For Magnification Of Part Of Image Patents (Class 348/561)
  • Patent number: 11756510
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for generating, processing, assembling, and/or formatting data for display are described. Example display controllers are described in which image data is stored in a framebuffer, and a compositor selectively retrieves portions of the image data. At least one P-operator produces lines of intermediate P-operated data by performing at least one intra-line operation on the image data retrieved by the compositor, such as repeating or reordering pixels of the image data. A Q-operator produces a stream of pixel data by performing inter-line operations on the intermediate P-operated data, such as interpolating between lines of the P-operated data. A display is driven according to the stream of pixel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Stuart James Myron Nicholson, Isaac James Deroche, Jerrold Richard Randell, Lai Pong Wong, Chris Brown
  • Patent number: 11197736
    Abstract: Provided is a medical control apparatus including: a processing unit configured to cause one or both of a first display region in which an object relating to an input source of an image is to be displayed and a second display region in which an object relating to an output destination of an image is to be displayed and a third display region in which an object for controlling the input source or the output destination is to be displayed, to be displayed in one screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Ito, Tetsuya Mitani, Chikako Kido, Keiichi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 11176650
    Abstract: A data generation apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of an object to be inspected including a defect, and a region of the image that includes the defect; a correction unit configured to correct the region acquired by the acquisition unit by expanding an outer edge of the region so that the number of pixels included in the region is increased by a predetermined amount; and a generation unit configured to generate learning data by associating the region corrected by the correction unit with the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kurita, Yuki Hanzawa
  • Patent number: 11115472
    Abstract: Distributed cloud-based data storage divides a file for storage into a number of portions that are separately stored with two or more storage service providers. The division and/or transmission of the file may be implemented based on arbitrary criteria, including random selection, an applied storage policy or assignment of a given portion to a corresponding storage service provider as examples. One or more portions of the file may be assembled into an upload file that is transmitted to and received from a storage provider. The portions of the file received from the storage provider may be used to reconstruct the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Pryon Incorporated
    Inventors: Chris Timothy Seltzer, Igor Jablokov
  • Patent number: 11037333
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment includes a display displaying content and a processor operatively connected to the display. The processor is configured to obtain information about an exterior color, to extract a dominant color from a specified area in an area in which the content is displayed, and to apply a gradation effect for transitioning from the exterior color to the dominant color, to at least part of an edge area of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Jun Hyun, Seung Min Choi, Min Sik Kim, Min Sung Lee, Song Hee Jung, Moo Young Kim, Ki Huk Lee
  • Patent number: 10198628
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of analyzing a digital image of a document (to determine, as example, a document suitability for server-based OCR processing) in a computer system that includes a user electronic device (for acquiring or storing a digital image of a document) connectable to a server (for executing the server-based OCR processing of the digital image to create a recognized-text document). The method is executable by the user electronic device and comprises: acquiring the digital image of the document; analyzing an OCR quality parameter associated with a compressed digital image to be created from the digital image using a compression algorithm and a compression parameter; in response to the OCR quality parameter being above or equal to a pre-determined threshold: transmitting the compressed digital image to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: ABBYY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Vasily Loginov, Ivan Zagaynov
  • Patent number: 9812172
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a master decoder acquires a generator synchronization signal for synchronization of video data based on a reference signal supplied from a synchronization signal generator, selects the generator synchronization signal as a selected synchronization signal to transmit the selected synchronization signal to the slave decoder via an internal bus, and outputs the video data based on the selected synchronization signal, and the slave decoder outputs the video data based on the selected synchronization signal transmitted from the master decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Mugimoto, Yoshikazu Takabatake
  • Patent number: 9554084
    Abstract: A display device including a display module configured to display a content corresponding to a video on a main screen of the display device; an interface module configured to receive an enlargement input request from a remote controller; and a controller configured to enter an enlargement mode in accordance with the enlargement input request received from the remote controller, display a window including the content displayed on the main screen, display an indicator for selecting a specific area of the displayed content within the displayed window, enlarge the selected specific area of the displayed content, and display the enlarged selected specific area of the displayed content on the main screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeseung Lee, Sanghyun Baek, Hyeongjin Park, Jeean Chang
