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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7765461 | Moving picture processing device, information processing device, and program thereof To present a moving picture processing device having a user interface very easy to use when selecting part of moving pictures from multiple moving pictures. The moving picture processing device comprises a moving picture display unit for displaying whole or part of ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7367537 | Color-image pickup device in which an R picture signal is relatively enhanced with distance from center of light-reception area In a color-image pickup device, light is decomposed by R filters, G filters, B filters, and an infrared blocking film into R, G, and B components, and photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a light-reception area receive the R, G, and B components, and output... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7340099 | System and method for image fusion A method of fusing a low resolution multispectral image with a high resolution panchromatic image comprising the step of generating a new synthetic pan image using multispectral bands from the multispectral image. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7305103 | System and method for generating pan sharpened multispectral imagery A system, method, and computer program product are provided for sharpening bands of sensor data in the visual spectrum. Blue, green, red, near-infrared, and panchromatic bands of data are received. Data of the panchromatic band is corrected based on the blue, green,... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7274830 | System for multi-sensor image fusion A method and system for fusing image data includes an electronic circuit (L) for synchronizing image frames. An adaptive lookup table unit (302a, 302b) receives the image frame data sets and applies correction factors to individual pixels... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274393 | Four-color mosaic pattern for depth and image capture A sensor for color and depth information capture is disclosed. A filter passes selected wavelengths according to a predetermined pattern to the sensor. The sensor measures light intensities passed by the filter. In one embodiment, the wavelengths passed by the filte... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7161486 | Electrostatic sensors A sensor 10 comprises an array of electrostatic sensor elements 12, each centred at a respective sensing position 14. Each element produces a respective output signal at 16. The outputs 16 can be used to drive respective pixels of ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7129462 | Digitally enhanced image intensification camera An image intensification camera system (C) for gathering image data includes an image intensifier (310) for amplifying received light (312). A relay optic assembly (316) is coupled between the image intensifier (310) and a digital image s... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7109470 | Sensor arrangement and control and analysis unit for image recognition of an object A sensor arrangement for image recognition includes a plurality of optical sensor elements (R,G,B) of a first type, the sensor elements being arranged in a raster layout and responding to light in the visible wavelength range. The sensor arrangement also includes fu... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7099041 | Image data background determining apparatus image data background determining method, and medium recording thereon image data background determination control program Background removal processing applies image processing indiscriminately to the whole image on the basis of an assumed presence of a background. Therefore, if the input image has a background and the luminance tone level of this background is relatively low, the back... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092013 | InGaAs image intensifier camera An InGaAs Image Intensifier (“I2”) Camera (C) detects and forms an image (310) to be viewed. An InGaAs photocathode Image Intensifier (312) is used to pass an amplified signal (316) from a screen (320). The InGaAs image intensificatio... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080912 | High-resolution, all-reflective imaging spectrometer An imaging spectrometer includes an all-reflective objective module that receives an image input and produces an objective module output at an exit slit, and an all-reflective collimating-and-imaging module that receives the objective module output as an objective-e... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079682 | True color infrared photography and video A method beginning at (10) is provided for creating high-fidelity visible coloring from infrared images of a scene under surveillance. The infrared images captured at (12) are analyzed at (14) to determine if an object, such as a face, is identi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7050603 | Watermark encoded video, and related methods Watermarks in video signals or the accompanying audio track are used to associate video objects in a video sequence with object specific actions or information. A video object refers to a spatial and temporal portion of a video signal that depicts a recognizable obj... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048384 | Multiple scene projection system A projection system for presenting infrared scenes having biological and chemical agents, simulants and objects such as battlefield items. The generated scenes are primarily for the evaluation of infrared sensors, cameras and stand-off detectors. The system may have... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7012643 | One chip, low light level color camera A high sensitivity, single chip, low light level imaging device is provided. The imaging device of the present invention utilizes sparse color sampling, to maximize the luminance information gathered. In particular, color information is gathered by a small proportio... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7006861 | Method and apparatus for detecting electro-magnetic reflection from biological tissue A system and method is provided to view an anatomical structure such as a blood vessel in high contrast with its surrounding tissue. The system and method may be used to produce an image of an anatomical structure using reflected electromagnetic radiation singularly... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6975779 | Method for modifying the image size of video images The invention relates to a method for changing the image size of video images, in which a decimation of video image signals (V) by an integral decimation factor (MHD, MVD) is carried out, and the decimated video image signals are subsequently read into an image memo... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6970190 | Event synchronization for detector systems An event synchronizing apparatus E for an image intensification camera system C for gathering image data includes an image intensifier 348 for amplifying received light 312. A relay optic assembly 316 is coupled between the image intensifier ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6937758 | Method and apparatus for reproducing sepia-tone images Reproducing sepia tone images. The image is scanned using conventional RGB light and added infrared wavelengths. Using L*a*b* color coordinate system, “L”-channel values are determined by the infrared channel only, and “a” and “b” channels are filled wit... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6885394 | Method and apparatus for outputting multi-band image There is provided a method outputting multi-band image data, including the steps of obtaining a spectral waveform per pixel of an image photographed by a multi-band camera; performing conversion of the thus obtained spectral waveform per pixel into control signals c... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6792136 | True color infrared photography and video A method beginning at (10) is provided for creating high-fidelity visible coloring from infrared images of a scene under surveillance. The infrared images captured at (12) are analyzed at (14) to determine if an object, such as a face, is identi... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6704798 | Explicit server control of transcoding representation conversion at a proxy or client location Information returned by a server to a client includes instructions, executable by either a proxy server or the client, for converting the returned information from a first representation to a second representation. The representation conversion may be mad... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6597807 | Method for red green blue (RGB) stereo sensor fusion Red-Green-Blue color-coding of overlaid registered stereo pair imagery from different spectral regions (for example, near-, mid-, and far-infrared) can be used to derive depth perception information. The human preattentive vision process uses coarse spati... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6504155 | Infrared camera and infrared camera system having temperature selecting switch An infrared camera with lower dissipation power, a wide range of operating environment temperature, and a shorter warmup is provided. The infrared camera includes a plurality of device operating-temperature setting circuits setting respective device opera... | 01/07/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6292212 | Electronic color infrared camera An infrared digital electronic camera includes a solid state color image sensor having an array of image sensing elements and an array of color filter elements including infrared color filter elements arranged over the image sensing elements for producing... | 09/18/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6150930 | Video equipment and method to assist motor vehicle operators A video system (30) including an illuminator (26) and a silicon detector (34) which provides operators of motor vehicles (20) with an enhanced display of the vehicle's operating environment (24 and 28). The illuminator (26) provides a source of short wave... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5999212 | Method and apparatus for infrared detection of a moving target in the presence of solar clutter A detection system for detecting a target flying over water, which includes a detector positioned to receive radiation reflected by the target off water, and producing a detector output signal having an amplitude proportional to the amount of received ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5745173 | Machine vision camera and video preprocessing system An improved camera system intended for a machine vision system which produces an image output that is specially adapted to be received by a machine vision system. In one embodiment, the camera system receives components from three portions of the electrom... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5675358 | Digital image capture control A method and apparatus for controlling and displaying the image information presently seen by the image capture device together with those images which have been captured and stored upon actuation of the device. In a preferred embodiment, a viewfinder win... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5568186 | Focal plane filtered multispectral multidetector imager A dewar cooled piezo electric activated beam splitter permits a filtered dimensional multispectral multidetector staring imager to operate as a target acquisition and recognition device as well as a detector and classifier of unknown chemical vapors or ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5557326 | Method and apparatus for producing a false color image A method for creating a false color image, by utilizing a video camera provided with two or three arrays of semiconductor detectors, the sensitivity range whereof, in relation to wavelength, extends from the visible light range to near infrared radiation ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5557260 | System for the monitoring and detection of heat sources in open areas A system for the monitoring and detection of heat sources in open areas crising an integrated assembly of observatories which include autonomous means (2) of infrared vision (11) and diurnal vision (12) and which are linked to a central control station (... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5375193 | Method and apparatus for reproducing blended colorants on an electronic display An apparatus and method for reproducing the color of blended colorants on an electronic display such as a cathode ray tube, liquid crystal display or other type of electronic device that utilizes RGB values. Predictions of blended colorants on or in subst... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5353053 | Method of correcting a measured image formed by a television camera Spectral image signals simultaneously provided by two CCD television cameras for an R-image and an IR-image are selected by a visual controller and are sent sequentially to a sending parabolic antenna where two spectral radiometers provided with photosens... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5255190 | Software method for enhancing IR satellite sensor cloud images To improve the quality of the raster scan display on a video monitor or two-dimensional infrared satellite cloud imagery so as to provide it with a three-dimensional appearance, the satellite data is computer processed to first convert from satellite imag... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5187572 | Endoscope system with a plurality of synchronized light source apparatuses An electronic endoscope is provided with a photoelectrically converting solid state imaging device and a light guide transmitting an illuminating light. A video signal processing circuit processes signals for the solid state imaging device. The electronic... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5140416 | System and method for fusing video imagery from multiple sources in real time A system and method for fusing or merging video imagery from multiple sources such that the resultant image has improved information content over any one of the individual video images. The sensors generating the video imagery are typically responsive to ... | 08/18/1992 |
