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6937253 |
Method for determining color space of an image
A method for determining whether an input image is defined in accordance with a luminance-chrominance color space, includes receiving an input image in three dimensional color space, S 1 , S 2 and...
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6937274 |
Dynamic range compression of output channel data of an image sensor
A method (S 100 ) for dynamic range compression of output channel data from an image sensor ( 2 ) comprising an array of sensor cells. The method (S 100 ) comprises selecting a window (S 130 ) in...
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6933977 |
Image pickup apparatus having auto-centering function
An address detector detects the position of boundary between an object image signal and other signal in an image output signal from an imaging device according to the difference in magnitude...
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6930687 |
Method of displaying a digital image
A computer system 1 comprises a processor 3 connected to a memory 5 . The processor 3 receives image data, representing a displayable static photograph, through an input port 7 , generates...
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6924841 |
System and method for capturing color images that extends the dynamic range of an image sensor using first and second groups of pixels
A technique for digitally capturing a high contrast color image involves simultaneously capturing image data from bright and dark areas using an image sensor with pixels of the same color that have...
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6919923 |
Digital still camera capable of communicating audio and image data to/from a remote site
A digital still camera includes means for converting an optical image into a digital electromagnetic image signal, means for transmitting an electromagnetic to designate a remote device accessible...
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6917384 |
IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR METHOD OF SETTING PLURAL PHOTOGRAPHIC MODES AND VARIABLE SPECIFIC REGION OF IMAGE SENSING, AND PROVIDING MODE SPECIFIC COMPRESSION OF IMAGE DATA IN THE SPECIFIC REGION
When a region of interest of an image is compressed with high quality by an image sensing apparatus, such as a digital camera or the like, the region of interest (ROI) can be compressed by a...
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6917382 |
Signal processing apparatus and method thereof
In a signal processing apparatus which can output a chroma signal of m bits into a chroma signal of n bits via an output apparatus, the chroma signal of m bits is gamma converted into a chroma...
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6914625 |
Method and apparatus for managing image categories in a digital camera to enhance performance of a high-capacity image storage media
A method and apparatus for enhancing performance of a high-capacity storage media in a digital imaging device. The method aspect of the present invention includes, storing images on the storage...
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6912001 |
Image processor and monitoring system
In an image processor for synthesizing images that have been taken by multiple cameras mounted on a vehicle, even if any movable part of the vehicle has changed its state, the synthesized image...
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6912004 |
Method and system for processing images
A method and a system for processing images using interpolating. A variation value for different sets of pixels is determined, and the set of pixels with the highest correlation (lowest numeric...
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6912000 |
Picture processing apparatus
A picture processing apparatus is composed of a plurality of picture processing systems. Each picture processing system includes an identical picture processing IC (integrated circuit) and a...
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6904166 |
Color interpolation processor and the color interpolation calculation method thereof
A color interpolation processor and the color interpolation calculation method thereof are disclosed. More particularly, they relates to a color interpolation processor and the color interpolation...
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6903768 |
Solid state image sensor device free of influence on optical black level by signal potential change of optical black pixels
In a solid state image sensor device comprising a cell area wherein unit cells each having photoelectric diodes are arranged in a matrix form on a semiconductor substrate, the cell area being...
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6900832 |
Solid-state image pickup apparatus adaptive to different display modes and having a high pixel density, synchronous video output capability and a method of signal processing
A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a mode setting circuit for allowing the operator to select desired one of the modes matching with the display format of a display which displays a...
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6900833 |
Image interpolating device
An image interpolating device comprises a color filter, in which R, G, and B color filter elements are disposed in a checkerboard arrangement, and an imaging device which generates R, G, and...
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6900841 |
Image processing system capable of applying good texture such as blur
An image processing apparatus assumes the characteristic of a virtual image sensing optical system, and applies a blur effect corresponding to an in-focus state to a captured image. An image input...
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6897893 |
Image pickup device equipped with light emitter and image pickup method using the same
When a shutter button is depressed after a stroboscopic image pickup mode is set, an image pickup unit determines a pre-light emission quantity and sends a light emission quantity control pulse to...
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6897897 |
Horizontal contour signal generation circuit in single chip color camera
A horizontal contour signal generation circuit in a single chip color camera comprises a first horizontal contour signal generation circuit provided in a stage succeeding a first horizontal...
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6894720 |
Method and apparatus for applying tone mapping functions to color images
A pixel of a digital image is processed by applying a tone mapping function to a first color channel of the pixel, whereby a value of the first color channel is changed by a scale factor; and...
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6888563 |
Imaging sensing apparatus
An image sensing apparatus capable of separately performing image processing on odd-numbered fields and even-numbered fields for each of the image data from the left lens and right lens when a 3-D...
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6888568 |
Method and apparatus for controlling pixel sensor elements
An imaging method and system that flexibly accesses light sensor elements and processes imaging signals. The imaging system comprises an array of pixel sensor cells, an array controller and a...
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6888571 |
Photosensor system and drive control method thereof
A photosensor system including a photosensor array having a plurality of photosensors arranged two-dimensionally comprises a driver circuit and a readout circuit for applying signal voltages to...
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6885405 |
Intelligent camera flash system
An intelligent flash system for a digital camera having components including an image optical pickup, an interface circuit, a flash unit and a processor. Upon activation of the camera, ambient...
