Ngoc-Yen T. Vu

US Patent 7394491 Image sensor having clamp circuit

US Patent 7394492 Solid state image pickup device, method of driving solid state image pickup device, and camera using the solid state image pickup device

US Patent 7397504 Whiteboard view camera

US Patent 7397505 CMOS sensor with over-saturation abatement

US Patent 7405763 Mobile devices having an image sensor for charging a battery

US Patent 7411616 Exposure controller for camera attached to electronic equipment

US Patent 7411619 Signal processing method, a signal processor circuit, and imaging apparatus

US Patent 7414653 Dark reduction via feedback control of photodiode bias

US Patent 7414664 Image taking apparatus and lens apparatus

US Patent 7420597 System for installing image sensing program

US Patent 7420604 Image-processing device with image-pickup validity indication and processing method thereof

US Patent 7420606 Timing generator, solid-state imaging device and camera system

US Patent 7420607 Solid-state imaging element and digital camera

US Patent 7420610 Solid-state imaging element, solid-state imaging device, and method for fabricating the same

US Patent 7420614 Imaging device and method for controlling same

US Patent 7423677 Color filter method and apparatus

US Patent 7423686 Image pickup apparatus having auto-focus control and image pickup method

US Patent 7428015 Image sensor and offset-able reference voltage generator thereof

US Patent 7436452 Method and apparatus for reduction of residual signal in digital images captured by image sensors

US Patent 7440009 High definition imaging method and imaging apparatus having electro-optical polarization element between two birefrigent elements forming alternately on sensor single and overlapping images

US Patent 7440022 Image sensing apparatus with electronic shutter function and mechanical shutter function, and image sensing method

US Patent 7443440 Color separator and imager

US Patent 7443444 Image pickup apparatus

US Patent 7450169 Method of controlling digital photographing apparatus for efficient replay operation, and digital photographing apparatus adopting the method

US Patent 7453508 Camera having optical viewfinder

US Patent 7454774 Self-service multiple-director remote production and programme broadcasting server device and television network

US Patent 7456881 Method and apparatus for producing Bayer color mosaic interpolation for imagers

US Patent 7456894 Image pickup apparatus and display device

US Patent 7463303 Electronic still camera with capability to perform optimal focus detection according to selected mode

US Patent 7466341 Disposable camera with destructive casing

US Patent 7466343 General line of sight stabilization system

US Patent 7466352 Gamma correction device in image capturing apparatus

US Patent 7466359 Image-pickup apparatus and method having distance measuring function

US Patent 7468750 Solid state imaging device having transition time relationship for drive signals

US Patent 7474341 Portable digital camera with red eye filter

US Patent 7474346 Image processing device and method for reading image signal from a matrix type solid state image-pickup element

US Patent 7477292 Cellular phone provided with camera and reception informing method

US Patent 7477298 Anti-eclipsing circuit for image sensors

US Patent 7477301 Color-noise reduction circuit and image-sensing apparatus therewith

US Patent 7477316 Pivot shaft mechanism, and a pivot shaft mechanism of a camera for pivoting a rotatable grip on a camera body

US Patent 7477317 Adapter device and video camera device

US Patent 7477318 Manual operational member positioning on rotatable grip of digital camera

US Patent 7479999 Photodetection device and method

US Patent 7480006 Optical package for image sensor with integrated heater

US Patent 7480008 Video apparatus and method for controlling the same

US Patent 7483067 Column-parallel sigma-delta analog-to-digital conversion for imagers

US Patent 7486322 Light sensor circuit having source/drain voltage changing-over circuit to minimize afterglow

US Patent 7489359 Lens adapter

US Patent 7492396 Digital image processing apparatus and method thereof

US Patent 7492397 CMOS active pixel sensor with a sample and hold circuit having multiple injection capacitors and a fully differential charge mode linear synthesizer with skew control

US Patent 7492400 Adaptive pixel for high dynamic range and disturbance detection and correction

US Patent 7492404 Fast flush structure for solid-state image sensors

US Patent 7492412 Solid-state image pickup apparatus reducing record data with reproduction image quality maintained high and a method for the same

US Patent 7495691 Image processing apparatus

US Patent 7495694 Omni-directional camera with calibration and up look angle improvements

US Patent 7495696 White balance method

US Patent 7495700 Moving image capture device, moving image capture control method, and moving image capture control program

US Patent 7495701 Imaging system capable of setting sensitivity

US Patent 7499089 Color interpolation method in bayer array

US Patent 7499097 Electronic camera equipped with an automatic focusing function

US Patent 7502051 Anti-shake apparatus

US Patent 7502054 Automatic detection of fluorescent flicker in video images

US Patent 7502062 CCD breakage prevention system

US Patent 7502069 Camcorder having a knob for mode changing

US Patent 7505079 Image pickup apparatus having audio output unit

US Patent 7508415 Method for controlling masking block in monitoring camera

US Patent 7508436 Method for capturing a sequence of images in close succession

US Patent 7508445 Binocucorder

US Patent 7511744 Portable camera with inbuilt printer device

US Patent 7511747 Method for noise correction for a flat-panel detector

US Patent 7515181 Method, apparatus, and program for image processing on image data that have already been subjected to image processing

