11th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140071129 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRAPHICS RENDERING EMPLOYING GRADIENT DOMAIN METROPOLIS LIGHT TRANSPORT - A method of generating an image. The method includes simulating a presence of at least one light source within a virtualized three dimensional space. Within the virtualized three dimensional space, a light sensing plane is defined. The light sensing plane includes a matrix of a number of pixels to be displayed on a display screen. The method further includes using a light transport procedure, computing a gradient value for each pixel of the matrix to produce a number of gradient values. The gradient computation involves selecting a plurality of light path pairs that contribute to a pixel wherein the selection is biased towards selection of more light paths that pass through pixels having larger gradient values. The plurality of gradient values are converted to a plurality of light intensity values which represent the image. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071130 | Panning for Three-Dimensional Maps - Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program which when executed on a device by at least one processing unit performs panning operations on a three-dimensional (3D) map. The program displays a first 3D perspective view of the 3D map. In response to input to pan the 3D map, the program determines a panning movement based on the input and a two-dimensional (2D) view of the 3D map. The program pans the first 3D perspective view of 3D map to a second 3D perspective view of the 3D map based on determined panning movement. The program renders the second 3D perspective view of the 3D map for display on the device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071131 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - In the free viewpoint image combination technique, captured images between respective viewpoints are combined with high precision and at a high speed. As to an occlusion region, a free viewpoint image is generated by use of distance information from another viewpoint. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071132 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system according to an embodiment includes a stereoscopic display apparatus, a rendering processor, and a display controller. The stereoscopic display apparatus displays a stereoscopic image enabled for a stereoscopic vision using a plurality of parallax images. The rendering processor generates a plurality of parallax images by applying a rendering process to volume data that is three-dimensional medical image data from a plurality of viewpoint positions having different relative positions with respect to the volume data. The display controller causes the stereoscopic display apparatus to display a graphic image that is an image of a given graphic indicating a depth-direction position of a cursor that is operable by a given input unit in a three-dimensional stereoscopic image space in which a stereoscopic image is displayed, together with the parallax images. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071133 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING SEQUENTIAL DATA BASED ON SPARSITY AND SEQUENTIAL ADJACENCY - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for generating a classifier to detect patterns in a data sequence. During operation, the system receives the data sequence, which represents a sequence of measurements of a phenomenon. The system transforms the data sequence into a feature sequence that is of a higher dimensionality than a dimensionality of the data sequence, and the feature sequence is a sequence of feature vectors each created from contiguous members of the data sequence. Next, the system generates a graph where each node of the graph corresponds to a feature vector. The system converts the generated graph into a two-dimensional graph. Subsequently, the system displays, to a user, the two-dimensional graph. The system receives user input indicating that a region of the two-dimensional graph corresponds to a pattern associated with the feature sequence, and then generates a classifier based on the received user input. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071134 | VISUALIZATION OF USER SENTIMENT FOR PRODUCT FEATURES - Method, system, and computer program product are provided for visualization of user sentiment for one or more product features. The method may include: providing one or more product image templates, a product image template having a location representing a product feature; obtaining an aggregated sentiment score for a product feature from user generated content; mapping the aggregated sentiment score to a score visualization on a visualization scale; and representing the location in the product image template relating to the product feature with the score visualization for the aggregated sentiment score to provide a visualization of the product. The method may also include: collecting one or more text expressions from user generated content relating to a product feature; representing one or more text expressions in relation to the product feature in the product image template. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071135 | MANAGING ACTIVITIES OVER TIME IN AN ACTIVITY GRAPH - Systems and processes for managing data in a data warehouse using an activity graph are described. The activity graph may include nodes representing entities (or versions thereof) interconnected by edges representing relationships (or versions thereof) between those entities. The nodes representing versions of an entity may be captured as a directed acyclic graph (DAG). New nodes and edges may be added to the activity graph as new entities and relationships are formed. As changes are made to an entity or relationship, new nodes or edges representing new versions of the entity or relationship may be created and added to the activity graph based on the entity's or relationship's tracking type. Existing nodes and edges may be removed from the activity based on data retention rules and/or data decay rules. In some examples, nodes and edges may be summarized by collapsing multiple nodes or multiple edges into a single node or edge. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071136 | MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MARKING COMMON TIMING POINTS - A measuring device has a storage unit, a processing unit and a display device for displaying a digitised and stored first partial signal and at least one digitised and stored second partial signal. In this context, the first partial signal and the second partial signal are partial signals of different bands of the multiband signal. The processing unit is embodied to display in a first window in the display device a first signal derived from the first partial signal and a first analysis line, and to display in a second window in the display device a second signal derived from the second partial signal and a first analysis line corresponding in time to the first analysis line of the first window. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071137 | IMAGE ENHANCEMENT APPARATUS - A method comprising: analysing at least two images to determine at least one object mutual to the at least two images, the object having a periodicity of motion; generating an animated image based on the at least two images, wherein the at least one object is animated; determining at least one audio signal associated with the at least one object; and combining the at least one audio signal with the animated image to generate an audio enabled animated image. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071138 | Determining Alternative Visualizations for Data Based on an Initial Data Visualization - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method comprises generating an alternative visualization of a data set based on a specification of a selected first visualization of the data set and parameters comprising information pertaining to the data set. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071139 | IMOD PIXEL ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPROVED FILL FACTOR, FRAME RATE AND STICTION PERFORMANCE - Pixels that include display elements that are configured with different structural dimensions corresponding to the color of light they provide are disclosed. In one implementation, a display device includes an array having a plurality of electromechanical pixels disposed on a substrate, each pixel including at least a first display element and a second display element. Each of the first and second display elements interferometrically modulating light by moving a reflective element between a relaxed position spaced apart from the substrate to an actuated position further away from the substrate than the relaxed position by applying a voltage across the reflective element and a stationary electrode. The stationary electrode of each display element is sized to provide actuation of the movable reflective element using the same actuation voltage even though the electrical gap through which the reflective element moves is different within a pixel. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071140 | DISPLAY PIPE REQUEST AGGREGATION - A system and method for efficiently scheduling memory access requests. A semiconductor chip includes a memory controller for controlling accesses to a shared memory and a display controller for processing frame data. In response to detecting an idle state for the system and the supported one or more displays, the display controller aggregates memory requests for a given display pipeline of one or more display pipelines prior to attempting to send any memory requests from the given display pipeline to the memory controller. Arbitration may be performed while the given display pipeline sends the aggregated memory requests. In response to not receiving memory access requests from the functional blocks or the display controller, the memory controller may transition to a low-power mode. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071141 | RENDERING SETTINGS IN A MULTI-GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT SYSTEM - Graphics rendering settings in a computer system are adjusted when an activity level on a bus meets a trigger condition. The graphics rendering settings of the system are returned to a previous level when the bus activity drops below a threshold. The trigger condition may be related to bandwidth usage on the bus or latency of data sent over the bus. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071142 | DISPLAY APPARATUS INCORPORATING VERTICALLY ORIENTED ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for enabling a display to have a faster switching rate and an increased aperture ratio by using vertically oriented electrical interconnects with a reduced footprint. In one aspect, a display apparatus includes an array of display elements and an electrical interconnect connected to at least one display element in the array of display elements. A cross sectional aspect ratio of the electrical interconnect can be up to 1:1 or greater than 1:1. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071143 | Image Compression Circuit, Display System Including the Same, and Method of Operating the Display System - An image compression circuit includes an encoder configured to compress a current frame and to output current frame compressed data and a current frame bitstream; a decoder configured to decode the previous frame bitstream and to output previous frame compressed data; a frame memory controller configured to write the current frame bitstream to a frame memory and simultaneously read a previous frame bitstream from the frame memory; a dynamic capacitance compensation controller configured to output a previous frame reference value based on the current frame, the current frame compressed data, and the previous frame compressed data; and an overdrive circuit configured to generate a current overdriven frame including an overdrive pixel value for a current pixel based on a pixel value of the current pixel in the current frame and the previous frame reference value. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071144 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE SHARED POINTERS IN A HETEROGENEOUS PLATFORM - A method and apparatus to facilitate shared pointers in a heterogeneous platform. In one embodiment of the invention, the heterogeneous or non-homogeneous platform includes, but is not limited to, a central processing core or unit, a graphics processing core or unit, a digital signal processor, an interface module, and any other form of processing cores. The heterogeneous platform has logic to facilitate sharing of pointers to a location of a memory shared by the CPU and the GPU. By sharing pointers in the heterogeneous platform, the data or information sharing between different cores in the heterogeneous platform can be simplified. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071145 | SCREEN OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND MOBILE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A screen output control method and system and a mobile terminal supporting the same are provided. The screen output control system includes a screen output device and a mobile terminal. The screen output device is connected with the mobile terminal so as to output screen data rendered by the mobile terminal. When the screen output device is connected, the mobile terminal renders screen data for the screen output device, writes the rendered screen data to a buffer assigned to the screen output device, and outputs screen data written in the buffer to the screen output device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071146 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTIMEDIA DATA PROCESSING - In certain embodiments, methods and systems for multimedia data processing are provided. In an embodiment, a method for processing multimedia data includes defining one or more pixel block regions in a first cache so as to cache a plurality of reference pixel blocks corresponding to reference data. A reference pixel block from among the plurality of reference pixel blocks is assigned to a pixel block region from among the one or more pixel block regions based on a predetermined criterion. The reference pixel block is associated with a tag based on the pixel block region so as to facilitate a search of the reference data in order to process a plurality of pixel blocks associated with a multimedia frame of the multimedia data. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071147 | Providing Support for Display Articulation-Related Applications - A method of providing display articulation support to a main processor of a computing device is disclosed. The method may include receiving display articulation data from a sensor at a sensor controller. The method may also include formatting, via the sensor controller, the display articulation data. The method may also include providing, via a single channel interface between the sensor controller and the main processor, the display articulation data to an operating system executed by the main processor. The method may also include communicating, via a driver executed by the operating system, the display articulation data to an application executed by the operating system. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071148 | Applying a Realistic Artistic Texture to Images - Techniques are disclosed to provide user control over the manipulation of a digital image. The disclosed techniques enable a user to apply various textures that mimic traditional artistic media to a selected image. User selection of a texture level results in the blending of texturized versions of the selected image in accordance with the selected texture level. User selection of a color level results in the adjustment of color properties of the selected image that are included in the output image. Control of the image selection, texture type selection, texture level selection, and color level selection may be provided through an intuitive graphical user interface. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071149 | COLOR MANAGEMENT FOR WEB SERVER BASED APPLICATIONS - Method and apparatus for color management of documents retrieved and manipulated by a server based application and displayed on a client device through a browser application. Page elements of documents are manipulated to provide consistent and/or accurate color reproduction on the client device. Pages include untagged images, images tagged with color profiles, and tagged or untagged page elements specified by hex color values. Color values for images and untagged page elements specified by hex color values are adjusted by the server application before transmission to the client device to account for properties of browser applications and operating systems of different client devices. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071150 | TILE BASED COMPUTER GRAPHICS - A method and system for generating and shading a computer graphics image in a tile based computer graphics system is provided. Geometry data is supplied and a plurality of primitives are derived from the geometry data. One or more modified primitives are then derived from at least one of the plurality of primitives. For each of a plurality of tiles, an object list is derived including data identifying the primitive from which each modified primitive located at least partially within that tile is derived. Alternatively, the object list may include data identifying each modified primitive located at least partially within that tile. Each tile is then shaded for display using its respective object list. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071151 | CUSTOMIZED REAL-TIME MEDIA SYSTEM AND METHOD - Interactive media is defined by objects and interaction logic; unique objects for the interactive media are determined according to the interaction logic. The unique objects are pre-rendered and saved. When a user interacts with the interactive media, the user device requests content. The pre-rendered unique elements are determined and composited according to two-pass depth and alpha compositing technique, which technique reduces composting complexity while maintaining quality. The resulting composited media is then streamed to the user device. Some non-pre-rendered objects may be rendered and/or composited by a server- or client-device at run-time. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071152 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a first display controller configured to display a first image, a touch area detector configured to detect a touched area of the displayed first image, a first processor configured to change a tone of the touched area of the first image, a storage configured to store touched areas detected by the touch area detector, a second display controller configured to display a second image instead of the first image, and a second processor configured to change tones of the touched areas of the second image which are stored in the storage. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071153 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device is disclosed. The image display includes a quantizer, a halftone processing module, and a gamut mapping module. The quantizer is configured for executing a quantization process to an input image to generate a quantized image. The halftone processing module is configured for executing a halftone process for operating a quantization error between the input image and the quantized image to generate a dithering matrix. The gamut mapping module is configured for executing a gamut mapping process for operating the quantized image and the dithering matrix to generate an output image. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071154 | COLOR SCHEME CHANGING APPARATUS, COLOR SCHEME CHANGING METHOD, AND COLOR SCHEME CHANGING PROGRAM - There is provided a color scheme changing apparatus capable of changing a color scheme on a screen immediately depending on the situation so that each piece of information that makes up the screen will always stand out within the entire screen according to the degree of importance thereof. A color scheme changing apparatus | 2014-03-13 |
20140071155 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A REFLECTIVE OR REFRACTIVE SURFACE - A method and apparatus for producing a reflective or refractive surface that reflects or refracts light shined thereon and reproduces on a screen a desired greyscale intensity image on which the reflective or refractive surface is based and a corresponding apparatus, wherein the method permits a reproduction of a reference grayscale image with adjustable precision. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071156 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING NOISE - A noise estimation apparatus and method to prevent texture from being erroneously determined as noise, is provided. To this end, the noise estimation method includes generating an initial noise map for an input image signal, generating at least one noise map based on a temporal change of an image signal continuing from the image signal, calculating a correlation value for each region between the initial noise map and the noise maps, and determining noise of an image according to a temporal change based on the correlation value. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071157 | CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS WITH PRIORITIZED CONTENT AND RELATED METHODS - Content delivery systems and related methods are provided. In this regard, a representative system includes: a content hosting system having a wireless communication interface for communicating with mobile devices, the content hosting system being operative to: receive information corresponding to a first content item via the wireless communication interface; associate a first time indicator with the first content item; and provide the first content item to a display device such that multiple content items are displayed in a time-prioritized configuration. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071158 | Interface Integrating Key Peformance Indicator (KPI) to Custom Control - A user interface integrates display of custom Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) calculated from an underlying database. The interface may allow for the creation of predictive algorithms customized to provide intelligent advice and meaningful alerts to the user in realtime, based upon the value of the KPIs. Certain embodiments may provide a dynamic ticker feature that provides recommendations for user action based upon displayed KPIs. The ticker may utilize attributes such as color and movement to effectively communicate relevant KPI information to the user. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071159 | Method and Apparatus For Providing a User Interface For a File System - A method and apparatus provides for controlling presentation of multimedia content. In one example, the method and apparatus changes a display perspective of a multimedia presenting system that presents the multimedia content by determining an amount of display perspective adjustment based on a relative position between a user and the multimedia presenting system. According to the determined amount of display perspective adjustment, the method and apparatus issues one or more control commands that instruct the multimedia presenting system to change the display perspective. The display perspective may be changed for example by moving a display or portion thereof and/or by changing the perspective of the displayed image on the display while leaving the position of the display alone. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071160 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor and a display processor. The processor acquires a plurality of first contents associated with a first period, and a plurality of second contents associated with a second period different from the first period. The display processor displays on a screen a first object representing a set of the plurality of first contents and a second object representing a set of the plurality of second contents on the screen in accordance with the first period and the second period. The first object and the second object are arranged in one direction on the screen in a chronological order. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071161 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A HOST DEVICE AND USER DEVICE THROUGH AN INTERMEDIATE DEVICE USING A COMPOSITE VIDEO SIGNAL - A system and method includes a host device using a first format, an intermediate device, a user device using a second format and a network in communication with the host device, the intermediate device and the user device. The user device communicates a first user generated signal having the second format to the intermediate device. The intermediate device converts the second format of the first user generated signal to the first format to form a second user generated signal. The intermediate device communicates the second user generated signal to the host device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071162 | NEIGHBOR MAPPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Neighbor mapping and communication systems and methods are provided herein. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071163 | AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION DETAIL - A holographic object presentation system and related methods for presenting a holographic object having a selective information detail level are provided. In one example, a holographic object presentation program may receive user behavior information and physical environment information. Using one or more of the user behavior information and the physical environment information, the program may adjust the selective information detail level of the holographic object to an adjusted information detail level. The program may then provide the holographic object at the adjusted information detail level to an augmented reality display program for display on a display device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071164 | CONTROLLING AN AUGMENTED REALITY OBJECT - Techniques for controlling an augmented reality object are described in various implementations. In one example implementation, a method may include receiving an initialization image captured by an image capture device, the initialization image depicting a background and being free of foreground objects positioned between the background and the image capture device. The method may also include receiving a plurality of subsequent images captured by the image capture device over a period of time, the plurality of subsequent images depicting the background and a foreground object, the foreground object being positioned between the background and the image capture device. The method may also include comparing the initialization image to the plurality of subsequent images to determine positioning of the foreground object over the period of time. The method may also include controlling an augmented reality object based on the positioning of the foreground object over the period of time. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071165 | MIXED REALITY SIMULATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Mixed reality simulation in general, and more specifically to mixed reality simulation devices and systems for training purposes, for example in the medical field, may be provided. For example, a mixed reality simulation method for rendering on a display a mixed reality scenario of a virtual environment adapted to a physical environment, may comprise acquiring, with a sensor, a position of a physical environment object; identifying a mismatch between a physical environment surface and a virtual environment surface, the mismatch depending on the physical environment object position and a mixed reality scenario parameter; and computing a mapping displacement for a virtual environment surface based on the identified mismatch. