F-Term-List

H04N5/222-5/257

DA00
USE OR KIND OF STUDIO DEVICE

DA01

DA02

DA03

DA04

DA05

DA06

DA07

DA08

DA09

DA10

. Cameras

. . for broadcast or business

. . for moving pictures

. . for still pictures

. . Electronic cameras attached to silver halide cameras

. . Electronic development cameras

. . TV telephones

. . TV conferences

. . Portable terminals or portable telephones

. . Underwater cameras

DA11

DA12

DA13

DA14

DA15

DA16

DA17

DA18

DA19

DA20

. . Monitoring cameras security cameras or disaster prevention cameras

. . Inspection

. . Measuring

. . On-board cameras

. . Image formation using radiation sources other than visible light including ultrasonic waves

. . . Infra-red radiation

. . . X-rays

. . Television door phones

. . Authentication (Related F-terms: GC62 and HA26)

. . Games or karaoke

DA21

DA22

DA23

DA24

DA25

DA26

DA27

DA28

DA29

DA30

. . Sports or learning

. . Business transactions advertisements services or prizes

. . Market researches or questionnaires

. . Votes

. . for welfare or medical care excluding endoscopes or stomatoscopes

. . Endoscopes or stomatoscopes

. . Robots

. . Document cameras

. . for digital cinemas

. . for special photography

DA31

DA32

DA33

DA34

DA35

DA36

DA37

DA38

DA39

DA40

. . Line cameras

. Film scanners

. . for motion picture films e.g. telecines

. Photography stands

. Photography stands backgrounds or stages

. Studio devices for special photography

. Program transmission devices

. Control tables or CCUs

. Prompters

. Relay devices

DA41

DA42

DA43

DA44

. Production of programs

. . Creation of contents

. . Schedulers

. . Edit or insertion of additional information

EA00
PURPOSE OR EFFECT

EA01

EA02

EA03

EA04

EA05

EA06

EA07

EA08

EA09

EA10

. Protection safety or reliability

. . Improvement of environment resistance e.g. dew condensation or snow protection (Related F-term: HA80)

. . Heat radiation cooling or temperature control (Related F-term HA81)

. . Temperature compensation (Related F-term: HA81)

. . Shock resistance

. . Prevention of malfunctions

. . securing security or protecting privacy (Related F-terms: FH22 HA23 and HA32)

. . . Key locking or passwords

. . Diagnoses of operation abnormalities

. . Alarms of power supply abnormalities (Related F-terms: GF12-GF14)

EA11

EA12

EA13

EA14

EA15

EA16

EA17

EA18

EA19

EA20

. . Alarms of incomplete states of housing opening/closing attachment or insertion

. Improvement of image quality

. . Flicker prevention or correction

. . Defect compensation

. . Countermeasures against specular reflection prevention of imprinting or countermeasures against stray light

. . . Countermeasures against red eyes (Related F-term: GG23)

. . Tone correction

. . White balance (Related F-terms: FG14 and HA58)

. . Contour compensation or high frequency correction (Related F-term: FG13)

. . White fade-out or black blurs

EA21

EA22

EA23

EA24

EA25

EA26

EA27

EA28

EA29

EA30

. . Expansion or compression of dynamic ranges (Related F-terms: FH01 HA53 and HA54)

. . Noise reduction

. . . Dark currents

. . . Afterimages

. . . Smears or blooming

. . . Thermal noise

. . . Interference

. . . Fixed pattern noise

. . Fold-back distortion

. . Shadings

EA31

EA32

EA33

EA34

EA35

EA36

EA37

EA38

EA39

EA40

. . Aberration correction

. . . Barrel shape distortion or reel distortion

. . Wide angle distortion correction

. . Optical leakage prevention e.g. eyepiece shutters

. . Flares

. . Control or detection of dust (Related F-term: HA84)

. Improvement of resolutions

. . Shifts of picture elements

. . . Wobbling

. . Dividing image formation (Related F-term: FA03)

EA41

EA42

EA43

EA44

EA45

EA46

EA47

EA48

EA49

EA50

. . Prevention of image jitters (Related F-terms: FH13 HA77 and HA78)

