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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8130263 | Head-mounted visual display device for low-vision aid and its system A head-mounted visual display device for low-vision aid, which features 2 models, they are analog signal model and digital signal model. Said analog device contains at least an analog video extractor, a video decoder, an ITU-R.656 decoder, a de-interlacing unit, an ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130262 | Apparatus and method for enhancing field of vision of the visually impaired An apparatus and a method for enhancing a field of vision of a user with a visual impairment to help the user to navigate safely in the surroundings. The apparatus includes a body, at least one video device coupled to the body for recording a visual image of a physi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7952607 | Method and apparatus for efficient presentation of content over a network to a visually impaired user Methods and apparatus are provided for efficient presentation of content over a network to a visually impaired user. Requests for content from a visually impaired user are processed by observing behavior of the user in connection with the requests; determining if th... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7843488 | Vision thermalization for sightless and visually impaired A Vision Thermalization, “VT” light-to-heat transducer, versatile video transformation system, via Biophysics Resonance of forehead cells with thin film transistors infrared “display” (1 k×0.0015 C×640×480 VGA) and alternative image processing methodology... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7598976 | Method and apparatus for a multisensor imaging and scene interpretation system to aid the visually impaired An apparatus and method for aiding a visually impaired or blind person to detect, identify and avoid objects in the field of vision of the surroundings. The apparatus includes electro-optical devices to detect and identify objects, a control unit, which receives and... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7385653 | LED package and backlight assembly for LCD comprising the same An LED package used as a light source in a backlight assembly for an LCD includes a substrate, a plurality of light scattering protrusions on the upper surface of the substrate, LEDs separated from each other by designated intervals and arranged in a line on the sub... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7353166 | Method and receiver for providing audio translation data on demand Video data are transmitted to a receiver. A language menu is displayed from which a user selects a language that can be different from the original language broadcast with the video data. Video data identification information and language identification information ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7272785 | Data editing for improving readability of a display Provides ability to analyze the readability of an image to be displayed on a screen as a web page, etc., and appropriately modify the image. It includes a rendering section for generating an image by rendering an HTML document; an image processing section for perfor... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7230538 | Apparatus and method for identifying surrounding environment by means of image processing and for outputting the results The present invention relates to an apparatus for identifying surrounding environment by means of image processing, so as to be used by blind people or unmanned vehicles. The said apparatus comprises an input device, which includes at least one CCD or CMOS means for... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231066 | System and method for interpretation of visual information In a system (10) and a method for interpreting visual information and transmitting it to a human being through tactile influence of sensorial organs in its body, the system has a sensor module (12) capturing visual information; a control module (14 | 06/12/2007 |
| 7130790 | System and method for closed caption data translation A system and method is disclosed for translating closed caption data from a source language to a target language during a broadcast. The system and method are fully automated to provide accurate and timely translations of closed caption data. The system and method i... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119941 | Input output matching in optical processing The invention relates to determining a matching between discrete optical elements, such as an SLM and a CCD, and continuous optical systems, subsystems and/or elements, such as Fourier lens and individual lenslet of lenslet arrays. Exemplary processing performed by ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7047191 | Method and system for providing automated captioning for AV signals System, method and computer-readable medium containing instructions for providing AV signals with open or closed captioning information. The system includes a speech-to-text processing system coupled to a signal separation processor and a signal combination processo... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7035804 | Systems and methods for automated audio transcription, translation, and transfer The present invention relates to systems and methods for audio processing. For example, the present invention provides systems and methods for creating standardized text for streaming text application from a variety of different speech-to-text software formats and s... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6992702 | System for controlling video and motion picture cameras Inputs drawn on a control surface or inputs retrieved based on tokens or other objects placed on a control surface are identified and a view of a camera, or a virtual view of a camera or camera array is directed toward a corresponding location in a scene based on th... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6985524 | Apparatus and method for adjusting real time video to compensate for color blindness An apparatus and a method are provided for adjusting real time video to compensate for color blindness. A video system includes a decoder that receives and decodes a video signal into original color signals. A processor receives the original color signals and output... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6977687 | Apparatus and method for controlling a focus position for a digital still camera An apparatus for controlling a focus position for a digital still camera allows a user to take a picture with a certain focused position by moving a focus to a desirable position of the subject. The apparatus comprises a display unit for displaying an image correspo... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6963656 | Method and device for visualizing images through sound A method enabling a person to visualize images including encoding spatial information relating to a feature or features contained within an image into the form of one or more musical sequences, and playing the musical sequence or sequences to the person. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6935955 | Gaming device with award and deduction proximity-based sound effect feature The present invention relates to a gaming device which generates a sound effect when the player comes within a certain proximity of reaching an award or deduction but does not reach an award or deduction. The gaming device also generates sound effects when the playe... