Abstract: A solid state imaging device according to the present invention includes a pixel transistor having a first electrode, a second electrode and a control electrode, a power supply terminal connected to the first electrode, a signal line connected to the second electrode, a reset bias terminal connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, a first switch connected between the power source terminal and the first electrode, a second switch connected between the reset bias terminal and the first electrode, and a reset switch connected between the reset bias terminal and the second electrode. The pixel transistor accumulates a charge corresponding to an amount of received light. The first switch is set in its off-state and the second switch and the reset switch are set in their on-states during a first period of a horizontal blanking period. Thereafter, a state of each of the first, second and reset switches is changed.

Abstract: Signal processors for permitting the transparent, simultaneous transmission and reception of a volume of information in the video bandwidth is disclosed. The volume of data is selected in response to receiving a signal at a transmitter site. The signal processor in the transmitter rasterizes the volume of information at the horizontal scanning rate and modulates the volume of information with a data carrier at a non-integral multiple of the horizontal scanning rate to provide a frequency interleaved combined signal. The combined signal is transmitted during the active video portion of each video line.

Abstract: A method and apparatus used in the field of image compositing which eliminates the need to obtain an original clear frame of the backing during production, by synthesizing during post production a clear frame of the backing from a frame of the foreground scene that includes the subject as well as the backing. This synthetic clear frame eliminates the problems of obtaining a registered clear frame during production, and thereby permits the ready application of nonuniformity correction to image compositing in both motion pictures and graphic arts. The invention is also directed to a method and apparatus used in the field of image compositing which reduces the processing time for developing the inhibit signal that prevents the corrections from being applied to the subject, the control signal E.sub.c, and a number of other functions that are computed from the colored backing.

Abstract: In a color video signal processing method, color difference component signals are converted into RGB component signals by a digital to digital conversion so as to reduce a size of a processing unit used for the conversion. An analog composite signal is converted into analog color difference component signals. The analog color difference component signals are then converted into digital color difference component signals. The digital color difference component signals are converted into digital RGB component signals by a digital to digital conversion based on an approximation method. Finally, the digital RGB component signals are converted into analog RGB component signals. The digital-to-digital conversion may be performed in accordance with equations in which each factor is a fractional number having a denominator of a power of 2.

Abstract: An assembly for a combustion chamber monitoring camera comprises an image-forming optical system (20) whose object space (26) is a combustion chamber and whose image plane (5) is coincident with the photosensitive element of the camera, and whose focal point (24) on the object space side is situated outside the optical system (20), and a structure (22) enclosing the optical system (20). On the object space side of the optical system (20), a solid baffle plate (38) is placed having a hole (1) made cocentrical with the center axis of the optical system (20) and situated at the focal point (24) of the entire optical system on the object space side, or in the vicinity thereof. A structure (22,40) encloses the optical system (20) in such a manner that purging air can be fed via the hole (1) along a channel (32,34) positioned between the optical system (20) and the enclosing structure (22,40) thereof in the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus having an ID number memory unit to which any one of the different ID numbers of command signals received from a plurality of transmitters can be referred, wherein the signal received from one of the transmitters and temporarily stored in a buffer memory is compared one by one with ID numbers in the ID number memory unit before being fed into a central processing unit and wherein there is provided a timer T which is set when the received ID number has been identified by the ID number memory unit and used for inhibiting the next ID number from being referred thereto for a predetermined period of time.

Abstract: In a method of controlling an image sensing device which can be operated in two different modes, namely a field mode and a frame mode, in a frame mode, a potential of a substrate of the image sensing device and an intermediate voltage of pulses to be applied to a vertical transfer unit are set to potentials which are lower than those in the field mode, first. Then, by changing the potential of the substrate and the intermediate voltage to the same potentials as in the field mode during reading out the first field of the image sensing device, a dynamic range which is as wide as that in the field mode and a charge transfer efficiency which is as well as that achieved in the field mode are realized.

Abstract: Mounting of a solid state imaging sensor in a film scanner support body with an axis of the sensor in precision alignment with a scan axis of the scanner. The sensor is precision mounted on a support frame forming part of a sensor package with the sensor axis aligned with a line of sensor leads extending from the sensor support frame. The sensor package is then mounted on a scanner support body with the sensor leads abuting an insulator material reference datum surface that holds the sensor axis in precision alignment relative to a film scan axis.

Abstract: An image inputting apparatus which includes an image sensor which generates image signals, a first substrate having an A/D converter to process and convert the image signals to digital signals, and a second substrate which is electrically connected to the first substrate to process the digital signals. The second substrate is detachably mounted to a body of the apparatus. The first substrate is provided with an analog signal processing circuit to process the image signals supplied from the image sensor to obtain predetermined analog video signals. The second substrate may be provided with decoding circuitry to produce 1-bit image signals representing a white or black area of the image, or image signal processing circuitry to produce digital video signals.

Abstract: A cassette eject mechanism for a recording or reproducing apparatus can remove a cassette eject button from a housing and can reliably eject a tape cassette only when a tape cassette should be loaded or unloaded. A battery loading mechanism for an electronic equipment can make the loading of battery simple and reliable, and becomes easy to handle. The locking mechanism can be simplified in structure so that the number of assembly parts can considerably be reduced. Further, a mechanical chassis supporting mechanism in a recording apparatus is for use with an apparatus in which a mechanical chassis or cabinet can be reduced in thickness. According to this mechanical chassis supporting mechanism, it is possible to prevent an external stress from being applied to the mechanical chassis as a twisting deform force.