. Improvement of operability

. . Plug-and-play

. . Prevention of erroneous operations

. . Countermeasures against head-and-tail reverse photography sky photography or ground photography

. . Theft or misplacement

. . Improvement of visibility

. . Advice on photographing

. Rental

. Abandonment or recycling

EA51

EA52

EA53

EA54

EA55

EA56

EA57

EA58

EA59

EA60

. Recycling of disposable cameras

. Reduction of power consumption

. Combined use of applications

. Portability miniaturisation thickness reduction or weight reduction

. Improvement of economical efficiency or productivity

. . Simplification or part items

. . Automation easiness in mounting easiness in assembling or easiness in manufacturing

. Maintenance or repair

. Upgrade or extension of functions

. Self-portrait photography

EA61

EA62

EA63

EA64

EA65

EA66

EA67

EA68

EA69

EA70

. Image processing or editing

. Design performance

. Remote control or remote operations

. Attitude control (Related F-term: HA76)

. Automatic tracking

. Control of photography directions (Related F-term: FA01)

. Control of a plurality of cameras

. Acceleration of operations or processing

. Shutter chances

. Switching of systems or switching of aspect ratios

FA00
PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUE

FA01

FA02

FA03

FA04

FA05

FA06

FA07

FA08

FA09

FA10

. Photographing angles (Related F-term: EA66)

. Wide-angle photography

. . Panoramic photography (Related F-term: EA40)

. Stereoscopic photography

. Macro photography approximated photography or closeup photography

. specifying coordinates of objects

. Photography modes

. Continuous photography (Related F-term: GG24)

. Bracket photography (Related F-term: GG24)

. Interval photography

FA11

FA12

FA13

FA14

FA15

FA16

FA17

FA18

. Setting of photography conditions

. . Optimum setting or confirmation

. . Programming of photography or operations or sequence processing

. Low-speed or high-speed photography of objects

. Self-timers

. Just-framing (Related F-term: FK01)

. Synchronous photography

. Photography using a plurality of imaging apparatus

FB00
OPTICAL ELEMENT OR OPTICAL SYSTEM

FB01

FB02

FB03

FB04

FB05

FB06

FB07

FB08

FB09

FB10

. Optical elements

. . characterised by optical design

. . Lenses

. . . Interchangeable lenses

. . . Microlenses

. . . Wide-angle lenses including lenses comprising a plurality of lenses

. . changing optical properties of elements per se

. . Lens barrel

. . Lens barriers or lens caps

. . Aberration correction optical elements

FB11

FB12

FB13

FB14

FB15

FB16

FB17

FB18

FB19

FB20

. . Mirrors

. . . Wide-angle mirrors e.g. polygonal pyramids

. . . Half mirrors

. . . Variable shape mirrors

. . Prisms (Related F-term: FB16)

. . Colour separation optical elements (Related F-term: FB15)

. . Optical filters

. . . Low pass filters

. . . Collimators or slits

. . . Infra-red light cut filters

FB21

FB22

FB23

FB24

. . Optical adaptors

. . Hoods

. Optical alignment

. . Positioning of imaging devices or flange-back adjustments

FC00
IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING IMAGE PICKUP TUBE

FC01

FC02

FC03

FC04

FC05

FC06

FC07

FC08

FC09

FC10

. Two-dimensional CCDs

. MOS types or X-Y types

. Line sensors

. having a plurality of imaging devices

. . A plurality of imaging devices of different specifications or characteristics

. Structures of imaging devices

. Drive of imaging devices

. . Variable speed operations

. . Multiple exposure reading

. . Summing-reading of picture elements

FC11

FC12

FC13

FC14

FC15

FC16

FC17

. . Reading of specified regions (Related F-term: FC12)

. . Reading of arbitrary picture elements (Related F-term: FC11)

