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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184179 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for combining still images An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. An obtaining unit obtains a first still image, a first difficulty level indicating a complexity of the first still image, a second still image, and a second difficulty level indicating a complexity of th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8159547 | Imaging apparatus and microscope apparatus using the same An image pickup device 1A is constructed with a photodetecting section 10 having a plurality of pixels; a charge transfer section 12 having 16 segmental charge transfer sections T01 to T16; an A/D converting section 15 | 04/17/2012 |
| 8139126 | Digital video system for assembling video sequences An image processing system (10) obtains image sequences and assembles a presentation therefrom. The system has a camera (12) for capturing image sequences, a random-access electronic memory (16) for temporary storage of the image sequences, an i... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134614 | Image processing apparatus for detecting an image using object recognition In an image processing apparatus, minimum width and height and maximum width and height of an object to be detected are calculated on the basis of photographing conditions, an object detection range and a size of the object to be detected and an image reduction coef... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134613 | Image processing apparatus and method, and image pickup apparatus The present invention particularly relates to an image processing apparatus in which motion blur contained in a blurred image can be eliminated. An area specifying unit 103 specifies a non-mixed area formed of a foreground area consisting of foreground object... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8125540 | Video presenting system having outputs for dual images A video presenting system having outputs for dual images is provided. As a result, the video presenter, which is an optical image electronic device having mounted therein an embedded system dedicated to a device control, can respectively and simultaneously output an... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120675 | Moving image recording/playback device A moving image recording/playback device records a moving image of a subject. In the case of recording, the moving image recording/playback device sequentially outputs a plurality of image frames that constitute the moving image at a predetermined frame rate and, fo... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8106967 | Image pickup device In this image pickup device, a system controller uses pattern matching to detect regions where patterns match between images based on multiple sets of image data. Subsequently, the system controller conducts alignment based on the regions that are matched by pattern... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102440 | Image selecting apparatus, camera, and method of selecting image An image selecting apparatus comprises an input unit 20, an A/D converter 30, a memory 40, a control unit 50, a recording unit 90, and an output unit 92. The input unit 20 continuously photographs a subject and inputs... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094213 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program in which an original image is modified with respect to a desired reference point set on a screen An image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and an image processing program in which a special effect that allows a subject to be modified so that the degree of modification increases with increasing distance from a reference point of an original imag... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089531 | Image processor, image acquisition apparatus, storage medium of image processing program and image processing method An image processor includes an inter-superimposed-image deformation acquisition unit configured to acquire deformation information between superimposed images included in a multiple image in which images of a subject are superimposed, an image deformation unit confi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085318 | Real-time image capture and manipulation based on streaming data Systems and techniques to provide image capture and manipulation. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes receiving an input stream including image data from a source, displaying the input stream in real-time including displaying a plurality of ins... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078034 | Method and apparatus for navigating through subtitles of an audio video data stream In a method and an apparatus for navigating through subtitles of an Audio Video data stream an address information of one or more played back data units is stored together with the subtitle information of said played back data units during play back of said data uni... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077224 | Imaging apparatus and imaging mode control method In an imaging apparatus capable of selectively performing an imaging operation in normal imaging mode and that in composite imaging mode, an object is imaged by performing the imaging operation in normal imaging mode to generate an exposure image signal, a brightnes... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068151 | Digital camera with card reader for reading program script A portable camera with an inbuilt printer device is disclosed. The camera includes a digital image capture device, an inbuilt programming language interpreter internally connected to the digital image capture device for the manipulation of the digital image captured... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063956 | Image pickup device, image pickup method and integrated circuit It is to reduce a recording capacity required for recording image data acquired by composition bracket photographing. In order to attain the object mentioned above, an image processing section designates a plurality of subject trimming images generated by respective... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059171 | Pen-shaped modular camera assembly having an effects module Provided is a pen-shaped modular camera assembly. The assembly includes a camera module having an image sensor for capturing an image in an RGB (red, green, blue) color space. The assembly also includes a central processing module arranged in communication with the ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059170 | Method and system for processing a video instant message There is provided a method and system for processing a video instant message. The method and system may include receiving at least one image; generating the at least one image into a composite image; and communicating the composite image to a receiver as the instant... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054343 | Image capture method and apparatus A method for generating an image sequence using an image capture device, the method comprising using image data generated using the device and representative of an existing image of a sequence to assist a user of the device to capture one or more subsequent images f... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049794 | Method and apparatus for processing image data The method of processing a first digital image by combining the first digital image with a second digital image includes the first digital image being received from a pixel array, and when receiving the first digital image it is converted into a first continuous seq... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8004584 | Method and apparatus for the creation of compound digital image effects A user captures a digital image, which is then selected for post-processing within the image capture device. The image capture device decompresses the full size image, and buffers any metadata associated with the image. As a user applies each post-processing effect ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999862 | Method and apparatus for an automated background lighting compensation system A system and method for removing background lighting variations from an image. The method includes capturing at least one first image including a first background and a subject wherein the at least one first image includes at least one background lighting variation,... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995121 | Imaging unit, portable terminal device, and portable terminal system The present invention provides an imaging unit, a portable terminal device, and a portable terminal system capable of performing a satisfactory key synthesizing process. An imaging unit mainly includes an imaging section, a conversion section, and a key signal gener... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7978234 | Image acquisition apparatus, resolution enhancing method, and recording medium An image sensor acquires images with resolutions being switched. A resolution switching unit switches the resolutions of the images to be output from the image sensor. An image selecting unit selects a basic image from a plurality of output images which are output f... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7961230 | Image processing device, image processing program, image processing system, and image processing method There is provided a configuration including a subject detection section adapted to detect an image of a specific subject in a target image, a ratio information acquisition section adapted to acquire ratio information representing a ratio between a size of the subjec... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7952618 | Apparatus for controlling display of detection of target image, and method of controlling same If a user is to be notified of detection of a face image, it is so arranged that the user can be so notified without being given an odd impression. To achieve this, the image of a subject is obtained by sensing the image of the subject. The image of the subject obta... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7936382 | Image pickup device, projector including the image pickup device, and image pickup method An image pickup device is provided. The image pickup device includes a pickup device that captures an image, a background image processor that determines a pickup object area to be captured to be an illumination image and displays the pickup object area as a backgro... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7924328 | Applying visual effect to image data based on audio data Audio data is accessed. A visual effect is applied to image data based on the audio data. The image data to which the visual effect has been applied based on the audio data is displayed. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924327 | Imaging apparatus and method for producing the same, portable equipment, and imaging sensor and method for producing the same A plurality of imaging regions are provided in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of optical systems and are disposed on optical axes of the respective optical systems. Each imaging region has a plurality of pixels. The imaging apparatus further comprises an... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920179 | Shadow and reflection identification in image capturing devices A device may include an image capturing assembly to frame an image of a subject for capturing; and a processor to automatically identify a shadow or a reflection corresponding to a user of the device in the framed image. The image capturing assembly is configured to... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7911513 | Simulating short depth of field to maximize privacy in videotelephony An arrangement for simulating a short depth of field in a captured videophone image is provided in which the background portion of the image is digitally segregated and blurred to render it indistinct. Thus, the displayed video of a user in the foreground is kept in... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903153 | Image pickup apparatus and method of controlling same In a period of time during which an image effect is being selected, a synthesized image in which the selected image effect is synthesized to an input image is generated and the operation of the image effect of the synthesized image is automatically and repeatedly di... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7884861 | Image resolution multiplier A system for generating high resolution image data using a low resolution image sensor is provided. The system includes an image sensor array and an image size system determining a pixel resolution area. An image target system determines a desired pixel resolution a... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7876368 | Slimming effect for digital photographs Systems and methods are disclosed for applying a slimming effect to a subject in a digital image on a camera. An exemplary method may comprise compressing the digital image in one dimension so that a subject appears thinner. The method may also comprise selecting a ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7868932 | System and method for forming a border print An imaging method and system enables the use of available images to form a pictorial type border around a specific image that a user has selected to be printed. With the method and system of the invention, images from an order or from an electronic storage mechanism... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7868933 | Imaging device In an image capturing device structured of a camera module and a main body unit, information which can verify the authenticity of image data is superposed on the image data, and thereby the image capturing device is proposed in which the authenticity of the image da... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7855737 | Method of making a digital camera image of a scene including the camera user A method of making an image in a digital camera comprises capturing a digital image of a scene into which the camera user is to be inserted, and superimposing a symbol (subject locator) onto the scene image representing at least a part of a human subject. The subjec... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7847836 | Image processing method using sensed eye position A method for processing a captured image is provided. The method includes the steps of sensing the position of an eye and processing the captured image using the sensed eye position. In one embodiment, the step of processing involves detecting a face within the imag... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7843497 | Array-camera motion picture device, and methods to produce new visual and aural effects A system and method for creating special effects comprising capturing an image of an object or objects in motion from each of a plurality of cameras aligned in an array, assembling the images from each camera into a series of images in a manner providing a simulatio... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7812864 | Red eye image correction device, electronic camera and red eye image correction program product A red eye image correction device includes: a data size conversion unit that executes reduction processing on an image so as to retain color component information contained in the image and generates a sub image with a smaller data size than the image; a red eye det... | 10/12/2010 |
