Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Pelco, Inc.

James W Owens

James S Voss

Casey L Miller

Donald J Stavely

Dan L Dalton

Robert Paul Cazier

Amy E Battles

Greg Max Millar

Andrew Clark Goris

Daniel Maack Bloom

Steven Martin

Daniel J Byrne

Kevin W Nay

Shu Yang

David Burks

Jason A Heddings

Tony T Di Croce

Steven D Martin

An example method for processing visual communications at a video camera according to the disclosure includes analyzing video content captured by the video camera to identify a visual command presented to the camera by a user in the field of view of the camera, executing the visual command identified from the video content captured by the video camera, wherein executing the visual command includes setting one or more operating parameters of the video camera, determining a command completion indication corresponding to whether the command was successfully executed, and providing a command completion indication, corresponding to the command completion indication, to the user.

Visual command processing

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

Method and devices for enhancing still digital images extracted from a compressed video sequences are disclosed herein, wherein the compressed video sequence comprises at least one I-frame and at least one P-frame. The method comprises determining whether an I-frame or a P-frame of video has been extracted, determining the quantization matrix of the previous I-frame if a P-frame has been extracted, and reconstructing the extracted video frame. The image is enhanced based on the quantization matrix of the present I-frame if the extracted frame is an I-frame and based on the quantization matrix of the previous I-frame if a P-frame has been extracted.

Method of enhancing images extracted from video

Systems and methods for responding to a data transfer are disclosed. One embodiment comprises a method that includes the following steps: determining a sustainable data transfer rate for data transfers to/from an external memory medium, acquiring a data stream, transforming the data stream, and selecting a value for at least one operational parameter associated with acquiring or transforming the data stream in response to the sustainable data transfer rate.

Systems and methods for responding to a data transfer

A method for constructing a high-resolution image includes constructing a second plurality of time-sequential frames having a second resolution from a first plurality of time-sequential frames having a first resolution, the second resolution being lower than the first resolution, and constructing an image from the second plurality of time sequential frames, the image having a resolution that is higher than the second resolution.

Method and apparatus for re-constructing high-resolution images

A method is disclosed for capturing images, including reading image data in an image sensor from a photodetector array in the image sensor, and processing the image data in the image sensor. The method alternates between processing the image data to generate video frames and to generate portions of still images. A plurality of video frames are processed in the time it takes to process a complete still image. The video frames have a lower resolution than the still images.

Time-sliced still image generation

An integrated image sensor for acquiring and processing electrical signals representative of an object comprising a photosite array configured to convert light into the electrical signals, an A/D converter configured to convert the electrical signals into digital data, and logic integral with the image sensor configured to scale the digital data by a non-integer-scaling factor. A method for acquiring and processing image data with an integrated image sensor comprising the steps of capturing, via the image sensor, the image data representative of an image, scaling, via the image sensor, the image data by a non-integer value, and outputting from the integrated image sensor scaled image data.

Image sensor for capturing and filtering image data

A digital camera including a photosensor with a plurality of picture elements that define an image resolution that is adjustable.

Digital camera that adjusts resolution for low light conditions

An imaging apparatus includes at least one photosensor array operable to generate a multimode stream of image data including still image data and video data. The imaging apparatus further comprises a controller operable to filter still image data from the multimode stream.

Filtering still image data from a multimode stream

A video thumbnail for use as an icon of a digital video file and method of generating same. The video thumbnail is preferably a relatively short, low resolution, animated video thumbnail. The video thumbnail is extracted from a preferred sequence of the video file and embedded as a header of the file. The video thumbnail preferably plays automatically, and acts as a pointer to the file and the preferred point within it.

Video thumbnail

An imaging system operable to substantially simultaneously capture still image data and video data. The imaging system includes an optical system capturing incident light representative of an image and an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes at least one sensor receiving the incident light and substantially simultaneously generating the still image data and the video data within an exposure window. The imaging system also includes a controller transmitting signals to the integrated circuit for controlling the generation of the still image data and the video data.

Capturing a still image and video image during a single exposure period

Methods for providing digital video images and corresponding still images that exhibit a relatively higher resolution are provided. Preferably, the method includes the steps of: enabling frames of image data to be provided to a user for rendering as video images, the video images being configured for providing at a first resolution; receiving a request for image data corresponding to one of the frames of image data; and enabling image data corresponding to the requested one of the frames to be provided to the user for rendering as a still image, the still image being configured for providing at a second resolution. Preferably, the second resolution is higher than the first resolution. Systems and computer readable media also are provided.

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Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

James W Owens