  • Patent number: 9239674
    Abstract: A method for providing a mechanism by which different user interface effects may be performed for different classifications of gestures may include receiving an indication of a touch event at a touch screen display, determining a gesture classification and an implementation characteristic classification for the touch event, and enabling provision of substantively different user interface effects for respective different implementation characteristic classifications of the gesture classification. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Mikko Antero Nurmi, Jouni Tapio Solismaa
  • Patent number: 9013633
    Abstract: Data intended to be displayed on a higher resolution display such as a non-interlaced display used as a computer monitor may be converted for display on a lower resolution display such as an interlaced display. The conversion may be done in a way that preserves the intended frame format while enhancing readability. For example, in one embodiment, the frames intended for non-interlaced display may be preserved in size for display in the same frame format on a lower resolution interlaced display. Local magnification may be selectively implemented for particular regions to enhance the readability of those regions. Upon selection, such local magnification may provide pixel loss and color corrections in addition to local magnification. In this way the frame format may be preserved while enhancing readability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: James P. Ketrenos
  • Publication number: 20150092107
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for displaying a video on a mobile terminal. The method comprises: a distance between a display screen of the mobile terminal which is displaying the video and human eyes watching the video being displayed on the mobile terminal is acquired; and according to the acquired distance, the caption font size of the video being displayed on the mobile terminal is adjusted, wherein the caption font size and the acquired distance are in a progressive increase relationship. The technical solution provided in the disclosure achieves the effect that the change in the distance between a display screen of the mobile terminal and a user does not influence the user when watching a caption in a video being displayed on the mobile terminal, and the user experience is friendly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventor: Kunlin Shao
  • Patent number: 8977071
    Abstract: Means which enables image conversion in which a plurality of conversion results can be output without once saving all of video-image data, which has been input from image-pickup means, in a storage medium is provided. A single line memory having a plurality of lines is used while switching the role thereof for a reading use by a video-image converting means and a use for inputting image data from the image-pickup means. The image converting means obtains an input image, which is in the line memory, and carries out conversion of the input image based on a conversion specifying means interpreted by an instruction decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Kido, Shoji Muramatsu, Hiroyuki Hamasaki, Akihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8978064
    Abstract: A hybrid passive-interactive program guide is generated by combining the features of an interactive program guide with the passive video portion of a passive program guide. The interactive guide may replace passive listings with interactive listings, replace passive features with interactive features, provide supplemental advertisements, or replace passive tagging information with interactive tagging information. Users may be provided with an opportunity to purchase a program or product being advertised, to view listings for segments aired in the video portion of the passive guide, to schedule reminders for listings or video segments that are displayed by the passive guide, or to schedule video segments and related information for recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Reynolds, David M. Berezowski, Robert A. Knee, Michael D. Ellis, Joshua A. Rosenthol, William Hein
  • Patent number: 8873890
    Abstract: A reading machine that operates in various modes includes image correction processing is described. The reading device pre-processes an image for optical character recognition by receiving the image and determining whether text in the image is too large or small for optical character recognition processing by determining that text height falls outside of a range in which optical character recognition software will recognize text in a digitized image. If necessary the image is resized according to whether the text is too large or too small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson
  • Patent number: 8872973
    Abstract: A light guiding system, an edge type backlight module and a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The light guiding system includes an ambient light collection system facing toward ambient light to absorb the ambient light and to generate absorbed light, a plurality of light guiding devices, and at least a first and a second light guiding bar. Each of the light guiding devices includes a light emitting end and a light incident end. The light incident ends of the optical fibers are arranged close to the ambient light collection system, and the lights entered from the light incident ends are propagated toward the light emitting ends. Each of the light guiding bars includes a light emitting surface, a light incident surface connected to the light emitting surface, and a first lateral side opposite to the light incident surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Che-chang Hu, Kuang-yao Chang, Chao Ning, Yong Fan
