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7440010 Image pickup device and image pickup method  
An image pickup apparatus includes a characteristic value calculation circuit 16 for extracting a characteristic value used for predicting an amount of codes to be generated at a time of...
7436554 Image processing system, image capturing device, image processing terminal, image processing data storage terminal, program for the device, program for the terminal, data structure of image data, method of processing image, and method of generating image data  
The invention provides an image processing system which is suitable to carry out image processing in excellent accuracy while removing influence due to characteristics depending on the type...
7432960 Image generating apparatus and image generating method  
To generate motion picture image data making full use of the characteristics of a photographed image such as a high resolution and a high rate fetching (high frame rate), an image pickup apparatus...
7432958 Image pickup apparatus with function of adjusting incident light quantity  
A video camera which is provided with an inter-line type CCD and also which enjoys a function as a digital still camera. The video camera includes an irising mechanism for adjusting a quantity of...
7432966 Image data correcting method and imaging device  
A screen correction method and image pick-up device suitable for use in, for example, digital cameras. Horizontal and vertical signals from a signal generator (SG) are supplied to a semiconductor...
7433089 Image processor  
The image processor performs aberration correction processing for correcting aberration due to a photographic lens on input image data obtained from an image optically photographed through the...
7428008 Video imaging device, video conversion device, and video edition device  
When an image signal, which was picked up in a 24p image format and temporarily recorded on a temporary recording device, is read in a 60i image format, the image signal is subjected to a 2:3:2:3...
7428012 Image processing method including generating face region information and a digital camera including face region identification unit  
Effectively reducing a noise on the face region to improve the picture quality of the entire image A digital camera according to the invention includes: an digital signal processor for performing...
7428019 System and method for increasing space or time resolution in video  
A system and method for increasing space or time resolution of an image sequence by combination of a plurality input sources with different space-time resolutions such that the single output...
7428014 Device for parallel data processing as well as a camera system comprising such a device  
The invention relates to a device for parallel data processing, a DSP. The device according to the invention comprises a processor matrix ( 100 ) in which processors ( 103 ) are arranged in rows (...
7425985 Image processing apparatus and method  
A dodging process which brightens a dark portion sometimes makes noise components contained in an image obtained by an image sensor conspicuous. A gray image generator extracts a luminance...
7425988 Image pick-up apparatus, image processing apparatus and method of correcting chromatic aberration of lens  
Through an image pick-up lens 1 , image light is focused on an image pickup surface of an image pickup unit 2 for which a primary color filter is provided. An electrical signal removed from the...
7423672 Picture data recording method, picture data storage medium, picture data playback apparatus, and picture data playback method  
In a picture data recording method of an aspect of this invention, main picture data having a first resolution, sub-picture data having the first resolution, and sub-picture data having a second...
7423673 Method and system for determining optical distortion in a transparent medium  
System for determining a distortion model for an optically distorting medium, the system including an image sensor located at an image acquisition position behind the optically distorting medium,...
7423668 On-chip block balancing structure and method for multiple output image sensors  
A method for calibrating an image sensor having multiple outputs, the method includes the steps of capturing an image on the image sensor, injecting one or more substantially identical pairs of...
7420593 Electronic camera utilizing pixel blocks  
A mobile communication terminal comprises a camera unit ( 34 ) and a main CPU. In the camera unit ( 34 ), a processing system including a color conversion circuit ( 66 ) and an image compression...
7420585 Image capture and display device  
A display device for capturing and displaying images along a single optical axis. The device includes a display panel having a front side and a back side, said display panel capable of being placed...
7420592 Image shifting apparatus for enhanced image resolution  
An image shifting apparatus may capture multiple frames of an image, with each frame offset by a sub-pixel offset distance. After capture, the various sub-pixel offset images may be registered...
7420151 Device for short wavelength visible reflectance endoscopy using broadband illumination  
A system for performing short wavelength imaging with a broadband illumination source includes an image processor that receives signals from a color image sensor. The image processor reduces the...
7420606 Timing generator, solid-state imaging device and camera system  
A timing generator, includes: a first memory circuit that stores timing generation information; a first register for holding the timing generation information in the first memory circuit; a first...
7420594 Image processing apparatus with image sensing capability and storage medium storing an image processing program  
An image processing apparatus includes an image sensing unit. After photographing of an image of a face, for example, a characteristic data selection menu is displayed for addition of a...
7417670 Digital video camera with binning or skipping correction  
A method of operation for a video camera and the video camera are disclosed. The method generally comprises the steps of (A) sensing an optical signal with a plurality of pixels to generate an...
7417690 Video processing system and video processing method  
A system which allows significant camera breaks to be automatically detected among a large number of camera breaks and which is suitable in retrieving or playing a digital video is realized. Using...
7418153 Electronic camera  
An electronic camera includes an image pickup device, a partial image area position detecting section, a maximal image correcting value output section, and an image processing section. The image...
7417669 Digital clamping circuit and digital clamping method  
A digital clamping circuit and a digital clamping method are provided which can effectively use the dynamic range of an output signal in black-level correction. When subtracting a black level...
