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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189071 | Imaging apparatus and method for searching for classified images An imaging apparatus utilizes management data which includes file identification information identifying an image file recorded on a recording medium and search identification information indicating search information stored in header part of the image file identifi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8179451 | Image sensing apparatus The present invention relates to an image sensing apparatus that photographs a moving image and records moving image data, and the image sensing apparatus has an image sensing unit and a recording unit which records moving image data obtained by the image sensing un... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174586 | Image file reproduction device and image file reproduction method A method of reproducing an image file from a recording medium that stores an image file of a first type and/or an image file of a second type includes reproducing the first type of image file or second type of image file, detecting whether each of a predetermined nu... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8164653 | Image-processing device for recording image data with consecutive-photographing and a controlling method thereof An image-processing device generates image data in consecutive-photographing mode and stores the image data and file-management information in a removable recording medium. Data on images photographed consecutively is stored in an internal memory of a device in sequ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164654 | Image storage apparatus, image storage method, and control program executed in image storage apparatus An image storage apparatus which is capable of finding a desired image among a large number of images easily. Image quality of an image to be recorded on a storage medium 200 or 210 is determined by an operation unit 70. A system control circuit... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159560 | Image sensing apparatus having a delete function of image data and control method thereof When image shooting is performed in a mode that records plural images in response to a single shooting instruction and deletion is instructed on a shot-image confirmation screen that displays the shot image data immediately after the shooting, the plural image data ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8139124 | Erroneous erasure determination apparatus, method and computer program product, and image file generation apparatus An erroneous erasure determination apparatus is provided, which determines whether or not image data in an image file are likely to have been erroneously erased based on auxiliary information attached thereto which indicates whether or not the image file is recorded... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135684 | Value index from incomplete data In a digital image administration method and system, a database of image records is maintained. Data sets are provided. The data sets are each associated with a respective image record. The data sets each include data in a plurality of the categories: capture relate... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134612 | Digital camera for recording a still image while shooting a moving image In a digital camera, when snapshot shooting is instructed during recording of a moving image, a shot still image is temporarily pushed aside in a memory area for use in pushing aside (7a) in a frame buffer (7). A currently shooting motion image ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130285 | Automated searching for probable matches in a video surveillance system A technique for searching for probable matches in a video surveillance system is disclosed. A new event, such as a face captured in an image set, is matched against other events in a database of events. A similarity score is generated based on the difference between... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125537 | Image processing method and imaging apparatus using the same An image processing method includes storing corresponding addresses of original image data in respective addresses of a look-up table, the number of the respective addresses being smaller than the number of addresses that are necessary in output image data; determin... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120672 | Digital camera for recording a still image while shooting a moving image In a digital camera, when snapshot shooting is instructed during recording of a moving image, a shot still image is temporarily pushed aside in a memory area for use in pushing aside (7a) in a frame buffer (7). A currently shooting motion image ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120671 | Digital camera for recording a still image while shooting a moving image In a digital camera, when snapshot shooting is instructed during recording of a moving image, a shot still image is temporarily pushed aside in a memory area for use in pushing aside (7a) in a frame buffer (7). A currently shooting motion image ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111303 | Album creating apparatus and method An album creating apparatus is provided to insert a title appropriate for the timing at which the image stored in the album is captured. The album creating apparatus includes: an image acquiring section for acquiring a plurality of images in association with image c... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8098297 | Pre- and post-shutter signal image capture and sort for digital camera A camera system includes an image sensor and a processing apparatus receiving image frames from the sensor before and after receipt of a user picture signal. The processing apparatus discards frames that do not meet a quality criterion such as under-exposed frames. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098296 | Image display system An image display system, including a display unit, a memory device configured to memorize a plurality of image data, and a mode switching device configured to set a one coma-reproduction mode and a division-reproduction mode selectively, and a display part provided ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085317 | Information process apparatus and method, program record medium, and program A data generation section generates an essence data file composed of a file header, a file body, and a file footer. A header size obtainment section obtains header size information of essence data file from the data generation section, and supplies the header size i... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077221 | Image capturing apparatus and control method therefor with determination whether storage medium is limited-rewriteable storage medium An image capturing apparatus using a limited-rewriteable storage medium is disclosed. The image capturing apparatus writes generated image data in the limited-rewriteable storage medium at the time of shooting processing. On the other hand, an internal memory in the... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077220 | Image display apparatus An image display apparatus includes an image readout unit which reads an image from a recording medium, a display unit which displays the image, a user interface unit which turns on an jump mode, and a control unit which changes an image displayed on the display uni... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8063951 | Information processing apparatus and method, and program An information processing apparatus has a plurality of recording media, and includes an imaging unit operable to capture an image of a subject, and a recording unit operable to record image data of the captured image onto the recording media such that the amounts of... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059166 | Multifunctional video apparatus and method of providing user interface thereof A multifunctional video apparatus and a method of providing a user interface (UI) thereof. The multifunctional video apparatus has diverse functions such as image capturing, image reproduction, image editing, image input/output from/to an external device, etc., and ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054340 | Image information management system and method An imaging device detects an occurrence of a trigger event, stores images before and after the trigger event occurrence for a specified time and transmits them to an image management server. The image management server stores the image file and key information assoc... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045018 | Picture recording device An imaging processing unit signal-processes main picture data outputted from an imaging device. A zoom processing unit subjects the signal-processed main picture data to picture resize processing. A display picture management unit subjects the signal-processed main ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040395 | System and method for automatic format selection for digital photographs A system and method for automatically determine whether an image captured by a digital camera should be stored in a raw format or a compressed format. After an image is captured by the digital camera, the digital camera checks certain sets of characteristics of the ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035700 | Information processing apparatus, remote indication system, and computer readable medium An information processing apparatus including: a registration portion that, every time a new image is input, registers the image and an identifier with a storage; a reception portion that receives a delivery request including an identifier of an image and a delivery... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8026958 | Image capture device An image capture device has a first image transfer method for storing a captured digital image on a storage medium and transferring the digital image to a communication device, and a second image transfer method for storing the digital image on the storage medium, r... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023005 | Image recording apparatus and image recording method An aspect of the present invention provides an image recording apparatus comprising: an image recording device which records an extended image file storing a plurality of pieces of image data and a basic file storing at least one piece of image data selected from th... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8004582 | Image file processing apparatus, image file processing method, and storage medium An image file processing apparatus comprises a first storage unit configured to store an image, a first data creating unit configured to create main image data or sub-image data, a second storage unit configured to store the main image data and the sub-image data as... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004583 | Image pickup apparatus for use with a construction table Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus capable of being used for preview image pickup of a predetermined scene prior to actual image pickup of the scene, including: an image pickup section configured to carry out the preview image pickup using setting data re... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004581 | Imaging apparatus having temporary recording mode and direct recording mode An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device for capturing images, a display section, a temporary memory for temporarily recording captured images, a main memory for recording the captured images and a setting mechanism for setting one of a temporary recording mo... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004580 | Apparatus and method for managing images of mobile terminal An apparatus for managing images of a mobile terminal includes: a storage unit for storing a plurality of images; and a control unit for creating a script for a particular image according to a user instruction, and linking a second image stored in the storage unit o... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999859 | Digital camera for recording a still image while shooting a moving image In a digital camera, when snapshot shooting is instructed during recording of a moving image, a shot still image is temporarily pushed aside in a memory area for use in pushing aside (7a) in a frame buffer (7). A currently shooting motion image ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7990434 | Digital camera for recording a still image while shooting a moving image In a digital camera, when snapshot shooting is instructed during recording of a moving image, a shot still image is temporarily pushed aside in a memory area for use in pushing aside (7a) in a frame buffer (7). A currently shooting motion image ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986349 | Recording device, reproducing device, image file generating method, and display controlling method A recording device including: a recorder recording data onto a recording medium on which tracks as units of audio data are grouped and managed by management information; and a controller generating an image file in which image data associated with one of each track ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7956904 | Image file reproduction device and image file reproduction method A method of reproducing an image file from a recording medium that stores an image file of a first type and/or an image file of a second type includes reproducing the first type of image file or second type of image file, detecting whether each of a predetermined nu... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7936380 | Imaging apparatus having groups with designated representative images An imaging apparatus for recording image data picked up by an image pickup unit until a recording medium is presented. In response to an instruction from an instruction operation unit capable of arbitrary instruction, a first image data picked up by the image pickup... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932933 | Information recording apparatus and control method thereof This invention has as its object to allow information recording by maximally utilizing the size of a storage medium while maintaining compatibility to an electronic device which can handle only a storage medium initialized by the first file system to some extent. To... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929027 | Image management method A method for managing an image photographed by two or more image pickup devices corresponding to two or more viewpoints, comprises: storing a 2D image photographed by the two or more image pickup devices, with identifier indicating that the image is two-dimensional;... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924323 | Method and apparatus for automatically capturing and managing images According to one embodiment of the invention, a camera determines whether to acquire an image (e.g., automatically), determines whether to store the acquired image, and determines how to store the acquired image. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920176 | Image generating apparatus and image regenerating apparatus An image generating apparatus generating image data of a plurality of different viewpoints, comprises: a file converting device which records the image data of each viewpoint in a general-purpose image file format, and records moving image regeneration information i... | 04/05/2011 |
