Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett-Packard Company

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Adl, Inc.

Mikami & Co., Ltd

Donald J Stavely

Amy E Battles

Mark E Wanger

David Kay Campbell

Thomas Charles Oliver

Mark John Bianchi

Jennifer L Methlie

Andrew Clark Goris

Daniel Maack Bloom

Kurt Eugene Spears

Dan L Dalton

Gregory V Hofer

Wilfred Francis Brake

Sarah Jean Barrios

Paul M Hubel

James Clifford Anderson

Robert E Sobol

K Douglas Gennetten

Charles H McConica

James S Voss

Robert F Yockey

Christopher Andrew Whitman

Charles Edward Schinner

Casey L Miller

Daniel J Byrne

Scott A Woods

Kraig A Proehl

Kenneth Jay Hall

Robert Paul Cazier

Jason E Yost

David Paul Jones

Eric F Aas

James W Owens

Amol Subhash Pandit

Miles Kevin Thorland

Oscar R Herrera E

David Branson

Richard Turley

Kathy Louise Miner

Lisa K Roberts

Kenneth Ross Stockton

David R Lawson

Linda A Kennedy

Victoria L Naffier

George W Prokop

David Douglas Bohn

James C Dow

Heather Noel Bean

Leslie G Christie, Jr

Susan Hunter

Theodore B Ziemkowski

Frederic C Amerson

Mark D Seaman

Kevin J Matherson

Norman Conrad Pyle

Daniel R Dauner

Frank C Holloway

Rick A Kato

Douglas R Domel

Angelica A Quintana

Robert D Bolinder, Iii

Jeffrey P Baker

A multi-spectral variable focus illuminator. The illuminator includes a plurality of first light sources arranged in a first array, each of the first light sources capable of emitting light in a first wavelength band, and a plurality of second light sources arranged in a second array, each of the second light sources capable of emitting light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band. The illuminator includes an array of lenses positioned in front of the light sources. The relative positions of the lens array and the first and second light sources are changeable such that the field illuminated by the first light sources varies in size with the relative positions of the lens array and the first light sources, and the field illuminated by the second light sources varies in size with the relative positions of the lens array and the second light sources.

Multi-spectral variable focus illuminator

A system and method for focusing an image capture device are disclosed. One embodiment is a method comprising moving an autofocus window in response to detected movement of the image capture device.

Implementing autofocus in an image capture device while compensating for movement

Multiple uncompressed digital images, each at a different exposure, may be captured automatically in response to an image capture request. The set of uncompressed digital images may be stored as a single data object and manipulated to produce a final digital image.

Digital image production method and apparatus

A system and method for stabilization of an image capture device are disclosed. Also disclosed are a system and method for autofocus of an image capture device.

System and method for image capture device

Embodiments are disclosed herein that are related to computer mice configured to track motion on smooth surfaces. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides an optical mouse comprising a light source configured to illuminate a tracking surface, an image sensor, and an array of lenses configured to superimpose a plurality of images of spatially different areas of the tracking surface onto the image sensor. The optical mouse further comprises a controller configured to receive a plurality of time-sequenced frames of image data from the image sensor, to detect motion of the mouse on the tracking surface from movement of one or more tracking features in the plurality of time-sequenced frames of image data, and to output a motion signal.

Tracking motion of mouse on smooth surfaces

Systems and methods for implementing Z-buffer generation in a camera are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment the method may comprise exposing a plurality of pixels on an image capture device to a modulated light signal reflected from different regions of a scene adjacent a camera after different delays. The method may also comprise correlating intensity of the modulated light signal received by the image capture device for each the different delays to determine a flight time of the modulated light signal. The method may also comprise generating a Z-buffer corresponding to the different regions of the scene based on the correlation.

Systems and methods of generating Z-buffers for an image capture device of a camera

Image stabilization systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment of the image stabilization method, among others, includes detecting motion of a camera, and responsive to the detected motion, changing an optical filter orientation to displace an image provided on a sensor.

Image-stabilization systems and methods

Image-exposure systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment of the system includes a motion detecting device, and logic configured to determine when to terminate an image-exposure based on detected motion of a camera.

Image-exposure systems and methods using detecting motion of a camera to terminate exposure

Systems and methods for implementing Z-buffer generation in a camera are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment the method may comprise actuating a light sensor after various delays to receive a plurality of modulated light signals reflected from different regions of a scene adjacent a camera. The method may also include determining distance information for the different regions of the scene based on brightness values for the plurality of modulated light signals reflected from the scene for the various delays. The method may also include storing the distance information in a Z-buffer at the camera.

Systems and methods of generating Z-buffers in cameras

A digital imaging device provides for different exposure times for each of a set of color components, the exposure time of each color component being inversely related to its strength relative to the other color components in a pre-exposure frame. By compensating for color imbalance in the scene during exposure, the digital imaging device improves the signal-to-noise ratio and, hence, the quality of the resulting digital image.

Method and apparatus for controlling color balance in a digital imaging device

A method of capturing images in an imaging device in a burst zoom operation includes zooming the imaging device from a first zoom setting to a second zoom setting, and automatically capturing a plurality of still images during the zooming, each of the plurality of still images being captured at a different zoom setting.

Imaging device with burst zoom mode

A digital imaging device produces and stores multiple video streams from a single imaging sensor array. The stored video streams may be post-processed using video editing software to create a combined video presentation.

Apparatus and method for producing and storing multiple video streams

A method and apparatus are described wherein the composition responsiveness of a camera comprising an image stabilization system is adjusted. In example embodiments, the composition responsiveness may be adjusted in response to a particular photographic situation, including a scene condition, a camera optical configuration, a camera mode setting, or any combination of these. In another embodiment of the invention, the composition responsiveness is adjusted during a capture sequence used to take a photograph.

Sequenced response image stabilization

A digital camera delays the capture of a digital image after image capture has been requested until the motion of the digital camera satisfies a motion criterion. The digital camera thereby reduces image blur that would otherwise occur due to camera motion.

Apparatus and method for reducing image blur in a digital camera

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Donald J Stavely