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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189053 | 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... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8125525 | Information processing apparatus, remote indication system, and computer readable medium An information processing apparatus includes: a reception unit that receives multiple captured images that are captured with a capture device in parallel from an external apparatus to which the capture device that captures an object is connected; a detection unit th... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8045007 | Image capturing system and image capturing method An image capturing system can provide an image having the desirable composition captured by an image capturing apparatus to the user is provided. The image capturing system includes: an image capturing unit; a composition storage section for storing a plurali... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8035689 | Camera unit and method for controlling an image sensor in a camera unit The invention relates to a camera unit, comprising an image sensor (10), a mechanical shutter (16), a host module (12), and connections between them, in particular a data and control connection (D1, C1) between the image sensor and... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7804520 | Image sending and receiving system, image sending apparatus and image receiving apparatus A printer having a digital camera connected thereto checks whether or not a transfer button of the camera is pressed, and checks the communication mode of the camera in the case where it is pressed. In the case where the communication mode of the camera is a mass st... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7701483 | Image input system connectable to an image input device having a plurality of operation modes This invention has as its object to provide an image input system which is easy to use. To achieve this object, an image input system has an image input device (camera) having a plurality of operation modes, and a computer having a plurality of software programs cor... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7683933 | Image display apparatus, image display system, and image display method In an image display system which has a management station for saving, in a server, management data that contains at least names, identification numbers, and connection numbers of image sensing devices, and is described in the data description language, and the displ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7679643 | Remote instruction system, remote instruction method, and program product for remote instruction A remote instruction system includes a control portion. The control portion transmits a first image to a remote terminal and controls a projection portion to project a first annotation image onto a subject according to an instruction issued from the remote terminal ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7649548 | Method and apparatus for transferring image data from an internal camera module A method transfers image information from a camera module (1) to an electronic device, such as a mobile station (23). In the camera module (1), an image is formed by an image sensor (2) having pixels, where the light to which the pixel (P... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7576774 | Photography control apparatus and program Subjects are repeatedly photographed efficiently and automatically. An input receiving means, for receiving input of photography intervals between completion of a previous photography operation and initiation of a next photography operation; and a photography contro... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7551200 | Camera controller and zoom ratio control method for the camera controller Camera control apparatus enabling a user to intuitively understand a photographing direction and zoom magnification of a camera at the time of switching over an image, and enabling camera control to be started immediately. At camera control apparatus (120), c... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7548255 | Method and system for capturing video on a personal computer A system and method for improved video capture on a personal computer is provided. The personal computer is equipped with video controls and a camera with a privacy lens cover. A sensor for sensing when the lens cover is closed may be used along with an actuator for... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7535490 | Imaging apparatus having control modes switchable based on connection to another apparatus An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a record and reproduction unit for recording and reproducing image data on and from a record medium, a display unit, a communication unit arranged to transmit captured image data and reproduced image data to an external... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7522187 | Image sensing apparatus and method having high and low resolution transfer modes An image input apparatus includes an image data generating unit, a data transfer unit and a control unit. The image data generating unit generates high resolution image data if the image input apparatus is in a high-resolution image mode, and generates low resolutio... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7433588 | Camera control apparatus, camera control method, program and storage medium Traveling photographing of a camera is controlled in accordance with a plurality of photographing parameters and priority orders of the plurality of photographing parameters, respective stored in a storage unit, a motion of an object photographed with the camera is ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433710 | System and methodology for automated provisioning of new user accounts System and methodology are described that allow a new user of a user-operated device (e.g., wireless digital camera, cellular phone, video camera, audio device, or the like) to immediately begin using the features and services of the device without having to first a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432948 | Imaging communication system A digital camera connects to a cradle through a signal line. In a first mode, the digital camera in combination with a personal computer forms a transmission path through a USB interface to allow for communication. In a second mode, the digital camera performs an in... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425985 | Image processing apparatus and method A dodging process which brightens a dark portion sometimes makes noise components contained in an image obtained by an image sensor conspicuous. A gray image generator extracts a luminance component Y of an image, an unsharp image generator generates an unsharp imag... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425986 | Conversion apparatus for image data delivery A conversion apparatus is connected to a camera server delivering image information obtained by image sensing to a display operation terminal. When image information is received from the camera server, the conversion apparatus converts the received image information... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423669 | Monitoring system and setting method for the same In order to facilitate a setting of multiple parameters of a tracking function of a camera, in a setting window, an image display window is displayed in which a picked-up image sent from a camera server and an indicator indicating a change detection maximum area as ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7408571 | Digital camera and image data processing system The present invention provides a digital camera and an image data processing system, which can develop and observe images recorded by both a compressed image recording control function and a raw image recording function on an external image processing device regardl... