33 results about "Pc camera" patented technology

The present invention provides mathematically accurate image processing algorithms for extracting natural looking panoramic images and distortion-free rectilinear images from images acquired using a camera equipped with a wide-angle lens which is rotationally symmetric about an optical axis and devices implementing such algorithms. Imaging systems using this method can be used not only in security•surveillance applications for indoor and outdoor environments, but also in diverse areas such as video phone for apartment entrance door, rear view camera for vehicles, visual sensor for unmanned aerial vehicles and robots, camera phone, PC camera, and broadcasting camera. Also, it can be used to obtain panoramic or rectilinear photographs using a digital camera.

The present invention provides mathematically accurate image processing algorithms for extracting natural looking panoramic images and distortion-free rectilinear images from images acquired using a camera equipped with a wide-angle lens which is rotationally symmetric about an optical axis and devices implementing such algorithms. Imaging systems using this method can be used not only in security•surveillance applications for indoor and outdoor environments, but also in diverse areas such as video phone for apartment entrance door, rear view camera for vehicles, visual sensor for unmanned aerial vehicles and robots, camera phone, PC camera, and broadcasting camera. Also, it can be used to obtain panoramic or rectilinear photographs using a digital camera.

Techniques for capturing images of business cards, uploading the images to a designated computing device for processing and recognition are disclosed. A mechanism is provided to update extracted data from the images when there are any changes. Depending on implementation, there are a number of ways to capture images of business cards (e.g., via a phone camera, a PC camera, or a scanning device). A transmission means is provided to transport the images to the designated computing device for centralized management of integrated contact information for individual users. As a result, a user may access his / her updatable integrated contact information database anywhere anytime from a chosen device.

A digital camera is mounted on a camera mounting unit of a cradle, and supported as swayable. When the digital camera is tilted forward, a front switch is turned on, and a command to change into a storage mode is issued from a switch determination circuit to the digital camera. When the digital camera is tilted backward, a back switch is turned on, and a command to change into a PC camera mode is issued from the switch determination circuit to the digital camera.

A multi-function portable disk includes a housing, a control unit, an image pick-up module and a display unit, wherein the control unit, the image pick-up module and the display unit are fixed in the housing. The control unit has a printed circuit board. There are a main memory element, electric components and a connector arranged on the printed circuit board. The image pick-up module includes a lens system and a viewfinder that connect with the printed circuit board. The display unit includes a display screen and a defensive glass. The portable disk has memory function and other functions, such as the function of digital camera, digital video / audio recorder, PC-camera or MP3 player.

The invention discloses a human face identification and image processing-based attention evaluation method. Face image data of a student in the learning process are collected through a PC camera and analyzed to obtain the positions of five sense organs in a face area, and head and face deflection angles are calculated. A learning efficiency index is calculated by using the head and face deflection angles, and the learning state is judged through the index. The human face identification and image processing-based attention evaluation method has the characteristic that the learning state of a user is judged by using the most intuitive image data, so that the attention evaluation method has relatively high accuracy.

A CMOS type of image sensor module for use in a mobile camera or a PC camera includes an image sensoring semiconductor chip encapsulated in a transparent block of polymeric material on a substrate having a circuit to which the ship is connected. The image sensoring semiconductor chip is disposed on an upper surface of the substrate as spaced vertically from a digital signal processing second semiconductor chip mounted on a lower surface of the substrate. The transparent polymeric encapsulation material constitutes a sealing resin unit. The digital signal processing second semiconductor chip may also be encapsulated by the sealing resin unit. The sealing transfer unit can be formed by injection and / or transfer molding. The forming of the sealing resin unit by a single molding process keeps production costs low.

Techniques for capturing images of business cards, uploading the images to a designated computing device for processing and recognition are disclosed. A mechanism is provided to update extracted data from the images when there are any changes. Depending on implementation, there are a number of ways to capture images of business cards (e.g., via a phone camera, a PC camera, or a scanning device). A transmission means is provided to transport the images to the designated computing device for centralized management of integrated contact information for individual users. As a result, a user may access his / her updatable integrated contact information database anywhere anytime from a chosen device.

