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A portable Java API interface to simplify user access to digital cameras
(IEEE, 1998-08)
The digital camera is one of the main successes of recent years in consumer electronics. However ii typical digital camera remains tied to proprietary software on a personal computer. In this paper we describe the design ...
CEBus network access via the world-wide-web
(IEEE, 1996)
Several methods of providing access to CEBus networks
using the World Wide Web are described. Details of a
working demonstration system are given. The system
software incorporates CGI-Bin scripts and Java applets ...
The Innovations and Inventions of Steve Jobs [IP Corner]
(IEEE, 2014-04)
Much of the world of patents is shrouded in layers of legal mysticism,
semantic nuances, and subtle complexities. Those of you who are regular readers
of "IP Corner" will know that I often try to explain the principles ...
Kickstarting Collaboration [Notes from the Editor]
(IEEE, 2014-07)
[no abstract available]
A Lexicon of Patent Jargon [IP Corner]
(2014)
Often when I am doing work related to patents and IP, I find myself talking a
different language. It is a strange legal dialect that patent lawyers have
developed over many years. Now while its original purpose was ...
What if digital cameras didn't need (local) storage?: directing photos to the cloud
(IEEE, 2012)
Cloud computing suggests that we can move computers from the desktop onto the network. In this article, we investigate whether we can do the same with digital imaging devices. After all, for most of us, the practical ...
Wireless remote control [IP Corner]
(IEEE, 2012-10)
The original Flashmatic patent was filed May 6th 1955 and granted Sept 8 1959 to the Zenith Radio Corporation. Even in those days it took almost 4 years to work through the patent examination process to have a legally ...
Advances in the detection & repair of flash-eye defects in digital images - a review of recent patents
(Bentham Science, 2012)
Red-eye and flash-eye defects in still photography continue to cause problems for digital imaging devices. New variants of flash-eye defects have appeared as cameras and cameras sub-systems get smaller in size. This paper ...
Statistical models of appearance for eye tracking and eye-blink detection and measurement
(IEEE, 2008-08)
A statistical Active Appearance Model (AAM) is developed to track and detect eye blinking. The model has been designed to be robust to variations of head pose or gaze. In particular we analyze and determine the model ...
Understanding Patent Applications [IP Corner]
(IEEE, 2012)
In order to obtain the grant of a patent, a person or more commonly an organization, must file an application at a patent office with jurisdiction to grant a patent in the relevant geographic area. This is often be a ...