. . Sequential reading

. . . Switching of sequential reading and interlace reading

. . Reading of dark currents

. . Sweep-out initialisation or reset of accumulated electric charges

. . Driving circuits

FD00
FOCUS ADJUSTMENT

FD01

FD02

FD03

FD04

FD05

FD06

FD07

FD08

FD09

FD10

. Automatic focus

. Manual focus

. Focus detection systems or ranging systems

. . Active systems

. . Passive systems

. . . Detection of contrast detection of high-frequency components or hill climbing

. . . Phase difference detection systems

. . . characterised by takeout nodes of focus signals

. . . using auxiliary illumination (Related F-term: GG29)

. Depths of fields or focuses

FD11

FD12

FD13

FD14

. Interlocking control with zooming

. Focus lock

. Settings or control of focus regions

. Soft focuses (Related F-term: FH22)

FE00
CHANGE OF MAGNIFICATION

FE01

FE02

FE03

FE04

FE05

FE06

. Zooming

. . Optical zooming

. . Electronic zooming

. Conversion

. Zoom control

. . Switching or interlocking of optical zooming and electronic zooming

FF00
CONTROL OF EXPOSURE

FF01

FF02

FF03

FF04

FF05

FF06

FF07

FF08

FF09

FF10

. Automatic exposure

. Manual exposure

. Diaphragms or irises

. . Fixed diaphragms openings or diaphragm plates including switches

. . Mechanical irises

. . Transmission region variable elements

. ND filters

. . Permeability variable elements (Related F-term: FF13)

. Shutters

. . Mechanical shutters

FF11

FF12

FF13

FF14

FF15

FF16

FF17

FF18

FF19

FF20

. . Electronic shutters including charge accumulation time control

. . Combined use of both mechanical shutters and electronic shutters

. . Permeability variable elements e.g. liquid crystal shutters (Related F-term: FF08)

. Combined use of both diaphragms and shutters

. Amplification control of picture signals

. Exposure control at focusing photometry or white balance (Related F-term: GG29)

. Exposure control at lighting

. Exposure control adapted for specific scenes

. . Correction of backlight or excessive forward light

. Program exposure control (Related F-term: HB04)

FF21

FF22

FF23

FF24

FF25

FF26

. Signals used for exposure control or signal extraction positions

. . External light or photography environmental light

. . Picture signals

. . . Matrix output signals

. . . Composite picture signals

. Setting or control of photometric region

FG00
PROCESSING OF PICTURE SIGNAL

FG01

FG02

FG03

FG04

FG05

FG06

FG07

FG08

FG09

FG10

. Preprocessing for generating picture signals

. . Calibration of imaging signals or noise elimination

. Generation of picture signals from imaging signals

. . Separation of brightness signals and colour signals (Related F-term: HA57)

. . . Generation or processing of brightness signals

. . . Generation or processing of colour signals

. . . . Generation or processing of colour difference signals

. . . Generation or processing of composite picture signals

. . Generation of high-definition picture signals

. . Generation of picture signals having a plurality of resolutions

FG11

FG12

FG13

FG14

FG15

. Black level control or pedestal level control

. Addition of synchronous signals

. Contour enhancement or contour correction (Related F-term: EA19)

. White balance processing (Related F-terms: EA18 and HA58)

. Picture electronic circuits (Related F-terms: HA50-HA59)

FH00
IMAGE PROCESSING

FH01

FH02

FH03

FH04

FH05

FH06

FH07

FH08

FH09

FH10

. Brightness processing e.g. gradation gamma or dither (Related F-terms: EA21 HA53 and HA54)

. Colour processing e.g. discharging pseudo-colours or colour changes

. Edge or boundary processing

. Coordinate conversion e.g. rotation or shift

. Deformation

. Distortion correction

. Image enlargement or contraction

. Image compression or expansion (Related F-terms: HA08 HA12 and HA39)

. Processing of regions excluding focusing or photometric regions (Related F-term: FH15)

. . Extracting of regions or picture elements

FH11

FH12

FH13

FH14

FH15

FH16

FH17

FH18

FH19

FH20

. Image analysis

. . Motion detection or motion vector detection

. Picture blur detection (Related F-terms: EA41 HA77 and HA78)

. Image recognition

. Division of screens (Related F-term: FH09)

