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The present invention features a playing card shuffling device, which through the use of a small image capturing means, captures an image of the face value of each card and stores the image in memory. This image is sorted in the format of a bitmap image. The operator of the machine would be able to recall through the use of a key pad, the images of the cards that comprised the individual hands in the previous game. This feature allows for verification of a winning hand after a game has been completed. Thereby, a quick recheck of hands before paying a winning hand is performed. The face value of each card is determined by character recognition software. These card values would be stored in memory for archival access for use in monitoring the randomness of the game and determining the number of winning hands.

A digital camera comprises an image sensor for capturing a plurality of images; a processor for processing the plurality of images and producing a corresponding plurality of digital image files; a memory for storing the plurality of digital image files; and a mode control for selecting between a normal mode and an on-line sales mode.

As patient video images are captured in a lab, they are converted into an uncompressed data set and stored locally on a hospital site server, where they are immediately viewable by diagnosticians in the hospital. The hospital site server generates a plurality of compressed data sets for use by the Internet Data Center. Additionally, the uncompressed data set and a plurality of compressed data sets are stored permanently on a centralized Internet Data Center, from which they can be searched out and displayed by any client device running web-browser software. A client is provided with immediate access to the uncompressed images when pausing and requesting the images of interest from the server. The patient video images are automatically delivered to any authorized Clinical Research Organizations, they are delivered back to the treating hospital when the patient returns for subsequent visits, and are viewable through in-hospital viewing stations over a private high-speed network.

An imaging device includes a housing including a first photographing aperture and a second photographing aperture which are open toward opposite directions; at least one image pickup device and an image processing circuit for processing signals output from the image pickup device, the image pickup device and the image processing circuit being positioned within the housing and lie in a plane including the first photographing aperture; a first optical system having a bent optical path for forming an image of light incident from the first photographing aperture on an imaging surface of the image pickup device, the bent optical path being defined by a plurality of reflecting surfaces of the first optical system; and a second optical system having a linear optical path for forming an image of light incident from the second photographing aperture on the imaging surface of the image pickup device.

The present invention provides a hand held dermoscopy epiluminescense device having a generally circular optical magnification lens incorporated into the housing of the device. A lighting array provides the light necessary for medical examination of the skin. The lighting array comprises a ring of LEDs comprising four different colored sets of LEDs each on a different lighting circuit. The four colors comprise White, UV / Blue (405 nm), green / yellow (565 nm) and orange / red (630 nm). A second embodiment provides a hand held dermoscopy epiluminescense device with a magnification lens and an associated ring of luminous diodes powered by an on board battery. Every other diode in the ring operates as first and second light sources. The even diodes are filtered by a first polarization ring and the odd diodes are filtered by a second polarization ring. Each polarization ring has an open center for the lens and openings sized and positioned to correspond to the even or odd diodes to only filter one set. A viewing polarizer is provided and is cross-polarized relative to the first polarization ring and is parallel-polarized with the second polarization ring. The device is threaded to mate with a camera or camera lens.

This is an imaging system configured and optimized for capturing two dimensional images of a desired section of body tissue and converting these images into three dimensional virtual environment images. These three dimensional virtual environment images are then viewed at multiple immersive omnidirectional viewing angles. The viewing angles are then choreographed into a desired sequence to create a fly through sequence through the cellular layers of a desired section of body tissue.

A method and system for transforming an integrated webpage into native text and image representations. A webpage containing an embedded object is loaded into a browser. A portable text representation of an image of the embedded object is captured by invoking the embedded object to rasterize itself. The portable text representation is then streamed to a web server and converted to a native image representation. A URL is generated for the native image representation and the embedded object on the integrated webpage is replaced with its native image representation.

