1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a displaying part;
a light source generating light;
a display driving part displaying an image on the displaying part by controlling an intensity of the light generated by the light source on the basis of one of a plurality of image signals;
a light shutting part passing or blocking the light generated by the light source; and
a controlling part controlling the light shutting part to block the light generated by the light source while the image signal which has been displayed on the displaying part is being changed into another one of the plurality of image signals.
2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the light shutting part comprises:
a light shutting plate disposed to rotate across a path of the light and passing or blocking the light generated by the light source, and
a motor rotating the light shutting plate according to the control of the controlling part.
3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controlling part controls the display driving part so that the image is not displayed on the displaying part while the image signal is being changed.
4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controlling part controls the light shutting part to adjust the degree of blocking the light generated by the light source according to the state of the image signal which is being changed.
5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the controlling part estimates the degree of a transitional phenomenon which corresponds to the state of the image signal being changed and controls the light shutting part to adjust the degree of blocking the light according to the estimated degree of the transitional phenomenon estimated.
6. An image processing method of an image processing apparatus having a displaying part, a light source generating light and a display driving part displaying an image on the displaying part by controlling intensity of the light generated by the light source on the basis of one of a plurality of image signals, the image processing method comprising:
blocking the light generated by the light source when there is a user’s order that the image signal which is being displayed is changed into another one of the plurality of image signals;
changing the image signal after the light generated by the light source is shut; and
passing the light generated by the light source if the image signal is recognized to have been changed.
7. The image processing method according to claim 6 further comprising controlling the display driving part so that the image is not displayed on the displaying part while the image signal is being changed.
8. The image processing method according to claim 6 further comprising adjusting the degree of blocking the light generated by the light source according to the state of the image signal which is being changed.
9. The image processing method according to claim 8, further comprising estimating the degree of a transitional phenomenon which corresponds to the state of the image signal being changed; and
wherein the adjusting the degree of blocking is based on the estimated degree of the transitional phenonmenon.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A surveillance system for monitoring an aircraft while in route to a destination, the system comprising:
a. a plurality of sensors mounted on the aircraft and adapted for generating data in response to conditions occurring on the aircraft, the data being generated on a near real-time basis in relation to conditions on the aircraft;
b. a remote receiving station, the remote receiving station being remote from the aircraft;
c. a wireless transmitter onboard the aircraft vehicle for transmitting data to the remote receiving station;
d. an onboard IP network, supported on the aircraft, the onboard IP network being in communication with the plurality of sensors to convey data received from the plurality of sensors;
wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is a portable wireless panic button device, the portable wireless panic button device being supported for movement in common with a person aboard the aircraft, the portable wireless panic button device being manually operable by a person aboard the aircraft to generate panic button data, the panic button data corresponding to one of a plurality of event conditions potentially existing aboard the aircraft, the panic button data identifying at the remote receiving station one of the plurality of event conditions, the wireless panic button device being in wireless communication with the IP network to provide the panic button data to the IP network, the IP network, being in communication with the wireless transmitter to provide the panic button data to the wireless transmitter; and the wireless transmitter being operable to transmit the panic button data to the remote receiving station.
2. The system of claim 1 and further comprising:
wherein the plurality of sensors includes at least one camera supported on the aircraft, the at least one camera being operable to provide visual image data of at least one monitored area onboard the aircraft;
an onboard server supported on the aircraft, the onboard server being in communication with the IP network for receiving data, the onboard server being configured to store data;
an onboard processor supported on the aircraft, the onboard processor being in communication with at least one of the following:
the IP network, the at least one camera, and the onboard server;
the onboard processor being configured to receive data generated by at least one of the following:
the IP network, the at least one camera, and the onboard server,
the onboard processor being operable to process data to provide processed data, the processed data including processed visual image data, the onboard processor being in communication with the IP network to provide to the IP network processed data;
the transmitted data including processed visual image data, the processed image data being received by the remote receiving station, when received by the remote receiving station the processed visual image data corresponding on a near real-time basis with the visual image data.
3. A surveillance system for monitoring an aircraft while in route to a destination, the surveillance system comprising:
a. a plurality of sensors mounted on the aircraft and adapted for generating data in response to conditions occurring on the aircraft, the data being generated on a near real-time basis in relation to conditions on the aircraft;
b. a remote receiving station, the remote receiving station being remote from the aircraft;
c. a wireless transmitter onboard the aircraft for transmitting data to the remote receiving station;
d. an onboard IP network supported on the aircraft, the onboard IP network being in communication with the plurality of sensors to convey data received from the plurality of sensors;
wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is a portable wireless panic button device, the portable wireless panic button device being supported for movement in common with a person aboard the aircraft, the portable wireless panic button device being manually operable by a person aboard the aircraft to generate panic button data, the panic button data corresponding to one of a plurality of event conditions potentially existing aboard the aircraft, the panic button data identifying at the remote receiving station one of the plurality of event conditions, the wireless panic button device being in wireless communication with the IP network to provide the panic button data to the IP network, the IP network being in communication with the wireless transmitter to provide the panic button data to the wireless transmitter, the wireless transmitter being operable to transmit the panic button data to the remote receiving station;
wherein the plurality of sensors includes at least one camera supported on the aircraft, the at least one camera being operable to provide visual image data of at least one monitored area onboard the aircraft;
e. an onboard server supported on the aircraft, the onboard server being in communication with the IP network for receiving data, the onboard server being configured to store data;
f. an onboard processor supported on the aircraft, the onboard processor being in communication with at least one of the following: the IP network, the at least one camera and the onboard server;
the onboard processor being configured to receive data generated by at least one of the following: the IP network, the at least one camera and the onboard server; the onboard processor being operable to process data to provide processed data, the processed data including processed visual image data, the onboard processor being in communication with the IP network to provide to the IP network processed data; and the transmitted data including processed visual image data; the processed image data being received by the remote receiving station, when received by the remote receiving station the processed visual image data corresponding on a near real-time basis with the visual image data.