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6882365 |
Direction-sensitive correction method and system for data including abrupt intensity gradients
The use of the orientation-sensitive interpolation filter coefficients generates the RGB signal values that are substantially same as those with the prior art filter coefficients for image data...
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6882362 |
Image processing system having an image signal generating device coupleable to an adapter
An image transmission system including an image pickup device having an image pickup portion for converting a subject image into an image signal, a recording/reproducing device for...
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6879341 |
Digital camera system containing a VLIW vector processor
A digital camera has a sensor for sensing an image, a processor for modifying the sensed image in accordance with instructions input into the camera and an output for outputting the modified image...
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6876763 |
Image resolution improvement using a color mosaic sensor
A method for electronic imaging, consisting of forming an image having a background color and a non-background color on a plurality of pixels in a color mosaic image sensor, and receiving from each...
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6876384 |
Pixel selective white balancing
A system and method for processing data representative of a color image is disclosed. Image data represents an intensity of photoexposure of an imaging array at specific locations in the imaging...
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6876391 |
Imaging device and control method thereof
In an electronic still camera where the signal charges accumulated corresponding to the image of a subject formed by an imaging optical system 1 are read from a CCD and displayed on an LCD via an...
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6873366 |
Timing generator for solid-state imaging device
To reduce the amount of data that should be stored on a memory-built-in timing generator for generating timing pulses for use to drive a solid-state imaging device, V- and H-counters, three ROMs,...
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6870564 |
Image processing for improvement of color registration in digital images
A method for improving the wavelength dependent registration of digital images includes the steps of (a) detecting a similar feature in two or more digital records of the same scene, (b)...
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6867409 |
Solid-state image sensing device
Disclosed herein is a solid-state image sensing device comprising a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels comprises (1) a photodiode for generating an electric signal according to an amount of...
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6867801 |
Electronic still camera having photographed image reproducing function
In a digital camera ( 1 ), when a “+” key ( 17 a ) or a “−” key. ( 17 b ) is depressed to select reproduction/display of a panorama image after the reproduction mode is designated, the...
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6867805 |
Image pickup device and video signal processing method
A short duration of exposure is selected for the object for EVEN fields and a long duration of exposure is selected for the object for ODD fields by the electronic shutter, the obtained images...
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6864915 |
Method and apparatus for production of an image captured by an electronic motion camera/sensor that emulates the attributes/exposure content produced by a motion camera film system
An electronically originated image is converted into a modified electronic image simulating an image originated from a film system and converted into an electronically displayed image. The...
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6864913 |
Method and apparatus for a reconfigurable digital processor for film conversion
A reconfigurable digital processor to improve efficiency and flexibility in film conversion applications is described. Analog signals corresponding to film images are digitized and provided to the...
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6856347 |
Photic image processing method
The present invention relates to a photic image processing method which includes steps of (1) processing a photic image unit to generate a photic image signal having a plurality of basic image...
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6853402 |
Combined multiplexing and offset correction for an image sensor array
A photosensitive device, such as would be found in a digital scanner or camera, includes at least two sets of photosensors, the video signals from which are multiplexed together. While the two...
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6853400 |
System and method for correcting aberration of lenses through which images are projected
In a case where aberrations of a camera lens are large, and imaging-center coordinates and reading-center coordinates coincide with each other or are located in proximity to each other within an...
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6850276 |
Method for detecting brightness signals from a multiplicity of light-sensitive sensor elements
A method is described for detecting brightness signals from a multiplicity of light-sensitive sensor elements, in particular CCD lines or arrays, in which the brightness signals are amplified in...
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6850272 |
Image processing method and system
An image processing method for image-processing digital image data acquired by a digital camera to enable reproduction of high-quality images includes the steps of computing first characteristic...
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6850274 |
Image texture mapping camera
A camera and method for the creation of texturing effects in output images. The camera includes a sensor for sensing an image and a texture mapper for adding texturing effect to the sensed image to...
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6842191 |
Color image restoration with anti-alias
A video signal is produced from a color imaging array of the type having luminance elements of a first color (typically green) and chrominance elements of second and third colors (typically red and...
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6834965 |
Self-configurable ad-hoc projector cluster
A system projects multiple output images on a display surface. The system includes multiple projectors. Each projector includes a processing unit. The processing unit includes a microprocessor, a...
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6833868 |
Method and device for determining corrected color aspects of a pixel in an imaging device
The invention is a method for determining at least two corrected color values for a pixel, said pixel being embedded in a configuration of pixels and having a color filter for filtering...
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6831689 |
Optical imager using a method for adaptive real-time expanding of the dynamic range
Method and apparatus for expanding the dynamic range of an optical imager, comprising individually controlling the integration time of each pixel of a sensor array, and providing a corresponding...
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6831684 |
Circuit and method for pixel rearrangement in a digital pixel sensor readout
An image sensor includes a sensor array, a data memory for storing pixel data and a pixel normalization circuit. The sensor array has a two-dimensional array of pixel elements and outputs digital...
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6831687 |
Digital camera and image signal processing apparatus
A digital camera includes: an image-capturing device which captures an image of a photographic subject which passes through a photographic lens, and outputs image data; a gain adjustment section...
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6831696 |
Exposure control of an imaging apparatus using a plurality of photometry frames
It is an object of this invention to provide an image pickup apparatus capable of suitable appropriate exposure control even when objects having extremely different luminance contrasts exist at the...
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