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071166 | Switching Between a First Operational Mode and a Second Operational Mode Using a Natural Motion Gesture - A mobile device is operative to change from a first operational mode to a second or third operational mode based on a user's natural motion gesture. The first operational mode may include a voice input mode in which a user provides a voice input to the mobile device. After providing the voice input to the mobile device, the user then makes a natural motion gesture and a determination is made as to whether the natural motion gesture places the mobile device in the second or third operational mode. The second operational mode includes an augmented reality display mode in which the mobile device displays images recorded from a camera overlaid with computer-generated images corresponding to results output in response to the voice input. The third operational mode includes a reading display mode in which the mobile device displays, without augmented reality, results output in response to the voice input. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071167 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, METHODS FOR SENSING AND PROCESSING FISHING RELATED DATA - Devices and systems for noninvasively and nondestructively sensing a signal in an electrical outdoor device, such a fishing transponder, are described. The device can include a first electrical connection to connect to a port on a main unit of an echo-location device, a second electrical connection to connect to a port on a transponder, the second electrical connection being in bi-directional electrical communication with the first connection to send a power signal from the main unit to the transponder and return an echoed signal to the main unit, and a third electrical connection to sense the signals between the first electrical connection and the second electrical connection. Positioning data is also created and stored with the signal data. The positioning data can be used to control acquisition of data. Systems and methods for processing the sensed data are described. Reports can be generated using the data and, in some reports with the positioning data. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071168 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING PRESENTATION SLIDES CONTAINING PICTURE ELEMENTS - A computer-implemented method for intelligently generating presentations, the method comprising the steps of: analysing the variation in colours of pixels in the digital image; and, if the variation is below a predetermined threshold, applying one or more rules to increase visibility of the digital image in the presentation. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071169 | Image processing method, image output processing method, and image reception processing method - The present invention discloses an image processing method comprising: using an image output device to generate a scale-down image; using the image output device to generate a plurality of divided images according to the scale-down image; using the image output device to encode the plurality of divided images to thereby generate a plurality of encoded images; having the image output device output the plurality of encoded images into an image reception device through a transmission interface; using the image reception device to decode the plurality of encoded images to thereby recover the plurality of divided images; using the image reception device to generate a combined image according to the plurality of divided images; and using the image reception device to generate a display image according to the combined image, in which the size of the display image is larger than the size of the combined image. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071170 | NON-UNIFORMLY SCALING A MAP FOR EMPHASIZING AREAS OF INTEREST - A method, apparatus and computer program where the method comprises determining a plurality of areas of interest where the areas are isolated from each other by intermediate areas; and non-uniformly scaling a map comprising the plurality of areas of interest by changing the relative scaling between the plurality of areas of interest and the intermediate areas. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071171 | PINCH-AND-ZOOM, ZOOM-AND-PINCH GESTURE CONTROL - At least one example embodiment relates to a method comprising: detecting one of a pinch gesture and a zoom gesture as a first event; detecting the other of the pinch gesture and the zoom gesture as a second event; and generating a single event command representing the first and second events if the second event is detected within a desired time period from detecting the first event, the single event command indicating a user-desired function. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071172 | REDUCED BACKLIGHT TURN ON TIME - Systems, devices, and methods for using a hot plug detect (HPD) signal to reduce turn on time of a backlight of a display are disclosed. The backlight controller may pre-charge the backlight based at least in part on receiving the HPD signal prior to receiving a BL_EN signal to turn on the backlight. The HPD signal may be a multipurpose signal used by components of a system in addition to the backlight driver. The backlight driver may turn on the pre-charged backlight immediately upon receiving the BL_EN signal. The backlight controller may maintain the pre-charge of the backlight while the device is in a sleep state to reduce the turn on time of the backlight from the sleep state. Embodiments of the HPD signal may also power down the display and backlight. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071173 | LINEAR COLOR SEPARATION FOR MULTI-PRIMARY OUTPUT DEVICES - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, to reproduce a target color in an output device. In one aspect, the output device can include display elements and a processor. The processor can be configured to (a) receive data on the target color to be reproduced, (b) select the display element associated with the highest brightness, (c) determine a portion of the target color to be reproduced by the selected display element, (d) calculate a remaining amount of the target color, (e) use the display element having the next highest brightness as the selected display element of (c), and (f) repeat (c) to (e) iteratively until all display elements have been selected or the remaining amount of the target color is below a threshold. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071174 | COLOR-COMPENSATING IMAGE DRIVING - An image driving method includes receiving basic image data including a first set of primary colors. The basic image data is transformed into output image data including a second set of primary colors. Luminance values of the second set of primary colors of the output image data is reduced to compensate the luminance values of the second set of primary colors of the output image data when a luminance value of the first set of primary color of the basic image data is saturated. Image distortion is thereby minimized or prevented. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071175 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The display device has sub-pixels of multiple colors. In one aspect, the organic light emitting display device detects sub-pixels which are positioned at the edges of the panel. Data for the sub-pixels on the edges are reduced so that colors on the edges are less observable. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071176 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device capable of improving image quality. A driving method of an organic light emitting display device in which a plurality of sub-fields may be included in one frame, wherein a first sub-field includes an initialization period in which voltage of an initialization power supply is supplied to a gate electrode of a driving transistor included in each of the pixels, a scan period that voltage corresponding to a data signal is stored in the pixels, and a light emitting period that the pixels emit light, and wherein the remaining sub-fields with the exception of the first sub-field include only a scan period and a light emitting period. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071177 | SUBTRACTIVE COLOR BASED DISPLAY WHITE POINT CALIBRATION - Systems, methods, and devices for white point calibration using subtractive color measurements are provided. Specifically, a white point of a display may be calibrated using subtractive color measurements rather than merely additive color measurements. In one example, a display having red, green, and blue pixels may measure the responses in a subtractive color space (e.g., CMY) rather than additive color space (e.g., RGB). Measurements of the display response using subtractive color space may involve providing image data to two or more color channels at once. Thus, any crosstalk effect between channels may be accounted for, even though the same crosstalk effect might not be apparent using additive color measurements in which only a single channel color channel were measured. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071178 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD - Embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic paper display device and its driving method. The electronic paper display device comprises a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes at least two thin film transistors, and each thin film transistor is electrically connected to a corresponding data line and a corresponding gate line respectively, and within one refresh cycle, is turned on once separately. Embodiments of the invention can make refresh rate quicker and requirement on storage capacitance lower so as to achieve faster grayscale refresh. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071179 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof which minimizes power consumed for driving a display unit includes a display unit which displays an image thereon; an image processor which processes an input image signal to display an image on the display unit; and a controller which determines a peripheral area which is an outer part of a main viewing area of the image for a user, and controls the image processor to display the image by reducing a brightness of the input image signal with respect to the peripheral area. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071180 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPRESSING BACKGROUND LIGHT IN TIME OF FLIGHT SENSOR - A background light suppression apparatus and method capable of suppressing influences of background light in a depth sensor includes measuring output signals of sub pixels for a sub integration time shorter than a frame integration time; and integrating differences between the output signals after the sub integration time. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071181 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a first obtaining unit, a specifying unit, a first calculator, a second obtaining unit, and a selector. The first obtaining unit obtains a first parallax number representing a parallax image that is actually observed. The specifying unit specifies a panel parameter candidate. The first calculator calculates a second parallax number which represents a parallax image to be observed from the viewpoint position when the panel parameter is changed from the first panel parameter to the panel parameter candidate. The second obtaining unit obtains a third parallax number calculated when a first panel parameter candidate is specified, and the third parallax number is smaller than an error between the second parallax number calculated when a second panel parameter candidate is specified, and the third parallax number, the selector selects the first panel parameter candidate as the panel parameter. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071182 | ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR PROVIDED WITH THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE PROJECTOR - An illumination light source device, comprising: a light path junction member which splits light emitted from a light source into a first light path emitting excitation light for phosphor and a second light path irradiating illumination light; a first diffuser disposed in the first light path; and a second diffuser disposed in the second light path, the second diffuser having a diffusion degree larger than that of the first diffuser. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071183 | METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - A method includes: causing a first image to be displayed in a first color by a partial drive format; causing a background of the first image to be displayed in the first color; causing a background of a second image to be displayed in a second color; and causing the second image to be displayed in the second color. In a case where a temperature detection unit detects a predetermined change in temperature after causing a background of a second image to be displayed in a second color and before causing the second image to be displayed in the second color, then causing a predetermined image to be displayed and causing the predetermined image to be complementarily displayed using a drive pulse signal adjusted for the temperature after the change. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071184 | DRIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a driving method and apparatus of a liquid crystal display apparatus and a liquid crystal display apparatus, and belongs to a liquid crystal display field. The driving method comprises: generating gray scale data of sub-pixels according to received image data; taking a plurality of sub-pixels as a processing unit, generating gray scale voltage polarity signals, which are used for making gray scale voltages of the plurality of sub-pixels tend to zero entirely, respectively corresponding to the gray scale data of the plurality of sub-pixels; outputting the gray scale data and the corresponding polarity signal of the each sub-pixel to a source driver of the liquid crystal display apparatus. The present disclosure may improve display defects caused by turbulence in a common voltage, such as a green attachment, a crosstalk, a flicker, etc. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071185 | STEREOSCOPIC SCREEN - A stereoscopic screen, including a control device and a display screen. The display screen includes a plurality of light-emitting pixels controlled by the control device. Each of the light-emitting pixels is provided with a cylindrical lens, by which forming a difference between the visual images perceived by a left eye and a right eye according to a light-emitting principle of the cylindrical lens. The light-emitting pixel is in the form of a cylindrical light-emitting tube or a surface mounted device (SMD). The cylindrical light-emitting tube includes the cylindrical lens, a capsule, a pin, and a light-emitting chip. The light-emitting chip is disposed inside the capsule. The cylindrical lens is disposed on the capsule. The pin is connected to the light-emitting chip. The SMD includes the cylindrical lens and the capsule, or a cylindrical cover is arranged on a light-emitting surface of the capsule of the SMD. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071186 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A light source device includes a light source module having a light-emitting block, an image analysis part, a duty ratio calculation part, a duty ratio determination part and a signal generation part. The image analysis part extracts representative luminance data of the light-emitting block based on pixel data. The duty ratio calculation part calculates duty ratio data of the light-emitting block based on the representative luminance data. The duty ratio determination part generates determined duty ratio data of the light-emitting block based on the duty ratio data from a first period, and the signal generation part generates a driving signal having a duty ratio corresponding to the determined duty ratio data to drive the light-emitting block. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071187 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes a calculation unit which calculates a required luminance according to a set luminance for each color of a backlight, for each of a first video signal and a second video signal, and obtains the higher of the required luminance corresponding to the first video signal and the required luminance corresponding to the second video signal as an objective luminance for each color based on a calculation result, a backlight driving unit which drives the backlight for each color according to the obtained objective luminance of each color, a detection unit which compares the required luminance with the objective luminance and detects, for each color, the required luminance corresponding to the video signal lower than the objective luminance, and a brightness adjustment unit which performs adjustment for each color so that an image corresponding to the video signal lower than the objective luminance is darkened. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071188 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An LCD device is disclosed which includes: a liquid crystal display panel in which there are a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines; a data driver configured to apply data voltages to the data lines; a gate driver configured to apply gate pulses to the gate lines; and a charge share device configured to selectively perform a charge share operation by storing charges corresponding to a data voltage applied to one of the data lines during a first interval and providing the stored charges to said one or another one of the data lines during a second interval based on a comparison of first video data corresponding to said one of the data lines in the first interval with second video data corresponding to said one or another one of the data lines in the second interval. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071189 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device is disclosed. The display device has pixels which include three color sub-pixels, for example, red, green, and blue sub-pixels. The pixels also include a white sub-pixel. The display calculates data for the red, green, blue, and white sub-pixels based on data for red, green, and blue sub-pixels. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071190 | APPARATUS FOR MARKING HISTOLOGY EMBEDDING CASSETTES - A marking apparatus for marking histology embedding cassettes includes a marking device for marking plastic surfaces, a gripping means to grip and release a cassette, and a movement organ to rotate the gripping means with respect to a first rotation axis perpendicular to a second rotation axis. The first axis is arranged such that it is situated in an ideal plane that is parallel to and interposed between the ideal planes in which the perpendicular surfaces of a cassette, gripped by the gripping means, are located, so that, upon rotation with respect to the first axis the first and the second perpendicular surfaces can alternately be located in front of the marking device. The second axis being arranged with respect to the gripping means such that, upon rotation with respect to the second axis, the oblique surface of the cassette can be in front of the marking device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071191 | APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING NON-EJECTION CORRECTION PARAMETER OF INK-JET HEAD, AND INK-JET PRINTER - The present invention efficiently optimizes a non-ejection correction parameter for each nozzle. The non-ejection correction parameter for each nozzle is optimized by repeatedly executing the operations of generating test chart data based on a non-ejection correction parameter for each of a plurality of nozzles provided on an ink-jet head; acquiring read data of a test chart recorded on a recording medium by ejecting ink from the plurality of nozzles based on the test chart data while relatively moving the ink-jet head and the recording medium; evaluating a correction intensity of the non-ejection correction parameter for each of the nozzles based on the acquired read data; and updating the non-ejection correction parameter for each of the nozzles based on a single variable root-finding algorithm using iteration method from the evaluated correction intensity. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071192 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR LIQUID EJECTION - A liquid ejection apparatus comprises a plurality of piezoelectric element units, which can be driven to eject liquid by changing a drive voltage, and a control device. The control device may calculate an accumulated time for each of the piezoelectric element units. The accumulated times may be a time that a respective piezoelectric element unit is in a driven state. The control device may also identify a first piezoelectric element unit having a maximum accumulated time and a second piezoelectric element unit having a minimum accumulated time from among the piezoelectric element units. The control device may reduce the drive voltage applied to one or more of the piezoelectric element units that are not in the driven state to a lower voltage, when the control device determines that the difference between the maximum accumulated time and the minimum accumulated time is less than a predetermined time. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071193 | Printing Device, Discharge Test Device And Discharge Test Method - A printing device or discharge test device comprising a head that includes a nozzle discharging liquid to a medium, a temperature obtaining section that obtains a temperature related to the head, a missing-dot detecting section that detects whether or not the liquid is discharged from the nozzle, and a control section that controls the head and the missing-dot detecting section. When the temperature obtained is within a first temperature range, the head is configured to discharge the liquid to the medium and whether or not the liquid is discharged from the nozzle is detected. No such detection is made at other temperatures. When the temperature obtained is outside the first temperature range and within a second temperature range, the head is configured to discharge the liquid to the medium, and when the temperature obtained is outside the second temperature range, the liquid is not discharged to the medium. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071194 | PRINTER - A printer includes a printer unit that performs a recording operation on a recording medium pulled out from a first recording medium holding unit and on a recording medium held by a second recording medium holding unit included in a paper-feeding/paper-reversing unit. The paper-feeding/paper-reversing unit has a third recording medium transportation path in which the side of the recording medium to be subject to simplex recording is switched and through which the recording medium is fed back to a recording unit of the printer unit. The third recording medium transportation path partially overlaps a second recording medium transportation path through which the recording medium is fed to the printer unit. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071195 | COUPLING OF DIGITAL PRINTER AND FINISHING - Various disclosed embodiments relate to structures and methods for printing systems. In some embodiments, a device, e.g., a festoon, may be used to accumulate excess material. The festoon may be located between a print head and a finishing component to eliminate misalignment/mis-registration difficulties between printed images and finishing options. In some embodiments, registration images and other procedures may be used alone or in conjunction with the festoon placement to further reduce errors and waste. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071196 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a head configured to discharge an aqueous recording liquid onto a recording medium; and a coating unit configured to apply a process liquid onto the recording medium, wherein the process liquid is formed by emulsifying, by a first surfactant, water including a water-soluble polymer and a low polarity solvent which is not compatible with the water, wherein the water and the low polarity solvent are emulsified as a W/O emulsion in which the water is in a dispersed phase and the low polarity solvent is in a continuous phase. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071197 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided an image forming apparatus including: at least two guide members; a drying section; an ink curing section that illuminates light onto a front surface of the recording medium that has been dried by the drying section and cures the ink; a single liquid coolant circulation device that circulates liquid coolant to respectively formed circulation flow paths between the liquid coolant circulation device and a plurality of cooling targets for which cooling is required due to heat of the drying section or heat of the ink curing section, that cools one of the cooling targets with intermittent circulation of liquid coolant, and that cools another of the cooling targets with continuous circulation of liquid coolant; and an opening and closing portion that opens and closes one of the circulation flow paths to intermittently circulate the liquid coolant of the one cooling target. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071198 | METHOD OF FABRICATING LOW-COST TRANSFIX DRUMS FOR SOLID INK TRANSFER - A printer has a print head arranged to jet molten ink onto a surface, a transfix surface arranged to provide the surface for the print head, the transfix surface having a core and an outer shell of a predetermined grade of aluminum arranged on the core, the outer shell forming the surface for the print head. The printer also has a transport subsystem to transport a print substrate past the transfix surface such that the molten ink transfers from the transfix surface to the print substrate. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071199 | COMPOSITE COMPONENT MOLDING METAL MOLD, DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a composite component molding metal mold including a first metal mold for molding a first molded product, and a second metal mold for molding a second molded product. Each of the first and second metal molds includes a movable mold and a stationary mold. Each of the stationary molds includes a male mold and a female mold, and each of the movable molds includes a male mold and a female mold. A cavity for molding the first molded product is formed by a combination of the female mold of the stationary mold and the male mold of the movable mold, and another cavity for molding the second molded product is formed by another combination. A space which is in communication with the cavity and the other cavity is provided. When an insertion member is inserted into the space, the cavity and the other cavity are isolated. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071200 | CAP MEMBER OF LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - The present invention provides a cap member for a liquid discharge head. The cap member is configured to seal a discharge surface of the liquid discharge head and includes a lower receiving portion; a liquid-absorbing member disposed opposite the discharge surface of the head and including a nozzle-facing surface and a bottom portion; and a suction hole, provided at a bottom of the cap member, through which ink is discharged. In the thus-configured cap member, the bottom portion of the liquid-absorbing member is disposed apart from the lower receiving portion and from the suction hole disposed at the bottom of the cap member, and has a surface slanted toward the suction hole. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071201 | PRINTER HAVING A GLOBAL SKEW ADJUSTMENT AND A PRINT HEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - A printer includes a global skew adjustment and a print head assembly having an adjustment mechanism. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071202 | INKJET PRINT HEAD - There is provided an inkjet print head, including: a first channel to which ink is supplied; a second channel disposed in parallel with the first channel and recovering ink; a pressure chamber disposed between the first channel and the second channel; an ink supply route connecting the first channel to the pressure chamber; and an ink discharge route connecting the pressure chamber to the second channel. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071203 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A liquid ejection head includes a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzles formed therein from which droplets are ejectable. The nozzle plate includes a nozzle substrate in which a plurality of nozzle holes each constituting a nozzle is formed, and a liquid-repellent film formed on a surface of the nozzle substrate on a droplet ejection side of the nozzle plate and on an inner wall of the nozzle on at least the droplet ejection side of the nozzle plate. A number of liquid-repellent groups per unit area in the liquid-repellent film formed on the inner wall of the nozzle decreases continuously from the droplet ejection side of the nozzle plate to a side opposite the droplet ejection side of the nozzle plate. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071204 | INK JET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an ink jet head includes an ink pressure chamber, a nozzle hole, a vibrating plate, an actuator, and electrodes. The ink pressure chamber stores ink which is discharged through the nozzle hole. The vibrating plate is formed to surround the nozzle hole. The actuator drives the vibrating plate. The electrodes are formed to be axially symmetrical with respect to the nozzle hole and drive the actuator. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071205 | Phase Change Ink Reservoir for a Phase Change Inkjet Printer - A phase change inkjet printer including a heated phase change ink reservoir configured to reduce or prevent improper jetting of ink from a printhead. The reservoir includes a vent to atmosphere to provide substantially consistent and accurate jetting of the heated ink. A selective barrier, such as a filter, disposed adjacent to the vent substantially prevents ink from entering the vent while still enabling the vent to direct a pressure into the reservoir during printing and during purging. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071206 | LIQUID JET HEAD AND A LIQUID JET APPARATUS - A lower electrode | 2014-03-13 |
20140071207 | INKJET PRINTER HEAD - An inkjet printer head includes: a semiconductor substrate; a vibration diaphragm provided on the semiconductor substrate and capable of vibrating in an opposing direction in which the vibration diaphragm is opposed to the semiconductor substrate; a piezoelectric element provided on the vibration diaphragm; a pressure chamber provided on a side of the vibration diaphragm adjacent to the semiconductor substrate as facing the vibration diaphragm, the pressure chamber being filled with an ink; and a nozzle extending through the vibration diaphragm and communicating with the pressure chamber for ejecting the ink supplied from the pressure chamber. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071208 | HIGH DENSITY THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTIONS - Implementations relate to methods, devices produced by the method, and systems using the devices, for forming three-dimensional interconnect structures for ink piezoelectric printheads. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071209 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet recording apparatus according to one exemplary embodiment includes an actuator, a nozzle plate, a supply unit, a discharging unit, and a circulating unit. The actuator includes a pressure chamber which accommodates ink. The nozzle plate opens to the pressure chamber and includes a nozzle having a diameter of 20 μm to 40 μm. The supply unit supplies the ink to the pressure chamber. The discharging unit collects the ink from the pressure chamber. The circulating unit circulates the ink in the supply unit, the pressure chamber, and the discharging unit. In the ink, an average particle size in laser diffraction type particle distribution measurement is from 0.4 μm to 6.5 μm, the average particle size is substantially the same as a particle size in 50% integrated value, and a particle size in 90% integrated value is double or less the particle size in 50% integrated value. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071210 | Liquid Container - An ink cartridge for use in a printer includes a second ink chamber in which a liquid can be stored, an ink flow path that leads the ink to an ink supply port through which the ink is supplied from the second ink chamber to outside, and a prism unit disposed in the ink flow path configured to detect an amount of the ink inside. A portion of the ink flow path downstream of the prism unit is defined by a first wall and a first seal film, and the first wall is lower than a second wall constituting the second ink chamber. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071211 | LIQUID CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH SAME - A liquid cartridge detachably attached to an image forming apparatus to supply liquid to image forming apparatus. The liquid cartridge includes a cartridge case composed of first and second sub cases. At least one of the first and second sub cases includes an open space to accommodate an information storage device in the open space. The first and second sub cases are combined to close the open space and hold the information storage device so as to prevent removal of the information storage device accommodated in the open space therefrom. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071212 | FLUID STORAGE CONTAINER - A fluid storage container enables the easy removal of recovered fluid and reuse of the container without incurring the added costs of disassembly and replacing an absorbent material. In one exemplary embodiment, an ink cartridge | 2014-03-13 |
20140071213 | Phase Change Ink Compositions For Image Robustness - A phase change ink composition including a carrier; a colorant; and an acidic wax which is present in an amount of 0.1 to less than about 6 percent by weight based on the total weight of the phase change ink composition. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071214 | FILTER UNIT, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND BUBBLE REMOVAL METHOD - A filter unit includes: a space portion, through which a liquid passes, whose outer cross-sectional shape when cut along the direction orthogonal to the axial direction is circular or polygonal; a filter provided at the surface on one end side of the space portion in the axial direction thereof; a protruding member, provided at the surface on the other end side of the space portion in the axial direction thereof, that protrudes toward a center area of the surface on the one end side of the space portion; an inflow channel that allows the liquid to flow into the space portion from a direction tangential to the side circumferential surface of the space portion; and an outflow channel that allows the liquid to pass through the filter and flow out from the space portion. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071215 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid discharge head includes nozzles configured to discharge liquid droplets; individual flow paths to which the nozzles are connected; a liquid injection unit connected to the individual flow paths; a common liquid room configured to supply liquid to the individual flow paths; and a filter unit configured to filter the liquid. The filter unit is provided between the common liquid room and the liquid injection unit. The filter unit includes a reinforcement area for dividing the filter unit into filter areas each corresponding to two or more of the individual flow paths. A partition wall is provided corresponding to the reinforcement area of the filter unit, on the liquid injection unit side. A width in a nozzle arrangement direction of the partition wall is wider than a width in the nozzle arrangement direction of the reinforcement area. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071216 | PRINTED HEATING ELEMENT - A heating element is provided with a conductive path pattern which can be printed in a mask-free manner (e.g., drop-on-demand) with existing printing technology. The printing step can be performed, for example, with a thermal inkjet printer, a piezoelectric inkjet printer, an aerosol jet printer, or an ultrasound printer. The ink solution can be formulated so that it establishes an electrically conductive path which is free of polymer binders. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071217 | DEVICE TO REPRODUCE IMAGES OR GRAPHICAL PATTERNS IN GENERAL ON SURFACES, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - Device to reproduce images or graphical patterns in general on large surfaces, comprising at least a printing system ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140071218 | METALLIZED THERMAL DYE IMAGE RECEIVER ELEMENTS AND IMAGING - A thermal dye image receiver element has a substrate comprising a voided compliant layer and metalized layer. Disposed on the metalized layer is an opacifying layer that includes an opacifying agent and a dye receiving layer. This thermal dye image receiver element can be a duplex element with image receiving layers on both sides of the substrate, and it can be used in association with a thermal donor element to provide a thermal image on either or opposing sides of the receiver element. The metalized layer provides increased specular reflectance under resulting thermal dye images. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071219 | LIGHT QUANTITY CONTROL DEVICE, EXPOSURE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light quantity control device includes a light quantity detecting unit and an output unit. The light quantity detecting unit detects a quantity of laser light emitted from semiconductor laser elements which are mounted on plural mount devices. The output unit is provided on at least a reference mount device among the plural mount devices and outputs, to another mount device other than the reference mount device among the plural mount devices, an output result which is obtained through comparison and correction of a value detected by the light quantity detecting unit and a reference value. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071220 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In accordance with an embodiment, an optical scanning apparatus for exposing a photoconductor includes a light source, a deflecting device, an imaging optical system and a light-guiding optical system. The light source configured to emit a light beam. The deflecting device configured to deflect and scan the light beam from the light source. The imaging optical system configured to form an image by using the deflected and scanned light beam on the photoconductor. The light-guiding optical system configured to guide the light beam passing through the imaging optical system to a photodetector. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071221 | USE OF AN EARPIECE ACOUSTIC OPENING AS A MICROPHONE PORT FOR BEAMFORMING APPLICATIONS - A mobile multi-function device that includes a speaker, two or more microphones, and a beamformer processor is described. The beamformer processor uses the microphones to perform beamforming operations. One of the microphones shares a receiver acoustic opening with the speaker while the other microphone uses a separate acoustic opening. The receiver acoustic opening may be an earpiece opening that is held to the ear of a user while conducting a phone call with the device and provides acoustic input and output paths for the microphone and the speaker, respectively. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071222 | VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - The present invention provides a video communication system including a kiosk for recording video messages created by a user and a database for storing and providing access to the video messages. The kiosk includes a user interface for receiving user information such as name, address, email, and other identifying information. The kiosk further includes a message-recording device for recording a user video message. The video message and user message data are uploaded to a database. The database reconnects with the user through the user information to allow the user to access the video message. In an embodiment, the database sends an email web link to the user. The user may view the video message by opening the email web link and viewing the video message on an internet website. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071223 | PEER-TO-PEER VIDEO CONFERENCING - A method for video conferencing among nodes on a network identifies a host node in a first subnet and one or more additional participating nodes and identifies, from among the additional participating nodes, at least one active participant node. For the host node and for each of the participating nodes, a spanning tree is generated for communication with other nodes. The spanning trees provide multicast communication between a first reflector node and one or more participating nodes in the first subnet, and provide a unicast communication channel between the first reflector node in the first subnet and a second reflector node in a second subnet. The spanning tree for the host node is configured for a unicast communication channel to the at least one active participant node. Video conference content is transmitted from the host node and presented at the participating nodes according to the spanning trees. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGENT-BASED INTEGRATION OF INSTANT MESSAGING AND VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method and related apparatus for initiating videoconferences in instant messaging systems is described, including using an agent to represent the videoconferencing system into the instant messaging system and enabling control using hyperlinked information posted by the agent into the instant messaging message area. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071225 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, RELAY APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION TERMINAL - A transmission system includes a transmission terminal configured to locally reproduce, transmit and receive via a network, video and audio; a relay apparatus configured to distribute the video data and the audio data transmitted from the transmission terminal to other transmission terminals or the transmission terminal that is a transmission source; and a transmission control apparatus configured to control a session of one or more authenticated transmission terminals. By causing the transmission terminal to request the relay apparatus via the transmission control apparatus to establish a single point conference session, and causing the relay apparatus to establish the single point conference session, a single-point self-diagnosis of the transmission terminal is performed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071226 | IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM AND IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM - An image capture system including two imaging systems of the same structure each having a wide-angle lens, which includes a front group, a reflection surface, and a rear group arranged in order from an object side, has a field angle larger than 180 degrees, and bends an optical axis of the front group toward the rear group by the reflection surface, and an imaging sensor, obtains an image in a solid angle of 4π radian by combining images imaged by the imaging systems. Each of the two wide-angle lenses includes the reflection surface between the front group and the rear group, the reflection surfaces are made to be common to the two imaging systems. This reduces an interval between lenses nearest to the object side in the front groups of the two wide-angle lenses, thereby reducing a distance between maximum field angles of the two wide-angle lenses. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071227 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image processor includes a first converter to convert input images into images in a different coordinate system from that of the input images according to first conversion data based on a projection model, a position detector to detect a connecting position of the images converted by the converter, a corrector to correct the first conversion data on the basis of a result of the detection by the position detector, and a data generator to generate second conversion data for image synthesis from the conversion data corrected by the corrector on the basis of coordinate conversion, the second conversion data defining the conversion of the input images. | 2014-03-13 |
20140071228 | COLOR CORRECTION APPARATUS FOR PANORAMA VIDEO STITCHING AND METHOD FOR SELECTING REFERENCE IMAGE USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a color correction apparatus for panorama video stitching and a method of selecting a reference image using the same. A method of selecting a reference image for color correction when stitching panorama video based on input images includes selecting an optimum reference image candidate from the input images based on standard deviations for overlapping regions between the input images, performing color correction on the input images based on the optimum reference image candidate, and validating the optimum reference image candidate based on the color-corrected input images. | 2014-03-13 |