Motion adaptive interpolation of television image sequences
What is claimed is: 1. In a method for the motion adaptive interpolation of nontransmitted television image sequences, each based on at least two transmitted television image sequences, by receiving t... Read More
Inventors: Bergmann, Hans C.; Musmann, Hans-Georg;, Assignee: ANT Nachrichtentechnik GmbH (Backnang, DE) |
Power semiconductor component for cooling by boiling or liquids
I claim: 1. Power semiconductor component for boiling cooling or liquid cooling, comprising a semiconductor crystal disc having two main electrodes and, optionally, one or more control electrodes, a l... Read More
Inventors: Klein, Erwin;, Assignee: BBC Aktiengesellschaft Brown, Boveri & Cie. (Baden, CH) |
Method for measuring of chromatic optical density
It is an object of the present invention to provide a measuring method whereby an accurate density value of a color material is obtained in consideration of the above-mentioned problems. Another objec... Read More
Inventors: Sasaki, Takashi;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) |
Charge transfer device for forming desired color difference signals
I claim as my invention: 1. A charge transfer device for processing color signals, comprising: signal separating means for forming a first color signal during predetermined periods and for forming a s... Read More
Inventors: Sato, Maki;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Video noise detector
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to FIGS. 1A and 2A, there are shown opposite polarities of the standard NTSC composite sync portion of a video signal. The composite sync signal includes horizon... Read More
Inventors: Turner, Rudolf;, Assignee: Zenith Electronics Corporation (Glenview, IL) |
Highly reliable hermetically sealed package for a semiconductor device
An object of the present invention is to prevent the bond strength of a terminal metal chip from deteriorating. Another object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device having a hi... Read More
Inventors: Kida, Susumu; Usami, Hayato; Aoki, Hideji;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP) |
System and method for converting a non-interlaced video signal into an interlaced video signal
The present invention is directed to a system and method for converting successive frames of a non-interlaced video signal into successive fields of an interlaced video signal. As used herein, the ter... Read More
Inventors: Peterson, James R.; Doornink, Douglas J.;, Assignee: Tektronix, Inc. (Beaverton, OR) |
Semiconductor device with interdigitated electrodes
We claim: 1. A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor body having a major surface and alternate regions of opposite first and second conductivity types at said major surface, a first set of e... Read More
Inventors: Moore, Michael J.; Paxman, David H.;, Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY) |
Measuring system
We claim: 1. A measuring system comprising a signal processor including a first counter for storing a next following signal representative of the instantaneous value of a parameter being measured, a s... Read More
Inventors: Gallant, John Henry; Johnson, Michael Robert Thomas;, Assignee: May & Baker Limited (Dagenham, EN) |
System for determining transfer function
A system is disclosed and described for determining the transfer function of a specimen, such as a complex structure, from an input or driving signal and from an output or response signal. The input i... Read More
Inventors: Sloane, Edwin A.;, Assignee: Time/Data Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Vapor cooled semiconductor device enclosed in an envelope having a compression mechanism for holding said device within said envelope
Accordingly it is a general object of the present invention to eliminate the disadvantages of the prior art practice as above described. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and i... Read More
Inventors: Kimura, Yoshio; Mitsuoka, Hiroshi; Hosono, Isamu;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JA) |
Idler roll for printing press drying stage
I claim: 1. An idler roll for engaging a printed side of a running web trained thereover comprising: a unitary rotatable support member of a rigid material having a hard smooth cylindrical external su... Read More
Inventors: Buck, Homer G.;, Assignee: King Label Company (El Segundo, CA) |
Modular video control system
What is claimed is: 1. For use in a closed circuit television system for selectively coupling at least one of N video sources to one or more video output devices, the improvement comprising: a chassis... Read More
Inventors: Pshtissky, Yacov A.; Horn, Donald N.; Skidmore, John;, Assignee: Vicon Industries, Inc. (Melville, NY) |
Toy laser pistol
We claim: 1. A toy laser weapon comprising: handle means including grip means for gripping by the user; elongated, substantially transparent barrel means having its proximal end mounted to and extendi... Read More
Inventors: Scolari, John E.; Warner, Robert T.; Deavenport, Joe E.;, Assignee: Life Light Systems (San Diego, CA) |
Command sensor in projection display apparatus
The present invention has been devised with an aim at minimizing or substantially eliminating the above discussed problems inherent in the prior art remote control system and is intended to provide an... Read More
Inventors: Itoh, Masateru;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Gate-turn-off thyristor failure detecting circuit
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a GTO thyristor failure detecting circuit capable of detecting a failure of a GTO thyristor at the gate circuit thereof without any modifications... Read More
