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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8432482 | Method and apparatus for automatically optimizing optical contrast in automated equipment Techniques for automatically adjusting and/or optimizing the color and/or intensity of the illuminating light used in a vision system is presented. The intensity of each of a plurality of illuminating light colors is allowed to be independently adjusted to adapt the... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8379142 | Apparatus and method for balancing color of flashed image using depth estimation Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for balancing the color of a flashed image using depth estimation. The apparatus includes a depth value measurement unit, a region identification unit, a color impression estimation unit, and a color balancing unit. The de... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8350957 | Imaging systems and methods for recovering object visibility A system and method are provided for imaging in scattering media such as fog, water and biological tissues. Normally, such images suffer from poor visibility due to backscattering and signal attenuation. At least two images are taken of the scene using active widefi... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8339508 | Method and apparatus for low-light imaging enhancement A device and methods are provided for low-light imaging enhancement by a digital imaging device. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting an image associated with ambient lighting of a scene, detecting an image associated with artificial lighting of the scene,... | 12/25/2012 |
| 8339507 | Flash device and image capture device having same A flash device includes a stationary frame, a light emitting portion, a driving unit and a resilient plate. The light emitting portion is moveably received in the stationary frame and is spaced from the stationary frame. The driving unit includes a first magnetic as... | 12/25/2012 |
| 8334926 | In-camera based method of detecting defect eye with high accuracy A portable digital image acquisition device includes multiple lenses and/or multiple flashes. A main digital image and first and second reference images are acquired. The first and second reference images are acquired with different flash-lens combinations that have... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8314880 | Photographic illumination device, image-capturing system, camera system and camera An image-capturing system includes: an image-capturing device that captures an image of a subject; and an illumination device that illuminates the subject. The image-capturing device includes a control unit that calculates a light quantity needed to illuminate the s... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8279329 | Structured illumination for imaging of stationary and non-stationary, fluorescent and non-fluorescent, objects An object to be imaged is illuminated with a structured (e.g., sinusoidal) illumination at a plurality of phase shifts to allow lateral superresolution and axial sectioning in images. When an object is to be imaged in vitro or in another situation in which the phase... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8248519 | Brightness adjusting system and method thereof and electronic device using same A brightness adjusting system for an image of an object captured by a camera includes a plurality of light sources configured for emitting light to the object, a driving device driving the light sources to emit the light, and an adjustment device electrically connec... | 08/21/2012 |
| 8233079 | Environment recognition method and apparatus for a three-dimensional vision sensor In an environment recognition apparatus including a light projector that intermittently projects a light pattern toward an object to be measured existing in an environmental space in accordance with a duty factor of a pulse train defining one frame, a camera that ou... | 07/31/2012 |
| 8208061 | Flash assist system, digital image capture device using same and flash assist method thereof A flashing assist system is used in a digital image capture device that includes a camera module, a flash unit and a display. The camera module is capable of determining an object distance from the image capture device to an object. The flash unit is capable of prov... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8189096 | Video light system and method for improving facial recognition using a video camera A video lighting system (100) for use with a personal computer or other electronic device (103) includes a display (105) that is used in connection with a microprocessor running facial recognition software that is used to prevent unauthorized ac... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189095 | Method and apparatus for superresolution imaging An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing superresolution imaging of a target, including remote targets. An apparatus for superresolution imaging may include a receiver having a predefined receiving aperture for capturing an image of the target. The appara... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8125562 | Method and apparatus for automatically optimizing optical contrast in automated equipment Techniques for automatically adjusting and/or optimizing the color and/or intensity of the illuminating light used in a vision system is presented. The intensity of each of a plurality of illuminating light colors is allowed to be independently adjusted to adapt the... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125563 | Camera chip, camera and method for image recording The invention relates to a camera chip (C) for image acquisition. It is characterized in that pixel groups (P1, P2, . . . ) may be exposed at different times with the aid of shutter signals (S1, S2, . . . ). ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8102465 | Photographing apparatus and photographing method for photographing an image by controlling light irradiation on a subject A photographing apparatus including: an imaging unit for obtaining image data by imaging a subject; a light irradiation unit for irradiating light onto the subject when photographing; an eye detection unit for detecting a human or animal eye; and a light control uni... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8085340 | Camera A camera is disclosed, which has a simple structure and capable of detecting a flash light amount at high accuracy. The camera comprises a camera body unit, a exterior unit fixed to the camera body unit, a flash unit provided on the exterior unit, a first light-lead... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081254 | In-camera based method of detecting defect eye with high accuracy A portable digital image acquisition device includes multiple lenses and/or multiple flashes. A main digital image and first and second reference images are acquired. The first and second reference images are acquired with different flash-lens combinations that have... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8059189 | Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method An image capturing apparatus performs photographing multiple times and composing these multiple images to obtain one image of a correct exposure. The apparatus includes an image capturing unit, an illumination unit and an image composition unit. The image capturing ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059188 | Apparatus, system, method, and program for optimizing an image using illumination parameter An image processing apparatus includes a memory that memorizes a plurality of pickup images in which an object has been picked up by varying an irradiation direction of a light; an extracting portion that extracts an area image of an area indicated by a user from ea... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8009226 | Digital camera with improved portability and ease of use A digital camera having a camera body, a shutter release button, a photographic optical system, a display cover, a lens/strobe flash cover, a nonskid grip pits/projection, a mode dial, operation buttons, indication lamps, a display screen, and a strobe flashing unit... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7978259 | Image capturing apparatus for guiding light emitted from a plurality of light emitting devices An image capturing apparatus illuminates an object and captures an image of the object using the reflected light from the object. On a circuit substrate mounted an image sensor, a plurality of light-emitting devices are mounted in the peripheral positions of the ima... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7961247 | Apparatus for acquiring an image of a predetermined extract of a moving printed product An apparatus and method for acquiring an image of a predetermined extract of a moving printed product employs at least one black-and-white camera with a two-dimensional electronic image sensor and one or more illumination devices suitable for pulse-like illumination... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7944501 | Image sensing apparatus and image sensing apparatus control method An image sensing apparatus has a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix-like layout and containing photoelectric conversion devices reads signals in units of one line or a plurality of lines and is provide with an image sensing device 14 adapted to read a s... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940326 | Device to transfer photo images into digital data A kind of device to transfer photo images into digital data includes a body wherein photo taking mechanisms are set inside and insert-fit grooves and positioning mechanisms are set with internal lighting printed circuit boards at the other side. A reflecting shield ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929047 | Image taking apparatus When a release button is pressed in the image adding mode and flash-on mode, a system control section instructs a timing generation section to continuously supply a timing signal to an imaging section, thereby causing the imaging section to perform high speed contin... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924343 | Photographing apparatus and exposure control method A photographing apparatus comprises a photographing device which photographs an image of an object; an illumination device which emits light at the photographing time and illuminates the object; a face detection device which detects a face area and a size of the fac... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7898593 | System and method for synchronizing an illuminator to a video camera The present invention provides synchronization and control between the wavelength of a multi-wavelength illuminator and the image frames acquired by a video camera. In accordance with the present invention, the trailing edge of a camera expose-signal triggers a pre-... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7889275 | System and method for continuous flash A photo illumination technology that facilitates user selectable illumination of an existing photo ranging from full artificial flash illumination to ambient light illumination and every gradation between. The technology in one embodiment employs a digital camera fe... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7847858 | System and method for controlling photoflash A system for controlling photoflash includes a signal processing unit, a calculating unit, a photoflash module and an adjusting unit. The photoflash module includes a capacitor. The signal processing unit is configured for analyzing image information to get a curren... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7843505 | Image-capturing device, image processing device and image processing program product for image composition processing An image-capturing device includes: an image-capturing element that includes a first color filter that allows first color component light corresponding to a first color component to be transmitted and a second color filter that allows second color component light co... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7777808 | Image capturing apparatus having distance measurement function An image capturing apparatus illuminates an object and captures an image of the object using the reflected light from the object. The image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor for capturing an image of the object by receiving reflected light, distance-measu... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7777807 | On-board object detector and on-board object detection method An on-board object detector and on-board object detection method for detecting an object present in a pickup image at a high level of precision. A controller controls a projector to irradiate a line of light while shifting the irradiation angle, and images in the co... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7746405 | Illumination apparatus, imaging apparatus and irradiation method for an imaging apparatus comprising light emitting diodes which are duty-driven during an imaging period of a frame period There is provided an illumination apparatus used for imaging a moving picture made up of a plurality of frames, and for irradiating an auxiliary light from a light source constituted by one or a plurality of LEDs onto a photo-object. The one or plurality of LEDs are... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738032 | Apparatus for and method of taking and viewing images of the skin A self-contained, portable apparatus and corresponding method for capturing, displaying and analyzing images of a person includes a housing for containing a digital camera, a light source capable of providing at least two different wavelengths of light, a touch-scre... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738034 | Image processing apparatus with illumination unit and imaging unit in different casings A control unit converts image information into differential signals to transmit to a controller. The control unit receives control signals (differential signals) for controlling a lens unit or an illumination unit, to control the lens unit or the illumination unit. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738033 | Illumination device for a monitoring camera An illumination device is described for a monitoring camera with a plurality of light devices, each having a light device axis. The light device axes of the invention, intersect an optical axis of the monitoring camera. The illumination device can have light ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728905 | Image capturing apparatus having an image capturing system disposed close to an illumination system This invention relates to an image capturing apparatus for illuminating and capturing an image of an object using reflected light therefrom, and is objective to a miniaturized construction and simplified assembly. A plurality of light-emitting devices is mounted aro... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7705910 | Photographic device for obtaining a plurality of images at a time by rolling shutter method A photographic device includes an image sensor in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed. A vertical scan circuit selects horizontal drive lines of the image sensor in order. And a horizontal scan circuit reads out in order voltages due to electric charges from the... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7683965 | System and method for flash control The invention concerns a method (200) and system (100) for flash control. The method can include the steps of—in a portable electronic device (122)—detecting (212) a request to operate a flash component (132), determining (2... | 03/23/2010 |