  • Patent number: 8866969
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a receiver which receives a broadcasting signal, a display which displays an image based on the received broadcasting signal, a communication unit which communicates with a mobile device, and a controller which determines whether the mobile device interferes with at least one channel of a plurality of broadcasting channels received through the receiver, and controls the display to display a user interface (UI) indicates a user whether image noise has resulted from channel interference by the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seok-woo Yong
  • Patent number: 8866970
    Abstract: A method for embedding an image in a video sequence for a mobile terminal. Preferably, the mobile terminal is a tablet or smartphone. The method comprises the steps of choosing an image to be embedded, reading the video sequence, displaying a frame, and determining the presence of an embedding zone in the frame. The embedding zone having been previously identified or deduced according to a predefined algorithm. The method further comprises the step of applying a deformation to the image to be embedded such that the image to be embedded coincides with the form of the embedding zone. The image combining the frame and the image to be embedded is displayed/disposed in place of the embedding zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Phonitive
    Inventor: Guillaume Lemoine
  • Patent number: 8836714
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer-readable medium are provided which provide interactive editing of image data. Image data is sampled, by a computing device, at a first resolution. The first resolution is lower than a full resolution of the image data. Gradients for the sampled image data are calculated by the computing device. The computing device solves a system equation for color pixel data for each pixel of the sampled image data using the sampled image data and the calculated gradients. The computing device controls a display of the color pixel data on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventor: Valerio Pascucci
  • Patent number: 8792052
    Abstract: The frame rate of a pause frame of a moving image is detected. The number of frame images of the moving image to be used in a process of increasing the resolution of a low-resolution image is determined such that a larger number of frame images is set for a higher detected frame rate. In a super-resolution process, a high-resolution image is generated using the determined number of continuous frame images including the pause frame of the moving image. This makes it possible to appropriately determine the number of frames to be referred to in the super-resolution process in accordance with the frame rate of a moving image when generating a high-resolution image from the frames of a low-resolution moving image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Koike
  • Patent number: 8792054
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program for displaying video and accompanying text data on a display are provided. The method includes receiving media content that includes video and determining whether text data associated with the video is to be presented on the display alongside the video. If associated text data is not to be presented, then the video content is output as normal, with the video content occupying a first area of the display (such as the entire display). If associated text data is to be presented, then the video output is automatically resized such that the video occupies a smaller area of the display, and the associated text data is automatically displayed alongside the video. By allowing for dynamic resizing it is possible to display subtitles or closed captions alongside portions of video content without obscuring the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Eldon Technology Limited
    Inventor: Dale Llewellyn Mountain
  • Patent number: 8786673
    Abstract: A method implemented in a computing system for converting two-dimensional (2D) video to three-dimensional (3D) format comprises sampling the 2D video, wherein the sampling is performed non-linearly in one or more directions. The method further comprises determining depth information of one or more objects within the 2D video based on sampling information and transforming the 2D video to a 3D-compatible format according to the sampling and the depth information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Cyberlink Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Yu Cheng, Ho Chao Huang, Wei-Hsin Tseng
  • Patent number: 8760579
    Abstract: A video display apparatus includes a tuner unit that receives a video signal from a broadcasting station, a first video region cutout unit that cuts out video of a predetermined region set in advance from video received by the tuner unit as a window A and performs scaling processing on the video of the window A, a second video region cutout unit that cuts out video of a predetermined region containing an object specified by a user from the received video, a composition processing unit that generates video data by superimposing the video of the window B on that of the window A on which the scaling processing is performed, and at least one monitor that displays the video data generated by the composition processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi
  • Patent number: 8743228
