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| 20090091633 | IMAGE-TAKING METHOD AND APPARATUS There is provided an image-taking method and apparatus capable of quickly taking an image in which a human face is in focus. When an instruction to take an image is input, multiple images are taken with different focus positions. A human face in each of the images is de... | 04/09/2009 |
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| 20080204563 | Picture Freeze Detector The present invention describes a method and system for identifying a picture freeze situation on a display by adding a repeated electronic signature in the signal chain fed to the display, and detecting if the electronic signature is present on the display. If the elec... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080056533 | Selective image and object enhancement to aid viewer enjoyment of program A system and method is provided for enhancement of an object in a video frame, where the method includes recognizing and locating an object within an image frame and performing an automatic enhancement process on the object. The automatic enhancement process may include... | 03/06/2008 |
