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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189057 | Camera exposure optimization techniques that take camera and scene motion into account Quantities of motion regarding an imaging device such as an electronic camera are calculated and used to adjust the exposure time and one or more other exposure parameters used to capture an image to improve the quality of the image. Motion blur caused by movement o... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8154606 | Image pickup apparatus and reproduction control apparatus Image pickup means is capable of picking up an image at a first frame rate and a second frame rate that is higher than the first frame rate. A highlight scene is detected by detection means. When detecting the highlight scene, image pickup operation is performed at ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8072497 | Imaging apparatus and recording medium When a digital camera 1 is being swung, the CPU 10 judges whether or not a block group having motion vectors which are varyingly different from the motion vectors of a peripheral area 32 in a field angle photographing area as shown in FIG. 3 | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063938 | Photographed image process changeover apparatus of a video telephone function In order to provide a photographed image process changeover apparatus of a video telephone function which reduces the power consumption by providing only the most optimal functions in accordance with the state of a portable terminal, the comprisal at least includes ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8045009 | Image-exposure systems and methods using detecting motion of a camera to terminate exposure Image-exposure systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment of the system includes a motion detecting device, and logic configured to determine when to terminate an image-exposure based on detected motion of a camera. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040379 | Imaging apparatus and recording medium As shown in FIG. 2B, a photographing area is divided into a plurality of blocks. The block at the center of the photographing area is defined as an observation block 31, and the blocks at the periphery of the photographing area are defined as backgroun... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8013894 | Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof with attitude control An image capturing apparatus includes an image capture unit for capturing an image, a reproducing unit for reproducing and displaying an image, an attitude detecting unit for detecting an attitude, and a control unit for executing a preset and predetermined operatio... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7944476 | Image processing device, image processing system, computer control method, and information storage medium To enable a prompt switching operation by a user. An image processing device connected to an image capturing section has a process execution section for executing any of a plurality of processes, obtains area specification data for specifying an area where the user ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7872670 | Camera performing photographing in accordance with photographing mode depending on object scene A camera includes a CPU. The CPU individually detects a ratio of an object which exceeds a threshold value in a moving amount to a center area of an object scene and a ratio of an object which exceeds the threshold value in the moving amount to a peripheral area of ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7714890 | Image pickup apparatus and method for controlling pixel reading using a shake determination An image pickup apparatus configured to pick up a still image includes an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels to convert an object image formed by an optical system to an electric charge. A pixel reading circuit operates in either a first reading mode f... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7623152 | High resolution network camera with automatic bandwidth control The subject of this invention is the network camera comprising an image sensor, image processor, and network interface, where image processor is capable of detecting the motion in the field of view of the camera, extracting/windowing the portion (sub-window) of the ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7538795 | Monitor device for moving body Disclosed is a monitor device for a moving body such as a vehicle, aircraft or vessel, moving at a certain speed. The monitor device displays an image of a front scene of the moving body with the image of the central area being enlarged in accordance with the runnin... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7397500 | Camera shake warning and feedback system that teaches the photographer A camera creates successive digital images of a scene, and computes a stability measure estimate blur in a final photograph of the scene. The camera combines information such as lens focal length, focus distance, scene brightness value, and shutter speed to determin... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394484 | Photographic apparatus and photographic method using same A photographing apparatus includes a photographing plan memory for setting photographing conditions based on a predetermined photographing plan, a vibration sensor for detecting vibration caused by an explosion of a balloon serving as a photographic subject, and a t... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7385632 | Lens, camera body and camera system A camera system has a recording portion for recording an object image, a display portion for displaying an object image, a first blur correction portion for correcting blur of the object image displayed on the display portion by signal processing, and a second blur ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7342611 | Method for rapid power-on to first picture in a digital camera Digital cameras and methods that provide for a rapid camera power-on sequence. A warm-sleep state is defined in which the camera and nearly all of its internal components are shut down, yet just enough information is retained within high speed volatile storage and p... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7324136 | Electronic camera, and image display method and image recording method therefor The electronic camera, and image display method and image recording method applied thereto are capable of eliminating discontinuity in moving image caused by a camera control such as interruption by still image recording in moving image capturing and aperture switch... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7301563 | Image pickup apparatus A short-time exposure image data and a long-time exposure image data of the same object to be photographed are stored to SE memory and LE memory and then transferred to CPU, motion thereof being detected at a motion detecting section on the basis of the two image da... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7277558 | Method and system for estimating the position of moving objects in images A method and system are disclosed for estimating a position of moving objects in a set of image data. In accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a position of an object is identified in a first frame of image data acquired at a first time. Th... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7262074 | Methods of fabricating underfilled, encapsulated semiconductor die assemblies An apparatus and method may be used for packaging a semiconductor die and a carrier substrate to substantially prevent trapped moisture therebetween and provide a robust, inflexible cost-effective bond. The semiconductor die is attached to the carrier substrate with... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7239342 | Image processing apparatus and method An object of the present invention is to generate an image which is prevented from being influenced by a movement while suppressing increase in noise components. When a movement is detected during exposure of an image capturing device to light, an image capturing ap... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7218675 | Signal processing device An image signal processing apparatus includes an inputting unit, an electrical image stabilizing unit, and a compression encoding unit. The inputting unit is arranged to input an image signal representing a sequence of images of a subject produced by an image sensin... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212230 | Digital camera having a motion tracking subsystem responsive to input control for tracking motion of the digital camera A digital camera delays the capture of a digital image after image capture has been requested until the motion of the digital camera satisfies a motion criterion. The digital camera thereby reduces image blur that would otherwise occur due to camera motion. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7167201 | Device incorporating eye-start capability Disclosed is an eye-start system that includes a light source adapted to be housed within a viewfinder of a device, and a light sensor also adapted to be housed within the device viewfinder, the light sensor being configured to sense light from the light source that... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7133067 | Instrument and method for digital image stabilization The invention relates to a high-precision digital image stabilization of an image recording with a CCD sensor utilized in a moving or flying carrier. For the digital image stabilization, the movements of the carrier are detected with the aid of an inertial sensor an... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123290 | Blur correction optical device and lens barrel A blur correction device comprises a blur correction optical system that corrects an image blur caused by a vibration; a drive device that drives the blur correction optical system; a locking device that locks the blur correction optical system when an image blur co... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113204 | Image sensing apparatus, control method of image sensing apparatus, and computer program product An image sensing apparatus capable of optically correcting blur of an object image by an optical blur correction unit comprises an image sensing unit for converting an optical image of an object into image signals; a display unit for displaying image signals convert... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104952 | Energy management of a video capsule An energy saving method for acquiring in vivo images of the gastro-intestinal tract is provided. A device, such as an autonomous capsule, includes at least one imaging unit; a control unit connected to the imaging unit and a power supply connected to the control uni... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7042499 | Digital camera including power supply controller responsive to connection detection A digital camera comprises a camera body and an image sensing unit. The image sensing unit includes a taking lens, a driver of the taking lens and an image sensor, and is attachable to the camera body directly or by a cable. The camera body includes an image process... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6963361 | Image sensing method and apparatus capable of performing vibration correction when sensing a moving image A correction variable is calculated based on vibration data of an image sensing apparatus. Based on the calculation result, timing of reading image signals from an image sensing device is controlled. The read image signals are delayed by predetermined time, the read... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6930703 | Method and apparatus for automatically capturing a plurality of images during a pan A camera for automatically triggering a plurality of exposures during a pan based on a measure of camera displacement. During a pan, the camera regularly acquires images to compare a recently acquired image to a reference image. If the recently acquired image is opt... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6930708 | Apparatus and system for correction based upon detecting a camera shaking A detecting system for detecting a deviation of a camera from shaking has at least two shaking detectors and one correcting device. The first shaking detector detects a camera shaking corresponding to one axis of a camera coordinate system. The second shaking detect... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6864901 | Real-time screen recording system A real-time screen recording system is disclosed. Under the design of the real-time screen recording system of this invention, the Event Inspector records updated regions of the screen when a windows update event is generated, the Periodical Extractor records the sc... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6819362 | Disposition device for auto-detecting the holding condition of a digital camera The invention provides a digital camera with a disposition device for automatically converting a picture to an appropriate image meeting the vision via the viewfinder, wherein the disposition device for auto-detecting the holding condition of a digital camera compri... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6734901 | Vibration correction apparatus A vibration correction apparatus has a motion vector detection circuit for detecting a motion vector signal at a predetermined sampling period, a signal processing circuit for calculating a correction target value in accordance with the motion vector signal detected... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6603508 | Method, system, and computer readable medium for controlling a digital camera to avoid blurring of a photograph A method, system and computer readable medium for controlling a digital camera including setting a shutter speed; receiving a light flux from an object to be photographed to form an image thereof at the set shutter speed; converting the received light flu... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6169574 | Image pickup apparatus with vibration based camera control An image pickup apparatus including image pickup device for photoelectrically converting an object image and generating an image pickup signal, a memory for storing the image pickup signal generated from the image pickup device, a detecting sensor for det... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6111609 | Electronic recording camera with reduced power consumption A video camera recorder (1000) has a plurality of operating modes, and comprises an imaging means (205, 200) which receives an image and generates an image representative video signal (Iv). A recording means (500) is coupled to the imaging means for recor... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6091448 | Apparatus for preventing an image blur prevention device from changing states during an image recording operation Apparatus for preventing an image blur prevention device from changing states during an image recording operation includes control circuitry for changing a state of the image blur prevention device between an operative state and an inoperative state in ac... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5920341 | Circuit and method for reproducing a still image in a camcorder A camcorder having a still image reproducing circuit and a method for reproducing a still image are provided. The circuit includes an image pickup means for generating an image pickup signal in accordance with incident light; a hand-quiver compensating me... | 07/06/1999 |