US Patent 7515183 Column averaging/row binning circuit for image sensor resolution adjustment in lower intensity light environment

US Patent 7515193 Portable communication terminal switchably displaying pictures based on a plurality of video signal sources

US Patent 7515199 Detachable lens apparatus, camera system and camera for accurate automatic focusing using two driving mechanisms

US Patent 7518640 Method, apparatus, and recording medium for generating album

US Patent 7518641 Multiple-image transmission method and mobile apparatus having multiple-image simultaneous photographing function

US Patent 7518652 Method and apparatus for pre-focus in a linear array based slide scanner

US Patent 7522209 Automatic focusing apparatus including optical flow device calculation

US Patent 7522213 Shock and vibration isolator for a camera

US Patent 7525579 Image sensing apparatus and image processing method for use therein

US Patent 7525582 Active pixel sensor with reduced fixed pattern noise using two active regions

US Patent 7528862 Anti-shake apparatus with magnetic-field change detector arranged in driving coil

US Patent 7528868 Image metadata attachment

US Patent 7528873 Variable pixel clock electronic shutter control

US Patent 7528882 Image pickup apparatus

US Patent 7528883 Method for blurred image judgment

US Patent 7535503 Image processing apparatus, image processing program, and image processing method for performing edge enhancement processing

US Patent 7538812 Image processing apparatus having plural display units

US Patent 7545423 Image sensor having a passivation layer exposing at least a main pixel array region and methods of fabricating the same

US Patent 7551212 Image pickup apparatus for clamping optical black level to a predetermined level

US Patent 7561197 Matrix image recorder with image sensor and a plurality of row conductors

US Patent 7567281 Solid state imaging device, method for driving the same, and camera

US Patent 7567287 Rotating prism for a digital camera in a portable mobile communication device

US Patent 7573524 Liquid crystal light control element, lens barrel, and imaging device

US Patent 7586516 Image pickup apparatus, method of controlling the image pickup apparatus, and external device

US Patent 7586535 Camera having a detection circuit for detecting operational interval T between the half-press operation and full-press operation

US Patent 7589772 Systems, methods and devices for multispectral imaging and non-linear filtering of vector valued data

US Patent 7593058 Digital camera with integrated inkjet printer having removable cartridge containing ink and media substrate

US Patent 7595819 Signal processing device and signal processing method, program, and recording medium

US Patent 7598979 Imaging device with blur reduction system including a primary array and at least one navigation array

US Patent 7598980 Image pickup device for judging and displaying hand-waggling level and cellular phone using the same

US Patent 7598999 Electronic device powered by fuel cell and power supply system using fuel cell

US Patent 7602431 Solid-state imaging element and solid-state imaging apparatus

US Patent 7609301 Motion image recording device with compression ratio control

US Patent 7616239 Method and apparatus for correcting smear in a charge-transfer type solid-state image pick-up device

US Patent 7633528 Multi-viewpoint image generation apparatus, multi-viewpoint image generation method, and multi-viewpoint image generation program

US Patent 7643068 White balance control method, white balance control apparatus and image-taking apparatus

US Patent 7649556 Selection of image data for output

US Patent 7652718 Camera module and electronic apparatus

US Patent 7656442 Image pickup system, noise reduction processing device and image pick-up processing program

US Patent 7663682 Variable sensitivity imaging device including a voltage applying section, and imaging apparatus including the same

US Patent 7667737 Video signal processing apparatus for generating a video signal from output of a solid-state imaging element and digital camera including the same

US Patent 7667746 Method and apparatus for programmably setting a sampling delay in an image sensor device

US Patent 7667750 Photoelectric-conversion-layer-stack-type color solid-state imaging device

US Patent 7667753 Method for processing information delivered by a sensor pixel matrix offering a wide dynamic range and gain and corresponding sensor

US Patent 7667755 Variable sensitivity imaging device including a pulse voltage applying section, and imaging apparatus including the same

US Patent 7679648 Method and apparatus for coding a sectional video view captured by a camera at an end-point

US Patent 7679654 Detecting phase and frequency of light source flicker and driving image sensor in phase when light source flicker is brightest

US Patent 7679659 Imaging apparatus having dark current correcting unit

US Patent 7688362 Single sensor processing to obtain high resolution color component signals

US Patent 7692714 Imaging system, imaging apparatus, and method for controlling the imaging apparatus

US Patent 7697057 Image-pickup apparatus indicating a focused area and camera

US Patent 7701502 Image sensor, focal point detection device and camera

US Patent 7710467 Image processing apparatus and control method, computer program, and recording medium storing a program determining or identifying whether date information is added to an image