    Abstract: The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content in the parent frame, as well as providing a video display apparatus etc. for displaying the child frame at an appropriate displayed position using the data for display. A video display apparatus 1 includes: decoders 101 and 103 for decoding two sets of video data; a synthesizer 105 for synthesizing the decoded videos to output; an input unit 108 for commanding display/non-display of the child frame; a processing controller 109 for controlling the operations of decoders 101 and 103 in accordance with the command; and a position designator 110 which receives the command and the data for display and time information and designates the displayed position of the child frame to the synthesizer 105.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuichi Watanabe, Jiro Kiyama, Takayoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8736698
    Abstract: The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content in the parent frame, as well as providing a video display apparatus etc. for displaying the child frame at an appropriate displayed position using the data for display. A video display apparatus 1 includes: decoders 101 and 103 for decoding two sets of video data; a synthesizer 105 for synthesizing the decoded videos to output; an input unit 108 for commanding display/non-display of the child frame; a processing controller 109 for controlling the operations of decoders 101 and 103 in accordance with the command; and a position designator 110 which receives the command and the data for display and time information and designates the displayed position of the child frame to the synthesizer 105.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuichi Watanabe, Jiro Kiyama, Takayoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8698909
    Abstract: The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content in the parent frame, as well as providing a video display apparatus etc. for displaying the child frame at an appropriate displayed position using the data for display. A video display apparatus 1 includes: decoders 101 and 103 for decoding two sets of video data; a synthesizer 105 for synthesizing the decoded videos to output; an input unit 108 for commanding display/non-display of the child frame; a processing controller 109 for controlling the operations of decoders 101 and 103 in accordance with the command; and a position designator 110 which receives the command and the data for display and time information and designates the displayed position of the child frame to the synthesizer 105.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuichi Watanabe, Jiro Kiyama, Takayoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8619189
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, which converts a frame rate by dividing an input frame into sub-frames and outputting the sub-frames, includes a minimum value filter unit, a low-pass filter processing unit, a generation unit, and a switching unit. In an input frame, the minimum value filter unit selects a maximum value of minimum values from the minimum values of pixel values in each horizontal line in a predetermined area including peripheral pixels of a processing target pixel, and performs pre-processing to replace the processing target pixel with the maximum value. The low-pass filter processing unit performs low-pass filter processing on the pre-processed input frame and generates a first sub-frame. The generation unit generates a second sub-frame from the first sub-frame and the input frame. The switching unit switches the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame at predetermined timing and outputs a sub-frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Ito, Eisaku Tatsumi, Kazuya Kitada
  • Patent number: 8611698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reframing an image according to at least one predefined reframing method to obtain a reframed image for which the format ratio is equal to a target format ratio. The method comprises the following steps for: analyzing the image, selecting the predefined reframing method in a set of at least two reframing methods according to the result of the analysis step, and reframing said image using the selected reframing method. The invention also relates to a device for reframing an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Christelle Chamaret, Olivier Le Meur, Clement Rousseau
  • Patent number: 8600195
    Abstract: An image processing device may include detection means for detecting a motion vector of an input image signal which is an input time-series image signal; interpolation means for interpolating, based on the motion vector, a signal between input image signals which is an image signal at an arbitrary time between the input image signal and a previous input image signal immediately preceding the input image signal, the interpolation means for further outputting an interpolated signal; acquisition means for acquiring superimposition information which indicates the position, in the input image signal, of a predetermined image signal to be superimposed on the input image signal; and specification means for specifying, based on the superimposition information, at least one non-interpolation region of the signal between input image signals in which the interpolation is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Urushihara, Masato Usuki, Takayuki Ohe, Kenkichi Kobayashi, Koji Moriya
  • Publication number: 20130308054
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a receiver which receives a broadcasting signal, a display which displays an image based on the received broadcasting signal, a communication unit which communicates with a mobile device, and a controller which determines whether the mobile device interferes with at least one channel of a plurality of broadcasting channels received through the receiver, and controls the display to display a user interface (UI) indicates a user whether image noise has resulted from channel interference by the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seok-woo YONG
