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7636123 |
Image capturing apparatus with light emission controlling mechanism and method of controlling the image capturing apparatus
This invention has as its object to precisely detect the face of a person from a captured image even in a situation with an insufficient brightness (e.g., when an image of a person is to be...
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7630014 |
Lighting apparatus for attachment to a camera's tripod mount and method of use
A lighting apparatus for use with a camera is described. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus comprises one or more light emitting diodes and one or more small batteries contained in a...
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7623161 |
Image pickup apparatus, white balance adjustment method therefor, and program for implementing the method
An image pickup apparatus which can carry out proper white balance adjustment even at the time of bounce flash shooting. A white balance adjusting circuit uses a first correction value calculated...
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7612824 |
Image-quality adjustment of image data
An image quality adjuster adjusts luminance values of image data sing the image data generated by an image generating device, and image generation record information associated with the image data...
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7605861 |
Apparatus and method for performing motion capture using shutter synchronization
A method is described comprising: applying phosphorescent paint to specified regions of a performer's face and/or body; strobing a light source on and off, the light source charging the...
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7593056 |
Infrared vision illumination enhancement
A camera and illuminator combination unit has a camera to generate images within a predetermined field of view, the field of view having a central axis, and an illuminator having an illumination...
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7589763 |
Flicker correction method and device, and imaging device
A flicker is corrected with consideration given to the influence of noises. The present invention provides a flicker correction method in which a flicker is corrected by subtracting a flicker...
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7589783 |
Camera and illumination matching for inspection system
An inspection tool includes a camera having a gain value and an offset value set to provide a first camera output indicating a first desired average gray value when the camera is illuminated with a...
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7576798 |
Mobile terminals including image sensor integrated flash sensing circuits and methods of operating the same
A mobile terminal can include a flash coupled to a mobile terminal housing and configured to provide light from the mobile terminal to illuminate a subject. An image sensor circuit is coupled to...
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7573527 |
Portable device
A portable electronic device includes a display component and a device aperture component which are mounted on separate segments of the electronic device. Each segment can be rotated with respect...
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7567292 |
Portable terminal device and method and program for varying light illuminance used therein
An image control processing section sends a zoom control information of a camera section, and carries out image processing. A camera control section controls the camera section on the basis of the...
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7567291 |
Vehicle vision system
A vehicle viewing system including a camera system for generating a signal corresponding to a scene by integrating light from the scene incident on pixel cells having a variable integration time, a...
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7567293 |
System and method for performing motion capture by strobing a fluorescent lamp
A system and method are described for performing motion capture on a subject using fluorescent lamps. For example, a system according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: a synchronization...
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7561312 |
Systems and methods for glare removal using polarized filtering in document scanning
Systems and methods using polarized filtering for glare removal to improve the process of scanning documents, particularly bound documents with glossy content, are disclosed. The system may...
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7554598 |
Imaging system, and identity authentication system incorporating the same
The invention relates to an imaging system 50 wherein, without recourse to any large-size pupil relay optical system, a plurality of minute imaging optical systems are arranged in rows and...
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7548274 |
Coplanar camera scanning system
A system for scanning objects having at least two linear array sensors, adapted to detect light input signals, is provided. A lens is optically connected to each of the linear array sensors, and...
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7542077 |
White balance adjustment device and color identification device
The present invention is directed to improving the accuracy of white balance adjustment. An image input from an image capture device 10 is divided into blocks, and white balance gains are...
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7538817 |
Digital camera for portable equipment
A digital camera for portable equipment includes a light emitting device; an electrically-driven light quantity controller for controlling a quantity of light emitted from the light emitting...
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7525592 |
Image capture device with automatic adjusting function for sensitivity
An image capture device includes a light source, an image capture unit, a brightness detector, an object distance obtaining unit which obtains an object distance to the object, first and second...
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7525579 |
Image sensing apparatus and image processing method for use therein
An illumination-component extractor (illumination component extraction section) extracts an illumination component Log from a picked-up image (original image picked up an image sensor having a...
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7525593 |
Position detection apparatus, position detection method, testing apparatus, and camera module manufacturing apparatus
There is provided a position detection apparatus for detecting position of an image pickup device that outputs an output signal corresponding to intensity of detected light, having a light source...
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7522830 |
Placement of light-emitting section in image sensing apparatus
In an image sensing device in which a hinge mechanism is secured to the side face of the main body of the image sensing device and an image display unit for displaying a captured image is mounted...
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7522211 |
Studio light
A studio light having first and second light output regimes, and adjustable color temperature. The color temperatures of the first and second light output regimes may be different. The light module...
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7519288 |
Strobe device for camera
A strobe pop-up device for moving a strobe assembly to pop-up, bounce, and closed positions includes: a strobe assembly having a strobe, and a strobe connecting link, a bottom end of which is...
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7508443 |
Image sensing apparatus with light emitting device, method of controlling light emitting device, image sensing method of image sensing apparatus, and storage medium storing image sensing apparatus control program
The peak of a histogram in a first flash preemission and the peak of a histogram in a second flash preemission performed with a light emission amount different from that of the first flash...
