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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184171 | Image pickup apparatus, image processing apparatus, image pickup method, and image processing method Images are photographed by focus bracket photography at an in-focus position of a main subject and at focal positions followed and preceded by the in-focus position. The images are synthesized so as to obtain a blur-emphasized image in which areas desired to be blur... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8164641 | Photographic device and photographing method A photographing device includes a motion amount calculation unit that calculates a motion amount of an image in the successive images, an image selection unit that selects an image to be processed based on the motion amount, and an image combination unit that combin... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8134606 | System and method for creating composite images by utilizing an imaging device A system and method for creating composite images by utilizing a camera comprises a cradle device that transports the camera across a target area during a scanning procedure that captures and stores image data. During the scanning procedure, a motion detector captur... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8125531 | Video signal combining apparatus and method A video signal combining apparatus comprises a video signal processing unit which is adapted to combine an output video image stream from two input image streams from first and second sources by dividing an image area of an image of said output video image stream in... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8111296 | Apparatus and method for generating panorama image and computer readable medium stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the method The present invention relates to apparatus and method for generating a panorama image, and a computer readable medium stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the method. The apparatus for generating a panorama image according to the pre... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8077213 | Methods for capturing a sequence of images and related devices A sequence of images is captured by an imaging device and stored in a digital format. After having captured and stored at least one image, a user is guided to move the device so that an image that can be stitched to the stored image can be captured. Positional infor... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077214 | Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, program and recording medium A signal processing apparatus includes: an input unit receiving a first image generated by a first camera and higher-resolution second images generated by a plurality of second cameras; a similar portion detecting unit detecting a similar portion between part of a s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072502 | Multi-mega pixel resolution with small sensor A camera device includes optics to produce a projected image, where the projected image has a projected image area. The camera device also includes a moveable sensor to move to a number of positions within the projected image area and capture a portion of the projec... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072503 | Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products for real-time high dynamic range imaging Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products for real-time high dynamic range (HDR) imaging are provided. A method includes creating a first HDR image file for a subject image captured from a first angle and at a first time increment (T1). The... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063941 | Enhancing digital images using secondary optical systems Apparatuses and methods for enhancing a “primary” large format, digital, macro-image with “secondary” image data are provided. The secondary image data is collected utilizing one or more secondary optical systems having at least one electro-optical detector ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8049786 | Method for improving image stitching accuracy with lens distortion correction and device for implementing the same The invention provides a method for improving image stitching accuracy and a device for implementing the same, which apply to the multi-camera system for wide-angle image generation. Lens distortion causes mismatches of the features in the overlapping region of the ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045012 | Image-pickup apparatus An image-pickup apparatus includes: an image-pickup device for converting light into an electric signal and outputting a first image data; a transmitting unit for successively transmitting the first image data to an apparatus in the exterior of the image-pickup appa... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8031232 | Image pickup apparatus including a first image formation system and a second image formation system, method for capturing image, and method for designing image pickup apparatus The present invention relates to an image pickup apparatus, a method for capturing an image, and a method for designing the image pickup apparatus capable of realizing a fixed focal length image pickup apparatus of high resolution and fine resolution at a low cost b... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026950 | Method of and apparatus for selecting a stereoscopic pair of images A method is provided for selecting a stereoscopic pair of images, for example as they are captured by a camera or from an existing collection of captured images. A first image is selected and a cursor overlaid on the first image is aligned with an image feature. The... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8013899 | Camera arrangement and method A camera arrangement comprising a plurality of camera elements and a corresponding method of arranging camera elements is described. The camera arrangement improves the resolution of a stitched image by maintaining a uniform overlap between the fields of view of adj... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009200 | Multiple sensor input data synthesis New systems and methods are hereby provided that inherently and naturally resolve the challenges of synthesizing coordinated inputs from multiple cameras. For example, a multi-sensor mediator may collect the input data from multiple sensors, and generate a composite... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7995102 | Imaging apparatus for generating stroboscopic image An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging section configured to output a first set of digital images; a section generating a plurality of sets of one-dimensional data from each of digital images respectively based on an object movement direction representing a movem... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990422 | Automatically expanding the zoom capability of a wide-angle video camera A system for automatically expanding the zoom capability of a wide-angle video camera using images from multiple camera locations. One preferred embodiment achieves this using images from the wide-angle video camera that are analyzed to identify regions of interest ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982779 | Image processing device and image processing method In an inspection of a substance in which a first region is made of black resin and a second region is made of a metal, a portion surrounding the first region is registered as a first imaging range, and a portion surrounding the second region is registered as a secon... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7948521 | Bi-directional image recording and reproduction system According to the invention, rotating cylinders (1) are provided in at least two locations. Stripes (3) comprising light emitting elements and stripes (2) comprising a recording system resembling a scanner strip are mounted on the rotating cylind... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944480 | Method for the transfer of data flow of digital images and digital detection unit A data stream of full digital images having a first predetermined number of picture elements is transferred via an interface to an image recording unit. The image recording unit stores digital images with a second number of picture elements, which is lower than a fi... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7916180 | Simultaneous multiple field of view digital cameras Digital camera systems and methods are described that provide digital cameras configured to simultaneously acquire image data via multiple channels having different fields of view. The digital cameras include multiple channels coupled to a processing component. Each... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7859572 | Enhancing digital images using secondary optical systems Apparatuses and methods for enhancing a “primary” large format, digital, macro-image with “secondary” image data are provided. The secondary image data is collected utilizing one or more secondary optical systems having at least one electro-optical detector ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7852376 | Image-based method and system for building spherical panoramas The invention relates to building spherical panoramas for image-based virtual reality systems. The image-based spherical panoramas can be navigated in any desired view direction (360-degrees) by suitable three-dimensional image browsers or viewers. The method and sy... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7808529 | Image pickup apparatus with frame addition A preprocessor performs a signal processing operation by using an image signal DVa generated by picking up a subject image. A frame adder adds frames of an image signal DVb generated by the preprocessor so as to generate an image signal DVc with a changed frame rate... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7782364 | Multi-array sensor with integrated sub-array for parallax detection and photometer functionality Methods and systems of imaging to correct parallax. Color information is received from multi-array sensors. Luminance information is received from a sub-array sensor arranged with the multi-array sensors. Color information received from at least one of the multi-arr... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7773121 | High-resolution, continuous field-of-view (FOV), non-rotating imaging system A high resolution CMOS imaging system especially suitable for use in a periscope head. The imaging system includes a sensor head for scene acquisition, and a control apparatus inclusive of distributed processors and software for device-control, data handling, and di... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7773120 | Scan-assisted mobile telephone The present disclosure illustrates an apparatus and method for scanning, in particular documents with the aid of a camera. The method includes combining an image sequence or a sequence of partial images in order to obtain a final image, and projecting a reference mo... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7764309 | Image taking apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program for connecting into a single image a plurality of images taken by a plurality of imaging units disposed such that viewpoints coincide with each other An image taking apparatus including a plurality of imaging units each including a lens with a variable focal distance and an image sensing device is provided. The plurality of imaging units are disposed such that their viewpoints are substantially coincident with ea... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7728878 | Method and system for processing multiview videos for view synthesis using side information A method processes a multiview videos of a scene, in which each video is acquired by a corresponding camera arranged at a particular pose, and in which a view of each camera overlaps with the view of at least one other camera. Side information for synthesizing a par... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7728877 | Method and system for synthesizing multiview videos A system and method synthesizes multiview videos. Multiview videos are acquired of a scene with corresponding cameras arranged at a poses such that there is view overlap between any pair of cameras. A synthesized multiview video is generated from the acquired multiv... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7724286 | Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method This invention makes it possible to produce a high quality synthesized panoramic image when it is difficult to highly precisely shift the image pickup direction. The present invention provides an image pickup apparatus for synthetically generating a first image, or ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7710463 | Method and system for compensating for parallax in multiple camera systems A camera array captures plural component images which are combined into a single scene. In one embodiment, each camera of the array is a fixed digital camera. The images from each camera are warped to a common coordinate system and the disparity between overlapping ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7710462 | Method for randomly accessing multiview videos A method randomly accesses multiview videos. Multiview videos are acquired of a scene with corresponding cameras arranged at poses, such that there is view overlap between any pair of cameras. V-frames are generated from the multiview videos. The V-frames are encode... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7688355 | System and method for storing images of a workpiece A method for storing images of a workpiece is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) reading an image of the workpiece from the storage; (b) reading one byte of the three bytes' color information of each pixel of the image; (c) storing one by one the read o... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7679651 | Image pickup apparatus, method and program with composite-image creating function An image pickup apparatus capable of creating various composite images easily, and also obtaining composite images such as would be obtained at different shutter speeds even after the frame images were picked up. Successive frame images of an object are picked up in... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7671894 | Method and system for processing multiview videos for view synthesis using skip and direct modes A method processes a multiview videos of a scene, in which each video is acquired by a corresponding camera arranged at a particular pose, and in which a view of each camera overlaps with the view of at least one other camera. Side information for synthesizing a par... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7659923 | Elimination of blink-related closed eyes in portrait photography A system and method of eliminating closed or partially closed eyes of subject in photography, caused by subjects blinking at the moment of image capture. A digital camera is configured to capture two images in quick succession. The image processing unit of the camer... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7646404 | Foveated wide-angle imaging system and method for capturing and viewing wide-angle images in real time A foveated wide-angle imaging system and method for capturing a wide-angle image and for viewing the captured wide-angle image in real time. In general, the foveated wide-angle imaging system includes a foveated wide-angle camera system having multiple cameras for c... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7643067 | Rectification system and method of stereo image in real-time Disclosed is a system and a method for rectifying stereo images, which are acquired by two cameras, in real-time by using a calibration matrix resulting from camera calibration. The system includes a coordinate generation module; a rectification coordinate generatio... | 01/05/2010 |
