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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7224850 | Modification of red-eye-effect in digital image In one aspect, the present disclosure describes a process for automatic artifact compensation in a digital representation of an image. The process includes detecting, by a processor, regions corresponding to facial images within the digital representation; locating,... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7151676 | Recording media protecting mechanism Open and close of a cover of a recording media holding section is locked and unlocked in accordance with turn-on and turn-off of a power switch. Turn-on and turn-off of the power switch is performed in accordance with an operation of for example a movable grip. When... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6054982 | Communication terminal and its display control system A communication terminal receives character-based information from a host machine via a communication line. The terminal includes a menu identifying section for identifying menu information from a menu picture received from the host machine, and a menu in... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5850255 | Method and apparatus for imaging electric fields An optical beam (2) passes through a polarizer (10), a target (24), an analyzer (20) and onto a camera (22) where a plurality of images are formed. The images are digitized by a frame grabber (30) and processed by a general purpose computer (32) to form e... | 12/15/1998 |
| 4839569 | Method and apparatus for providing gain control for an image intensifier tube A photocathode current sensing circuit (58) is provided to adjust the electron accelerating voltage to a cone (32) and a phosphor screen (34) on an image intensifier tube (26). The voltage is adjusted by an anode power supply (60) which is responsive to t... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4837631 | Electronic still camera tube An electronic camera tube includes a transparent envelope enclosing an evacuated cavity, a photocathode layer on a first internal surface of the envelope and an array of storage electrodes on a second internal surface of the envelope. The first and second... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4814888 | Highly sensitive image pickup apparatus This image pickup apparatus is capable of picking up very low level images, such as a star or a comet in a night sky, and is capable of obtaining a video signal having a desired S/N ratio without using a conventional noise reducer. The apparatus comprises... | 03/21/1989 |
