08th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100045716 | LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid droplet jetting apparatus which jets liquid droplets on to an object, including a transporting mechanism which transports the object along a transporting path extended in a predetermined transporting direction, two heads, each having a plurality of nozzles arranged in a row along a direction intersecting the transporting direction, which jet liquid droplets from the plurality of nozzles while maintaining relative positions of the two heads, and a head relative-position changer which switches the relative positions of the two heads to a predetermined first relative position, and a second relative position which is different from the first relative position in the direction intersecting. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045717 | Print Engine For Rotated Ejection Nozzle Correction - A print engine is provided having printhead modules and a controller. Each printhead module has a plurality of ejection nozzles. The nozzles of at least one of the printhead modules is rotationally displaced relative to the other printhead modules. The controller communicates ejection data to the ejection nozzles in accordance with a cumulative correction factor for each printhead module, including printhead modules having non-rotationally displaced nozzles, to at least partially compensate for the rotational displacement. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045718 | DRIVE POWER CONTROL DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, AND DRIVE POWER CONTROL METHOD - A drive power control device according to the present invention includes a transistor, which is input with a driving signal before current amplification into a base thereof, and which amplifies a current of the driving signal to drive an actuator; a switching element, which switches an input of a supply voltage to a collector of the transistor between on and off; and a voltage comparator, which compares a base voltage and a collector voltage of the transistor, and which controls the switching element such that the input of the supply voltage to the collector is turned off when a predetermined voltage difference occurs, and the input of the supply voltage to the collector is turned on when a predetermined voltage difference does not occur. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045719 | INK JET PRINT HEAD, INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD - While the print head is reduced in size, the adverse effect of air flows produced by ink droplets as they are ejected from a small number of ejection opening arrays is minimized. A small number of first ejection opening arrays eject one of three primary colors—cyan, magenta and yellow—, and a large number of second and third ejection opening arrays eject the remaining two primary colors. A fourth ejection opening array, disposed between the first ejection opening array and second or third ejection opening array. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045720 | Method and System for Achieving Uniform Ink and Web Temperatures for Spreading - A system for use with a phase change ink imaging device comprises a leveler roller disposed along a web path downstream from a printing station. The leveler roller is formed of a thermally conductive material and includes a heater configured to generate thermal energy to heat the leveler roller to a leveling temperature. The leveler roller is positioned to be partially wrapped by the continuous web in order to generate a predetermined dwell time between the continuous web and the leveler roller as the continuous web is being moved. The predetermined dwell time is configured to allow conductive heat transfer to occur between the continuous web and the leveler roller to equalize the continuous web and the melted phase change ink temperatures on the web to within a predetermined range about the leveling temperature. A midheater is disposed along the web path downstream from the leveler roller. The midheater is configured to heat the continuous web and the melted phase change to a midheating temperature that is greater than the leveling temperature. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045721 | PRINT SMOOTHING METHOD - In dot matrix printing and use with a dot matrix printer, a first swath of ink dots is laid down during a first pass of a printing head. The first swath comprises a first zone ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100045722 | CORRECTION OF PRINT ENGINE ARTIFACTS USING AN ITERATIVE HALFTONING SEARCH ALGORITHM - Methods and systems herein provide for reducing artifacts during printing. One printing system is operable to prepare a continuous tone image (CTI) for printing onto a print medium by generating an initial half tone image (HTI) based on the CTI. The printing system includes a printer and a print controller. The print controller filters the initial HTI and the CTI with a perceptual filter and determines an error between the filtered CTI and the filtered HTI. The print controller prints the HTI via the printer to determine printer artifacts and processes a scanned version of the printed HTI to determine an error between the filtered CTI and the scanned and filtered HTI. This processing updates the initial HTI and reduces the error between the filtered CTI and the filtered HTI. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045723 | INK-JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK-JET PRINTING METHOD - The print permitting ratios of the masks in the first to fourth passes of a C ink are respectively 6.2%, 37.5%, 37.5%, and 18.8%. On the other hand, the print permitting ratios of the masks in the first to fourth passes of an M ink are respectively 12.5%, 37.5%, 37.5%, and 12.5%. In this way, the respective masks are set such that a larger amount of the C ink is applied in a later pass as compared with the M ink. Thereby, it is possible to reduce an amount of the M ink to be applied later with respect to the C ink functioning to “reduce a permeation speed of an ink applied later by filling,” and it is possible to prevent a permeation speed from slowing down overall. As a result, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of beading due to a time to complete permeation becoming longer. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045724 | DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - In the revolving restricted state, the planetary gear meshes with the drive input gear, and the clutch mechanism is unable to transmit the rotational drive force; in the freely revolvable state, the planetary gear is separated apart from the drive input gear, and the clutch mechanism is able to transmit the rotational drive force, the drive transmission switching mechanism is provided with first and second abutting portions which are configured to come into contact with the planetary arm rotated in the freely revolvable state so as to initialize the revolving position of the planetary gear, and the drive transmission switching mechanism is capable of selecting which one of the first and second abutting portions will come into contact with the planetary arm in accordance with the position of the drive input gear transmitting the rotational drive force among the plurality of drive input gears. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045725 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING - A recording apparatus has a controller that controls a conveying roller and a discharge roller for conveying a recording medium. The controller controls the rotation phases of the conveying roller and the discharge roller when the recording medium leaves the conveying roller before the recording medium enters the conveying roller. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045726 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROLLING METHOD - In conveying a print medium before and after a stop-unstable region in a printing apparatus, an image quality is improved while restricting a reduction of a throughput. Specifically a conveying amount is made smaller than a first conveying amount in a usual region. Thereby, the first conveying amount is maximized and the printing in the image region can be complemented by four times of scans after the conveyance of the conveying amount is completed. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045727 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head that ejects a liquid on a medium positioned in a printable area; a transporting unit that transports a first medium and a second medium successively in a transport direction; a first supporting member that supports a transport-direction upstream side end portion of the first medium and moves in the transport direction according to transportation of the first medium; and a second supporting member that supports a transport-direction downstream side end portion of the second medium and moves in the transport direction according to transportation of the second medium. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045728 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes a heater controller and a purge controller. The heater controller controls a heater to heat liquid in at least a part of a liquid path of a head when an ambient temperature of the head is lower than a first predetermined temperature. The purge controller controls a pressurizer so that: the pressurizer is continuously driven until a predetermined amount of liquid is ejected from ejection openings, when the ambient temperature is not lower than the first predetermined temperature; and the pressurizer is intermittently driven plural times until the predetermined amount of liquid is ejected from the ejection openings, when the ambient temperature is lower than the first predetermined temperature, an amount of liquid ejected from the ejection openings in response to a single driving action of the pressurizer being not larger than an amount of liquid heated by the heater. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045729 | METHOD FOR TESTING ALIGNMENT OF A TEST BED WITH A PLURALITY OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS THEREON - The invention relates to a method for testing an alignment of a carrier with respect to a plurality of integrated circuits on the carrier. The carrier has optically discernible carrier references and each integrated circuit has optically discernible circuit references. The method includes the steps of receiving the carrier in a holding assembly, sensing positions of the carrier and circuit references, and measuring the positions of the carrier and circuit references | 2010-02-25 |