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937288 | Beam current limiting circuit for use in a video projector In a beam current limiting circuit for a video projector, an average current is limited under closed loop control containing an anode current detection circuit 5. On the other hand, a cathode current detection circuit 107 comprises a first resistor and... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6930590 | Modular electrotactile system and method This application relates to an electrotactile system and method for delivering tactile stimuli to a skin surface of a user. The system includes one or more electrotactile modules each comprising an array of electrodes electrically connected to an integrated circuit.... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6597346 | Hand held computer with see-through display The present invention is a fully functional hand held computer having a see through display. An external viewing arrangement, such as a monocular scope, is used to view the operator's immediate surroundings. Optical images from the scope are superimposed ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6591008 | Method and apparatus for displaying pictorial images to individuals who have impaired color and/or spatial vision A method for displaying a digital color image to a visually impaired person, includes the steps of: measuring the visual response of the person and specifying a set of enhancement profiles relating to the person's color and spatial frequency visual percep... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6335694 | Airborne audio flight information system An audio system that may include a flight-worthy electronics package that connects into the airborne electronics of a passenger aircraft, and to that aircraft's passenger system. The audio system may provide passengers with a variety of audio information.... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6160576 | Image compensating device based on age-related characteristics An image processing device compensates an original image for helping deteriorated human vision characteristics and displays the compensated image. Declines in a spectral sensitivity characteristic is compensated for by multiplying a brightness value of th... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6115482 | Voice-output reading system with gesture-based navigation An optical-input print reading device with voice output for people with impaired or no vision in which the user provides input to the system from hand gestures. Images of the text to be read, on which the user performs finger- and hand-based gestural comm... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6008721 | Method of conveying information to nervous system of a person A method of conveying information to a nervous system of a person has the steps of disintegrating an initial information into separate streams; coding each of the streams as a sequence of signals; transmitting the signals of each of the streams to separat... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5982911 | Braille recognition system In a braille recognition system according to the present invention, light is obliquely irradiated onto the surface of a document in braille, and its reflected light is received by imaging means, to obtain a gray image. An image corresponding to a pattern ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5900908 | System and method for providing described television services An apparatus for providing described television services includes a receiver for receiving description data corresponding to an audiovisual program; a text-to-speech converter for converting the description data into a speech signal corresponding to the d... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5878154 | Method and apparatus for image recognition for blind and severely visually handicapped persons An apparatus enables the blind and the severely visually handicapped to recognize images by way of the tongue. Optical image information, in the form of video images, is processed electronically and transferred as an image representation to flat monitor m... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5677739 | System and method for providing described television services An apparatus for providing described television services includes a computer for receiving and storing description data corresponding to an audiovisual program; an encoder for encoding the description data into a program signal corresponding to the audiov... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5636038 | Apparatus for converting visual images into tactile representations for use by a person who is visually impaired A device for converting the visual and/or auditory into tactile representations includes imaging equipment for converting light and/or sounds, including spoken text, into electrical signals, processing equipment for processing the electrical signals, and ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5574576 | Coherent light driven display device An optical display device to allow a person or a device to physically sense various images. The device includes an image sensor having at least one image input portion adapted to be directed at a scene in which images are to be viewed, a circuit optically... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5469511 | Method and apparatus for presentation of on-line directional sound There is disclosed an omnipresent sound system for use by a listener in an artificial reality system which operates to couple sound with the presented objects such that as the sound moves with respect to the user, the user will have the perception of the ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467123 | Apparatus & method for enhancing color images Color image enhancement apparatus comprising apparatus for receiving signals representing a color image, image processing apparatus, employing the received signals, for image processing of the high spatial frequency chromatic components of a color image, ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5461416 | Method and apparatus for variable video magnification A video camera including a stopped down lens diameter. An opaque material with a small aperture size is placed over the camera lens. The small aperture allows the user to vary the image size of the object to be viewed by moving the camera toward or away f... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5359675 | Video spectacles A spectacle mounted display is used in conjunction with a digitally enhanced imager for capturing, enhancing and projecting images to improve readability by individuals with impaired vision. The individual wears mirrored spectacles connected to a digitall... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5325123 | Method and apparatus for variable video magnification A video camera including a stopped down lens diameter. An opaque material with a small aperture size is placed over the camera lens. The small aperture allows the user to vary the image size of the object to be viewed by moving the camera toward or away f... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5267331 | Digitally enhanced imager for the visually impaired The invention consists of an apparatus and method for creating high resolution, high contrast images to enhance the functional vision of visually impaired individuals. The apparatus includes an image scanning device, a digital image enhancement device and... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5227886 | Optical imaging/display CCD light valve and method A combined optical imaging/display device employs a liquid crystal light valve (LCLV) with a charge coupled device (CCD) input, and a photosensitive CCD or charge injection device (CID) array for receiving an input image and developing a corresponding sig... | 07/13/1993 |
