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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174561 | Device, method and program for creating and displaying composite images generated from images related by capture position A system for presenting recorded data includes an electronic device and a database connectable to the electronic device over a communications network, the electronic device including a recording unit to record data from a first direction, a positional arrangement to... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8044993 | Image recording apparatus, image recording method and image recording program There is provided an image recording apparatus including an image-capturing section that captures an image of the observed person, an observation result input section that inputs a result of the observation done by the observer, an input detecting section that detec... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7746376 | Method and apparatus for accessing multi-dimensional mapping and information A method and apparatus for providing an interactive mapping and panoramic imaging application for utilization by a computer user is provided. A plurality of panoramic images are stored on a panoramic database, each panoramic image corresponding to a geographical loc... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7436429 | Virtual pan/tilt camera system and method for vehicles The present disclosure is directed to a virtual pan/tilt camera system and method for use with vehicles, and particularly ground vehicles (MGVs). The disclosure utilizes autonomous navigation systems (ANSs) used with pan/tilt cameras, but eliminates the pan/tilt cam... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436432 | Sight line inducing information display device, sight line inducing information display program and sight line inducing information display method Aspects of the invention can provide a sight line inducing information display device, a sight line inducing information display program and a sight line inducing information display method able to precisely estimate the flowing direction of a sight line of an obser... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428006 | Digital camera, mobile terminal, and method of displaying images for user controlled image connection The digital camera includes a photographing unit which picks-up image data, a storage control unit which stores the image data, a reconstruction control unit which reconstructs the stored image data, an image data processing unit which combines the picked-up image d... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7373414 | Multi-media system and method for simultaneously delivering multi-media data to multiple destinations A multimedia system and method that provides easy universal text searching for non-technical users, is disclosed. A configuration of the multimedia system and method of the present invention also facilitates content delivery through multiple, independent, simultaneo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373017 | System and method for capturing adjacent images by utilizing a panorama mode A system and method for capturing adjacent images includes an imaging device with a panorama manager that performs various procedures to manipulate one or more image parameters that correspond to adjacent frames of captured image data. An image-stitching software pr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7352415 | Electronic image display systems An electronic image display system that provides a wall-mounted television/electronic display. Dual display screens are oriented back-to-back such that one display screen is visible in a first room and one display screen is visible in an adjacent room. The invention... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342581 | Method and apparatus for displaying 3-D state indicators A method for presenting a user selected status of an object in a three dimensional graphic display is disclosed. The method includes the step of receiving a request to select a property of an object for display. The method further includes the step of displaying at ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333718 | Work data collection method Biological data obtained through observation devices and job titles are recorded on a data recording device in association with time data that are generated at regular intervals. A data processing computer produces a graph from the data read out from the data record... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318011 | Facial characteristic based generation of fillet weld bead representation A computing environment is provided with the ability to contribute to generate a representation for a fillet weld bead to be used to fillet weld a number components of an article of manufacture together at one or more faces of the components in the manufacturing of ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317473 | Image-based method and system for building spherical panoramas The invention relates to building spherical panoramas for image-based virtual reality systems. The image-based spherical panoramas can be navigated in any desired view direction (360-degrees) by suitable three-dimensional image browsers or viewers. The method and sy... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317486 | Electronic image pickup apparatus allowing a longer exposure time An electronic image pickup apparatus of the present invention is constructed so that an image pickup lens and a diaphragm for adjusting exposure can operate in interlocking relationship with each other. Furthermore, the apparatus has a panorama mode in which an imag... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315893 | Method and apparatus for filtering messages based on context A method for reporting alert conditions is disclosed which includes defining alert filter criteria, identifying an alert condition, analyzing one or more properties of the alert condition based on the alert filter criteria, and determining whether to report the aler... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312820 | Method and apparatus for providing virtual processing effects for wide-angle video images A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing special effects for wide-angle video images. The special effects include replacing a selected portion of a wide-angle video image with a predetermined image or an associated portion of a video image captured in a sub... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7302280 | Mobile phone operation based upon context sensing A mobile device is provided that includes at least one sensor that provides contextual information to the device. When the mobile device receives an incoming message, or notification, the device responds thereto based at least in part upon the contextual information... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301557 | Composite camera system, zoom camera image display control method, zoom camera control method, control program, and computer readable recording medium A composite camera system includes a control section for performing positional control and magnification ratio control of at least one zoom camera ratio for omnidirectional image data centered on a prescribed portion thereof, the omnidirectional image data being obt... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295229 | Surround surveillance apparatus for mobile body A surround surveillance system mounted on a mobile body for surveying surroundings around the mobile body includes an omniazimuth visual system, the omniazimuth visual system includes at least one omniazimuth visual sensor including an optical system capable of obta... