89results about "Monochrome picture signals conversion" patented technology

Processes for selecting, manipulating and arranging data points or pixels derived from information bearing signals are useful to reduce the bandwidth of, or improve the perceived quality of, such a signal as transmitted and displayed. The techniques utilize time-varying sampling schemes and take into account the characteristics of the human visual system. For each information frame, a subset (3) of all possible data points (1) is selected (2). A further subset of active data points (5) is selected (4) for which data will actually be sampled. The active points (5) are further divided (6) into points for which a value will be transmitted (x-points) (7) and points which will be sampled but for which no separate value will be transmitted (o-points) (8). A mathematical association between the x-points and o-points is made (9) and new values to be transmitted are calculated for the x-points (10). The parameters of the selection and association processes are varied in a non-trivial manner and the, now modified, cycle repeated (11) for subsequent data frames. In particular, the techniques may be used to process a high-definition television signal prior to its storage, or transmission over a low-bandwidth channel.

A color conversion layer includes a matrix resin, a fluorescence conversion dye and a dendrimer for converting a wavelength distribution of incident light and emitting a converted light. The fluorescence conversion dye and the dendrimer may be chemically bonded to each other via a covalent bond. Alternatively, the dendrimer may include the fluorescence conversion dye in a clathrate state.

An image processing apparatus includes a determining unit, a converter, and a display unit. The determining unit receives image data for three-dimensional display as input, and determines the three-dimensional display format corresponding to the input data. The converter converts the input data in accordance with the determination results from the determining unit. The display unit displays the converted results from the converter.

The invention is achieved by using a method for displaying a thermal image in an infrared (IR) thermal camera, comprising the steps of registering an outdoor temperature value, registering an indoor temperature value, calculating an isotherm level by using the registered temperature values and a temperature color alarm level, imaging a surface area to create an image of the temperature distribution in at least a part of the surface area, comparing the surface area temperature in at least one image point of the thermal image to the isotherm level, adjusting the color of the at least one image point in dependence of the relation between the surface area temperature in said at least one image point and the isotherm level and displaying the colored thermal image.

The invention allows you to determine immediately, on-site, if a building is well insulated or not. It presents an easily interpreted and understandable thermal image which instantly draws a users attention to an identified critical area.

A tincture adjustment value used to adjust a monochrome signal to a tincture desired by a user is set, and a tincture conversion table and chromaticity line table are generated based on that tincture adjustment value and the profile of an image output apparatus. Using the generated tables, a lightness signal L* corresponding to an input monochrome signal is converted into a distance signal 1 on a chromaticity line, and the distance signal 1 is converted into a chromaticity signal (a*, b*). The lightness signal L* and chromaticity signal (a*, b*) are converted into a color signal of the image output apparatus.

An improved structure of a chip package is disclosed. The improved structure of a chip package for used in the package structure of a digital photographic lens device with hidden chip connected with transmission lines, characterized in that the improved structure comprises a sectional of flexible circuit board and a hard thin board and the mounting legs of the photographic lens device assembly are mounted onto the flexible photographic lens device assembly having corresponding electrically connection points, and the flexible circuit board is connected to the back panel of the digital photographic lens device and is mounted with the hard thin plate.

Provided is a dual view display panel including: a first vertical cell line, a second vertical cell line, a third vertical cell line, and a fourth vertical cell line. Each of the first and fourth vertical cell lines have a red cell, a blue cell and a green cell that are formed vertically in this order, and each of the second and third vertical cell lines have a green cell, a red cell and a blue cell that are formed vertically in this order. An upper edge of the green cell of the second vertical cell line is arranged around a vertical position of the center of the red cell of the first vertical cell line, and a lower edge of the green cell of the second vertical cell line is arranged around a vertical position of the center of the blue cell of the first vertical cell line. The cells of the first and fourth vertical cell lines are arranged in substantially identical positions, and the cells of the second and third vertical cell lines are arranged in substantially identical positions.

In a digital camera that can perform print designation, a print designation file for writing jobs for printing is prepared in a memory card in which image data is recorded, and information for specifying a file to be printed (FILE_ID), file identifying information for identifying whether the file to be printed is a moving image file or a still image file (FILE_TYPE), and information for specifying a scene to be printed in the moving image if the file to be printed is the moving image file (FRAME_NUM), are stored in the print designation file. A printing device reads the printed designation file from the memory card, then takes out the image data to be printed from the memory card in accordance with the read information and executes printing. Thus, it is possible to preform the print designation of the specified image in the moving image without wasting the memory capacity in the recording medium.

A two-dimensional image can be displayed in a desired position, a desired aspect ratio of the display image can be maintained, and such an elemental image array as to maximize an interpolating effect can be produced. A producing method of an elemental image array for three-dimensional image display includes: converting the resolution of the two-dimensional image into substantially the same resolution of a three-dimensional image display device; obtaining multipoint images by shifting the position to sample the two-dimensional image after the resolution conversion at regular intervals in the horizontal direction; and rearranging the multipoint images according to the positional relationship between exit pupils and projecting directions.

