Class 348/236 - Using distinct luminance image sensor

Subclass of Class 348 - Television
Definition: Subject matter wherein part of the image signal is supplied
No. of patents: 29
Last issue date: 06/14/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
7961229	Image pickup apparatus and method using visible light and infrared A digital still camera includes a lens system. A cold mirror separates object light incident on the lens system into a visible light component and an infrared component. A visible light image sensor outputs a first image signal of a visible light image by receiving ...	06/14/2011
7268799	Multi-function device illumination control system and method Wireless communications devices, such as cellular telephones (100), include an integrated camera (202) and process image data captured by that camera (202) to determine desired device illumination levels. A controller (410) within the wir...	09/11/2007
7239428	Method of super image resolution A method of improving resolution for an image is disclosed. The method for improving resolution of an image includes loading a first image and creating a first super grid image based on the first image. The method also includes loading a second image and creating a ...	07/03/2007
7126632	Method and apparatus for modifying the color saturation of electronically acquired images A method for the transformation of image signals that have been obtained by color filtering and have been logarithmically compressed is proposed. The color saturation of the recorded images is increased thereby. According to one aspect of the invention, the transfor...	10/24/2006
7088391	Color video camera for film origination with color sensor and luminance sensor A technique for producing electronic video signals representative of color images of a scene includes use of a regular CCD for the color channel and a back-thinned CCD for a luminance channel; a technique for deriving blue and reconstructing full resolution R, G, B ...	08/08/2006
7084913	Processing method of image compensation for digital camera A processing method of image compensation for digital camera, after the signal of a digital image is sensed by a proper charged coupled device (CCD ), a color filter array displays this digital image in a sequence by array pattern according to the signal strength of...	08/01/2006
7071978	Image mosaic data reconstruction This invention relates to the reconstruction of a full colour image from image mosaic data in particular where the image mosaic data is unequally weighted between different colours. The image mosaic is composed of a plurality of image pixels. Each image pixel has on...	07/04/2006
7057654	Four color image sensing apparatus An imaging camera apparatus (20) for capturing images electronically and providing output data for four separate color channels, red, green, blue, and a fourth saturated primary color, expanding the color gamut over conventional three color channel cameras. A...	06/06/2006
7019777	Multispectral imaging system with spatial resolution enhancement A spatial resolution enhancement and dynamic range extension for a Computerized Airborne Multicamera Imaging System (CAMIS). CAMIS is a multispectral imaging system for diverse manned and unmanned aerial vehicles to fly along flexible paths and altitudes for a wide ...	03/28/2006
7006686	Image mosaic data reconstruction This invention relates to the reconstruction of a full colour image from an image mosaic composed of a plurality of image pixels that have one of at least three colour values. The pixels are interleaved in rows and columns across the mosaic with pixels of different ...	02/28/2006
6999123	Method and apparatus for driving solid state image sensor An image sensing device includes a solid state image sensor, such as a CCD. An electronic shutter controls the exposure of the sensor to light, and thus the period during which the sensor collects or accumulates an information charge with light receiving pixels. The...	02/14/2006
6934050	Method for storing and retrieving data from an imaging array of vertical-color-filter detector groups A method for storing a full Red, Green, Blue (RGB) data set. A full RGB data set is three-color image data captured with an imager array formed on a semiconductor substrate and comprising a plurality of vertical-color-filter detector groups. Each of the vertical col...	08/23/2005
6917383	Image sensing device An image sensing device free from change in the angle of view between taking moving picture and taking still picture, small in power consumption in moving picture taking, and small in sensitivity drop if the size of the optical system is the same. The image sensing ...	07/12/2005
6891568	Color video camera system and method A technique for producing electronic video signals representative of color images of a scene, includes the following steps: providing a luminance sensor and a color sensor having a color filter thereover; providing a pellicle beamsplitter, and providing a motion pic...	05/10/2005
