Apparatus and method for controlling auto exposure
    11.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for controlling auto exposure 有权
    用于控制自动曝光的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08115829B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-14

    申请号:US12467504

    申请日:2009-05-18

    IPC分类号: H04N5/238 H04N5/243

    CPC分类号: H04N5/2353

    摘要: An apparatus and method for controlling auto exposure (AE) that is used in digital imaging devices. The apparatus controlling the luminance of an image being outputted from an image sensor by controlling exposure time and analog gain of the image sensor includes: a luminance operation unit operating and outputting a mean luminance of the image outputted from the image sensor; a shutter index determination unit comparing a predetermined target luminance with the mean luminance of the outputted image and determining a shutter index in different manners according to the magnitude of the difference between the target luminance and the mean luminance of the outputted image; and an exposure time/analog gain determination unit generating exposure time and analog gain corresponding to the shutter index determined in the shutter index determination unit and applying the generated exposure time and analog gain to the image sensor.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于控制数字成像装置中使用的自动曝光(AE)的装置和方法。 通过控制图像传感器的曝光时间和模拟增益来控制从图像传感器输出的图像的亮度的装置包括:亮度操作单元,操作并输出从图像传感器输出的图像的平均亮度; 快门指标确定单元,将预定目标亮度与输出图像的平均亮度进行比较,并根据目标亮度和输出图像的平均亮度之间的差值的大小以不同的方式确定快门指数; 以及曝光时间/模拟增益确定单元,其生成与在快门指定确定单元中确定的快门指标相对应的曝光时间和模拟增益,并将所生成的曝光时间和模拟增益应用于图像传感器。

    Apparatus for improving sharpness of image
    12.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for improving sharpness of image 失效
    用于提高图像清晰度的装置

    公开(公告)号:US08606034B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-10

    申请号:US13092438

    申请日:2011-04-22

    IPC分类号: G06K9/40

    摘要: There is provided an apparatus for improving the sharpness of an image, which may prevent occurrence of distortion of an image in an edge enhancement process of the image by applying an active weight in accordance with a two-dimensional (2D) high pass filtering value of the image. The apparatus may include: a 2D high pass filter outputting a high frequency element value for the luminance values of pixels of an input image; a weight generating unit generating a weight changed depending on a magnitude of the high frequency element value; a weight applying unit applying the weight to the high frequency element value; and an edge enhancement image generating unit adding, to the luminance values of the pixels of the input image, the high frequency element value to which the weight is applied to thereby output an image of which an edge is enhanced.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于提高图像的清晰度的装置,其可以通过根据二维(2D)高通滤波值施加有效权重来防止图像的边缘增强处理中的图像失真的发生 图片。 所述装置可以包括:输出用于输入图像的像素的亮度值的高频元素值的2D高通滤波器; 权重生成单元,生成根据高频元素值的大小而变化的权重; 加权单元,将所述权重应用于所述高频元素值; 以及边缘增强图像生成单元,对输入图像的像素的亮度值加上加权的高频单元值,从而输出边缘增强的图像。

    METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUTO-EXPOSURE
    13.
    发明申请
    METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUTO-EXPOSURE 有权
    控制自动曝光的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100134650A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-03

    申请号:US12437784

    申请日:2009-05-08

    IPC分类号: H04N5/235

    摘要: An auto-exposure control method includes: creating an exposure table and an analog gain table including an exposure time and an analog gain of an image sensor set according to an index, respectively; calculating an average luminance value of an image frame obtained by the image sensor; checking whether or not the average luminance value is within a pre-set range including a prescribed final target value; if the average luminance value is not within the pre-set range, determining a shift step from indexes which have been applied to a current image frame according to the difference between the average luminance value and the final target value in order to determine indexes of the exposure table and the analog gain table to be applied to a next image frame; and repeatedly performing of reading an exposure time and an analog gain corresponding to the indexes shifted by the shift step determined from the indexes applied to the current image frame, from the exposure table and the analog gain table, applying the same to the image sensor, obtaining a next image frame, and calculating an average luminance value.