A monochromatic image of which the number of gradation levels (for example, 1024 levels) is greater than that (for example, 256) of a monochromatic image viably handled by an operating system (OS) (13) is converted into a color image which is then received by the OS (13). The color image to be handled by the OS (13) is embraced by the number of available colors (for example, 16,777,216) and can thus be released out directly. The color image released from the OS (13) is then converted into a monochromatic image of which the number of gradation levels (for example, 1021 or 1024) is greater than that (for example, 256) of a monochromatic image viably handled by the OS (13) before displayed. Accordingly, the monochromatic image can be displayed at multiple gradation levels which exceed the gradation limit of any conventional operating system without drastically modifying the hardware or software.

A system of correcting for color filter array by correcting for a plurality of colors in the color filter array. A color correction matrix is formed which corrects each color for a plurality of desired characteristics simultaneously. These desired characteristics can include, for example, all 24 colors in a chromaticity chart. An additional aspect includes weighting the more important colors relative to the less important colors.

A digital image capturing module assembly and method of fabricating the same is proposed, which is used for the assembly of a digital image capturing module from a photosensitive printed circuit board and a lens holder. The proposed assembly method is characterized by the provision of a ring plane between focusing plane and corner-located aligning posts on the lens holder so as to allow the coated adhesive layer over the ring plane to provide a sealed light impenetrable effect at the junction between the photosensitive printed circuit board and the lens holder. This feature allows the captured image by the digital image capturing module to be substantially free of sidelight effect and thus more assured in picture quality. Moreover, it can simplify the assembly process to help increase the yield of the fabrication of digital image capturing modules.

A method and apparatus for image reproduction using output prediction is provided. The method includes converting color information of a first color space input to an image display device into color information of a second color space in which a sampled viewing environment of an output object by a printing device has been reflected; selecting a specific color distortion region according to a difference between an actual viewing environment and the sampled viewing environment of the converted second color space, and compensating a color component of the selected specific color distortion region; and converting corrected color information of the second color space which has been created through the compensation into corrected color information of the first color space, and outputting the corrected color information of the first color space through the image display device.

A method for colorization of images is presented. The method comprises the following steps: Displaying an image (102); applying multiple color markings (at least two colors are different) to the displayed image (104); automatically coloring the image by applying a constrained optimization to a cost function that is responsive to the marked colors and the intensity differences of the neighborhoods of some of all of the pixels (106); the resultant image is subsequently stored (110), displayed (108), or transferred (112).

A low-resolution image having a low resolution and low frequency band is generated from an image sensed by using a single board color image sensor, and pseudo color suppression and color noise suppression are performed on each of the image and low-resolution image. The resolution of the low-resolution image is then restored, and weighted combination is performed on this image and the former image. If it is determined that a pixel of interest belongs to a region where a pseudo color is generated, a MIX ratio calculator (205, 225) for calculating a ratio coefficient for combination calculates a ratio coefficient by which a color signal of a pixel of the low-resolution image having the restored resolution is the result of the weighted combination. This makes it possible to effectively suppress both a pseudo color and color noise.

Color image transform coding methods and apparatus which take advantage of redundant information which is normally present in the luminance and chrominance components of a color image are described. The transform coding method of the present invention, can normally provide increased compression and/or better image quality at a given coding data rate than conventional JPEG or JPEG 2000 coding which does not use the transform of the present invention as part of the color component coding process. These benefits are normally achieved without generating more coefficients than would be generated in the case of more conventional coding such as JPEG or JPEG 2000 coding. In fact, the transform of the present invention can be applied to increase the coding efficiency of coding systems which perform spatial transforms and modeling and entropy coding operations of the type normally used in JPEG and/or JPEG 2000 coding systems.

An imaging system includes an array of photodetectors configured to produce an array of intensity values corresponding to light intensity at the photodetectors. The imaging system can include a display for display images acquired with the array of photodetectors, after some image and display processing. The image and display processing components of the imaging system produce an array of display-formatted pixels for display on the imaging system display. The display-formatted pixels include at least a first plurality of pixels formatted for display using a first lookup table and a second plurality of pixels formatted for display using a second lookup table. Threshold criteria for choosing which pixels belong to which plurality are determined from analysis of a scene indicated by a user as a background scene. Once the threshold criteria are determined from the background the criteria are applied to pixels in subsequent image frames, and the pixels that meet the criteria are displayed in at least one color table LUT and the pixels that do not are displayed in a at least one different color table LUT. In a particular embodiment. The criteria may be above or below the max scene value (or temperature) from the background scene and pixels below the criteria may be displayed in a monochrome or non-vivid color table and pixels above the criteria are displayed in a vivid color table.

A digital camera assembly (9) includes a base member (1), a lens module (2), a spacer (7), and an image sensor (4). The lens module includes a tubular body (5), and an objective lens system (6) retained in the tubular body. The lens module, the spacer and the image sensor are located in the base member in that order from top to bottom. In assembly, the tubular body is rotated down into a threaded hole of the base member until the spacer contacts supporting arms (12) of the base member. An axial length of the spacer is predetermined such that when the spacer contacts the supporting arms, an imaging plane of the image sensor is positioned at a focal distance of the objective lens system. The imaging plane is thus quickly and accurately positioned at the focal distance. The digital camera assembly is simple to assemble and reduces manufacturing time.