http://www.freshpatents.com/Television-dtnewntc348.php USPTO Class 348 - Television en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-generating-apparatus-communication-system-and-communication-method-dt20080717ptan20080170116.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 An image generating apparatus includes: an image generating unit configured to generate and update an image to be displayed by a remote display terminal, the remote display terminal including a radio communication unit whose power state is switchable; an update detection unit configured to detect an update of the image... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-for-voice-interception-of-video-phone-services-in-a-multi-media-network-dt20080717ptan20080170117.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A system for carrying out voice interception for Video Phone (VP) services in a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) network. The system receives an interception request to perform interception on a target and interception related information from a Law Enforcement Agency (LEA), processes communication traffic of the intercept target... http://www.freshpatents.com/Assisting-a-vision-impaired-user-with-navigation-based-on-a-3d-captured-image-stream-dt20080717ptan20080170118.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 An object-enabled navigation system assists a vision-impaired user in navigating an environment. The system captures 3D movement of a moving object within the environment, wherein the three-dimensional movement is determined using at least one image capture device aimed at the moving object. The system predicts a mobile path of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Vision-enhancement-system-dt20080717ptan20080170119.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A vision enhancement system providing an enhanced image of the user's field of view. The enhanced image is projected in the user's line of sight using a CMOS camera to image the field of view, a small programmable image processor chip and a high resolution display. The invention provides a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Ambient-presentation-of-surveillance-data-dt20080717ptan20080170120.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A system and method for presentation of surveillance data includes a first environment including one or more sensors configured to monitor the first environment wherein data is collected by the one or more sensors. A second environment includes one or more information presentation devices configured to convey an event or... http://www.freshpatents.com/Vandal-proof-rack-structure-for-surveillance-monitors-dt20080717ptan20080170121.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A vandal-proof rack structure for a surveillance monitor is disclosed, which comprises: a frame, having a first gear positioned at a specific location thereof and being used for receiving the surveillance monitor; a first axial seat, having a second gear and a third gear arranged thereat while enabling the second... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-processor-driving-assistance-system-and-out-of-position-detecting-method-dt20080717ptan20080170122.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A driving assistance system that projects images imaged by multiple vehicle cameras onto a plane, and synthesizes projection images from images obtained at different times to accurately determine whether the vehicle cameras have moved out of their proper positions or imaging directions. The system includes: first and second in-vehicle cameras... http://www.freshpatents.com/Tracking-a-range-of-body-movement-based-on-3d-captured-image-streams-of-a-user-dt20080717ptan20080170123.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A computer-implemented method, system, and program product includes a movement processing system for capturing a first three-dimensional movement of a user and capturing at least another three-dimensional movement of the user, wherein the three-dimensional movement is determined using at the at least one image capture device aimed at the body... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-method-and-medium-preventing-image-degradation-due-to-shaking-of-an-image-photographing-device-dt20080717ptan20080170128.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of preventing image degradation due to shaking of an image photographing device. An apparatus for preventing image degradation due to shaking of an image photographing device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image acquiring unit to acquire a plurality... http://www.freshpatents.com/Digital-photographing-apparatus-and-method-for-controlling-the-same-dt20080717ptan20080170129.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A digital photographing apparatus capable of precisely and immediately performing autofocusing on a person being photographed, and a method of controlling the same are provided. The digital photographing apparatus comprises a face detecting unit that detects a face, a body detecting unit that detects a body, which may or may... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-and-method-for-blur-detection-and-apparatus-and-method-for-blur-correction-dt20080717ptan20080170124.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A blur detection apparatus that detects blur contained in a first image acquired by shooting by an image sensor based on the output of the image sensor has a blur information creator adapted to create blur information reflecting the blur based on the first image and a second image shot... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-to-stabilize-digital-video-motion-dt20080717ptan20080170125.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A method for calculating an estimated hand motion vector of a plurality of images includes selecting a current video frame and a previous video frame from a video stream, dividing the current video frame into a plurality of macroblocks, selecting a subset of macroblocks from the current video frame, comparing... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-image-stabilization-dt20080717ptan20080170126.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A method of improving image quality of a digital image is provided. In particular, the motion blur in an image taken in a long exposure time is reduced by dividing the exposure time into several shorter periods and capturing a series of images in those shorter periods. Among the images,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Blur-correction-mechanism-and-image-capture-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170127.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A blur correction mechanism includes: a first guide shaft extending in a first direction, the direction being a predetermined direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens groups; a base frame supporting the first guide shaft; a first correcting moving frame supported by the base frame so as to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Point-of-view-integrated-video-system-having-tagging-and-loop-mode-features-dt20080717ptan20080170130.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 The present invention provides a point of view video system comprising: a camera for receiving an image and for generating a video signal; a portable video image recording module including: a display; one or more user activators; a communication interface for signally communicating with the camera that is remote from... http://www.freshpatents.com/Digital-photographing-apparatus-method-for-controlling-the-same-and-a-recording-medium-for-storing-a-program-to-implement-the-method-dt20080717ptan20080170132.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A digital photographing apparatus which automatically determines a face, as chosen by a user, on which autofocusing is to be performed while not imposing an excessive computational load on the digital photographing apparatus. Also provided is a control method for the digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium storing a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Display-apparatus-and-video-adjusting-method-thereof-dt20080717ptan20080170131.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A display apparatus, includes: a receiving unit which receives a video signal; a video processing unit which performs video processing on the video signal and generates a processed video signal; a display unit which displays a video based on the processed video signal; an image taking unit which takes an... http://www.freshpatents.com/Video-processing-method-and-system-for-a-virtual-camera-dt20080717ptan20080170133.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A video processing system for a virtual camera is disclosed. A processing unit obtains a frame of a video source from a image capture device, determines the maximum frame size of the video stream and a first size and a second size of frames needed by a first application program... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-processing-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170134.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 When an acquired image file GF includes image processing control information GI, a CPU executes image quality adjustment of image data GD in an image processing mode GM specified by the image processing control information GI. When the acquired image file GF does not include the image processing control information... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image--recording-system-dt20080717ptan20080170135.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 An image-recording system having at least one camera, having a receiving device and having a signal connection between the camera and the receiving device. The receiving device generates a PWM-coded signal which is transmitted to the camera. A clock signal is obtained in the camera from the PWM-coded signal.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-pickup-device-and-noise-reduction-method-thereof-dt20080717ptan20080170138.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 An image pickup device having an electron multiplying-charge coupled device includes a control unit for controlling an electron multiplication factor of the electron multiplying-charge coupled device; an obtaining unit for obtaining signals output from predetermined pixels of the electron multiplying-charge coupled device; and an averaging unit for performing an inter-line... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-sensor-noise-reduction-dt20080717ptan20080170136.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 An imaging system is disclosed comprising a plurality of pixels; a pixel readout means for producing a plurality of first image frames; a image output means for producing a plurality of second image frames and operable to produce a second image frame from more than one of the first image... http://www.freshpatents.com/Solid-state-imaging-device-and-imaging-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170137.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 There is provided a solid-state imaging device, which includes: a comparator for sequentially comparing a predetermined level of an analog pixel signal obtained from a plurality of pixels with a reference signal which is gradually changed and used for converting the predetermined level into digital data; a counter for performing... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-method-and-computer-readable-recording-medium-containing-program-for-photographing-dt20080717ptan20080170139.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A photographing apparatus includes: a photographing unit having an image pickup device, the photographing unit carrying out first photographing for obtaining a first image with the image pickup device being set in an exposure state, and second photographing for obtaining a second image with the image pickup device being set... http://www.freshpatents.com/Video-camera-system-using-multiple-image-sensors-dt20080717ptan20080170140.