20100045730 | METHOD FOR TESTING INTEGRITY OF A BASE FOR PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY - Provided is a method for testing integrity of a base for printhead integrated circuits. The base has at least one fluid inlet in fluid communication with a plurality of fluid outlets via discrete fluid paths. The method includes the steps of engaging the, or each, fluid inlet of the base to a fluid supply in a sealing manner, charging the base with pressurized fluid until a predetermined pressure is reached, and monitoring the pressure in the base for a predetermined period of time, wherein a rate of pressure decay is indicative of an integrity of the base. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045731 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING DROPLET DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS OF INK-JET PRINTED HEAD - An apparatus for inspecting droplet discharge characteristics of an ink-jet printer head, subsequently discharging ink droplets, includes a photographing means for operating a digital camera to generate an overlapped droplet image for ink droplets at a photographing point before each subsequently discharged ink droplet hits a target point; a light emitting means for operating a speed light to give light to an ink droplet passing the photographing point after a delay time from an ink droplet discharging time point; and a droplet discharge characteristic inspecting means for calculating a signal-to-noise ratio distribution of each pixel of the overlapped droplet image, calculating an overlap rate of droplet images of each pixel from the signal-to-noise ratio distribution to calculate a center coordinate of droplet images, and quantitatively calculating and outputting deviation to droplet jetting velocity and direction using the center coordinate of droplet image, a droplet jetting coordinate and the delay time. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045732 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting a liquid by using a liquid ejecting head provided with nozzles, includes: a cap capable of being mounted on the liquid ejecting head, wherein the cap includes a seal member which comes into close contact with the liquid ejecting head when the cap is mounted on the ejecting head, and the seal member is a member which is in a state where fluid is supplied in the interior thereof at least when the cap is mounted. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045733 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a fluid ejecting head with a nozzle forming face having formed thereon a plurality of nozzles for ejecting fluid, a cap that is able to form a sealed space together with the nozzle forming face by being in contact with the nozzle forming face, a decompressing unit that is coupled to the cap so as to decompress the sealed space via a first channel, an ambient air ventilating unit that is coupled to the cap so as to open the sealed space to ambient air via a second channel, and a check valve that is provided on the second channel between the cap and the ambient air ventilating unit. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045734 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes a recording head having an ejection surface which includes an ejection area and non-ejection areas, an elastic blade, a first moving device, a second moving device, and a controller. During a first predetermined period of time, the controller controls the second moving device so as to cause a relative movement of the blade and the ejection surface in the direction perpendicular to the ejection surface and in a direction in which the blade relatively moves toward the ejection surface and controls the first moving device so as to cause the relative movement of the blade to the ejection surface in the one direction, and during a second predetermined period of time, the controller controls the second moving device such that the blade is in contact with the ejection surface and the first moving device such that the blade wipes at least the ejection area by a relative movement of the blade to the ejection surface in the one direction. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045735 | Liquid Droplet Jetting Apparatus - A printer includes a first ink-jet head which is fixed, and a second ink-jet head which is movable selectively to a first position which is opposite to an upper surface of a recording paper by an reversing-mechanism, and a second position which is opposite to a lower surface of the recording paper by the reversing-mechanism. Accordingly, it is possible to carry out printing on both surfaces of the recording paper, and it is possible to realize a high-speed printing and a high quality printing at the time of single-face printing. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045736 | MODULAR MICRO-FLUID EJECTION HEAD ASSEMBLY - A micro-fluid ejection head assembly and methods for fabricating micro-fluid ejection heads using separately fabricated electrical components. The micro-fluid ejection head has at least one base substrate, at least one fluid ejector actuator substrate attached to the base substrate; and at least a first logic component substrate hermetically sealed to the base substrate. The fluid ejector actuator substrate and the first logic component substrate are in electrical communication with each other. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045737 | EXTERNAL FLUID MANIFOLD WITH POLYMER COMPLIANT WALL - A fluid dispensing assembly having a fluid dispensing subassembly to deliver fluid to a substrate, an external manifold to supply fluid having a first wall arranged adjacent to the fluid dispensing subassembly, and a compliant wall attached to a second wall arranged opposite the first wall, the compliant wall to confine the fluid to chambers in the manifold and to provide compliance for acoustic attenuation. A fluid dispensing assembly having an external manifold having at least one opening in a back side opposite a fluid dispensing subassembly side, the fluid dispensing subassembly side being in contact with fluid, and a compliant wall adhered to the external manifold on the back side. A method of manufacturing a fluid dispensing assembly having forming an external manifold having openings to receive fluid, attaching a compliant wall to the external manifold such that the compliant wall seals the openings, and attaching the external manifold to a fluid dispensing subassembly wherein the fluid dispensing subassembly and manifold are on opposite sides of a transducer arranged to operate on the fluid in the manifolds. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045738 | FLUID DISPENSING SUBASSEMBLY WITH COMPLIANT FILM - A fluid dispensing subassembly includes a diaphragm arranged to be operated on by a transducer, an aperture array through which fluid is forced onto a substrate, a manifold body between the diaphragm and the aperture array, a spacer between the manifold body and the aperture array, the spacer arranged to form a gap at least partially overlapping the manifold, and a compliant film arranged between the manifold body and the spacer such that the fluid resides on a side of the film adjacent the manifold, and that the film is unsupported by the spacer over a least a portion of the manifold. A fluid dispensing subassembly, includes a first set of plates including a diaphragm to be operated on by a transducer, a second set of plates including at least one manifold plate to direct ink to an aperture plate forming an exterior surface of the second set of plates, and a polymer compliant film arranged in between the first and second sets of plates to attach the first and second sets of plates together to form the fluid dispensing subassembly. A method of manufacturing a fluid dispensing subassembly includes forming a first structure of at least a diaphragm, forming a second structure of at least a manifold body, placing a polymer compliant film between the first and second structures, and using the polymer compliant film as an adhesive to attach the first and second structures of plates together, forming a fluid dispensing subassembly. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045739 | RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN CURED PRODUCT, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - An epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin (A) represented by Formula (1); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 220 or less and having twice or more epoxy groups in a molecule than epoxy groups of the epoxy resin (A); and a photocationic polymerization initiator (C), in which: the epoxy resins (A) and (B) constitute main components; and a weight of the epoxy resin (A) is 40% or more and a weight of the epoxy resin (B) is 30% or more with respect to a total weight of the epoxy resins (A) and (B): | 2010-02-25 |
