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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8139144 | Focus detection device, focus detection method and imaging apparatus A focus detection device includes an imaging element, a storage controller, and a focus detector. The imaging element is provided on a light path of a light flux incident via an optical system and has a plurality of pixels of charge storage type two-dimensionally ar... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8107000 | Image pickup apparatus and semiconductor circuit element The present invention includes: a plurality of lens portions, each having at least one lens; a plurality of image pickup regions which are provided to correspond to the lens portions, respectively, and each of which has a light receiving surface substantially perpen... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8045048 | Focus detection device, focus detection method, and image pickup apparatus A focus detection device includes a light receiving element, an image shift detection unit, a movement detection unit, and a focus detection unit. The light receiving element receives a pair of light fluxes passing through different regions of a pupil of an optical ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7548269 | System for autofocusing a moving object The present invention provides an autofocus system for controlling the focus of a taking lens by specifying a subject to be autofocused within an AF area, which is part of the field of view of a camera, and automatically focusing on the subject, comprising: a target... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7525590 | Camera apparatus with exposure correction based on movement of the object A camera apparatus includes an imaging device and a unit for detecting information relating to the movement of an object on the basis of an output of the imaging device. An exposure correction device is provided for making exposure correction on the basis of the det... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7428375 | Correlated auto-focus stabilization method and digital camera Auto-focus in a digital camera is improved by stabilizing successive images. Each auto-focus image is correlated to previous images so that scene movement or motion can be tracked. The area in the scene where focus figure-of-merit is computed is adjusted according t... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423686 | Image pickup apparatus having auto-focus control and image pickup method To track a region of interest (“ROI”) such as, for example, in a viewfinder of a camera, both the location and distance of a point in the ROI are estimated for a time in the future, based on actual measurements of locations and distances of the point at the pres... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421195 | Apparatus for acquiring focussing information and method of acquiring focusing information A storage unit is configured to store beforehand a table that shows a relation between spread parameters and command values supplied to a control unit to acquire a focused image of an object, and information that designates a command value corresponding to an inflec... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7388720 | Imaging apparatus A lens-controlling device controls a first lens unit which moves for zooming and a second lens unit which moves for correcting the displacement of an image plane caused by zooming and for focusing. The lens-controlling device includes a memory which stores data for ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7365771 | Camera with visible and infra-red imaging A digital camera derives an infrared and visible signals from IR and visible sensors. The sensor fields of view overlap or share a common field of view. An analyzer of the IR signal provides the location of and information from an active or passive IR target. The an... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362369 | Image-taking control apparatus for controlling a plurality of drivable parts of said apparatus such that each drivable part finishes its operation at substantially the same time An image-taking control apparatus lets the operations of a plurality of drivable parts, including a first drivable part whose driving speed can be switched only in steps, finish substantially simultaneously. A speed selector selects an operation speed for each of th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7340151 | High-speed search of recorded video information to detect motion A system and methods are described for high speed searching of digital video data 20 to find regions that have motion, for example in a scene monitored by a security camera system. Conventional video motion detection is used to find zones 28,29 and/or ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327253 | Intruder detection and warning system An intruder detection and warning system has a plurality of infrared sensors for receiving infrared radiation from respective contiguous areas of premises in need of security. A central illumination unit including a rotatable light is operated to project a beam illu... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313289 | Image processing method and apparatus and computer-readable storage medium using improved distortion correction In image processing method and apparatus of the present invention, image distortions caused by oblique imaging are corrected. A feature point of one of a plurality of partially overlapping images corresponding to a common location of an original image, shared by the... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304681 | Method and apparatus for continuous focus and exposure in a digital imaging device A digital imaging device performs automatic focus and exposure adjustments based on high-resolution frames when a scene change has been detected based on the analysis of low-resolution frames. The digital imaging device reduces battery power consumption while simult... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301497 | Stereo display for position sensing systems A method for display of radar data includes performing a first radar scan to obtain, for at least one object (24), a first range reading, a first azimuth reading, and a first altitude reading. A second radar scan is then performed to obtain, for the at least ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292265 | Camera apparatus, a camera system, and a method for controlling the camera system Providing camera apparatus and a camera system capable of performing optimum speed control by themselves and even facilitate tracking of a subject by way of a plurality of cameras while using a same controller, even in case the location of the camera or the distance... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7260270 | Image creating device and image creating method An image-capturing unit generates an image signal corresponding to an image of a subject formed by a photographing optical system. A point spread function generating unit generates varying point spread functions corresponding to various distances based upon two-dime... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248286 | Apparatus and method for controlling a camera using a video compression algorithm A method for controlling a camera using an image compression algorithm. A motion region and a motionless region are determined with respect to an input image based on a motion vector of a macro block which is for the generation of compressed data from the input imag... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248300 | Camera and method of photographing good image A camera includes a release button, an input unit, an A/D converter, a memory, a control unit, an alarm, a recording unit and an output unit. The memory stores data for the image converted by the A/D converter. The control unit judges whether or not the image stored... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7230648 | Image sensing apparatus and method of focusing and enlarging/reducing the in-focus image data on a display device Disclosed is a digital still camera in which focusing can be checked easily even if a display device constituting the viewfinder is comparatively small. When a shutter-release button is pressed half-way, focusing is performed and the image in a focusing zone is made... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224397 | AF control apparatus and AF control method A CPU performs a control for photographing a main subject in absence of auxiliary light, whereby an image signal is outputted from an analogue signal processing section. Next, the CPU performs a control for photographing the main subject in presence of the auxiliary... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7193645 | Video system and method of operating a video system A video imaging system includes a master video camera for producing video images of a moving object of interest, a plurality of additional video cameras each positioned at a different location for producing additional video images of the object of interest from diff... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190395 | Apparatus, method, program and recording medium for image restoration An image of which restoration degree is determined based on the difference between each pixel and a neighboring pixel of the pixel in a light receiving element array 101 is divided into a plurality of areas based on the determined restoration degree, and the ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168618 | Retail store method and system Image capture devices attached to a computer processor are located in a retail store. Items of merchandise for sale are tracked from their display position to a shopping container using optical tracking software. The software is capable of identifying the items and ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162101 | Image processing apparatus and method An image processing apparatus and method, which can appropriately extract an object even when the focus of a camera having an automatic focus adjustment function shifts from the background to the object. To this end, frame images which are sensed by an image sensing... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149423 | Lens apparatus diagnostic system, diagnostic program, record medium, lens diagnostic system and controller diagnostic system The lens apparatus diagnostic system, the diagnostic program, the record medium, the lens diagnostic system and the controller diagnostic system have the effects of, by connecting a personal computer to a TV lens and having a diagnosis of the TV lens performed by th... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148919 | Capturing a still image and video image during a single exposure period An imaging system operable to substantially simultaneously capture still image data and video data. The imaging system includes an optical system capturing incident light representative of an image and an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes at least ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7123180 | System and method for controlling an electronic device using a single-axis gyroscopic remote control A remote control device and method are described for controlling an input parameter to an electronic device. In one embodiment, the remote control device includes a housing sized to be held in the hand of a user during operation of the remote control device and a gy... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116492 | Imaging apparatus A lens-controlling device controls a first lens unit which moves for zooming and a second lens unit which moves for correcting the displacement of an image plane caused by zooming and for focusing. The lens-controlling device includes a memory which stores data for ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110035 | Device and a method for an infrared image analyzing autofocus An apparatus and a method is introduced by which infrared image analysing automatic focusing is made possible. The invention among others comprises a focus function to be used by a search operation in order to control a moving means (50) adjusting a focusing ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7098954 | Interchangeable lens video camera system In an interchangeable lens assembly video camera system including an interchangeable lens assembly and a camera, a filter of an AF signal processing circuit (113) of the camera extracts a focus evaluation value signal from an image sensing signal correspondin... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082209 | Object detecting method and object detecting apparatus and intruding object monitoring apparatus employing the object detecting method An object detecting method, object detecting apparatus and intruding object monitoring apparatus employing the object detecting method. A predetermined monitor area having no object to be detected is imaged by an imaging device and reference background sequential im... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079188 | Object detecting apparatus An object detecting apparatus according to the present invention has: an image sensor capturing a plurality of object images in time sequence; a first detection start signal generator generating a signal to start detection of an object, included in a first area, of ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071968 | System and method for a software steerable web camera with multiple image subset capture An apparatus for controlling the capture of an image of an object, includes: a lens capable to capture a scene within a wide field of vision of the lens; an image collection array communicatively coupled to the lens and capable to store data of the scene within the ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7031384 | Apparatus for generating motion control signal from image signal In order to easily generate a control signal when a motion in accordance with an image is applied to a chair for an observer, a motion vector is detected from an image signal input to an image processing apparatus by a feature information detection section. By using... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030905 | Real-time method and apparatus for tracking a moving object experiencing a change in direction A method and apparatus for tracking an object using one or more video cameras together with a plurality of microphones and/or geophones, whereby accurate tracking of the object can be obtained even when the object changes directions as a result of an impact. A tenni... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7015976 | Automatic panning of digital content while zoomed The digital television system that has a zoom module. When the digital television system is in a zoom mode, the zoom module receives a full frame, and displays the zoom frame that includes only a portion of the full frame. The zoom module determines a relationship b... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012635 | Solid state image sensor and video system using the same A solid state image sensor controlled by a command signal. An area sensor has pixels arranged two-dimensionally. An interface is configured to receive the command signal. A selector is configured to select one of a plurality of readout schemes of reading out a pixel... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010036 | Descriptor for a video sequence and image retrieval system using said descriptor The present invention relates to a descriptor for the representation, from a video indexing viewpoint, of motions of a camera or any kind of observer or observing device within any sequence of frames in a video scene. The motions are at least one or several of the f... | 03/07/2006 |
