822 results about "Image mode" patented technology

A system and method for controlling the heat of an ultrasonic transducer is disclosed. The presently preferred embodiments of the present invention control the temperature of the transducer face by changing the imaging modes of the system. In a preferred embodiment, feedback from temperature sensing elements placed in the transducer is used to determine when to switch from a higher power imaging mode to a lower power imaging mode. In another preferred embodiment, the system switches from a higher power imaging mode to a lower power imaging mode after a predetermined period of time has elapsed. In yet another preferred embodiment, the system switches to a "mixed" imaging mode, where the system cycles rapidly between a higher power imaging mode and a lower power imaging mode, and the resulting data is combined to form a single image.

A method for selecting an emphasis image from a collection of images based on facial identification comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining a collection of digital images; (b) detecting image patterns indicative of the presence of one or more faces in the digital images, thereby identifying one or more detected faces for each image in which a face is detected; (c) recognizing one or more faces from the detected faces for each of the images in which a face is detected; and (d) scoring an image based on the relative frequency of occurrence of a recognized face within the collection of images, thereby producing an emphasis image characteristic of the most frequently occurring face in the collection of images.

The present invention is an imaging device which can be equipped with decode functionality and which can be configured to operate in at least one of four user selected modes. In a first, “message only” mode, the device stores into a designated memory location a decoded-out message corresponding to a decodable indicia. In a second, “image only” mode, the device stores into a designated frame storage memory location an image representation of a scene. In a third, “omage plu message” mode the device stores into a designated frame storage memory location an image representation comprising a representation of a decodable symbol and into the same or other memory location the decoded-out message decoded from the decodable indicia, or data corresponding to the same. In the fourth, “two-step message and image” mode, the device is controlled to capture an image a first time for decoding a decodable indicia and a second time for capturing an image that is associated with the decoded-out message corresponding to the decodable indicia.

An image photographing apparatus is capable of photographing a still image and a motion picture through separate, dedicated lenses. The image photographing apparatus has a first lens of a first camera part for photographing a motion picture, a second lens of a second camera part for photographing a still image, a mode selection switch for selecting one of a motion picture mode for photographing the motion picture through the first lens and a still-image mode for photographing the still image through the second lens, and a controller for selectively driving one of the first and the second camera parts according to the mode selected by the mode selection switch.

An X-ray apparatus capable of performing both computerized tomography (CT) imaging and usual radiography imaging (usual imaging) can realize high definition even in the usual imaging. In the X-ray apparatus, for the usual imaging, since a chair serving as a supporting structure for supporting a subject on a rotatable table is not required, the chair is withdrawn from an imaging field. The usual imaging is controlled so as to be permitted when the supporting structure is withdrawn from the imaging field. For imaging a knee, for example, sliding the chair allows imaging keeping the knee being in the rotation center. Therefore, a wide variety of imaging operations can be realized with a single flat-panel sensor.

Disclosed herein is a system, method and apparatus including a first display screen component (302) configured to provide content in a real image display mode and a second display screen component (202) configured to provide content in a virtual image mode, a proximity sensor (318) and an automatic switching module (704) in communication with the proximity sensor (318) for activating the virtual image display screen component (202) and deactivating the real image display screen component (302) in the event the proximity sensor (318) detects an object such as a user (102) within a predetermined distance to the proximity sensor (318).

Provided are an apparatus and method for driving a 2-dimensional (2D) / 3-dimensional (3D) switchable display for improving the quality of image. The apparatus for driving a 2D / 3D switchable display includes: an image mode determination unit determining whether input image signals of continuous frames are in a 2D mode or 3D mode; and an over-driving control unit over-driving the input image signal of a current differently according to the determined image mode. According to the apparatus and method, the response time in each of the 2D mode and the 3D mode can be increased, while motion blur and cross-talk effects can be decreased, thereby improving the quality of image.

In a medical digital X-ray imaging apparatus having a plurality of imaging modes including computed tomography mode, a supporter supports an X-ray source and a digital X-ray sensor having a two-dimensional detection plane for detecting X-rays, while interposing an object between them. An image reconstructor acquires data from the digital X-ray sensor and reconstructs an image based on the acquired data. An operator selects one of a first imaging mode and a second imaging mode. The second imaging mode has an irradiation field different from the first imaging mode and has an area to be read in the digital X-ray sensor smaller than that in the first imaging mode.