One of the objects is to provide a three-dimensional measuring equipment for measuring a three-dimensional surface shape of an object efficiently with high accuracy. A three-dimensional data acquisition device comprises an object position measuring sensor for detecting the position of the object in a space, a measuring camera for capturing the object, and a measuring camera position measuring sensor for detecting the position of the measuring camera in the space. A three-dimensional data processing means comprises: controller means for delivering a parameter acquisition command to the object position measuring sensor and the measuring camera or the measuring camera position measuring sensor, for controlling the measuring camera based on parameters acquired from the object position measuring sensor and the measuring camera or the measuring camera position measuring sensor, and for acquiring measurement data by capturing the object image through the measuring camera; three-dimensional data calculating means for creating three-dimensional data; data processing means providing a three-dimensional display of the object; and storage means for storing the three-dimensional data.

A live print scanner includes a transparent tray platen apparatus and a scanning system. The transparent tray platen apparatus includes a base region attached to two rounded side regions. The base region of the tray platen assembly includes a convex portion. A hand is placed atop the base region adjacent to one of the two rounded side regions such that the hand's palm pocket is atop the convex portion. A sensor assembly within the rotary scanning system generates a complete image of a palm print pattern. Because of the side regions and the convex portion, the image generated includes an image of a print pattern on the palm pocket as well as on the side of the palm. A holographic element may be disposed in a light path between an illumination source and the sensor.

A surface texture measuring machine includes: a stage, a contact-type detector having a stylus, an image probe, a relative movement mechanism and a controller. The controller includes: a center position calculating unit that, when the image probe enters position data of at least three points on a circular contour of a circular concave portion or a circular convex portion of an object, approximates the entered position data to a circle to obtain a center position of the circle; and a stylus setting unit that, after calculating the center position, operates the relative movement mechanism to position the stylus of the contact-type detector at the center position.

The invention provides a portable device for input of a Personal Identification Code (PIC). It comprises a card reading component and a touch screen. The screen is arranged and configured to display a pinpad and receive a PIC upon entry by a user via the pinpad. The card reading component and the touch screen are integral to the input device. The device can comprise a mobile phone, which may have a camera. The device can be a handheld card payment terminal for use in fmancial transactions, where a user's PIN must be authenticated. A security mechanism may be used with the device wherein an image of a scrambled keypad is displayed over an operable keypad, this enabling the device to store an encoded version of the user's input. As the user's real PIN is never stored in the device, no bank session key needs to be stored or encrypted. This enables the terminal to be produced at a lower cost than prior art arrangements.

An image-capturing touch panel is disclosed, which comprises: a display device; a touch device locating at one side of the display device; and an image-capturing device locating at the other side of the display device, and the image-capturing device comprises multiple light-sensor units; wherein the display device and the image-capturing device are both in a shape of sheet and substantially have the same area, the light-sensor units are uniformly distributed in the image-capturing device, the display device and the image-capturing device are stacked to form a stack, and the display device and the image-capturing device are a transparent display device and a transparent image-capturing device respectively.

The image processing apparatus includes an image acquirer configured to acquire an input image produced by image capturing through a zoom lens whose magnification is variable, and a processor configured to perform an image restoration process using an image restoration filter produced on a basis of information on aberration of the zoom lens. The processor is configured to not perform the image restoration process on a central image area of the input image produced by the image capturing through the zoom lens set in a specific magnification state and to perform the image restoration process on a specific image area more outer than the central image area of that input image.

An infrared detection film of which a dielectric constant is changed according to a temperature change is characterized in that the infrared detection film has a composition expressed by Ba(Ti1-xSnx)O3 (0<x<1) and change in the dielectric constant for temperature change of 1° C. is 2% or more. Furthermore, the Sn composition x is not less than 0.1 and not more than 0.2 and the thickness of the infrared detection film is 2 μm or less. With a dielectric bolometer including the infrared detection film, a highly sensitive infrared detector or solid imaging device which is operable at room temperature can be achieved.

