16th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110090249 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF GRAPHIC ARTWORK TO BE PRESENTED DURING DISPLAYING, PLAYING OR BROWSING OF MEDIA FILES - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for automatic generation of graphic artwork to be presented by a device during playing or browsing of a media file by the device are provided. One method includes providing, via a computer or mobile device, a user interface through which a user can select a media file for which graphic artwork is to be generated and initiate automatic graphic artwork generation for the media file. The method further includes providing access to a media file graphic artwork generator via the computer or mobile device, where the media file graphic artwork generator, in response to user selection of the media file and the initiation of the media file artwork generation, automatically selects a plurality of images from at least one group of images, varies parameters of at least some of the images, and combines the images to form a graphic artwork file. At least one of the image selecting, the image parameter varying, and the image combining is performed using an algorithm structured to produce varying output in successive iterations of the algorithm invoked with the same input. The media file graphic artwork generator associates the graphic artwork file with the media file for display when the media file is browsed, displayed or played. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090250 | ALPHA-TO-COVERAGE USING VIRTUAL SAMPLES - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for converting alpha values into pixel coverage masks. Geometric coverage is sampled at a number of “real” sample positions within each pixel. Color and depth values are computed for each of these real samples. Fragment alpha values are used to determine an alpha coverage mask for the real samples and additional “virtual” samples, in which the number of bits set in the mask bits is proportional to the alpha value. An alpha-to-coverage mode uses the virtual samples to increase the number of transparency levels for each pixel compared with using only real samples. The alpha-to-coverage mode may be used in conjunction with virtual coverage anti-aliasing to provide higher-quality transparency for rendering anti-aliased images. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090251 | ALPHA-TO-COVERAGE VALUE DETERMINATION USING VIRTUAL SAMPLES - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for converting alpha values into pixel coverage masks. Geometric coverage is sampled at a number of “real” sample positions within each pixel. Color and depth values are computed for each of these real samples. Fragment alpha values are used to determine an alpha coverage mask for the real samples and additional “virtual” samples, in which the number of bits set in the mask bits is proportional to the alpha value. An alpha-to-coverage mode uses the virtual samples to increase the number of transparency levels for each pixel compared with using only real samples. The alpha-to-coverage mode may be used in conjunction with virtual coverage anti-aliasing to provide higher-quality transparency for rendering anti-aliased images. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090252 | MARKERLESS AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING PROJECTIVE INVARIANT - Disclosed herein are a markerless augmented reality system and method for extracting feature points within an image and providing augmented reality using a projective invariant of the feature points. The feature points are tracked in two images photographed while varying the position of an image acquisition unit, a set of feature points satisfying a plane projective invariant is obtained from the feature points, and augmented reality is provided based on the set of feature points. Accordingly, since the set of feature points satisfies the plane projective invariant even when the image acquisition unit is moved and functions as a marker, a separate marker is unnecessary. In addition, since augmented reality is provided based on the set of feature points, a total computation amount is decreased and augmented reality is more efficiently provided. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090253 | AUGMENTED REALITY LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A real-time augmented-reality machine translation system and method are provided herein. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090254 | TECHNIQUES FOR DRAWING GEODETIC POLYGONS - Techniques in a data processor for drawing on a map a geodetic polygon that straddles a splitting meridian include, in one embodiment, maintaining data that represents the geodetic polygon, the data comprising a set of geographic coordinates; transforming the set of geographic coordinates into a set of planar coordinates representing a planar polygon; splitting the planar polygon into a plurality of sub-figures; shifting at least one sub-figure of the plurality of sub-figures along a horizontal axis of two-dimensional plane to produce a shifted sub-figure; and causing the shifted sub-figure to be displayed on a map concurrently with at least one other sub-figure of the plurality of sub-figures that was not shifted. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090255 | CONTENT BOUNDARY SIGNALING TECHNIQUES - Methods and devices provide a user interface that provides visual cues when a document pan or scroll has reached an end or boundary by distorting the document image in response to further user inputs. The image distortion functionality may include shrinking, stretching, accordion expansion, or bouncing of a document image. The degree of image distortion may be proportional to the distance that a user input would have the document move beyond the encountered boundary. When a boundary of a document image is reached during a rapid pan or scroll, a bouncing image distortion may be applied to the document image to inform the user that the document reached a boundary during the movement. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090256 | SELF-ORIENTING DISPLAY - A self-orienting display senses the characteristics of an object and automatically rotates and reformats a display image in accordance with those characteristics. In one embodiment, the object is the display device, such as a hand held device, that provides the display image. As the display device is rotated, the display image is automatically oriented to either a landscape orientation or a portrait orientation. Characteristics may be sensed by mechanical sensors, electrical sensors, optical sensors, acoustic sensors, gyroscopic sensors, or a combination thereof. Sensors may be positioned on the display device, a person, or a combination thereof. The display images may include graphic display images, textual display images, videos display images, and functional control buttons (e.g., functional displayed representations of control buttons such as play, rewind, stop, scroll). The self-orienting display may also include an authenticator that authenticates a user. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090257 | Touch Display Device, Touch Display System, and Method for Adjusting Touch Area Thereof - A touch display device, a touch display system, and a method for adjusting a touch area thereof are disclosed. The touch display system comprises a computer system and the touch display device. The touch display device provides a touch area with a touch control function. The method comprises following steps: receiving an image signal and displaying an image representing the image signal on the touch display device; detecting and obtaining a signal resolution of the image signal; detecting and obtaining a display status displayed by the touch display device, wherein the signal resolution and the display status are used to determine the boundary of the image; determining whether the touch display device simultaneously displays the image and an inactive area, wherein the inactive area is the region where the touch display device does not display the image; and if yes, adjusting the coordinates of the touch area such that the touch area and the image correspond with each other. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090258 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANIMATING A GRAPHIC DIGITAL DOCUMENT - The invention relates to a device for the automated animation of a sequence of computer graphics that form pages of a digital document, the memory for said device having a layout data set with opposing layout regions and foreground and background planes, to which computer graphics are assigned in a specific manner and the processing unit for said device being designed to reduce the display width of the second computer graphic in stages to provide the layout data set for the display, to assign the first computer graphic to the background plane of the first layout region, to assign a display width of approximately zero to the first computer graphic that is assigned to the foreground plane of the first layout region and to increase the display width of the third computer graphic in stages to provide the layout data set for the display. The invention also relates to an associated method, to a device and method for providing the layout data set for the display, to an assembly, a computer programme product and a data structure product for said animation. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090259 | LIGHT EMITTING MODULE, BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light emitting module, a backlight unit (BLU) and a display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a light emitting module including a light emitting unit including one or more light emitting elements which are electrically connected to each other; and a board on which the light emitting unit is disposed. The board includes a first terminal which is connected to a first end of the light emitting unit, and a ground portion which connects a second end of the light emitting unit to a ground. Therefore, it is possible to design a thinner BLU, thereby making a display device slimmer. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090260 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY HAVING DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A flat panel display includes a four-color conversion unit, a backlight control unit, a backlight module, and a pixel array. The four-color conversion unit provides a first set of four color image signals corresponding to three color image input signals based on a preliminary conversion lookup table and provides corresponding conversion scaling factors. The backlight control unit generates a backlight adjusting factor based on the conversion scaling factors. The backlight module provides a backlight output having an intensity adjusted according to the backlight adjusting factor. The four-color conversion unit further provides a second set of four color image signals corresponding to the three color image input signals based on the backlight adjusting factor. The pixel array displays an image according to the second set of four color image signals and the backlight output. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090261 | BACKLIGHT UNIT FOR STABLY DRIVING VARIOUS LIGHT SOURCE MODULES AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A backlight unit (BLU) capable of stably driving various light source modules, and a display apparatus using the same are provided. A display apparatus includes a display and a BLU. The BLU includes a light source module, a converter, a light source driving unit which drives the light source module using the output voltage of the converter, and a control unit which controls the output voltage of the converter based on the output voltage of the light source driving unit. Therefore, the ratio of the input voltage to the output voltage of the light source driving element may be maintained uniformly for various light source modules, so the light source modules can be stably driven. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090262 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to device and method for driving a liquid crystal display device which can prevent defective picture display coming from variation of a color temperature from taking place for improving a picture quality and reducing power consumption. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090263 | BACKLIGHT UNIT, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A backlight unit, a display apparatus including the same, and a control method thereof for providing local dimming of a display panel are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel; a plurality of light source modules; a light guiding unit adapted so that the incident light from the plurality of light source modules is emitted to different areas of the display panel, respectively, wherein the plurality of light source modules are provided at a lateral side of the light guiding unit; a driver which drives the plurality of light source modules; and a controller to control the driver so that the incident light from the plurality of light source modules is emitted to the different areas of the display panel. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090264 | IMPULSE-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An impulse-type image display apparatus includes a frame frequency conversion circuit for converting an image signal of a first frame frequency into an image signal of a second frame frequency greater than the first frame frequency, a plurality of gradation conversion circuits for converting a gradation of the image signal of the second frame frequency, and a selection circuit for periodically selecting an output image from the plurality of the gradation conversion circuits. A gradation conversion ratio of at least one gradation conversion circuits of the plurality of gradation conversion circuits is different from the gradation conversion ratios of the other gradation conversion circuits. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090265 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - There is provided an image display device capable of suppressing the occurrence of a color shift while ensuring a sufficient color reproduction range. An in-area maximum luminance obtaining unit ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110090266 | COMPACT PRINTER WITH STATIC PAGE WIDTH PRINTHEAD - A printer includes an elongate support case defining a docking bay and having a personal computer interface connector protruding from a first end thereof; a print media cartridge configured to dock in the docking bay in a releasable manner; a page-width printhead assembly mounted across a second end of the support case opposite the first end, the page-width printhead assembly including a static ink ejection printhead for ejecting ink upon print media supplied from the print media cartridge; and a series of ink channel reservoirs including one reservoir for each color printed by the ink ejection printhead. The reservoirs are formed around the ink ejection printhead with feed channels progressively reducing in size to feed the printhead. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090267 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects liquid from an ejecting nozzle provided in an ejecting head includes a first container that contains a first liquid and a second container that contains a second liquid. The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a channel that selectively communicates with either the first or second container to supply the liquid contained therein to the ejecting head, a switching unit that performs a switching operation of switching between a first communicating state in which the channel communicates with the first container and a second communicating state in which the channel communicates with the second container. In addition, if the remaining amount of the second liquid contained in the second container is less than a predetermined value, prohibits the switching unit from performing the switching operation of switching from the second communicating state to the first communicating state. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090268 | TIME LIMITED PRINTING METHOD AND DEVICE - A method of printing a time limited document is disclosed. The method includes the steps of selecting an ink having a fading time, and printing the time limited document using the selected ink. A printer and associated cartridge are also disclosed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090269 | Image forming apparatus - A vibration damping member, for dampening vibration triggered by movement of a carriage, is driven to move by a vibration-damping drive motor that is a different drive source from a drive source of the carriage. The vibration-damping drive motor includes a stepping motor which may be controlled by an input of a pulse. A carriage-position detecting unit for detecting the position of the carriage in a moving direction updates the position count each time the carriage is moved by a predetermined amount. Each time the position count of the carriage-position detecting unit is updated by a predetermined amount, a first pulse generating unit generates a pulse that causes the vibration-damping drive motor to move by one step. The vibration-damping drive motor is driven with the pulse, thereby causing the vibration damping member to move. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090270 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects a liquid containing a sedimentary component from an ejection nozzle provided in an ejection head includes: a liquid channel that conducts the liquid to the ejection head; a liquid discharge unit that discharges the liquid from the ejection nozzle. The liquid channel is provided with a first channel region and a second channel region; and the liquid discharge unit discharge a predetermined amount of the liquid from the ejection nozzle in the case where the amount of time that has elapsed a predetermined threshold time. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090271 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - In order to stabilize a performance of a pump employed for processing in an inkjet printing apparatus such as sucking ink from a printing head with a low cost configuration and without the need of using any specific detecting unit, the following configuration is employed. Namely, a tube pump having a member with a curved surface aligned with a flexible tube for supporting the tube and a roller which moves while pressing (squeezing) the flexible tube is driven with a DC motor. To keep revolutions always constant, a current PWM control is employed for changing a power applied to the motor according to load fluctuations, and a phase of the roller is determined based on the current PWM value to manage a pressure generated by the pump and a discharge rate. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090272 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The ejection driving pulse is a voltage waveform including: a first variation section; a hold section; and a second variation section. The second variation section includes: a first variation; an intermediate hold component; and a second variation component. The hold time of the intermediate hold component is greater than 0 and 0.12 Tc or less. The potential of the intermediate hold component is in the range from 50% to 60% of the potential of the hold section. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090273 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus which, by applying a drive voltage waveform to a piezoelectric element which drives an ejection nozzle, ejects a liquid from the ejection nozzle. The apparatus includes a reference voltage generating unit which generates a plurality of reference voltages, a drive voltage waveform data storage unit classifies the drive voltage waveform as either a voltage increasing section, decreasing section, or holding section, and stores drive voltage waveform data including a required time of a waveform section configuring the drive voltage waveform, and a voltage, selected from the plurality of reference voltages for the waveform section. The apparatus also includes a drive voltage waveform application unit which, in accordance with information relating to an adjustment of the ejection amount of the liquid ejected from the ejection nozzle, changes the required time included in the drive voltage waveform data, and applies the drive voltage waveform to the piezoelectric element. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090274 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The driving signal generation section is able to generate a first ejection drive pulse for ejecting the first liquid and a second ejection drive pulse for ejecting the second liquid. The control section forms a pre-dot group in advance on a landing target area of the first liquid in the ejection target by ejecting the second liquid on the basis of the second ejection drive pulse, and subsequently forms a pattern dot on the landing target area, on which the pre-dot group is formed, by ejecting the first liquid on the basis of the first ejection drive pulse. In the apparatus, a total length of the pre-dot group in a direction of the relative movement is longer than a total length of the pattern dot in the direction of the relative movement. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090275 | LIGHT SCATTERING DROP DETECT DEVICE WITH VOLUME DETERMINATION AND METHOD - One aspect is a drop detection arrangement including a light source for projecting a light beam for scattering light off of an ejected drop. The arrangement includes a light collector configured to collect the scattered light off the ejected drop and configured to process scattered light into an output signal. The arrangement includes a controller configured to receive the output signal from the light collector, to calculate the velocity of the ejected drop and to determine the volume of the ejected drop using the output signal and the velocity of the ejected drop. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090276 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing method includes converting multilevel data of an image into a dot pattern using a multilevel error diffusion process. The conversion includes determining a pixel corresponding to an abnormal nozzle based on abnormal nozzle information provided for each of droplet sizes supported by nozzles of an image forming apparatus; preventing jetting of a droplet onto the determined pixel; distributing a quantization error of the determined pixel calculated in the multilevel error diffusion process to neighboring pixels; and if extra-large droplets with a droplet size greater than the droplet size of a full-size droplet capable of filling a pixel are to be formed in the neighboring pixels as a result of distributing the quantization error, removing one or more of the extra-large droplets or reducing the droplet size of one or more of the extra-large droplets. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090277 | Method and System for Printing Graphical Content onto a Plurality of Memory Devices and for Providing a Visually Distinguishable Memory Device - A method and system for printing graphical content onto a plurality of memory devices and for providing a visually distinguishable memory device are provided. In one embodiment, graphical content to be printed onto a plurality of memory devices is identified. A graphical image is then created from the identified graphical content, wherein the graphical image comprises a plurality of sub-areas, wherein each sub-area contains graphical content and corresponds to at least one memory device of the plurality of memory devices. The graphical image is then printed onto the plurality of memory devices, wherein the plurality of memory devices are positioned to substantially correspond with positions of the plurality of sub-areas in the graphical image. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090278 | Porphyrazine Coloring Matter, Ink Composition And Colored Product - The present invention relates to a porphyrazine coloring matter represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof (wherein, the rings A to D are each independently a benzene ring or a 6-membered ring nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic ring, the number of said heteroaromatic rings is more than 0 and less than 1, E is alkylene, X is an anilino group or the like having at least one sulfo group or the like as a substituent, Y is a substituted monoalkylamino group or the like, b is 0 to 3, c is 0.1 to 3, and the sum of b and c is more than 3 and less than 4). By the present invention, a copper porphyrazine coloring matter suitable for inkjet recording which has a good hue as an cyan ink, is excellent in light fastness, ozone fastness and moisture fastness and does not cause bronze phenomenon can be provided. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090279 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method is disclosed, which includes applying a treatment liquid onto a recording medium that has a coated layer and has an area of 1,250 cm | 2011-04-21 |
20110090280 | PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE FACILITY HAVING FLUID DRAINAGE - A printhead maintenance facility is provided having a storage reservoir for storing fluid ejected by a printhead and a core movable relative to the printhead. The has an internal structure defining the storage reservoir and having a port in fluid communication with the storage reservoir, and an external structure movable relative to the internal structure and having a drain movable into registration with the port to establish fluid communication between the drain and storage reservoir. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090281 | HEAD REPAIRING APPARATUS AND FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A push latch cam is provided so as to be rotatable integrally with a intermittence gear, a cam driving gear for rotating a wiper support member cam rotates in connection with the rotation of the intermittence gear, and in a range in which the intermittence gear is engaged with a planetary gear, so that the intermittence gear can be rotated, a rotation range of the intermittence gear capable of opening and closing a atmosphere opening valve by the push latch mechanism and a rotation range of the intermittence gear in which the wiper is displaced by the rotation of the wiper support member cam are set in non-overlapped positions. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090282 | HEAD REPAIRING APPARATUS AND FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A head repairing apparatus for repairing a liquid ejecting head of a liquid ejecting apparatus, including one or two more repairing units which are supported by an apparatus base body so as to be displaceable in a predetermined displacement direction becoming a direction intersecting the head surface of the liquid ejecting head, wherein the repairing units have a unit base portion that is supported by the apparatus base body so as to be displaceable in the displacement direction; a wiper support member which is supported by the unit base portion so as to be displaceable in the displacement direction; and a wiper that is attached to the wiper support member, wherein the wiper support member has a wiper attachment portion that can attach and detach the wiper by a snap-fit mechanism. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090283 | HEAD REPAIRING APPARATUS AND FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A repairing units have a unit base portion that is supported so as to be displaceable in a displacement direction; a seal member capable of sealing a liquid ejecting head; a guide member which is supported so as to be displaceable in the displacement direction with respect to the unit base portion, and regulates a relative positional relationship between the liquid ejecting head and the seal member in a direction along the liquid ejecting head, in a state of being engaged with the liquid ejecting head; and a wiper that is supported so as to displaceable in the displacement direction with respect to the unit base portion to remove the affixed matter attached to the liquid ejecting head, and wherein a removal portion, which comes into slide-contact with the wiper to remove the affixed matter attached to the wiper, is provided in the guide member. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090284 | Printing Apparatus, Discharge Inspecting Apparatus and Discharge Inspecting Method - The printing apparatus includes: a head which discharges liquid from a nozzle and is grounded; a detection electrode which is opposed to the nozzle at a predetermined interval and is sealed by an insulating member; a power source which ensures the detection electrode is at a predetermined potential; a determining unit which detects a change in potential of the detecting electrode that is caused by the discharge of the liquid from the nozzle and determines a nozzle that does not normally discharge the liquid to the head on the basis of the change in potential of the detection electrode; and a cap portion which abuts the head during non-printing and accommodates the detection electrode. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090285 | PRINTHEAD HAVING DISPLACABLE NOZZLES - A printhead is provided having a plurality of nozzles defined on a substrate. Each nozzle is configured to hold fluid and has an ejection port and an actuator for moving the nozzle relative to the substrate to eject the held fluid through the ejection port. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090286 | PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING EXPOSED ACTIVE BEAM COATED WITH POLYMER LAYER - A printhead integrated circuit includes: a substrate comprising drive circuitry; a ceramic nozzle plate spaced apart from the substrate, the nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle openings and a plurality of moveable portions defined therein; an active beam disposed on each moveable portion of the nozzle plate, such that each moveable portion is moveable towards the substrate when a current from the drive circuitry is passed through a respective active beam; and a polymer layer coating the nozzle plate and the active beams, wherein the polymer layer is comprised of a polymerized siloxane. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090287 | PRINTHEAD HAVING EJECTION NOZZLES WITH DISPLACEABLE FLUID CHAMBERS - A printhead is provided having a plurality of ejection nozzles defined in an array along a substrate. Each nozzle has a wall portion bounding a respective fluid inlet defined in the substrate, a crown portion defining an ejection port, a skirt portion depending from the crown portion to form part of a peripheral wall of the nozzle, and an actuator. The crown and skirt portions are displaceable with respect to the wall portion to alter a volume of a fluid chamber defined by the wall, crown and skirt portions such that when the volume is altered, fluid is ejected from the ejection port. The crown portion defines a rim surrounding the ejection port so as to facilitate formation of a meniscus of the fluid. The actuator causes the displacement of the crown and skirt portions. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090288 | NOZZLE ASSEMBLY OF AN INKJET PRINTHEAD - A nozzle assembly for an inkjet printhead is disclosed. The nozzle assembly includes an inkjet nozzle having an actuator for ejecting an ink droplet from the inkjet nozzle when a resistive element of the actuator is heated by an electrical current, a shift register comprising a plurality of successive registers, the shift register receives input data in a first register, and shifts the input data to successive registers upon receipt of a shift signal, a transfer register for latching data in one of the registers of the shift register; a control gate for outputting a control pulse in response to data in the transfer register, and a drive transistor for providing an energy pulse to the resistive element of the actuator upon receipt of the control pulse. The nozzle is spaced from other nozzles ejecting ink of a same colour by less than 32 microns in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of a print media upon which ink is ejected. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090289 | ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TRANSDUCER, METHOD OF MAKING THE TRANSDUCER, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD INCLUDING THE TRANSDUCER, AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE HEAD - An electro-mechanical transducer includes a plurality of independent elements. Each of the plurality of independent elements includes one of a substrate and a foundation film, a first electrode of oxide disposed on the one of the substrate and the foundation film, an electro-mechanical transducer film disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode of oxide disposed on the electro-mechanical transducer film, and a third electrode of metal formed on the first electrode as a common electrode conductive to the first electrode and common to at least two of the plurality of independent elements. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090290 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PATTERNED LAYER ON SUBSTRATE - A method for manufacturing a patterned layer on a substrate with a print head unit includes mounting a print head unit to an ink-jet device, the print head unit including at least two side print heads and one central print head, the print heads each comprising a nozzle line, rotationally moving at least one of the side print heads relative to the central pint head to achieve parallelism, rotating the print head unit around a rotating axis perpendicular to the substrate, linearly moving the side print heads along the respective nozzle line thereof to correspond to pitches of the nozzles and that of the cells on the substrate, depositing ink into the cells on the substrate, and solidifying the ink so as to form a patterned layer on the substrate. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090291 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet ejecting head including a pressure chamber substrate that is provided with a pressure chamber communicating with a nozzle orifice, an oscillating plate formed over the pressure chamber at a first area surface; a plurality of first conductive layers formed over the oscillating plate which completely overlap and extend beyond the first area surface; a piezoelectric layer formed over the first conductive layers so as to overlap at least over the first area surface; and a second conductive layer, which is continuously formed so as to cover the piezoelectric layer and completely overlap and extend beyond the first area surface at extending portions, which extend in at least a part of an area between the first conductive layers adjacent to each other. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090292 | INK-JET IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet image recording apparatus is configured so that a sufficient hydraulic head difference can be secured to prevent ink overflow, and a pump on an ink feeding path leading to a recording head is driven to feed an ink toward the head, thereby pressuring overloaded nozzles to set a pressure for the formation of suitable menisci. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090293 | DROPLET DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A droplet discharge apparatus includes: a plurality of tanks for respectively storing a plurality of types of function liquids; a plurality of pressure control valves for controlling a pressure of the plurality of types of function liquids supplied from the tanks to a predetermined pressure; a plurality of droplet discharge heads for respectively discharging the plurality of types of function liquids let out from the pressure control valves in the form of droplets; and a plurality of second supply tubes for respectively supplying the plurality of types of function liquids from outlets of the pressure control valves to inlets of the droplet discharge heads. Distances between the outlets and the corresponding inlets are different from one another depending on the second supply tubes. Lengths of the second supply tubes for supplying the same type of the functional liquid are equalized. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090294 | FLUID CARTRIDGE HAVING FEATURE TO CLEAR BRACKET RISER SURFACES - A fluid cartridge for a fluid-jet precision-dispensing device includes a supply of fluid, a fluid interconnect element, and a feature. The fluid interconnect element establishes a fluid interconnection with a corresponding fluid interconnect element of a bracket upon mating of the fluid cartridge with the bracket. The fluid interconnection permits the fluid from the fluid cartridge to be supplied to the bracket. The feature is adapted to physically clear riser surfaces of the bracket upon mating of the fluid cartridge with the bracket so that the fluid cartridge properly mates with the bracket. The riser surfaces of the bracket at least substantially reduce a likelihood of damage to the corresponding fluid interconnect element by the fluid cartridge during mating of the fluid cartridge with the bracket | 2011-04-21 |
20110090295 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a transport mechanism that is provided in the apparatus main body and transports a sheet, a recording head to record an image by discharging ink to the sheet transported by the transport mechanism, a sheet guide that is provided to be opposite to the recording head and guides the sheet, a transport roller provided at an upstream side of the sheet guide in a sheet transport direction, an ejection roller provided at a downstream side thereof, and a transport unit that integrates the medium guide, the transport roller and the ejection roller and is provided to freely come in and out of the apparatus main body. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090296 | IMAGE ERASING METHOD AND IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus including: a semiconductor laser array in which a plurality of semiconductor laser light sources are linearly aligned; a width direction collimating unit provided on an output surface of the semiconductor laser array, and configured to collimate, in a width direction, broadening of laser beams emitted from the semiconductor laser array so as to form a linear beam; and a length direction light distribution controlling unit configured to control a length of a major axis of the linear beam to be longer than a length of a major axis of an emission part of the semiconductor laser array, and to attain uniform light distribution in the length direction of the linear beam; wherein the linear beam, which has the major axis whose length is longer than the length of the major axis of the emission part of the semiconductor laser array and uniform light distribution in the length direction thereof, is to be applied to and heat a thermoreversible recording medium, in which any of transparency and color tone thereof reversibly changes depending on temperature, so as to erase an image recorded on the thermoreversible recording medium. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090297 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming device includes: an exposure head that includes a light emitting element and a light emission controller that causes the light emitting element to emit light on the basis of a control signal; a photoreceptor that is exposed to the light emitted by the light emitting element included in the exposure head so that a latent image is formed on the photoreceptor; a correcting section that corrects the control signal on the basis of the spectral sensitivity of the photoreceptor to a spectral distribution of the light emitting element; and a developing section that develops the latent image formed on the photoreceptor. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090298 | PERSONALIZATION OF PHYSICAL MEDIA BY SELECTIVELY REVEALING AND HIDING PRE-PRINTED COLOR PIXELS - Personalization of identity card by producing a color image thereon by selectively exposing photon-sensitive layers on the card to change between transparent and opaque thereby selectively revealing opaque colors from the photon-sensitive layer or from a printed substrate. Other systems and methods are disclosed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090299 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image processing method which includes recording an image by irradiating a recording medium with laser beams which are arrayed in parallel at predetermined intervals to heat the recording medium, so that the image is composed of a plurality of lines written with the laser beams on the recording medium, and wherein in the image recording, the plurality of lines written with the laser beams include a line written first and an overwritten line, a part of which is overlapped with the line written first; and the irradiation energy for the overwritten line is smaller than the irradiation energy for the line written first. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090300 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN IMAGE WITH EYE-TO-EYE CONTACT WITH A RECIPIENT - There is provided an image capturing apparatus able to be draped onto a stand. The apparatus includes an image capture module for capturing at least one image; and a flexible cable originating from the image capture module for connection of the image capture module to a host. The flexible cable may be for supporting the image capture module at a desired position when the image capturing apparatus is draped onto the stand. Advantageously, locating the image capture module at the desired position enables a user to look at a lens of the image capture module in a manner where a recipient of an image of the user views the user looking directly at the recipient during a video conference session. There are also provided methods for enabling a user to appear to be looking directly at a recipient of an image of the user during a video conferencing session. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090301 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A COLLABORATIVE WORKPLACE - A method and apparatus for providing collaborative workspace are disclosed. The method receives a request to establish a video conference for two or more participants, and obtains information from historical information on the two or more participants to be used with the collaborative workspace. The method determines preferences for each of the two or more participants as to a presentation of the collaborative workspace. The method receives one or more live images of the two or more participants and presents the collaborative workspace to each of the two or more participants in accordance with the preferences for each of the two or more participants. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090302 | Method and System for Adapting A CP Layout According to Interaction Between Conferees - A system and method is disclosed for adapting a continuous presence videoconferencing layout according to interactions between conferees. Using regions of interest found in video images, the arrangement of images of conferees may be dynamically arranged as displayed by endpoints. Arrangements may be responsive to various metrics, including the position of conferees in a room and dominant conferees in the videoconference. Video images may be manipulated as part of the arrangement, including cropping and mirroring the video image. As interactions between conferees change, the layout may be automatically rearranged responsive to the changed interactions. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090303 | Facial Pose Improvement with Perspective Distortion Correction - Methods, systems, and apparatus are presented for reducing distortion in an image, such as a video image. A video image can be captured by an image capture device, e.g. during a video conferencing session. Distortion correction processing, such as the application of one or more warping techniques, can be applied to the captured image to produce a distortion corrected image, which can be transmitted to one or more participants. The warping techniques can be performed in accordance with one or more warp parameters specifying a transformation of the captured image. Further, the warp parameters can be generated in accordance with an orientation of the image capture device, which can be determined based on sensor data or can be a fixed value. Additionally or alternatively, the warp parameters can be determined in accordance with a reference image or model to which the captured image should be warped. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090304 | METHOD FOR INDICATING A 3D CONTENTS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL - A method and apparatus may be provided that includes receiving a signal that includes content at an image display device, determining whether the content within the received signal includes three dimensional (3D) image data, displaying information about the content within the received signal on a display of the image display device, and displaying a 3D indicator on the display when the content within the received signal is determined to include 3D image data. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090305 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The recording medium | 2011-04-21 |
20110090306 | BROADCAST RECEIVER AND 3D VIDEO DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A broadcast receiver and a 3D broadcast data processing method are disclosed. The processing method includes receiving a broadcast signal including system information (SI) and video data, parsing SI of a program, and determining whether the program provides a 3D broadcast service on the basis of the SI, extracting, if the program provides a 3D broadcast service, 3D broadcast data corresponding to the 3D broadcast service, and processing the 3D video data according to the SI. The broadcast receiver includes a receiving unit receiving a broadcast signal including SI and video data, an SI processor parsing system information of a program, and determining whether the program provides a 3D broadcast service on the basis of the SI, a demultiplexer extracting, if the program provides a 3D broadcast service, 3D broadcast data corresponding to a 3D broadcast service, and a video processing unit processing 3D video data according to the SI. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090307 | METHOD FOR THE REAL-TIME COMPOSITION OF A VIDEO - The invention relates to a method for live construction of a video sequence comprising a modelled 3D object, the method comprising the following steps:
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20110090308 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and an image processing method thereof are disclosed. A display apparatus includes a display unit; a signal processor which classifies an image comprising a left eye image and a right image into one of a first image and a second image according to a predetermined brightness level, generates at least two sub frames including a white frame if the image is classified into a first image, generates at least two sub frames comprising a black frame if the image is classified into a second image, and outputs the generated sub frames to the display unit. A signal transmitter outputs, to external shutter glasses, a control signal corresponding to the left eye image and the right eye image. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090309 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive an encoded stream, an image capture type, and image capturing order information, the encoded stream being produced by encoding image data of multi-viewpoint images including images from multiple viewpoints that form a stereoscopic image, the image capture type indicating that the multi-viewpoint images have been captured at different timings, the image capturing order information indicating an image capturing order in which the multi-viewpoint images have been captured; a decoding unit configured to decode the encoded stream received by the receiving unit to generate image data; and a control unit configured to control a display apparatus to display multi-viewpoint images corresponding to the image data generated by the decoding unit in the same order as the image capturing order in accordance with the image capture type and image capturing order information received by the receiving unit. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090310 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING ADAPTIVE MOTION EFFECT USING SCHEMA STRUCTURE INDICATING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH PERFORMANCE OF MOTION DEVICE - Provided is an apparatus for reproducing an adaptive motion effect, including: a media processing module to separate, from multimedia content comprising information associated with a motion effect applied to each scene of content, information associated with the motion effect; a motion effect adaptation module to convert information associated with the motion effect to adaptive control information acceptable by a motion apparatus reproducing the motion effect, based on a metadata schema indicating information associated with a capability of the motion apparatus; and an apparatus control module to generate a signal for controlling the motion apparatus based on the adaptive control information. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090311 | VIDEO COMMUNICATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A video communication method, device, and system are provided, which relate to the filed of video communications, so as to solve problems that currently scenes of two parties of communication need special arrangement to improve sense of reality and scene contents cannot be displayed in a 3D video mode. Therefore, scenes of two parties of communication do not need special arrangement to improve the sense of reality of users, and the scene contents can be displayed in a 3D video mode. The video communication method, device, and system are applicable to video communication such as common video chat, video telephony, and video conference. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090312 | DATA STRUCTURE, RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYING DEVICE AND PLAYING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a data structure, a recording medium, a playing device and a playing method, and a program, which enable providing of a video format for 3D display, suitable for 3D display of subtitles and menu buttons. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090313 | MULTI-EYE CAMERA AND METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A stereo camera captures a pair of R and L viewpoint images. Upon a half press of a shutter release button, a preliminary photographing procedure is carried out. A binary image generator applies binary processing to each image, and a shadow extracting section extracts a shadow of a main subject from each binary image. A size calculating section calculates a size of each shadow, and a difference calculating section calculates a difference in size of the shadow between the images. If an absolute value of the difference is a size difference threshold value or more, the main subject is distinguished as a three-dimensional object suited to a 3D picture mode. Otherwise, the main subject is distinguished as a printed sheet suited to a 2D picture mode. Upon a full press of the shutter release button, an actual photographing procedure is carried out in the established 3D or 2D picture mode. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090314 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING STREAM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING STREAM - Provided are a method and apparatus for generating a stream, and a method and apparatus for processing of the stream. The method of generating the stream includes: generating an elementary stream including three-dimensional (3D) image data providing a 3D image, and 3D detail information for reproducing the 3D image; generating a section including 3D summary information representing that a transport stream to be generated from the elementary stream provides the 3D image; and generating the transport stream with respect to the section and the elementary stream. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090315 | Capturing device, image processing method, and program - A capturing device includes a display section that changes between and displays a three-dimensional (3D) image and a two-dimensional (2D) image, and a controller that performs an image display control for the display section, wherein the controller changes a display mode of an image displayed on the display section, from a 3D image display to a 2D image display, in accordance with preset setting information, at the time of performing a focus control process. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090316 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 3-D IMAGING OF INTERNAL LIGHT SOURCES - The present invention provides systems and methods for obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) representation of one or more light sources inside a sample, such as a mammal. Mammalian tissue is a turbid medium, meaning that photons are both absorbed and scattered as they propagate through tissue. In the case where scattering is large compared with absorption, such as red to near-infrared light passing through tissue, the transport of light within the sample is described by diffusion theory. Using imaging data and computer-implemented photon diffusion models, embodiments of the present invention produce a 3D representation of the light sources inside a sample, such as a 3D location, size, and brightness of such light sources. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090317 | STEREOVISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCUALTING DISTANCE BETWEEN OBJECT AND DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT - A stereovision system is disclosed, which comprises: at least one diffractive optical element and an optical imaging device. Each of the diffractive optical element is used for allowing a first beam containing information relating to an object to pass through and thus transforming the same into a second beam containing information relating to the object. The optical imaging device is used for receiving the second beam so as to concentrate the energy thereof for forming an M | 2011-04-21 |
20110090318 | Method for generating 3D image - A method for generating a 3D image utilizes a background image and an object image. A camera is used for capturing a 2D image including the background image and the object image. The object image is obtained from the 2D image according the background image. Then, an image from a first angle of view and an image from a second angle of view are generated by rendering the background image and the object image. So, the 3D image is generated by interweaving the image from the first angle of view and the image from the second angle of view. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090319 | Display Apparatus and Method of Driving the Same - In a display apparatus and a driving method thereof, a detector determines whether a timing controller is operated in a three-dimensional (3D) mode or a two-dimensional (2D) mode to output a first or second mode signal according to a result of the determination. A compensator compensates for a gamma value of a 3D image to be increased in response to a first mode signal when the 2D mode is converted to the 3D mode and decreases an increased gamma value to a gamma value for a 2D image in response to a second mode signal when the 3D mode is converted to the 2D mode. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090320 | VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A video display apparatus includes pixels arranged in lines, a scanning signal transferor that supplies scanning signals to the pixels, and a data signal transferor that supplies a video signal to the pixels. A first controller supplies the video signal to the data signal transferor and causes the scanning signal transferor to supply a first scanning signal that corresponds to a first picture to the lines in the display from a head line to a final line and a second scanning signal that corresponds to a second picture subsequent to the first picture to the lines in the display from the final line to the head line. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090321 | Display device, display method and computer program - A display system and display method in which a gradation difference between a first frame and a second frame of a video signal is detected, a determination is made as to whether the gradation difference is of a first state or a second state, and a target value of an output of a display is changed based on the result of the determination. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090322 | MULTI-FRAME DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH PERSPECTIVE BASED IMAGE ARRANGEMENT - Systems and methods are provided for presenting digital images using a plurality of digital media frames separated spatially along at least two axes. In one aspect the method comprises the steps of obtaining the digital images to be presented determining the multi-dimensional relationship between the digital media frames analyzing the digital images and any associated metadata to assign an image perspective determination to each of the digital images and determining an arrangement of the digital images for presentation on the plurality of the digital media frames according to the multi-dimensional relationship between the digital media frames and according to the determined image perspectives. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090323 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - An image processing apparatus includes a controller that selects, from multiple images photographed from different viewpoints, a set of images for three-dimensional image display. The controller determines whether or not amount-of-movement information corresponding to a parallax between the images is recorded as attribute information of the images. When the amount-of-movement information is recorded, the controller selects a combination of images having a parallax corresponding to a display size of a display section by using the recorded amount-of-movement information. When the amount-of-movement information is not recorded, the controller selects a combination of images having a parallax corresponding to the display size by determining an amount of movement through use of information resulting from determination of degrees of block matching between images divided into blocks and using information of the determined amount of movement. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090324 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES USING CRYSTAL SWEEP WITH FREEZE TAG - A method for providing 3D video images to a user includes while a right lens of 3D glasses is opaque, transferring a first left image to a display during a first frame, while a left lens of 3D glasses is opaque, and transferring the first left image to the display during a second frame time, while the left lens of the 3D glasses is not opaque, wherein the first frame and the second frame are adjacent, and while the left lens of the 3D glasses is opaque, transferring a first right image to the display during a third frame, while the right lens of the 3D glasses is opaque, and transferring the first right image to the display during a fourth frame, while the right lens of the 3D glasses is not opaque, wherein the third frame and the fourth frame are adjacent. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090325 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXAMINING AN OBJECT - In a system and a method for examining an object containing a fluid liquid, the object is illuminated with measuring light and images are temporarily shortly subsequently recorded. The images are evaluated per pixel to determine perfusion data from a high frequency portion above 1 kHz and to determine further information about properties of the object from a low frequency portion below 100 Hz, such as a degree of oxygenation of hemoglobin, a concentration of hemoglobin or a concentration of ICG. This information determined by evaluation is displayed in a form of an image in superposition with a white light image of the object. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090326 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING WITH ENHANCED DEPTH OF FIELD - A method for imaging is presented. The method includes acquiring a plurality of images corresponding to at least one field of view using an imaging device having an objective and a stage for holding a sample to be imaged. Furthermore, the method includes determining a figure of merit corresponding to each pixel in each of the plurality of acquired images, wherein the figure of merit comprises a discrete approximation to a gradient vector. The method also includes synthesizing a composite image based upon the determined figures of merit. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090327 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING WITH ENHANCED DEPTH OF FIELD - A method for imaging is presented. The method includes acquiring a plurality of images corresponding to overlapping fields of view at a plurality of sample distances using an imaging device having an objective and a stage for holding a sample to be imaged. Moreover, the method includes determining a figure of merit corresponding to each pixel in each of the plurality of acquired images. The method also includes synthesizing a composite image based upon the determined figures of merit. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090328 | PORTABLE MICROSCOPE - A portable microscope includes an image sensing module and an objective lens ascending/descending module. The objective lens ascending/descending module includes a rotatable roller, a sliding track member and an objective lens assembly. A first thread structure is formed on an inner wall of the rotatable roller. The sliding track member is disposed within the rotatable roller, and includes at least two parallel sliding tracks for defining a channel. The objective lens assembly is coupled to the sliding track member and slidable along the channel. A second thread structure mating with the first thread structure is formed on an external surface of the objective lens assembly. Upon rotation of the rotatable roller, the objective lens assembly is moved along the channel of the sliding track member, thereby adjusting the size of an image acquired by the image sensing module. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090329 | METHOD FOR EMULATION OF A PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS AND MASK INSPECTION MICROSCOPE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - In mask inspection, the defects that are of interest are primarily those that will also show up on wafer exposure. The aerial images generated in the resist and by emulation should be as identical as possible. This also applies to methods in which an overall structure that is divided into at least two substructures on at least two masks. A system and a method are provided for emulating a photolithographic process for generating on a wafer an overall structure that is divided into at least two substructures on at least two masks. The method includes generating aerial images of the at least two substructures, at least one of the aerial images being captured with a mask inspection microscope; correcting, by using a processing unit, errors in the at least one aerial image captured with a mask inspection microscope; and overlaying the aerial images of the at least two substructures to form an overall aerial image with the overall structure. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090330 | VIDEO CAPTURE SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR FOR FISHING - A video capture system is disclosed, in particular for fishing, including a transmitter unit and a receiver unit connected by a cable transmission line. The transmitter unit has a telecamera and a transmit driver of the video signal captured by the telecamera and is adapted to be connected to the fishing line of a fishing rod near the hook of the fishing line to film the fish when it approaches the bait. The receiver unit is adapted to be arranged near the user and includes a receive driver of the video signal with suitable video outputs adapted to be connected to a display device to display the images filmed by the telecamera. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090331 | ARTICULATING IMAGER FOR VIDEO BORESCOPE - A borescope includes a flexible cable having a signal carrier disposed throughout a length of the flexible cable. An imager head illuminates an object proximate to the imager head. An articulating member is disposed between the flexible cable and the imager head. The articulating member includes a spring having a coiled wire defining a central cavity, and an axially incompressible member positioned in a spring central cavity extending from a connector attached to an end of the flexible cable to the imager head. The incompressible member permits angular deflection of the imager head with respect to the flexible cable while precluding axial compression of the coiled wire and individual coil-to-coil contact. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090332 | Image sensor device, apparatus and method for optical measurement - The invention relates to an apparatus and processes for optical measurement and detection with real-time closed-loop controls, which enable higher levels of performance. The invention is especially suitable for applications such as spectroscopy; microscopy; biochemical assays; processes and reactions on miniaturized formats (such as those involving micro-/nano-plates, micro-formats & micro-arrays, chemistry-on-chip, lab-on-chip, micro-channels and micro-fluidics, where dimensions are on micron scale and volumes are in the sub-nanoliter range). Such “intelligent sensing” allows higher data quality and reliability, higher measurement and analysis throughput and lower cost. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090333 | HIGH SPEED OPTICAL INSPECTION SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE FOCUSING - An optical inspection system for inspecting a substrate is provided. The system includes an array of cameras configured to acquire a plurality of sets of images as the substrate and the array undergo relative motion with respect to each other. At least one focus actuator is operably coupled to each camera of the array of cameras to cause displacement of at least a portion of each camera that affects focus. A substrate range calculator is configured to receive at least portions of images from the array and to calculate range between the array of cameras and the substrate. A controller is coupled to the array of cameras and to the range calculator. The controller is configured to provide a control signal to each of the at least one focus actuator to adaptively focus each camera of the array during the relative motion. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090334 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Security Services - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for notification of alarms in security systems. An alarm is detected in a security system. An alarm code is associated to a camera, and video data is retrieved from the camera. An alarm notification address is retrieved and the video data is sent to the IP alarm notification address. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090335 | SURVEILLANCE CAMERA CAPABLE OF RECORDING COLOR OR MONOCHROME IMAGES BASED ON TIME SETTINGS - A surveillance camera has a sensing module, a micro-control unit (MCU) and a real-time clock (RTC) unit. The sensing module records original images. The MCU is connected to the sensing module and stores multiple time settings and a smart timer process. The MCU executes the smart timer process to operate the surveillance camera in a color mode, a monochrome mode or an auto mode based on the time settings. In the color mode, the surveillance camera records color images. In the monochrome mode, the surveillance camera records monochrome images. In the auto mode, the surveillance camera selectively records color images and monochrome images based on a variation between light level of the original images and a predetermined light level. Therefore, the surveillance camera can be set to operate in specific mode based on requirements. The surveillance camera is more flexible and convenient than conventional surveillance cameras. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090336 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING AND DETERMINING A POSITION - An apparatus for recognizing and determining the position of at least one teat of a milking animal includes a scanning head comprising a light source and a camera. The light source emits light into a region which is expected to contain a teat or teats and the camera captures images formed by the light. In a first scanning mode, the scanning head is moved from a low initial position upwards in a circular coil until the position of at least a first teat has been established. Thereafter, in a second scanning mode, the scanning head is moved upwards in a to circular coil until the positions of all teats have been established, or a predetermined time limit has elapsed during the scanning procedure. The coil traversed during the first scanning mode is wider than the coil traversed during the second scanning mode. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090337 | GENERATION OF AERIAL IMAGES - The method according to the invention gene rates an aerial image mosaic viewing a larger area than a single image from a camera can provide using a combination of computer vision and photogrammetry. The aerial image mosaic is based on a set of images acquired from a camera. Selective matching and cross matching of consecutive and non-consecutive images, respectively, are performed and three dimensional motion and structure parameters are calculated and implemented on the model to check if the model is stable. Thereafter the parameters are globally optimised and based on these optimised parameters the serial image mosaic is generated. The set of images may be limited by removing old image data as new images are acquired. The method makes it is possible to establish images in near real time using a system of low complexity and small size, and using only image information. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090338 | VEHICULAR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - A rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly including a control. The interior rearview mirror assembly may include a video display device operable to display video information for viewing by a driver of the equipped vehicle through an electrochromic reflective element of the interior rearview mirror assembly. The control may include a digital signal processor disposed in the interior rearview mirror assembly. The interior rearview mirror assembly may include a vehicle bus node. When the interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted in the equipped vehicle, the vehicle bus node may be connected to a vehicle bus of the equipped vehicle, and at least one of (a) the control conveys signals to the vehicle bus via the vehicle bus node and (b) the vehicle bus conveys signals to the control via the vehicle bus node. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090339 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging array sensor and a control. The imaging array sensor comprises a plurality of photo-sensing pixels and is disposed at an exterior rearview mirror assembly at a side of the vehicle with a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The imaging array sensor is operable to capture an image exterior of the vehicle. The control may process the captured images and may determine that the imaging array sensor is misaligned when the imaging array sensor is disposed at the exterior rearview mirror assembly at the side of the vehicle. The control, responsive to a determination of misalignment of the imaging array sensor, may at least partially compensate for the determined misalignment of the imaging array sensor. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090340 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises a detection unit that detects an area having a predetermined feature from image data, a selection unit that selects, based on information of the detected area, a transfer method in which a total transfer amount of data is smallest from a plurality of transfer methods whereby the data of the detected area is divided and transferred, and a transfer unit that divides the data of the detected area and transfers from a first storage device in which the image data has been stored to a second storage device by the selected transferring method. The image processing apparatus can minimize a transfer overhead which is caused when image data is divided and transferred. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090341 | INTRUDING OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An intruding object detection system including a first drive unit for moving an image pickup unit in a pan direction, a second drive unit for moving the pickup unit in a tilt direction, a third drive unit for moving the pickup unit to zoom in and out, and a control unit for detecting an image of a target object in a video signal supplied from the pickup unit, and controlling the first and second drive units to move the pickup unit in the pan and tilt directions to place the image of the target object to a center of a video screen in accordance with movement and change of the target object, and cause the third drive unit to zoom in or out so that the image of the target object is permitted to be maintained at a predetermined size. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090342 | MULTI-MODE IMAGING IN THE THERMAL INFRARED FOR CHEMICAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT - A system and method for analyzing a sample is disclosed. At least a portion of the sample is illuminated with modulated light from a light source, such as an infrared light source. Infrared energy from the sample is monitored with an infrared detector as the sample is being illuminated with the modulated light. The AC response of the infrared energy is analyzed to determine at least one of emission data or reflection data about the sample. The emission data or the reflection data can be used to enhance chemical contrast between varying substances on the sample. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090343 | COMPOSITE IMAGE GENERATING SYSTEM, OVERLAYING CONDITION DETERMINING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A mark which at least reflects or radiates invisible light of predetermined wavelength other than visible light is added in a space of the real world. A camera apparatus comprises image capturing means for capturing a real image in which an invisible-light image may be discriminating. An image processing apparatus, comprises: mark discriminating means for discriminating at least one condition of a position of image of mark in the captured real image, a orientation of the mark, and a distance from the mark to the image capturing means, and overlaying condition determining means for determining, in correspondence with the discriminated condition, a overlaying condition which is at least one of an overlaying position which is a position of the image of the virtual object overlaid on the captured real image in the real image, an orientation of the virtual object which the age of the virtual object indicates, and a distance from a view point of viewer, of the image of the virtual object. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090344 | Object Trail-Based Analysis and Control of Video - Systems and methods for analyzing scenes from cameras imaging an event, such as a sporting event broadcast, are provided. Systems and methods include detecting and tracking patterns and trails. This may be performed with intra-frame processing and without knowledge of camera parameters. A system for analyzing a scene may include an object characterizer, a foreground detector, an object tracker, a trail updater, and a video annotator. Systems and methods may provide information regarding centers and spans of activity based on object locations and trails, which may be used to control camera field of views such as a camera pose and zoom level. A magnification may be determined for images in a video sequence based on the size of an object in the images. Measurements may be determined from object trails in a video sequence based on an effective magnification of images in the video sequence. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090345 | DIGITAL CAMERA, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus is provided which is capable of stably tracking a target even when an amount of characteristics of an image of the target varies on input pictures due to an abrupt movement of the target or other causes. An image processing apparatus ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110090346 | REMOTE VIDEO DEVICE MONITORING - Remote video devices are monitored by receiving video pattern data from the remote video devices and comparing device video patterns represented by the video pattern data to predetermined video patterns. If device video patterns match the predetermined video patterns, a rule corresponding to the predetermined video pattern is accessed and execution of a recovery action is initiated. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090347 | Media Systems and Methods for Providing Synchronized Multiple Streaming Camera Signals of an Event - A media system is provided having synchronized multiple camera signals of at least one event or activity for transmission over the internet to end users for selective display and/or manipulation. The media system may be used in connection with a variety of events or activities, including without limitation concerts, sports events, political events, sales events, movie premiers, public events, training events and religious events. A method is also provided having synchronized camera signals of at least one event or activity for transmission over the internet to end users for selective display and/or manipulation. A media player is also provided for processing synchronized camera signals representing different views of at least one event or activity and providing end users of the media player the options of selectively displaying and/or manipulating at least one of the views at will. | 2011-04-21 |
20110090348 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND IMAGING METHOD THEREFOR - An imaging system includes one or more imaging apparatuses. The imaging system manages sets of setting values each including imaging parameters, and extracts imaging parameters having been used in imaging from the image data captured by the imaging apparatus. Then, the imaging system compares the managed imaging parameters and the extracted imaging parameters, and issues a warning to the user and instructs the imaging apparatus to invalidate imaging processing if the imaging parameters are different from each other. | 2011-04-21 |