In a light source unit, a switchable filter section in which an RGB filter and a fluorescence observation filter can be shifted into the light path is disposed in front of a lamp. When fluorescence image mode is selected, excitation light in a part of the wavelength band of the blue wavelength band is supplied to an electronic endoscope, and the excitation light which is reflected by the subject is shielded by an excitation light shielding filter situated in front of a CCD, whereby a fluorescence image can be obtained. On the other hand, if normal-light image mode is selected, then R, G, B light is supplied sequentially, and even under illumination of B light, the color component image in the wavelength bands which are not shielded by the excitation light shielding filter are captured, thereby yielding a normal-light image also, and hence making it possible to capture both a fluorescence image and a normal-light image by means of a single image pickup element.

The present invention relates to a method for correcting at least one color of a photographic image including at least one pattern area or image pattern with a predictably known color or memory color, said image being transferred to a digital representation, wherein the method comprises the following steps: said at least one pattern area or image pattern is being detected with respect to its presence and its location, and preferably also with respect to its dimensions; an existing color in the at least one detected pattern area or image pattern is being determined; at least one replacement color value (memory color) is being provided, said value being related to the respective at least one pattern area or image pattern and the determined existing color is replaced by said at least one replacement color value, to correct the color in the image pattern or image area.

A vehicle navigation system (e.g., GPS) with multi-use display generator that provides for the switching of a displayed image from a navigational based image to a non-navigational image such as a favorite photo. This versatility allows for the user of a vehicle navigation to avoid having to look at a boring display of map images and instead view more desirable non-navigation images such as full 100% displays of a favorite photo shot. Also if the system is in a map image mode and the user does not utilize any portion of the vehicle navigation system for a predetermined period of time an automated switchover system is provided to cause a predetermined or randomly chosen favorite photo to appear on the display. An addition option of the system is to provide an automatic switchover to the favorite display mode whenever a determination is made by the system that it will not be needed for a long period such as when the user is on a long country road or when the destination is inputted and there are no options that will arise for an extended period. Various display modes are also featured that enable greater non-navigation display mode options and activation choices.

Ultrasound imaging systems and methods are described that include a cableless front end having a UltraWideBand transceiver and a beamformer that transmit ultrasound data to a back end physically separated from the front end, with the back end having a UltraWideBand transceiver for receiving ultrasound data from the front end UltraWideBand transceiver via a peer-to-peer communication protocol. The back end unit can also receive and transmit commands to and from the front end unit to select an image mode and has a signal processor and scan converter that can convert ultrasound data into image data for display. An input device in the front end allows the operator to selectively display ultrasound data or patient data on an auxiliary worn display or the nearest local display.

A device for combining tomographic images with human vision using a half-silvered mirror to merge the visual outer surface of an object (or a robotic mock effector) with a simultaneous reflection of a tomographic image from the interior of the object. The device maybe used with various types of image modalities including ultrasound, CT, and MRI. The image capture device and the display may be enclosed in a sterile container (e.g., a probe bag) and a mirror and mirror housing may be separately attachable to the image capture device and display. In these embodiments, the mirror may be disposable and the sterility of the overall imaging device is maintained.

The invention relates to a robust ear detection method which improves an AdaBoost arithmetic and belongs to the technical field of image mode identifying. The invention is characterized by proposing an ear detection method with excellent performances under a complex underground. The invention proposes four anisomerous Haar-like corner characteristics which are used for describing the grayscale changes on the partial areas of the ears; a policy of subsection selection is adopted for selecting the best sorting threshold of the Haar-like characteristics, thus reducing the sample training time; the weight of a weak sorter is modified for reducing the mistaken detection rate of the sorter; the threshold HW is set and eliminated according to the distribution change of the sample weight in the training, thereby preventing an over-studying phenomenon from being generated and leading the miss-detection rate and the mistaken direction rate of the ear detection to be reduced; besides, the invention also provides a single-ear detection policy for leading both the defection efficiency and the detection effect to be improved. The excellent performances of the robust ear detection method are shown on a PC machine and a DSP.

