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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7274009 | Frame-shuttered CMOS image sensor with simultaneous array readout A frame shuttered CMOS image sensor with simultaneous array readout. An array of CMOS pixels are printed on a silicon substrate. Within each pixel is a light sensitive region comprising a photo sensitive diode for converting photons into electrical charge and at lea... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7248288 | Signal processing apparatus and method for reducing jaggedness on color image edge and image sensing apparatus having same In a signal processing apparatus for processing an image signal, a hue difference between adjoining pixels is detected by a color image edge detector, and an aperture control main gain circuit amplifies a luminance signal using a gain determined on the basis of the ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7213939 | Hue adjusting lighting system This disclosure describes a lighting apparatus comprising a light hue modulating device that generates compensating light to adjust the light to a desired hue within a space regardless of the hue of the ambient light within the room. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7142218 | Image display device and electronic apparatus using same, and image display method of same An image display device of the present invention is provided with a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image in accordance with an input of a chrominance signal, a sensor for sensing light characteristics of external light, and a chrominance signal conve... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6958784 | Video signal processing apparatus using multi-conversion stages A video signal processing apparatus for processing a video signal containing first and second color difference signals so as to adjust colors of an image represented by the video signal is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of gain setting sections for se... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6947103 | Method of making a reflection type liquid crystal display device A reflection type liquid crystal display device having excellent display capability even if the number of the photolithography process is reduced and a process for producing the device. A process includes the steps of (a) forming a source/drain wiring by using a fir... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6903371 | Thin film transistor and display using the same An amorphous silicon film is laser irradiated a plural number of times to make the film composed of a plurality of crystal grains while suppressing the formation of protrusions at the boundaries of the adjoining grains to realize a polycrystalline silicon thin film ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6717610 | Wide angle image capture system for vehicle A wide-angle image capture system for providing a wide-angle field of view of an area immediately exteriorly of a vehicle. The system includes a convex aspheric, asymmetric reflective surface which reflects an image toward an image capture device, via a substantiall... | 04/06/2004 |
| 5982416 | Image processing method and apparatus An image processor which provides a color space conversion characteristic suitable for an image includes a transfer unit which transfers digital color image data representing a desired image input by an image input unit and having a color space depending ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5905531 | Color noise slice method and circuit for an image pickup device The object of the present invention is to provide a color noise slice circuit in which the color noise slice process does not cause changes in hue. The color noise slice circuit of the present invention is provided with a divider that receives color-diffe... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5799105 | Method for calibrating a color sorting apparatus A color sorting apparatus has a singulator section, a color sorter and a conveyor which drops the sorted objects into appropriate collection bins. Objects for sorting are transported on an endless conveyor on wheels through the singulation and color sorti... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5546125 | Video signal follow-up processing system A video signal follow-up processing system for adaptively tracking to the moving of a subject. A detection feature pattern is formed through acquisition of brightness and hue frequency characteristic data based on pixel information in a detection measurem... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5512940 | Image processing apparatus, endoscope image sensing and processing apparatus, and image processing method for performing different displays depending upon subject quantity An endoscope image sensing and processing apparatus uses the level of brightness of G and B signals at position (i, j) generated by subjecting an image of a subject picked up by a CCD to a signal process to detect the hemoglobin quantity IHb (i, j), discr... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5428402 | Tint detection circuit for automatically selecting a desired tint in a video signal Tint detection circuit for automatically selecting a desired tint in a video signal, including a limit signal generator coupled to receive first (R), second (G) and third (R) color signals in order to generate first and second limit signals (CRITR, CRITB)... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5428385 | Circuit for detecting colors in image signals A circuit for detecting a specified color in a color image signal operates on first, second and third primary color signals from a color camera. A complementary color, resulting from additive mixing of two primary colors, is detected by taking the sum and... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5155589 | Storage and retrieval of images from a grey image having artificially enhanced color regions Methods and apparatus for decomposing a set of complementary color signals that form a color enhanced image into four or five color maps of an image, for storing said four or five color maps on a sheet of black and white film, and for reconstructing color... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5134510 | Information transmitting system using television luminance signal This invention provides an information transmitting system using television luminance signal, including a data detecting stage for detecting data according to the change of amplitude of a luminance signal by comparing the level of the luminance signal ave... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4953011 | Color enhancing circuit for enhancing saturation A chrominance signal constituting a color image is modulated to generate a modulated chrominance signal. A phase difference between this modulated chrominance signal and a signal corresponding to a particular color is detected. The saturation of the chrom... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4860091 | Video image processing apparatus for emphasizing color of an image by enhancing saturation A composite video signal is supplied to chrominance and luminance signal separators. A chrominance signal is compared by a phase comparator with an average phase signal, and a difference between them is supplied to a control terminal of a phase modulator.... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4814859 | Video image processing apparatus for emphasizing color of an image by expanding hue and saturation A composite video signal is supplied to chrominance and luminance signal separators. A chrominance signal is compared by a phase comparator with an average phase signal, and a difference between them is supplied to a control terminal of a phase modulator.... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4737842 | Color emphasis circuit A color emphasis circuit in a color endoscope includes a color signal modulator for modulating color signals corresponding to a color image, a color signal averager for obtaining an averaged value by averaging the color signals for every color image, an a... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4045815 | System for combining analog and image signals into a standard video format A system for combining at least one analog signal, such as EKG signal, and an image signal, such as video signal representing a fluoroscopic view of a patient's heart or the like. The system includes a summing amplifier, which provides an input to a TV mo... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4007327 | Apparatus for selectively altering image data for CRT display in order to facilitate image analysis Apparatus for treatment of luminance and/or color data included in information representative of an image to be displayed in a visual display system, comprising a comparator for comparing the data with at least one reference datum defined upon a scale of ... | 02/08/1977 |
