Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7944479 | Image-capture apparatus, camera control unit, video camera system, and method of transmitting warning information An image-capture apparatus having an intercom connecting unit, capable of voice communication with an external camera control unit (CCU) is provided. The apparatus includes a control unit, a warning-sound signal generator, a receiving unit, a voice synthesizer and a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7532237 | Monitor camera device, control method for monitor camera device, and program for monitor camera device A camera (16) and a rotary base receiver (28) are connected to each other to be capable of transmitting a video signal. In the camera (16), a web server (50) sends out a video signal to the outside and receives a camera remote control sig... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7460156 | Signal transmission method between television camera and video apparatus and apparatus using the method A method and apparatus for transmitting a signal between a television camera and a video apparatus. When time-division multiplexing parallel image signals and transmitting them as a serial signal from the camera side to the video apparatus side, a control signal des... | 12/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7369160 | Camera system for transferring both image data and an image processing program to transfer the image data to an external device An object of the present invention is to realize a camera system suitable for remote monitoring. The present invention is made by making improvements to a camera system that transmits camera image data to a network. The camera system includes a camera head including... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365772 | Communication method and monitoring camera system A monitoring camera system including a plurality of monitoring cameras, a plurality of monitors, a multiplexer for switching a connection between the monitoring camera and the monitor, and a plurality of controllers for remotely controlling the monitoring cameras th... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7349117 | Method for introduction and linking of imaging appliances An imaging appliance family is a cooperative system of two or more imaging appliances that are linked together to share images, command and control. Imaging appliances may be linked to each other by introducing the appliances to each other, establishing a communicat... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7340766 | System and method for controlling a digital camera provided with a WWW server function A control system for digital camera makes it possible to control a digital camera from a personal computer and to operate the digital camera simultaneously from both of the digital camera side and the personal computer side by means of performing a communication bet... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7336313 | Image sensing apparatus and signal processing apparatus This invention has as its object to integrate and simplify a communication interface, and to attain a size reduction of a camera housing and a cost reduction. To accomplish this, a digital camera transfers a control signal that controls the operation of at least one... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327935 | Information recorder, system for copying information, method for copying information, program and computer readable recording medium A first information recorder comprises a limited number-of-times of copying information setting unit for setting information on the limited number-of-times of copying electronic data, a first limited number-of-times of copying information updating unit for reading o... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310112 | Information recording device and communication method thereof, electronic camera, and communication system An information recording device in which low-noise and clear image or audio information can be recorded by stopping the generation of a carrier in an oscillation section of wireless communication device during an imaging or sound recording process. The information r... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301556 | Image signal transmitting/receiving apparatus and method based on a cut-off mode The present invention relates to an image signal transmitting/receiving apparatus and method for selectively performing transmission and display of a main image signal. The present invention transmits and display an sub-image signal instead of the received main imag... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286169 | Cascading image modification using multiple digital cameras incorporating image processing This patent describes a multi effect system to provide enhanced image effects. The effects are provided by interconnecting a series of camera manipulation units, each of the camera manipulation units applying an image manipulation to an inputted image so as to produ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7239343 | Image distribution method employing both a first network whose bandwidth is not assured and second network whose bandwidth is assured for control and image transmission An image distribution method for distributing an image acquired by a camera on a network includes the steps of receiving control information for the camera from an image reception apparatus via a packet-switched network; and sending an image acquired by the camera t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239433 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus which includes a timing adjusting circuit for adjusting a generation timing of a drive signal for driving at least an image pickup element which reads an object image and outputs an image signal of the object image, a memory circuit for st... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231359 | Configuring image storage devices to enable imaging services A removable memory device is configured and utilized to enable digital imaging services by establishing a service account which defines at least one digital imaging service to be provided using at least one digital image file captured by a digital camera, the servic... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224383 | Manipulating digital images based on a user profile One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of applying user preferences to attributes associated with a digital image, comprising receiving a first digital image from an imaging device, updating attributes contained in a user profile based on user man... