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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164633 | Calibration apparatus and method for imaging devices and computer program The present invention relates to calibration of camera parameters for converting a world coordinate system, which indicates a position in the real space, to a coordinate used in an image and vice versa. The apparatus according to the invention has a detection unit, ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8149279 | Apparatus and method for compensating for variations in digital cameras A method of manufacturing a digital video camera is provided. The method comprises acquiring video images of colored light, and measuring a light intensity response of the video camera to the colored light. The method further comprises comparing the intensity of the... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8111291 | Image capture methods and systems compensated to have an optimized total gain Image capture systems capable of ensuring clear images are provided, in which an image capture module senses at least one image, and an operational module performs a compensation to the image capture system according to a modulation transfer function (MTF) value cor... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111290 | Radiometric calibration using temporal irradiance mixtures A method of calibrating a brightness value measured by a camera with an amount of light received by the camera includes creating a series of measurements, wherein for each measurement the amount of light received at an image plane in the camera is controlled to be a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8094195 | Digital camera calibration method A method of calibrating a digital camera includes dispersing white light through a test device to generate a color dispersion image including a plurality of different wavelengths of light; capturing a test image of the color dispersion image; obtaining intensity val... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8077205 | Adaptive prediction of calibration parameters for color imaging devices A method of and system for calibrating an imaging device is described herein. An iterative method that attempts to find the best calibration parameters conditional upon an error metric is used. Regression is used to estimate values in a color space where the calibra... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8049779 | Camera calibrating apparatus and method A camera calibrating apparatus uses a calibration target in combination with a laser source generating a laser beam defining a calibration plane and intersecting the camera field of view to define an object imaging area. The calibration target includes a frame defin... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049780 | Correction of calibration errors in an optical instrument A calibration error correction device for an optical instrument includes a detector operable to detect a position of a focusing lens of an optical instrument along a mechanical path of the focusing lens. A line of sight through an image plane of the optical instrume... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8035688 | Method, system and apparatus for jointly calibrating color digital cameras and monitors A computer program product and method for calibrating and characterizing a color display perform calibrating and characterizing steps. A light source is operated in order to emit light from one or more light emitters on the light source. A color capture device, e.g.... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8022990 | Systems and methods for on-line marker-less camera calibration using a position tracking system Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for calibration of an imaging camera or other image acquisition device. Certain embodiments include characterizing a transformation from a coordinate system of an imager to a coordinate system ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013891 | Illuminance acquiring device, illuminance acquiring method, and illuminance acquiring program An illuminance acquiring device calculates the intensity of light sensed by the image pickup device acquired every different exposure time, and acquires the calculated intensity of light. The illuminance acquiring device including a noise-model data calculating sect... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004566 | Self calibration of white balance for a digital camera device using correlated color temperature data This disclosure describes automatic self-calibration techniques for digital camera devices. In one aspect, a method for performing a calibration procedure in a digital camera device comprises initiating the calibration procedure when a camera sensor of the digital c... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7965316 | Intelligent light source with synchronization with a digital camera An intelligent light source for use with the test of a digital camera module provides a plurality of shapes of light. A fast light pulse is created with turn-on and turn-off transitions less than or equal to one microsecond. Other waveform shapes comprise a ramp and... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7936371 | Image-taking apparatus having functions that automatically adjust parameters relating to image-taking, and control method of the image-taking apparatus An image-taking apparatus, which can automatically adjust parameters relating to image-taking regardless of variations in manufacturing errors and adjustment errors, is disclosed. The image-taking apparatus takes images by using an image pickup element. The image-ta... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7847822 | Sequential regression for calibration from residues A system for and method of calibrating an imaging device efficiently is described herein. The imaging device acquires an image of an object that is more than one color. The information acquired is then transferred to a computing device. The information is then used ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847821 | On chip test mode implementation An improved on chip test method for determining the photon transfer curve (PTC) and dark current in an image sensor is described. Cost and time savings is achieved by reducing the number of frames necessary for the measurements to three including two exposure frames... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7821535 | Information processing method and apparatus Indices are detected from a pattern image including a plurality of indices, and first positions of the detected indices on the captured image are calculated. Using parameters associated with an image capturing apparatus, second positions indicating the positions of ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7812858 | Camera handling system A test handler is controlled by a tester to transport, select, focus and test miniature digital camera modules. The modules are loaded onto a transport tray and moved on a conveyer to a robot. The robot selects the untested modules from the tray an alternately place... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7697031 | Intelligent light source with synchronization with a digital camera An intelligent light source for use with the test of a digital camera module provides a plurality of shapes of light. A fast light pulse is created with turn-on and turn-off transitions less than or equal to one microsecond. Other waveform shapes comprise a ramp and... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7663664 | Absolute intensity determination for a fluorescent light source in low level light imaging systems The invention describes systems and methods to obtain and present imaging data in absolute units. The systems and methods convert relative image data produced by a camera to absolute light intensity data using a compensation factor. The compensation factor accommoda... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7656425 | Robust field of view distortion calibration A method characterizes field of view (FOV) distortion and may correct machine vision measurements accordingly. A plurality of distorted images are acquired, with the same calibration target at a plurality of spaced-apart locations within the FOV. The method analyzes... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7629998 | Method and apparatus for measuring illumination and camera performances A method and apparatus for measuring the performances of a camera including illumination, signal levels, signal to noise ratio, resolution, spectrum, color vectors and displaying the measured values in alphanumeric, waveforms, graphs and vectors onto a displayed sce... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7626610 | Electronic imager tester According to the invention, an electronic module tester for engaging a camera module is disclosed. The electronic module tester includes a camera tester body, an engagement ring, and a camera back support. The engagement ring engages a lens holder of the camera modu... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7619650 | Imaging sensor that monitors operability of the imaging sensor An imaging sensor disposed in a vehicle includes an evaluation unit for monitoring the imaging sensor's operability based on an image signal, for example, by an evaluation of invariant patterns, empirical knowledge about measurement signal profiles, utilizing the re... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7567273 | Multiple frame grabber A system is presented that applies M×N×K computational units to calculating image parameters on N picture images captured simultaneously by N digital camera devices, where there are N groups of frame grabber units, each containing M frame grabbers in which there a... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7548253 | Self-calibration for a catadioptric camera A method and a system for self-calibrating a wide field-of-view camera (such as a catadioptric camera) using a sequence of omni-directional images of a scene obtained from the camera. The present invention uses the consistency of pairwise features tracked across at ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7511735 | Image-taking apparatus correcting image-taking parameter during normal image-taking based on correction amount set in calibration mode An image-taking apparatus, which can automatically adjust parameters relating to image-taking regardless of variations in manufacturing errors and adjustment errors, is disclosed. The image-taking apparatus takes images by using an image pickup element. The image-ta... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7505064 | Camera handling system A test handler is controlled by a tester to transport, select, focus and test miniature digital camera modules. The modules are loaded onto a transport tray and moved on a conveyer to a robot. The robot selects the untested modules from the tray an alternately place... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7486309 | Digital camera module test system A test system for digital camera modules used in consumer electronics, e.g. cellular phones and PDA's is shown. The test system comprises of a tester and a module handler that is aimed at reducing test time by an order of magnitude. The Test system has an image-proc... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7440007 | Image-taking apparatus and optical adjustment method for an image-taking apparatus with displacement of the optical axis An image-taking apparatus is disclosed which is capable of adjusting a positional displacement of an image-taking optical system and an image-pickup element even in a state in which they are fixed. The image-taking apparatus includes the image-taking optical system ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429999 | Camera calibrating apparatus and method A camera calibrating apparatus uses a calibration target in combination with a laser source generating a laser beam defining a calibration plane and intersecting the camera field of view to define an object imaging area. The calibration target includes a frame defin... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7423668 | On-chip block balancing structure and method for multiple output image sensors A method for calibrating an image sensor having multiple outputs, the method includes the steps of capturing an image on the image sensor, injecting one or more substantially identical pairs of signals into corresponding portions of the captured image, reading out t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418127 | Apparatus for testing infrared camera An apparatus for testing infrared cameras includes: a front plate which has holes arranged in line, and which is adapted to emit an amount of infrared light; and a back plate which is disposed in parallel to and behind the front plate as viewed from infrared cameras... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7405816 | Scalable test target and method for measurement of camera image quality An improved test target pattern that can be used in the testing of image quality for digital images taken with a camera module, the camera module either being a stand-alone product or being incorporated into a device such as a mobile telephone. With the present inve... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405764 | Miniature camera module Digital miniature cameras and methods to manufacture thereof have been achieved. Said miniature cameras having an adjustable focusing device are intended to be used as a built-in modules in hand-held consumer electronic devices, such as e.g. mobile phones and PDAs. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403229 | Testing of miniaturized digital camera modules with electrical and/or optical zoom functions A test apparatus and method for testing the zoom of a miniature digital camera module is presented. A combination of focus targets are illuminated by different colors of light and simultaneously viewed by the digital camera module. The focus targets range from a far... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7388977 | Test system and method for portable electronic apparatus A test system for testing a portable electronic apparatus having a digital image capture module and a test interface is described. The test system has at least a sender, a holder, and a controller. The holder is used to hold the portable electronic apparatus. The co... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388601 | System and method for the automated, remote diagnostic of the operation of a digital video recording network A method and a system for automatically performing diagnostics of various operational parameters of digital video recorders, cameras, peripheral and associated components encompassing a video system, are provided. Script files are provided including diagnostic instr... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7369159 | Method and apparatus for dynamically testing video equipment A method and apparatus are presented for dynamically testing video equipment. A test pattern utilizes a presentation of alternating pixels and lines, along with features of the electronic video/graphics generator in which it is present to effect a close approximatio... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362969 | Camera model and calibration procedure for omnidirectional paraboloidal catadioptric cameras A paraboloidal catadioptric camera is calibrated by relaxing the assumption of an ideal system to account for perspective projection, radial distortion, and mirror misalignment occurring within the camera system. Calibration points, which are small and visually dist... | 04/22/2008 |
