Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189068 | Apparatus and method for detecting flicker noise and computer readable medium stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the method An apparatus for detecting flicker noise disclosed in the present invention comprises an output unit for outputting a standard data for flicker noise judgment using a statistical calculation value for each calculated line based on brightness information of pixels fo... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189086 | Image sensing apparatus and image capturing system that performs a thinning-out readout An image sensing apparatus comprises: a pixel array; a selection unit which selects a readout region in the pixel array; and a readout unit which reads out a signal from the readout region, wherein in thinning-out readout, the readout unit reads out signals from a f... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189088 | Lens apparatus and camera system The interchangeable lens apparatus is attachable to a camera and selectively uses at least one of a plurality of accessories. The apparatus includes an aberration data memory configured to store optical aberration data for each of the plurality of accessories, an or... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189094 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes a luminance value calculation unit configured to calculate a luminance average value and a luminance peak value from an image obtained by image-capturing for each of frames formed by dividing one screen, a first calculation uni... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189054 | Motion estimation method, device, and system for image processing A motion estimation method is provided for processing successive images in an image sequence, with a motion vector being associated with each of the processed images. For a current image, motion vectors associated with images that precede the current image in the se... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184191 | Optical sensor and solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels stored in one-dimensional or two-dimensional array, each of the plurality of pixels including a photodiode receiving light and producing photocharges, an overflow gate coupled to the photodiode and transfer... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184175 | System and method for detecting a camera A system and method for detecting a camera. In one embodiment, although not limited thereto, an illuminator illuminates an area of interest. A camera then takes multiple pictures of the illuminated area and an algorithm is then used to compare the pictures and locat... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179454 | Image compensation method and image acquisition device using the same An image compensation method adapted to reduce noise of a first image captured by an image acquisition device at a high ISO mode. The image compensation method includes the following steps. A Bayer pattern is obtained from the first image. A green pixel signal, a lo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179453 | Imaging method and imaging apparatus An imaging method includes a step of setting, when a digital zoom operation mode for enlarging an image imaged by a imaging part of an X-Y address type is selected, a zoom magnification and enlarging the image at the zoom magnification set. The imaging method includ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179426 | Pixel arrangement for an autostereoscopic display apparatus An autostereoscopic display apparatus comprises a spatial light modulator comprising an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns in a pixel plane, and a spatially multiplexing parallax element capable of directing light from successive columns of pixels towards ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175659 | Mobile terminal device and network connection control method A mobile terminal device includes a wireless communication interface and a wired communication interface. The device further includes a wired communication determination unit configured to determine whether or not communication with a network by the wired communicat... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174592 | Color interpolation device and color interpolation method A color interpolation device may include a gradient grade calculation block calculating horizontal derivatives and vertical derivatives using composite video signals output from a current pixel and adjacent pixels and calculating a gradient grade using a linear comp... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174589 | Image sensing apparatus and control method therefor A period of periodical noise caused by a period of a drive signal of a CMOS sensor and a period of a signal generated by driving of a circuit other than the CMOS sensor is acquired, and a length of a horizontal blanking period is adjusted so that one horizontal peri... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169533 | Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus including the same A zoom lens system having a high zoom ratio and excellently correcting various aberrations over an entire zoom range between a wide angle end and a telephoto end to obtain high optical performance in the entire zoom range, includes, in order from an object side to a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169526 | Low noise signal reproducing method for a solid state imaging device A method for reproducing a low noise signal for a solid state imaging device which can reduce not only the reset noise but the amplifier noise around frequency zero, avoiding the saturation of the voltage conversion part in a bright scene, is accomplished by control... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169494 | Image sensing apparatus and method of controlling image sensing apparatus An image sensing apparatus comprises: a pixel array including a first pixel group and a second pixel group; a first readout unit which reads out a first signal from the first pixel group in a readout period which remains constant regardless of the operation modes; a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169502 | Video camera An image sensor has an imaging surface irradiated with an optical image of an object scene, and repeatedly generates an object scene image. A CPU repeatedly determines whether or not a specific variation exceeding a reference is generated in the object scene capture... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169508 | Image input apparatus for forming a composite image based on a photoelectric conversion signal and a saturation signal At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image input apparatus including a plurality of pixel sections, each including a light-sensitive element configured to generate electric charge by photoelectric conversion, a semiconductor region configured to recei... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164653 | Image-processing device for recording image data with consecutive-photographing and a controlling method thereof An image-processing device generates image data in consecutive-photographing mode and stores the image data and file-management information in a removable recording medium. Data on images photographed consecutively is stored in an internal memory of a device in sequ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164657 | Pixel or column fixed pattern noise mitigation using partial or full frame correction with uniform frame rates Systems and methods are provided that facilitate mitigating pixel or column fixed pattern noise in a CMOS imaging System-on-Chip (iSoC) sensor. For instance, pixel or column fixed pattern noise can be recognized by gating a pixel array without firing a transfer sign... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164654 | Image storage apparatus, image storage method, and control program executed in image storage apparatus An image storage apparatus which is capable of finding a desired image among a large number of images easily. Image quality of an image to be recorded on a storage medium 200 or 210 is determined by an operation unit 70. A system control circuit... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164655 | Systems and methods for concurrently playing multiple images from a storage medium Methods for storing on a storage or memory medium, and retrieving, and displaying of multiple images in a registered manner, the images have been recorded concurrently. The images may comprise at least 2 video programs. A camera system for recording multiple concurr... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159542 | Interchangeable lens, camera system, and its control method To provide an interchangeable lens, a camera body, a camera system, and a method for controlling the same, with which a highly efficient and stable image blur correction effect can be obtained. A camera system (1) has a camera body (10) and an intercha... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159540 | Semiconductor device and imaging capturing apparatus A MCP semiconductor device with an “anti-shake” function includes a driver chip and a logic chip. The logic chip includes a correction signal processing unit which obtains a value for vibration of apparatus based on a vibration detection signal to generate a cor... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154639 | Solid state imaging apparatus and method of driving the same In a solid-state imaging apparatus, during a horizontal scanning period, a pixel signal is written in a first holding unit, while a horizontal scanning circuit outputs, to the horizontal common output line, the other pixel signal held by a second holding unit. And, ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154652 | Lens apparatus and shooting apparatus using same A lens apparatus can be easily set even in cases where the lens body and demands are distant from each other upon shooting without a decrease in reliability. A lens body mounted on a camera body is provided with a command signal converting unit, a time-series positi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154622 | Content recording apparatus in which attribute information is suppressed according to operation mode A content recording apparatus (10) includes an image sensor (12). When a shutter operation is performed, an image imaged by the image sensor is captured in an SDRAM (26), and the captured image is recorded in a memory card (28). The recor... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154616 | Data processing apparatus and method, and recording medium A data processing apparatus acquires images captured by cameras. A data processing apparatus 2 calculates relative positional relationship between the camera that captured an image and a camera that is captured in the captured image, by image recognition of t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149288 | Image capture device that records image accordant with predetermined condition and storage medium that stores program An image capture device sets a central vicinity of a frame of a predetermined area as a focus region upon detecting a half-press operation of a shutter button in a through-the-lens image displaying, designates a central vicinity pixel region of the region as a pixel... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149311 | Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor A CMOS image sensor includes a unit pixel including controlled by a high voltage; a reference high voltage generator for generating a reference high voltage; and a high voltage output unit for generating the high voltage by using the reference high voltage as an ope... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149319 | End-to-end design of electro-optic imaging systems for color-correlated objects An electro-optic color imaging system includes an optical subsystem, a detector subsystem and a digital image processing subsystem. The system is used to image a color-correlated object. In the optical subsystem, the image surfaces for different color channels of th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144243 | Camera module The present invention relates to a camera module assembled by using a connector. The present invention provides a camera module including: a main substrate having an image sensor mounted on an upper surface and a connector insertion groove formed at one side of the ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144238 | Image processing apparatus and method In position and orientation measurement based on natural features, erroneous detection of the natural features is prevented when an observation target object is occluded by another object, and registration stability is improved. To this end, an occluding object that... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139146 | Camera module, method of focusing the same, and device for focusing the same An a camera module includes: a lens barrel housing lenses; a housing formed integrally with the lens barrel; and a substrate unit having a top surface bonded to the housing with an adhesive and including pass portions through which an ascending and descending unit p... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134597 | Camera system with touch focus and method Techniques for focusing a camera assembly on a moving object may include generating a preview video signal of a scene containing the object and analyzing the video signal to track movement of the moving object. As part of the analysis, a touch area for a touch sensi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134604 | Camera shake correction device, camera shake correction method and imaging device Movement of an imaging device is detected using a camera shake detection sensor or a motion vector obtained from an image signal, and camera shake correction is performed by shifting an extraction frame (valid photographing region) within a photographable maximum re... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134606 | System and method for creating composite images by utilizing an imaging device A system and method for creating composite images by utilizing a camera comprises a cradle device that transports the camera across a target area during a scanning procedure that captures and stores image data. During the scanning procedure, a motion detector captur... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134614 | Image processing apparatus for detecting an image using object recognition In an image processing apparatus, minimum width and height and maximum width and height of an object to be detected are calculated on the basis of photographing conditions, an object detection range and a size of the object to be detected and an image reduction coef... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134622 | Imaging device An imaging device has pixels being disposed two-dimensionally, in matrix, a plurality of vertical signal lines each coupled to a plurality of the pixels in a column direction, a column amplifier amplifying an optical signal and a reset signal, and a holding part hol... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130330 | Immersive surround visual fields A surround visual field that has a characteristic or characteristics that relate to an audio/visual presentation is described. In one embodiment, the surround visual field is projected on an area partially surrounding or surrounding video content being displayed on ... | 03/06/2012 |
