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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7812860 | Handheld device for capturing text from both a document printed on paper and a document displayed on a dynamic display device A device for capturing rendered text is described. The device incorporates one or more visual sensors that receive visual information as a part of capturing rendered text. The visual sensors are collectively capable of capturing both text that is permanently printed... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7397944 | Processing pipeline of pixel data of a color image acquired by a digital sensor A color image processing pipeline performs an interpolation on color data to generate triplets located at distinct pixel locations. The pipeline includes defect correction and image enhancement blocks having a first color interpolation block for generating RGB infor... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391556 | Ultra-thin display system A display system includes a transparent tapered plate comprising a first face, a second face, and a third face. The first face is substantially smaller than the second face and the third face. The display system also includes a row of tiltable mirror plates each com... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7370972 | Two-dimensional image display device In a two-dimensional image display device, speckle noise is reduced by a simple construction. A two-dimensional image display device for displaying an image by projecting coherent light onto a projection plane is provided with at least one coherent light source (... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7274454 | Imaging system with programmable spectral switch An imaging apparatus has input optics for obtaining a multispectral image bearing light and a programmable spectral switching section. The programmable spectral switching section has a first lens for directing light toward a dichroic separator that separates the mul... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7113333 | Screen having micro-lens array and projector Aspects of the invention provide a screen or the like that enables a bright, homogeneous projection image to be observed in a wide range across an area where viewers are present. A screen having a micro-lens array formed of a plurality of micro-lens elements each ha... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6927855 | Method of determining an image recording device characterization A method is provided of determining an image recording device characterisation for a target image. A number of component spectra are determined from a set of target spectra obtained from the target image such that the spectra can be represented by combinations of on... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6690420 | Integrated circuit architecture of contact image sensor for generating binary images An integrated circuit architecture of contact image sensor for generating bi-level images and associated method are disclosed. The architecture comprises an image sensor, an amplifier, an analyzing circuit and a comparator, in one particular embodiment, i... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6351324 | Laser imaging system with progressive multi-beam scan architecture A progressive scan architecture for displaying a two-dimensional image by alternately scanning two or more laser beams, one after the other with a time delay between adjacent beams. The beams are arranged to become incident upon a polygon scanner in a row... | 02/26/2002 |
| 5327264 | Image transmission apparatus for selectively changing an image display pixel number An image transmission apparatus comprises a color separating circuit for dividing a video image signal into color signals and a color burst signal, a sampling clock generating circuit for generating a clock signal having a frequency corresponding to a des... | 07/05/1994 |
| 4371897 | Fluorescent activated, spatially quantitative light detector A fluorescent-activated spatially quantitative light detector for sensing light reflected from an information bearing surface, said light detector comprising a generally cylindrical rod containing a fluorescent dye dispersed throughout a generally transpa... | 02/01/1983 |