  • Patent number: 8565556
    Abstract: An image interpolation method obtains an image line pixel value between two adjacent image lines. The method acquires a luminance change of pixels of two image lines and decides a region of two image lines where only one portion similar to a part of the luminance change of one of the image lines exists in the luminance change of the other image line in the vicinity of the image to be interpolated. Then, among pixel sets located at the symmetric positions about the object image to be interpolated with respect to the pixel within the region, the set having the highest similarity is selected. By using the pixel value of the selected set, the pixel value of the pixel to be interpolated is decided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Toda
  • Patent number: 8520145
    Abstract: A method for displaying a video image includes acquiring foreground information about a video image to be output, where the foreground information includes information that defines a size of a foreground picture. The method further includes determining an adjustment coefficient for the foreground picture according to the size of the foreground picture, a size and a resolution of a display device, and a preset adjustment rule. The preset adjustment rule indicates that the product of the adjustment coefficient for the foreground picture and a zooming multiple for display on the display device is equal to a fixed constant. The method also includes adjusting the video image to be output according to the adjustment coefficient for the foreground picture, and outputting, to the display device for display, the video image after adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pulin Wang
  • Patent number: 8446529
    Abstract: The image display apparatus is capable of receiving a first video signal and image data. The apparatus includes a first electronic zoom processing part performing first electronic zoom processing on the first video signal to output a first electronic zoom processed video signal of a predetermined resolution, a video converting part converting the image data into a second video signal, a second electronic zoom processing part performing second electronic zoom processing on the second video signal to output a second electronic zoom processed video signal of the predetermined resolution, and a displaying part displaying an image corresponding to each of the first and second electronic zoom processed video signals. The second electronic zoom processed video signal output from the second electronic zoom processing part is input to the displaying part through the first electronic zoom processing part without being subjected to the first electronic zoom processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshihiko Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 8355603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a data conversion apparatus and a learning device in which an image can be converted into a higher-quality image. A class-tap generating circuit (2) and a predictive-tap generating circuit (3) respectively generate from an SD image a class tap for classifying a specified pixel of an HD image and a predictive tap for determining the specified pixel. A classification circuit (4) classifies the specified pixel based on the class tap. A coefficient RAM (5) obtains a tap coefficient for the class of the specified pixel from tap coefficients obtained by using supervisor pixels and learner pixels and by learning the relationship between the supervisor pixels and the learner pixels for each of at least one class while applying weighting to the supervisor pixels and the learner pixels based on the activity of the predictive tap generated from the learner pixels. A predictive-computation circuit (6) determines the specified pixel by using the tap coefficient and the predictive tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsujiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 8351725
    Abstract: A sharpening technique for digital images for presentation on a display. The technique may include an upscaling process, a noise reduction process, and a sharpening process. The technique may further use a single buffer for the upscaling, noise reduction, and sharpening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hao Pan, Yeping Su
  • Patent number: 8350965
    Abstract: A portable terminal device includes: an operation part 7 including operation keys 71 that are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix form; an image enlarging part 91 that, in a state where a plurality of enlargement target areas 93 are preliminarily set as partial areas of an image, generates an enlarged image by, on the basis of an operation of any of the operation keys 71, enlarging an image within an enlargement target area 93 preliminarily related to the operation key 71; a display image generating part 92 that generates a display image including the image in a normal or an enlargement browsing mode generates a display image including the enlarged image; and a display part 5 that displays the display image. The respective enlargement target areas 93 respectively correspond in an arrangement order to the operation keys 71, and form overlap areas with their adjacent enlargement target areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Mohri, Kei Okuda
  • Patent number: 8314888