. . Block processing

. Adaptive processing corresponding to the number of picture elements

. Image synthesis (Related F-term: FK41)

. . Object synthesis

. . Screen joint

FH21

FH22

FH23

FH24

. Masking

. Special effect processing e.g. mosaic fade or blurring (Related F-terms: EA07 and FD14)

. Filtering

. Histogram processing

FJ00
SOUND

FJ01

FJ02

FJ03

FJ04

FJ05

FJ06

FJ07

FJ08

FJ09

FJ10

. Microphones or sound collecting devices

. . Control of directivity

. Speakers or sounding devices

. Sound analysis or recognition

. Sound synthesis

. characterised by sound signal processing

. . Muting

. . Interlocking control with fade-in or fade-out

. Detection of sound source directions

. Noise elimination

FJ11

FJ12

FJ13

FJ14

FJ15

. Warning sounds voice guidance or effect sounds

. Synchronisation processing or simultaneous processing of images or sounds (Related F-term: HA04)

. . After-recording

. Assembling or mounting structures of microphones or speakers

. Recording of sound signals

FK00
INDICATOR OR FINDER

FK01

FK02

FK03

FK04

FK05

FK06

FK07

FK08

FK09

FK10

. Sighting including laser markers (Related F-term: FA16)

. . Photography ranges for objects or projections into copy ranges

. Finders

. . Designation of photography ranges or copy ranges

. . . Parallax correction

. . Designation of focusing photometry or white balance region frames

. . Optical finders (Related F-term: FK15)

. . Electronic finders

. . . Eyepiece type finders

. . . . Expansion/contraction or housing mechanisms

FK11

FK12

FK13

FK14

FK15

FK16

FK17

FK18

FK19

FK20

. . . . Opening/closing rotation or storage mechanisms

. . . Open finders e.g. liquid crystal monitors

. . . . Opening/closing rotation or storage mechanisms

. . . . Protection mechanisms of display surfaces

. . characterised by eyepieces (Related F-term: FK07)

. . . Sight line detection

. . . Dioptre scale correction

. . . Eyepieces hoods

. Devices for displaying only information other than images

. Auxiliary devices for improving visibility e.g. hoods

FK21

FK22

FK23

FK24

FK25

FK26

FK27

FK28

FK29

FK30

. Stereoscopic display devices

. Backlights or display illumination

. External monitors or indicators

. Signal processing for display or finders

. . Mirror images or inversed display

. . Writing or reading control of video RAMs

. . Switch display control of still pictures or moving pictures

. . Additional information display other than images

. . . Operation state display

. . . . Battery residual amounts or remaining operable prediction time (Related F-term: GF03)

FK31

FK32

FK33

FK34

FK35

FK36

FK37

FK38

FK39

FK40

. . . . Residual storage capacitors including pagination or storage time (Related F-term: GA33)

. . . . Prediction time until end of processing

. . . Display of camera operation conditions or photography conditions

. . . Explanation display or guidance display

. . . Abnormality warning display

. Display methods

. . Character display or graphic display

. . Menu display

. . Thumbnails

. . GUIs e.g. icons or pointers

FK41

FK42

FK43

. . Synthesised display (Related F-term: FH18)

. . . Multi-screens parent-child screens or superimposition

. Display using a plurality of indicators

FL00
OPERATION

FL01

FL02

FL03

FL04

FL05

FL06

FL07

FL08

FL09

. Dials

. Mice or pens

. Touch panels

. Levers

. Switches or buttons

. . Release switches

. . Cross keys

. Interactive operations including image selection

. Jogs or shuttle keys

GA00
STORAGE OR RECORDING

GA01

GA02

GA03

GA04

GA05

GA06

GA07

GA08

GA09

GA10

. Storage media

. . Memory principles

. . . Magnetism

. . . Optical magnetism

. . . Light

. . Medium structures

. . . Disks

. . . Tapes

. . . Memory cards

. . . Identification cards

GA11

GA12

GA13

GA14

GA15

GA16

GA17

GA18

GA19

GA20

. . Armours or protection cases of storage media

. . Drive mechanisms or drive control of storage media

. . Housing attachment or storage of storage media to camera bodies

. . . Tape types

. . . Disk types

. . . Card types (Related F-term: GE15)

