Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

David J Staudacher

Dan L Dalton

Daniel Maack Bloom

Amy E Battles

Kevin J Matherson

Peter L Venetianer

Robert Paul Cazier

Christopher Andrew Whitman

Aleksey Lipchin

Mark John Bianchi

K Douglas Gennetten

Joel B Larner

Kenneth Jay Hall

Daniel G Franke

Mauricio Leal Villarreal

One example electronic computing device includes electronic processor configured to store a list of a plurality of video cameras being considered for an upgrade. The electronic processor may be further configured to receive first video footage captured by a first video camera and second video footage captured by a second video camera. The electronic processor may be further configured to analyze the first video footage and the second video footage to generate a plurality of upgrade priority scores. In response to determining that a first upgrade priority score of the first video camera is greater than a second upgrade priority score of the second video camera, the electronic processor may be further configured to output an upgrade priority notification configured to inform a user that the first video camera has a higher upgrade priority than the second video camera.

Analytics for planning an upgrade to a video camera surveillance system

A camera system may include an image sensor to generate real-time image data of a scene having a subject. A pose evaluator can generate a pose metric signal having a pose value that provides a variable measure of a pose quality for the subject in the scene. A pose feedback indicator can provide user-perceptible feedback demonstrating the value of the pose metric signal, such that the variable measure of the pose quality is provided.

Camera system for determining pose quality and providing feedback to a user

Systems and methods of smile detection are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises generating a search map () for a subset of an image (). The method also comprises identifying a plurality of candidates (-) representing mouth corners. The method also comprises generating parabolas () between each pair of candidates representing mouth corners. The method also comprises analyzing contour of at least one of the parabolas to determine whether the mouth curves substantially upward to form a smile or curves substantially downward to form a frown.

Smile detection systems and methods

A method of personalizing an interface of a portable electronic device comprises the steps of interfacing the portable electronic device to a workstation, modifying the existing version of the user interface so as to define a personalized version of the user interface, transferring information defining the personalized version of the user interface from the workstation to the portable electronic device, and implementing the personalized version of the user interface on the portable electronic device.

System and method of personalizing a user interface of a portable electronic device

A device to apply detection schemes to texture information of a face detected within an image to generate mouth corner candidates and identify best matching mouth corners by applying a geometric model to the moth corner candidates.

Mouth corner candidates

An image contains a representation of a person's face, where the image has plural points each comprising multiple components of a color space. For each of the plural points, at least two of the color space components are combined to produce a respective aggregate value. The image is processed to convert at least some of the points of the image based on the calculated aggregate values.

Processing an image of a person's face

Systems and methods of event management for camera systems are disclosed. In an exemplary implementation, a method may comprise publishing a plurality of event notifications identifying available frame data. The method may also comprise subscribing a program code module to at least one of the event notifications. The method may also comprise executing a process at the program code module corresponding to the subscribed event notification after the subscribed event notification is published.

Event management for camera systems

Digital cameras and methods that provide for a rapid camera power-on sequence. A warm-sleep state is defined in which the camera and nearly all of its internal components are shut down, yet just enough information is retained within high speed volatile storage and processing units to rapidly return the camera to full operating state. The warm-sleep state is managed to consume a minimum amount of power to keep the vital information intact. Upon receipt of a power-on indication, the camera then transitions from the warm-sleep state to full operation by simply activating the processing units, and continuing operation from the state it was in immediately prior to the power-off request.

Method for rapid power-on to first picture in a digital camera

A modeless electronic imaging apparatus, such as a digital still camera, uses a touch-sensitive shutter button to automatically display 'live' images from an image sensor whenever a user touches the shutter button. When the user is not touching the shutter button, the apparatus displays stored image data of the last stored image, or may display menu data according to actuation of system navigation buttons. The apparatus does not require the switching of modes between image capture mode and stored image display mode, but is always capable of image capture as well as stored image display.

Modeless digital still camera using touch-sensitive shutter button

A method and system for improving the quality of an image in an electronic imaging system is disclosed. The method and system comprise capturing an image frame, capturing a compressed dark frame, decompressing a portion of the compressed dark frame and subtracting the decompressed portion of the compressed dark frame from a corresponding section of the image frame. The steps of decompressing a portion of the compressed dark frame and subtracting the decompressed portion from a corresponding section of the image frame are repeated for additional portions of the compressed dark frame.

Dark frame subtraction using compression

A method and system for improving the quality of an image obtained by an electronic imaging system is disclosed. The method and system comprise capturing an image frame, capturing a partial dark frame and subtracting the partial dark frame from a corresponding section of the image frame. The steps of capturing a partial dark frame and subtracting the partial dark frame from a corresponding section of the image frame are repeated for additional partial dark frames.

Multi-pass dark frame subtraction

This invention is a digital camera that measures its internal temperature using the dark current of the photo detector. Using the temperature information the digital camera controls its internal temperature by selectively shutting down or slowing down heat generating components.

Dark signal closed loop thermal control for digital imaging systems

A device configured to display images. The device comprises a storage component, a first buffer, a second buffer and a display controller. The first buffer comprises a plurality of memory locations and is configured to store a first image from the storage component. The second buffer comprises a plurality of memory locations and is configured to store a second image from the storage component. The memory locations of the first buffer are interleaved with the memory locations of the second buffer in a common memory space. The display controller is coupled to the first and second buffers and is configured to retrieve a part of the first image from the first buffer and a part of the second image from the second buffer.

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Ft. Collins, CO, United States of America

David J Staudacher