20100045740 | FLUID DISPENSING SUBASSEMBLY WITH COMPLIANT APERTURE PLATE - A printer fluid dispensing subassembly has a fluid dispensing body having at least one transducer and at least one ink channel, and a compliant polymer aperture film having an array of apertures to direct fluid toward a substrate, the polymer aperture film bonded to the fluid dispensing body as an external layer of the fluid dispensing body, the polymer aperture film arranged to form a wall of a manifold in the fluid dispensing body and to attenuate acoustic energy. A printer fluid dispensing subassembly has a compliant polymer aperture film having an array of apertures to allow fluid to exit the fluid dispensing subassembly, and a fluid dispensing body bonded to a back surface of the polymer aperture film such that the polymer aperture film forms a wall of a fluid manifold, the film being arranged such that a side of the polymer opposite the fluid dispensing body is air. A printer has an ink supply, and a printhead to receive fluid from the ink supply and form images on a substrate by selectively actuating an array of transducers in a fluid dispensing subassembly, the fluid dispensing subassembly including a compliant polymer aperture film having apertures through which fluid is forced in response to the actuating of the transducers, the polymer aperture film arranged to attenuate acoustic energy from the actuating of the transducers. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045741 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A CARRIER FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - The invention relates to a method for assembling a carrier for integrated circuits. The carrier has upper and lower parts. The method includes the steps of positioning the lower part in a bottom clamp portion retained in a bottom clamp receptacle, positioning a top clamp portion in a top clamp receptacle, the clamp portions being configured to engage each other in a locking manner, and positioning the upper part in a first gripper. The method also features the steps of applying adhesive to at least one of the parts, pressing said upper part onto the bottom part retained by the bottom clamp receptacle with the first gripper, whilst retrieving the top clamp portion with a second gripper, and locking the top clamp portion to the bottom clamp portion with the second gripper to clamp the parts together. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045742 | MODULAR PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH RELEASABLE PRINTHEAD MODULES - A modular printhead assembly includes an elongate chassis; an elongate ink reservoir assembly mounted on the chassis and defining a plurality of distinct elongate ink supply channels; a plurality of printhead modules serially arranged along and releasably engaged with the ink reservoir, each printhead module having ink chambers in fluid communication with respective distinct supply channels; and a plurality of spaced apart sets of tubular filling formations serially arranged along the elongate ink reservoir, each filling formation of a set being in fluid communication with one distinct ink supply channel. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045743 | PRINTER HAVING REFERENCING FOR REMOVABLE PRINTHEAD - A printer is provided having a slot for removably receiving a printhead having a plurality of fluid ejection nozzles, and protrusions arranged in the slot to cooperate with a flat surface of a plurality of corners of the printhead upon mounting of the printhead to the printer, the cooperation providing information on the location of the nozzles. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045744 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus for performing recording by reciprocally moving a liquid discharge head includes the liquid discharge head, which includes a case, a connection terminal group including a plurality of connection terminals capable of electrically connecting to the recording apparatus and which is provided on one face of the case, a liquid discharge substrate for discharging a liquid from a discharge port according to a signal transmitted from the recording apparatus via the connection terminals, and a supporting substrate supporting the liquid discharge substrate, which is provided on another one face of the case. The recording apparatus includes a standby area provided on the one end of the recording apparatus where the liquid discharge head is on stand-by when recording is not performed, and a carriage including a connection terminal which can electrically connect to the liquid discharge head, is mounted with the liquid discharge head, and reciprocally moves between the standby area and another end of the recording apparatus. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045745 | Printhead Having Flexible Controller Connections - A printhead is provided having ejection nozzle integrated circuits, flexible printed circuit boards for connecting electrical signals to associated ones of the integrated circuits and controllers each connected to at least one of the integrated circuits via the respective flexible printed circuit board for controlling the printing operation of the integrated circuits. Each controller is provided on a respective printed circuit board. The printed circuit boards are adjacent one another and each have recessed portions which adjoin recessed portions in the adjacent printed circuit boards. The adjoined recessed portions receive an electrical connecting member for interconnecting the controllers of adjacent printed circuit boards such that each interconnected controller is able to control the printing operation of the integrated circuits. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045746 | SEALED NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT FOR PRINTHEAD - A nozzle arrangement for a printhead integrated circuit is provided having a fluid chamber having a fluid ejection port, a fluid ejecting member displaceable within the chamber to eject fluid from the ejection port, an actuator for causing displacement of the ejecting member from outside the chamber, and a resiliently deformable seal on the chamber for fluidically sealing the chamber about the ejecting member. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045747 | Printhead Having Planar Bubble Nucleating Heaters - A printhead is provided having a plurality of bubble forming chambers, ejection nozzles defined in the chambers, and heaters disposed in the chambers for heating bubble forming liquid in the chambers. Each heater has a bubble nucleation section of a smaller cross section than the rest of that heater. The bubble nucleation section is heated faster that the rest of the heater to cause formation of a gas bubble in the liquid and ejection of the bubbled liquid through the corresponding nozzle. The bubble nucleation section is co-planar with the rest of that heater and remains co-planar when the heater is heated. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045748 | INK-JET RECORDING HEAD - An ink-jet recording head includes a discharge-port portion including a first discharge-port portion continuing from a discharge port, and a second discharge-port portion communicating the first discharge-port portion with a bubble generation chamber. The second discharge-port portion has an end surface that includes a border portion bordering the first discharge-port portion and is parallel to a main surface of an element substrate. The cross-sectional area of the second discharge-port portion, anywhere from an opening surface facing the bubble generation chamber to an end surface facing the first discharge-port portion, that is parallel to the main surface of the element substrate, is larger than the area of the border portion. The cross-section of the opening surface of the second discharge-port portion has a length in a direction perpendicular to an arrangement direction of the discharge ports that is greater than its length in a direction parallel to the arrangement direction. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045749 | Thermal Bend Actuator Comprising Bilayered Passive Beam - A thermal bend actuator comprises an active beam for connection to drive circuitry and a passive beam mechanically cooperating with the active beam. When a current is passed through the active beam, the active beam expands relative to the passive beam resulting in bending of the actuator. The passive beam is comprised of first and second layers, and the second layer is sandwiched between the first layer and the active beam. The second layer is relatively more thermally insulating than the first layer. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045750 | INKJET PRINTHEAD WITH SYMETRICAL HEATER AND NOZZLE SHARING COMMON PLANE OF SYMMETRY - An ink jet printhead that has a nozzle aperture that defines a planar opening having two planes of symmetry, both of which extend perpendicular to the plane of the opening. The printhead also having a heater corresponding to the nozzle aperture for generating a gas bubble in printing fluid to eject a drop of the printing fluid through the nozzle aperture. The heater element is a suspended beam that has two planes of symmetry and at least one of the heater element planes of symmetry is common to one of the nozzle aperture plane of symmetry. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045751 | Printer With Nozzles For Generating Vapor Bubbles Offset From Nozzle Axis - An inkjet printer that has a plurality of nozzle apertures, each with a nozzle axis normal to, extending through the center of the nozzle aperture. A chamber corresponds to each of the nozzles respectively. An inlet to supply the bubble forming chamber with liquid. A heater element is disposed in each of the bubble forming chambers respectively. The heater element configured as a beam suspended at its ends for immersion in the liquid such that heating the heater element forms a gas bubble that ejects a drop of the liquid through the nozzle corresponding to that heater element. The heater element is a planar structure parallel to the nozzle aperture and nucleates the gas bubble with a bubble centre offset from the nozzle axis towards the inlet. Offsetting the gas bubble towards the inlet reduces the variation in drop trajectories caused by reverse flow out of the inlet when the pressure pulse is generated. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045752 | Advanced High Performance Horizontal Piezoelectric Hybrid Synthetic Jet Actuator - The present invention comprises a high performance, horizontal, zero-net mass-flux, synthetic jet actuator for active control of viscous, separated flow on subsonic and supersonic vehicles. The present invention is a horizontal piezoelectric hybrid zero-net mass-flux actuator, in which all the walls of the chamber are electrically controlled synergistically to reduce or enlarge the volume of the synthetic jet actuator chamber in three dimensions simultaneously and to reduce or enlarge the diameter of orifice of the synthetic jet actuator simultaneously with the reduction or enlargement of the volume of the chamber. The present invention is capable of installation in the wing surface as well as embedding in the wetted surfaces of a supersonic inlet. The jet velocity and mass flow rate for the SJA-H will be several times higher than conventional piezoelectric actuators. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045753 | PRINTING BY DEFLECTING AN INK JET THROUGH A VARIABLE FIELD - For printing, the principle of the continuous deflected jet is used: a device discharges a continuous stream of a liquid, which is deflected by an electric field created by a plurality of deflecting electrodes and directed toward a gutter. The printing of drops is performed by fragmenting the continuous jet into a segment formed opposite a shield electrode upstream of the deflecting electrode, so that the segment is not deflected and can be directed toward a substrate. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045754 | FLUID RESERVOIR WITH COMPLIANT WALL - A fluid dispensing assembly has a fluid reservoir, a reservoir structure having at least one opening corresponding to a location of at least one fluid chamber in the reservoir structure, and a compliant film arranged to seal the opening and flex in response to pressure fluctuations in the fluid chamber. A system has a fluid supply, a fluid dispensing assembly having a fluid reservoir to receive fluid from the fluid supply, the fluid dispensing assembly having a reservoir structure with at least one opening corresponding to at least one fluid chamber, and a compliant film arranged to cover the opening such that a side of the film contacts fluid in the chamber and a side opposite the side contacting the fluid contacts air and is arranged to allow the film to flex. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045755 | LIQUID CONTAINER, LIQUID CONTAINER MOUNTING AND DETACHING STRUCTURE, AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid container mounting and detaching structure in which a liquid container containing liquid can be mounted and detached, and upon mounting the liquid container, a liquid discharge member having an opening at its tip is inserted through a liquid discharge opening provided in the liquid container to discharge the liquid, and the liquid discharged from the inside of the liquid container is caused to flow into a liquid passage connected to the liquid discharge member through the opening of the liquid discharge member. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045756 | Method Of Feeding Solid Ink Sticks Into An Ink Loader Of A Phase Change Ink Printer - A method of feeding ink sticks into an imaging device enables identification of data useful for device control. The method includes inserting at least one ink stick into an ink loader, the at least one ink stick including a plurality of code element patterns formed in the ink stick, each code element pattern having a plurality of code elements that include a first code element identifying a start of a code element pattern and a second code element identifying an end of the code element pattern, each code element pattern being configured to generate a same coded signal pattern; urging the ink stick toward a melt device; actuating at least one sensor in the imaging device with the plurality of code element patterns to generate a predetermined coded pattern of signals; and comparing the predetermined coded pattern of signals to identify a code word. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045757 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, DEFOAMING MECHANISM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus that is used for ejecting a liquid. The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit that ejects the liquid, a liquid supplying path that is used for leading the liquid to the head unit, a defoaming chamber that is disposed in the liquid supplying path and is used for eliminating air bubbles inside the liquid, a broaden chamber that is disposed in the liquid supplying path and can collect the liquid due to having a cross-section area larger than that of the liquid supplying path, and a decompression unit that is used for decompressing the defoaming chamber and the broaden chamber. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045758 | LIQUID JET HEAD - A liquid jet head and apparatus prevent an increase in the viscosity of liquid in the liquid path during long term storage. The recording head has a liquid path unit | 2010-02-25 |
20100045759 | INKJET INKS HAVING IMPROVED PRINT UNIFORMITY - An inkjet printer, includes an ink containing a print uniformity improving polymer obtained by chain copolymerizing at least the following ethylenically unsaturated monomers: | 2010-02-25 |
20100045760 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INK-JET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides an inkjet recording apparatus having a driving roll | 2010-02-25 |
20100045761 | INK RECEPTIVE PARTICLES, MATERIAL FOR RECORDING, RECORDING APPARATUS AND INK RECEPTIVE PARTICLE STORAGE CARTRIDGE - Ink receptive particles for receiving ink, including: particles P including hydrophilic polymer particles having a ratio of hydrophilic monomer(s) to the total monomer components thereof of from about 10 mol % to about 90 mol %; and hydrophobic polymer particles, attached to at least a part of a surface of the particles P and having a ratio of hydrophilic monomer(s) to the total monomer components thereof of from about 0 mol % to about 10 mol %. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045762 | DESTINATION DEDICATING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINT KIOSK APPARATUS, DESTINATION DEDICATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a destination dedicating apparatus including a destination information reading section and a destination information recording section. The destination information reading section is configured to read destination information from a storage area mounted on a consumable good when the consumable good is first mounted into a printing apparatus. The destination information recording section is configured to record the destination information read above into a storage area provided in the printing apparatus to thereby set the printing apparatus to a dedicated machine for the consumable good having the specific destination information. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045763 | EXPOSURE DEVICE, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FAILURE DIAGNOSING METHOD - The exposure device includes: a light output device outputting light for exposing a charged image carrier, and including light-emitting elements caused to emit light or not through a control using a light-emission signal, switch elements provided corresponding to the light-emitting elements, and sequentially turned on to set the light-emitting elements ready to emit light, a transfer-signal generating unit generating a transfer signal for sequentially turning on the switch elements, a light-emission signal supply unit supplying the light-emission signal to the light-emitting elements, and a detection unit causing the transfer-signal generating unit to generate a transfer signal having cycles whose number is larger than that of the light-emitting elements, and detecting a potential of an output region of the light-emission signal supply unit while making an output from the light-emission signal supply unit high impedance; and an optical member focusing light outputted by the light output device onto the image carrier. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045764 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device presses a thermal head, where heating elements are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a transport direction of the print medium, against a printing surface of the print medium at a printing portion on a transport path of a print medium transported by a transport means, controls the flow of current selectively applied to the heating elements, and performs desired printing at a printing area on the printing surface. The print medium has a shape having portions where the contact lengths of the printing surface coming in contact with the heating elements in a width direction orthogonal to a transport direction of the print medium are different in the transport direction. A pressing load of the thermal head is frequently adjusted according to the contact length of the printing surface of the print medium. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045765 | PRINTER AND PRINTING PAPER - A printer includes a printing unit configured to print on a sheet medium, a reading unit configured to read an identification mark when a sheet medium on which the identification mark is formed is used, and a control unit configured to specify a print setting for the sheet medium based on a read result of the reading unit, wherein the identification mark is a coded pattern drawn using a material containing a substance that scatters or absorbs ultraviolet light and containing no fluorescent substance, and wherein the reading unit includes an emitter configured to mainly emit ultraviolet light and a detector configured to detect fluorescence generated by excitation from a fluorescent whitening agent contained in the sheet medium and modulated by the coded pattern. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045766 | BEAM-SPOT POSITION COMPENSATION METHOD, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND MULTI-COLOR IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - In a beam-spot position compensation method for use in an optical scanning device which scans a surface of a photosensitive medium by a light beam emitted by a light source, a plurality of sections are defined by dividing a scanning region on the scanned surface. An emission timing of the light beam for every section is adjusted so that a spacing between beam-spot positions corresponding to pixels of start and end of each section is changed by a predetermined amount. The sparseness or denseness of beam-spot position spacings of the plurality of sections in the whole scanning region is compensated. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045767 | LIGHT-SOURCE DRIVING DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND COUNTING METHOD - A light-source driving device includes a high-frequency clock generating circuit that generates high-frequency clock signals of which phases are different from each other; an image-data generating circuit that generates a plurality of pieces of image data corresponding to light emitting units in accordance with image information; a write control circuit that generates a plurality of pieces of modulation data corresponding to the light emitting units based on the image data and adjusts output timing of the modulation data individually in units of time corresponding to a phase difference of the high-frequency clock signals; and a light-source driving circuit that drives the light emitting units based on a plurality of pieces of PWM data output from the write control circuit. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045768 | Exposure Head, Method of Controlling Exposure Head, and Image Forming Apparatus - An exposure head includes a substrate in which a first light emitting device and a second light emitting device are arranged in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to a moving direction of an exposed side to the imaged light. An imaging optical system is provided for imaging light from the first light emitting device and the second light emitting device to expose the exposed side. A control unit selects one light emitting device from the first light emitting device and the second light emitting device, allowing the selected light emitting device to emit light in accordance with a driving signal, and allowing the non-selected light emitting device to not emit light. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045769 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS - In an exposure apparatus employing an over filled optical system, the light quantity distribution on a scanning plane is kept nearly constant for a plurality of scanning light quantities. It selects the light quantity of the light beam irradiated onto the photosensitive body from a plurality of levels, and sets the light quantity selected. According to the light quantity, it selects one of a plurality of correction current profiles, and supplies a light source with a current passing through the correction based on the correction current profile selected. Since the light quantity of the light beam irradiated onto the photosensitive body is corrected by the correction current, the light quantity of the light beam on the photosensitive body becomes nearly constant in the scanning direction. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING - Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for improving performance of a raster output scanner (ROS) system with a reduced cost. The method can include identifying a current mirror facet of a motor polygon assembly (MPA) including multiple mirror facets that each mirror facet has a reflectivity characteristic, determining a driving signal based on the reflectivity characteristic of the current mirror facet and a performance characteristic of a light source, and driving the light source based on the driving signal to emit light that is reflected by the MPA onto a photoreceptor. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045771 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD - A disclosed information recording apparatus includes an erasing unit configured to erase prerecorded information on recording media capable of being colored and decolored by heat; a recording unit configured to record information on the recording media from which the prerecorded information is erased; and a control unit configured, when a recording request is received, to cause the recording unit to start recording information on a first one of the recording media and to cause the erasing unit to start erasing prerecorded information on a second one of the recording media. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045772 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CALL USING TRANSMISSION OF DIVIDED IMAGE FRAMES - A method and an apparatus for a video call using transmission of divided image frames are provided. A transmitting mobile terminal captures a still image with the first resolution at a predefined period, divides the captured image into images with the second resolution that is smaller than the first resolution, and transmits the divided images to a receiving mobile terminal. Then the receiving terminal receives the divided images at a predefined period, creates a combined image corresponding to the initial still image from the divided images, and outputs the combined image on a display unit. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045773 | PANORAMIC ADAPTER SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH SPHERICAL FIELD-OF-VIEW COVERAGE - A panoramic optical system includes optical means including one or more objective and relay optics to focus at least one image representing at least some portion of a substantially spherical field-of-view scene in focus to an imaging plane, housing means including support means to hold the optical means and mounting means that attaches the panoramic optical system to an adjacent camera. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045774 | SOLID-STATE PANORAMIC IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - A panoramic camera system is disclosed that includes an unified optical system, an image capture device, and a processing unit. The unified optical system may include a first set of lenses that guide images received from horizontal directions of a target scene that surrounds the unified optical system. The unified optical system may also include a deflecting device that deflects the images guided through the first set of lenses and a second set of lenses that projects the images deflected by the deflecting device. The image capture device collects the projected images into a determined pattern based on the second set of lenses. Moreover, the processing unit processes the collected images from the image capture device to generate at least one of image signals and video signals representing a panoramic rendition of the target scene. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045775 | Holographic Reconstruction System Having an Enlarged Visibility Region - The invention relates to a holographic reconstruction system for the reconstruction of scenes having at least one video hologram modulated wave front, and an enlarged visibility region. The system utilizes two-dimensional coded light modulator cells of spatial light modulation means and optical focusing means, which realize a Fourier transformation of the modulated wave front in their focal plane. First optical deflection means deflect the parallel disposed partial light waves such that their Fourier transformations appear as cascading in the focal plane. A spatial frequency filter located on the focal plane, lets each of the same diffraction orders of all modulated partial light waves pass, and second optical deflection means arrange the wave front strips next to each other at the modulated wave front, which reconstructs the scene. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045776 | Interface and Circuit Arrangement, in Particular for Holographic Encoding Units or Holographic Reproduction Devices - The invention relates to an interface and circuit arrangement, in particular for transmitting digital image data to at least one holographic encoding unit (HEU), which generates complex hologram values from image data containing depth information and/or encodes the pixel values for controlling at least one light modulator element of a holographic reproduction device. The invention is characterised in that the interface transmits the depth map of the image data and the colour map of said image data separately via transmission means (L | 2010-02-25 |
20100045777 | RADIATION MEASUREMENT - A method of determining the distribution of radioactive material within a region is described. A plurality of radiological measurements and associated geometrical measurements taken at a plurality of positions in said region are input to a computer system. A 3D model of structures within said region is defined and the position within the model of each radiation measurement is obtained by using the geometrical measurements. The radiological measurements are then ascribed to a distribution of sources restricted to defined locations in the 3D model. The source distribution is parameterised over the defined source locations, and each parameter is related to the calculated observable radiation field, calculated using a physical model, at each measurement position. The parameters are adjusted to optimize the correspondence between the actual radiological measurements and the calculated observable radiation field, to yield the distribution of radioactive material as defined by the adjusted parameters | 2010-02-25 |
