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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425951 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus, method of distributing elemental images to the display apparatus, and method of displaying three-dimensional image on the display apparatus An apparatus is provided with a display unit and a optical filter. The unit has pixels arranged in a matrix form, which are grouped into a first group and second groups to display two-dimensional image information constituting elemental images, the image information... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7376277 | Data transform for improved compression of multicomponent images Color image transform coding methods and apparatus which take advantage of redundant information which is normally present in the luminance and chrominance components of a color image are described. The transform coding method of the present invention, can normally ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7355759 | Print order/delivery system and method, digital camera, client information registration device, ordering terminal, and printing system A print order/delivery system and method, and a printing system, wherein a previously assigned unique identification data is stored on a user side of the system, and the user is registered such that the user is associated with the identification data. Pictorial data... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352392 | Digital camera capable of outputting image data to external apparatus A digital camera is provided with a plurality of group specifying keys for specifying a use purpose of a photographed picture. In an external flash memory of the digital camera that stores the photographed pictures, a plurality of index files that correspond to the ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346227 | Method and device for image transformation Biometry for transforming, receiving, processing and analyzing electronic images of living biological objects is provided. The Biometry detects the objects, which produce insignificant periodical oscillations thereby making it possible to receive and analyze the ima... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342605 | Digital camera having an all-frame print number setting device to collectively set all recorded frames for printing An image file imaged by a digital camera is stored in a memory card, and the digital camera sets the number of prints for each image file according to the digital print order format (DPOF) standard and records the number as a printing information file in the memory ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340275 | Wireless communication unit A wireless communication unit of the present invention comprises: an interface portion signally connected to a connector of a main device, the connector being dedicated to a recording-medium; a recording portion performing non-volatile recording; a wireless communic... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327848 | Visualization of spatialized audio A method and apparatus is provided for presenting a user with a visual indication of the likely user-perceived location of sound sources in an audio field generated from left and right audio channel signals. To produce this visual indication, corresponding component... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319536 | Techniques for synchronizing any of a plurality of associated multimedia assets in a distributed system Automatically synchronizing any of a group of associated multimedia assets is described is described. A particular one of the set of distributed multimedia assets is modified and the others of the set of distributed multimedia assets are then synchronized based upon... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302163 | Information processing apparatus and recording control method including erroneous-erasure prevention feature An information processing apparatus for receiving a recording medium that stores image data and data setting conditions for an operation relating to the image data, and that includes an erroneous-erasure prevention mechanism, includes an image recording device for r... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295343 | Digital photo album with image modification and internal printing A digital photo album 901 has image enhancement provided by a pre-programmed set of characteristics on a removable image enhancement card and includes a body section 902 connected to a display screen 904. The body 902 houses control circu... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7280681 | Method and apparatus for generating a combined parameter map In a method and apparatus for generating a combined parameter map from a number of individual, initial parameter maps that contain values of various parameters dependent on the position (x, y), for each of the initial parameter maps and for each position, the signal... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272788 | Client-server system for merging of metadata with images A method and system for merging metadata with digital images is disclosed, where the digital images are stored as image files having metadata fields associated therewith. The method and system include receiving data uploaded from a remote location, providing a web a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268904 | Print order recording system that provides notification if a requested image is absent Reduced image data of images recorded in a memory card of a digital camera is transmitted from the digital camera to a portable phone. In the portable phone, while viewing the photographs one by one, a print order instruction operation is performed on the desired im... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7215441 | Digital photo album with image enhancement and internal printer A digital photo album 901 has image enhancement provided by a pre-programmed set of characteristics on a removable image enhancement card and includes a body section 902 connected to a display screen 904. The body 902 houses control circu... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211958 | Modulation of a background light or any illumination of a mobile phone A communication device such as a cellular or wireless telephone handset has a light display, such as handset cover light or display backlight, synchronized to audio signals from multiple audio sources such as a microphone or AM/FM receiver. The communication device ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7196718 | Method and apparatus for transmission of digital image to destination associated with voice call participant A method and apparatus for transmitting a digital image correlated with a phone number to a destination after placing a voice call with the phone number. The method involves (i) maintaining data that correlates phone numbers with digital images, (ii) placing a voice... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7180882 | Communication terminal apparatus, communication method thereof, and connected destination selection method in wireless LAN To provide a communication terminal apparatus including a first wireless communication unit that can connect with a host computer, a second wireless communication unit that can connect with connecting equipment by wireless, an equipment information storage unit for ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169995 | Full color LED based lighting apparatus operated in synchronism with music and method of controlling the same A full color LED based lighting apparatus operated in synchronism with music and method of controlling the same is disclosed. LED color and LED brightness can be controlled by means of high and low frequencies of sound. Thus, lighting can be controlled so as to be i... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161707 | Digital printer Comprising a data reader 31 for reading digital camera image data, a means 32 for setting, for example, the number of prints, a plurality of printers 33, a printer selector 34 for selecting which of the plurality of printers to use, and a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158171 | Digital camera image data processing storage and printing system An image data processing system includes a digital camera having a camera section for converting a light from a substance to be recorded into image data, and a first memory section for storing said image data therein, first processing device, for storing the image d... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7129980 | Image capturing apparatus and automatic exposure control correcting method When a shutter release button of an image capturing apparatus is half pressed, an exposure time t is determined by a normal AE function. Then, if a shutter release button is fully pressed, an image is captured with the exposure time t, and the captured image is stor... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111317 | Method for providing image goods and/or services to a customer A system and method for obtaining photographic products and/or services and for the sharing of digital images without the need of a computer. In particular a cable set top box and cable communication network is used for communication with third parties, including im... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110026 | Image tagging for post processing A method of processing image data includes providing an image capturing apparatus. A host device for receiving image data generated by the image capturing apparatus is provided. An image to be captured with the image capturing apparatus is targeted. First image data... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7095436 | Digital camera capable of outputting image data to external apparatus A digital camera is provided with a plurality of group specifying keys for specifying a use purpose of a photographed picture. In such an external flash memory of the digital camera that stores the photographed pictures is generated a plurality of index files that c... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7084909 | Electronic camera, imaging system and imaging method An electronic camera comprises imaging means for imaging an image of an object, first image creating means for creating a first image based on the image imaged by the imaging means, operating means for setting information indicating a predetermined process, first tr... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7057819 | High contrast tilting ribbon blazed grating The light modulator includes elongated elements and a support structure coupled to the elongated elements. Each element includes one or more lengthwise slits within an active optical area, and a light reflective planar surface with the light reflective planar surfac... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7057745 | Print designating method and apparatus, and printing method and apparatus In a digital camera that can perform print designation, a print designation file for writing jobs for printing is prepared in a memory card in which image data is recorded, and information for specifying a file to be printed (FILE_ID), file identifying information f... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7042496 | Photo service system and digital camera A photo service system according to the present invention is structured in an area such as a theme park. The photo service system comprises digital cameras that transmit image data of images captured by the digital cameras, base stations that receive the image data ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038814 | Fast digital image dithering method that maintains a substantially constant value of luminance A method and system are disclosed for displaying Y-bit coded RGB image data that is received as X-bit coded RGB or YCbCr image data, where X>Y. The method includes receiving X-bit coded image data, where each color channel comprises m-bits; arithmetically processing... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034871 | Capturing digital images to be transferred to an e-mail address An electronic still camera for capturing images to be transferred to at least one e-mail address is disclosed. The electronic still camera includes an image sensor for capturing a plurality of images of scenes and for producing image signals representative of the co... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7013288 | Methods and systems for managing the distribution of image capture devices, images, and prints The present invention is generally directed to methods and systems for distributing image capture devices, images, and prints. One embodiment of the present invention advantageously provides cameras, such as digital cameras or film cameras, to consumers for free or ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6977680 | Image data reduction and processing system An image data processing system includes a digital camera having a conversion means for conversing the light from a photographic object to the image data, and a storage medium, an image data memory apparatus having a memory section storing the image data, reduction ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6917444 | Image correction for color image When a color image is corrected on data of lightness, saturation and hue, contrast is corrected based on lightness, and maximum saturation is determined at least based on lightness. Change in saturation is calculated according to the determined maximum saturations f... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6873711 | Image processing device, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing device is provided to efficiently embed digital watermark information in a gray scale image while suppressing deterioration in the image quality. The image processing device includes an input unit for inputting gray-scale image data in which each... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6573927 | Electronic still camera for capturing digital image and creating a print order A digital camera includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) for viewing images captured from an image sensor and stored on a removable memory card. The LCD also presents a user interface (UI) that allows the user to create a print order "utilization file". A... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6445725 | Spread spectrum communication apparatus A spread spectrum communication apparatus for communicating through a plurality of communication channels corresponding to a plurality of diffusion codes comprises a selector to select the number of communication channels which are used in accordance with... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6281805 | Automotive CCD camera An automotive CCD camera includes a UV filter receiving light corresponding to lane images and filtering through ultraviolet light, a condenser condensing the UV light filtered through the UV filter and transmitting the light, and a light disperser disper... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6034667 | Method and apparatus for displaying YUV color information on a pseudo-color RGB display A method and apparatus for displaying a color image stored in a YUV color format on a display device that generates video in an RGB format. The apparatus uses a frame buffer which stores a color index for each pixel. The index is used to select an RGB col... | 03/07/2000 |