The invention provides a projection type image-displaying system in which a user can readily adjust brightness and color purity of a projected image, a projection type image-displaying apparatus, and a lamp lighting-controlling method. A projector apparatus (10) recognizes an apparatus (a PC apparatus (30) or a recording / reproducing apparatus (40)) connected to the projector apparatus (10), and a user or designer selects an image mode menu corresponding to an image signal input and causes the image mode menu thus selected to be displayed on a screen (50). As a result, when a projection type image-displaying system is used, the user or designer can readily and intuitively adjust brightness and color purity in order to obtain ones which he / she likes while looking at an image displayed on the screen (50).

An autostereoscopic 3D display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel for displaying an image, and a switching panel attached to the display panel for selectively implementing a 3D image mode and a 2D image mode according to whether an electric signal is supplied. The switching panel is divided into a transmission region and a non-transmission region using electrochromic materials.

In the light source unit 3A, a switching filter section 14, which can switch the RGB filter for normal-light observation and a filter for fluorescent observation on the optical path, is installed in front of the lamp 12, where if the fluorescent image mode is selected, the excitation light in a part of the blue wavelength band is supplied to the electronic endoscope 2A, and the excitation light reflected by the subject side is shielded by the excitation light cut filter 27 in front of the CCD 28 so as to obtain the fluorescent image, and also the signal of the fluorescent image and the signals of the two reflected light images which are set in a predetermined wavelength band are passed through the image processing circuit 38, where a matrix circuit for appropriately allocating the color signals of the R, G and B channels is installed, and as a result, the images can be displayed on the monitor 5 in pseudo-colors in hues which allow easy identification of a normal tissue and a pathologically affected tissue.

This invention provides a system and method for determining position of a viewed object in three dimensions by employing 2D machine vision processes on each of a plurality of planar faces of the object, and thereby refining the location of the object. First a rough pose estimate of the object is derived. This rough pose estimate can be based upon predetermined pose data, or can be derived by acquiring a plurality of planar face poses of the object (using, for example multiple cameras) and correlating the corners of the trained image pattern, which have known coordinates relative to the origin, to the acquired patterns. Once the rough pose is achieved, this is refined by defining the pose as a quaternion (a, b, c and d) for rotation and a three variables (x, y, z) for translation and employing an iterative weighted, least squares error calculation to minimize the error between the edgelets of trained model image and the acquired runtime edgelets. The overall, refined / optimized pose estimate incorporates data from each of the cameras' acquired images. Thereby, the estimate minimizes the total error between the edgelets of each camera's / view's trained model image and the associated camera's / view's acquired runtime edgelets. A final transformation of trained features relative to the runtime features is derived from the iterative error computation.

The invention discloses a refrigerator. The refrigerator comprises a camera and a control device, wherein the camera is arranged on the refrigerator and is used for acquiring a motion process image showing that a user puts food in or takes the food out; the control device is used for performing image segmentation and image mode identification on the motion process image to determine a motion type and corresponding food information, wherein the food information comprises the name and storage position of the food; managing statistical data of the food in the refrigerator according to the motion type and the corresponding food information. The name, storage position and the like of the food which is put in or taken out by the user can be intelligently and automatically identified in the door opening period of the refrigerator by using only one camera, and the refrigerator is higher in timeliness, better in user experience and low in cost. The invention further discloses a method for managing the food in the refrigerator.

The invention discloses a multi-mode micro-imaging system and method based on an LED array. The LED array serves as a microscope system light source and generates controllable multi-angle illumination light and a controllable illumination pore diameter, and bright field imaging, dark field imaging and difference phase contrast imaging are achieved. The realizable multi-mode imaging includes the three imaging modes of bright field imaging, dark field imaging and difference phase contrast imaging, and while bright field imaging, dark field imaging and difference phase contrast imaging are achieved, it is unnecessary to add any additional optical elements into the imaging path of a traditional microscope; in this way, an optical system is greatly simplified, and the LED array enables the microscope to have the capacity of flexibly adjusting the illumination pore diameter, the illumination angle and light source coherence.