    摘要翻译: 自动曝光控制方法包括:分别根据索引产生曝光表和包括图像传感器组的曝光时间和模拟增益的曝光表和模拟增益表; 计算由所述图像传感器获得的图像帧的平均亮度值; 检查平均亮度值是否在包括规定的最终目标值的预定范围内; 如果平均亮度值不在预设范围内,则根据平均亮度值和最终目标值之间的差,从已经施加到当前图像帧的索引确定移位步长,以便确定 曝光表和要应用于下一个图像帧的模拟增益表; 并且从曝光表和模拟增益表重复执行读取与从应用于当前图像帧的指标确定的移位步长相对应的索引的曝光时间和模拟增益,将其应用于图像传感器, 获得下一个图像帧,并计算平均亮度值。

    Method for controlling auto-exposure
    14.
    发明授权
    Method for controlling auto-exposure 有权
    控制自动曝光的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08115859B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-14

    申请号:US12437784

    申请日:2009-05-08

    IPC分类号: H04N5/20 H04N5/238 G03B7/00

    摘要: An auto-exposure control method includes: creating an exposure table and an analog gain table including an exposure time and an analog gain of an image sensor set according to an index, respectively; calculating an average luminance value of an image frame obtained by the image sensor; checking whether or not the average luminance value is within a pre-set range including a prescribed final target value; if the average luminance value is not within the pre-set range, determining a shift step from indexes which have been applied to a current image frame according to the difference between the average luminance value and the final target value in order to determine indexes of the exposure table and the analog gain table to be applied to a next image frame; and repeatedly performing of reading an exposure time and an analog gain corresponding to the indexes shifted by the shift step determined from the indexes applied to the current image frame, from the exposure table and the analog gain table, applying the same to the image sensor, obtaining a next image frame, and calculating an average luminance value.

    摘要翻译: 自动曝光控制方法包括:分别根据索引产生曝光表和包括图像传感器组的曝光时间和模拟增益的曝光表和模拟增益表; 计算由所述图像传感器获得的图像帧的平均亮度值; 检查平均亮度值是否在包括规定的最终目标值的预定范围内; 如果平均亮度值不在预设范围内,则根据平均亮度值和最终目标值之间的差,从已经施加到当前图像帧的索引确定移位步长,以便确定 曝光表和要应用于下一个图像帧的模拟增益表; 并且从曝光表和模拟增益表重复执行读取与从应用于当前图像帧的指标确定的移位步长相对应的索引的曝光时间和模拟增益,将其应用于图像传感器, 获得下一个图像帧,并计算平均亮度值。

    Connector with a second couling unit extending from a bottom face of a first coupling unit
    15.
    发明授权
    Connector with a second couling unit extending from a bottom face of a first coupling unit 有权
    具有从第一联接单元的底面延伸的第二联接单元的连接器

    公开(公告)号:US08636547B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-28

    申请号:US13327259

    申请日:2011-12-15

    IPC分类号: H01R24/00

    摘要: There are provided a connector and a connector module which may commonly use mutually different interface schemes, and an electronic apparatus having the same. The connector includes a body having a fixed volume; and at least one coupling hole formed inwardly in a side of the body, and electrically coupled with a pin from the outside, wherein the coupling hole includes a first coupling unit having a predetermined first depth and electrically coupled with the pin from the outside, and a second coupling unit having a second depth deeper than the first depth and electrically coupled with another pin from the outside.

