27th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120169771 | INFORMATION PRESENTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PRESENTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information presenting apparatus includes: a display unit capable of displaying one or more contents; a content storing unit that stores plural contents to be displayed and priority information indicating a priority rank for displaying in a manner that each of the contents and the priority information are associated with each other; a display controlling unit that reads out contents from the content storing unit and displays the contents on the display unit in decreasing order of the priority rank on the basis of the priority information; a selecting unit that selects one or more contents of the contents displayed on the display unit; and a priority information changing unit that changes the priority information associated with a not-selected content group formed by the contents that had been displayed but not selected to lower the priority rank indicated by the priority information. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169772 | FRACTAL WHITEBOARDING - In a system and a method, a first user input corresponding to a first graphical shape having first boundaries, a first size, and a first position is received on an initial virtual whiteboard having an infinite drawing area and occupying a display area of a user interface. In response to a first command, the first graphical shape is designated as a current virtual whiteboard by resizing the first graphical shape from the first size to a second size, with the second size being equal to the display area of the user interface, and with the first graphical shape having the first boundaries removed to effect an infinite drawing area within the first graphical shape. A second user input corresponding to a second graphical shape is received within the first graphical shape designated as the current virtual whiteboard. In response to a second command, the initial virtual whiteboard is designated as the current virtual whiteboard by restoring the first position and the first size of the first graphical shape within the initial virtual whiteboard and by resizing and re-positioning the second graphical shape to fit within the first graphical shape. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169773 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that includes a processor that controls a display to display a plurality of images in a stacked configuration, each of the plurality of images corresponding to one of a plurality of groups. The processor assigns movement corresponding to each of the plurality of images based on the respective location of each of the plurality of images in the stacked configuration. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169774 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANGING A SIZE OF SCREEN USING MULTI-TOUCH - A method for changing a screen size using a multi-touch preferably comprises: executing a contents; inputting a multi-touch signal that requests a display size change of a contents screen that executed the contents. At least one of the horizontal display size and the vertical display size of the contents screen are changed in size according to the inputted multi-touch signal, and outputting the changed contents screen. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169775 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SCREEN DISPLAY IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for controlling a screen display in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a display unit, an input unit, a memory unit, a magnification identifying unit, and a controller. The display unit displays a screen display having a controlled magnification level. The input unit sets a zoom-in or zoom-out point on the screen display. The memory unit stores reference information for determining a zoom-in or zoom-out magnification level of the screen display. The magnification identifying unit measures a tilt of the portable terminal, and determines control or non-control of a magnification level of the screen display using the measured tilt. The controller controls the screen display according to the identified magnification level. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169776 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A ZOOM FUNCTION - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, method, and computer program product for: receiving a first input; initiating a zoom function in response to the first input; receiving a second input during the zoom function, wherein the second input and the first input are independent of each other; and controlling the zoom function based on the second input. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169777 | FINE BRIGHTNESS CONTROL IN PANELS OR SCREENS WITH PIXELS - Techniques and devices use panels or screens with pixels for display or illumination applications to achieve dithered pixel brightness beyond pixel brightness levels set by a digital to analog conversion (DAC) circuit module with a preset DAC resolution between two adjacent DAC levels. In one implementation, when a pixel is to be dictated by a digital pixel signal to operate within an unstable brightness region, a control mechanism is provided to control the DAC circuit module to operate the pixel in the block at a DAC level below the unstable brightness region or at a different DAC level above the respective unstable brightness region, to achieve a perceived brightness level within the respective unstable brightness region. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169778 | 3D GLASSES WITH ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR ALLOWING USER TO ADJUST DEGREES OF CROSSTALK AND BRIGHTNESS AND RELATED 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM THEREOF - The present invention provides 3D glasses and a 3D display system. The 3D glasses includes: a first glass, a second glass, a control device, a power supply unit, and an adjusting device. The first glass is utilized for receiving left eye image. The second glass is utilized for receiving right eye image. The control device includes: a duty cycle unit and a control unit. The duty cycle unit is utilized for providing a duty cycle, and the control unit is utilized for controlling the first glass and the second glass whether to be pervious to light or not. The power supply unit is coupled to the control device, and utilized for providing power. The adjusting device is coupled to the control device, and utilized for adjusting the duty cycle provided by the duty cycle unit according to a user input. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169779 | Gradation voltage generator and display device having the same - Embodiments may be directed to a gradation voltage generator and a display device having the same. The display device may include a gradation voltage generator including a first reference voltage selecting unit, which selects a highest reference voltage, a second highest reference voltage, a lowest reference voltage, and a second lowest reference voltage from among a plurality of first voltages between a first power voltage and a second power voltage; a second reference voltage selecting unit, which receives the highest reference voltage and the lowest reference voltage and selects and outputs a first gradation voltage and a N−1th gradation voltage; a gamma voltage selecting unit, which receives the second highest reference voltage and the second lowest reference voltage and generates a plurality of gamma voltages; and a gradation distributing unit, which receives the plurality of gamma voltages and generates second through N−1th gradation voltages. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169780 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING DATA, DATA COMPENSATING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE COMPENSATING APPARATUS - A method of compensating data includes extending a number of bits of data and outputting extended data of a first color, compensating a luminance of the extended data of the first color based on a position of the extended data of the first color in a display panel and outputting compensated data of the first color, and outputting compensated data of a second color and compensated data of a third color based on the compensated data of the first color. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169781 | FIELD EMISSION DISPLAY AND DRIVE METHOD FOR THE SAME - A field emission display includes a panel and a control unit. The panel has a number of pixel units. Each of the pixel units has at least one fluorescent layer. The control unit which electrically connects to the pixel units receives an objective image. The control unit further selects a part of the pixel units corresponding to the objective image, divides the part of the pixel units into a number of pixel unit groups, and scans the pixel unit groups to make the plurality of pixel unit groups sequentially work such that the panel displays the objective image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169782 | IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - An exemplary image displaying method for a display device includes steps of: providing display data to pixels of the display device for displaying images; taking a special amount of frame of images as an image group, making polarities of a same pixel being of adjacent two frame of images in the image group and using a same polarity inversion in the adjacent two frame of images be different from each other, and making polarities of a same pixel being of the last frame of image in a former one of adjacent two image groups and of the first frame of image in a latter one of the adjacent two image groups and using the same polarity inversion in the last and first frame of images be the same with each other. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169783 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHODS - A display driving circuit includes a buffer unit receiving gradation voltages and generating data signals that drive a panel. A first buffer unit includes “M” main buffers corresponding to M data lines of the panel and a second buffer unit comprises “N” sub buffers, N being less than M. A first switch unit controls a transmission path along which the gradation voltages are applied to the buffer unit, and a second switch unit controls a transmission path along which the data signals are supplied to the data lines. Switches in the second switch unit are turned ON during charge sharing. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169784 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A method of driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus, the method including the operations of determining whether a grayscale value of an input image has a same value for at least two frames; if the grayscale value of the input image has the same value for at least two frames, correcting a display image by generating the display image by converting the grayscale value of the input image into an adjacent grayscale value; and displaying the display image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169785 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device which effectively reduces the occurrences of a false contour is provided. A driver digitally drives each pixel by obtaining a plurality of bit data from pixel data for one pixel to assign the plurality of bit data to a corresponding subframe; configuring one frame with a predetermined number of unit frames; and supplying corresponding bit data in each unit frame to each pixel. Specifically, an analyzing circuit | 2012-07-05 |
20120169786 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light emitting device includes: one or plural light emitting elements having plural electrodes; a chip-like insulator surrounding the one or plural light emitting elements from a side surface side of the one or plural light emitting elements; and plural terminal electrodes electrically connected one-to-one with the plural electrodes, and having protrusions each protruding from a peripheral edge of the chip-like insulator. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169787 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING PIXEL OF DISPLAY PANEL - A method for driving a pixel of a panel includes: during a first frame period: generating N different first pixel driving signals according to a first grayscale level; and during N driving time periods included in the first frame period, utilizing different first pixel driving signals in the N first pixel driving signals to orderly drive the pixel, respectively; and during a second frame period: generating N different second pixel driving signals according to a second grayscale level; and during N driving time periods included in the second frame period, utilizing different second pixel driving signals in the N second pixel driving signals to orderly drive the pixel, respectively. A first pixel driving signal of the N first pixel driving signals and a second pixel driving signal of the N second pixel driving signals that correspond to a same driving order have different signal polarities. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169788 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display and a method for driving the same, which improve image quality by increasing data line charge speed, are provided. In the display, a preparatory charging controller receives current image data to be provided to m current pixels of an nth horizontal line and a current vertical polarity-reversal control signal for vertically controlling polarities of the current image data, compares current image data with previous data provided to m corresponding previous pixels of an n−1th horizontal line, compares the current control signal with a previous one, and determines a logic value of a preparatory charging control signal based on the comparison. A data driver performs either a first operation for connecting and separating m data lines connected respectively to m current pixels, or a second operation for maintaining the m data lines separated, according to the logic value and provides the current data to the m pixels. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169789 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - The image display quality is improved by reducing the afterimage phenomenon of a display image on a plasma display panel. For this purpose, the image display region of the panel is divided into a plurality of regions, the difference between the luminance gradation value in the present field and that in the field immediately before the present field is calculated as the inter-field luminance difference. Then, the number of pixels where the inter-field luminance difference is lower than a predetermined luminance comparison value is counted, and the counting result is set as a first count value. The number of edges where the difference between the luminance gradation values of adjacent pixels is equal to a predetermined edge comparison value or larger is counted, and the counting result is set as a second count value. The afterimage strength level region is calculated based on the first and second count values. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169790 | APPARATUS, DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND LOOKUP TABLE FOR OPERATING A DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING A DISPLAY PANEL - A method of operating a display device comprising a display panel comprises receiving main and side image pixel data respectively representing a main image (S | 2012-07-05 |