20100045778 | Vessel imaging system - A system and a method for acquiring an image of a particle flowing in a vessel, the system comprising a light source for generating an illuminating light, an imaging probe for laterally statically illuminating at least a portion of said vessel with the illuminating light, a detection unit for detecting emitted light from an illuminated portion of said particle, and a processor unit for reproducing an image of the illuminated portion of said particle from the emitted light. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045779 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ON SCREEN DISPLAY APPLIED THERETO - A three-dimensional (3D) video apparatus and a method of providing an OSD object applied thereto are provided. The 3D video apparatus includes an on-screen display (OSD) generation unit which receives an OSD object and generates a reduced OSD object to be displayed on the 3D image on a screen, wherein the reduced OSD object is smaller than the received OSD object. An OSD insertion unit inserts the reduced OSD object into input 3D image data. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045780 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO APPARATUS AND METHOD PROVIDING ON SCREEN DISPLAY APPLIED THERETO - A three-dimensional (3D) video apparatus and a method of providing an OSD object applied thereto are provided. The 3D video apparatus includes an on-screen display (OSD) generation unit which receives an OSD object and generates a reduced OSD object to be displayed on the 3D image on a screen, wherein the reduced OSD object is smaller than the received OSD object. An OSD insertion unit inserts the reduced OSD object into input 3D image data. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045781 | Device and Method for Tracking a Viewer Window - The invention relates to a method and a playback device for a two- and/or three-dimensional illustration, having at least one light source, at least one light modulation device, a display screen, and a tracking system for tracking a virtual viewer window of a viewer plane, in which at least one viewer is located. This tracking system has a position detection system for determining the eye positions of the at least one viewer in the viewer plane, a tracking device, and a control device for activating and controlling the tracking device, and is disposed between the light modulation device and the display screen. In order to track the viewer window along an optical axis of the playback device, a focal width on the image side of an optical system of the tracking device is constant. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045782 | CONTENT REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In a content reproducing apparatus for displaying three dimensional image using image data for the right eye and left eye, stored after being downsampled in order to reduce data, a high quality image is obtained even at the scene changes or in still pictures. The content reproducing apparatus includes a similar region detector ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100045783 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC VIRTUAL CONVERGENCE AND HEAD MOUNTABLE DISPLAY USING SAME - Methods and systems for dynamic virtual convergence ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100045784 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus including a display unit having a display panel; an illuminator; a number-of-lines converter for changing each of number of lines in one frame of an image-for-left-eye signal and number of lines in one frame of an image-for-right-eye signal to a reduced number of lines; a timing generator for generating a display timing signal and an illuminating timing signal; a display controller; and an illuminator driver for causing the illuminator to apply light to the display panel at timing synchronized with the display timing signal every one frame; wherein the display unit duplicates an image signal of each line of the image-for-left-eye signal of the reduced number of lines and the image-for-right-eye signal of the reduced number of lines to produce the same plural image signals for plural lines and simultaneously writes the produced signals for plural lines in the display panel to display an image. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045785 | Note Capture Device - Various example embodiments provide a note capture device comprising a writing surface, a camera mounted to view the writing surface, and electronic circuitry to capture images of said surface, or various alternative surfaces, including for example, a business card surface. Notes are captured upon a determination of completion of the note writing, and either stored or forwarded to an external device, or both. Handwriting recognition software is provided to enhance searchability of captured notes. Application software embodied on various devices provides the ability to view, browse, share, search and edit captured notes and associated data. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045786 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus processes a series of observation images on which a plurality of observation targets are sequentially captured. The image processing apparatus includes a target identifying unit that identifies, at least on the basis of information based on compressed image data of an image to be processed among the series of observation images, an observation target captured on the image to be processed. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045787 | AUTHENTICATING APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATING SYSTEM, AND AUTHENTICATING METHOD - An authenticating apparatus that authenticates whether a user is a registrant based on biometric information includes a biometric information input unit to input the biometric information, a registered information memory unit to memorize, together with a single or plural registrants of the biometric information, registered biometric information for each of the registrants, an identification candidate information memory unit to memorize candidate information representing registrants selected from the registrants of the registered information memory unit, and an identifying unit to compare the biometric information of the user input to the biometric information input unit and the registered biometric information of the registered information memory unit to decide on a single registrant or select plural registrants based on similarity, and, when plural registrants are selected, memorize the plural registrants in the identification candidate information memory unit as candidate information to use the candidate information as objects to be identified for biometric information of a subsequent input. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045788 | Method and Apparatus for Personal Identification Using Palmprint and Palm Vein - A method of personal identification includes switching between visible and near infrared light, acquiring palmprint image and palm vein image from a person under the visible and the near infrared light, extracting sub-images from the palmprint image and the palm vein image based on a region of interest, extracting multiple features from the sub-images, and matching the extracted multiple features with stored information in a database to authenticate the person. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045789 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE TO PERFORM ASSAYS USING ASSAY STRIPS - An assay system includes an optical imager to acquire high resolution images of assay strips (e.g., lateral flow immunochromatographic test strips) and performs image processing to identify individual assay strips and determine results for each assay strip, by quantifies the presence or absence of test signal line(s) and control signal line(s). Assay strips may be in a holder or carrier contained in a specimen container also holding a specimen. The assay system automatically logs all results and data to a database that stores a high resolution image of the original immunochromatographic assay, the values of test line(s) and control line(s), and the test result. A user interface directs an end user through operation. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045790 | VIDEO MIRROR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A video mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly with an electrochromic reflective element having a front portion and a rear portion generally opposite the front portion. The reflective element has an electrochromic medium disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate and has a transflective third-surface mirror reflector. A video display is disposed to the rear of the reflective element and emits light when actuated that passes through the transflective mirror reflector. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045791 | INFINITE RECURSION OF MONITORS IN SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for representing and controlling a plurality of cameras in a monitoring station. A security system comprising a plurality of cameras transmits data streams to a monitoring station. The data stream has metadata describing a plurality of attributes for the data stream. The monitoring station is equipped with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to represent the plurality of data streams in various user-defined layouts. The method comprises generating a display layout for at least one of the plurality of data streams based on the plurality of attributes, displaying the display layout on one of a plurality of windows within the GUI, and providing the ability to recursively display a plurality of display layouts within the plurality of windows in any layout combination based on the attributes for the data streams within the plurality of display layouts. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045792 | DEVICE FOR CAPTURING THE SILHOUETTE OF AN INDIVIDUAL - A device for capturing a silhouette consisting of a transparent wall, a vision device to capture at least one image of the wall and a processing unit connected to the vision device which analyses the captured images and detects the silhouette of the individual passing between the transparent wall and the vision device. More than one pattern is positioned on the transparent wall and the patterns exhibit a contrast with the transparent wall. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045793 | SHOCK ABSORBING FACILITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES - Provided is a shock absorbing facility monitoring system and a shock absorbing facility monitoring apparatus for vehicles, where when a vehicle collides with a shock absorbing facility, the situation before and after the collision is photographed, and the photographed signals are transmitted to a main control center in a wireless transmission method. The shock absorbing facility monitoring system for vehicles comprises: shock absorbing facility monitoring apparatuses installed within a certain distance from the shock absorbing facility; an information communication network for transmitting the vehicle approach signal and the video signal transmitted from the plurality of shock absorbing facility monitoring apparatuses to a remote site; and a central control apparatus installed at a main control center. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045794 | METHOD FOR MARKING A DIGITAL IMAGE WITH A DIGITAL WATER MARK - The invention relates to a method for marking a digital document, especially a digital image, with a digital watermark for the purpose of manipulation recognition while inserting an integrity information and at least one multibit message. The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: converting the digital image to a converted digital image; dividing up the converted digital image into a plurality of blocks, every block having a plurality of coefficients; establishing a plurality of mapped message values for the at least one message, a plurality of first coefficients being mapped onto a vector that depends on a secret key; inserting every bit of every message into at least one of the mapped message values; establishing a plurality of mapped integrity values for the integrity information, a plurality of second coefficients being mapped onto a message-dependent vector, said message-dependent vector being derived from at least one of the messages and the secret key; inserting every piece of the integrity information into at least one of the mapped integrity values; updating every first coefficient that is used for establishing the mapped message values, using the inserted mapped message values, thereby achieving that the mapping of the updated first coefficients onto the secret key-dependent vector and the inserted mapped message values is identical; and updating every second coefficient that is used to calculate the mapped integrity values, using the inserted mapped integrity values, thereby achieving that the mapping of the updated second integrity coefficients onto the message-dependant vector and the inserted mapped integrity values is identical. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045795 | Apparatus and method for remote viewing system - An energy conserving remote viewing system comprising an instantaneous analog video transmission camera, an analog video receiver that receives and transmits a video image to a video monitor and a remote transmitter that activates the analog video transmission camera. The remote camera device is normally in a low power, sleep mode that has a minimal power drain. The system includes a battery powered camera requiring a first voltage to operate and an RF transmitter to send an activation signal to the camera. The activation signal has a duration. A camera power circuit includes a normally sleeping signal receiving circuit and a first timer. The first timer periodically activates the signal receiving circuit to check for the presence of the activation signal and turns off the signal receiving circuit if the activation signal is not present and turns on the camera if the activation signal is present, and wherein the time the signal receiving circuit sleeps is less than the activation signal duration. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045796 | Mobile Device Management System - A mobile device management system including a method for monitoring a remote video camera and event scheduling, synchronization and modification using location information. Video from a remote camera is encoded by a computer and streamed in real time over a network to a mobile device for decoding and display. The computer encoder and mobile device decoder are software-based. Event calendar and schedule information is incorporated, shared and automatically updated among multiple mobile devices. Location information, such as from a locator network or a satellite-based global positioning system, is used to provide real time updates to a mobile device calendar or event schedule. A map or other indicia of the location of other mobile devices may be provided. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045797 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes an imaging device having a field of view forward of a vehicle equipped with the driver assistance system and in a direction of travel of the equipped vehicle. The imaging device is operable to capture image data and an image processor is operable to process image data captured by the imaging device. The equipped vehicle includes an adaptive speed control system for controlling the speed of the equipped vehicle, and the speed of the equipped vehicle is controlled by the adaptive speed control system at least in part responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the imaging device. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045798 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An electronic camera includes an imaging device. The imaging device has an imaging surface on which an object scene is captured and repeatedly outputs an object scene image. To the object scene, a plurality of evaluation groups are allocated. Moreover, each of the plurality of evaluation groups is formed by a plurality of evaluation areas. A CPU calculates an evaluation coefficient representing a motion of an object in each of the plurality of evaluation areas, based on the object scene image outputted from the imaging device. The CPU also specifies one of more evaluation groups to which an evaluation area corresponding to an evaluation coefficient exceeding a reference value belongs, and compares a pattern of the specified evaluation groups with a plurality of predetermined patterns. An imaging parameter is adjusted based on a comparison result. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045799 | Classifying an Object in a Video Frame - In a digital video surveillance system, a number of processing stages are employed to identify foreground regions representing moving objects in a video sequence. An object tracking stage ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100045800 | Method and Device for Controlling Auto Focusing of a Video Camera by Tracking a Region-of-Interest - The invention concerns an electronic device equipped with a video imaging process capability, which device includes a camera unit arranged to produce image frames from an imaging view which includes a region-of-interest ROI, an adjustable optics arranged in connection with the camera unit in order to focus the ROI on the camera unit, an identifier unit in order to identify a ROI from the image frame, a tracking unit in order to track the ROI from the image frames during the video imaging process and an auto-focus unit arranged to analyze the ROI on the basis of the tracking results provided by the tracking unit in order to adjust the optics. The device is arranged to determine the spatial position of the ROI in the produced image frame without any estimation measures. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045801 | System For Inputting Word-Image Into Information Device And Method For Inputting Word-Image - Disclosed are a word-image input system and a word-image input method, and more particularly, to a system for inputting an word-image into an information device and a method thereof that can enable the information device to read the word-image formed by placing a printed matter printed with words having a complicated language system at a proper location and pho-tographing the printed matter at optimized illuminance and distance. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the recognition rate for the word-image from being lowered due to shaking, spreading phenomenon and unstable illuminance when the word-image is recognized by the information device provided with the word recognition application. In addition, it is possible to easily input words such as Chinese having a complicated language system into the information device | 2010-02-25 |
20100045802 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE, IMAGE PRINTING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE CORRECTING METHOD FOR IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND IMAGE CORRECTING METHOD FOR IMAGE PRINTING DEVICE - Conventionally, there have been a problem that when an imaging device performs aberration correction by itself, the imaging device has to have high processing ability and a large storage capacity and a problem that since the object subjected to aberration correction is image data read from an analog film by means of a scanner or the like, a region on an analog film from which the gray scale is lost is corrected as the gray scale is lost. To solve the problems, the present invention provides an imaging device in which the image captured by a digital imaging device and information for aberration correction embedded in the image as tag data of the Exif format are transmitted to an image reproducing device and aberration correction is performed in the image reproducing device. Specifically, the imaging device comprises an imaging section for capturing an image, a holding section for holding aberration information representing the aberrations of the lens of the imaging section, and a transmitting section for transmitting the held aberration information to the captured image reproducing device. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045803 | Camera Module Outputting Images In Device Independent Color Space - A camera module is disclosed including an image capture portion, a base portion, and a pivot assembly. The image capture portion has a lens system, an imaging sensor and an image processor. The image sensor captures an image in a first color space. The image processor receives the image in the first color space and converts the image to a second color space which is a device independent color space. The base portion has electrical contacts for connecting to a peripheral device in order to transfer the image in the second color space to the peripheral device. The pivot assembly connects the image capture portion to the base portion and allows the image capture portion to be movable about the pivot assembly. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045804 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic system comprising an image pickup unit | 2010-02-25 |