. Memory management

. . Filing

. . . Differential applications for built-in memories or attached memories

. . . Filing of still pictures

GA21

GA22

GA23

GA24

GA25

GA26

GA27

GA28

GA29

GA30

. . . Fling of moving pictures

. . Backup of data

. Processing of storage or readout (Related F-term: HA71)

. . Control of storage or readout

. . . Transfer control between built-in memories and attached memories

. . . Combined use of multi-tasks and RAM regions

. . Determination of storage medium types

. . Rewrite postscript or erasure

. . Inhibition or release of rewrite postscript or erasure

. . Alternate processing of defective regions

GA31

GA32

GA33

GA34

. Devices for storage or reproduction

. Display of memory capacities

. . Storable amounts or residual amounts or stored pagination (Related F-term: FK31)

. Storage of additional information (Related F-terms: HA0-HA06)

GB00
PRINTING

GB01

GB02

GB03

GB04

GB05

GB06

GB07

GB08

GB09

. Printer-integrated cameras including built-in or detachable cameras

. Printing command information

. Printer-side information

. . Warning information

. Signal processing for printing

. . Creation of printing data

. . . using photography conditions

. . Management of spooling and its work areas

. . Control of functions other than printing during printing

GC00
COMMUNICATION

GC01

GC02

GC03

GC04

GC05

GC06

GC07

GC08

GC09

GC10

. Communication lines

. . Kinds of communication lines or networks

. . . Fixed telephone networks

. . . Mobile telephone networks

. . . Leased line networks

. . . WANs

. . . LANs

. . . . Domestic LANs

. . . Networks added with control lines

. . Bidirectionality of communication lines

GC11

GC12

GC13

GC14

GC15

GC16

GC17

GC18

GC19

GC20

. . . having differences between transmission speeds of uplinks and downlinks

. . Power supply using communication lines

. Transmission/reception equipment

. . Servers

. . Relaying or exchanging techniques including routers or hubs

. . Base stations

. . Terminal units including modems

. . . Stationary communication machines

. . . Mobile communication machines

. . . . In-vehicle communication machines

GC21

GC22

GC23

GC24

GC25

GC26

GC27

GC28

GC29

GC30

. . . . using other means than communication or telephone calls

. . Antennas

. Communication systems or control

. . Multiplex communication

. . Communication systems or control adapted for telephone calls

. . . Communication systems or control for still picture TV telephones

. . . Communication systems or control for moving picture TV telephones

. . . Communication systems or control for TV conferences

. . Communication systems or control adapted for e-mails

. . . Communication systems or control for still picture mails

GC31

GC32

GC33

GC34

GC35

GC36

GC37

GC38

GC39

GC40

. . . Communication systems or control for moving picture mails

. . Communication systems or control adapted for the communication of contents

. . . Communication systems or control for movie distribution

. . . Communication systems or control for music distribution

. . Communication systems or control adapted for the transmission/reception of data

. . . Communication systems or control for still picture data

. . . Communication systems or control for moving picture data

. . . Communication systems or control for data in general e.g. remote control

. . Data communication types

. . . Download types (Related F-term: GC41)

GC41

GC42

GC43

GC44

GC45

GC46

GC47

GC48

GC49

GC50

. . . Streaming types (Related F-term: GC40)

. . Exchange control

. . . Line exchange

. . . Packet exchange

. . . Switching of line exchange or packet exchange

. . Establishment or negotiation of communication lines

. . . Polling

. . . Redial functions

. . . Periodic or scheduled communication

. . . Transmission of accumulated data by instructions for terminating communication machine operations

GC51

GC52

GC53

GC54

GC55

GC56

GC57

GC58

GC59

GC60

. . Detection of or countermeasures against communication line failure

. . Transmission of images

. . . Transmission of live images

. . . Transmission of stored images

. . Control during communication

. . . Interruption reception

. . Transfer of received data

. . Retransmission of transmitted data

. . Permission or refusal of communication or access

. . . Permission or refusal by calling sides

GC61

GC62

GC63

GC64

GC65

GC66

GC67

GC68

GC69

GC70

. . . Permission or refusal by receiving sides

. . . Authentication (Related F-terms: DA19 and HA26)