US Patent 7710469 Image acquisition apparatus

US Patent 7714889 Digital camera using exposure information for image processing

US Patent 7714895 Interactive and shared augmented reality system and method having local and remote access

US Patent 7714925 Method of marking desired images in a digital image processing apparatus using a go to function

US Patent 7719594 Solid-state imaging device with OB region and camera provided with the same

US Patent 7728870 Advanced quality management and recording solutions for walk-in environments

US Patent 7728876 Imaging apparatus having camera control unit and separate camera head

US Patent 7742081 Imaging apparatus for imaging an image and image processor and method for performing color correction utilizing a number of linear matrix operations

US Patent 7746405 Illumination apparatus, imaging apparatus and irradiation method for an imaging apparatus comprising light emitting diodes which are duty-driven during an imaging period of a frame period

US Patent 7750964 Method and apparatus for driving a semiconductor device including driving of signal charges within and outside an effective transfer period

US Patent 7755698 Systems and methods for dynamic current scaling of analog functions in an imager

US Patent 7760251 Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method thereof

US Patent 7760256 Image processing apparatus that obtains color and polarization information

US Patent 7764310 Image processing apparatus, program and method for performing preprocessing for movie reproduction of still images

US Patent 7773116 Digital imaging stabilization

US Patent 7773121 High-resolution, continuous field-of-view (FOV), non-rotating imaging system

US Patent 7782360 Storable test pattern image and method

US Patent 7782362 Image pickup device for changing a resolution of frames and generating a static image based on information indicating the frames

US Patent 7782366 Backlight adjustment processing of image using image generation record information

US Patent 7782369 System and method for a high dynamic range sensitive sensor element or array with gain control

US Patent 7787025 Image pickup device that cuts out a face image from subject image data

US Patent 7787045 Digital camera having a control portion for light measurement

US Patent 7808544 Electronic still camera with capability to perform optimal focus detection according to selected mode

US Patent 7817197 Optical black calibration

US Patent 7825977 Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method

US Patent 7839437 Image pickup apparatus, image processing method, and computer program capable of obtaining high-quality image data by controlling imbalance among sensitivities of light-receiving devices

US Patent 7847846 CMOS image sensor readout employing in-pixel transistor current sensing

US Patent 7847855 Image capturing apparatus and focusing method with focus evaluation

US Patent 7852377 Automatic red eye removal

US Patent 7864229 Analog to digital converting device and image pickup device for canceling noise, and signal processing method thereof

US Patent 7872681 System and method for a high performance color filter mosaic array

US Patent 7880772 Imaging apparatus and method for approximating color matching functions

US Patent 7884857 Image pickup apparatus, image signal processing apparatus, and image signal processing method which suppress false outlines

US Patent 7884869 Assignment of pixel element exposure times in digital camera modules and mobile communication devices

US Patent 7884870 Photoelectric conversion apparatus with current limiting units to limit excessive current to signal lines

US Patent 7884880 Shutter arrangement for covering a camera lens

US Patent 7889245 Automatic white balancing of a digital image

US Patent 7893988 Method for pre-focus of digital slides

US Patent 7893992 Device comprising a camera module with automatic focusing and corresponding assembly method

US Patent 7898581 Image pickup apparatus with noise reduction unit

US Patent 7903149 Digital image processor for a digital camera

US Patent 7920187 Image pickup device that identifies portions of a face

US Patent 7929021 Methods and systems for A/V input device to display networking

US Patent 7940320 Image sensing apparatus and control method therefor having a field based varying horizontal cycle

US Patent 7952624 Image pickup device having a color filter for dividing incident light into multiple color components and image processing system using the same

US Patent 7956919 Method for driving semiconductor device having capacitive load, method and apparatus for driving load, and electronic apparatus

US Patent 7956921 Imaging apparatus including a separable monitor and capable of wireless communication, and method for controlling the imaging apparatus

US Patent 7961225 Data processing apparatus, method of controlling data processing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for use in controlling image sensing processing and image processing

US Patent 7961248 Image pickup apparatus having battery display which accounts for image capturing mode or setting status

US Patent 7973822 Drive device and image stabilizer

US Patent 7973853 Image pickup device, automatic focusing method, automatic exposure method calculating an exposure based on a detected face

US Patent 7978251 Imaging apparatus and arranging method for the same

US Patent 7995140 Add-on for a communicating terminal comprising imaging means and assembly comprising the add-on and the communicating terminal

US Patent 7999857 Voice, lip-reading, face and emotion stress analysis, fuzzy logic intelligent camera system

US Patent 7999864 Imaging apparatus and its control method for setting suitable clipping level

US Patent 8009218 Method for driving semiconductor device having capacitive load, method and apparatus for driving load, and electronic apparatus

US Patent 8009225 Imaging apparatus having automatic exposure control unit