20100045805 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING PIXEL STORAGE GATE CHARGE SENSING FOR ELECTRONIC STABILIZATION IN IMAGERS - An imaging device that stores charge from a photosensor under at least one storage gate. A driver used to operate the at least one storage gate, senses how much charge was transferred to the storage gate. The sensed charge is used to obtain at least one signature of the image scene. The at least one signature may then be used for processing such as e.g., motion detection, auto-exposure, and auto-white balancing. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045806 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, REMOTE INDICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus including: a registration portion that, every time a new image is input, registers the image and an identifier with a storage; a reception portion that receives a delivery request including an identifier of an image and a delivery condition from an external terminal; a transmission portion that, when the identifier satisfying the delivery request is registered, transmits the image corresponding to the identifier to the external terminal; an addition portion that, when the identifier satisfying the delivery request is not registered, adds a set of the identifier, the delivery condition, identification information of the external terminal, and a registration time to the storage; and a notification portion that, when the identifier is not registered although a given period has passed from the registration time, notifies the external terminal of information showing that the image corresponding to the delivery request does not exist. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045807 | Optical reader - An optical reader includes an imaging device and an photographing optical system for reading images of an object such as a semiconductor wafer. An LED light source is provided as a dark field illumination light source for illuminating the object at an angle of illumination that deviates from the optical axis of the photographing optical system. The LED light source is supported by a swing-type support member having both ends secured to a housing of the optical reader using screws and nuts. This allows the angle and position of the dark field illumination light source to be adjusted so as to provide a first angle of illumination for illuminating the object directly with the illuminating light from the dark field illumination light source, or a second angle of illumination for illuminating the object by reflection from a half mirror that is disposed in an illumination optical system. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045808 | VARIABLE-POWER OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND DIGITAL APPARATUS - A variable-power optical system includes, in order from an object side thereof: a first lens group with a negative optical power; a second lens group with a positive optical power; a third lens group with a negative optical power; and a fourth lens group with a positive optical power. An interval between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases when a power of the variable-power optical system varies from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The second lens group includes at least one aspheric surface. The variable-power optical system satisfies the predetermined conditional expressions. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045809 | INFRARED AND VISIBLE-LIGHT IMAGE REGISTRATION - Methods and thermal imaging cameras are provided for registering visible-light and infrared images within a thermal imaging camera to reduce a parallax error in the images. Registration generally includes detecting a first feature set in the visible-light image data, detecting a second feature set in the infrared image data and generating a plurality of overlapping alignments of the infrared image data and the visible-light image data. A similarity figure is calculated as a function of the relative alignment of the first feature set and the second feature set for each alignment and the alignment with the desired similarity figure is selected. The images are aligned and the camera displays at least a portion of the visible-light image data and/or at least a portion of the infrared image data. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045810 | Video Signal Processing System and Method Thereof - An video signal processing method and system thereof are disclosed. The system comprises four cameras for capturing four video signals (1373×986 pixels, frame rate is 22.5 fps). Each video signal may be adjusted and encoded in the camera to form an output video signal (960×540 pixels, frame rate is 19.98 fps). Each frame (960×540 pixels) of the output video signal may be segmented into three fields (720×240 pixels) to be the output video of the camera. Each camera transmits the processed output video (three fields, each field is 720×240 pixels, frame rate is 19.98 fps) to a digital video recorder via a coaxial cable. The digital video recorder may decode and restore the processed output video signal to the output video signal (960×540 pixels). Then the digital video recorder may transmit the several output video signal to a display device, and the several output video signal may be displayed into the display device in quad screen format to form a high definition video corresponding to the output video standard (1080p). | 2010-02-25 |
20100045811 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, DISPLAY-AND-IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus capable of easily improving the detection accuracy of a touching or proximity object is provided. An offset noise (a reset image R) is obtained by an image pickup process in a state (a reset state) in which an image pickup device is initialized. Moreover, a fingertip extraction process is performed in consideration of the offset noise on the basis of a picked-up image (a shadow image A or a display light-using image B) which is obtained by picking up an image of a proximity object to obtain object information about the proximity object. While an offset noise in the apparatus is easily reduced, object information about the proximity object can be obtained. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045812 | IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS, PROGRAM FOR THE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THE PROGRAM - Application is found to, for example, a video camera with recording means united therewith. On the basis of image recognition results, in accordance with the timing of detection of images of specified pattern in specified sequence, high-speed writing of imaging results in memory is completed and the imaging results stored in the memory is saved in a recording medium. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045813 | DIGITAL IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND VIDEO CAPTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method for capturing video comprising: capturing video of a moving object, the video comprising a current image and a subsequent image; selecting a portion of each image of the captured video which contains the moving object; copying the selected portions as new images; and encoding the new images into new video. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045814 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus, includes: an image sensor having a light receiving surface with a plurality of pixels and a plurality-of-color separation filter, which receives light from a photographic subject which is incident via an optical system on the surface via the filter, outputs a pixel output of each pixel, and images an image of the subject; a pixel output judging section which judges if each pixel output reaches each predetermined saturation level or not; a pixel output compensation processor which compensates a pixel output of a specific color filter based on a pixel output of another color separation filter in the vicinity which is less than its predetermined saturation level; and a bit compression convertor. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045815 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - In this image pickup device, a system controller uses pattern matching to detect regions where patterns match between images based on multiple sets of image data. Subsequently, the system controller conducts alignment based on the regions that are matched by pattern matching with respect to the multiple sets of image data that are generated by multiple imagings in a exposure time shorter than a normal exposure time while the imaging view field changes. Furthermore, the system controller adds the respective sets of image data after alignment, and generates image data corresponding to a view field that is wider than the imaging view field of a CCD. According to this image pickup device, motion blur can be reduced. | 2010-02-25 |