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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144204 | Self-contained wireless camera device, wireless camera system and method A self-contained wireless camera (10) and a wireless camera system (25) having such a device and a base station (20). Video processing circuitry (200, 210) of the camera device receives video signals from a camera (130) and provide... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139119 | Video still camera A digital still camera has a cylindrical image pick up portion with a lens, a strobe unit, and a display. The image pick up unit is cylindrical and is rotatably held at each end, so that the lens and strobe unit move in concert. The image pick up unit can be rotated... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8125529 | Camera aiming using an electronic positioning system for the target Vehicles, such as vehicles in an open-pit mine, are visually tracked. The location of a vehicle is determined using radio frequency signals, such as pseudolite transmissions of ranging signals. The camera is steered based on the location. For example, multiple camer... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8085309 | GPS enhanced camera for transmitting real-time trail data over a satellite/cellular communication channel A stand-alone camera system for capturing and transmitting real-time trail data over a wireless communication system to pre-programmable electronic destinations. A CPU receives triggering information and thereby sets the capturing mechanism to a triggering mode. Suc... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8068142 | Methods, systems and apparatus for setting a recording function of the recording apparatus in a restricted state A recording apparatus includes a communications device which can receive from another communications apparatus by wireless an image-capturing condition of restricting an image-capturing process or a sound recording condition of restricting a sound recording process,... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8040383 | Communication system, communication method, computer-readable medium and image shooting device A communication system includes a first and a second communication devices, and the first and the second communication devices includes a first and a second transmission units that are disposed respectively on bodies of the communication devices and wirelessly trans... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8018496 | Method for deactivating an image capturing device when present in a restricted or prohibited zone The invention described is a method and system for preventing image capture and transmission in a restricted or prohibited zone. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7995101 | Image processing system, image supply apparatus, image receiving apparatus, lighting apparatus and controlling method therefor There is provided an image processing system including an image supply unit arranged to transmit image data by wireless communication, an image receiving unit arranged to receive the image data supplied from the image supply unit, a first lighting unit arranged to i... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7944478 | Medical image photographing system and medical image managing method A medical image photographing system comprising a control apparatus for corresponding a photographing order information related to medical photography and a medical image and managing them, and a portable terminal for obtaining the photographing order information fr... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7929021 | Methods and systems for A/V input device to display networking Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for input device to television networking. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7898572 | Methods and apparatuses for identifying opportunities to capture content In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses identifying opportunities to capture content sense a user profile; determine a geographic location of a device; and transmit at least one suggestion to the device based on the geographic location of the device and the u... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7864216 | Self-contained wireless camera device, wireless camera system and method A self-contained wireless camera (10) and a wireless camera system (25) having such a device and a base station (20). Video processing (e.g. video compression) circuitry (200, 210) of the camera device receives video signals from a camera... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864218 | Electronic camera, electronic instrument, and image transmission system and method, having user identification function In an electronic apparatus having a user identification function or in a user identification method, an electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument having stored therein user personal information communicate in wireless with each other so as to enable the elec... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7859570 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes a photodetector element for receiving an infrared signal transmitted from a remote controller and outputting a received signal, a conversion unit for converting the received signal outputted from the photodetector element into a bina... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7714895 | Interactive and shared augmented reality system and method having local and remote access An augmented reality system including a camera movably located at a local site captures an image. A registering unit generates graphics and registers the generated graphics to the image from the camera to provide a composite augmented reality image. A display device... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7619657 | Recording apparatus, communications apparatus, recording system, communications system, and methods therefor for setting the recording function of the recording apparatus in a restricted state A recording apparatus includes a communications device which can receive from another communications apparatus by wireless an image-capturing condition of restricting an image-capturing process or a sound recording condition of restricting a sound recording process,... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7602420 | Image capture apparatus, method for controlling the same and computer program An information code displayed on an image receiver is photographed by an image capture apparatus. Digital data representing a number unique to the image capture apparatus and digital data representing the information code unique to the image receiver obtained by pho... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7589761 | Device and method for transmitting image data Disclosed is a device and method for transmitting image data that converts 2D image data taken by a digital camera to 3D image data and transmits the 2D and 3D image data to a computer. The image data transmission method that converts 2D image data taken by a digita... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7573502 | Camera apparatus High-resolution image data and large-capacity data are transmitted as transmission data. A camera apparatus includes a fixing part and a moving part rotating about a rotary axis. The fixing part includes at least a first wireless section, a first signal processing s... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7564485 | Method for deactivating an image capturing device when present in a restricted or prohibited zone The invention described is a method and system for preventing image capture and transmission in a restricted or prohibited zone. ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7545410 | Video camera system having remote commander An image pickup system that is small in scale, handy to maneuver, easy to operate and advanced in editing capabilities is disclosed. A commander device is used both as a remote commander and as a microphone in operating a video camera for image pickup. Wearing a hea... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7508418 | Wireless video surveillance system and method with DVR-based querying A surveillance system and method for activating communication between at least one wireless input capture device ICD(s) and a corresponding digital input recorder (DIR) and/or another ICD, including the steps of providing base system; at least one user accessing the... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7443420 | Printing system including a printing apparatus for printing image data transmitted from an image pickup apparatus identified by an approved ID information A printing system is constructed of an image transmitting apparatus that has a non-contact ID tag permitting non-contact reading and transmits image data by a different communication method from that for the non-contact ID tag, and a printing apparatus that receives... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437063 | Wireless camera flash synchronizer system and method A single oscillator synchronizer system and method that automatically switches from a wireless receive mode of the oscillator to a wireless transmit mode of the oscillator upon the detection of a synchronization (synch) signal of a camera body. In one example, a met... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433710 | System and methodology for automated provisioning of new user accounts System and methodology are described that allow a new user of a user-operated device (e.g., wireless digital camera, cellular phone, video camera, audio device, or the like) to immediately begin using the features and services of the device without having to first a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432954 | Communications terminal having image shooting function and program for the communications terminal A communications terminal having an image shooting function allows a user to transmit a shot image as an e-mail attachment more easily and conveniently than in a conventional manner. Before being placed into an image shooting mode, the communications terminal first ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432978 | Portable device having a torch and a camera located between the bulb and the front face A torch casing (10) with a reflector (46) and a bulb (44) incorporates camera (48, 50, 52) taking pictures through front face (64) and employs flash tube (58) behind the camera chip (50) reflecting off reflector (4... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432955 | Portable communication terminal with camera and a method of controlling the same A portable communication terminal with a camera carries out an intermittent reception operation during standby reception in order to reduce power consumption. The portable communication terminal stops an operation clock (16) for a camera (8) right befo... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430001 | Image sensing system, communication apparatus and image sensing apparatus having remote control function, and their control method A system according to this invention easily and adequately notifies, on a remote controller, the user of the release timing on an image sensing apparatus side. To accomplish this, the remote controller receives a release timing signal associated with the image sensi... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7421246 | Wireless communication device and a method for controlling the same A wireless communication device comprising a search apparatus and a detection apparatus, wherein the search apparatus searches for a peripheral device when the detection apparatus detects that the peripheral device is likely to be utilized by the wireless communicat... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420149 | Network sensor system and protocol A network sensor system and protocol is provided. The network sensor system includes a sensor node that has a sensor for collecting high-resolution data, and a radio for transmitting that data to a central hub. The sensor node communicates to the hub with a wireless... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414649 | Camera apparatus that is controllable by an optical signal picked up in an image by the camera apparatus, and a method for operating the same An image pickup device such as CCD of a camera is substituted for a photo detector of infrared light emitted from an infrared remote control unit. When infrared light is detected based on an image signal output from the image pickup device, a transmitting position o... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411609 | System and method for optically communicating information between a display and a camera A system and a method for optically communicating information between a display and a camera that is observing the display. In general, the transmission of information is unidirectional in a direction from the display to the camera. The display transmits information... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403221 | Communication device, image storage device, image pickup device, and control method thereof When a communication device sends an image pickup instruction signal to an image pickup device by remote control, positional information obtained by the communication device is also sent. Upon reception of the image pickup instruction signal, the image pickup device... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391967 | Camera system The present invention provides a camera system, which can simplify an ordering procedure. An IC memory comprising a contactless interface is mounted on a camera, or an image recording medium, such as memory card or film. In a case where a customer has carried the ca... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7382405 | Electronic apparatus having a user identification function and user identification method In an electronic apparatus having a user identification function or in a user identification method, an electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument having stored therein user personal information communicate in wireless with each other so as to enable the elec... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379095 | Camera system for communicating information related to user authorization and image data over a radio communication system An information processing system, such as a camera system, includes a radio communication system and an information appliance (such as a camera) communicable with the radio communication system within a predetermined distance. The information appliance includes an i... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7365871 | Apparatus for capturing, converting and transmitting a visual image signal via a digital transmission system An image capture, conversion, compression, storage and transmission system provides a data signal representing the image in a format and protocol capable of being transmitted over any of a plurality of readily available transmission systems and received by readily a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362352 | Image capturing apparatus with variable communication forms In an image capturing apparatus which can be remotely operated from an operation terminal, to carry out image transmission control in accordance a communication form between the image capturing apparatus and the operation terminal. An image capturing apparatus 2 | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362371 | Camera using conductive camera element as radio antenna To provide a camera capable of performing radio communication with other unit by jointly using a conductive component previously provided for the camera as a radio antenna without using an independent radio antenna. Because a conductive component (e.g. a reflector o... | 04/22/2008 |