. . . Protection against unauthorised access

. . Communication protocols

. . . Protocol conversion or communication between different networks

. . . . Conversion to fixed telephone numbers or fixed telephone networks

. . Automatic storage of received data or incoming data

. . . Voice-mail functions

. . Management of telephone numbers addresses URLs or the like

. . . Number non-notifying communication telephone calls notifying communication or telephone calls

GC71

GC72

GC73

GC74

GC75

GC76

GC77

GC78

GC79

GC80

. . . Telephone books address books or book marking functions

. . . Use of option code bandwidths of addresses or the like

. . Operation control of functions other than communication during communication

. Objects to be transmitted or received

. . Communication between specified persons

. . . One to one

. . . One to a plurality of persons

. . . A plurality of persons to a plurality of persons

. Control information for communication

. . Communication or telephone call histories

GC81

GC82

GC83

GC84

GC85

GC86

. . Communication charges

. . Prediction time until communication end or completion

. . Warning information

. . . Security warning information

. . Server user identifiers e.g. cookies

. Communication by buses or cables

GD00
SUPPORT OF CAMERA OR CAMERA ACCESSORY

GD01

GD02

GD03

GD04

GD05

GD06

GD07

GD08

GD09

GD10

. Stands tripods or unipods (Related F-term: GD12)

. . Elevators

. . Document photography stands or copying stands

. Camera platforms e.g. pans or tilts

. Turntables

. Camera platforms or turntable drive control

. Camera balancers

. Seismic isolation mechanisms for cameras luminaires or the like

. . Gimbal mechanisms

. . Dampers

GD11

GD12

GD13

GD14

GD15

GD16

. Camera moving devices e.g. lifts dollies or rails

. Camera holding members (Related F-term: GD01)

. . Shoulder mechanisms (Related F-term: GD16)

. . Straps

. . Grips

. . Belts (Related F-term: GD13)

GE00
CASING, MOUNTING OR MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUE

GE01

GE02

GE03

GE04

GE05

GE06

GE07

GE08

GE09

GE10

. Casings

. Lock mechanisms

. Detachment mechanisms

. Turning or opening and closing mechanisms

. Camera heads

. . Mounting structures of camera heads

. Housing/attachment mechanisms folding structures or assembling structures

. Filter switching

. Camera cases

. Mounting or manufacturing techniques

GE11

GE12

GE13

GE14

GE15

GE16

GE17

GE18

GE19

GE20

. . Part arrangements

. . Battery installation structures in camera casing sides (Related F-term: GF01)

. . Built-in function addition or preliminary structure for functional extension

. . Interfaces or terminals for connecting external apparatus

. . . Card slots (Related F-term: GA-16)

. . . for microphones indicators or luminaires (Related F-term: GG09)

. . Cards modulation or unitisation

. . Circuit boards

. . . Flexible boards

. . Sealing structures including structures for improving environment resistance

GE21

GE22

GE23

GE24

GE25

GE26

GE27

. . . O rings or packing

. . Manufacturing equipment or methods

. . . Tests or calibration of cameras

. . . . Test charts

. . . . Test signals

. . . . Calibration

. . Camera parameter setting

GF00
POWER SUPPLY OR BATTERY

GF01

GF02

GF03

GF04

GF05

GF06

GF07

GF08

GF09

GF10

. Structures for mounting batteries to camera casings at battery-sides (Related F-term: GE12)

. Confirmation of battery capacities

. . Residual amounts or operable prediction time (Related F-term: FK30)

. Power supplies battery feeder circuits or feeding control

. . Energy saving feeding

. . Combined use of batteries and rectifying power supplies or switching feeding

. . Charging of batteries

. . Chargers for camera bodies also serving as feeder mechanisms

. . Chargers also serving as cradles including cradle units

. . Charge control for optimising battery types

GF11

GF12

GF13

GF14

GF15

. . Feeding control to apparatus during charging

. . Warning for power supply abnormalities (Related F-term: EA10)

