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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6469737 | Image-sensing server and control method and storage medium therefor An image-sensing server performs moving-image transfer service by sequentially transferring live video images obtained by a video camera via a general network such as the Internet. When live video images are requested from an external device as a client o... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6445416 | Image pickup apparatus having electronic zoom function based on optical zooming focal length variation with time In an interchangeable-lens type camera to which a lens unit is removably secured, information relative to the amount of variation per unit time of the focal length of the magnification varying lens of the lens unit is transmitted from the lens unit to a c... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6441851 | Solid state image pickup device, signal processing method and camera therefor A solid state image pickup device comprises a solid state image pickup element for sequentially outputting a plurality of signals of different sizes for the same pixel from the same output terminal and a signal processor for sampling and outputting the pl... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6433822 | Method and apparatus for self-calibration and fixed-pattern noise removal in imager integrated circuits An architecture for self-calibration and fixed-pattern noise removal in imager chips. The column-to-column fixed pattern noise and/or pixel-to-pixel fixed pattern noise is determined through a self-calibration operation. During operation of the imager chi... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6426777 | Hybrid camera selectively using either silver-halide-type photographic film or photoelectric-conversion-type image sensor A hybrid camera selectively uses either a photographic film or a CCD image sensor to record an optical objective image, obtained through a photographing optical system. A movable assembly is shiftable along an optical axis of the optical system, between a... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6424376 | Selection apparatus using an observer's line of sight A selection apparatus including a display unit for indicating a plurality of displays on the same screen, a line-of-sight position detecting unit for detecting a line-of-sight position of an operator on the screen, and an input unit through which the oper... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6424372 | Electronic image-movement correcting device with a variable correction step feature An image-shake correcting device includes a motion-vector detecting circuit for detecting a motion vector relative to pictures, an electronic correcting circuit for electronically correcting an image shake on the basis of the motion vector detected by the... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6421498 | Image signal processing apparatus and method for cross-fading moving image signals Apparatus and method for cross-fading moving image signals include structure and steps for temporarily storing moving image signals in a memory for a predetermined period of time. Moving image signals read out from the memory and newly-input moving image ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6417885 | Solid-state image pickup device with a separable circuit board An image pickup section incorporates a solid-state image pickup element chip. Electronic parts for driving or controlling the image pickup section are mounted on a circuit board. First and second electrode pad groups are formed on the circuit board, and a... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6414715 | Image vibration compensating apparatus An image vibration compensating apparatus is provided for properly compensating image vibrations while suppressing unnatural image vibrations after completion of intentional panning and tilting. A-D conversion is performed on an output signal of an X-dire... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6407771 | Camera having an image shift detecting function A camera having an image shift detecting function is provided with an optical system which forms a subject image, an image sensing device which converts light of the subject image into an electric signal, an image shift detecting sensor which detects a re... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6396540 | Video camera system with interchangeable lens assembly A camera system includes a camera body and an interchangeable lens attachable to and detachable from the camera body. Within the camera body, an image signal is generated representing a picture. A prescribed signal component is extracted from the image si... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6392703 | Optical apparatus for forming an object image on a sensing element There is provided an optical apparatus which has excellent assembly performance, can suppress an increase in cost, and attain a decrease in thickness. The optical apparatus includes a board (1) having a photographing optical system and a mechanical system... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6388707 | Image pickup apparatus having means for appointing an arbitrary position on the display frame and performing a predetermined signal process thereon An image pickup apparatus having a first area-setting circuit for setting, at an arbitrary position in a frame, an area for performing a predetermined image signal process, a second area-setting circuit for fixing the area at a predetermined position in t... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6384862 | Imaging system and method for interactive control of image quality An improved imaging system and method for providing increased viewer control over the operating parameters of the imaging system is described. Viewer control is facilitated by including a backchannel within the imaging system, whereby a viewer may adjust ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6373524 | Interchangeable lens video camera system In an interchangeable lens assembly video camera system including an interchangeable lens assembly and a camera, a filter of an AF signal processing circuit (113) of the camera extracts a focus evaluation value signal from an image sensing signal correspo... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6366319 | Subtractive color processing system for digital imaging Improved methods and apparatus for digital focal plane array (FPA)--based color imaging include the step of sampling an image, using an FPA camera equipped with a color filter array (CFA) to obtain a value at each pixel position, thereby creating a set of... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6351282 | Method and apparatus for taking digital pictures with an industry standard film camera A method and apparatus for taking digital pictures. A film camera having a standard back panel, a shutter, and a primary lens is provided. An image sensing array is disposed within the camera in an area normally occupied by film so as to be in optical com... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6342918 | Image-shake correcting device having first and second correcting means and control means for proportionately applying same An image-shake correcting device including a motion-vector detecting circuit for detecting a motion vector of an image in the horizontal and vertical directions thereof, an optical correcting device for optically correcting a movement of the image in the ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6331872 | Method and apparatus for taking visual images A select/execute key (6) of a mobile unit (2) having a transmitter (1i) is operated to transmit signals including ID data, and the transmitted signals are received by a receiver (11). The ID data is ascertained by a transmitter identifying comp... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6331873 | High-precision blooming control structure formation for an image sensor Provided is a blooming control structure for an imager and a corresponding fabrication method. The structure is produced in a semiconductor substrate in which is configured an electrical charge collection region. The electrical charge collection region is... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6330027 | Video input apparatus with error recovery capability An image input apparatus capable of optimizing an error recovery process of data transfer between a camera unit and an image processing unit. When a communication driver of the camera unit detects a check sum error, an ACK (acknowledge) frame added with a... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6327422 | Method and apparatus for modifying the effects of color burst modifications to a video signal In the known color stripe process for preventing recording of video signals, the color burst present on each line of active video is modified so that any subsequent video tape recording of the video signal shows variations in the color fidelity that appea... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6323901 | Single CCD type color camera having high resolution and capable of restricting generation of ghost color A CCD 10, a solid state imaging device is driven by a driving circuit 102 to perform an independent reading driving to all the pixels. A CLCRCB generation circuit 104 receives a signal output from CCD 10 to make RAM 106 store the signal, generates a lumin... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6323900 | Digital camera with analog and digital clamp circuit A digital camera includes a CCD imager, and a CCD output signal from the CCD imager is clamped in an analog clamp area by an analog clamp circuit, and then, converted into a digital signal by an A/D converter. The digital signal is thereafter applied to a... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6295084 | System with analog interface and signal processor therefor A camera system having an analog interface through which any one of camera head units can be selectively connected to a chrominance/luminance signal generator unit. The camera head unit includes an image pickup device, a drive circuit, and a synchronizing... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6289168 | Video tape recorder with a function of controlling a character display A video tape recorder capable of reproducing a video tape on which a character multiplex signal is recorded. In the video tape recorder, when a video tape recorder unit reproduces the video tape, a character signal generator generates a character display ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6288744 | Solid-state image pickup device with a shared shift register and method of driving the same The invention is intended to provide a highly integrated solid-state image pickup device, in which the number of transfer electrodes of a horizontal shift register is reduced, and a plurality of vertical shifter registers are arranged with a reduced pitch... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6285399 | System and method for generating timing signals in an electronic imaging device A system and method for generating timing signals in an electronic imaging device includes a horizontal timing generator with a first programmable memory for storing a set of timing information and a vertical timing generator with a second programmable me... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6268884 | Image recording apparatus and method as well as image reproducing apparatus and method Light from a subject is divided by an optical system, one of which is focused on a receiving surface of a first image sensing device. The first image sensing device generates pixel information having low pixel density and multi-value for the image of the ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6266088 | Method of edge crispening in color image sensor and circuit for carrying out the same A method and a circuit for producing good edge crispening effect by an out-of-green method is not affected by the colors of the subject imaged by a color image sensor. The edge crispening circuit includes first and second arithmetic units, a comparator, a... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6246437 | Image pickup device An image pickup device including a photoelectric conversion device for converting an optical image, obtained from an object through an optical system, into an electrical signal and a monitor for displaying the object image on a monitor image frame based o... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243134 | Method to reduce reset noise in photodiode based CMOS image sensors A method for controlling a sensor to reduce reset noise is disclosed. The method including the steps of providing a reset command including a RESET signal and a first SAMPLE signal. The method also includes the steps of providing a read command including ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6243132 | Jitter control apparatus for video camera A jitter control apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a first optical prism installed to be rectilinearly transferable in a right-angled direction with respect to an optical axis for refracting and transmitting incident light so that the angle of... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6243133 | Method for automatic scene balance of digital images A scene balance correction method for a digital imaging device, including the steps of determining a low-resolution image from an input image in an input color space; applying a color transformation to convert the low-resolution image to a standard color ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6240243 | Method and apparatus for storing and retrieving scalable video data in a disk-array-based video server The rate staggering technique for efficient storage and retrieval of video data is embodied in a data processing system including a disk array based video server, which includes a disk array for storing video data, a processor for processing data, a memor... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6239837 | Digital camera with detachable auxiliary memory In a digital camera, the state of copying is monitored and displayed when image data stored in a main memory are copied to an auxiliary memory, and data for preventing illegal copying are added thereto, in order to improve operability and reliability. Whe... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6229568 | Automatic focus control method and apparatus An automatic focus control method and apparatus are capable of correctly controlling the focus even when an object having a high contrast enters or leaves goes out from a distance measurement frame during the focusing operation. A control microcomputer mo... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6226035 | Adjustable imaging system with wide angle capability Optical systems are disclosed that enable an image sensor to generate an image of either a wide-angle view of an area of interest, or a direct view of an area of interest. In an embodiment, a wide-angle optical system is mounted to reflect radiation refle... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6222587 | Focus control method and video camera An autofocus apparatus of an imaging apparatus is one having an estimation-value calculating unit for obtaining a plurality of estimation values by using a plurality of areas and a plurality of filters for extracting a horizontal-direction frequency compo... | 04/24/2001 |