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for generating a reconstructed image generally includes a carrier substrate, a number of image sensors, and an image processing circuit. The image sensors are mounted on a surface of the carrier substrate. The image processing circuit is coupled to each... http://www.freshpatents.com/Folded-package-camera-module-and-method-of-manufacture-dt20080717ptan20080170141.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 An image-capture-device/processor package includes a flexible circuit substrate, an image capture device mounted on the flexible circuit substrate, a second device (e.g., processor) mounted on the flexible substrate, and a stiffener for at least partially supporting the second device. The ICD and the second device may be flip-chip mounted to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-sensor-power-supply-dt20080717ptan20080170145.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 An image sensor may have a power supply voltage regulator controlled by a feedback loop. The feedback signal may be derived by applying the supply voltage at a point distant from the voltage regulator to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) which may be a spare channel of an ADC provided for... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-sensor-systems-having-improved-noise-performance-dt20080717ptan20080170144.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A light-sensitive pixel array has an active area and an additional area of optically shielded pixels. A “noise figure” is derived as a measure of the prevalence of noise in the image signal without being affected by the presence of moving detail in the image. The noise figure is derived... http://www.freshpatents.com/Solid-state-camera-and-sensor-system-and-method-dt20080717ptan20080170142.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 The disclosed subject matter is directed to solid state cameras and sensor systems that include a pickup surface thereof with both a distance detecting area for measuring a distance from a moving object and a movement detecting area for detecting the object's movement. The device can also include an optical... http://www.freshpatents.com/Solid-state-imaging-device-and-camera-using-the-same-dt20080717ptan20080170143.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 The object of the present invention is to provide a solid-state imaging device equipped with a color filter which is highly durable, inexpensive to manufacture, and adaptable to the scaling down of pixels, and a camera using the solid-state imaging device. The solid-state imaging device includes a photodiode, and a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Missing-pixel-architecture-dt20080717ptan20080170146.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 An active pixel sensor (APS) comprises a regular repeating pattern of geometrically similar pixel regions, active pixels of which have photodiodes formed therein. A remainder of the geometrically similar regions has electrical components shared amongst neighboring photodiodes, such as for collecting and amplifying signals from the photodiodes. A 4-way sharing... http://www.freshpatents.com/Pinned-photodiode-cmos-image-sensor-with-a-low-supply-voltage-dt20080717ptan20080170147.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A device for controlling an image sensor including at least one photosensitive cell including a photodiode capable of discharging into a sense node via a first MOS transistor, the sense node being connected to the gate of a second MOS transistor having its source connected to a processing system. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Solid-state-imaging-element-method-of-controlling-solid-state-imaging-element-and-imaging-device-dt20080717ptan20080170148.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 To erase the afterimage. A solid-state imaging element includes an X decoder for generating the reset voltage for resetting the pixel cell, and supplying the reset voltage to every other pixel cells along at least one of the row direction or the column direction during the reset period. The solid-state... http://www.freshpatents.com/Solid-state-imager-and-solid-state-imaging-device-dt20080717ptan20080170149.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 There is provided a single-chip color solid-state imager of a backside illumination type having high sensitivity and low noise that facilitates the miniaturization of a pixel size. A pixel readout circuit is selectively disposed on a part of pixels of a readout block consisting of a plurality of pixels that... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-pickup-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170150.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit for generating an image signal from an optical subject image, a display having a display mode and a non-display mode, an electronic finder for displaying a preview image on the display, an optical finder for leading the subject image to a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Lens-assembly-dt20080717ptan20080170151.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A lens assembly for an imaging device includes a lens for focusing external radiation towards an image sensor of the imaging device. A mounting member is between the lens and the image sensor so that the lens is spaced a set distance from the image sensor. An adjustment member varies... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-pickup-system-image-pickup-apparatus-and-interchangeable-lens-dt20080717ptan20080170152.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 An image pickup system includes an interchangeable lens and an image pickup apparatus on which the interchangeable lens is mounted. The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit for generating image signals, a focus information obtaining unit for obtaining pieces of focus detection information generated on the basis of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-signal-processor-for-use-with-a-solid-state-imaging-device-dt20080717ptan20080170153.