Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120069202 | CAMERA MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND NETWORK CAMERA SYSTEM The present invention is based upon a camera management device coupled to a network camera via a network and the camera management device is provided with an image receiving unit that receives image data projected by the network camera and including control information ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120039537 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR WORKFLOW PARTICIPATION OF AN IMAGING DEVICE A method, apparatus, and system for communicating between an apparatus hosting a workflow application and an imaging device, the system including a state engine configured to read and extract data from a first message received from the imaging device, to communicate wit... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120013751 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF OPERATION MODE THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit, a processing unit, a register unit, and at least one triggering unit. The image capturing unit is used for capturing image data; the processing unit is electrically connected to the image capturing unit and is ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110317022 | Method and apparatus for live capture image-live streaming camera A live image transferring method includes the steps of capturing live image information by one or more live image devices, wherein the live image information is captured in raw format and is continuously transferred to one or more platforms in a live manner; cloning the... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110292225 | Device, imaging apparatus, imaging system, method for controlling device, and program A device includes: an interface for performing communication with an apparatus to which the device is connected; and a supplying section that supplies support information, for notifying functions supported and controlled by the apparatus based on a detection result prov... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110273570 | CONTROL DEVICE, CAMERA, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM STORAGE DEVICE A camera, controller, method and non-transitory computer readable storage device cooperate to control different portions of an area covered by a camera. Selective control is granted to different remote devices to establish respective portions of the area, so the respect... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110267478 | IMAGE CAPTURE Image capture techniques are described. In implementations, an image is captured, by an image capture device of a computing device, of an object that is disposed on a surface of a first display device of the computing device. The computing device includes a first housin... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110267479 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM An image capture device having an image capture function includes an interface which receives first data from an external electronic device; and a processing section including a circuit which is used for transcode processing. The processing section performs the transcod... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110254967 | VIRTUAL LIBRARY CAPTURE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR AUDIO, FILM AND VIDEO ELEMENTS The invention includes a image capture subsystem, a computing device and a software program. The software program is stored on the computing device. When executed, the image capture subsystem captures images of different faces or sides of the physical element, crops and... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249128 | CAMERA EVENT LOGGER A camera event logger device coupled to a motion picture camera, including: a data port configured to receive control signals to manage the logger device including a particular receive frequency; a radio-frequency receiver configured to receive time signal of the partic... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110234820 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CAMERAS USING THE SAME An electronic device and method for controlling a plurality of cameras includes determining a selected camera though a control system, displaying a route map of the selected camera, and calculating motion parameters of a touch motion on a touch panel of the electronic d... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110228110 | Camera image editing using a television Images stored in a camera are edited using a television. Television remote control output signals are received at the camera. The television remote control output signals are converted to camera image editing commands. An image stored in a memory associated with the cam... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110187876 | CAMERA ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD A camera adjusting system includes a first camera, a second camera, and a control apparatus. The first camera is movably arranged on a sliding rail to monitor a locale. The second camera captures a three dimensional (3D) image of a head of a subject. The control apparat... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187852 | CAMERA ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD A camera adjusting system includes a first camera, a second camera, and a control apparatus. The first camera is used to monitor a locale. The second camera captures a three dimensional (3D) image of a head of a subject. The control apparatus receives the captured 3D im... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187875 | ROBOT FACE USED IN A STERILE ENVIRONMENT A robot system that includes a robot face with a monitor, a camera, a speaker and a microphone. The system may include a removable handle attached to the robot face. The robot face may be controlled through a remote controller. The handle can be remove and replaced with... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187853 | CAMERA ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD A camera adjusting system includes a first camera, a second camera, and a control apparatus. The first camera is used to monitor a locale. The second camera captures an image of a head of a subject. The control apparatus receives the captured image of the head of the su... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110181739 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING LIVE VIEW IMAGE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR The present invention is directed to an information processing apparatus which receives a live view image from an imaging apparatus and displays the live view image by overlaying a predetermined overlay image thereto on a screen and the live view image when various oper... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110181738 | MECHANICAL PAN, TILT AND ZOOM IN A WEBCAM A system and method for mechanically panning, tilting, and/or zooming a webcam to track a user's face. In one embodiment, such movement is controlled by kernel software in a host to which the webcam sends video data. In this way, a driver in the host kernel handles the ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110176011 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A CAMERA A system and method for remotely controlling a camera may include a telephony device communicatively coupled to a data network. The telephony device comprises at least one module adapted to generate a control signal in response to receiving a user command associated wit... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110169970 | System and Method for Data Acquisition and Processing A system and method for data acquisition and processing is described which can form the basis of online gaming. Encoded datagram images are captured from a computer screen or a printed document using a mobile phone or PDA or fixed line device and processed relative to a... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110157376 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF STARTING SNAPPING STATIC SCENE A method of starting snapping a static scene is applied to a system, which is electrically connected with an image-capturing device and a display device. The display device has a displaying zone for display a visual field of the image-capturing device. After an instruct... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110149093 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF MULTIPLE CAMERAS Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for automatic control of multiple cameras capable of supporting an effective camera view angle in a broadcast, a movie, etc. The automatic control apparatus of multiple cameras includes: a first main camera; a first camera driver ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110141284 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE PARAMETERS OF CAMERAS A system and method for adjusting image parameters of cameras first determines if there are disqualified cameras whose image parameters need to be adjusted according to an image quality of the captured image of each camera, outputs the captured image of each of qualifie... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110123115 | On-Screen Guideline-Based Selective Text Recognition A live video stream captured by an on-device camera is displayed on a screen with an overlaid guideline. Video frames of the live video stream are analyzed for a video frame with acceptable quality. A text region is identified in the video frame approximate to the on-sc... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110122262 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION REPRODUCTION According to one embodiment, a camera apparatus includes, an imaging unit which acquires videos, a cable which connects the imaging unit to a control unit, and the control unit which comprises an asynchronous FIFO memory and a signal processing module and controls the i... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110115924 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE An image pickup device is connected with a computer. A video program is installed in the computer. The image pickup device includes an image pickup module and a monitor program. The image pickup module is controlled by the video program to capture an image. The image pi... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110096142 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND IMAGING SYSTEM The present invention is an imaging apparatus including: a receiving unit that receives information representing a first focal length from a terminal which produces an image of a first imaging area by capturing an image of a subject at the first focal length; an imaging... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110096165 | AUTOMATIC CAMERA CALIBRATION USING GPS AND SOLAR TRACKING A system and method for automatically calibrating the aiming direction of a camera onboard a vehicle. The method uses GPS and solar almanac data to estimate the location of the sun relative to the vehicle, and compares this to the solar position in an image from the cam... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110096177 | FLUTTERING ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCODING THE APPEARANCE OF A MOVING OBJECT A fluttering illumination system and method for encoding the appearance of a moving subject includes an image capturing device, a lens, a shutter, an illumination source, and a device to control illumination triggering and power. The image capturing device may be config... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110069188 | Policy-Based Controls For Wireless Cameras A system and method of the present invention provide parental and corporate control for a wireless camera. An administration authority web site is provided that enables an owner of a wireless camera to log into a server and establish a set of control policies that speci... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110063457 | Arrangement for controlling networked PTZ cameras A camera controller allows the user to control a predominant camera currently shooting a subject and its nearby cameras simply by manipulating the predominant camera. The camera controller is communicably connected to networked cameras held at positions and controls the... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110050914 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM Provided are an image processing program and an image processing apparatus that support imaging setting in an imaging apparatus. In a focus value display window, temporal change of a focus value (index value) in an input image is outputted. A user operates the imaging a... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110025861 | CAMERA CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED PAN/TILT HEAD An apparatus for controlling one or more cameras is provided. The apparatus includes: a mounting sled, a tilt drive motor, a tilt drive train, a pan drive motor, and a pan drive train. The mounting sled includes a camera platform between two sled runners. A lower surfac... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110013024 | CAMERA BASED INTERACTION AND INSTRUCTION Disclosed are methods and apparatus for instructing persons using computer based programs and/or remote instructors. One or more video cameras obtain images of the student or other participant. In addition images are analyzed by a computer to determine the locations or ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100298026 | INTERACTIVE TERMINAL AND ASSOCIATED TERMINAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA DISTRIBUTION Media content and communication services are provided to a user. A schedule of media content and communication services provisioned for the user is received, and an interactive menu is generated including selectable options for each of the provisioned media content and ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100289906 | Interactive Student Response And Content Sharing System A personal response system 10 includes a plurality of camera assemblies 12 each having a camera 16 constructed and arranged to capture an image of information 18 on material that rests on a surface below the camera. Each camera assembly inclu... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100265340 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM A control apparatus for controlling an image capture apparatus includes a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit transmits a first command to the image capture apparatus if a predetermined area in a captured image received from the image capture a... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100245599 | Communicating Audio Data A system including a display device including a display surface. The system can include a camera to capture one or more images of the display surface. A computing device can be connected to the camera to control the camera and to recognize an object placed on the displa... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100245598 | IMAGE COMPOSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Group photographs are continuously taken with the same background, whereby at least two image frames are produced. A position of a face of each person is detected from each image frame. A combination weighting function w[p](x, y) is set such that, on the basis of the fa... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100238303 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEMORIALIZING A VIEWER'S VIEWING EXPERIENCE Systems and methods of memorializing a viewer's viewing experience are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment presents a program stream to the viewer, detects an occurrence of one of a plurality of event capture triggers, captures at least one image of the viewer in respons... | 09/23/2010 |
