| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7499597 |
Image processing device |
March 3, 2009 |
| An image-processing device that performs image processes for pixel data of an image, to generate image-processed data. The amount of the image-processed data is greater than that of the pixel data, for each line of the image. The pixel data are stored in a recording area of a memory. |
| 7443428 |
Image processing device |
October 28, 2008 |
| An image is divided into first and second images, whose pixel data are processed using different processors simultaneously. The pixel data of the first and second image is stored in a first memory field and a second memory field including top and lower fields. The processed data produced |
| 7324138 |
False-color reducing device |
January 29, 2008 |
| A false-color reducing device comprises a first interpolation processor, a color difference data calculation processor, a second interpolation processor, and a third interpolation processor. The first correlation value calculating processor obtains R plane data in which all the pixels |
| 7182824 |
Method of manufacturing zinc alloy ingot |
February 27, 2007 |
| A molten zinc alloy, which contains 4 22 mass % Al, 1 7 mass % Mg and optionally one ore more of Ti, B and Si at very small ratios, is held at a temperature T.sub.h higher than (a solidification-beginning temperature T.sub.s.b.+85.degree. C.) for homogenization, and then cooled down to a |
| 7045909 |
Alignment mark structure |
May 16, 2006 |
| A semiconductor substrate having an upper layer and an alignment mark structure formed on a surface region of the upper layer, the surface region defined by opposite first and second parallel sides extending along the upper layer, outer side walls extending upwardly from the upper la |
| 6953733 |
Method of manufacturing alignment mark and aligning method using the same |
October 11, 2005 |
| A method of manufacturing an alignment mark structure and aligning a substrate includes providing a semiconductor substrate having an upper layer, the alignment mark structure being formed on a surface region of the upper layer. The method includes providing the surface region as hav |
| 6870646 |
Image reading system |
March 22, 2005 |
| The image reading system comprises an image reading device, to which an external interface adaptor and a recording medium interface adaptor can be selectively connected. The external interface adaptor is provided with an interface circuit by which a format of image data is converted to t |
| 6862119 |
Image reading device |
March 1, 2005 |
| The image reading device has a reading operation control processor that automatically starts a reading operation. In the reading operation, first, it is determined whether a film is attached to the image reading device. When the film is not attached to the image reading device, the readi |
| 6853460 |
Image reading device |
February 8, 2005 |
| The image reading device has an input/output terminal on a housing. A computer is connected to the input/output terminal. An image recorded in a film is read by a line sensor. Image data obtained by the reading operation can be recorded in a recording medium, which is mounted in the |
| 6846006 |
Vehicular air bag device |
January 25, 2005 |
| In a vehicular air bag device which has a door member that is disposed on the rear face of an air bag lid portion, and that is pressed by an inflation pressure of an air bag body to be swung via a hinge portion, thereby forming an inflation opening in the air bag lid portion, a first |
| 6833935 |
Image reading device |
December 21, 2004 |
| An image reading device comprises a mode select switch for changing the operation mode of the device between a remote mode and a stand-alone mode. The mode select switch is depressed by a liquid crystal display pivotally attached to a body of the image reading device. When the liquid cry |
| 6750994 |
Exposure control device of image reading device |
June 15, 2004 |
| The exposure control device has a line sensor sensing image data corresponding to a color image recorded in a negative film. The line sensor is exposed using first, second and third exposure times so that image data are obtained for each of the exposure times. Histograms, representin |
| 6724504 |
Image reading system and image reading device |
April 20, 2004 |
| The image reading system comprises an image reading device and a computer, which can be connected to the image reading device to operate it. In the image reading device, a film, in which an image is recorded, is regularly intermittently moved, so that the image is read by a line sensor. |
| 6714324 |
Film scanner |
March 30, 2004 |
| A film scanner for scanning images formed on a film is provided with a film type identifying system that automatically identifies a type of a film to be scanned, and a scanning condition setting system that automatically sets a scanning condition in accordance with the type of the film |
| 6661105 |
Alignment mark structure |
December 9, 2003 |
| A semiconductor substrate having an upper layer and an alignment mark structure formed on a surface region of the upper layer, the surface region defined by opposite first and second parallel sides extending along the upper layer, outer side walls extending upwardly from the upper layer |
| 6535245 |
Color balance adjusting device |
March 18, 2003 |
| The color balance adjusting device comprises buttons, indicated on a surface of a display device, which can be moved rightward and leftward on the surface, by dragging a mouse. In accordance with the displacement of the buttons, gains of a red component signal, a green component signal a |
| 6449399 |
Illumination optical device and image reading device |
September 10, 2002 |
| The illumination optical device has a collimator lens and a light source. The light source is provided with light-emitting diodes radiating green, red and blue light beams, respectively. The light-emitting diodes are arranged on a straight line, which is perpendicular to the optical axis |