A connecting system includes a cradle (1) and a digital camera (10) electrically connected to the cradle (1) through connectors (5, 15). The cradle (1) hold the digital camera (10) with a liquid crystal display (13) facing the front and also with the photographing lens (12) facing the front. The cradle (1) electrically detects whether the digital camera (10) is held with the display (13) facing the front or with the photographing lens facing the front. When the digital camera (10) is held with the display facing the front, operation starts in a recorded image-data transferring mode. When the digital camera (10) is held with the photographing lens facing the front, operation starts in a PC camera mode. A desired operation mode can be set in the digital camera simply by changing the installing state of the digital camera (10).

A wireless mouse with a camera lens is described. The mouse has a housing with an upper cover and a lower cover, a wireless mouse circuit and a camera circuit. The wireless mouse circuit and the camera circuit are separately installed on one side of the lower cover of the wireless mouse and on one side of the upper cover of the wireless mouse. A button is further installed on one side of the wireless mouse housing. The wireless mouse circuit and the camera circuit operate respectively. Therefore, the user can individually employ the function of the wireless mouse or the function of the camera.

The present invention provides an interface device using a function of switch that can execute various applications in a mobile terminal by multi-switching USB_D+ and USB_D-, or RS232C data line to an external interface; and, particularly, that can make the mobile terminal used as a PC camera. A universal serial bus (USB) interface device using function of switch includes a dual interface unit for multi-switching data according to a microcontroller unit (MCU) selection signal and a digital signal processor (DSP) selection signal; an image processing unit for digitalizing the image data; a signal processing unit for activating the MCU selection signal or the DSP selection signal, and processing the data; and a memory unit for saving the data according to control of the image processing unit or the signal processing unit.

A helmet with a sports camera comprises a body and a picture recording module which is detachably mounted on the body. The picture recording module includes an outer shell and a camera disposed in the outer shell. The camera is electrically connected to a control system; the control system is connected to a power module; the control system is further electrically connected to an LED indicator and an operating button; in use, through controlling the operating button, a user can take photos or record a video. Advantages of the helmet with a sports camera are summarized as follows. 1. The helmet and the camera are integrated, which facilitates the photographing of sceneries. 2. LED indicators and operation buttons on the helmet can control the start-up, shooting, or recording of the camera, and the micoUSB data interface can be used for charging, data copying, or connected to a PC camera. 3. An external vehicle-mounted display can be provided, which operates to real-time show the shot pictures or sceneries for users to browse through wireless communication technology.

connecting system includes a cradle (1) and a digital camera (10) electrically connected to the cradle (1) through connectors (5, 15). The cradle (1) hold the digital camera (10) with a liquid crystal display (13) facing the front and also with the photographing lens (12) facing the front. The cradle (1) electrically detects whether the digital camera (10) is held with the display (13) facing the front or with the photographing lens facing the front. When the digital camera (10) is held with the display facing the front, operation starts in a recorded image-data transferring mode. When the digital camera (10) is held with the photographing lens facing the front, operation starts in a PC camera mode. A desired operation mode can be set in the digital camera simply by changing the installing state of the digital camera (10).

A CMOS type of image sensor module for use in a mobile camera or a PC camera includes an image sensoring semiconductor chip encapsulated in a transparent block of polymeric material on a substrate having a circuit to which the ship is connected. The image sensoring semiconductor chip is disposed on an upper surface of the substrate as spaced vertically from a digital signal processing second semiconductor chip mounted on a lower surface of the substrate. The transparent polymeric encapsulation material constitutes a sealing resin unit. The digital signal processing second semiconductor chip may also be encapsulated by the sealing resin unit. The sealing transfer unit can be formed by injection and / or transfer molding. The forming of the sealing resin unit by a single molding process keeps production costs low.