    摘要翻译: 提供了可以通常使用相互不同的接口方案的连接器和连接器模块,以及具有该连接器模块的电子设备。 连接器包括具有固定体积的主体; 以及至少一个联接孔,其在所述主体的一侧向内形成,并且与外部的销电连接,其中所述联接孔包括具有预定的第一深度并与所述销与外部电耦合的第一联接单元,以及 第二耦合单元,具有比第一深度更深的第二深度,并且与另一个引脚从外部电耦合。

    CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING DISTANCE USING THE SAME
    16.
    发明申请
    CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING DISTANCE USING THE SAME 审中-公开
    用于识别距离的摄像机系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130033597A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-07

    申请号:US13475290

    申请日:2012-05-18

    IPC分类号: H04N7/18

    CPC分类号: G06K9/00805 G06K9/209

    摘要: Disclosed herein are a camera system and a method for recognizing a distance using the same. The camera system includes: a reflector that forms an input picture in a predetermined region of an image sensor through a lens; a lens that transfers the picture transferred through the reflector to the image sensor; an image sensor that converts the picture in a light type through the lens into an image; and a distance recognition module that detects a spaced distance from a targeted object by analyzing the image converted by the image sensor.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了一种相机系统和用于识别使用其的距离的方法。 相机系统包括:通过透镜在图像传感器的预定区域中形成输入图像的反射器; 将通过反射器传送的图像传送到图像传感器的透镜; 图像传感器,其将通过透镜的光类型的图像转换为图像; 以及距离识别模块,其通过分析由图像传感器转换的图像来检测与目标对象的间隔距离。

    Refrigerator and control method for aging of meat
    18.
    发明授权
    Refrigerator and control method for aging of meat 有权
    冰箱老化的控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US09273897B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-01

    申请号:US13067971

    申请日:2011-07-12

    CPC分类号: F25D29/00 A23B4/068 A23L13/76

    摘要: In a control method of a refrigerator having a storage chamber for aging of meat, an operation to keep the storage chamber at an aging temperature and an operation to cool the storage chamber to a cooling temperature lower than the aging temperature are repeated. This enables optimal aging of meat via an aging time and aging temperature suitable for meat.

    摘要翻译: 在具有用于老化肉的储存室的冰箱的控制方法中,重复将储存室保持在老化温度的操作和将储存室冷却至低于老化温度的冷却温度的操作。 这可以通过适合肉类的老化时间和老化温度实现肉类的最佳老化。

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMBODYING OVERLAY IMAGES USING MRLC
    19.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMBODYING OVERLAY IMAGES USING MRLC 审中-公开
    使用MRLC进行覆盖图像的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130162679A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-06-27

    申请号:US13409017

    申请日:2012-02-29

    IPC分类号: G09G5/00

    摘要: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for embodying overlay images using MRLC. The apparatus includes: a data encoder receiving static overlay images, warning overlay images, and continuous dynamic overlay images to perform RLC on each image and padding dummy data to perform MRLC on the padded dummy data and encode the padded dummy data; an address generator generating address indices; a memory the encoded MRLC data; a data decoder accessing the MRLC data of each overlay image; and a microcontroller calculating each RLC data size to obtain the maximum RLC data size and transmit the maximum RLC data size to the data encoder and reading the stored MRLC data and display each overlay image decoded. By this configuration, the low-price microcontroller can maximize the storage efficiency of the memory and implement the fast and easy access, thereby implementing the effective overlay and saving costs.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了一种使用MRLC实现重叠图像的装置和方法。 该装置包括:数据编码器,接收静态重叠图像,警告叠加图像和连续动态叠加图像,以在每个图像上执行RLC,并填充虚拟数据以对填充的虚拟数据执行MRLC并对填充的虚拟数据进行编码; 地址生成器生成地址索引; 存储器编码的MRLC数据; 访问每个覆盖图像的MRLC数据的数据解码器; 以及微控制器计算每个RLC数据大小以获得最大RLC数据大小,并将最大RLC数据大小发送到数据编码器并读取存储的MRLC数据并显示解码的每个重叠图像。 通过这种配置,低价格的微控制器可以最大限度地提高存储器的存储效率,实现快速简单的访问,从而实现有效的叠加和节省成本。