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7505076 |
Digital camera having red-eye reduction bracket photographing mode
In a digital camera having a red-eye reduction bracket photographing mode, a plurality of bracket photographing operations are carried out at a predetermined second interval, in which a strobe unit...
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7505077 |
Lighting control apparatus
A lighting control apparatus of a photographing apparatus comprises a lighting device, a continuous imaging control processor, and a pulse-signal generating processor. The lighting device...
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7505078 |
Camera system, stroboscopic device, methods of controlling the camera system and stroboscopic device, program, and storage medium
A camera system includes a stroboscopic device ( 1 ) and camera ( 2 ). The camera ( 2 ) includes an information output unit which outputs, to the stroboscopic device ( 1 ), focal length information...
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7505802 |
Capsule endoscope
A capsule endoscope is disclosed that includes a capsule and a transparent cover having a central axis and that is located in front of an objective optical system within the capsule. The objective...
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7502054 |
Automatic detection of fluorescent flicker in video images
A method for detecting the presence of flicker in video images includes obtaining luminance data from sampled image fields and analyzing the luminance data to obtain a digital number characterizing...
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7502174 |
System and method for imaging
A system provides a multi-axis translation and orientation capability for optical imaging. The system includes an optical imaging apparatus providing a signal representing a digitized image, and a...
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7499638 |
Object recognition apparatus
The object recognition apparatus has an active range finder having a floodlight unit which floodlights a light onto a target object, and determines a distance up to a target object on the basis of...
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7499099 |
Illumination apparatus and image-taking apparatus
In an illumination apparatus, an optical element has an exit surface in which an inclination to a perpendicular to an irradiation optical axis in a first area is greater than that of a second area,...
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7499090 |
Rolling-reset imager with optical filter
An imaging system comprises a rolling-reset imager that forms an electronic image of an object, a light source illuminating the object with pulsed light, and a bandpass optical filter disposed...
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7479990 |
Programmable image processing unit which displays a tentative image during programming
Illumination light supplied from an illumination light supplying unit that can selectively supply a plurality kinds of illumination lights whose wavelengths fall in different regions is supplied to...
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7477309 |
Infrared camera system and method
Infrared (IR) camera systems for and a method of obtaining infrared images of target subjects are provided. In one embodiment, an IR camera system ( 10 ) includes a lens ( 12 ), a number of IR pass...
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7468663 |
Building security system
A building security system includes a visible video camera and a hidden video camera in each room. Personnel in each room carries a portable signaling device that includes a level sensor to...
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7466359 |
Image-pickup apparatus and method having distance measuring function
An image-pickup apparatus for capturing an object includes a distance calculating unit for measuring a phase difference (time difference) from the emission of light from a light emitting unit to...
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7463287 |
Solid-state image pick-up device and image pick-up apparatus capable of distinguishing a photographing light source type
In a solid-state image pick-up device provided with a pixel for distinguishing a light source type in a predetermined region of the solid-state image pick-up device, a filter for transmitting a...
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7457477 |
Digital photography with flash/no flash extension
A system and method for improving digital flash photographs. The present invention is a technique that significantly improves low-light imaging by giving the end-user all the advantages of flash...
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7453514 |
Digital photography device having a rolling shutter
Various methods, apparatuses, and systems in which a digital photography device includes a rolling shutter, a sensor, and a flash are described. The sensor implements a rolling shutter timing...
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7443443 |
Method and apparatus for enhancing flash and ambient images
A method and system generate an enhanced output image. A first image is acquired of a scene illuminated by a first illumination condition. A second image is acquired of the scene illuminated by a...
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7428378 |
Controlling an exposure time for digital cameras
Various methods, apparatuses, and systems in which a digital photography device includes a global shutter to control exposure time, a sensor array, and a flash illumination are described. The...
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7420613 |
Method for controlling flash apparatus, wherein preliminary flashing is performed one time
A flash apparatus to perform preliminary flashing, detect an average brightness of surroundings in synchronization with a periodic signal subsequent to the preliminary flashing, and set main...
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7418150 |
Image processing apparatus, and program for processing image
An image processing apparatus is configured to include: illumination controlling section for controlling emission of light with a setting amount of light; region extracting section for...
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7415202 |
Image taking device, method for controlling light sources and computer program
An image taking device with a lighting device includes a light irradiating portion for irradiating light to a subject and a light receiving portion for receiving reflected light from the subject...
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7406189 |
Computer controllable LED light source for device for inspecting microscopic objects
A device for inspecting microscopic objects. A plurality of LEDS is arranged in an array underneath a lens. Some of the LEDS are lighted and some of the LEDS are unlighted. A computer is in control...
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7403710 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
This invention provides an image processing apparatus that corrects an image blur by using a plurality of images acquired by image capturing means. The apparatus comprises: blur detection means...
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7394497 |
Camera with variable aperture member
A camera has a photometry section. The photometry section measures brightness of field when an aperture member is of a predetermined first aperture caliber which is a relatively large aperture...
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7389041 |
Determining scene distance in digital camera images
A method for producing a distance map of scene distance values for a digital image captured by a digital camera includes capturing a first digital image of a scene under a first illumination...
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