The invention discloses a supervising system based on Zigbee and mobile technique, which includes a supervising site subsystem and a mobile terminal which is connected by the mobile public network and the supervising site subsystem, wherein, the supervising site subsystem includes a Zigbee local supervising network and a local main controlling supervising terminal; the Zigbee local supervising network has one Zigbee terminal or a plurality of Zigbee terminals to perceive the change of the supervising site, and notifies the change of the supervising site to the local mian controlling supervising terminal; the local mian controlling supervising terminal notifies to the mobile terminal by the mobile public network. And the invention also discloses a supervising method, the Zigbee terminal of the Zigbee local supervising perveives the change of the supervising site and notifies to the local main controlling supervising terminal, the local main controlling supervising terminal notifies to the mobile network by the mobile public network. The invention can avoid the administrator can not get the alarming information in time, so as to cause the unnessary loss, and can supervise the breater area by a PC camera.

The invention discloses a PC Camera, a photographing system based on the PC Camera and a photographing method based on the PC Camera. The invention is based on the three-dimensional image formation principle, two camera heads are arranged in the PC Camera, each camera head can generate a two-dimensional plane image, then two two-dimensional plane images are synthesized, and a synthesized two-dimensional plane image and the elevation information of the two-dimensional plane image can be obtained. Because the elevation information can reflect the distance of each pixel vertical to the image in the plane direction in the two-dimensional plane image, the synthesized two-dimensional plane image is colored and decorated according to the corresponding elevation information, namely a three-dimensional image can be obtained through one PC Camera.

A portable, collapsible, self-contained workstation having a substantially planar platform adapted for receiving a lap-top computer. A pair of doors, extendable away from the platform, are hinged from a lower surface of the platform. The workstation also preferably includes four (4), adjustable-length legs with a pair of legs being secured to each of the doors. The doors extending away from the platform and the legs being adapted for supporting the platform from a surface. The workstation includes a handle that is that secured to the platform and is disposable and fixable to extend above the platform. When disposed above the platform, the handle is adapted for receiving and having affixed thereto an instrument or a camera.

The invention provides an AR (Augmented Reality) avatar live broadcast method. The method comprises the steps of recording expressions and body motions of a user through utilization of electronic equipment; and applying the expressions and the body motions to a virtual CG role. Compared with the prior art, the method has the following beneficial effects that expression information and human jointposture information of the user can be collected in real time through utilization of dedicated video equipment, a mobile phone camera or a PC camera, the information is processed through utilization of a local area network, stream pushing and CDN delivery are carried out through adoption of a live broadcast API server, and a content live broadcast process of a virtual avatar is finally finished.

A PC camera direction positioning structure concealed in filling toy, which is to put plastic sectional parts together in order, of which one end is ball-shaped body and another end is ball groove, ball-shaped body is embedded into ball groove, and to rabbet three-way or four-way joints at turning point so as to make a man-shaped plastic connector; this connector is then wrapped into a filling toy assembled PC camera, the filling toy can sit or directly grovel and grasp any position of monitor based on suitable adjustment, lens of PC camera fixed at top head of filling toy can shoot at correct direction, therefore, this structure can further improve external appearance of PC camera that can take shooting in different modes and angles in practice.

Described is a multivideo-purpose portable electronic device which is capable of providing TV and PC camera functions, and even a storage function. By using the multivideo-purpose portable electronic device, a user can watch a TV program received externally and get involved in a video conference / chat process concurrently, store the TV program and a content of the video conference / chat process and watch the stored TV program and the content of the video conference / chat process on different computers. In addition, a specific application software necessary for operating the multivideo-purpose portable electronic device on the computer may be directly stored in the multivideo-purpose portable electronic device itself. As such, a promoted convenience and lower cost are achieved.