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219365 | Apparatus and method for controlling a camera connected to a network A camera control apparatus provides an end user with environment to easily remote-control a video camera via a general network such as the Internet. When the camera control apparatus receives a file-transfer request described in the format of the network from an ext... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212234 | Image device having a selectively adapted white balance control An imaging device is provided for reproducing light incident thereto as an image. The image device included a photodetector adapted to translate incident light of an image to a representative electronic signal. A white balance control configures the white balance of... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7161619 | Data communication system, data communication control method and electronic apparatus A control apparatus is provided for controlling an image capture apparatus. The control apparatus includes a communication unit for receiving an image captured by the image capture apparatus, and a control unit coupled to the communication unit. The control unit con... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158172 | Digital camera with an automatic image transmission function A digital camera with an automatic image transmission function which includes a transmission section for transmitting photo images and a transmission control unit connected to the transmission section. The transmission control unit judges whether a predetermined tra... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154535 | Digital camera capable of directly accessing images recorded on another digital camera A digital camera includes: an image capturing section; an image data generation section; a display section; a recording/reproducing section; a data communication section; and a control section. The image data generation section generates image data, which represents... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151563 | Digital camera and white balance adjusting method A digital camera has an adjustment value creating part configured to create an adjustment value for adjusting a white balance of an image, and an adjusting part configured to adjust the white balance of the image based on an adjustment value output from the adjustme... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148918 | Electronic camera system capable of remote data storing An electronic camera system of this invention includes an electronic camera for converting an image obtained by sensing into a file and recording the file, a PHS unit attached to the electronic camera to transmit the image file recorded in the electronic camera upon... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136103 | Digital camera and color adjusting apparatus A digital camera includes a reference value table and a setting change-use table. The reference value table holds a plurality of reference values which respectively corresponds to a plurality of representative colors, and the setting change-use table holds a plurali... | 11/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7102686 | Image-capturing apparatus having multiple image capturing units An image-capturing apparatus is capable of capturing a three-dimensional image and a high quality panoramic image as the need arises, and is portable if it is used as a single lens camera that captures a normal two-dimensional image. A second image-capturing unit ha... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7065140 | Method and apparatus for receiving video signals from a plurality of video cameras A method and apparatus for receiving video signals from a plurality of video cameras, such as in a video surveillance system. The video cameras are each coupled to provide a video signal to a respective input of a multiplexer. The multiplexer routes a selected one o... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7050107 | Interface device for extending camcorder use over the electromagnetic spectrum An interface device connects a camcorder to a camera operating in the non-visible electromagnetic spectrum to form a portable unitary system. The interface device provides a mechanical connection between the camcorder and the camera. A video cable carries video imag... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7034879 | Imaging device for ID card preparation and associated method The imaging device displays an image under imaging at present and also past images picked up before it on the display means, thus at the time of continuous imaging, even when the next imaging is started immediately after end of imaging, an image after the framing pr... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6980234 | System for changing setup of first device that executes predetermined function by second device and these devices The user of an objective device registers a favorite setup of the objective device in a user setup data recording device in correspondence with user information based on a physical feature. Upon detecting the physical feature of the user, the objective device sends ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980233 | 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... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977678 | Monitor camera system and method of controlling monitor camera thereof In a monitor camera system includes a monitor camera capable of rotation 360 degrees in pan directions and 180 degrees in tilt directions and a control unit for controlling the monitor camera remotely, the control unit sends control data indicative of a photographin... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6977677 | Imaging apparatus with video data transmission A communication circuit transmits the digital video signal to a transmission line and receives a clock signal and timing data transmitted through the transmission line. The timing data indicates a communication timing. A timing signal generation circuit generates ti... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975351 | Apparatus and system for camera head determination in an image sensing system In a head detachable camera comprising a camera head and an image processing unit which does not have an exclusive line for notifying the type of image sensing device used in the camera head, when the power switch is turned on, vertical interval data signal processi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973200 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium Information such as a camera layout for representation on a map could not be entered while an image of a camera is confirmed on a display. In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides generating means for generating a map having a symbol indicating... | 12/06/2005 |
