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7400360 Device for simultaneous display of video at two resolutions with different fractions of active regions  
An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a decoded video signal. The second circuit may be configured to generate (i) a first...
7400329 Graphics images system and method  
A system for 3-dimensional gaming on a mobile handset is provided. The system includes a converter component operable to convert a pre-rendered 3-dimensional graphic image having 24-bit color...
7392330 Memory access bandwidth allocation and latency control in a digital camera  
Memory access bandwidth within a digital camera is allocated among several requestors by assigning each requester a “tokens per snapshot” (TPS) value. Each requestor has a DMA engine and a DMA...
7391931 Method, apparatus, and program for moving image synthesis  
A single high resolution frame is obtained from a plurality of frames sampled from moving image data, regardless of movement of a subject included in the frames. Patches are provided in a plurality...
7391929 Masking tool  
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of masking comprises an operation of selecting a masking tool based on operations performed on a digital camera by a user. The masking tool is...
7389004 Image processing apparatus  
A signal processing apparatus comprises an input unit for inputting first image data having a first resolution, a resolution converting unit for converting the resolution of the input first image...
7389002 Method for increasing resolution in a camera  
A method of increasing resolution in a camera includes: a) ascertaining a pixel location in a first image for each of a plurality of identifiable image points, where a first particular identifiable...
7382929 Spatial scan replication circuit  
In an image replication circuit, the improvement of replicating a given element at a certain location with the most similar of surrounding sets of image elements.
7382382 Display device conversion device, display device correction circuit, display device driving device, display device, display device examination device, and display method  
The liquid crystal display device inputs a signal, corrected by a correction circuit provided with a sigmoid inverse function generator, to a source driver. A sigmoid function which is an S-shaped...
7379626 Edge adaptive image expansion and enhancement system and method  
An edge adaptive system and method for image filtering. The method maps each output pixel onto input image coordinates and then prefilters and resamples the input image pixels around this point to...
7379624 Image processing method and apparatus  
An image processing method includes the steps of performing resolution conversion processing on input image data to increase the number of grayscale levels, performing edge enhancement processing...
7379612 Dynamic reconstruction of high-resolution video from color-filtered low-resolution video-to-video super-resolution  
A method is provided of solving the dynamic super-resolution (SR) problem of reconstructing a high-quality set of monochromatic or color superresolved images from low-quality monochromatic, color,...
7379611 Generic image hallucination  
Techniques are disclosed to enable generation of a high-resolution image from any generic low-resolution image. In one described implementation, a method includes extracting, at a training phase, a...
7379105 Multi-standard video image capture device using a single CMOS image sensor  
A video image capture device includes an image sensor including an two-dimensional array of pixel elements overlaid with a pattern of color filters and having a vertical resolution different from...
7375843 Image processing apparatus and image processing method  
An image processing apparatus converts first image data of a first resolution N to second image data of a second resolution M, which is lower than the first resolution N, so as to output the second...
7375767 Method of converting resolution of video signals and apparatus using the same  
A method converts a resolution of video signals, the method including: calculating up-sampling and down-sampling ratios based on a resolution of an input video signal and a desired resolution of an...
7373019 System and method for providing multi-sensor super-resolution  
A super-resolution enhanced image generating system is described for generating a super-resolution-enhanced image from an image of a scene, identified as image g 0 , comprising a base image and at...
7366332 Surface shape recognition sensor  
A detection element ( 1 A) having a detection electrode ( 11 A) connected to a surface shape detection unit ( 2 ) and a detection electrode ( 12 A) connected to a common potential, and a detection...
7362900 Apparatus and method for processing images, recording medium, and program  
An image input section outputs the size of an image to a division-number setting section and outputs the image to an edge enhancing section, which enhances the edges of the image. An edge...
7356162 Method for sorting postal items in a plurality of sorting passes  
The method of sorting postal items in a plurality of sorting passes using at least one sorting machine having sorting outlets constituted by bins consists in using digital fingerprints (V_ID)...
RE40201 Video signal converting apparatus and display device having the same  
Disclosed is a video signal converting apparatus and a display device having the same which may convert a low-resolution video signal from a host into a different-resolution video signal capable of...
7352919 Method and system of generating a high-resolution image from a set of low-resolution images  
A method of generating a high-resolution image from a set of source low-resolution images includes estimating a high-resolution image based on the set of source low-resolution images. The estimated...
7352374 Image data set with embedded pre-subpixel rendered image  
Various imaging processing techniques are disclosed for displaying a pre-subpixel rendered image. The pre-subpixel rendered image can be transmitted directly to a display capable of displaying a...
7349585 Image processing system that internally transmits lowest-resolution image suitable for image processing  
In one embodiment, an image processing system includes a first computer that processes image and a second computer connected with the first computer via a network. The second computer transmits the...
7348991 Video/graphics text mode enhancement method for digitally processed data  
A text enhancement unit is introduced in order to alleviate the degradation of text characters on computer or television displays. The text enhancement unit uses an enhancement process to regain...