| 6424809 |
Image signal reading operation control device |
July 23, 2002 |
| An image signal reading operation control device has an electro-developing recording medium to electronically develop an image formed by a photographing optical system. The image is read out by a line sensor with the electro-developing recording medium being illuminated by a light so |
| 6404514 |
Image reading system and image reading device |
June 11, 2002 |
| The image reading system comprises an image reading device and a computer, which is connected to the image reading device. The image reading device has a line sensor by which an image recorded in a read object is read. Image data corresponding to the image is recorded in a recording medi |
| 6374059 |
Image reader incorporated in electro-developing type camera and electro-developing recording med |
April 16, 2002 |
| An electro-developing recording medium has a reference zone exhibiting a substantially-constant transparency to prepare correction data for correcting image pixel signals obtained by an optical and electronic reading of a developed image of the electro-developing recording medium. Th |
| 6338401 |
Movement control device |
January 15, 2002 |
| A movement control device has a DC motor by which a recording medium is moved by one frame of image, and a stepping motor by which a recording medium is moved by a small predetermined amount. A driven gear fixed on the output shaft of the DC motor is meshed with a gear of a moving me |
| 6301024 |
Image reading device |
October 9, 2001 |
| The image reading device has a light source, a collimator lens, a cylindrical lens and a line sensor. The light source is provided with light-emitting diodes radiating green, red and blue light beams, respectively. The light-emitting diodes are arranged on a straight line, which is p |
| 6271912 |
Film scanning device |
August 7, 2001 |
| A film scanner is provided with a line sensor for capturing an image formed on a film in a principal scanning direction, and a scanning mechanism for moving the film relative to the line sensor in an auxiliary scanning direction, which is perpendicular to the principal scanning direction |
| 6256452 |
Storage device for an electronic camera that is accessible by an external device |
July 3, 2001 |
| An electronic still camera has a hard disk device in which a hard disk is mounted to record image data obtained by the electronic still camera. The hard disk can also be used as an external storage device for a computer. When a mode select switch is set to select a photographing mode to |
| 6236467 |
Image reading device |
May 22, 2001 |
| The image reading device has a pre-scanning processor, in which an image recorded in a film is read with a relatively coarse pitch and pixel data corresponding to the image are transmitted to an external computer, and a regular scanning processor, in which the image can be read with a |
| 6219491 |
Electro-developing type camera |
April 17, 2001 |
| An electro-developing type camera using an electro-developing recording medium on which an image is developed while an electric voltage is applied thereto. The image is read out from the electro-developing medium by a scanning mechanism. A color separation filter is disposed in front of |
| 6212293 |
Image reading device |
April 3, 2001 |
| The image reading device has a pixel data reading processor, in which pixel data forming an image is read, and a histogram generating processor, in which a histogram representing a distribution of the pixel data is generated. The histogram is utilized when determining an optimum exposure |
| 6201618 |
Image reading device |
March 13, 2001 |
| The image reading device has a scan control processor that performs a coarse scanning operation, in which a film is intermittently moved so that a line sensor scans the image, in order to obtain an optimum exposure time and a color correction coefficient. The coarse scanning operation in |
| 6143622 |
Method for forming alignment mark |
November 7, 2000 |
| A method for forming an alignment mark includes defining a circuit pattern area and an alignment mark area on a semiconductor substrate, forming a first pattern in the alignment mark area, forming a second pattern of a first material on the first pattern, forming a layer of a second mate |
| 6126335 |
Film holder and image reading device |
October 3, 2000 |
| The film holder comprises a plurality of holder elements. Adjacent holder elements are connected to each other by a pin, so that the holder elements can be pivoted. A film engaging groove is formed on a side of each of the holder elements. The film engaging grooves are aligned with each |
| 6122456 |
Movement control device |
September 19, 2000 |
| A movement control device has a DC motor by which a recording medium is moved by one frame of an image, and a stepping motor by which a recording medium is moved by a small predetermined amount. A driven gear fixed on the output shaft of the DC motor is meshed with a gear of a moving |
| 6091848 |
Color balance adjusting device and image reading device |
July 18, 2000 |
| The color balance adjusting device comprises a button, indicated on a surface of a display device, which can be moved rightward and leftward on the surface, by dragging a mouse. In accordance with the displacement of the button, gains of a green component signal and a blue component sign |
| 6088532 |
Image signal reading operation control device |
July 11, 2000 |
| An image signal reading operation control device has an electro-developing recording medium to electronically develop an image formed by a photographing optical system. The image is read out by a line sensor with the electro-developing recording medium being illuminated by a light so |
| 6084983 |
Image reading device and method |
July 4, 2000 |
