25th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140168255 | Device and Method for Processing Notification Data - A method of generating display objects comprises operating a processor to: detect an occurrence of an event; define a display time associated with a predefined duration following the occurrence of the event; generate a first display object for display for by a display device for the predefined duration, wherein the first display object is representative of the detected event; output the first display object on the display device; generate a second display object for display by a display device for the predefined duration, wherein the second display object is indicative of the display time; output the second display object on the display device; and update the second display object based on an elapsed time of the predefined duration. A device and executable computer program for performing the steps of the method is also provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168256 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - To provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that are capable of realizing convenient cut-out processing. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168257 | Projection Device And Information Processing Method Thereof - A projection device and an information processing method are described. The projecting device includes a display image generation unit for generating a plurality of frames of the continuous images to be displayed; a light source unit for receiving the plurality of frames of the continuous images to be displayed generated by the display image generation unit and forming a corresponding set of the light rays sequentially; a light path transformation unit having N kinds of optical states, N is the natural number greater than 1; a projecting unit for projecting the light rays inputted to it to the first to N | 2014-06-19 |
20140168258 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUGMENTING AN IMAGE OF A LOCATION WITH A REPRESENTATION OF A TRANSIENT OBJECT - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to augment an image of a location with a representation of a transient object. In the context of a method, an image of a location to be presented is identified. The method also includes identifying a transient object that is not in the image of the location, but that is anticipated to be at the location during at least one period of time. The method further includes causing the image of the location to be presented with augmentation that provides a representation of the transient object. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168259 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, acquiring an image to be displayed including a two-dimensional code and a positioning pattern superimposed, wherein the two-dimensional code defines information to be displayed on the basis of an image pattern including a first pixel value and a second pixel value, wherein the positioning pattern defines reference coordinates to display the information to be displayed; extracting the two-dimensional code from the image, using a first color component to extract a pixel value identified as the first pixel value and a pixel value identified as the second pixel value; and extracting the positioning pattern from the image using a second color component that identifies as identical to the first pixel value both pixel values that are identified as the first and second pixel values. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168260 | WAVEGUIDE SPACERS WITHIN AN NED DEVICE - A system is disclosed for maintaining the spacing between waveguides in an optical element of a near eye display. Spacing is maintained with spacer elements mounted between adjacent waveguides in the optical element. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168261 | DIRECT INTERACTION SYSTEM MIXED REALITY ENVIRONMENTS - A system and method are disclosed for interacting with virtual objects in a virtual environment using an accessory such as a hand held object. The virtual object may be viewed using a display device. The display device and hand held object may cooperate to determine a scene map of the virtual environment, the display device and hand held object being registered in the scene map. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168262 | User Interface for Augmented Reality Enabled Devices - Method and apparatus for displaying augmented reality contents are disclosed. The method may include controlling a camera to scan an environment in view of a user, identifying a set of surfaces in the environment for displaying user interface windows according to characteristics of the environment, prioritizing a set of augmented reality contents for display with respect to the set of surfaces in the environment, and displaying the set of augmented reality contents on the set of surfaces in a display. Characteristics of the environment comprise at least aspect ratio of the set of surfaces with respect to the set of augmented reality contents to be displayed, and/or background color of the set of surfaces with respect to the set of augmented reality contents to be displayed. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168263 | CONSUMER ELECTRONICS WITH AN INVISIBLE APPEARANCE - A method, electronic device and system for displaying background images on an electronic device, wherein the electronic device includes a face that has at least one edge and a display visible in the face. The display extends to at least one edge of the face. Furthermore, a processor is coupled to the display and a photosensor is coupled to the processor. The photosensor is configured to capture background images of a background obscured behind the device when viewing the device face. The processor is configured to composite the background image with a second image. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168264 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REAL-TIME ALIGNMENT OF AN AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE - A system including a structure attachable to a surface in a real world environment, the structure establishing a known location and orientation of the structure, a docking element, as part of the structure, to secure an augmented reality device in a stationary position for alignment of the augmented reality device with the real world environment and with a parallel virtual environment, and a processor operable to perform the alignment by resetting the inertial navigation system of the augmented reality device to the known location when docked in the docking element and aligning the location and orientation of the virtual representation of the augmented reality device in the parallel virtual environment so that the parallel virtual environment in the augmented reality device overlaps the real world environment. A method and computer software produce are also disclosed. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168265 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY APPARATUS BASED ON AUGMENTED REALITY - Disclosed is a head-up display apparatus based on AR that three-dimensionally displays augmented image information on an object external to a vehicle on the basis of actual distance information between the vehicle and the external object, and thus can provide realistic information to a driver. The head-up display apparatus includes a distance information generating unit configured to receive an image signal from an image signal inputting apparatus capturing an image in front of a vehicle and generate distance information on each of a plurality of objects in the front image, an information image generating unit configured to generate an information image of each object in the front image, and an augmentation processing unit configured to generate augmented information image of each object on the basis of the distance information on each object. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168266 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE, AND WORK SUPPORTING SYSTEM - A head-mounted display device for enabling a user to simultaneously visually recognize a virtual image and an outside scene includes a warning-information generating unit configured to generate warning information, which is an image for calling the user's attention and an image display unit configured to cause the user to visually recognize the warning information as the virtual image. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168267 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A projection-based augmented reality system and a control method thereof are provided. The control method of an augmented reality system includes determining a conversion area to be converted from a work area based on a first gesture, acquiring a captured image of the determined conversion area, generating a virtual image of the determined conversion area from the acquired captured image, displaying the generated virtual image in the work area, and performing a manipulation function with respect to the displayed virtual image based on a second gesture. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168268 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device including a data acquisition unit configured to acquire sensor data indicating the direction of gravity exerted on an imaging device configured to image an image in which a physical space is projected, a decision unit configured to decide a relative attitude of a plane in the physical space with respect to the image based on the sensor data, and a conversion unit configured to perform conversion between a three-dimensional position of a given point on the plane and a two-dimensional position in the corresponding image using the attitude decided by the decision unit. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168269 | MORPHING A DATA CENTER IN A VIRTUAL WORLD - The present invention re-renders data center visualizations at different levels of abstraction based on roles or activities of an avatar. Morphing of data center objects is accomplished by either combining or decomposing existing data center objects in a manner that will result in a new object that maintains its relationship to the original objects. An example of this would be when creating an application object by combining an existing infrastructure objects (e.g., a server, a network and storage) used to support the application object runtime environment. This allows for the avatar to not only relate the application object to the supporting infrastructure objects, but also provides a view of how the application object is impacted whenever the supporting infrastructure objects change or break. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168270 | IMAGE DEFORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING DEFORMATION AXIS - The present invention relates to an image deformation method. An image deformation method using a deformation axis according to the present invention includes deforming the deformation axis based on deformation energy of points according to a deformation of at least one deformation axis including a plurality of points predetermined with respect to an image to be deformed; and deforming the image using a plurality of segments of the deformation axis divided based on points of the deformed deformation axis. According to the present invention, an image deformation method using a deformation axis is performed based on a freeform deformation axis (FDA) that is independent from a type of an original object and thus, may be more advantageous and may be utilized in combination with various types of deformation methods. Deformation of an image may be performed intuitively and in real time and thus, may be easily used by general users. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168271 | ROTATION OF VISUAL CONTENT ON A DISPLAY UNIT - A graphics presentation apparatus including a display unit, an eye-tracking module, and a data output module. The eye-tracking module registers image data representing at least one eye of a user of the apparatus. Furthermore, the eye-tracking module determines, based on the registered image data, an orientation of the at least one eye relative to the display unit. Finally, in response thereto, the eye-tracking module generates a control signal controlling the data output module to produce visual content with such orientation on the display unit that a misalignment between the orientation of said at least one part and the orientation of the at least one eye of the user is minimized. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168272 | Rendering Contiguous Image Elements - In one embodiment, a method includes determining a sequence of image elements. For each image element in the sequence, a position in an array of contiguous image elements is determined. The position may be based on several factors, including at least: a size of the image element (large or small), an order of the image element in the sequence, and dimensions of the display array. The array of image elements may be rendered for display to the user such that the layout of the image elements is contiguous. If the user provides input re-sizing an image element or re-ordering the sequence of image elements, the array may be re-rendered. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168273 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING DATA DISPLAY SIZE OF DATA ON DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for changing data display size using an electronic device includes storing a standard ratio of a height and a width of an eye area of a user when his eyes are open normally. A facial image of the user is taken using an image capturing device at each predetermined time interval, and a ratio of a height and a width of an eye area is calculated based on the facial image. An application program which has data being currently displayed on the display device is determined. When the calculated ratio is less than the standard ratio, a first control command is sent to the determined application program to zoom in the data currently displayed on the display device. When an updated calculated ratio is greater than or equal to the standard ratio, the determined application program stops zooming in the data. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168274 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FONT SIZE OF TEXT DISPLAYED ON DISPLAY SCREEN - A method for automatically adjusting a font size of a text displayed on a display screen of an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a distance sensor. The method sets a font display rule for displaying the text on the display screen when a user uses a reader software to view the text. The distance sensor senses a current distance between the user and the display screen in real time. The method calculates a proper font size of the displayed text according to the font display rule and the current distance, generates an adjustment command according to the proper font size of the displayed text, and controls the reader software to adjust the current font size of the displayed text to the proper font size according to the adjustment command. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168275 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a designation unit which designates an object, a sensing unit which senses a change which exceeds a threshold value in at least a part of the object when a user zooms in on the object, and a zoom unit which zooms in on the object at the zoom rate which is just less than that when there is a change that exceeds the threshold value in at least a part of the object if there is a change that exceeds the threshold value in at least a part of the object when the user zooms in on the object at the designated zoom rate, and which zooms in on the object if there is no change that exceeds the threshold value in at least a part of the object even when the user zooms in on the object at the designated zoom rate. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168276 | RADIOGRAPHIC-IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - A radiographic-image processing device executes image processing on radiographic image data obtained by radiographic imaging of a diagnostic target part as an imaging subject. The device includes a display unit and an enlargement display unit. The display unit displays a radiographic image based on the radiographic image data. The enlargement display unit enlarges a predetermined area including an interest area in the radiographic image and which displays the enlarged predetermined area on the display unit as an initial image which is the first to be displayed after radiographic imaging. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168277 | Adaptive Presentation of Content - A method of operating a client device within a viewing environment is described. The method includes: receiving content at a client device, presenting the content to a viewer by rendering the content as rendered content on a display surface in operable communication with the client device; receiving engagement data at the client device, the engagement data indicating a level of engagement with the content of at least one user who is viewing the rendered content; and adapting presentation of the content in dependence on the engagement data by changing how the content is rendered on the display surface. Related systems, apparatus, and methods are also described. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168278 | DISPLAY WITH LIGHT MODULATING PIXELS ORGANIZED IN OFF-AXIS ARRANGEMENT - Displays having a plurality of shutter assemblies with movable shutters. Typically, the shutter assemblies are arranged in a grid of rows and columns, and the grid has a horizontal axis aligned with a horizontal axis of the display. The shutter assembly is aligned within the grid to have the axis of motion of respective shutters extend at an angle relative to the horizontal axis of the grid. In certain implementations, the shutter assemblies have a rectangular peripheral edge, and are arranged in the grid to have the square peripheral edge disposed at an angle relative to the horizontal axis of the grid. This can arrange the shutter assemblies into a diamond layout within the grid and place the shutter assemblies of adjacent columns into spatially offset rows of the grid. In some implementations, this increases the pixels per inch of the display, in other implementations, increases the aperture ratio. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168279 | DIMMING A DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is dimmed after a threshold time of in activity has elapsed. The threshold time may be determined from a user's content viewing behavior and content source. The threshold time is dynamically adjusted based on changes in at least one of the user's viewing behavior and the content source. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168280 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method of an organic light emitting display device includes sensing temperatures of a plurality of areas included in a pixel unit and, when a temperature difference between the respective areas is less than a predetermined reference value, outputting first data that is input from outside. When the temperature difference between the respective areas is equal to or greater than the reference value, the method includes generating second data by changing a grayscale of the first data such that the temperatures of the respective areas are similar to each other, and outputting the second data. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168281 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal cell connected to a data line and a gate line includes: outputting a data signal to the data line; outputting a plurality of gate clock signals; and outputting a gate signal to the gate line based on the gate clock signals. Here, an interval between rising edges of the gate signals adjacent to each other is increased as a distance between the liquid crystal cell receiving the gate signal and a data driving part outputting the data signal increases. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168282 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT THEREOF - A display device and a method of controlling a gate driving circuit thereof are discussed. The display device includes a display panel, first and second gate driving circuits which are respectively disposed on both sides of the display panel, and a timing controller. The timing controller controls the first and second gate driving circuits in conformity with a first shift mode, compares carry signals received from the first and second gate driving circuits, and controls the first and second gate driving circuits in conformity with a second shift mode when a time interval between the carry signals is greater than a previously determined reference value. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168283 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus, which generates low gradation luminance correction values with respect to an overlap region and a non-overlap region of a plurality of images constituting a multi-screen display, generates the low gradation luminance correction values so as to make the values gradually change from the overlap region throughout the non-overlap region. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168284 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel; and a fourth sub-pixel. A signal obtained based on at least an input signal for the first sub-pixel and an extension coefficient is supplied to the first sub-pixel. A signal obtained based on at least an input signal for the second sub-pixel and the extension coefficient is supplied to the second sub-pixel. A signal obtained based on at least an input signal for the third sub-pixel and the extension coefficient is supplied to the third sub-pixel. A signal obtained based on at least the input signal for the first sub-pixel, the input signal for the second sub-pixel, the input signal for the third sub-pixel, and the extension coefficient is supplied to the fourth sub-pixel. The extension coefficient varies based on at least a saturation of the input signals. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168285 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processor includes a input converter converting an input image into linear first image data of a first color gamut; a color gamut converter converting first image data into second image data expressing a second color gamut narrower than the first color gamut; a blend coefficient selector selecting a first blend coefficient when hue and saturation belong to a first color domain range, a second blend coefficient, having a reduced synthesis ratio of second image data compared with the first blend coefficient, when hue and saturation belong to a second color domain range, and a third blend coefficient, between the first and second blend coefficients, when hue and saturation belong to a color domain between the first color domain range and the second color domain range; and a color synthesis unit synthesizing first image data and second image data according to the decided blend coefficient. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168286 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device including a display unit including first and second lines, light emitting elements and pixel circuits; a first drive unit sequentially applying a selection pulse to the first lines; and a second drive unit applying a signal pulse including first to third voltages to each of the second lines. Each of the pixel circuits includes a first transistor sampling the signal pulse, and a second transistor driving one of the light emitting elements. The first drive unit applies the selection pulse when the first voltage is being applied by the second drive unit, before a correction of a threshold voltage of the second transistor is initiated and within a period that the one of the light emitting elements is being turned out, and the first drive unit applies the selection pulse when the second voltage is being applied by the second drive unit. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168287 | Power Management for Modulated Backlights - Power levels of a backlight are adjusted in a number of ways and based on a number of criteria. The adjustments result in a lower power consumption and, in some cases, may enhance audience attention to important objects in a scene. The adjustments comprise, for example, a combination of ramping down power (lowering final display brightness) in concert with corresponding compensatory LCD adjustments (increasing final display brightness). The adjustments may also include, for example, system dimming after ramp down/LCD adjustments are exhausted, or the shifting of an LDR2HDR curve. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168288 | DISPLAY DEVICE CONTROL - A method of controlling in a display device screen brightness and strength of dynamic range compression of display data in dependence on ambient light level. Ambient light level values are required from one or more ambient light sensors. The ambient light level values are averaged using a first method to obtain a first average value and using a second, different method to obtain a second average value. The first average value is used for controlling the screen brightness and the second average value is used for controlling the strength of the dynamic range compression. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168289 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a display device ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140168290 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a first transistor for controlling an amount of current that flows from a first power supply to a second power supply via the OLED to correspond to a voltage applied to a first node, a second transistor coupled between an anode electrode of the OLED and a feedback line, and having a gate electrode coupled to a control line, a third transistor coupled between the first node and a data line, and having a gate electrode coupled to a first scan line, a storage capacitor coupled between the first node and a second node, and a fourth transistor coupled between the second node and a reference power supply, and having a gate electrode coupled to a second scan line. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168291 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BRIGHTNESS OF ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - A device and a method for controlling brightness of an OLED display device are disclosed. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168292 | DISPLAY ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION CONTROL - An electronic display includes a display panel, which includes an array of pixels and a driver configured to activate and deactivate the emission of light from each of the pixels in the array. The electronic display also includes a panel driver configured to generate and transmit an emission interrupt signal to the driver, wherein the emission interrupt signal causes the driver to deactivate the emission of light from all pixels in the array for a set period of time prior to a refresh of a line of pixels in the array. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168293 | PRINT HEAD PRE-ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168294 | TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A transport apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports a transport target; an optical detection unit, including a light irradiation unit capable of irradiating the transport target with light and a light-receiving unit that receives light, that detects the transport target; and an output unit that compares a light receiving result from the light-receiving unit with a set value that has been set in advance and outputs a result of the comparison. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168295 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid supply device that includes a liquid storage portion that stores liquid containing sedimenting components which are sedimented in solvent, a liquid supply path that extends from the liquid storage portion to a liquid ejecting portion and through which the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejecting portion can flow, a liquid flowing portion that is operated to cause the liquid to flow through at least part of the liquid supply path, a temperature detection portion that can detect the temperature of at least part of the liquid in the liquid supply path, and an operation control portion that controls an operation of the liquid flowing portion in correspondence with a detected temperature of the liquid, which is detected by the temperature detection portion, such that a flow condition of the liquid in the liquid supply path changes. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168296 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When filling a printing head with ink, ink in a sub-tank is circulated through a forward path port, a forward path, the printing head, a return path, a return path port, and the sub-tank by pumping ink from the forward path port side to the printing head side by a circulation pump in a state where a plurality of nozzles is sealed by bringing a contact member of a capping device into contact with a nozzle formation surface. Thereafter, sealing of the plurality of nozzles by the capping device is released while pressurizing the sub-tank by a pressure adjusting device. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168297 | NETWORK PRINTER SYSTEM - Electronic systems, such as printing systems, often use components that have integral memory. The integral memory can be used to store information about the component. In some printing systems this memory includes a portion that stores a value indicative of a print yield. Disclosed is a method and system for allowing the memory to have data indicative of an increased print yield. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168298 | IMAGE QUALITY BY PRINTING FREQUENCY ADJUSTMENT USING BELT SURFACE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT - Embodiments described herein are directed to a reflex printing system with improved image quality. A media transport moves a media substrate or an intermediate belt along a media path in a process direction past the two or more print heads, which deposit inks onto the media substrate or the intermediate belt. A velocity measuring device directly measures and transmits the speed of the surface of belt or media that is to receive the image to a controller, which sends print commands to the two or more print heads to control the frequency of the printing. The inks deposited on the media substrate or intermediate belt have a color registration of from 10 to 20 microns. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168299 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A minute vibration driving signal is configured to include a first signal section which generates a plurality of minute vibration driving pulses, and a second signal section which maintains potential to a constant level without generating the minute vibration driving pulse, and can select a first mode in which duration of the second signal section is set to T2 which is longer than duration T1 of the first signal section, and a second mode in which duration of the second signal section is set to T4 which is longer than T2. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168300 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMS FOR LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A liquid ejecting device has a liquid ejecting head to eject ink to a sheet-like object, a carriage mounting the liquid ejecting head, a conveying device which conveys the sheet-like object with holding the sheet-like object to have a corrugated shape having a corrugated cross-section in the scanning direction, a detecting unit which detects an end portion of the sheet-like object in the scanning direction, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute instructions to provide an ejection timing determining unit configured to determine an ejection timing at which the liquid is ejected from the liquid ejecting head in accordance with positional information representing the end portion detected by the detecting unit and reference information, and an ejection control unit configured to control the liquid ejecting head and the carriage to eject the liquid from the liquid ejecting head at the timing determined by the ejection timing determining unit. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168301 | System And Method For Eliminating Background Image Data In Ink Images In An Inkjet Printer - An inkjet printer is configured to capture image data of a bare rotating imaging surface and use the image data of the bare rotating imaging surface to remove noise from subsequent images of printed ink on the rotating imaging surface. A controller in the printer is configured to measure cross-correlations between margins in the bare rotating imaging surface image data and margins in the subsequent images of printed ink to identify areas of alignment between the image data of the bare rotating imaging surface and the subsequent images of printed ink. The data in the areas in the image data of the bare rotating imaging surface that are aligned with areas in the subsequent images are used to remove the background noise produced by structure in the rotating imaging surface. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168302 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFLINE PRINT HEAD ALIGNMENT - Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168303 | PRINT HEAD ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING PRINT RESOLUTION - Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168304 | System And Method For Imaging And Evaluating Coating On An Imaging Surface In An Aqueous Inkjet Printer - An inkjet printer is configured to apply a coating material to an imaging surface before an ink image is formed on the surface. At least one optical sensor generates image data of the coating on the imaging surface and identifies a thickness of the coating material. Components of the coating material applicator can be adjusted to keep the thickness of the coating material within a predetermined range. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168305 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - An embodiment of this invention is directed to ink droplet landing correction by a carriage scanning velocity. According to the embodiment, upon updating a correction value only in a case where a velocity difference is equal to or more than a predetermined value, possibility that ideal correction is not executed in an acceleration/deceleration region, and unnecessary correction occurs in a constant velocity moving region is reduced. More specifically, two velocity thresholds are set so as to sandwich a predetermined velocity of a servo profile. When the carriage scanning velocity falls in the range between the velocity thresholds, updating the correction value of the landing correction function is suppressed. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168306 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - An inkjet printing apparatus includes two or more units. Each of the two or more units has a drive circuit, a nozzle row including a plurality of aligned nozzles configured to be driven by the drive circuit to eject ink, and an ink discharge passage configured to discharge a remainder of the ink supplied to the nozzles of the nozzle row from the nozzle row. The ink discharge passage of a first unit of the two or more units and the drive circuit of a second unit of the two or more units are thermally in contact with each other. The ink discharge passage of the second unit and the drive circuit of the first unit are thermally in contact with each other. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168307 | Ink Smear Measurement in an Imaging Apparatus - A system implementing a method for determining smear tendency of a sheet of print media to reduce smearing on future media sheets of a similar type. The method includes creating an image on the sheet of print media. The sheet of print media is reversed to allow at least one upstream roller to contact and smear the image and create smear marks on the sheet of print media. Reference marks are created over the smear marks and at unsmeared areas of the sheet of print media. To determine the smear tendency, the reference marks over the smear marks are compared to the reference marks at the unsmeared areas. The smear tendency indicates future corrections to an imaging device to reduce smearing on the future media sheets when used by the imaging device. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168308 | SHEET TRANSPORTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet transporting apparatus is provided, including a transport mechanism provided with a roller, a motor, a controller, and a measuring input unit, wherein a transport route has a curved area for inverting the sheet, and the controller is constructed such that the control on the motor is executed by a closed loop control system by using a measured value of an control output at an initial stage of the transport of a sheet from a tray, and the control on the motor is switched from the control performed by the closed loop control system to control performed by an open loop control system on condition that a preset phenomenon arises after the sheet is taken out of the tray. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168309 | Method and Apparatus for Printing on Tablets - The present invention provides a tablet printing method and apparatus for contactless-printing on a large number of tablets that are supplied successively and randomly in a predetermined plurality of rows. The apparatus includes a hopper | 2014-06-19 |
20140168310 | MULTIPLE LAYER STRUCTURES FOR VOID CONTROL IN INK JET PRINTERS - Approaches to remove bubbles from ink in an ink jet printer are described. Bubble removal may be implemented using a membrane disposed along an ink flow path. The membrane includes first and second component membranes having first and second coefficients of thermal expansion. The membrane is configured to, in response to a change in ink temperature, mechanically displace as a function of temperature due to a difference in the thermal coefficients of expansion of the first and second component membranes. The mechanical displacement of the membrane causes a volumetric change in a portion of the ink flow path. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168311 | MULTI-FUNCTION INKJET DEVICE FOR PRINTING WITH THERMO-REACTIVE INK - What is disclosed is a multi-function inkjet print system which prints with inks having thermo-reactive properties and which can further process media printed with thermo-reactive inks such that the various properties of the inks can be activated. One embodiment of the present print device comprises at least one thermo-changing element which resides in proximity to a transport path along which the media travels. The thermo-changing element effectively changing a temperature T of the media to: T≦T | 2014-06-19 |
20140168312 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AND EVALUATING PRINTING PARAMETERS IN AN AQUEOUS INKJET PRINTER - An aqueous inkjet printer is configured to evaluate and adjust multiple components within the printer with reference to image data of the surface of a rotating member obtained at different times during a single print cycle. The print cycle can be performed in a multiple pass manner to enable a single optical sensor to be used for generation of the image data. Alternatively, the print cycle can be performed in a single revolution of the rotating member and multiple optical sensors positioned about the rotating member to generate the image data. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168313 | System And Method For Controlling Dewpoint In A Print Zone Within An Inkjet Printer - An aqueous inkjet printer includes a print zone with a relative humidity sensor and a temperature sensor. A controller identifies a dew point of air between a printhead and an intermediate imaging member with reference to the air temperature and the moisture in the air of the print zone, and identifies a target dew point with reference to the image data used to operate the printhead. The controller operates a heater and an air mover to adjust the dew point of the air between the printhead and the intermediate imaging member to the target dew point. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168314 | AQUEOUS INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An aqueous ink for ink jet contains a self-dispersible pigment in which a first functional group including a phosphonic acid group and a second functional group including at least one of a carboxylic acid group and a sulfonic acid group are bonded to a particle surface, wherein a surface charge amount derived from the phosphonic acid group included in the above-described first functional group is 0.3 micromoles/m | 2014-06-19 |
20140168315 | TRAP CONFIGURED TO COLLECT INK PARTICLE CONTAMINANTS IN RESPONSE TO A CLEANING FLOW - An apparatus includes an inkjet manifold with at least one ink supply port coupled to an ink supply and at least one ink delivery port. A flow path is between the ink supply and ink delivery ports, and the flow path includes a trap configured to collect particle contaminants in response to a pulsed cleaning flow and hold the particle contaminants during an operational flow. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168316 | CAP DEVICE AND INK JET PRINTER - A cap device includes a first table provided so as not to be movable in a main scanning direction with respect to a base member; a first cap provided on the first table; a first guide member which has a first contact surface directed leftward and is provided on the first table; a second table provided so as to be movable in the main scanning direction with respect to the base member; a second cap provided on the second table; a second guide member which has a second contact surface directed leftward and is provided on the second table; a third guide member which has a third contact surface facing the first contact surface and is provided on a first ink head unit; and a fourth guide member which has a fourth contact surface facing the second contact surface and is provided on a second ink head unit. The first, second, third and fourth guide members are located such that when a carriage moves rightward, the second contact surface and the fourth contact surface contact each other and after this, the first contact surface and the third contact surface contact each other. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168317 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a carriage configured to carry a recording head and to move in a main scanning direction, and a guide plate rail configured to guide the carriage when it moves. The carriage is provided with a sliding member movable relative to the carriage in a height direction of the carriage. The carriage and the sliding member have a switch member provided therebetween. The switch member moves in the main scanning direction relative to the carriage and the sliding member to cause the carriage and the sliding member to be relatively displaced in the height direction of the carriage. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168318 | INK-JET HEAD HAVING PASSAGE UNIT AND ACTUATOR UNITS ATTACHED TO THE PASSAGE UNIT, AND INK-JET PRINTER HAVING THE INK-JET HEAD - A printhead module includes a plurality of rows of printhead nozzles, at least some of the rows including at least one displaced row portion, the displacement of the row portion including a component in a direction normal to that of a pagewidth to be printed, wherein the displaced row portions of at least some of the rows are different in length than the displaced row portions of at least some of the other rows. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINT HEAD ALIGNMENT USING ALIGNMENT ADAPTER - Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168320 | LIQUID JET HEAD, LIQUID JET APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID JET HEAD - A liquid jet head | 2014-06-19 |