6870566	Image sensing system for sensing an image and converting the image into image signals with a controlled operating rate In an image sensing apparatus using an image sensing device, such as a CCD, to be used by connecting to an external device, such as a computer, an operating rate of the CCD is changed in accordance with a rate at which the computer receives image signals from the im...	03/22/2005
6816155	Method of correcting gradation and image display system employing the same The method of gradation correction of input image data to be displayed on an image display apparatus converts to logarithmic data first characteristic values which represent the display characteristics inherent in the image display apparatus and second characteristi...	11/09/2004
6778220	Color video camera system and method with optical prefilter A technique for producing electronic video signals representative of color images of a scene, includes the following steps: providing a luminance sensor and a color sensor having a color filter thereover; providing a beamsplitter, and providing a motion picture film...	08/17/2004
6631217	Image processor An image processor includes unit pixel circuits, each circuit outputting a pixel value, according to incident light, to an output line; and read circuits in each row and each column, each of which can read out a pixel value of each unit pixel circuit and ...	10/07/2003
6493029	Image restoration method and associated apparatus A signal processing method for estimating luminance is provided, for use with matrix patterned image sensors where elected sensor pixels (G), preferably green pixels, from which luminance-representative signals are taken, only occupy alternate horizontal ...	12/10/2002
6100929	Image-taking system in which a high resolution image having suppressed color moire is obtained First and second optical images of an object are respectively taken using two optical filters, having different optical transfer properties, which are placed one at a time in the optical path of the taken images. The first and second optical images are co...	08/08/2000
6081076	Fill-in light emitting apparatus and still video camera A fill-in light emitting apparatus having an illuminating mechanism for emitting illumination light whose color temperature can be varied; a color temperature metering mechanism for measuring the color temperature of the external light; and a color temper...	06/27/2000
6049356	Method of doubling vertical line speed for HDTV camera and device thereof A device and method of doubling a vertical line speed for a camera for domestic use, the method including the steps of a) writing G1 channel data output from a G1 CCD of a 4CCD for a period of 0.5H, where H is a horizontal sync period, and then reading th...	04/11/2000
5943095	Method for operating charge-coupled device at high speed An image sensor comprises an array of photodiodes and corresponding transfer cells for receiving charge packets from the photodiodes. Each of the transfer cells includes first, second and third electrodes arranged in sequence along a semiconductor channel...	08/24/1999
5896014	Fill-in light emitting apparatus and still video camera A fill-in light emitting apparatus having an illuminating mechanism for emitting illumination light whose color temperature can be varied; a color temperature metering mechanism for measuring the color temperature of the external light; and a color temper...	04/20/1999
5652620	Color video camera The outputs of N kinds of spectral response characteristics from an image sensor are passed through low-pass filters to obtain N kinds of outputs from the 1st through Nth, and the output signal of a pixel of interest having the Kth (1ࣘKࣘN) spectral re...	07/29/1997
5414465	Luminance signal generator with interpolation A luminance signal generating apparatus including a first CCD device, and a second CCD device disposed at a position obliquely displaced relative to a spatial position of the first CCD device, an interpolating circuit for interpolating an output from the ...	05/09/1995
4876591	Color video signal generating device using monochrome and color image sensors having different resolutions to form a luminance signal A video signal generating device with which a video signal of high resolution is produced while significantly suppressing the generation of color Moire disturbance. The received optical image is split into two beams and applied to respective color and mon...	10/24/1989
4823186	Color video signal generating device using monochrome and color image sensors having different resolutions to form a luminance signal A video signal generating device with which a video signal of high resolution is produced while significantly suppressing the generation of color Moire disturbance. The received optical image is split into two beams and applied to respective color and mon...	04/18/1989
4281339	Color solid state image pick-up apparatus A color solid state image pick-up apparatus comprises an optical system which separates incident light into a brightness light component and a plurality of color light components, a first solid state image pick-up device having photoelectric converting un...	07/28/1981

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Class 348/236 - Using distinct luminance image sensor