| The image reading device has a white level correction coefficient calculation processor, in which a white level correction coefficient, used when performing a shading correction, is calculated for each pixel data outputted from a line sensor. An exposure measurement is performed so that |
| 6081675 |
Marking device of electro-developing type video camera |
June 27, 2000 |
| A marking device of an electro-developing type video camera having a color separation optical system to color separate an object to be photographed into a plurality of color components, and an electro-developing recording medium having a plurality of optical image recording areas that |
| 6069716 |
Color-image reader |
May 30, 2000 |
| A color-image reader reads a recorded color image from a recording medium, and has an image sensor for sensing the color image as at least a first and second regular series of monochromatic image signals during a regular reading operation. A first optimal exposure period is determined re |
| 6041194 |
Position adjusting device |
March 21, 2000 |
| A position adjusting device is provided in an electro-developing type camera using an electro-developing recording medium by which an image is electronically developed. The electro-developing recording medium has first, second, and third recording areas in which green, red, and blue |
| 6041192 |
Information recording device |
March 21, 2000 |
| A device is provided for recording information on an electro-developing recording medium by which an image is electronically developed. The electro-developing recording medium has first, second, and third recording areas in which green, red, and blue images are recorded, respectively. An |
| 6014234 |
Image reader |
January 11, 2000 |
| An image reader has an image sensor for sensing an image, as a series of pixel signals, by exposing the sensor to light rays. The sensor exhibits a characteristic curve, having at least a partial linear section, describing a relationship between a level-value of a pixel signal and an exp |
| 5983038 |
White balance adjusting device |
November 9, 1999 |
| A white balance adjusting device includes a rotational color filter and a shutter which are provided between a photographing optical system and an electro-developing recording medium having first, second, and third recording areas. Red, green, and blue images are recorded in the first, |
| 5978611 |
Electro-developing type camera |
November 2, 1999 |
| An electro-developing type camera using an electro-developing recording medium on which an image is developed while an electric voltage is applied thereto. The image is read out from the electro-developing medium by a scanning mechanism. A color separation filter is disposed in front of |
| 5963751 |
Image reader and electro-developing type still video camera having such image reader incorporate |
October 5, 1999 |
| An image reader reads an object image recorded on a flexible light-transmissible recording medium formed in the shape of an elongated web. A curved guide member guides the recording medium, and has at least an arcuate portion formed as a light-transmissible area. A light source is pr |
| 5963750 |
Image sensing device |
October 5, 1999 |
| An image sensing device provided in a camera using an electro-developing recording medium which electronically develops an image formed by a photographing optical system. During descending of the electro-developing recording medium, a light outputted from a light source passes through th |
| 5959890 |
Non-volatile semiconductor memory device |
September 28, 1999 |
| A non-volatile semiconductor memory device comprises a bit line 402, a plurality of word lines 401 arranged to cross the bit line 402, a plurality of non-volatile memory cells 404 which are disposed at the crossing points of the bit line 402 and the word lines 401 and which have a dr |
| 5937221 |
Electro-developing type camera |
August 10, 1999 |
| An electro-developing recording medium has a plurality of recording areas for recording R, G and B color images. The exposure operation is performed so that the aperture value and the basic exposure time are determined. The R/G signal and the B/G signal outputted from the white balance s |
| 5936748 |
Image reading device with control of RGB pixel data reading order according to effect by oscilla |
August 10, 1999 |
| The image reading device has a moving mechanism by which a stage, supporting a read object in which a color image is recorded, is intermittently moved so that the color image is read by a line sensor. In a stopping operation during the intermittent movement, the stage passes slightly |
| 5930542 |
Reading operation control device |
July 27, 1999 |
| A reading operation control device provided in an electro-developing type camera using a recording medium which electronically develops an image formed by a photographing optical system. When an electro-developing recording medium is mounted, it is determined whether or not the elect |
| 5914486 |
Color image reader |
June 22, 1999 |
| A color image reader has a three-primary-color light source for emitting blue-light rays, red-light rays and green-light rays. The light-source is controlled such that the emissions of the blue, red and green light rays are cyclically performed in the order of the blue-light rays, the |
| 5913077 |
Image reader incorporated in electro-developing type camera and electro-developing recording med |
June 15, 1999 |
| An image reader to optically and electronically read a developed image of an electro-developing recording medium, where the electro-developing recording medium has a reference zone exhibiting a substantially-constant transparency. An optical sensor senses light rays passing through the |
| 5903707 |
Image signal processing device in which a frame is divided into a plurality of parts |
May 11, 1999 |
| An image signal generating device has a Y-memory, an R-Y-memory and a B-Y-memory, in which a luminance signal and R-Y and B-Y color differential signals are stored, respectively. When the luminance signal and the color differential signals are recorded on a magnetic disk, the signals are |
