained from target images at those scenes. In one embodiment the target image is obtained from an actual target having black and white, and... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20080094475 - Measuring instrument for measuring video signal level and display device for displaying video signal level: A measuring instrument 50 comprises: a) means which is fed with a video output signal, and performs RGB processing on the video output signal to generate graphic data; b) means for measuring a video signal level in the graphic data, and generating video signal level data; and c) means for... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080094476 - System and method of high-speed image-cued triggering: A high-speed digital camera system and method for processing high-speed image data is claimed. The method comprises generating images with at least 3×105 pixels at greater than 60 frames-per-second with an image sensor, downloading an image; defining an area of interest in the downloaded image comprising a plurality of adjacent... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C.

20080094477 - Webcam with a wire control device: The wire control device has at least one operation button; the operation button could be a shooting button, a network visual controlling button, or an image adjusting button. The wire control device is used to let the user operate the button direction and control the digital image processing with the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080094478 - Image capture and display devices, methods, and computer readable media: An image capture device according to the present invention includes: an image capture unit that captures an image; a focus control unit that controls a to-be-focused position of the capture unit; a display unit that displays the image; an area specifying unit that specifies a specific area within the image,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094479 - Determination of state of digital imaging device: A method comprises determining whether a digital imaging device is in a stable state or an unstable state and causing an event to be performed upon the digital imaging device transitioning from the unstable state to the stable state. The method also comprises precluding the event from being performed while... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080094480 - Image processing system and method for improving repeatability: Embodiments of the invention relate to a dome camera assembly that is able to ensure repeatability. The dome camera assembly includes a nonvolatile storage mechanism including a stored video image and a corresponding stored camera position. The assembly may further include an image capturing device for capturing a current video... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080094481 - Intelligent multiple exposure: In one embodiment, an apparatus creates a multiple exposure image from two or more frames of pixels. The apparatus includes a first memory to store pixels of a first frame and a comparing unit. The comparing unit, for pixels of a second frame, compares at least one parameter with a... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080094482 - Image processing device, image processing method, recording medium, and program: An image acquisition unit acquires multiple image data sets of pixels in array, having subject distortion due to focal plane shutter effects, corresponding to images taken at continuous exposure timings; a coefficient storage unit stores coefficients, determined by which number-in-order of multiple images that the image data set corresponds to,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080094483 - In-pixel ktc noise suppression using circuit techniques: A circuit and method for reducing kTC noise in CMOS imagers while minimizing power dissipation is disclosed. Correlated double sampling (CDS) is performed within each pixel such that the reset voltage and the integration voltage are sampled and stored within the pixel until the voltages are forwarded to a differential... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080094484 - Image capture methods and systems: Image capture methods and systems. First image data with an environmental light source is captured, and second image data with a pre-flash light source of a strobe is captured. During image capture, each pixel therein is respectively performed with a white balance adjustment according to the first and the second... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080094485 - Imaging pickup apparatus, image pickup method, image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program: An image pickup apparatus includes a color component acquiring unit that acquires picked-up-image color-component signals representing color components of a picked-up image, a face detecting unit that detects a face, a skin-color-region color-component acquiring unit that, when the picked-up image includes a face, acquires skin-color-region color-component signals based on a... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080094486 - Method and system of generating high dynamic range image corresponding to specific scene: A method of generating a high dynamic range image corresponding to a specific scene. The method includes shooting a specific scene to generate a base image; selecting a bright area and a dark area from the base image; determining base luminance according to the base image; shooting the specific scene... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080094487 - Moving image recording/playback device: A moving image recording/playback device records a moving image of a subject. In the case of recording, the moving image recording/playback device sequentially outputs a plurality of image frames that constitute the moving image at a predetermined frame rate and, of the plurality of image frames, wholly records image frames... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080094488 - Image taking apparatus: An aspect of the present invention provides an image taking apparatus, comprising: a solid-state image sensor; and a taking lens including a lens barrel that houses a lens disposed in front of the solid-state image sensor, wherein a shielding member that blocks an electromagnetic wave radiated from the front surface... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094489 - Solid-state image pickup device and image pickup apparatus: A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, each having a photoelectric converter; a signal conversion circuit converting a pixel signal from the pixel array into an output signal; and a clamp correction circuit correcting a clamp level included in a predetermined signal dealt... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080094490 - Electronic imaging system with adjusted dark floor correction: An image sensor includes an array of pixels used in capturing images. First dark floor values are captured at a first time from substantially all of the pixels in the array. Contemporary dark floor values are captured at a second time from substantially all of the pixels in the array,... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20080094491 - Image processing apparatus and method: The invention discloses an image processing apparatus and method. The method of the invention first splits the image into a green color plane, a red color plane and a blue color plane. Afterward, each one of the green color plane, the red color plane and the blue color plane is... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080094492 - Image defect correction apparatus, image defect correction method, and program therefor: An image defect correction apparatus capable of satisfactorily correcting a white vertical line caused by point defects on the same vertical CCD. A first correction value is determined from a difference between an average value of luminance signals obtained by a vertical CCD including one or more point defects and... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080094493 - Imaging apparatus: To reliably obtain a captured image expected by a user, such as an image precisely showing the shades of a blue sky or a flower, or an image captured under flat illumination and having high contrast, an apparatus comprises an aperture, shutter, CCD, and an AGC, and applies gamma correction... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20080094494 - Apparatus and method for cds and adc with multiple samplings in image sensor: For analog to digital conversion with correlated double sampling in an image sensor, a pixel signal from a given pixel is sampled to generate a respective sampled signal N-times, with N>1 within a horizontal scan time period. A ramp signal is generated with a respective ramping portion for each respective... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20080094495 - Solid-state image capturing device, method for driving the solid-state image capturing device, and electronic information device: A solid-state image capturing device according to the present invention includes: a plurality of light receiving sections, arranged in a matrix in an image capturing region, for photoelectrically converting received light into signal electrical charges; signal readout sections for reading out the signal electrical charges from the light receiving sections;... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080094496 - Mobile communication terminal: A camera equipped mobile communication terminal is used in an image recording mode during which a camera view is displayed. A guiding pattern is displayed in a viewfinder mode such that it facilitates for a user to adjust the camera view. Detection is made that the camera view is in... Agent: Perman & Green

20080094497 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus configured so that, when the lens unit is mounted in one-touch on the module unit, the conical outer circumferential surface of a tip-end part of a lens press-fitting part is in close contact with the inner circumferential surface of the conical concave part of the holder to... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20080094498 - Imaging apparatus and imaging control method: The imaging apparatus includes an image sensor for obtaining a picture image from an optical image that is projected to the image sensor through an optical system, an image moving portion for moving the optical image on the image sensor, a motion detecting portion for detecting a movement on the... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20080094499 - Imaging apparatus, data recording method and data-display control method, and computer program: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to execute processing to capture an image; a GPS (Global Positioning System) device configured to execute position calculation processing based on data received from a satellite; a power-supply control unit configured to control power supply to the GPS device; an apparatus control... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080094500 - Frame filter: One or more streams of image frames are filtered and restored using filtering and restoration patterns, respectively.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080094501 - Reduced memory and bandwidth motion adaptive video deinterlacing: A method for motion adaptive video deinterlacing is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) in a first plurality among a plurality of modes, generating a frame by deinterlacing a current field using a plurality of memory bandwidth configurations and (B) in a second plurality among the modes,... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080094502 - Method and apparatus for providing a picture cropping function: A method and apparatus for providing a picture cropping function enables users to crop pictures in a convenient and direct manner using discrete navigation keys of a user input device. According to an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a first processor operative to provide at least one of an audio... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080094503 - Method and apparatus for restrainng erroneous image colors: A method and related apparatus for restraining erroneous image colors are provided for correcting pixel values of three sequential image fields of a video data while de-interlacing the video data. The method is utilized to correct the video data by detecting whether penetrations from luminance signals into chrominance signals or... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080094504 - Field balancing device and method: A field balancing device for balancing the lightness/color of top fields and bottom fields of an interlaced signal includes: a detection circuit for detecting a lightness/color difference between at least one portion of at least one top field of the interlaced signal and at least one portion of at least... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080094505 - Reduced memory and bandwidth motion adaptive video deinterlacing: A method for reduced memory and bandwidth motion adaptive video deinterlacing is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a frame by deinterlacing a current field in a first of a plurality of modes, (B) generating the frame by deinterlacing using both of the current field and... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080094506 - Graphics display system with anti-flutter filtering and vertical scaling feature: A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, and graphics input. The chip includes a single polyphase filter that preferably provides both anti-flutter filtering and scaling of graphics. Anti-flutter filtering may help... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080094507 - Signal detection device and methods thereof: A device for detecting synchronization pulses in a video signal is disclosed. The device includes a transistor. The base-emitter voltage of the transistor is maintained below a threshold level in response to receiving active video information. The base-emitter voltage is increased above the threshold level in response to receiving synchronization... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080094509 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus and method for providing multiple screens are provided. The apparatus includes a digital signal processing module which confirms whether a focus request regarding a first region on a screen has been issued, and an operational module which operates the application on the screen based on the confirmed result,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094510 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens is provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens is capable of connecting a plurality of screens to a plurality of output ports so as to dynamically configure the plurality of screens which provide multiple contents on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094511 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens is provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens is capable of connecting a plurality of screens to a plurality of output ports so as to dynamically configure the plurality of screens which provide multiple contents on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094512 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus includes a digital signal processing module which receives at least one of video information, audio information, and data information and rectories a plurality of services based on the at least one of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094508 - Apparatus for providing mutliple screens and method of dynamically configuring: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus includes a digital signal processing module receiving at least one of video information, audio information, and data information and restoring a plurality of services based on the at least one of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094513 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The method of dynamically configuring multiple screens includes generating a plurality of logical screens; associating a service context with a first logical screen selected from the generated logical screens; and moving the service context... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094514 - Method for controlling electronic apparatus: A method is provided for enabling users to control an electronic apparatus such as a television signal receiver, multimedia device, and/or other device in an easy and convenient manner using a single key of a user input device. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method includes steps of enabling each... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080094515 - Dominant color extraction for ambient light derived from video content mapped thorugh unrendered color space: Extracting and processing video content encoded in a rendered color space to be emulated by an ambient light source, comprising extracting dominant color information from a video signal and transforming the color information through unrendered color space using tristimulus primary matrices to form a second rendered color space for ambient... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080094516 - Digital image processing method for analog transmission network, and camera apparatus, image processing apparatus and image processing system therefor: A camera apparatus having a digital image processing function for an analog transmission network is provided. The camera apparatus divides each of frames of first resolution digital image data into N equal regions, converting each frame of the digital image data into N fields by interlacing the regions in order... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080094517 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes a hue specifying unit, a pixel extracting unit and a luminance data converting unit. The hue specifying unit generates hue specification information that specifies a hue to be converted on a basis of a user operation. The pixel extracting unit extracts pixels having a hue... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080094518 - System and method for controlling tv display lamp brightness: The remote control signal receiver of a TV sends not only user-generated commands to the TV processor but also, when no commands are sensed, an ambient light signal that can be used to adjust the brightness of the TV.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080094519 - System and method for using partial interpolation to undertake 3d gamma adjustment of microdisplay having dynamic iris control: In a microdisplay TV with dynamic iris control, interpolation is used to undertake 3D gamma adjustment of the display for intermediate brightness levels.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080094520 - Simplified switch over between content related media streams: The invention relates to methods, devices and computer program codes for enabling simple seamless switch over between content related media streams, selecting a switching scheme and performing simplified switch over between such streams, as well as a set of media signals. The media streams (TS1, TS2, TSN) have access units... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080094521 - Systems and methods for automated channel updating: A method for automated channel updating is provided. In step (a), a frequency carrying channel data is detected. In step (b), it is d