20140168321 | LIQUID JET HEAD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID JET HEAD, AND LIQUID JET APPARATUS - The liquid jet head includes an actuator substrate on which a plurality of grooves is arranged, and a nozzle plate having nozzle holes communicated with the grooves. Drive electrodes extending in an X direction and insulating films covering a part of both side surfaces of a wall portion are installed on both of the side surfaces of the wall portion. Each of the drive electrodes are installed on the surface of the wall portion around the nozzle hole | 2014-06-19 |
20140168322 | BINARY CONTINUOUS INK JET PRINTER - A printing control method of a multi-nozzle binary continuous ink jet printer wherein drops of a first category and drops of a second category are formed by jet breaking The flowpaths followed by the drops of the first and second categories are differentiated. For printing a black pixel followed by a white pixel, a drop of the first category and a drop of the second category are formed. The cumulative formation time drops of the first and second categories is equal to or higher than the running time of one pixel. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168323 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus, including a first casing having an upward opening at a top thereof; a recording unit disposed in the first casing and configured to discharge ink from a nozzle onto a sheet; a first cover to cover a part of the opening of the first casing; a second cover detachably attached to the first cover and configured to cover another part of the opening which is not covered by the first cover; a waste ink tank removably supported by the first casing at a position facing the second cover in the first casing and configured to contain waste ink discharged from the nozzle; and a second casing disposed in an upper position with respect to the first casing and configured to be movable between a proximate position and a separate position, is provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168324 | PRINTING FLUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND PRINTING FLUID CARTRIDGE - A printing fluid cartridge includes a cartridge body, an electric interface, and a support member at which the electric interface is provided. The cartridge body is configured to hold the support member, such that the support member is movable relative to the cartridge body. A cartridge mounting portion includes a sandwiching portion configured to sandwich the support member. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168325 | Ink Cartridge Provided with Air Communication Portion - An ink cartridge includes a cartridge body, an ink supply portion and an air communication portion provided at the cartridge body, a block member and a slider. The air communication portion has an inner peripheral wall defining an air passage, and a communication port for allowing communication between an ink chamber and the air passage. The block member moves from a first position to a second position by contact with the slider sliding in a sliding direction to block and open the air passage. The slider includes: a first cylindrical portion having an upstream through-hole penetrating therethrough; a second cylindrical portion having a downstream through-hole penetrating therethrough and communicating with the upstream through-hole; and a semipermeable membrane closing the upstream through-hole. The slider has a contact portion in close contact with the inner peripheral wall and positioned upstream of the block member at the first position in the sliding direction. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168326 | LIQUID CONTAINER AND LIQUID CONTAINER SET - A liquid container may be connected to a liquid consuming unit. The liquid container includes an ink holder containing an ink composition, and an ink delivering portion through which the ink composition flows out of the ink holder. The ink composition contains an aqueous medium and a water-resistant metal pigment that includes pigment particles whose surfaces are covered with a coating and reacts with the aqueous medium to generate hydrogen gas. The amount of hydrogen gas generated per day from the ink composition in the ink holder is lower than or equal to the amount of hydrogen gas permeating per day through the ink holder, in an environment of 25° C. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168327 | TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT SHAPE ELEMENTS FOR VOID CONTROL IN INK JET PRINTERS - Approaches to remove bubbles from ink in an ink jet printer are described. Bubble removal may be implemented using at least one temperature dependent element disposed along an ink flow path. The temperature dependent element is configured to change shape responsive to a change in ink temperature. The change in shape causes a volumetric change in a portion of the ink flow channel. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168328 | NON-SPHERICAL PARTICLE SEPARATOR FOR INK JET PRINTER - A device is disposed within an ink flow channel of an ink jet printer and is arranged to remove particles from ink. The device includes an alignment region that aligns non-spherical particles along their major dimension in the ink flow channel. A guiding region is arranged to direct the non-spherical particles towards a first streamline region of the ink flow channel and away from a second streamline region of the ink flow channel. During operation of the ink jet printer, particle-rich ink flows in the first streamline region and particle-free ink flows in the second streamline region. A splitting region arranged downstream from the guiding region splits the ink flow channel into first and second branches. The first channel branch is arranged to carry the particle-rich ink and the second channel branch is arranged to carry the particle-free ink. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168329 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INK-BASED DIGITAL PRINTING - An ink-based digital printing system for variable data lithographic printing includes an imaging member and a dampening fluid/carrier patterning system. An inkjet-type device of the patterning system jets material onto an imaging member. The as-jetted material includes dampening fluid and carrier component such as a wax jetted in a single phase. Upon contact with a surface of an imaging member, the jetted material cools and phase separation occurs, the dampening fluid leaching to a surface of the solid component on the imaging member surface, dampening the solid component, which forms an image according to image data input to the patterning system. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168330 | WETTING ENHANCEMENT COATING ON INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER (ITM) FOR AQUEOUS INKJET INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER ARCHITECTURE - Described herein is a method and apparatus for ink jet printing. The method includes providing a wetting enhancement coating on a transfer member. The wetting enhancement coating includes water; binders selected from the group consisting of acrylic polymers, styrene acrylic polymers, vinyl-acrylic polymers, vinyl acetate ethylene; and a surfactant. The wetting enhancement coating is dried to form a film having a surface energy greater than 25 mJ/m | 2014-06-19 |