. . . Capacities or voltage drops (Related F-term: EA10)

. . . Defective installation of batteries (Related F-term: EA10)

. Determination of battery types

GG00
ILLUMINATION

GG01

GG02

GG03

GG04

GG05

GG06

GG07

GG08

GG09

GG10

. Illuminating means

. . Line types

. . . Visible light sources

. . . Infra-red radiation sources

. . . Laser sources

. . Built-in luminaires

. . . Mounting structures

. . External luminaires

. . . Mounting structures (Related F-term: GE16)

. . having auxiliary light sources

GG11

GG12

GG13

GG14

GG15

GG16

GG17

GG18

GG19

GG20

. . Diffusion or concentration of illumination light flux

. . . Control of irradiation range

. . . uniform illumination means or shadowless lighting means including integrating spheres

. . Illumination fixtures

. . . Flat lamps including video light

. . . Stroboscopes

. . . Light emitting diodes

. . . Diversion of display devices to illumination

. . . using a plurality of illumination elements or surface light sources

. . . Heat radiation or explosion-proof structures of illumination fixtures

GG21

GG22

GG23

GG24

GG25

GG26

GG27

GG28

GG29

GG30

. Illumination control including flash or emission control

. . Stroboscope control

. . . Pre-luminescence for red-eye reduction (Related F-term: EA16)

. . . Emission control for continuous photography or bracket photography (Related F-terms: FA08 and FA09)

. . Compulsion illumination or illuminating inhibition

. . Illumination control of a plurality of illumination fixtures

. . Switching control of light sources by photography switching of moving pictures and still pictures

. . Auxiliary illumination control

. . . Auxiliary light control for focusing photometry or white balance (Related F-terms: FD09 and FF16)

. . Illumination colour variable control including colour temperature or colour sequences

GG31

. Power supply mechanisms to illumination fixtures or power supply control

GH00
FILM SCANNING

GH01

GH02

GH03

GH04

GH05

GH06

GH07

GH08

GH09

GH10

. Scanners

. Film support or feeding

. . Feeding control

. . Mechanical removal of reproduction blur (Related F-term: GH11)

. . Structures of carriers

. . Mechanical positioning (Related F-term: GH12)

. . . Mechanical detection of inclination displacement (Related F-term: GH13)

. characterised by still picture scanning

. characterised by moving picture scanning

. Processing after conversion to video signals

GH11

GH12

GH13

GH14

GH15

GH16

GH17

. . Electrical removal of reproduction blur (Related F-term: GH04)

. . Electrical positioning (Related F-term: GH06)

. . . Electrical correction of inclination displacement (Related F-term: GH07)

. . Negative and positive inversion

. Subtitle processing

. Conversion of fame number or field number

. 24/25 removal of flickers

HA00
GENERAL TECHNIQUE

HA01

HA02

HA03

HA04

HA05

HA06

HA07

HA08

HA09

HA10

. Correspondence between image data and other signals (Related F-term: GA34)

. . Correspondence between image data and control data (Related F-term: GA34)

. . Correspondence between image data and photography data (Related F-term: GA34)

. . Correspondence between image data and sound data (Related F-terms: FJ12 and GA34)

. . Correspondence between image data and sensor data (Related F-term: GA34)

. . Correspondence between copy and falsification prevention data (Related F-term: GA34)

. Data compression technique (Related F-term: HA39)

. . Image compression technique (Related F-terms: FH08 and HA39)

. . . Still picture compression technique e.g. JPEG (Related F-terms: FH08 and HA39)

. . . Moving picture compression technique e.g. MPEG4 (Related F-terms: FH08 and HA39)

HA11

HA12

HA13

HA14

HA15

HA16

HA17

HA18

HA19

HA20

. . Sound compression technique e.g. MP3 (Related F-term: HA39)

. . General data compression technique excluding images or sounds (Related F-term: HA39)

. Software

. . Files or content description software

. . Files or content browsing software

. . Program description languages

. . Download of software

. . Version-upgrade of software (Related F-term: HA70)

