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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174587 | Imaging apparatus, integrated circuit for image pickup device and image data processing method The present invention is applied to imaging apparatuses including video cameras for recording moving pictures, electronic still cameras, monitoring devices and such. An image pickup means 3 and an image compressing means 5 are connected integrally by a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8159561 | Digital camera with feature extraction device This invention includes an imaging device that photographs a subject image, a first storage device that stores image data output from the imaging device at a first time interval, a display device that reads the image data stored in the first storage device at the fi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155498 | System and method for indexing commercials in a video presentation Systems and methods for providing enhanced navigation of stored digital video content based upon an event index. Includes generation and storage of an event index, as well as navigation based on events in the event index. An example system is embodied in a digital v... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8125539 | Information-processing apparatus and method detecting living-body information An information-processing apparatus processes information obtained by shooting an image of a subject and by collecting ambient sound of the subject. The apparatus contains an image-and-sound-recording unit that shoots the image of the subject to output image informa... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8111304 | Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and computer readable medium in which an image extracted in association with selected object information is displayed There is provided an image capturing apparatus that automatically registers a taken object. The image capturing apparatus according to the present invention includes an object extracting section that extracts an object included in a captured image, a characteristic ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8102439 | Image pickup apparatus comprising a generating unit configured to generate an identifier, method for controlling image pickup apparatus, and storage medium An image pickup apparatus captures a subject to obtain image data, is connected to an information processing apparatus, and receives and stores therein information about the information processing apparatus when being connected to the information processing apparatu... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8077223 | Image recording method, image recording apparatus, image recording medium, image display method, and image display apparatus for reading and recording actual brightness An image recording method for an image recording medium is used in an image display apparatus that changes an image on a light valve and changes quantity of light which is incident on the light valve via a light control element according to an input image signal. Th... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8049793 | Image processing apparatus including image extraction unit, method thereof, and recording medium An image processing apparatus includes an image file creation unit, a storage control unit, an extracting unit, and a display controller. The image file creation unit is configured to create a file including a plurality of images, first management information indica... | 11/01/2011 |
| RE42779 | Apparatus and method for handling digital image data An apparatus for increasing a digital camera image capture rate comprises an imaging device for capturing raw image data, a frame buffer for receiving the image data, a first RAM spooler for transferring the raw image data to a RAM disk, a first flash spooler for tr... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031240 | Imaging device Whether a digital camera body (1) is in a horizontal shooting attitude (a) or in either of vertical shooting attitudes (b), (c) is detected by using drive means of an image blurring compensation device. In the case where a focus drive means detects that the d... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8018503 | Imaging apparatus with multiple timing-adjusting parts An imaging apparatus includes a nonvolatile memory storing multiple kinds of parameters, a volatile memory storing temporarily the parameters read out from the nonvolatile memory, a processing part executing a processing using the parameters stored in the volatile m... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7973832 | Image pickup apparatus and registration call image pickup mode An image pickup apparatus having a plurality of setting items related to an image pickup condition, the image pickup apparatus including: a setting unit adapted to set respective setting information of the plurality of setting items; a storage unit; a specification ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7936381 | Management and setting of photographing condition of image sensing apparatus According to a method of managing photographing conditions for an image sensing apparatus, one of images photographed by the image sensing apparatus is selected. The selected image, photographing conditions such as the exposure value and shutter speed in photographi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7929029 | Apparatus, method, and program for recording image An image recording apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject, a recording unit configured to record one of still image data and video image data captured by the image capturing unit on a storage medium in the form of an i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924326 | Image quality adjustment processing device An image processing device capable of executing adjustment of image quality of image data includes a feature amount obtainment unit which obtains an amount of feature indicative of a feature of image quality of the image data, a correction amount obtainment unit whi... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916184 | Moving image processing apparatus and method for acquiring moving image data and performing display control A moving image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit adapted to acquire moving image data captured with an image capturing unit and image capturing information of the image capturing unit associated with each image frame constituting the moving image dat... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911509 | Adaptive video encode scaling A mobile video terminal includes a video camera to supply video signals; processing logic to selectively encode the video signals from the video camera at different quality levels; a memory to store the video signals encoded by the processing logic; and a power supp... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899306 | Security system A media data security system for rendering a secure media data file, having associated authentication data, for output comprises a data preparation unit operable with respect to a version of the media data file, having user controls for generating a list of desired ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7884860 | Content shooting apparatus A content shooting apparatus is provided, in which thresholds for generating metadata concerning shot images can be calibrated in accordance with shooting conditions. In a content shooting apparatus (Acc) for converting content data (Dc) into a stream (AV) an... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7834916 | Video content editing support system and method A video content edition support system that includes an imaging device used to record captured video content data to a recording medium An editor's terminal unit displays video content data transmitted from the imaging device and a network connects the imaging devic... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7825962 | Image generation with integrating control data The technique of the present invention ensures flexible image processing that is performed integrally on a plurality of image data. In accordance with the present invention, an image output system enables output of the image data, which is generated in a digi... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7808533 | Electronic camera having signal processing units that perform signal processing on image data A CCD captures a subject image having passed through a taking lens and an image processing circuit performs various types of image pre-treatment including gamma correction and white balance on image data corresponding to n lines×m rows output by the CCD. The image ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7796166 | Digital camera system incorporating VLIM image processor A hand-held digital camera device includes a programmable processing circuitry incorporating a four-way parallel VLIW vector processor; an image sensor interface connected to the programmable processing circuitry and configured to receive signals from an image senso... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7773127 | System and method for RAW image processing An automated RAW image processing method and system are disclosed. A RAW image and metadata related to the RAW image are obtained from a digital camera or other source. The RAW image and the related metadata are automatically processed using an Operating System serv... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7750953 | Image processing apparatus, method thereof, and recording medium When there is created one composite image comprising an arrangement of a plurality of associated captured small images, an intended small image needs to be extracted from the composite image. When a plurality of small images are arranged to create one composite imag... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7728886 | Image recording apparatus and method An image recording apparatus has a color conversion mode in which it generates color conversion data for color conversion based on an input color which is a source color and an output color which is a destination color. Using the generated color conversion data, the... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7683943 | Image recording apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, method of controlling image recording apparatus, method of controlling image reproducing apparatus, computer program, and recording medium A system, method and computer program product for arranging digital data in a file in an apparatus-implemented system, is disclosed. One or more pages are generated, where each page includes: i. a mode field containing a camera operation mode, ii. an image data fiel... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7671905 | Image processing apparatus and method for image processing relevant images An image processing apparatus is provided which includes a memory for storing plural photographic images, an input key for instructing a desired photographic image among the photographic images stored in the memory to be subjected to image processing, a determining ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7663674 | Image processing device supporting variable data technologies A method for processing image data using a digital camera includes providing a digital camera having a first transformation program as a default program, the first transformation program supporting a first transformation technology. A first communication link is for... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7663673 | Image processing apparatus and method, and image processing program An image processing apparatus performs image processing on moving picture data by using image processing control information which defines image processing conditions and outputs the moving picture data subjected to the image processing to an image output device con... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7605850 | Image processing apparatus, method and program for verifying a setting of an image processing mode An image output device judges whether an image processing mode of a first image data set and an image processing mode of a second image data set obtained immediately before the first image data set are the same. If the judgment is YES, the image output device obtain... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7602423 | Integrated circuit for a digital camera system A monolithic integrated circuit includes programmable processing circuitry. An image sensor interface is connected to the processing circuitry and is configured to receive signals from an image sensor and to pass data representing the signals to the programmable pro... | 10/13/2009 |
| RE40865 | System and method for using a scripting language to set digital camera device features A system and method for using scripts and selectable feature parameters to configure digital camera device features. The digital camera includes memory storing scripts for providing digital camera device features, an interface enabling a user to modify feature setti... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7554579 | Image pickup apparatus storing control operation file on removable recording medium An image pickup apparatus includes a monitor for displaying a menu screen, a menu button for operating a menu on the menu screen, a hardware key such as a button for setting a picture-taking condition, and a storage medium removably mounted in a body of the image pi... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7518641 | Multiple-image transmission method and mobile apparatus having multiple-image simultaneous photographing function By rotating a second camera (4) by a hinge (5) by 180 degrees so as to obtain an opening state, the second camera 4 faces a surface side. As a result, a first camera (3) and the second camera (4) are aligned horizontally, and use t... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515181 | Method, apparatus, and program for image processing on image data that have already been subjected to image processing Image processing reflecting image processing that was carried out on image data is carried out on the image data. Image data sets S1 obtained by a digital camera 1 have been subjected to image processing and image processing information G representing ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7463291 | Image data processing method, image data processing apparatus and digital still camera This invention relates to an image data processing method or the like capable of obtaining a preferable reproduction image based on processed image data even if the image data is short of the unit of block on reading the image data from the memory means in the unit ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7443428 | Image processing device An image is divided into first and second images, whose pixel data are processed using different processors simultaneously. The pixel data of the first and second image is stored in a first memory field and a second memory field including top and lower fields. The p... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443424 | Digital camera recording an arbitrary frame of a motion picture Providing a digital camera which can identify a print target scene readily and in a short time When shooting is made in the motion picture mode, the motion picture data of a subject image shot with an image pickup device is compressed on a per frame basis in ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443418 | Method for producing electronic job pages A method for producing a plurality of electronic job pages using a digital camera and a computer comprises the steps of capturing and storing a first group of digital images using the digital camera; designating, in response to a user input, that subsequent captured... | 10/28/2008 |