An image captured using a lens mounted via a mount adapter is corrected in simple fashion in accordance with the lens. An interchangeable lens is mounted on a camera body via the mount adapter. The mount adapter is provided with a slide switch capable of setting a lens type that corresponds to the interchangeable lens. The slide switch is positioned in accordance with the interchangeable lens. The switch setting state of the positioned slide switch is detected in the camera body. Correction parameters that conform to the detected switch setting state are read out of a memory within the camera body. The captured image is corrected using the correction parameters that have been read out.

A solid-state imaging device includes a light receiving unit formed in a semiconductor base and configured to perform photoelectric conversion; an insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor base; a film constituting a cladding of a waveguide together with the insulating layer and being formed in an outer part of an interior of a hole by coating, the hole being formed in the insulating layer above the light receiving unit; a core of the waveguide, the core being composed of a material having a higher refractive index than a material for the insulating layer and a material for the film formed by coating, the core being formed in an inner part of the interior of the hole; and an inner lens integrated with the waveguide, the inner lens having a lens surface formed at the bottom of the hole at the interface between the film formed by coating and the core.

An image captured using a lens mounted via a mount adapter is corrected in simple fashion in accordance with the lens. An interchangeable lens is mounted on a camera body via the mount adapter. The mount adapter is provided with a slide switch capable of setting a lens type that corresponds to the interchangeable lens. The slide switch is positioned in accordance with the interchangeable lens. The switch setting state of the positioned slide switch is detected in the camera body. Correction parameters that conform to the detected switch setting state are read out of a memory within the camera body. The captured image is corrected using the correction parameters that have been read out.

An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, and an optical system configured to image light from an imaging subject on the imaging device. The optical system includes a group of lenses and an aperture diaphragm. When NP point is defined as a point where an extended linear component in an object space of a principal ray located in a Gauss region and selected from among principal rays passing through a center of the aperture diaphragm of the optical system crosses an optical axis of the optical system, D represents a diameter of a lens at the closest side to the imaging subject, and LN represents a distance from a lens surface of the lens at the closest side to the imaging subject to the NP point, a formula; 0≦LN≦D (1) is satisfied.

The disclosure relates to a monitoring device for monitoring a surface of a roll of a roller crusher. The monitoring device includes a light emitter arranged to project a line on the surface of the roll, an image capturing device arranged to capture an image of a portion of the surface, the portion including at least a part of the projected line, and a processor unit arranged to process the image to determine information about the surface. The disclosure also relates to a high pressure roller crusher, a sizer, a use of a monitoring device, a method for monitoring a surface of a roll of a roller crusher, and a computer program.

A method for acquiring document images with a paper feed scanner. The paper feed scanner includes a scanning module for scanning a document at a scanning position, a motor for driving the document, and a memory for storing image data. The method includes turning the motor to feed the document toward a scanning position; the scanning module starting scanning before the document reaches the scanning position; and detecting an edge of the document according to an image generated by the scanning module, and starting or stopping storing image data generated by the scanning module into the memory when detecting the edge of the document.

A multi-lens optical device is in communication with an electronic device. The multi-lens optical device includes plural optical modules and a storage element. A pixel correction table is stored in the storage element. The plural optical modules shoot the scene to acquire plural images. The plural images and the pixel correction table are transmitted from the multi-lens optical device to the electronic device. The electronic device produces a panoramic image according to the plural images and the pixel correction table. The multi-lens optical device is responsible for the task of capturing the local images and the simple transmitting task. The image processing task is performed by the electronic device. Consequently, the cost of the multi-lens optical device is reduced.

Home plate umpire call accuracy can be improved using strike zone images captured by more than one camera deployed at more than one perspective of a home plate during a baseball game. Strike zone images can be analyzed to determine if a thrown pitch is a strike or a ball. A signal can be wirelessly transmitted to a signal indicator worn by the home plate umpire to indicate if the pitch was a strike or a ball in order to assist the umpire in making a call. The sent signal can cause the signal indicator to make different a noise, visual indication (e.g., light), or haptic feedback sensation depending on whether the pitch was a strike or a ball.