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7555196 Methods and systems for synchronizing timecodes when sending indices to client devices  
Methods and systems for indexing programs are described. In accordance with one embodiment, program data associated with a program recorded on a first entertainment system is processed sufficient...
7508415 Method for controlling masking block in monitoring camera  
A method for controlling a masking block in a monitoring camera. The method adjusts the masking block to precisely hide an image of a subject with its position and size changed when a zoom...
7489802 Miniature autonomous agents for scene interpretation  
A miniature autonomous apparatus for performing scene interpretation, comprising: image acquisition means, image processing means, memory means and communication means, the processing means...
7349008 Automated camera management system and method for capturing presentations using videography rules  
An automated camera management system and method for capturing presentations using videography rules. The system and method use technology components and aesthetic components represented by the...
7250966 Method and device for determining a displacement of images in an image sequence  
A device and a method for determining a displacement of images in an image sequence, which are specially used to compensate for a camera movement. A plurality of image regions of the images is...
7106374 Dynamically reconfigurable vision system  
A closed-loop vision system is disclosed that utilizes a concept known as Dynamically Reconfigurable Vision (DRV), which is adaptive image sensing driven by a computer or human operator's response...
7098956 Process and device for the video recording of an illuminated field  
For the video recording of a field illuminated by a lamp, especially a surgical lamp, where at least one light beam for illuminating the field emerges from a light exit area of a lamp housing in...
6909455 System, method and article of manufacture for tracking a head of a camera-generated image of a person  
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for tracking a head portion of a person image in video images. Upon receiving video images, a first head tracking operation is executed for...
6856342 Control circuitry for high speed video camera operation  
A device for controlling a video camera in underwater high speed photography in a first aspect includes a plurality of spaced break screen or sense coil members, a projectile for launch through the...
6771306 Method for selecting a target in an automated video tracking system  
A method for selecting a target in an automated video tracking system. The method including the steps of: displaying video image data of a scene having a target to be tracked; freezing the video...
6507366 Method and apparatus for automatically tracking a moving object  
An apparatus and method for automatically tracking an object is provided. The apparatus for performing the method includes a camera having a zoom lens, an automatic focus lens, and a charge coupled...
6507363 Method and system for automatically generating a plurality of folders for multiple devices and multiple sessions in a digital camera  
The present invention provides a method and system for automatically generating a plurality of folders for multiple devices in a digital camera. The method and system comprises providing a folder...
6493041 Method and apparatus for the detection of motion in video  
The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for detection motion in video in which frames from an incoming video stream are digitized. The pixels of each incoming digitized frame are...
6310920 Moving picture encoding apparatus  
Disclosed is a moving picture encoding apparatus which comprises: means for dividing moving picture data picked up by a camera into small blocks and detecting motion vectors corresponding to the...
6233008 Target tracking method and device therefor  
In a target tracking method employing a block matching algorithm, pixels commonly included in target, background or foreground areas in consecutive frames are excluded from the calculation and only...
6201579 Virtual studio position sensing system  
A position detecting device for an object with virtual set comprises providing the object with an emitting device and using the device in conjunction with a plain or patterned chroma-key background...
6191704 Run environment recognizing apparatus  
Described herein is a run environment recognizing apparatus. The run environment recognizing apparatus comprises an imaging device for sensing the direction of traveling of a host vehicle as...
6118484 Imaging apparatus  
An imaging apparatus includes a sight axis detecting unit for detecting a sight axis of an observer, a driving unit for driving an objective lens system on the basis of an area detected by the...
6115067 Apparatus for maintaining object image size during zooming  
An image processing apparatus for maintaining image size in the course of zooming comprises an input part for inputting an image signal and focusing the image in an image plane, a detection part...
6021209 Distance detection method using images  
In a distance detection method, a pair of image data representing a pattern of images is obtained by using a pair of image sensors for receiving optical images. Then, a detection target extracted...
6002428 Motion vector detection circuit and object tracking camera device utilizing the same  
A motion vector detection circuit includes a registration determining switch which sets a first registration determination mode wherein at an initial field, correlation values are evaluated by a...
5940145 Method and apparatus for motion compensated image processing using two separate motion measurement techniques  
Motion compensated image processing is performed by producing vectors assigned to elementary areas of video fields. These are produced from at least two video fields in a sequence. A first...
5838366 Tracking apparatus for use in tracking an object  
Tracking apparatus for use in tracking an object (4), which tracking apparatus comprises identification tag (2) which is for being attached to the object (4) and which comprises at least two colors...
5706362 Image tracking apparatus  
An image tracking apparatus includes a video camera 10 for forming an image of a target vehicle and for producing image signals at predetermined time intervals, a first memory 5A for storing image...
5631697 Video camera capable of automatic target tracking  
An image signal provided by an image pickup device, such as a CCD, is converted into a video signal by a signal processor. An extraction means extracts a candidate object region from the current...