Techniques for synchronizing audio and video data being transferred from one device to another device are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a periodic signal is generated in a host device (e.g., a personal computer) and transferred to a thin device (e.g., a PC camera) via an interface (e.g., a USB). The periodic signal is used to adjust local clocks in the thin device to generate audio and video data. As a result, the audio and video data is synchronized. According to another aspect of the present invention, an error detection unit and a correction unit are provided to ensure that there is no error in the periodic signal being transferred from the host device. If an error is detected, a patch to the signal is generated.

The present invention provides mathematically accurate image processing algorithms for extracting natural looking panoramic images and distortion-free rectilinear images from images acquired using a camera equipped with a wide-angle lens which is rotationally symmetric about an optical axis and devices implementing such algorithms. Imaging systems using this method can be used not only in security•surveillance applications for indoor and outdoor environments, but also in diverse areas such as video phone for apartment entrance door, rear view camera for vehicles, visual sensor for unmanned aerial vehicles and robots, camera phone, PC camera, and broadcasting camera. Also, it can be used to obtain panoramic or rectilinear photographs using a digital camera.

The invention discloses a trace physical evidence visible extractor. A lead screw and an electric motor are arranged in an equipment upright so as to drive a cylindrical shell to move up and down; a camera device and an annular lamp are arranged in the cylindrical shell, the camera device can be the existing digital PC camera, a digital camera or an electron microscope, the physical evidence can be photographed or shot under the irradiation of the annular lamp so as to obtain the evidence; a movable lens group is arranged at the lower end of the camera device, a third through hole is aligned to a second through hole by toggling a sliding block, thereby photographing the front of the evidence to take the evidence, and the third through hole can be aligned with the first through hole by toggling a sliding rail, the camera device collects an image of the physical evidence side presented through the reflecting of two reflectors, and the whole movable lens group can be rotated to observe all sides of the physical evidence in the premise of not adjusting the physical evidence and the camera device location, and images in visual angles can form a three-dimensional image through the software.

A digital camera capable of being set to implement the function of a card reader or camera is connected to a computer via a USB, the computer is notified of the function to which the camera has been set. When the computer and the digital camera are connected by the USB, a device request is transmitted from the computer to the digital camera. Upon receiving the device request, the digital camera determines whether its operation at the time of the USB connection is that of a card reader or PC camera. Information indicating the result of the determination is incorporated in a device descriptor, which the digital camera then transmits to the computer.

The invention discloses a method for transmitting video images from a mobile phone to a computer through bluetooth, and is a method for transmitting video images between the mobile phone and the computer using wireless digital signals. The invention provides a method for connecting a mobile phone and a computer without connecting wires. The invention mainly includes a mobile phone, a mobile phone camera, a mobile phone operating system unit, a mobile phone video image processing unit, a mobile phone bluetooth unit, a computer, a computer operating system unit, a computer bluetooth unit, a computer video data processing unit, and a computer display. Due to the use of the bluetooth unit, a wireless communication system that can be found on most digital devices, the data exchange between the mobile phone and the computer can be carried out very conveniently. The present invention appropriately adds software to establish the transmission of video images between the computer and the mobile phone The bridge realizes the function of the mobile phone camera as a computer camera.

The invention discloses a supervising system based on Zigbee and mobile technique, which includes a supervising site subsystem and a mobile terminal which is connected by the mobile public network and the supervising site subsystem, wherein, the supervising site subsystem includes a Zigbee local supervising network and a local main controlling supervising terminal; the Zigbee local supervising network has one Zigbee terminal or a plurality of Zigbee terminals to perceive the change of the supervising site, and notifies the change of the supervising site to the local mian controlling supervising terminal; the local mian controlling supervising terminal notifies to the mobile terminal by the mobile public network. And the invention also discloses a supervising method, the Zigbee terminal ofthe Zigbee local supervising perveives the change of the supervising site and notifies to the local main controlling supervising terminal, the local main controlling supervising terminal notifies to the mobile network by the mobile public network. The invention can avoid the administrator can not get the alarming information in time, so as to cause the unnessary loss, and can supervise the breater area by a PC camera.