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292268 | Image processing system, image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method for performing edge enhancement An image capturing apparatus which records information, indicating a procedure of resolution conversion processing performed on the image, into image data and outputs the image and the information. The image capturing apparatus, which captures a subject, includes an... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289138 | Intersection detection in panoramic video Provides a system for detecting an intersection between more than one panoramic video sequence and detecting the orientation of the sequences forming the intersection. Video images and corresponding location data are received. If required, the images and location da... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287722 | Rocket-powered vehicle racing competition A method for racing rocket-powered vehicles directly against one another is provided in which a first rocket-powered vehicle simultaneously races against a second rocket-powered vehicle to be the first to complete a race course. The method may include the first and ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289102 | Method and apparatus using multiple sensors in a device with a display In a device having a display, at least one sensor signal is generated from a sensor in the device. One or more context values are then generated from the sensor signal. The context values indicate how the device is situated relative to one or more objects. At least ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286157 | Computerized method and apparatus for determining field-of-view relationships among multiple image sensors A computerized method of image analysis that includes receiving first image data for a plurality of first video frames representing a first scene. Each first video frame is composed of a plurality of image regions, and a first object is present in an image region of... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280673 | System and method for searching for changes in surveillance video Systems and methods for determining when a change has occurred in an area-of-interest included in an image region are disclosed. The system and methods may perform a specially modified background subtraction method. The systems and methods may initialize a backgroun... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277118 | Method and system for compensating for parallax in multiple camera systems A camera array captures plural component images which are combined into a single scene. In one embodiment, each camera of the array is a fixed digital camera. The images from each camera are warped to a common coordinate system and the disparity between overlapping ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268803 | Image processing method and apparatus, digital camera, image processing system and computer readable medium In image processing method and apparatus of the present invention, an image distortion caused by an oblique image pickup is corrected. A plurality of images of an object on an object plane are input, the plurality of images including at least a pair of partially ove... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268805 | image pick-up device In order to prevent the upper part of a subject such as a multistoried building or the like from being photographed in a short form when a wide angle shot is carried out, image pick-up means 5 are provided at intervals of 90 degrees on a base 4. The im... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262789 | Method of creating a virtual window The systems and methods described herein include, among other things, a technique for calibrating the outputs of multiple sensors, such as CCD devices, that have overlapping fields of view and mapping the pixels of those outputs to the pixels of a display screen by ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262573 | Medical tele-robotic system with a head worn device A robot system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station includes a head worn device worn on the head of a user. The head worn device senses movement of the user's head and generates corresponding input signals. The input signals are processed i... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259760 | Polygonal curvature mapping to increase texture efficiency A texture projection is generated from a plurality of initial polygonal curved surfaces. Specifically, each of the initial polygonal curved surfaces are divided to form a plurality of second-generation polygonal curved surfaces. Each second-generation polygonal curv... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253832 | Shape extraction system and 3-D (three dimension) information acquisition system using the same A background lighting module illuminates an object from behind by visible light with respect to a photographing module to identify an area including the boundary between the object and the background portion in an image to be photographed by the photographing module... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7231654 | Remote monitoring method and monitor control server A remote monitoring system which enables the owner and the custodian of a facility to recognize an intrusion from the outside and the owner himself to confirm the details of the intrusion, and which comprises a monitor device (11) for detecting abnormalities ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227526 | Video-based image control system A method of using stereo vision to interface with a computer is provided. The method includes capturing a stereo image, and processing the stereo image to determine position information of an object in the stereo image. The object is controlled by a user. The method... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227705 | Wide-angle optical system A wide-angle optical system (2, 40) having an objective (4, 42) and a mirror system, including a curved mirror (6, 46) for projecting a wide-angle image through the objective (4, 42) onto a detector (10, 44). At least one mirror ( | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224326 | Virtual reality system A virtual reality (VR) system includes an image playback system that sends images to an image viewing device, such as a pair of display glasses. Each image has a 360-degree field of view. An user views a portion of the images. The portion of the image viewed is dete... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221775 | Method and apparatus for computerized image background analysis A computerized method of video analysis including receiving image data for a plurality of video frames depicting a scene that includes at least one of a plurality of background features. Each video frame includes a plurality of image regions and at least one video f... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218352 | Monitoring system for a photography unit, monitoring method, computer program, and storage medium A coverage area picture imaging a maximum area is displayed on a coverage area picture display. A camera is moved within a predetermined range and a plurality of frames obtained as a result form a picture. The pixels of the picture is decimated in vertical and horiz... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215364 | Digital imaging system using overlapping images to formulate a seamless composite image and implemented using either a digital imaging sensor array An imaging system for obtaining a wide field of view comprises a plurality of imaging devices each having a defined field of view and each of the imaging devices having a mechanism for capturing an image at a selected time instant. The imaging devices are positioned... | 05/08/2007 |
