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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7423553 | Image display apparatus, image display method, measurement apparatus, measurement method, information processing method, information processing apparatus, and identification method An external index detection unit (105) receives an image sensed by a camera (100), and detects an external index set in a real scene. A tachometer (110) measures the rotational velocities of two rear wheels of a vehicle. A vehicle measurement un... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7116720 | Device for correcting still image errors in a video signal In a device for correcting picture instabilities in film scanners, at least one motion vector describing the motion of at least one part of the picture between two scanned pictures is derived and an actuator situated in the path of the video signals obtained by scan... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6967762 | Image display medium, image display, device and image display method A plurality of cells are set apart by a spacer member between a display plate and a rear face plate. Black particles with positive static charge and white particles with negative static charge are dispersed in a dispersion fluid, which is enclosed in the cells. A re... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6930714 | High speed film to digital conversion This invention shows how an area CCD array can be partitioned into subsections to greatly improve the readout rates. Also disclosed is a technique of ping ponging the disk arrays so that the partitions can be stored for a frame time and then output to a common stora... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6842278 | Method for manufacturing image displaying medium A method for manufacturing an image displaying medium is provided in that a display element in the form of powder can be filled between facing substrates. After patterning spacer particles on a first flat substrate supplied from a first film roller set on a first ro... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6683379 | Semiconductor device with reinforcing resin layer A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate having a thickness of not more than 300 μm and a resin layer formed on a face thereof. A plurality of conductor sections formed in and through the resin layer, and a plurality of electrodes locat... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6278192 | Semiconductor device with encapsulating material composed of silica A semiconductor device having enhanced reliability which is obtained by cutting a wafer encapsulated by an encapsulating material layer in such a manner that each of end faces of bumps for an external terminal is exposed, and a method of isolating a metal... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6118478 | Telecine systems for high definition use A method of using telecine apparatus to scan cinematographic film made up of individual image frames. Each frame is scanned a number of times using detected light to generate corresponding image data. Each sub-scanned portion within a frame adjoins anothe... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5825410 | Apparatus for reproducing still images of a plurality of frames In still frame images from a film, the first frame of an image block is produced in a fade-in manner for gradually outputting a picture. If the end of a beginning part of a theme block is detected from information for a next frame, the process is advanced... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5818518 | Film transfer apparatus An apparatus for use in a method for scanning an image on a film and generating a video signal therefrom. The apparatus having a signal processor (10) receiving a plurality of input raster lines representing a film image, and a control unit (11) having co... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5734171 | Telecine scanner including means for determining and automatically correcting vertical and horizontal picture steadiness errors in continuous-motion film drive scanning A telecine scanner includes a device for determining and automatically correcting vertical and horizontal picture steadiness errors (film weave correction) during continuous-motion film drive scanning. To perform an optimum film weave correction, correcti... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5682200 | Telecine scanner A telecine scanner having a capstan roll (3) continuously advancing the film through a picture scanning station, includes a capstan motor (2) controlled by a phase signal derived from a tachodisc (7) of a sprocket (8) driven by the film (1). To improve ve... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5666156 | System and method to improve the quality of reproduced images on a film to video transfer device A system and method to improve the quality of reproduced images on a film to video transfer device by scanning extra lines to reduce vertical aliasing and performing vertical sample rate reduction to produce the correct number of video output lines High f... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5650816 | Correction of film instability based on movement of the video image Film unsteadiness in a flying spot film scanner (10) is measured by reference to film image movement based on a measure of the direction of movement acquired by examination by a movement compensator 30 of spatial and temporal differences around a given pi... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5604534 | Direct digital airborne panoramic camera system and method An airborne direct digital panoramic camera system and method in which an in-line electro-optical sensor eliminates the need for photographic film and film transport apparatus normally associated with prior art airborne reconnaissance cameras and yet stil... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5604533 | Film scanner which doubly scans to correct for film speed and position errors In a film scanner for optically scanning a film for obtaining a picture signal, which film is moved at a constant speed, an image position correction which is as motion-independent as possible, is ensured in that the film scanner at least doubly scans at ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5475423 | Film scanner which doubly scans to correct for film speed and position errors In a film scanner for optically scanning a film for obtaining a picture signal, which film is moved at a constant speed, an image position correction which is as motion-independent as possible, is ensured in that the film scanner at least doubly scans at ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5355057 | Telecine chains In a telecine chain, means including a rotate coil located about the scanning tube to apply a magnetic field perpendicular to the axis of the electron beam to thereby effect rotation of the raster, the degree of rotation depending on the amount of current... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5267043 | Film gate apparatus for a virtual contact color film scanner Film gate for a virtual contact scanner includes a base having a precision site adapted to receive a solid-state scanner assembly so as to position the sensor photosites at a precise spacing from the film image plane. A separate circuit board carrying con... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5179314 | Non-sequential raster scanning apparatus and method A cathode ray tube non-sequential raster scanning method maintains a more uniform screen luminescence. This raster scanning method scans and stores electrical signals representing the locations of non-sequential blocks of adjacent raster lines or reordere... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5170254 | Intermittent motion flying spot telecine An intermittent motion flying spot telecine capable of operating in real time provides an adequate film pull down time to allow the use of pin-registration by including a digital scan corrector (18) and a picture store and sequential-to-interlace converte... | 12/08/1992 |
| 4994918 | Method and circuit for the automatic correction of errors in image steadiness during film scanning A method and a circuit for the detection and the automatic correction of horizontal and vertical errors in image steadiness during the television film scanning of continuously moving motion picture films wherein different frame start pulses are generated ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4972274 | Synchronizing video edits with film edits An apparatus and process for providing an automated edit procedure between film and video formats is provided wherein a video edit becomes within one video field the exact replica of a film edit. Film frames (1/24th of a second) are read by video scans (1... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4903131 | Method for the automatic correction of errors in image registration during film scanning A method is described for the determination and automatic correction of horizontal and vertical errors in image steadiness for continuous raster scanning of film, using an image memory. By means of the vertical image steadiness error signals the beginning... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4875102 | Automatic correcting of picture unsteadiness in television film scanning For detecting picture unsteadiness in television pictures obtained from a film scanner in which the film moves continuously, the sprocket holes and the picture boundaries on the film and additional reference marks that may be provided on the film outside ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4630120 | Telecine machines In a telecine apparatus having a film transport mechanism for moving a film at a nominally constant speed and including a motor driving a capstan around which the film passes, there is a sensor for line-by-line scanning of the film to provide a raster-sca... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4564849 | Compensation circuit for synchronizing image motion with a movable recording medium A compensation circuit is described for use in a line scan type recording apparatus where an electron beam is scanned on the face of a fiber optic cathode-ray tube (FOCRT) in synchronization with a movable recharging medium. The compensation circuit inclu... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4266246 | Continuous motion telecine apparatus and method The invention concerns a method of deriving a television signal representing picture information on a cinema film, and a telecine apparatus according to such method. A disadvantage of continuous motion telecine equipment of the kind using a single linear ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4205337 | Television film scanner Apparatus for producing television picture signals from motion picture film by scanning the film horizontally at a scanning station while transporting the film continuously past the scanning station is provided with means for accommodating different film ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4164761 | Telecine apparatus having improved reproduction during panning and tilting scenes This invention relates to a method and apparatus for improving the reproduction of a television picture derived from a cinema film by a telecine apparatus during a period of panning and/or tilting in the scene recorded on the cinema film. The improvement ... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4054912 | Film scanner with compensation for film shrinkage The invention is concerned with a means of compensating for film shrinkage in a continuous film motion telecine apparatus. A measure of the film shrinkage is obtained by deriving a signal representing the angular speed of a roller in non-slipping contact ... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4051528 | Apparatus for optically reconstructing information Optical information reconstructing apparatus comprising a disc having at least one surface on which groups of dots bearing information are concentrically or spirally arrayed, a mechanism for rotating the disc, a light source for projecting a light beam on... | 09/27/1977 |