20140168331 | INKJET INKS - The present disclosure provides inkjet inks and associated methods and systems. In one example, an inkjet ink can comprise an ink vehicle and a colorant, wherein the ink vehicle includes an organic co-solvent, water, and from 0.0001 wt % to 0.1 wt % dextran based on the inkjet ink as a whole. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING A CANCELLATION MARK ON A TICKET - What is disclosed is a system and method for printing a cancellation mark on a ticket using inks having thermo-reactive properties. One embodiment of the present method for printing a cancellation mark onto a ticket involves the following. A ticket, which has a security mark printed thereon, is received into a slot of a housing of a device which contains therein an inkjet printhead. The received ticket portion comes into proximity with an inkjet printhead configured to print a cancellation mark on the ticket using the thermo-reactive ink. The cancellation mark is printed to at least partially overlap the security mark. In one embodiment, a user activates a switch which causes the inkjet printhead to print the cancellation mark on the ticket upon the ticket having been inserted into the slot. Various embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168333 | Dispersion, Ink and Process - A dispersion comprising a particulate solid, a liquid vehicle and a first polymer, wherein: the first polymer is obtained or obtainable by a process comprising reacting at least the components i), ii) and optionally iii) to form a pre-polymer:
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20140168334 | HIGH VISCOSITY HEAT SENSITIVE INK PRINTING PROCESS - A high viscosity aqueous inkjet ink that is useful in ink jet printers. The ink comprises heat activated colorant solids that are not heat activated during the printing process, and are printed onto a substrate in the form of an image that can be transferred onto a subsequent or final substrate by applying heat and intimate contact between the two substrates. The ink can also be heat activated onto the substrate without further transfer by applying heat at the temperature that is suitable for the activation of the colorant. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168335 | INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink composition for ink jet recording, comprising:
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20140168336 | OXYGEN PLASMA TO IMPROVE WETTING OF AQUEOUS LATEX INKS ON LOW SURFACE ENERGY ELASTOMERIC SURFACES - Described herein is a transfer member for use in aqueous ink jet printer. The transfer member includes an elastomeric material. The surface layer of the transfer member has been subjected to an energy treatment selected from the group including corona discharge, oxygen plasma discharge and electron beam discharge such that the surface layer possesses an aqueous ink contact angle of from about 25° to about 40°. The transfer member has a Shore A durometer of from about 20 to about 70. The ink jet printer is also described. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168337 | PRINT MEDIUM SURFACE TREATMENT - A print medium surface treatment includes a first composition that includes a filler, and a polymer that is non-film forming until it is subjected to film forming conditions. The first composition has a charge density that is large enough to promote crashing of particulate colorants of an ink and low enough to avoid crashing of the filler. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168338 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT SUPPRESSES OCCURRENCE OF COLOR SHIFT IN IMAGES AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus that suppresses occurrence of color shift in images transferred from image bearing members onto an intermediate transfer member. A surface of each of a first photosensitive drum and second photosensitive drums is charged. An exposure device, provided for each photosensitive drum, forms an electrostatic latent image by exposing an associated one of the charged photosensitive drums. A developing device, provided for each photosensitive drum, develops the electrostatic latent image with toner. An intermediate transfer belt friction-drives the photosensitive drums for rotation and has the developed images transferred thereon. Timing for exposing the second photosensitive drums is controlled based on a first surface distance from an exposure light irradiated position to a primary transfer position of the first photosensitive drum, and a second surface distance from an exposure light irradiated position of each second photosensitive drum to a primary transfer position thereof. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168339 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: an image bearing member; a charging device; an exposure device configured to expose intermittently for each unit area of the image bearing member charged by the charging device to form a latent image; a developing device configured to develop the latent image with developer; a signal output portion configured to output a first electric signal when the exposure device exposes a print area of the image bearing member, and output a second electric signal, which instructs the exposure device to shorten an exposure time per unit area more than an exposure time of the first electric signal, when the exposure device exposes a non-print area of the image bearing member; and a count portion, to which the first and the second electric signals are input from the signal output portion, configured to measure only the first electric signal without measuring the second electric signal. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168340 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: first and second photosensitive members; first and second light sources; a rotatable polygonal mirror; a first signal output means; and a second signal output means. The first light source emits the light at timing on the basis of the first signal and the second light source emits the light at timing on the basis of the second signal so that latent images are formed on the first and second photosensitive members, respectively, and then are developed with developers to form developer images on the first and second photosensitive members, respectively, and then an image is formed by superposing the developer images. Before output of a second signal from the second signal output portion is started, the first light source emits the light on the basis of a first signal to start formation of the latent image on the first photosensitive member. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168341 | MULTI-FUNCTION SYSTEM FOR ERASING MEDIA PRINTED WITH THERMO-REACTIVE INK - What is disclosed is a multi-function system which receives media printed with ink having thermo-reactive properties and which processes the received media such that the ink becomes visually transparent. One embodiment of the present system comprises an input tray for receiving printed media into a transport path along which the media travels. A heating element resides in proximity to that transport path for changing a temperature T of the media to T≧T | 2014-06-19 |
20140168342 | PORTABLE THERMAL PRINTER - A portable thermal printer includes a housing and an anti-skew unit. The housing is provided with a thermal printer head and a platen roller, and is configured to convey a paper between the thermal printer head and the platen roller. The anti-skew unit inside the housing is configured to contact both side edges of the paper in a width direction to prevent the paper, which is being conveyed, from skewing, and the setting of the width of the paper by the anti-skew unit is configured to be adjustable from outside the housing. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168343 | WRITING CONTROLLING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The invention is concerning the writing controlling apparatus that includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of light amounts of a light source driven while changing an input current in non-effective scanning periods during which an image carrier is not irradiated with light from the light source, as a plurality of output results; a detecting unit configured to detect characteristics of the light source using the output results thus acquired; and a correcting unit configured to correct a current to be applied to the light source based on the characteristics thus detected. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168344 | Video Mail Capture, Processing and Distribution - Novel tools and techniques are provided for enabling or implementing video mail capture, processing, and distribution. In response to a first video calling device receiving a video call from a caller at a second video calling device, the first video calling device, which is associated with a user or callee, might determine whether the user is available to answer the video call. If not, one of the first or second video calling devices might prompt the caller to leave a videomail message, and might record and upload the videomail message to a server over a network for post-processing and/or storage. A notification may be sent to the user regarding the videomail message. The user may be provided with options to view the videomail message and/or to respond to the videomail message. In some cases, the first and second video calling devices might be of different make or model. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168345 | INTEGRATING AUDIO AND VIDEO CONFERENCING CAPABILITIES - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for adding video to an audio only communication session. During a communication session between a first device and a second device, the first device receives an audio portion of the communication session from a user. The first device then receives, via a wireless connection, a video portion of the communication session from a third device. The first device synchronizes the audio portion of the communication session and the video portion of the communication session to yield a synchronized audio and video portion of the communication session. Next, the first device sends the synchronized audio and video portion of the communication session to the second device. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168346 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIDEO CALL IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - Various embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus and method for providing a video call in a portable terminal. The method includes displaying a plurality of first image data in a predetermined first area; transmitting the a plurality of the first image data; receiving a plurality of second image data from another portable terminal; and displaying the plurality of the second image data in a predetermined second area. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168347 | WIRELESS AUGMENTED REALITY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A portable unit is for video communication to select a user name in a user name network. A transceiver wirelessly accesses a communication network through a wireless connection to a general purpose node coupled to the communication network. A user interface can receive user input to log on to a user name network through the communication network. The user name network has a plurality of user names, at least one of the plurality of user names is associated with a remote portable unit, logged on to the user name network and available for video communication. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168348 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing system including a position management unit configured to manage positions of avatars operated by users in a virtual space, a schedule management unit configured to manage a schedule of communication of the users, and a control unit configured to cause communication between terminals used by the users who are scheduled to have the communication to be established when the avatars of the users who are scheduled to have the communication gather in a predefined place in the virtual space and to cause at least one of an image and a voice to be transmitted and received. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168349 | GLASSES APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GLASSES APPARATUS, AUDIO APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUDIO SIGNAL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A glasses apparatus and a controlling method thereof, and a display apparatus are provided. The glasses apparatus is configured to operate with the display apparatus, and includes a communicator configured to perform communication with the display apparatus; an osteophony speaker configured to output audio received from the display apparatus; and a controller configured to control the communicator to receive contents audio from the display apparatus if the display apparatus provides a contents image, and to receive call audio from the display apparatus if the display apparatus performs a call function with an external user, and to output one of the received contents audio and call audio to the osteophony speaker. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168350 | Audio/Video Conferencing System - Aspects of the present invention may be found in a system and method to effectively schedule and configure video and audio conferences. In one embodiment, the system comprises a server and one or more audio/video conferencing devices interconnected through a public or private data network. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface (GUI) provides for an intuitive means to graphically view and configure one or more conferences, participants, and conference call configuration settings. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168351 | Telepresence Device Communication and Control System - A telepresence unit control and communication methods are disclosed. The telepresence unit enables a virtual presence of a controller, a human being, located away from the telepresence unit. The telepresence unit control and communication methods enable a mechanical motion control of the telepresence unit by utilizing a visual communication between the telepresence unit and a computer administered by the controller. The telepresence unit utilizes a mobile computing device to establish the visual communication channel to the computer via the internet. Once the visual communication channel is established, the present invention provides a video modification as means of controlling and communicating with the telepresence unit. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168352 | VIDEO AND AUDIO TAGGING FOR ACTIVE SPEAKER DETECTION - A videoconferencing system is described that is configured to select an active speaker while avoiding erroneously selecting a microphone or camera that is picking up audio or video from a connected remote signal. A determination is made whether an audio signal is above a threshold level. If so, then a determination is made as to whether a tag is present in that audio signal. If so, that signal is ignored. If not, a camera is directed toward the sound source identified by the audio signal. A determination is made whether a tag is present in the video signal from that camera. If so, the camera is redirected. If not, local tag(s) are inserted into the audio signal and/or the video signal. The tagged signal(s) are transmitted. Thus, system will ignore sound or video that has an embedded tag from another videoconferencing system. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168353 | VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEMS - We describe a method of synchronising a teleconference comprising audio carried on a telephone network and a digital data stream carried on a computer network. Audio at a first node is characterised to determine audio characterising data. A digital data stream for the teleconference is also input at the first node and the audio characterising data is inserted into the digital data stream and forwarded over the network. The audio and digital data streams are received separately at a second node of the system, and the audio characterising data is extracted from the digital data stream and processed in conjunction with the received audio to determine a first-second node time offset. The audio and digital data streams are then synchronising by adjusting, for example, a relative time delay of the received audio and digital streams at the second node responsive to the determined time offset. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168354 | AUDIO VIDEO STREAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for supporting a plurality of participants with an audio-video conferencing system including a tracking server and a plurality of streaming servers, the method including: at the tracking server, sending conversation group information to a first device associated with a first user identifier, the conversation group information including a second user identifier and a streaming server identifier for the second user identifier; at a streaming server identified by the streaming server identifier, receiving a second audio stream and a second video stream from a second device associated with the second user identifier, and in response to receipt of the second user identifier from the first device, sending the second audio stream and second video stream to the first device. | 2014-06-19 |