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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425982 | Method and apparatus for resampling line scan data A method and an apparatus to accept line-scan data sets at a camera rate from a line-scan camera and resample the line-scan data sets to produce resampled line image data sets at a desired sampling distance. Each line-scan data set is of an object imaged for a fixed... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7411630 | Apparatus and method for transposing data in the display system using the optical modulator Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for transposing data. The apparatus includes a pair of line memories, a pair of memories and output units. The line memories horizontally read image data a frame of which is composed of K×L byte data (row length: K bytes,... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7370972 | Two-dimensional image display device In a two-dimensional image display device, speckle noise is reduced by a simple construction. A two-dimensional image display device for displaying an image by projecting coherent light onto a projection plane is provided with at least one coherent light source (... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7301565 | Correction method, correction device and photographing device A photographing device divides corrected image data into four quadrants by x and y axes with a position corresponding to an optical center being an origin (base point), divides each of the quadrants into a plurality of strip regions so that the x axis direction widt... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7215707 | Optimal scanning method for transform coefficients in coding/decoding of image and video An optimal scanning method for coding/decoding an image signal is provided. In a method of coding an image signal through a discrete cosine transform, at least one is selected among a plurality of reference blocks. A scanning order in which to scan blocks to be code... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7202900 | Method of producing frame pair signals from an image sensor and method for displaying same A method is disclosed for producing progressive scan signals representative of an image of a scene, including the following steps: providing an image sensor onto which the image is projected, the image sensor having a diagonal pixel pattern; producing frame pairs as... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7145952 | Dynamic selection of field/frame-based MPEG video encoding A discrete cosine transform (DCT) level enhancement to Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) video encoding is described that results in a more concise bitstream than MPEG encoding without the enhancement. One degree of freedom provided by the MPEG encoding specificat... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7053942 | Imaging system and method applying transformer lens and digital image reconstruction An imaging system is provided to minimize pixel defects by capturing an image in the spatial frequency domain. An image processor receives the spatial frequency-domain image data from the imager and transforms the frequency-domain image data into spatial-domain imag... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7031206 | Digital line delay using a single port memory An apparatus for delaying video line data between a sending device and a receiving device is provided. The apparatus includes a single port random access memory (“RAM”) and a processing arrangement including a first storage device coupled to the RAM and a second... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7006112 | Method for scaling image frame A method for scaling an image frame by an off-screen technology is provided. An image frame consisting of n rows and m columns of data is stored into a storage device. The image frame is divided into a plurality of image portions. Then, the plurality of image portio... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6946784 | Electron gun of monochromic CRT The present invention is to provide an electron gun of a monochromic CRT comprising at least two electron emission sources (e.g., cathodes) for emitting beams having a small beam spot size and being adapted to impinge on the same spot of a screen of the monochromic ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6587158 | Method and apparatus for reducing on-chip memory in vertical video processing A digital image processor includes an input buffer for storing raster-scanned data. A slice-buffer memory is coupled to the input buffer to store a portion of a vertical slice of said raster-scanned data. The vertical slice is processed by a vertical slic... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6509927 | Programmably addressable image sensor An image sensor having an integrated address controller for use in an electronic camera. Providing both functions on a single integrated circuit reduces the number of external pins and external circuitry required to process an image. The integrated addres... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6243131 | Method for directly scanning a rectilinear imaging element using a non-linear scan A method for capturing and directly scanning a rectilinear imaging element using a non-linear scan is incorporated into a single chip comprising at least a sensor array and an MSD. The method directly addresses each picture element of an analog image capt... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6181375 | Image recording apparatus capable of selecting partial image areas for video readout In an image recording apparatus, an imaging surface of an image device is formed so as to store and read out an image by arranging two-dimensionally a plurality of photoelectric transfer elements, the imaging surface is divided along lines into a pluralit... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5995152 | Video monitor which superimposes a high frequency periodic wave over signals to vertical deflection plates to increase display quality in low resolution modes A video monitor including logic circuitry which superimposes a high frequency periodic wave on the vertical positioning provided by the monitor's vertical deflection plates in low resolution modes. The waveform operates to slightly and periodically adjust... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5982443 | Apparatus and method for converting scan format of video signal An apparatus and a method for converting a scan format of a video signal. The video signal scan format conversion apparatus comprises a multiplexer for converting a plurality of input signals of a raster scan format into a single signal of the same format... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5933543 | Method and apparatus for obscuring features of an image A method and system that obscures image features in a region of interest designated by a user. An operator designates a special shaped region of interest and a computer convolves a specially designed kernel with the image data in the region. The kernel is... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5861914 | Method and system for representing information data with deviation of interrogating element from field limit at any point A system for representing information data has a scanning device for scanning information data and including a unit for interrogating the information data and formed as a movable interrogating element unit for forming a main flow of impulses corresponding... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5774178 | Apparatus and method for rearranging digitized single-beam color video data and controlling output sequence and timing for multiple-beam color display A multiple-beam field sequential color (FSC) display system is provided for receiving a stream of digitized single-beam image data to display a color image by employing a plurality of CRT guns to project multiple beams on a monochromatic CRT screen follow... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5652621 | Adaptive color plane interpolation in single sensor color electronic camera Apparatus is described for processing a digitized image signal obtained from an image sensor having color photosites aligned in rows and columns that generate at least three separate color values but only one color value for each photosite location, and a... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5196925 | Compensating structure for position errors in apparatus for recording and reproducing charge latent image A charge latent image is formed on a recording medium in response to information and a reference pattern so that the information and the reference pattern are recorded on the recording medium. During a reproducing process, the information is read out from... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5181102 | Television camera and display employing quincuncial scanning A television camera and display device, in which a transmission and reception utilizes quincuncial scanning (HDQ) with sub-sampling associated with an optical filter (9) for reducing the diagonal resolution of the image. The filter (9) prevents the foldin... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5126833 | NtSC signal scanning inverting circuit In a device for inverting the scanning direction of NTSC signals, signals for every line are converted into digital signals to be stored, which are read out inversely in time. The digital signals thus read out are transformed into a pulse train (sampling ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4945421 | Method and system for representing information data with interrogating element displacing from limit information field back into the information field In representing information data, an interrogating element which moves in response to an impulse flow formed during the interrogation, displaces in a jump-like manner upon reaching an information field limit, back into the information field to a random po... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4942473 | Intelligent scan image sensor An intelligent scan image sensor including a two-dimensional solid-state array of addressable imaging cells arranged for exposure to an image, where each cell includes a photosensitive diode and a sample and hold unit. The diode accumulates an electrical ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4858014 | Random scan system A two-dimensional video data acquisition system comprising: video detector apparatus for scanning a visual scene; controller apparatus for generating scan pattern instructions; system interface apparatus for selecting at least one scan pattern for acquisi... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4746916 | Method of and an apparatus for displaying a picture In a method of displaying a picture according to the present invention, at least one starting point is determined on a picture screen; a picture is produced on a spiral raster which diverges from or converges toward each of the starting points; a shape, p... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4680599 | Cathode ray tube display system and method having bidirectional line scanning A cathode ray tube display system and method having bidirectional line scanning are disclosed. Bidirectional line scanning is achieved by scanning each odd numbered scan line from left to right and each even numbered scan line from right to left, thereby ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4677470 | Image reversal correction system for video endoscopes An endoscope subsystem, for a video endoscope system of the type having an insertion tube employing a video sensor, an optical imaging system for forming images on the sensor, and a video display for displaying an image derived from the sensor, which subs... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4644407 | Display systems A display arrangement particularly suitable for displaying video signals representing a thermal image. Successive horizontal lines of a television raster pattern are offset, or staggered, by a small amount so as to remove vertical stripe patterns which ar... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4625242 | Method of and system for representing information data In accordance with a method of and a system for representing of information data, the information data are interrogated by a movable interrogating element, a flow of impulses is formed in correspondence with the data which have been interrogated by the in... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4551754 | Compatible wide-screen color television system A wide-angle television system, such as one having 2:1 or 5:3 aspect ratios, transmits end portions that exceed the limits of a conventional 4:3 aspect ratio picture in regions that are normally hidden from view in a conventional receiver. Thus the system... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4503466 | Apparatus and method for generating optimizing pictures under low light conditions The scanning process of a television camera is modified so that scanning is inhibited for N successive scan periods and is enabled during the next scan period, in a repeating cycle of (N+1) periods duration. The signal output generated during the N inhibi... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4359757 | Method for the opto-electronic transmission of an image original An axially symmetrical image is interrogated by means of a Z-shaped scanning raster to permit a simple color picture recording, which however contains all subjectively necessary elements. A scan of each of the two symmetrical images with a quadrupled inte... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4301467 | Process for the optoelectronic transmission of an image In order to permit a camera tube having a sensitivity diminishing towards the edge and/or having geometrical distortion to be used in a single-tube camera, two mutually symmetrical different-colored images are produced. At least one of the two images is i... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4246603 | Wide angle television display system A wide angle television display system consisting of a plane annular input - circular (preferably spherical) output optical system, a cathode ray tube or similar device for generating the display and a deflection signal (voltage or current) generator whic... | 01/20/1981 |
| 3992718 | Color panoramic laser projector For connection to a color television capable of producing red, blue and gn video signals representative of a real time 360° scene, a 360° color panoramic laser projection system wherein the outputs of red, blue and green lasers are modulated from the r... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3958077 | Picture transmission systems In a television or other picture transmission the picture is scanned in a random or pseudo-random manner enabling picture analysis and transmission within band widths considerably smaller than with conventional sequential lexicographic scans with eliminat... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3943281 | Multiple beam CRT for generating a multiple raster display A low bandwidth high brightness display system that utilizes a multiple beam cathode ray tube to write multiple rasters by concurrently scanning a plurality of lines with a selected number of beams. Each of the rasters covers a different portion of the sc... | 03/09/1976 |