Abstract: A solid state image pick-up device includes a signal generating unit for generating a reset signal and a transfer signal, a charge detecting section having a capacitor for storing a charge, a charge transfer section for outputting charges of n pixels (n is a positive integer more than 1) to the capacitor of the charge detecting section at a time in response to the transfer signal, a reset unit connected to the capacitor, for ejecting the charge from the capacitor of the charge detecting section in response to the reset signal, and an output amplifier unit for producing an output signal in response to the charges inputted from the charge transfer section to the capacitor of the charge detecting section.

Abstract: Track deviation of a recorded track on a magnetic tape is measured in a non-destructive manner according to a measuring method and an apparatus employing the same.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an apparatus for connecting a radio frequency signal between the integral antenna of the radio communication device and the external antenna, preferably a car antenna. The apparatus in accordance with the invention comprises a resonant element, preferably a helical coil conductor having an electromagnetic coupling with the antenna of the radio communication device and its first connection point being coupled capacitatively with the ground plane of the radio communication device and its second connection point being connected with a coaxial conductor to said external antenna. The apparatus in accordance with the invention further comprises a matching element, preferably a helical coil conductor coupled electromagnetically to said antenna and said resonant element.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for detecting when a carrier signal and a symbol timing have been recovered for a demodulated signal corresponding to a received signal. The apparatus contains an estimating circuit and a detection signal generation circuit. The estimating circuit calculates an average value of the demodulated signal and outputs an estimation value which corresponds to the average value. The generation circuit detects when the carrier signal and the symbol timing of the demodulated signal have been recovered based on the estimation value and generates a corresponding recovery completion detection signal. Specifically, the generation circuit includes a carrier signal detection circuit and a symbol timing detection circuit. The carrier signal detection circuit determines that the carrier signal has been recovered when the estimation value exceeds a first threshold value, and the circuit generates a corresponding carrier recovery signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of reducing interference in a broadband radio frequency link is disclosed. Different signals are received by two antenna elements, in a first case the signals comprise differently polarized signals at the same or an offset frequency; in a second case the signals comprise a wanted signal and an interference signal, wherein the interfering signal is treated as an independent channel. The method comprises the steps of receiving radio frequency signals on two independent paths, selecting a portion of the radio frequency signal in each receive path or the desired signal path after demodulation where a predetermined frequency or band of frequencies is known to be absent; measuring the signal power; determining weights in a feedback path; and applying the feedback control signals to an algorithm which determines the weight(s) applied to the wanted signal such that the signal power in the summed signal(s) due to the interfering signal is reduced or cancelled.

Abstract: A memory efficient system of storing color correction information for liquid crystal tuning filters when used with electronic imaging cameras to produce color images, which color correction information is stored with maximum possible gain to optimize accuracy preparatory to compression. The system bins the color correction image, for example, from a 4K.times.4K CCD sensor into a 500.times.500 or 1K.times.1K file, and then applies the JPEG and/or wavelet compression algorithm with a default configuration and/or a custom quantization table that emphasizes low frequency changes with more bits than high frequency changes with less bits. At the end of the compression, the compressed R, G, B files and an n-point correction executable algorithm are stored on floppy disk or CD ROM and are used to automatically take control of image enhancement when invoked by the photographer.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device includes an array of rows and columns of pixels, a vertical scanning circuit having vertical scanning circuit units disposed to correspond to alternate pixel rows in the vertical direction, a horizontal scanning circuit for taking a pixel signal out of pixel rows being currently selected by the vertical scanning circuit, and selected-row changeover switch section consisting of a pair of first and second switches for transferring an output of one vertical scanning circuit unit to a preceding pixel row and a succeeding one of a certain row corresponding to this unit. A select signal is derived from the unit during two successive horizontal scanning periods, causing the first switch to turn on and the second one to turn off within a first horizontal scanning period, and also causing, during the following horizontal scanning period, the second switch to turn on and the first one to turn off.

Abstract: White shading of an image signal is corrected by a white shading correction system which requires a small amount of memory. Rather than storing correction signals for an entire image frame for each possible condition of zoom lens position and iris opening degree, the present system stores correction signals for a single frame corresponding to a single condition where the zoom lens is at a medium position and the iris is at a medium opening degree. The present system also generates a set of correction factors corresponding to each possible condition of zoom lens position and iris opening degree. When the conditions of zoom lens position and iris opening change from their medium values, the correction signals used for correcting the image data picked up by the camera are modified by the appropriate correcting factor prior to performing correction of the picked-up image data.

Abstract: A surveillance camera mounting apparatus formed from a lightweight, elastically deformable material, such as foam plastic, for mounting a surveillance camera in a transparent enclosure of the type used on a building surface such as a ceiling or wall. The mounting apparatus comprises an elastically deformable body element which includes a camera-receiving opening for receiving and holding a surveillance camera therein. The resiliency of the body element enables a portion of the body element which surrounds the camera-receiving opening to elastically deform thereby permitting the camera-receiving opening to dilate to accommodate the surveillance camera. Due to its resiliency, the body element resists such deformation and the camera-receiving opening closes around the surveillance camera and conforms to the camera thereby holding the camera within the opening.

Abstract: A hand held label reader is capable of illuminating a label, capturing a digital image of two-dimensional information indicia on the label, and decoding the digital image to provide decoded output data to a terminal. The target label is illuminated by a low variation illuminator that includes a circular LED array mounted behind a plano-concave dispersing lens. The automatic electronic camera, which includes a CCD camera and control circuitry, uses three images to adjust the intensity of the digital image and store a properly exposed image of the label in video RAM. The intensity of the digital image is adjusted by controlling the video system gain via adjusting the CCD array's integration time, the gain of a video amplifier, and the gain provided by an analog-to-digital converter. The gain provided by the analog-digital-converter is adjusted to compensate for the attenuation of light through the camera's lens assembly. For the first image, the digital image is obtained using a default setting for the gain.