    Abstract: An image display device for displaying a main image and an auxiliary image that is combined with the main image in an auxiliary-image composite region of the main image, includes: a moving object detecting unit that detects a moving object which relatively moves in the main image; and a composite region determining unit that predicts a moving-object moving region, into which the moving object will move in the main image, based on a moving direction of the detected moving object, and determines the auxiliary-image composite region based on information relating to the moving-object moving region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tooru Ueda
  • Patent number: 8295558
    Abstract: An image previewing system includes a display unit, a face portion recognition unit, a selecting unit, a comparing unit and a magnifying unit. The display unit comprises a screen configured to show an image. The face portion recognition unit is configured to recognize any human face contained in the image and determine face portions in the image if human face(s) exists in the image. The selecting unit is configured to select one of the face portions in the image. The comparing unit is configured to compare the number of image pixels of the selected face portion with the resolution of the screen of the display unit and generate a result. According to the result, the magnifying unit configured to magnify the selected face portion and display the magnified face portion on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Tsung Su, Cheng-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 8270771
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a method for iterative seam selection in an image resizing system utilizing a seam carving technique. In one embodiment, an importance map is generated for a received source image. Seams are carved through the image from one edge to an opposite edge. An energy is computed for each seam based on pixel importance values. A distance is computed from each seam to a previously selected seam. A weighting for each seam is computed using a defined weighting function and the calculated seam distances. The weighting is applied to the energy of each seam produce a revised energy for each seam. A seam is selected based on the produced revised energy. The image is resized at a location of the selected seam. The process repeats until the image has been resized to a desired target output dimension. In such a manner, unnatural image resizing results are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Claude S. Fillion, Vishal Monga, Ramesh Nagarajan
  • Patent number: 8265426
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processor comprises an image converter and a controller. The image converter is configured to convert a first video signal of a first resolution to a second video signal of a second resolution higher than the first resolution. The conversion is based on a parameter indicating a ratio of high-frequency component pixels of the first video signal to be interpolated and pixels forming the first video signal to be interpolated. The controller is configured to change the parameter based on a type of broadcast wave of the first video signal. The type of broadcast wave may include, but is not limited or restricted to satellite broadcasting or terrestrial broadcasting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Munehiro Terada, Kenichi Nagai
  • Patent number: 8260087
    Abstract: An upscaling (upsampling) technique for digital images and video for presentation on a display. An image at a first resolution may be separated into a plurality of channels. Each channel may be upsampled to a higher resolution. The plurality of channels may then be combined to form an image at the higher resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Messing, M. Ibrahim Sezan, Scott J. Daly
  • Patent number: 8249164
    Abstract: A video processing apparatus, for use in a video receiver, includes a decoder configured to decode encoded video information into decoded video information and to output the decoded information, and a configuration module coupled to the decoder and configured to a provide a control signal to the decoder indicative of a reduced-image portion of the video frames to be displayed, where the decoder is configured to respond to the control signal by decoding first macroblocks of the video information within the reduced-image portion and second macroblocks of the video information, in a reference section, adjacent the first macroblocks to account for motion of the images in the reduced-image portion without decoding third macroblocks lying outside of the reduced-image portion and the reference section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Greg Sadowski
  • Patent number: 8233748
    Abstract: Provided is an image-resolution-improvement apparatus and method which can increase the resolution of an input image at a high magnification to thereby obtain a high-quality final image. The apparatus includes a textured-region-detection unit to detect a texture region in an input image; and a final-image-generation unit to synthesize a first intermediate image and a second intermediate image, which are obtained by applying different interpolation techniques to the texture region and a non-texture region excluding the texture region and generating a final image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ho-young Lee, Jan P. Allebach, Xiaojun Feng, Yousun Bang, Heui-keun Choh
  • Patent number: 8189865
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus for displaying an input image in the sate in which a part of the image is enlarged, displays an enlarged image obtained by enlarging a part of a designated object in the input image so that the enlarged image is superimposed at a position in accordance with the position of the designated object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 8180180
