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| 8045017 | Methods and systems for detecting flash rate of surrounding lights for controlling camcorder frame rate Methods and systems for determining the frequency of the AC power supply of any pulsating light, such as fluorescent lights, for different purposes such as adjusting a camcorder's frame rate, is described in detail herein. In one embodiment a method is described tha... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7986347 | Determining image quality for improving object trackability A method and system are provided. In one embodiment, a video image is preprocessed from a video camera to separate objects to be tracked from the rest of the video image. Statistics for the tracked objects and the rest of the video image are computed. Further, a qua... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7940311 | Multi-exposure pattern for enhancing dynamic range of images The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for enhancing a dynamic range of an image with a multi-exposure pixel pattern taken by an image sensor of a camera for one or more color channels, wherein a plurality of groups of pi... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7876365 | Imaging apparatus and imaging method with enhanced exposure control An imaging apparatus that images a photographic subject using an imaging device includes: a signal processing means for performing signal processing on an image signal of the photographic subject imaged by the imaging device and generating an exposure control signal... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7847834 | Light source frequency detection circuit using bipolar transistor An apparatus for measuring the power frequency of a light source includes a photo-sensitive transistor, a modulators and a logic unit. The photo-sensitive transistor generates an electrical signal that is responsive to light incident thereon from the light source. T... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7750950 | Image pickup apparatus and image processing method An image combined high sensitivity image and low sensitivity image is provided with well-adjusted white balance and broad dynamic range. The image is obtained by multiplying the combined data by total gain that depends on scene. A white balance is adjusted with gain... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7750951 | Apparatus to synchronize change cycle of external light and associated methodology An image sensor repeatedly receives a light from an object through a lens and generates images of the object. A differential image generating unit generates a differential image from at least two images. A detector detects a change cycle or an intensity of an extern... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7679654 | Detecting phase and frequency of light source flicker and driving image sensor in phase when light source flicker is brightest An image sensor comprising a number of light sensor circuits each representing a unit pixel and capable of outputting a sensor signal corresponding to a photo current produced in a photoelectric converting element in proportion to light falling thereon, which is pro... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7595820 | Determining image quality for improving object trackability A method and system are provided. In one embodiment, a video image is preprocessed from a video camera to separate objects to be tracked from the rest of the video image. Statistics for the tracked objects and the rest of the video image are computed. Further, a qua... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7589764 | Focus detection device including reduction of fluctuations due to flickering light A focus detection device includes an AF sensor which converts received object light into electrical charges, integrates the electrical charges, and outputs the integrated electrical charges as a video signal in pixel units; a photometering sensor which converts rece... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7589765 | Image processing apparatus, method, and computer program An image processing apparatus comprises a light source presumption unit adapted to presume a light source on the basis of a plurality of feature information including illuminance information of first image signals obtained by image capturing, information of signals ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7576785 | Apparatus and method for compensating for backlight in a mobile terminal with a camera An apparatus and method for compensating for backlight in a mobile terminal with a camera, which includes a camera unit having a camera lens and an ultraviolet sensor, which are disposed adjacent to each other and oriented in a same direction; and a control unit for... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7538800 | Methods and apparatus for assessing visibility through an optical material Assessing visibility through an optical material by capturing a digital image of a target through the material, determining its intensity, and using such intensity to determine a visual acuity index for the material. An apparatus for performing the method can assess... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7522192 | Portable terminal apparatus, control method therefor, and recording medium which records control program A portable terminal apparatus includes a camera, loudspeaker, determination unit, and control unit. The camera senses an image. The loudspeaker outputs a notification sound. The determination unit determines whether it is bright around the portable terminal apparatu... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7432961 | Electronic camera having white balance function An electronic camera of the present invention has an image pickup part, an ambient light colorimetric part, an operation member, a colorimetric calculation part, and a white balance adjustment part. The image pickup part captures an optical image through a photo-tak... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7411615 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus comprises an image pickup unit including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units for picking up an image of an object; and a filter, arranged on the image pickup unit, for reducing a light amount that causes a flicker. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7394489 | Comparative object shooting condition judging device, image quality adjustment device, and image shooting apparatus An object shooting condition judging device for an image shooting apparatus of the present invention includes: an ultraviolet light detecting element for detecting received ultraviolet light; comparing means for comparing ultraviolet light intensity detected by the ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7358989 | Image input apparatus and method An image input apparatus. A detection section detects a change cycle of an intensity of an external light inputted to a camera. A timing control section synchronizes the change cycle of the intensity of the xternal light with a plurality of input timings of the came... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352409 | Blue stretch circuit and level detection circuit A blue stretch circuit of this invention has a first voltage detection circuit and a second voltage detection circuit, each of which detects that an amount of each of the first and the second color difference signals are within a predetermined range, a blue stretch ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7317478 | Solid-state imaging apparatus and digital camera In a solid-state imaging apparatus provided with a solid-state imaging element having a plurality of pixels for subdividing incident light from a photographic subject into a plurality of color signals so as to image the photographic subject; and signal processing me... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7236627 | Image sensing apparatus and method, program, and storage medium The object of this invention is to decrease a memory capacity required for a lookup table. To achieve this object, in an image sensing apparatus which causes an image processing section to execute image processing to convert digital image data, which is obtained by ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233357 | Image pickup apparatus with image evaluation An image capture apparatus includes an image capture unit adapted to capture an image using an image pickup element, a switch adapted to instruct the image capture apparatus to start a recording process of recording a captured image to a recording medium, and a cont... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227572 | Image sensing apparatus, signal processing method thereof, program, and storage medium This invention is to shorten the time of white balance processing. In order to achieve this object, this invention provides an image sensing apparatus including an image sensing section which senses an object image and scans charge of pixels by interlaced-scanning t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7187405 | Automatic flicker frequency detection device and method An image device, such as a digital camera, detects specific repeating patterns of signal variations by processing columnar information from the device's two-dimensional sensor array used to generate images. In one embodiment, the columnar information is derived from... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176963 | Method and system for real-time image fusion A system, a method, and software for image fusion are disclosed. Image sensors sense light and generate image sensor data in response to the light. Spectral detectors detect energy of the light proximate each image sensor, and a voltage value corresponding to the de... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7142218 | Image display device and electronic apparatus using same, and image display method of same An image display device of the present invention is provided with a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image in accordance with an input of a chrominance signal, a sensor for sensing light characteristics of external light, and a chrominance signal conve... | 11/28/2006 |
| RE39410 | White balance adjusting device for a camera A white balance adjusting device for use in a camera which photographs a field and forms a video signal representing the field. In the white balance adjusting device, while a sequential photographing is under way, updating of the color temperature data to be used fo... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138639 | Image pick-up apparatus and image pick-up system An image pick-up apparatus comprising an area sensor in which detecting elements are two-dimensionally arranged on a substrate, and a reference supply circuit, for supplying a reference voltage to the detecting elements, which comprises a regulator for regulating th... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133075 | Image capturing apparatus and method for reducing a flicker effect An image capture apparatus which is compact and structurally simple and allows for prevention of a flicker noise, a method of capturing an image which allows for prevention of a flicker noise, and a mobile terminal using the apparatus and the method, are provided. I... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7119852 | Apparatus for processing signals The invention relates to an apparatus for processing signals, comprising parameter control means for controlling parameters of said signals in response to manual adjustments by the user as well as automatically generated adjustments based on current ambient factors ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7061528 | Signal processing apparatus which suppresses a color signal according to luminance level To provide a signal processing apparatus and an image pickup signal processing method both of which restrain a color signal from being influenced by band limitation in a color processing system, thereby enabling signal processing which produces an undegraded image, ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061547 | Image displaying system of environment-adaptive type, image processing method and program An environment-compliant image display system, image processing method and information storage medium which can reproduce the same colors at different locations by absorbing any difference in the visual environment. In an individual environment, an image data is gen... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7023587 | Image scanning apparatus, recording medium which stores image scanning programs, and data structure The present invention provides an image scanning apparatus having an illuminating device which irradiates illumination, an imaging element which has a light receiving part for receiving light and for generating signal charges, in which the light is an illumination i... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015955 | Camera having verification display with viewer adaptation compensation for reference illuminants and method A camera and method are usable for capturing images of scenes illuminated by ambient light. The camera has a body and an electronic imager disposed in the body. The electronic imager captures an ambient light image as a multicolored electronic image. A color detecto... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009641 | Electronic camera with gain adjustment An image-capturing device that captures a subject image through an exchangeable lens, a color sensor that receives the subject image and outputs color data and a white balance detection circuit that determines a white balance adjustment gain by using a correlated co... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010324 | Mobile communication apparatus with function for automatically removing strobe and method thereof A method for automatically removing strobe in a digital image capturer of a mobile communication apparatus and a mobile communication apparatus thereof are provided. The method comprises: providing a local area data by the mobile communication apparatus, the local a... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006135 | Camera capable of white balance correction A camera capable of white balance correction (WBC) of this invention has an image pickup optical system, an image sensor for receiving light from an object, a three-primary-color (3-color) detection section for detecting 3-color signals based on the image sensor out... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002157 | Image pick-up apparatus and image pick-up system An image pick-up apparatus and an image pick-up system constructed to prevent occurrence of random noise in a photographed image due to a random noise component produced in a reference supply circuit. An image pick-up apparatus has an area sensor driven by matrix dr... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6992709 | Method and apparatus for high-speed broadband illuminant discrimination An apparatus for determining a type of an illuminant including a spectrum diffraction unit and a sensor coupled to the spectrum diffraction unit. An illuminant discrimination unit is coupled to the sensor and configured to receive a set of signals representative of ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6989859 | Camera having user interface ambient sensor viewer adaptation compensation and method The camera has a body and an electronic imager disposed in the body. The electronic imager captures an ambient light image as a multicolored electronic image. Memory is operatively connected to the imager and stores the electronic image as a stored image. The camera... | 01/24/2006 |
