Sony Corporation

Sony Electronics Inc

Apple Inc.

Flashpoint Technology, Inc.

Douglas Koji Tao

Oliver F Morgan

Anup K Sharma

Richard A Bardini

Michael Alan Kutner

Michael Powell

Adelheid Maria Schoolcraft

Samuel R Shore

Devices and methods for adjusting an exposure window of a rolling shutter based on a frequency determined from ambient light gathered by a bimodal component are disclosed. Flickering light sources may cause artifacts in captured images, due to interplay between a period of a frequency of ambient light and the exposure window. An image capture device includes a semiconductor component configured to operate in two modes and an exposure window control component configured to compensate for the flickering based on a signal from the light source. In a sensor mode, the semiconductor component may operate to detect the frequency of ambient light. To avoid image artifacts, the frequency of the ambient light is analyzed and an exposure time is adjusted to an integer multiple of the period of the frequency such that exposure is matched to the periodic illumination of the flickering light source.

Flicker detection using semiconductor light source

A system and method for generating timing signals in an electronic imaging device includes a horizontal timing generator with a first programmable memory for storing a set of timing information and a vertical timing generator with a second programmable memory for providing a set of control information which is used to selectively generate the timing signals from the set of timing information in the first programmable memory.

System and method for generating timing signals in an electronic imaging device

A memory that includes data corresponding to a play list is controlled by an associated circuit that eliminates the problems created during playback by short data segments. The play list is parsed to determine whether any segments in the play list fail to exceed a threshold length. Such a segment is copied along with all or part of the next segment to create a new 'virtual' segment that exceeds the threshold length. During playback, the virtual segment is used instead of the original short segment.

Method and apparatus for optimizing a playlist of material

In the method and apparatus of the present invention, an editing system and method is provides that is sophisticated in features but easy to use. In one embodiment, the system includes multiple input sources, such as tape and live sources, at least one output recording device, at least one monitor, and a editing controller, such as a general purpose computer, which controls the input and output device. The controller further provides an innovative graphical user interface that intersperses video from the input devices along with control functions which the user can select using a mouse, keyboard or other input device.

Method and apparatus for displaying in and out points during video

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