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405749 | Electronic device and icon changing method An image capture device includes a first memory, a second memory and an icon changing unit. The first memory stores a plurality of icons. The second memory stores an icon representing the image capture device of which the second memory is a part. The icon is read by... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7385597 | Information processing device with rotatable screen and external input device In an information processing device, system operations can be simply performed while a screen of a display body is viewed, even when the display body is folded against a main body. In the information processing device, a display body with a screen arranged on the fr... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382405 | Electronic apparatus having a user identification function and user identification method In an electronic apparatus having a user identification function or in a user identification method, an electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument having stored therein user personal information communicate in wireless with each other so as to enable the elec... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379090 | Image capture apparatus with variable image data transfer rate based on operating status An image capture apparatus includes an image capture unit, an internal memory, a digital communication unit, a display unit and a control unit. The image capture unit captures an image. The internal memory stores the captured image. The digital communication unit se... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7369164 | Using favorite digital images to organize and identify electronic albums A method for capturing images using a digital camera and organizing the captured images for storage into electronic albums, comprising the steps of capturing and storing first and second groups of digital images using a digital camera; identifying favorite images fo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369761 | Method of remote capture with user interface providing separate inside- and outside-light-box modes A method of remote capture with user interface providing separate inside- and outside-light-box modes is provided, wherein when the user selects the inside-light-box mode together with an automatic mode to take a photograph, it is the photographic parameters, which ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370065 | Renaming multiple files Techniques for renaming multiple files. A system establishes a rename state for a first file in a collection of files and, in the rename state, receives user input specifying a name for the first file. In response to the user input specifying the name, the system re... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362352 | Image capturing apparatus with variable communication forms In an image capturing apparatus which can be remotely operated from an operation terminal, to carry out image transmission control in accordance a communication form between the image capturing apparatus and the operation terminal. An image capturing apparatus 2 | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349011 | Image pickup control apparatus, image pickup control method, image pickup control system, and storage medium In an image pickup control apparatus capable of remotely and reliably controlling an image pickup apparatus from another apparatus, control data for controlling the image pickup apparatus is stored in advance and is transmitted to the image pickup apparatus when the... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342605 | Digital camera having an all-frame print number setting device to collectively set all recorded frames for printing An image file imaged by a digital camera is stored in a memory card, and the digital camera sets the number of prints for each image file according to the digital print order format (DPOF) standard and records the number as a printing information file in the memory ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339610 | Image-capturing device An image-capturing device according to the present invention includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image and generates image data; a buffer memory that temporarily stores the image data; a connection unit that electrically and detachably connects a porta... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340766 | System and method for controlling a digital camera provided with a WWW server function A control system for digital camera makes it possible to control a digital camera from a personal computer and to operate the digital camera simultaneously from both of the digital camera side and the personal computer side by means of performing a communication bet... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340483 | System and method of copying a media resource The present invention provides a system, method, and computer readable medium for retrieving full media resources in an online environment by manipulating media resource summaries. Media resource summary copy requests are intercepted and instructions to retrieve a c... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336300 | Image pickup control apparatus, image pickup control method, image pickup control system, and storage medium In an image pickup control apparatus capable of remotely and reliably controlling an image pickup apparatus from another apparatus, control data for controlling the image pickup apparatus is stored in advance and is transmitted to the image pickup apparatus when the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333135 | Method, apparatus, and system for remotely annotating a target A system, method and apparatus for remotely annotating an object. An embodiment of the present invention includes a video camera projector that captures video images of a local object and projects annotations made by a user at a remote location onto said local objec... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333140 | Image pickup apparatus capable of recording object information An image pickup apparatus having: an image pickup unit for picking up an image of an object; an information detection unit for detecting, in a contactless manner, object information regarding the object stored in a contactless ID tag; a recording unit for recording ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327387 | Image pick-up information transmitting system and remote control method for an information transmitting system To provide a pull model which can remotely control an image pick-up device by connecting the image pick-up device to an image information receiver through a communication path and operating a general purpose file reading program by the image information receiver. Th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327385 | Home picture/video display system with ultra wide-band technology A new display system and method is described, utilizing a cellular telephone having digital camera capability and a television linked directly over a UWB wireless signal forming a UWB wireless video pico-net. The system utilizes a digital camera unit to capture pict... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321387 | System and method for offering imaging services of a customer and participants at a live entertainment event An imaging system and method which enables viewers and/or attendees of entertainment events, such as athletic events or concerts, to order and obtain photographic products that are associated with the event. The system and method offers attendees at the entertainmen... | 01/22/2008 |
