Disclosed is a magnification device for use by blind and/or low vision individuals. The device includes an X-Y table upon which an item to be magnified can be placed. A stationary camera arm and a pivotal monitor arm are oriented over the X-Y table. The monitor arm includes a video monitor pivotally mounted at its distal end. The camera arm also includes two laterally disposed lighting arms. A series of controls are provided along a lower edge of the monitor via a mounting bracket.

Selecting objects in a video stream of a smart phone includes detecting quiescence of frame content in the video stream, detecting objects in a scene corresponding to the frame content, presenting at least one of the objects to a user of the smart phone, and selecting at least one of the objects in a group of objects in response to input by the user. Detecting quiescence of frame content in the video stream may include using motion sensors in the smart phone to determine an amount of movement of the smart phone. Detecting quiescence of frame content in the video stream may include detecting changes in view angles and distances of the smart phone with respect to the scene. Detecting objects in a scene may use heuristics, custom user preferences, and/or specifics of scene layout. At least one of the objects may be a person or a document.

A document camera system includes a page-turning device, an image pickup unit, a specification unit, a recognition unit, a determination unit and a notification unit. The page-turning device turns pages of a book. The image pickup unit picks up an image of each turned page. The specification unit specifies a page number portion in the image picked up by the image pickup unit. The recognition unit recognizes characters in the page number portion specified by the specification unit to identify a page number. The determination unit determines correctness of the order of the page numbers identified by the recognition unit. The notification unit notifies a user of an error when the determination unit determines that the order of the page numbers is incorrect.

A multimedia device 2 is proposed having a display unit 6 for displaying at least one optical code 5, wherein the optical code 5 is configured to be acquired by a read device 3, wherein the multimedia device 2 comprises a coding unit 4, wherein the coding unit 4 is configured to code operating data of the multimedia device 2 as the optical code 5.

A method for imaging includes illuminating a vehicle undercarriage with illumination in an atmospheric absorption band, imaging the vehicle undercarriage to form an image, wherein scanning includes filtering out illumination returned from the vehicle undercarriage that is outside the atmospheric absorption band. The method includes forming an image with the filtered illumination returned from the vehicle undercarriage.

An apparatus includes an integrated camera/scanner system built into the display housing of a display device. The apparatus includes a camera housing contained within the display housing. A door is attached to the camera housing in a pivoting manner. A minor is affixed to a planar surface of the door, where the planar surface faces inward into the camera housing. A camera is housed within the camera housing. The camera is mounted in the camera housing in a manner that allows the camera to pivot to adjust an angle of image capture. An actuator moves the camera housing in and out of the display housing.

The present application discloses a display device. The display device comprises: a displaying component, an imaging component, and a placement region indicating component, wherein, the imaging component establishes a communication connection with the displaying component, the placement region indicating component is configured to indicate a placement region of an object to be imaged, an imaging region of the imaging component being the placement region as indicated by the placement region indicating component, the imaging component is configured to image the object to be imaged which is located within the placement region, and the displaying component is configured to display an image generated by the imaging component.

The present invention discloses a network handwriting instrument. The network handwriting instrument comprises a handwriting table. A column is fixedly mounted in a middle position of a back side of an upper end surface of the handwriting table. A transverse column is arranged on the upper portion of a front surface of the column. An LED illumination lamp and a camera are arranged on a lower end surface of the transverse column. A horn, a power supply switch, a power supply indicator lamp and a liquid crystal touch screen are fixedly mounted from top to bottom on a lower portion of the front surface of the column, successively. According to the network handwriting instrument, a heating plate is heated up through an electric heating wire, so that the network handwriting instrument is used in winter conveniently. As the camera is focused on writing paper to shoot, so that a user can be interacted with a teacher online in real time. Meanwhile, the network handwriting instrument can record a writing process online in real time, and it is unnecessary to take a picture by a mobile phone to upload a class assignment. The LED illumination lamp and the camera are mounted in a hidden manner through formed mounting slots and dustproof plates are mounted at openings of the mounting slots to protect the LED illumination lamp and the camera so as to prevent the LED illumination lamp and the camera from being damaged by collision and to prevent dust from entering the network handwriting instrument.

Selecting objects in a video stream of a smart phone includes detecting quiescence of frame content in the video stream, detecting objects in a scene corresponding to the frame content, presenting at least one of the objects to a user of the smart phone, and selecting at least one of the objects in a group of objects in response to input by the user. Detecting quiescence of frame content in the video stream may include using motion sensors in the smart phone to determine an amount of movement of the smart phone. Detecting quiescence of frame content in the video stream may include detecting changes in view angles and distances of the smart phone with respect to the scene. Detecting objects in a scene may use heuristics, custom user preferences, and/or specifics of scene layout. At least one of the objects may be a person or a document.

A method for imaging includes illuminating a vehicle undercarriage with illumination in an atmospheric absorption band, imaging the vehicle undercarriage to form an image, wherein scanning includes filtering out illumination returned from the vehicle undercarriage that is outside the atmospheric absorption band. The method includes forming an image with the filtered illumination returned from the vehicle undercarriage.