7346230 Transform table for ink sizing and compression  
Ink is stored in a data structure that includes a mapping of the ink's coordinates from one space to another. The responsibility of transforming the ink into desired coordinates occurs after the...
7346229 Transform table for ink sizing and compression  
Ink is stored in a data structure that includes a mapping of the ink's coordinates from one space to another. The responsibility of transforming the ink into desired coordinates occurs after the...
7343053 Transform table for ink sizing and compression  
Ink is stored in a data structure that includes a mapping of the ink's coordinates from one space to another. The responsibility of transforming the ink into desired coordinates occurs after the...
7343052 End-user-navigable set of zoomed-in images derived from a high-resolution master image  
The invention relates generally to improvements in systems used in the development (“authoring”) of interactive visual media. More particularly, the invention relates to (a) the automatic or...
7340111 Image evaluation method and microscope  
Image evaluation method capable of objectively evaluating the image resolution of a microscope image. An image resolution method is characterized in that resolution in partial regions of an image...
7336818 Image processing device and method, and image-taking device  
The present invention allows an image to be processed corresponding to the mixture of a background image and an image of a moving object. A region specifying unit specifies a mixed region wherein...
7336302 Frame memory device and method with subsampling and read-out of stored signals at lower resolution than that of received image signals  
A frame memory device is employed in a digital camera, for example, to output raster-scanned digital color image signals at lower resolution than that of original image signals. The order of...
7333238 Rendering a printing device pixel map  
A device and method to render a page in a printing device are described. In an implementation, an object to be rendered onto the pixel map is converted from a description in pixel coordinates to a...
7333119 System and method for virtual coverage anti-aliasing  
A graphics system has a mode of operation in which real samples and virtual samples are generated for anti-aliasing pixels. Each virtual sample identifies a set of real samples associated with a...
7327904 Pattern classification and filter design for increasing image resolution  
A method for improving image resolution includes (a) selecting a low-resolution pixel in a low-resolution image; (b) generating a vector that characterizes a low-resolution patch about the...
7327506 Correction circuit  
A correction circuit for correcting pixel signals, comprising: a first memory for storing signals obtained by executing decimation process; a calculating circuit for calculating a correction value...
7327495 Image processing method and apparatus and image forming apparatus for reducing moiré fringes in output image  
A spatial filter applies a modulation transfer function correction process so as to increase a number of bits of input image data. A high-resolution converter converts the image data into output...
7321452 Image processing apparatus  
An object of the invention is to enable appropriate interpolation even in a halftone image binarized by error diffusion or the like. While image reading signals from a hand scanner are inputted to...
7317940 MRT apparatus, method and computer program product for determining the speed of a flowing medium  
In a method for automatic determination of the actual speed interval of a flowing medium in flow measurements in magnetic resonance imaging, an overview image (localizer) is acquired displayed on a...
7315631 Real-time face tracking in a digital image acquisition device  
An image processing apparatus for tracking faces in an image stream iteratively receives an acquired image from the image stream potentially including one or more face regions. The acquired image...
7315630 Perfecting of digital image rendering parameters within rendering devices using face detection  
Within a digital rendering device, such as printers, hard copy and soft copy display, and copiers, rendering parameters of a digital image are perfected as part of an image rendering process using...
7313290 Method for improving the viewing of small icons and small text on high resolution displays  
When run on high pixel density monitors, software applications, which are written to be legible at all resolutions benefit greatly from the high pixel density. Other applications, especially those...
7310619 Detail-in-context lenses for interacting with objects in digital image presentations  
Methods for initiating an electronic shopping transaction, for initiating a control operation for a user-selectable video game character, for emphasizing an advertisement in a computer generated...
7305148 Color interpolation using data dependent triangulation  
A fast method of color interpolation of pixels of an image acquired by a color filtered digital sensor uses a very simple cost function that nevertheless produce interpolated images of good...
7305147 Zooming method  
The invention relates to the field of methods for zooming onto a part of an image which consists of pixels and which represents a terrain overflown by an aircraft. It is a zoom method for zooming...
7305089 Picture taking apparatus and method of controlling same  
The camera includes a sensor for sensing the photographer's iris image and registering the image in advance. The iris image is recorded in the image of a subject by a digital MCU at a timing...
7302084 Statistically comparing and matching plural sets of digital data  
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for statistically comparing a first set of digital data to at least a second set of digital data and matching the first set of digital data...
7298928 Method for converting image from low resolution into high resolution  
A method of scaling up an image. The method converts a source image with M*N pixels into a target image with KM*HN pixels and includes the steps of: choosing a pixel from the source image as a...
7298917 Image processing program product and device for executing Retinex processing  
An image not subjected to color correction, gamma correction, MTF correction and others is used as an image to be subjected to Retinex image processing. Thus, a RAW image prepared only by...
7298373 Method and user interface for modifying at least one of contrast and density of pixels of a processed image  
An image which has been subjected to image processing wherein contrast amplification and density can be specified independently is displayed on a display screen. An initial density level is...