5612686 Method and an apparatus for monitoring the environment around a vehicle and an operation support system using the same  
Safety of the distance between vehicles is judged by monitoring whether or not an object other than a front road surface, namely, a preceding vehicle, exists in a predetermined area of the front...
5610653 Method and system for automatically tracking a zoomed video image  
A video method and system for automatically tracking a viewer defined target within a viewer defined window of a video image as the target moves within the video image by selecting a target within...
5596365 Image stabilization apparatus for telescopic devices  
An image stabilization system for telescopic devices uses a method of selecting a suitable, stationary reference image. The user of the instrument views a circular image and a translucent ring...
5557323 Distance measuring apparatus  
A distance measuring apparatus sets a plurality of sub-windows in a picture plane so that the size of each sub-window having a contrast higher than a predetermined value is as small as possible but...
5521634 Automatic detection and prioritized image transmission system and method  
An image transmission system and method automatically reduce the size of digital data signals transmitted from visual sensors. The system and method are completely automated and (a) use a plurality...
5473369 Object tracking apparatus  
An object detecting and tracking apparatus detects a tracking target object from a moving image photographed by a television camera and tracks the same, wherein the movement of the object is...
5465115 Video traffic monitor for retail establishments and the like  
A video traffic monitor and method for counting people using video imaging provides an inexpensive hardware implementation for analyzing real-time video where the operational environment presents a...
5434617 Automatic tracking camera control system  
Methodology and circuitry for automatically effecting electronic camera movement to track and display the location of a moving object, such as a person presenting a talk to an audience. A fixed...
5406328 Adaptive track loop bandwidth reduction in cluttered scenes  
A tracking system and method that achieves system bandwidth reduction and analyzes scene information from an expanded area around a tracked target. Objects in the scene that may interfere with the...
5381173 Inter-car distance detecting device for tracking a car running ahead  
An inter-car distance detecting device for tracking a car running ahead, and automatically setting a tracking window in a display screen. The inter-car distance detecting device has a pair of image...
5361039 Power amplifier device for a composite signal  
The disclosure relates to the linear power amplification, in a single channel, of a composite signal formed by two independent signals. In a single channel formed by correction means followed by a...
5309230 High-sensitivity infrared detector and an infrared camera using such a detector  
A high-sensity infrared detector system includes circuitry for summing the luminance values of flux received by the photosensitive cells in a detection matrix, these values being read in succession...
5309137 Motor car traveling control device  
A motor car travelling control device which measures the distance between a first car and a second car while tracking the image of the second car. When the second car changes its travelling lane,...
5304980 Distance detecting apparatus for a vehicle  
A distance detecting apparatus can not only measure the distance to a target preceding vehicle but also detect obstacles such as an intervening vehicle, other vehicles running around or adjacent...
5243418 Display monitoring system for detecting and tracking an intruder in a monitor area  
A display monitoring system of the invention comprises an image pickup section for picking up an image including at least one of an object to be picked up and a background, a change detecting...
5187537 Vehicle following apparatus  
A vehicle following apparatus is able to continuously or successively measure, once a target vehicle to be followed is determined, the distance to the target vehicle in a stable and reliable manner...
5168355 Apparatus for detecting distance between cars  
An apparatus is provided for detecting a distance between cars, which apparatus is capable of continuously measuring the distance between one's own car and a preceding car even if the preceding car...
5165108 Vehicle-to-vehicle distance detecting apparatus  
A vehicle-to-vehicle distance detecting apparatus for use in tracing a preceding vehicle is disclosed in which the driver is able to set a vehicle tracing window on a displayed picture image of the...
5161632 Tracking control device for a vehicle  
A tracking control device for a vehicle which is composed of: image sensors for taking images of a foregoing car through optical systems; a display device for displaying the images taken by...
5159557 Distance detecting apparatus and method for a vehicle  
A distance detecting apparatus and method for a vehicle are disclosed which are suitable for use in making a vehicle to automatically follow a preceding vehicle, and which can not only perform...
5139327 Vehicle following apparatus with a distance measuring function  
A vehicle following apparatus with a distance measuring function is provided in which once the driver roughly sets a vehicle following window on a display screen, the exact position and size of the...
5091781 Camera moving apparatus  
A camera moving circuit senses movement of a subject and automatically initiates camera movement in the direction of movement by the subject. The circuit uses a plurality of memories, a switching...
4928176 Electronic camera-processing circuit for automatically tracking particles which move across an optical image  
An electronic camera combined with processing circuitry for observing the movement of particles in a sedimentation cell or the like, tracking movement of selected particles, and determining their...
4644405 Method and apparatus for scanning a window in the image zone of a charge transfer device of the frame transfer type  
In order to scan a relatively small window (F) in the image zone (ZI) of a charge transfer device, a series of prior transfers (B 1 , B 2 , B 3 ) are performed moving from the image zone to the...
4644397 Method of processing a video image to track a bright spot and to protect said tracking from interference from other bright spots  
A method of processing a video image to track a bright spot and to protect said tracking from interference from other bright spots to protect said tracking from interference from other bright...
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