Inventors: Seki, Nagataka; Koike, Shunichi; Watanabe, Yukio;, Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) |
Incremental ideographic character input method
OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Those of ordinary skill in the art will realize that the following description of the present invention is illustrative only and not in any way limiting. Other embodiments o... Read More
Inventors: Wang, Chung-Ning; Platt, John C.; Matic, Nada P.;, Assignee: Synaptics, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Method and apparatus for distinguishing between noisy continuous tone document types and other document types to maintain reliable image segmentation
The present invention consists of adding a range of video requirement to a document type classification process in order to distinguish between many small video variations associated with a noisy cont... Read More
Inventors: Williams, Leon C.; Clark, Raymond J.; Schweid, Stuart A.;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Image processing using distance as a function of direction
The present invention provides techniques for analyzing an image. Data defining the image can be used to obtain distance data indicating distances in each of a plurality of directions from a starting ... Read More
Inventors: Cass, Todd A.; Huttenlocher, Daniel P.; Wayner, Peter C.;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Lumber defect scanning including multi-dimensional pattern recognition
In accordance with the present invention, a method for identifying a defect relative to a given wood article begins by collecting a first set of data values characterizing a portion of a sample wood a... Read More
Inventors: Soest, Jon F.;, Assignee: U.S. Natural Resources, Inc. (Vancouver, WA) |
Demodulation and phase estimation of two-dimensional patterns
INCLUDING BEST MODE Consider a two-dimensional fringe pattern with intensity of the fringe pattern as follows f(x,y)=a(x,y)+b(x,y), cos [2π(u0{x-x0}+v0{y-y0})-χ] (1) Position ... Read More
Inventors: Larkin, Kieran Gerard; Oldfield, Michael Alexander; Bone, Donald James;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Component shape recognition method
An object of the present invention is to provide a component shape recognition method which enables recognition of the shape of a component which is placed at a rotated or tilted position with respect... Read More
Inventors: Morimoto, Masamichi; Okumura, Kazumasa; Mohri, Akira; Ohkawara, Daisuke;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Kadoma, JP) |
Wire bonding inspection equipment
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide wire bonding inspection equipment which is capable of automatically breaking bonding wires of defective semiconductor devices and autom... Read More
Inventors: Shibasaka, Mitsusada; Miyahara, Yuichi;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Wire bonding external appearance inspecting apparatus
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a wire bonding external appearance inspecting apparatus by which optimum illumination directions can be selected according to which items ... Read More
Inventors: Choumei, Masayuki;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Method and apparatus for machine vision classification and tracking
To overcome the limitations in the prior art described above, and to overcome other limitations that will become apparent upon reading and understanding the present specification, the present inventio... Read More
Inventors: Brady, Mark J.; Cerny, Darin G.; Granholm, Michelle C.; Million, Belayneh W.;, Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (St. Paul, MN) |
Efficient image registration
An efficient registration method and apparatus provides substantial registration of all of the features common to a pair of images to be registered, even when one of the images to be registered is fla... Read More
Inventors: Michael, David;, Assignee: Cognex Corporation (Natick, MA) |
Automated optical inspection apparatus
This invention provides a method and apparatus for automatically locating the bond of a wire to a lead frame and semiconductor chip or similar device on one machine as an in-process operation, in orde... Read More
Inventors: Garakani, Arman; Michael, David J.; Koljonen, Juha;, Assignee: Cognex Corporation (Natick, MA) |
Image processing coefficient determination method, image processing coefficient calculation system, image processing system, image processing method, and storage medium
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram to show one embodiment of the invention. In the figure, numeral 1 is a process operation section, numeral 2 is an output section, numeral 3 is a... Read More
Inventors: Kobayashi, Yuji; Uchihashi, Shingo; Takeo, Nobuyuki; Ogatsu, Hitoshi; Kita, Shinji;, Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Digital image processing
FIG. 1 is an illustration of a typical hardware layout according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 2 shows a comparison between a 4-bit grey scale and an 8-bit grey scale. FIG. 3 shows an 8-bit... Read More
Inventors: Ercan, Gurchan; Whyte, Peter;, Assignee: Redflex Traffic Systems Pty LTD (Melbourne, AU) |
Pattern recognition apparatus and method
We claim: 1. A pattern recognition system comprising: video camera means for generating a video signal representative of an area being viewed, opaque means located on a portion of said video camera me... Read More
Inventors: Hubach, Richard A.; DeZotell, Gary L.; Sacks, Jack;, Assignee: View Engineering, Inc. (Chatsworth, CA) |
Image Analysis 