7411612 Photographed image composing apparatus and a storage medium storing a photographed image composing program  
A photographed image composing apparatus includes a CPU and an imaging unit. In this photographed image composing apparatus, an operator photographs an object's face in at least two partial images...
7411626 Image acquiring apparatus and image acquiring method  
An image acquiring apparatus includes a pixel shifting section which changes the relative position between luminous flux incident on an imaging element and the imaging element to a plurality of...
7411613 Video signal processing apparatus  
By setting an area for displaying OSD data, a high-intensity part of this area is highlighted and an area which is not to be highlighted is set. Also, by performing translucent display of the OSD...
7408571 Digital camera and image data processing system  
The present invention provides a digital camera and an image data processing system, which can develop and observe images recorded by both a compressed image recording control function and a raw...
7409144 Video and audio information processing  
A camera-recorder apparatus comprises an image capture device operable to capture a plurality of video images; a storage medium by which the video images are stored for later retrieval; a feature...
7405763 Mobile devices having an image sensor for charging a battery  
Mobile devices and methods of operating mobile devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a mobile device includes a rechargeable battery, a battery charger electrically coupled to the...
7405752 Mobile communication system, mobile communication terminal and program thereof for displaying video at desired positions  
In a mobile communication terminal 10 , a position information assigning section 24 associates images acquired by the photographing section 20 with position information concerning the...
7403231 Camera with exposure correction dependent upon brightness detected in a frame with the lowest brightness compared to average brightness  
Backlight correction by the following steps. The location of a dark distribution is determined, and a dark distribution histogram ratio is calculated. Next, the location of a bright distribution is...
7403222 Determining a final exposure setting automatically for a sold state camera without a separate light metering circuit  
An embodiment of the invention is a method of generating a final exposure setting, including, (a) selecting one of a number of predetermined exposure settings as a current exposure setting for a...
7399952 Image processing apparatus and image capturing apparatus  
An image processing apparatus for processing a color image signal includes a signal processing unit for processing a plurality of image signals in parallel, where the plurality of image signals are...
7400355 Image pickup apparatus and photometer  
A received light quantity detection device where high-sensitivity pixels and low-sensitivity pixels are formed is used for photometry. It is possible to perform measurement over the low range (for...
7397499 Image pickup device and chromatic aberration correction method  
An image pick-up device and a chromatic aberration correcting method are provided in which a satisfactory correction processing can be performed even when the image pickup device, such as a camera,...
7394487 Image data reducing device, micro computer, and electronic apparatus  
Aspects of the invention can provide an image data reducing device, a micro computer, and an electronic apparatus that can reduce image data without causing the increase in circuit scale and over...
7394052 Parallel processing logic circuit for sensor signal processing  
A parallel processing logic circuit for sensor signal processing includes sensors and processing units. The sensor and the processing unit are integrated in the same pixel and arranged in a matrix....
7394486 Adjusting output image of image data  
Using image data generated by an image generating device, and image generation record information that is associated with the image data and that includes at least subject area information...
7394966 Image communication apparatus for wireless communication of digital images, and method thereof  
An image capture apparatus includes an image capture unit, a recording unit, a wireless communication unit and a control unit. The recording unit records digital image captured by the image capture...
7391436 Image processing apparatus with comparing of difference of camera operation information between image data of plural sections in input image data  
The invention provides an image processing apparatus, capable of selecting arbitrary plural sections in input image data, designating an order of reproduction of the image data of the selected...
7391442 Digital camera including a distortion correction system  
A digital camera system includes a camera body; a lens mounted to the camera body, and an image processor operatively coupled to the lens. The image processor converts a visual image passing into...
7391437 Image sensor interface  
A system includes an image sensor and an interface to receive image data from the image sensor. The interface selects between providing at least one synchronization signal to the image sensor and...
7391444 Image pickup apparatus capable of selecting output according to time measured by timer  
In an image pickup apparatus, timer 2 starts a time measuring operation when a shutter button is pressed. When a time T 1 is measured by timer 2 , the image from CCD 1 is output as a...
7391446 Digital camera having circuitry shortening processing time to correct distortion  
A telephoto side distortion allowable lens or a wide-angle side distortion allowable lens is used as a zoom lens of a digital camera. Image data photographed by the telephoto side distortion...
7391441 Electronic image sensor and evaluation method  
An electronic image sensor is used for evaluating an image. Several individual sensors, each of which is provided with several pixels, are utilized in the electronic image sensor. The pixels of at...
7391452 Successive approximation calibration apparatus, system, and method for dynamic range extender  
A gain characteristic correctable dynamic range enhancement system (DRES) receives input signals from an imager device connected to a correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit for receiving the...
7385635 Electronic image processing device and system for image data transfer operation  
An electronic device comprises an image-capturing device that captures an image of a subject, a recording device that records image files of images captured by the image-capturing device into a...
7385639 Digital camera utilizing autofocus settings for image manipulation  
A digital camera is provided for generating a manipulated output image. The camera focuses an image using an automatic focusing technique thereby generating focus settings. The focus settings are...