. . Firmware (Update techniques are classified in HA70.) (Related F-term: HA70)

. . Permission or refusal of use of software

HA21

HA22

HA23

HA24

HA25

HA26

HA27

HA28

HA29

HA30

. . Copy prevention

. . Anti-virus measures

. Codes (Related F-terms: EA07 and HA32)

. . Symmetric keys e.g. private keys

. . Unsymmetrical keys e.g. public keys

. Authentication techniques (Related F-terms: DA19 and GC62)

. . ID passwords terminal numbers or phone numbers

. . Digital signatures

. . Recognition of physical characteristics

. Copy prevention or falsification prevention

HA31

HA32

HA33

HA34

HA35

HA36

HA37

HA38

HA39

HA40

. . Digital watermarks or watermarks

. Limitation or permission of access operations or processing authority (Related F-terms: EA07 and HA23)

. Software-packaging for electric circuit functions

. Electronic circuit techniques

. . Computers

. . . Computer game machines or graphics

. . Modulation or demodulation

. . Quantisation

. . General compression or expansion (Related F-terms: FH08 and HA07-HA12)

. . Encoding or decoding techniques

HA41

HA42

HA43

HA44

HA45

HA46

HA47

HA48

HA49

HA50

. . . Addition of lengthy codes

. . Interpolation or interleaving

. . Bus widths data widths packet widths or rate conversion

. . . Packing or unpacking of encoding data

. . Jitter correction

. . Adaptation or optimisation processing

. . Non-linear processing

. . Neural networks

. . fuzzy

. . CDS

HA51

HA52

HA53

HA54

HA55

HA56

HA57

HA58

HA59

HA60

. . AGC

. . Clamp circuits

. . Gamma circuits (Related F-terms: EA21 and FH01)

. . Knee circuits (Related F-terms: EA21 and FH01)

. . Clips or clamps

. . Slices

. . Colour separation circuits (Related F-term: FG04)

. . White balance circuits (Related F-terms: EA18 and FG14)

. . Matrices

. . Storage elements and control thereof

HA61

HA62

HA63

HA64

HA65

HA66

HA67

HA68

HA69

HA70

. . . Work RAMs

. . . . Combined use of buffer memories and video RAMs

. . . Buffer memories

. . . Video RAMs

. . . ROMs or LUTs

. . . . Templates

. . . EEPROMs

. . . Flash memories

. . . . Combined use of buffers works and video RAMs

. . . Update of software or firmware (Related F-terms: HA18 and HA19)

HA71

HA72

HA73

HA74

HA75

HA76

HA77

HA78

HA79

HA80

. . Control of reading or writing of memories (Related F-term: GA23)

. . . Timing control of reading or writing

. . . Address control

. . Bus standards e.g. USBs

. Sensors or detectors

. . Attitude sensors (Related F-term: EA64)

. . Detection of vibration (Related F-terms: EA41 and FH13)

. . . Angular speed sensors (Related F-terms: EA41 and FH13)

. . Speed sensors

. . Sensors for detecting moisture e.g. rain drops dew concentrations or frost (Related F-term: EA02)

HA81

HA82

HA83

HA84

HA85

HA86

HA87

HA88

HA89

HA90

. . Temperature sensors (Related F-terms: EA03 and EA04)

. Drive devices e.g. motors or servomotors

. Cleaning devices or cleaning tools

. . removing contamination frost or drops on lenses or surfaces of imaging devices (Related F-term: EA36)

. Projectors

. Switching control

. . Switching of operation modes

. Operation processing e.g. addition or subtraction multiplication or division or integration or average

. Conversion of frame rates and bit rates

. GPSs

HB00
DOCUMENT USEFUL DESCRIPTION INFORMATION

HB01

HB02

HB03

HB04

HB05

HB06

HB07

HB08

HB09

HB10

. Flow charts

. Timing charts

. State transition figures

. Program charts (Related F-term: FF20)

. Figures representing display screens

. Characteristic figures

. . Frequency characteristics

. . Input and output characteristics

. Tables

. Formulas

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