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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6888566 | Method and apparatus for uniform lineal motion blur estimation using multiple exposures A method and apparatus (9) for estimating the blur parameters of blurred images (g1, g2) are disclosed. The apparatus (9) has one or more image sensors (10) for capturing the blurred images (g1, g2), a... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6801249 | Device for emitting a time varying signal in the field of vision of a picture taking device A device for emitting digital video images may include a picture-taking unit for producing the images and a unit for forming at least one signal in the field of vision of the picture-taking unit so that the signal appears in at least some of the images produced by t... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6781623 | Vertical compensation in a moving camera A hand-held device comprising a housing (10) shaped and dimensioned to allow the device to be hand held, a display (12) secured to the housing for displaying moving pictures on a frame-by-frame basis, and a camera (16, 18) having an optical axis... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6781622 | Apparatus for correction based upon detecting a camera shaking An apparatus for detecting a deviation of a camera as a result of a shaking. The apparatus includes a shaking detector which detects a deviation of the camera from shaking based upon an output of at least two pairs of acceleration sensors which are located on differ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6778210 | Image pickup apparatus with blur compensation An image pickup apparatus including: CCD image pickup device; a preprocess circuit for generating image signals based on output of the image pickup device; a CCD driver for controlling charge accumulation time at the image pickup device; a pickup image generating se... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6757488 | Control apparatus for image blur correction An optical apparatus is disclosed, which comprises a detecting unit which detects a vibration to output a vibration signal, an amplifying circuit which amplifies the vibration signal and has a changeable amplification factor, a driving member which drives a lens uni... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6741652 | Movement vector detecting device A movement vector detecting device is provided with a movement vector detecting circuit for detecting a movement vector in each of blocks obtained by dividing an image frame, an edge number detecting circuit for detecting the number of edges in each of the blocks, a... | 05/25/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6628711 | Method and apparatus for compensating for jitter in a digital video image Apparatus (10) for compensating for jitter in a digital image forming part of a video sequence of such digital images includes a first motion estimation unit (13) having an input for receiving sensed image data and an output for providing a first pluralit... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6625667 | System for improving efficiency of video encodes An encoder receives a video input that includes initial video data and encodes the initial video data as encoded video data, such that the encoded video data comprises fewer bytes than the initial video data. The encoded video data is transmitted through ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6590607 | Method and apparatus for storing an uninterrupted digital video stream A method and apparatus for storing an uninterrupted digital video stream using a motion-sensitive memory system involve monitoring the acceleration experienced by the memory system and adjusting the compression of the digital video stream when the acceler... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6144405 | Electronic picture stabilizer with movable detection areas and video camera utilizing the same An electronic picture stabilizer includes a microcomputer which determines whether or not each of detection areas is a valid area or invalid area. If the detection areas adjacent in a vertical direction are invalid areas, the detection areas are moved so ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5973733 | Video stabilization system and method A system (26) for stabilizing a video recording of a scene (20, 22, & 24) made with a video camera (34) is provided. The video recording may include video data (36) and audio (38) data. The system (26) may include source frame storage (64) for storing sou... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5926212 | Image signal processing apparatus and recording/reproducing apparatus An interframe difference Pij and a motion vector Vhv are supplied to a camera shake detecting circuit from a motion vector detecting circuit. A camera shake detecting circuit integrates the interframe difference and forms an evaluation value ΣPhv. When a... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5844602 | Electro-optical imaging array and camera system with pitch rate image motion compensation which can be used in an airplane in a dive bomb maneuver A camera system is described which is based on an electro-optical imaging array performs electronic image motion compensation without moving parts during a reconnaissance maneuver in which the aircraft is experiencing a non-zero rate of change in the pitc... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5835138 | Image signal processing apparatus and recording/reproducing apparatus An interframe difference Pij and a motion vector Vhv are supplied to a camera shake detecting circuit from a motion vector detecting circuit. A camera shake detecting circuit integrates the interframe difference and forms an evaluation value ΣPhv. When a... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5835137 | Method and system for compensating for motion during imaging An imaging system in accordance with the present invention compensates for relative motion of the imaging system with respect to a scene to be captured. The imaging system includes an array, a light shield, a lens, a horizontal clocking system, and a vert... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5745173 | Machine vision camera and video preprocessing system An improved camera system intended for a machine vision system which produces an image output that is specially adapted to be received by a machine vision system. In one embodiment, the camera system receives components from three portions of the electrom... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5608703 | Image blur prevention apparatus An apparatus includes a control unit for switching image blur prevention operations between a first image blur prevention operation and a second image blur prevention operation with respect to the same image blur state in accordance with a start of a phot... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5596365 | Image stabilization apparatus for telescopic devices An image stabilization system for telescopic devices uses a method of selecting a suitable, stationary reference image. The user of the instrument views a circular image and a translucent ring concentric to and at an outer edge within the circular image. ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5504523 | Electronic image unsteadiness compensation The present invention is directed to a system and method for reducing image smear in an image which has been electronically collected by a TDI detector. In particular, the present invention is directed to an electronic imager having a charge accumulation ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5500674 | Method of driving solid-state image sensor and solid-state imaging apparatus In a method of driving a solid-state image sensor having an effective pixel area formed of a plurality of pixels in an array having M pixels in the vertical direction and N pixels in the horizontal direction, a scanning pixel area formed of m pixels in th... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5438360 | Machine vision camera and video reprocessing system An improved camera system intended for a machine vision system which produces an image output that is specially adapted to be received by a machine vision system. In one embodiment, the camera system receives components from three portions of the electrom... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5430480 | Sensor driven global motion compensation A motion sensor is mounted within a camera, and measures motion data such as translation, rotation, and zoom. The motion data is then associated with the video frame data captured by the camera. In some embodiments, the motion data is used to remove jitte... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5218442 | Camera with camera-shake detection apparatus A camera wherein the light emitted by a subject, which has passed through a photographic optical system, is formed as an image on an area sensor, and which includes an electronic viewfinder that indicates the image of the subject based on the output from ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5012347 | Image stabilizing apparatus for a portable video camera The image stabilization apparatus for a portable video camera is such that for angular variations about the optical axis of the camera, the horizontal and vertical deflection currents Ix and Iy of the camera are converted as a function of these variations... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4814629 | Pixel displacement by series- parallel analog switching An optical/electronic real time image motion transfer system is disclosed in which voltage output signals from photodetectors in an array are fed through a switching network. This network includes intermediate buses, electronic switching devices between s... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4612575 | T.V. video image correction A video camera image with a motion induced blurring component is corrected by measuring the motion of the video camera by orthogonally mounted rate gyros each producing a signal that varies with camera motion along a defined axis relative to the bore sigh... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4459614 | Rotation-free electrical focussing circuit for television image tubes Vertical-rate and horizontal-rate sawtooth generators are coupled at a common input to a conventional focus control voltage and then to the centering circuits of an image tube via respective potentiometers. The amplitudes and polarities of the generator o... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4245254 | Image motion compensator An image motion compensator which electronically compensates for image distortion in an electro-optical system is disclosed. The electro-optical system comprises a TV camera having an image intensifier portion which includes a plurality of deflection coil... | 01/13/1981 |
| 3952151 | Method and apparatus for stabilized reproduction of remotely-sensed images Disclosed is a method and apparatus for reproducing remotely sensed images in which the effect of attitude perturbation in the sensing device is removed from the image. The image is acquired by means of an electromagnetic radiation sensor mounted on a non... | 04/20/1976 |