    Abstract: This invention is a method applicable to an image processing device, which includes the steps of providing a preprocess module for extracting a high-frequency portion of an image inputted into the device, extracting a gradient of the image and decomposing the image into plane and edge regions according to a predetermined fixed threshold, and providing a composite up-scaling module for executing the magnification processes on the image and the high-frequency portion thereof respectively, wherein the magnification process of plane regions of the image and the high-frequency portion is based on a simple interpolation while the edge regions of the image and the high-frequency portion is based on both a smart interpolation and the simple interpolation. The magnification results of the image and the high-frequency portion are then processed by a fusion process, so as to output an image having sharp but not blocky edges, rich details and strong contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: ArcSoft Hangzhou Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huaqi Zhang, Ding Wang, Jin Wang
  • Patent number: 8164690
    Abstract: An image display device includes an MPEG decoder configured to generate image signals based on digital signals received by a tuner unit, an image segmenting unit configured to extract image signals included in a segment area being an arbitrary area portion from image signals outputted from the MPEG decoder, a display position adjusting unit configured to set a display area being an arbitrary area portion displaying the extracted image signals, an expansion display producing unit configured to allocate the extracted image signals to the display area to generate an expanded image, and a video synthesizing unit configured to synthesize image signals outputted from the expansion display producing unit and image signals outputted from the MPEG decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideaki Fukui, Akira Ishii
  • Patent number: 8131117
    Abstract: This invention is a method applicable to an image processing device, which includes the steps of providing a preprocess module for extracting a high-frequency portion of an image inputted into the device, extracting a gradient of the image and decomposing the image into plane and edge regions according to a predetermined fixed threshold, and providing a composite up-scaling module for executing the magnification processes on the image and the high-frequency portion thereof respectively, wherein the magnification process of plane regions of the image and the high-frequency portion is based on a simple interpolation while the edge regions of the image and the high-frequency portion is based on both a smart interpolation and the simple interpolation. The magnification results of the image and the high-frequency portion are then processed by a fusion process, so as to output an image having sharp but not blocky edges, rich details and strong contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Arcsoft Hangzhou Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai Wei, Hao Huang, Pengfei Li, Jin Wang
  • Patent number: 8116593
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes display means for displaying a zoom image resulting from enlargement of a certain area in an original image to a zoom area; important object determining means for determining whether the absolute value of the difference in pixel value between a pixel on a boundary line, which is the outermost circumference of the zoom area, and the pixel that adjoins the pixel on the boundary line in the direction perpendicular to the boundary line and outward from the zoom area is lower than or equal to a predetermined threshold value to determine whether any important object is across the boundary line; and resetting means for resetting a zoom parameter used for determining the zoom area if the important object determining means determines that any important object is across the boundary line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Yoshinori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8094163
    Abstract: A method of directing a viewer's attention in an image display to enhance the perceived image quality and thus the viewer's preference of the image is disclosed. An image with an area of interest (AOI) is provided. The AOI is briefly displayed for a first time period. Subsequently, the image is normally displayed in its entirety for a second time period that is longer than the first time period. As a result, the viewer's attention is involuntarily directed to the AOI in a subliminal manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignees: Himax Technologies Limited, National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Homer H. Chen, Tai-Hsiang Huang, Su-Ling Yeh, San-Yuan Lin, Lin-Kai Bu, Ling-Hsiu Huang
  • Patent number: 8089556
    Abstract: A method for driving a flat display is disclosed. Each row of the flat display includes N pixels, that is used to display M pixel data in a row of a image frame, wherein M and N are positive integers and M is larger than N. The method includes, in a first time division, the N pixels display N pixel data out of the M pixel data, and in a second time division, the N pixels display the remaining M-N pixel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Jiunn-Yau Huang, Ying-Chou Tu
  • Publication number: 20110298980
    Abstract: The size of UI elements on a TV display are enlarged responsive to a determination from sensors that a viewer is beyond a nominal distance from the TV. As well, the graphics plane in which the UI elements are presented can be rotated relative to the video plane to account for a viewer being positioned at an oblique angle relative to the plane of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Suranjit Adhikari, Eric Hsiao