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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8072498 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program An apparatus and a method for outputting high-quality images in which both jerkiness and blur are reduced are provided. At generation of moving images to be output at a certain frame rate, movement velocities of a subject according to the frame rate of the output im... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8054361 | Increasing readout speed in CMOS aps sensors through block readout A method and associated architecture for dividing column readout circuitry in an active pixel sensor in a manner which reduces the parasitic capacitance on the readout line. In a preferred implementation, column readout circuits are grouped in blocks and provided wi... | 11/08/2011 |
| RE42779 | Apparatus and method for handling digital image data An apparatus for increasing a digital camera image capture rate comprises an imaging device for capturing raw image data, a frame buffer for receiving the image data, a first RAM spooler for transferring the raw image data to a RAM disk, a first flash spooler for tr... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8018503 | Imaging apparatus with multiple timing-adjusting parts An imaging apparatus includes a nonvolatile memory storing multiple kinds of parameters, a volatile memory storing temporarily the parameters read out from the nonvolatile memory, a processing part executing a processing using the parameters stored in the volatile m... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013895 | Optical motion sensing Optical motion sensing systems and methods are described. In one aspect, light from subfields of a scene is focused onto respective capture areas of a focal plane. Successive sets of contemporaneous local images are captured from the focused light. Respective salien... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8013928 | Image pickup device and camera module using the same An image pickup device includes a signal processing unit which processes a signal generated by separating a luminous signal into wavelength components of two or more colors by use of a sensor unit including two-dimensionally arranged pixels to which a wavelength sep... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8013903 | Color processing method, program therefor, and image pickup apparatus A color processing method which sets viewing conditions easily and properly from shooting conditions added to an image. Shot image data and shooting conditions of the image data are obtained. Input side viewing conditions from the obtained shooting conditions are se... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009201 | Sensitivity-settable image capture apparatus An image capture device includes an image pickup unit including a plurality of pixels and photoelectrically converting an object image by the plurality of pixels; a white balance control unit for performing a white balance correction processing on pixel signals from... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7999871 | Solid-state imaging apparatus, and video camera and digital still camera using the same A solid-state imaging apparatus including: an image section having a plurality of pixel units arranged into a matrix, each pixel unit having at least one subunit consisting of an electric charge generation means for generating signal electric charges corresponding t... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999851 | Optical alignment of cameras with extended depth of field A method for calibration of an imaging device that includes a sensor and optics for forming an image on the sensor. The method includes making a first image quality measurement, based on an output of the sensor, while imaging a first target at a first distance from ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995099 | Blur correction mechanism and image capture apparatus A blur correction mechanism includes: a first guide shaft extending in a first direction, the direction being a predetermined direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens groups; a base frame supporting the first guide shaft; a first correcting moving frame ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995127 | Pixel drive circuit for image pickup apparatus This invention provides an image pickup device comprising a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit, a semiconductor area to which a signal from the photoelectric conversion unit is transferred, a transfer switch for transferring the signa... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995104 | Image pick-up apparatus, image data processing apparatus, and recording medium In a moving image recording process, a shooting operation using a short exposure time appropriate for shooting a still image, and a shooting operation using a long exposure time appropriate for shooting a moving image are performed repeatedly in turn. Plural pieces ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995110 | Scan conversion device and electronic camera A scan conversion device includes a first buffer unit, a pixel packing unit, a second buffer unit, and a scan output unit. The first buffer unit stores therein pixel signals of the input image on every line in a main scanning direction thereof. The pixel packing uni... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995129 | Image sensor for still or video photography An image sensor includes a plurality of vertical CCDs; first HCCD receiving charge packets from even numbered vertical CCDs; and a second HCCD receiving charge packets from odd numbered vertical CCDs; wherein four charge packets are summed together from the first HC... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995137 | Exposure compensation method for digital image An exposure compensation method automatically generates an accurate exposure value to clearly show the profiles of objects in front of a black background or a white background. First, initial edge energy is derived from luminance values for pixels in a digital image... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995107 | Enhancement of images A method of obtaining a spatial low pass filtered images from the video output of a video camera operable to produce successive video frames in the form of pixelated 2D sensed images. Each of the sensed images has a first predetermined number of rows of pixels and a... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995118 | Device and method for embedding and retrieving information in digital images A digital imaging device and methods thereof that will enable the embedding and retrieving of information in digital images are provided. The digital imaging device includes a capture module for capturing an image and creating a digital image file; an input module f... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990442 | Image pickup device and noise reduction method thereof An image pickup device having an electron multiplying-charge coupled device includes a control unit for controlling an electron multiplication factor of the electron multiplying-charge coupled device; an obtaining unit for obtaining signals output from predetermined... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990462 | Simple method for calculating camera defocus from an image scene An imaging acquisition system that generates a picture depth from an auto focus curve generated from picture of a three dimensional spatial scene is described. The auto focus curve comprises a step edge. The system generates the depth based on the step edge and a re... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982790 | Solid-state imaging apparatus and method for driving the same To provide a solid-state imaging apparatus which is capable of preventing electric charge from being injected from a semiconductor substrate while electric charge is being accumulated into photodiodes. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982776 | SBI motion artifact removal apparatus and method A system, method and apparatus for eliminating image tearing effects and other visual artifacts perceived when scanning moving subject matter with a scanned beam imaging device. The system, method and apparatus uses a motion detection means in conjunction with an im... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978238 | Image data correction processing based on sensitivity A signal processing device includes a memory which stores correction data in advance. The signal processing device modifies the correction data stored in the memory on the basis of an image sensing signal obtained by causing an image sensing unit to perform image se... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978259 | Image capturing apparatus for guiding light emitted from a plurality of light emitting devices An image capturing apparatus illuminates an object and captures an image of the object using the reflected light from the object. On a circuit substrate mounted an image sensor, a plurality of light-emitting devices are mounted in the peripheral positions of the ima... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978225 | Image recording apparatus, image playback control apparatus, image recording and playback control apparatus, processing method therefor, and program for enabling computer to execute same method An image recording/playback control apparatus includes a moving image capturing section capturing a moving image and generating moving image data; a still image capturing section capturing a still image and generating still image data; a still image information gene... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969479 | Method and device for detecting color temperature A method for detecting color temperature and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. According to the present invention, the apparatus for detecting color temperature converts RGB color information, generated by interpolating an image signal sequentially inputted in uni... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969478 | Method and apparatus for color correction of color devices for various operating conditions Methods and apparatuses for color correction of color device for various operating conditions. In at least one embodiment of the present invention, operating under a current condition, a color correction operation that is derived from color correction operations def... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969506 | Cradle for connecting to portable electronic apparatus A cradle for connecting to a portable electronic apparatus is described. The cradle includes an AC adapter connector, a USB connector, a mini USB plug, and a USB signal detecting circuit. The USB connector is used to connect to a USB interface of a computer. The min... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969475 | Low memory auto-focus and exposure system for large multi-frame image acquisition Embodiments of the invention are described that provide automated and efficient optimization of camera settings. In certain embodiments of the invention, both focus and exposure settings are determined based on an analysis of compressed images taken of a frame. Base... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969490 | Method, apparatus, and system providing an imager with pixels having extended dynamic range The dynamic range of a pixel is increased by using selective photosensor resets during a frame time of image capture at a timing depending on the light intensity that the pixel will be exposed to during the frame time. Pixels that will be exposed to high light inten... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969493 | Matching free dynamic digital pixel sensor An active pixel sensor includes a photosensitive device and a dynamic comparator that when coupled with a voltage ramp will form a digital pixel sensor with pulse width modulated digital output. A number of switches are included in the digital pixel sensor to config... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969462 | Digitally enhanced night vision device A user portable viewing device includes a plurality of non-coaxially aligned sensors for sensing a scene. A processing element combines electronic images into a single electronic image. A display displaying the combined electronic image is adaptable for mounting in ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969482 | Image pickup apparatus and control method thereof In an image pickup apparatus, image data obtained by an image pickup unit is subjected to predetermined image processing, and an image is displayed on an electronic viewfinder screen based on the image data that has undergone the image processing. A specified color ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969481 | Camera performing photographing in accordance with photographing mode depending on object scene A camera includes a CPU. The CPU individually detects a ratio of an object which exceeds a threshold value in a moving amount to a center area of an object scene and a ratio of an object which exceeds the threshold value in the moving amount to a peripheral area of ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969469 | Multiple image sensor system with shared processing A primary integrated image sensor is operatively connected to one or more secondary image sensors. The primary integrated image sensor includes a pixel array integrated on a semiconductor substrate along with one or more of an image signal processing circuit, readou... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969495 | Method for driving CCD-type solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus A method for driving a CCD-type solid-state imaging device includes: reading charges detected by photoelectric conversion elements into potential packets A (B) formed in a charge transfer path, dividing each potential packet A (B) into plural segment packets A1 | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965320 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus is provided which offers higher versatility than conventional image processing apparatuses. When an input signal to a spatial filtering block is a monochrome signal that contains Y component only, a selector selects its input terminal a... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965333 | Method for noise correction for a flat-panel detector For noise correction in connection with a flat-panel x-ray detector (2), noise signals of a dark area (6) are checked for deviations exceeding a specified threshold (g) which, if any are present, will be taken into consideration separately for calculat... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965323 | Flicker detecting circuit and method in image sensor A circuit includes a luminance average value output unit for extracting luminance values from pixel data of the first and the second frames to generate first luminance average values for pixel lines of the first frame and second luminance average values for pixel li... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965324 | Video-signal-processing device, imaging apparatus using the same, and method for processing video signal A video-signal-processing device has luminance conversion section that performs level compression on three input primary-color signals of a color video signal at a same luminance adjustment compression ratio with a hue and a saturation of the color video signal bein... | 06/21/2011 |