A display apparatus that can conserve power without compromising general display quality is presented. In a display system including a main control apparatus and a display apparatus, the main control apparatus generates an image control signal having an image data, and a main clock signal that changes from a first frequency to a second frequency in response to a change in image mode from a first image mode to a second image mode. The change from the first frequency to the second frequency includes changing through at least one intermediate frequency stage between the first frequency and the second frequency. By maintaining the change of frequency shift small (i.e., less than a predetermined maximum change), operation in emergency mode is avoided even when the frequency shift is sudden. The display apparatus receives the image control signal and the main clock signal to display an image.

A method for selecting an emphasis image from a collection of images based on facial identification comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining a collection of digital images; (b) detecting image patterns indicative of the presence of one or more faces in the digital images, thereby identifying one or more detected faces for each image in which a face is detected; (c) recognizing one or more faces from the detected faces for each of the images in which a face is detected; and (d) scoring an image based on the relative frequency of occurrence of a recognized face within the collection of images, thereby producing an emphasis image characteristic of the most frequently occurring face in the collection of images.

In a medical image processing apparatus 100 that is capable of extracting a contour of an organ or the like in a highly accurate manner within a short time, an image input unit 101 accepts ultrasound images or the like. An electrocardiographic information input unit 102 accepts electrocardiographic information (e.g. ECG waveform). A storage unit 103 stores image data representing the ultrasound images and the electrocardiographic information in association with each other. A dictionary storage unit 104 stores image patterns (dictionary images) used for pattern matching. A pattern dictionary selection unit 105 selects a dictionary image used for pattern matching with reference to the electrocardiographic information. A pattern search range setting unit 106 specifies a range in which pattern matching is to be performed, based on the electrocardiographic information. A cardiac area identification unit 107 detects a cardiac area in the image. A pattern comparison unit 108 identifies the position of each characteristic area in the image by pattern matching. A contour extraction unit 109 extracts a contour based on the position of each characteristic area and the ultrasound image. A display unit 110 displays the extracted contour.

A video compression method compresses the capture video raw data into the 1st compression format and records the image patter complexity of each frame of a predetermined amount of video frames. The information of the image pattern complexity is used to determine the bit rate of each frame for the 2nd time of the video compression. For saving the image buffer size and speeding up the accessing time, a lossless and near lossless video compression algorithm is applied to the 1st video compression algorithm.

A pointing input device and method, a pointer control device and method, and an image pattern generation device and method which move a mouse pointer displayed in a display region according to the movement of a location pointed at by the pointing input device. The pointing input device includes an image reception unit capturing an image pattern, which is displayed in a display region of a perceived size and based on which the scope of the display region is sensed, and sensing the scope of the image pattern; a coordinate extraction unit extracting coordinates of a location pointed at in the display region based on a center of the sensed scope of the image pattern; and a transmission unit transmitting the extracted coordinates to a pointer control device which controls a mouse pointer displayed in the display region.

The invention discloses a method and system used for recognizing and controlling a gesture and based on a hand profile feature. The method is mainly formed by an initial setting step, an image pre-processing step, a gesture recognizing step, a command parsing step and a controlling step for an application program to be controlled. Gesture recognition is conducted by extracting an outer profile of a video frame, the gesture is recognized according to gesture feature area and gesture feature perimeter in a gesture recognition process, a fist and a palm are described by using the sum of convex hull flaw area, and accuracy and efficiency of palm recognition are effectively improved. In the gesture recognition process, only common computational discrimination such as perimeter and area are used instead of a complex image mode recognition sample comparison method, so that an extra sample base is not required to be added and can develop service for other applications such as a picture viewer, a music player, a webpage browner and a game application program which are based on gesture control.

A device for at least one of diagnosis and treatment of binocular vision disorders is disclosed. The device comprises a portable, wearable viewing apparatus that includes a left eye electronic display and a right eye electronic display, a dual data channel input, wherein each data channel corresponds to a respective one of the left eye and right eye electronic displays, a left eye adjustable optic structure adjusting a view of the left eye electronic display, and a right eye adjustable optic structure adjusting a view of the right eye electronic display. The device also includes a controller in communication with the dual data channel input that renders a first image at the left eye electronic display and a second image at the right eye electronic display simultaneously, in which the first and second images are different, and a memory in communication with the controller configured to store at least one of a diagnosis image pattern and a treatment image pattern for said binocular vision disorders for display by the viewing apparatus.