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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8059160 | Head-separated camera device and control method thereof According to one embodiment, a camera control unit outputs serial data containing information for specifying a predetermined control target device to be controlled from among plural control target devices comprised in a camera head. The camera head identifies the co... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054336 | High definition pan tilt zoom camera with embedded microphones and thin cable for data and power In various embodiments, a High Definition (HD) camera may be controlled by one or more motors in a base of the HD camera. Cables and other components may be used to manipulate the HD camera lens through the side arms of the HD camera. Putting the motors in the base ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045010 | Imaging apparatus, imaging pickup unit connectable to a lens unit, and a lens unit connectable to imaging pickup unit An imaging apparatus including a lens unit and an image pickup unit. The lens unit includes an optical system that projects a subject image onto an imaging device, the imaging device that converts the subject image into an electric signal, an imaging device driving ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7889239 | Imaging system, imaging controller, and method and program for vertical synchronization An imaging system having an imaging device for producing images of objects and picture signals and an imaging controller connected to the imaging device through a transmission line. The imaging device includes a vertical synchronizing signal-producing circuit to pro... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7728876 | Imaging apparatus having camera control unit and separate camera head An imaging apparatus includes: a camera head that is provided with an image pickup device that outputs an image signal; a camera control unit that is connected to the camera head with a camera cable and outputs a video signal based on the image signal; a CDS circuit... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7714894 | Remote head camera According to one embodiment, a remote head camera includes a camera control unit, and a camera head configured to be connected to the camera control unit and including an imaging device, a drive signal generator, and a format identifying unit. The drive signal gener... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7649550 | Camera system, main frame adapter and head adapter A main frame adapter is detachably mounted, instead of a camera head, on a camera main frame from which the camera head is separated. The camera head comprises an image taking optical system and an imaging device. The camera main frame is adapted to receive an image... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7456863 | Imaging apparatus, phase control method, and synchronization method An imaging apparatus includes a camera device, a signal processor that receives a video signal from the camera, and a connection cable connecting the camera device and the signal processor. The camera device includes a first phase controller that compares the phase ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7405751 | Image photographing apparatus having photographic mode based on position of camera unit An image photographing apparatus includes a body, on which a tape cassette is removably mounted, and a camera unit installed in the body and provided with a plurality of camera sections. The camera sections have different pixel numbers and the camera sections are in... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7369137 | Method for mapping a single decoded content stream to multiple textures in a virtual environment A system includes a computing device to obtain encoded content data corresponding to at least one participant of a virtual reality environment. A memory device stores at least one texture corresponding to the at least one participant. A single decoder decodes the en... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362970 | Electronic device for compressing image data and producing thumbnail image, image processing apparatus, and data structure A camera module compresses image data and produces a thumbnail image of this image data in FIFO order (First In First Out) by several lines of the image so as to enable transmission of the image data to the host module while significantly decreasing the size of the ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349011 | Image pickup control apparatus, image pickup control method, image pickup control system, and storage medium In an image pickup control apparatus capable of remotely and reliably controlling an image pickup apparatus from another apparatus, control data for controlling the image pickup apparatus is stored in advance and is transmitted to the image pickup apparatus when the... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336300 | Image pickup control apparatus, image pickup control method, image pickup control system, and storage medium In an image pickup control apparatus capable of remotely and reliably controlling an image pickup apparatus from another apparatus, control data for controlling the image pickup apparatus is stored in advance and is transmitted to the image pickup apparatus when the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329856 | Image sensor having integrated infrared-filtering optical device and related method An image sensing device is disclosed having a die formed with an array of photosensing sites and a structure of optical material having infrared absorbing characteristics formed over the photosensing sites. An embodiment is disclosed in which the structure of optica... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327387 | Image pick-up information transmitting system and remote control method for an information transmitting system To provide a pull model which can remotely control an image pick-up device by connecting the image pick-up device to an image information receiver through a communication path and operating a general purpose file reading program by the image information receiver. Th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321735 | Optical down-converter using universal frequency translation technology A method and system for converting an optical signal to electrical information signals, including demodulated baseband information signals and modulated baseband signals at multiple harmonics. In an embodiment, the optical information signal is amplitude modulated w... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315385 | Image processing apparatus and method thereof Input and output units using different signal processing systems cannot be connected to a single image input apparatus. On the basis of the signal format of image data acquired by the input unit and the signal format of image data that can be processed by the output... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312816 | Digital observation system A digital observation system and method for processing and transmitting video data between a video camera, or video cameras, and a base unit. The video data is transmitted, for example, by a communication protocol that is compliant with Ethernet physical drivers for... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7256944 | Compact image capture assembly using multiple lenses and image sensors to provide an extended zoom range An optical image capture assembly for use in an electronic camera includes a first image sensor for generating a first sensor output; a first lens for forming a first image of the scene on the first image sensor; a second image sensor for generating a second sensor ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252382 | Apparatus and method for measuring differences in the transmission of light through a lens of an eye The apparatus for measuring differences in the transmission of light through a lens of an eye is an eye chart has two main sections including a test section that displays a shade of a test color and a reference section that displays either a spectrum of shades, or a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7236200 | Slip ring laser illuminator for speed domes An illumination system is provided to enable speed dome camera systems with a minimum of weight increase and existing motor designs to be used in conditions where the ambient illumination is insufficient for surveillance needs. A laser illumination system is divided... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230642 | Apparatus and method for converting spectral data of an object in a photographing environment into spectral data in an observation environment A photographing environmental light spectral distribution detector acquires spectral distribution data of photographing environmental light upon photographing an object image, and an observation environmental light spectral distribution data detector acquires those ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218342 | Pan/tilt/zoom surveillance system and method for dynamically adjusting a user defined image picture mask A surveillance camera apparatus includes a first storage unit for storing a size of pixels configuring a image-sensor, a computation unit for performing a computation using first information, second information, third information, and fourth information to calculate... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212227 | Programmable and reconfigurable camera control unit for video systems A video imaging system is provided including, a camera head for transmitting image data to a camera control unit, a camera control unit for receiving and processing the image data into a usable format, and a storage device accessible by the camera control unit. The ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206136 | Digital camera using multiple lenses and image sensors to provide an extended zoom range A digital camera includes a first image sensor, a first wide angle lens for forming a first image of a scene on the first image sensor; a second image sensor, a zoom lens for forming a second image of the same scene on the second image sensor, a control element for ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7170547 | Stereoscopic image-taking lens apparatus, stereoscopic image-taking system and image-taking apparatus A stereoscopic image-taking lens apparatus according to the present invention is attachable to an image-taking apparatus provided with an image-pickup element; wherein a shutter is changed over so that lights from the right and left optical paths are guided alternat... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167282 | Image scanning apparatus, method, and system, control method thereof, storage medium, and external apparatus This invention has as its object to provide an image scanning method which can reduce the load of user operation, and can improve operation efficiency. To achieve this object, a scanning driver is started, and then the current scanning mode is detected on the basis ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7154537 | Camera system, control method thereof, device manufacturing apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to a pattern. The apparatus includes a stage configured to hold the substrate and to move, a driving unit configured to drive the stage, a plurality of cameras, each of the plurality of cameras being configured to sense... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7136094 | Share link between image capturing devices A digital image capturing system includes at least two digital image capturing devices and a bi-directional link cable connecting the image capturing devices. The image capturing devices are capable of sharing data items over the bi-directional link cable. ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7123255 | Method and system for medical image display of a three-dimensional representation A method and system for medical image display comprising means for acquiring two-dimensional images; means for displaying images; means for managing the display of a three-dimensional representation on the means display and for automatically orienting the three-dime... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7091897 | Analog-to-digital converting circuit and image processing circuit cyclically repeating AD conversion A first AD converting part of an AD converter converts an input voltage into a digital value of a predetermined number of bits and output the digital value to a digital output circuit and a DA converting part. The DA converting part converts the digital value into a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088386 | Makeup counseling apparatus The present invention is composed of a computer positioned at a basal portion of an apparatus for conducting image processing and counseling processing; a first image display means for displaying a computer-processed image to a subject, mounted upright in the comput... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7064778 | Multi-camera system for implementing digital slow shutter video processing using shared video memory A technique, specifically a method and apparatus that implements the method, that allows a memory to be located remotely from a video source. Specifically, the method provides a write control signal between a video source and a remote memory that allows the remote m... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7053950 | Drive unit for transferring CCD charge The number of terminals for a timing signal generating device and the vertical drive device for a solid-state image pickup element is to be reduced, and at the same time the circuit dimensions of the timing signal generating device and the vertical drive device whic... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046404 | Document imaging system The present invention relates to the use of an image capture system having an electronic camera for platenless document imaging. The system comprises: an electronic camera with an electronic detector and a lens with a field of view for imaging on the detector a port... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046280 | Image processing system, method for formatting recording medium, and program product An image processing system includes a photographing apparatus, and an image processing apparatus to which the photographing apparatus and a recording medium can be connected. The photographing apparatus includes a controller for executing a program recorded in the r... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042499 | Digital camera including power supply controller responsive to connection detection A digital camera comprises a camera body and an image sensing unit. The image sensing unit includes a taking lens, a driver of the taking lens and an image sensor, and is attachable to the camera body directly or by a cable. The camera body includes an image process... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042500 | Image display system, image processing apparatus, and method for displaying image data An image display system includes a photographing apparatus and an image processing apparatus connectable to the photographing apparatus. The photographing apparatus has a transmitter for transmitting prephotographed image data of an object before the object is actua... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038714 | Printing system and method having a digital printer that uses a digital camera image display A digital photography system includes a digital camera and a digital printer. The digital camera includes an image display and the digital printer includes user interface controls to control the images displayed on the camera and to select images to be printed. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7027058 | Host device, image display device, image display system, image display method, panel attribute reading-out method and image display control method To make it possible to execute the same application regardless of the number of connected panels even in a multi-panel environment. A host system, which transfers an image signal to a plurality of panels connected thereto, comprises: a panel ID recognition section f... | 04/11/2006 |
