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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180209 | Determining camera activity from a steadiness signal A method of identifying the activity of a camera used for capturing an image or video, such activity not being related to the activity of subjects of the scene being captured includes determining a steadiness signal related to movement of the camera while capturing ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180208 | Identifying a photographer A method of identifying a photographer includes determining a steadiness signal related to movement of a camera held by a first photographer while capturing an image or video, wherein the steadiness signal identifies the motion of the camera in at least two dimensio... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179466 | Capture of video with motion-speed determination and variable capture rate A method of capturing a video of a scene depending on the speed of motion in the scene, includes capturing a video of the scene; determining the relative speed of motion within a first region of the video of the scene with respect to the speed of motion within a sec... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179445 | Providing improved high resolution image A method for producing an improved high resolution image is disclosed including capturing low resolution images and a high resolution image; combining the low resolution images to provide an aggregate low resolution image; reducing the resolution of the high resolut... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177367 | 2D/3D switchable color display apparatus with narrow band emitters A 2D/3D switchable display system having a selector for selecting a two-dimensional (2D) or a three-dimensional (3D) image processing path; a first processor for processing image data through the two-dimensional image processing path; a second processor, independent... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176144 | Pseudo real time indexing of digital media files The present disclosure relates to a digital media files and technique for pseudo real time indexing of digital media files. The technique includes capturing at least one digital media file using a network enabled image capture device, connecting the network enabled ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174555 | Portable video communication system A method and device for adapting a display image on a hand-held portable wireless display and digital capture device. The device includes a camera for capturing a digital video and/or still image of a user, means for adjusting the captured digital image in response ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8159591 | Apparatus and method for capturing and viewing images A dual sided viewing panel and a method of capturing and displaying images, is disclosed. The dual sided viewing panel includes a first viewing panel and a second viewing panel. The first and second viewing panels are controllable by a control device to capture an i... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154582 | Display device with capture capabilities An image capture and display device is described. The device includes a liquid crystal display panel, which can switch between two states, a display state and the capture state. Wherein at least a portion of the display and a switchable diffuser become transparent i... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154572 | Adjusting the calibration of an imaging system The calibration of an imaging system is adjusted for geometric distortion of an image formed by a group of imaging channels on a media supported on a media support. The media support includes a plurality of individually spaced reference features disposed on a surfac... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154485 | Display element A display element comprising a single layer of porous material and a discrete drop of liquid. Application of a voltage between the liquid and the layer causes movement of the liquid and consequential optical changes to the element. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150807 | Image storage system, device and method An image sharing system, an image sharing device and a method for operating a plurality of image sharing devices are provided. Each image sharing device has a memory with image content files stored therein and a communication system to provide an image sharing syste... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150098 | Grouping images by location A method of grouping images captured in a common location, including receiving a collection of images; classifying the images into a set of events, where each image in the collection belongs to no more than one event; analyzing background region(s) of images from ea... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139126 | Digital video system for assembling video sequences An image processing system (10) obtains image sequences and assembles a presentation therefrom. The system has a camera (12) for capturing image sequences, a random-access electronic memory (16) for temporary storage of the image sequences, an i... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8122356 | Method for image animation using image value rules A method for image presentation are provided, in which at least one theme for image presentation is obtained; at least one set of images is acquired for presentation in association with each theme; and a presentation area image is generated for presentation on a dis... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117210 | Sampling image records from a collection based on a change metric An image-record subject is identified for a plurality of image records in an image collection. Then, a sampling change-metric related to a changing characteristic of the image-record subject is identified, and sampling of at least a portion of the image collection o... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116596 | Recognizing image environment from image and position A method of recognizing the environment of an image from an image and position information associated with the image includes acquiring the image and its associated position information; using the position information to acquire an aerial image correlated to the pos... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8098403 | Color error diffusion with error signal offset A method for multi-toning an input digital image having input pixels with two or more color channels to form an output digital image having modified output levels. The method includes determining modified output levels using a combined error signal formed from inter... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094838 | Voice command of audio emitting device A method of extracting a voice command produced in an enclosed or partially enclosed environment, includes providing an impulse response signal of the enclosed or partially enclosed environment; recording the voice command and ambient sounds; and using the impulse r... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087054 | Automated event content processing method and system A method for organizing event content in the form of electronic signals is provided. In accordance with this method an event profile is determined. The event content is obtained and the event content is organized based upon the event profile. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085436 | Digital printing using similar colorants A method for printing an input digital image using a digital printer having a set of colorants with substantially the same color but different densities, including a sequence of node points where each of the two or more colorants are either at their maximum or minim... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073318 | Determining scene distance in digital camera images A method for producing a distance map of scene distance values for a digital image captured by a digital camera includes capturing a first digital image of a scene under a first illumination condition, wherein the first digital image includes a plurality of pixels a... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8062220 | Monitoring physiological conditions A method for unobtrusive screening the well-being of a person using a plurality of sensing devices, including detecting the presence of a person; identifying and tracking the person; using sensing devices, which includes at least one camera, to unobtrusively sense o... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8038615 | Inferring wellness from physiological conditions data A method for inferring the physiological condition an individual using a physiological monitoring system including providing a set of personal data regarding the individual, the personal data including wellness parameter data or semantic data or both, wherein the we... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036467 | Method for creating and using affective information in a digital imaging system An image file for storing a still digital image and metadata related to the still digital image, the image file including digital image data representing the still digital image, and metadata that categorizes the still digital image as an important digital image, wh... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036417 | Finding orientation and date of hardcopy medium A method of determining the image capture date of scanned hardcopy medium, includes scanning hardcopy medium that includes at least one index print(s) to produce scanned digital images; detecting one or more index prints from among the scanned digital images; identi... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031775 | Analyzing camera captured video for key frames In order to analyze a digital video clip to determine candidate frames for subsequent key frame selection, a camera motion sensor is provided in the camera so that information is provided during image capture regarding camera motion including translation of the scen... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029139 | 2D/3D switchable color display apparatus with narrow band emitters A 2D/3D switchable display system having a selector for selecting a two-dimensional (2D) or a three-dimensional (3D) image processing path; a first processor for processing image data through the two-dimensional image processing path; a second processor, independent... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024343 | Identifying unique objects in multiple image collections A method of identifying images containing a unique object found in at least two separate image collections of different users comprising identifying the unique object and providing features for the unique object; at least one user identifying at least two separate i... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024311 | Identifying media assets from contextual information Contextual information is received, and a chosen event is identified based at least upon an analysis of the contextual information. A set of media assets is then identified based at least upon an analysis of the identified event. At least some of the contextual info... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018623 | Multi-level halftoning providing reduced error diffusion artifacts A method for multi-level error diffusion halftoning an input digital image to form an output digital image with reduced error diffusion texture contouring artifacts which includes modifying the input pixel values for a fraction of the input pixels using a periodic d... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7995116 | Varying camera self-determination based on subject motion In a method and digital camera, an initial set of evaluation images are captured. A plurality of characteristics of the initial set of evaluation images are assessed to provide a first assessment. The characteristics include subject motion between the initial set of... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7986336 | Image capture apparatus with indicator An integrated image capture apparatus for use in a two-way communication with a remote display, includes an image capture device for capturing still or video images including a system for sending the captured still or video images to the remote display and for recei... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982916 | Color error diffusion with error signal offset A method for multi-toning an input digital image having input pixels with two or more color channels to form an output digital image having modified output levels. The method includes determining modified output levels using a combined error signal formed from inter... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982909 | Method for automatically generating a dynamic digital metadata record from digitized hardcopy media The present disclosure relates to automatically generating a dynamic set of metadata from digitized hardcopy media. The technique includes scanning the image side and non-image side of a plurality of hardcopy media. A dynamic digital metadata record of each of the p... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978918 | Digital image cropping using a blended map An improved method for cropping a main subject from a digital image is disclosed. A skin color map and face map are independently computed and then blended to produce a revised map. A region map is computed by segmenting the digital image into a plurality of regions... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975227 | System and method for generating a work of communication with supplemental context A system for selecting, managing, sharing and displaying content data files in a manner that takes into the account the contextual significance of said content data files to a narrative, an author(s) and an audience. A system that is able to place an absolute and re... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7975226 | Determining presentation effects for a sequence of digital content records Various embodiments of the present invention pertain to determining presentation effects for a sequence of digital content records based at least upon a comparison of environmental conditions in which the digital content records were captured. Examples of such envir... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972266 | Image data normalization for a monitoring system A method for providing normalized physiological monitoring data of an individual with a measure of the quality of the normalization, including providing a reference feature based on a physiological attribute of the individual for which an attribute value can be dete... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7953690 | Discovering social relationships from personal photo collections A method of categorizing the relationship of individuals from a collection of photos taken in multiple sets of events includes: searching the photo collection to identify individuals in the photo collection, determining the gender and age range of the identified ind... | 05/31/2011 |
