In a video imaging and transmission system, the entire field of view of camera equipment aboard a remotely piloted vehicle is imaged as high resolution data. This high resolution data is digitized and stored in memory aboard the remote vehicle. In order to reduce the bandwidth of the information which is to be transmitted to a ground-based operator, only a selected portion of the stored high resolution data, corresponding to the output of oculometer and head position equipment that monitors the ...

A movable security camera apparatus for providing visual security with minimal human effort, error and equipment expense, includes a MICOM, a path input section, a sensing section, a sensor detecting section, a camera video tape recording section, and a main driving section. The MICOM controls the whole system, including the motion of a watch camera on the basis of control programs in accordance with inputted path information. The sensing section provides the data for the moving direction of the...

The present invention concerns a process and an apparatus for the detection of obstacles. The apparatus includes a video camera (2) for the viewing of the scene, a range apparatus (3) to measure the distance d of obstacles, the range apparatus (3) being coupled to an assembly (6, 7) for the deflection of the pulsed radiation emitted by the telemetric apparatus (3), and signal conditioner (16) designed to produce, from the synchronization signals of the field (ST) and the line (SL) of a video sig...

In one embodiment, a method for printing a bar in a bar code includes computing a print resolution for printing the bar using Bar Width, Dot Size and Number of Dots where Bar Width is a desired width of the bar, Dot Size is a nominal dimension of each dot measured in a direction across the width of the bar and Number of Dots is a number of dots to be printed across the width of the bar, and adjusting a spacing between dots based on the computed print resolution.

A semiconductor display device which can suppress the drive frequency while increasing the number of gray scales. According to the semiconductor display device, a plurality of pixels can be selected per row by a first scan line driver circuit, the plurality of pixels can be selected per row by a second scan line driver circuit, writing of a first video signal to the row selected by the first scan line driver circuit is controlled by a signal line driver circuit, writing of a second video signal ...

A visual aid system for assisting an operator while he maneuvers a vehicle comprises a closed circuit video system having distance measuring apparatus. The system enables the operator to see behind the vehicle and, through the use of the distance indicating apparatus, the operator can tell how far the rear of the vehicle is from objects seen via the video system.

There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image processing unit for executing image processing based on image data of an image; a region extracting unit for extracting a main subject region corresponding to a main subject in said image for the image processing; and an image display unit for displaying the image in enlargement with the main subject region disposed at a center of image. There is also provided an image processing method for executing image processing based on ima...

An arrangement for electronic recording of outside world and display symbol registration in airborne vehicles provided with head up display. A recording camera is calibrated with close tolerances to the same reference axes as the head up display's display symbology. Control signals of the display symbology and output signals from the camera are processed and combined in an electronic unit for simultaneous recording in a recorder, e.g., a tape recorder.

This invention provides a family of improvements to video security systems. In a first embodiment, a television set employed for normal television viewing is switched to be the monitor of the security system only upon the happening of a security violation event as sensed by a sensor. I one variation thereof, the switching capability is built into a dual-deck VCR along with the ability to reset the system to normal television watching by means of the remote control for the VCR. In another embodim...

A video guidance system for visually displaying a row mark traced on the surface of a field during a previous traverse to the operator of a farm tractor pulling a planter has left and right row markers depending respectively from opposite outer sides of the planter for tracing row marks on the field; a video monitor on the tractor in the field of view of the operator; left and right video cameras mounted on the planter adjacent the outer edges thereof with the optical axis of each camera directe...