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A signal processor for reducing power consumption. The signal processor includes a signal processing circuit and a first regulator connected to the signal processing circuit. The first regulator receives an external regulated voltage from an external regulator connected to the signal processor and generates an internal regulated voltage that is... http://www.freshpatents.com/Head-removable-camera-dt20080717ptan20080170154.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A head removable camera includes a signal input/output cable having a distal end, a housing including a rear end to which the signal input/output cable is connected and a front end formed with an opening, an image pickup device housed in the housing, a lens unit housed in the housing... http://www.freshpatents.com/Buffer-for-playback-of-closed-captioning-from-transmitted-programs-dt20080717ptan20080170155.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A television may be equipped with a closed captioning (CC) buffer for storing CC data received from, for example, cable, satellite or terrestrial broadcasts. A user may operate a remote control to move forward and reverse through the CC buffer to display CC data that the user may have a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Digital-broadcasting-apparatus-and-method-for-providing-service-thereof-dt20080717ptan20080170156.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A digital broadcasting apparatus and a method for providing a service thereof are provided. In the digital broadcasting apparatus, a storage unit stores a designated target mode between a picture in picture (PIP) mode and an application mode running a downloaded application program, an embodiment unit provides a PIP function... http://www.freshpatents.com/Closed-loop-dac-calibration-dt20080717ptan20080170157.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A video signal processing system including a digital signal processing (DSP) module, a digital offset module coupled to the DSP module, a gain module, and a digital to analog converter (DAC) coupled to the DSP module and to the gain module, wherein the DAC is configured to cause the gain... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-for-and-method-of-processing-digital-image-dt20080717ptan20080170158.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 An apparatus for and method of processing a digital image are provided. The apparatus for processing a digital image includes: a detection unit which detects the direction or a magnitude of an edge of an input image signal; and an edge enhancement unit which determines the degree of enhancing the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Video-signal-processing-method-video-signal-processing-apparatus-display-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170159.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 For achieving a video display of high picture quality, a video signal processing method comprises the following steps of: a step for produce a sub-field light-ON pattern signal for controlling light-ON or -OFF at a pixel, during said plural number of sub-field periods, depending a pixel value of the pixel... http://www.freshpatents.com/Automatic-white-balancing-of-a-digital-image-dt20080717ptan20080170160.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 Automatic white balancing of a digital image. In one example embodiment, a method for automatic white balancing of a full-color input image includes several acts. First, pixels of the input image are selected according to one or more predetermined criteria. Next, global gain values for R and B components of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-processing-apparatus-and-image-display-apparatus-provided-with-the-same-dt20080717ptan20080170161.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A picture signal processing apparatus is provided with: a motion vector detecting unit for detecting information as to a motion vector of a picture from a plurality of frames contained in an input picture signal; an interpolation frame producing unit for producing an interpolation frame by employing the motion vector;... http://www.freshpatents.com/Dtv-receiving-system-and-method-of-processing-dtv-signal-dt20080717ptan20080170162.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A digital television (DTV) receiving system includes an information detector, a timing recovery unit, a carrier recovery unit, and a phase compensation unit. The information detector detects position information of a known data sequence periodically repeated in a DTV signal and estimates an initial frequency offset value. The timing recovery... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-selecting-television-channel-dt20080717ptan20080170163.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A method and an apparatus for selecting a television channel are disclosed. In the method, a receiving unit is used to scan analog television signals and digital television signals to obtain analog television channels and digital television channels. Then, these television channels are integrated into a set of channel list.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Display-device-and-method-of-controlling-external-devices-dt20080717ptan20080170164.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A display device includes: a display unit; a video processing unit which performs video processing to display a video signal on the display unit; a communication unit which communicates with an external device which provides the video signal according to a High Definition Multimedia Interface-Consumer Electronics Control (HDMI-CEC) standard; and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Reception-structure-for-mobile-video-and-audio-device-dt20080717ptan20080170165.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:38 -0700 A reception structure for a video/audio device includes a machine box having a surface on which a display is mounted. The display has one side by which a CD-ROM having an end is mounted. The machine box is received within a reception box and the end of CD-ROM of the...