20120169791 | Displays with a Backlight Incorporating Reflecting Layer - Displays comprise light control layers ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120169792 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - Disclosed is a display device capable of compensating unevenness in brightness caused by physical restrictions of a display device or degradation in image quality caused by a partial reduction in contrast occurring in the local dimming technology using human visual characteristics. A liquid crystal panel ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120169793 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRIVING AN ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY - A method and system for driving an active matrix display is provided. The system includes a drive circuit for a pixel having a light emitting device. The drive circuit includes a drive transistor for driving the light emitting device. The system includes a mechanism for adjusting the gate voltage of the drive transistor. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169794 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING PIXEL CIRCUIT - A pixel circuit, display device, and method of driving a pixel circuit enabling source-follower output with no deterioration of luminance even with a change of the current-voltage characteristic of the light emitting element along with elapse, enabling a source-follower circuit of n-channel transistors, and able to use an n-channel transistor as an EL drive transistor while using current anode-cathode electrodes, wherein a source of a TFT | 2012-07-05 |
20120169795 | DISPLAY METHODS AND APPARATUS - The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169796 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided an image display apparatus that corrects the gradation of an input video signal in accordance with an ambient illuminance, in which the adaptation amount of the eye and a surface reflection amount are calculated based on an illuminance signal acquired through a sensor, and the screen luminance of the screen and the gamma conversion for the video signal are controlled based on the adaptation amount of the eye and the surface reflection amount. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169797 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING BRIGHTNESS ENHANCEMENT AND POWER CONTROL AND METHOD THEREOF - An image display device capable of supporting brightness enhancement and power control and a method thereof, in which the brightness and contrast are enhanced and the power of a light source is controlled in accordance with the image characteristic. In the image display method, a parameter representative of an input image is calculated from a histogram of the input image, a model corresponding to the input image is selected from a plurality of representative models by analyzing the parameter, and then a brightness controlling function matched with the selected model is selected. The size of each component of a pixel constituting the input image is controlled using the brightness controlling function, and the output image of the pixel whose component size has been controlled is displayed. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169798 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An organic electroluminescent display includes pixels. Each pixel includes a driver, a capacitor between a gate and a source of the driver, a luminescent element connected to the source, and first and second switches. The first switch is between a data line and a first electrode of the capacitor. The second switch is between a power line and a second electrode of the capacitor. A drive circuit provides a bias voltage to a back gate electrode of the driver so that an absolute value of a threshold voltage of the driver is greater than a gate-source voltage of the driver to place the driver in a non-conducting state, and provides a signal voltage to the first electrode of the capacitor and sets a reference voltage to the second electrode of the capacitor. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169799 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - The display device including pixels has formed therein at least two drive blocks each made up of pixel rows. Each of the pixels includes: a drive transistor; a first capacitor element, a luminescence element; a first switching transistor which causes conduction between the drive transistor and the first capacitor element; and a second switching transistor which applies power supply voltage to the drive transistor. Each of the pixels further includes: a third switching transistor connecting a pixel in a k-th drive block and a first signal line; or a fourth switching transistor connecting a pixel in a (k+1)-th drive block and a second signal line. A first control line for controlling conduction of the first switching transistor and a third control line for establishing a source potential of the drive transistor are connected to each of the pixels in a same one of the drive blocks. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169800 | Display device and driving method thereof - A display device includes a display panel having a plurality of source and gate lines and a plurality of pixels at intersection points of the gate lines and source lines, a gate driver configured to output a plurality of gate driving signals for driving the gate lines, a source driver configured to output a plurality of source driving signals for driving the source lines, a gray voltage generator configured to supply a plurality of gray scale voltages to the source driver, and a common voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of common voltages having different levels and to alternately supply one of the generated common voltages in sequence to the pixels per frame, the source driver being configured to output a source driving signal in response to a data signal in accordance with a level of the common voltage supplied by the common voltage generator. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169801 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR SYNCHRONIZING INPUT AND OUTPUT SYNCHRONIZING SIGNALS, BACKLIGHT DRIVER IN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE BACKLIGHT DRIVER - A method and a circuit for synchronizing input and output synchronizing signals are disclosed. The method for synchronizing input and output synchronizing signals includes detecting an Nth (N is a positive integer) input period of the input synchronizing signal, determining whether the detected Nth input period is the same with a prior (N−1)th output period of the output synchronizing signal, detecting a difference between an end time of the (N−1)th output period and an end time of the Nth input period, if the detected Nth input period is not the same with the (N−1)th output period, operating the detected difference with the Nth input period, and setting the operated value as an Nth output period, and generating and outputting the output synchronizing signal having the set Nth output period. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169802 | LIGHT EMITTING PERIOD SETTING METHOD, DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY PANEL, DRIVING METHOD FOR BACKLIGHT, LIGHT EMITTING PERIOD SETTING APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a light emitting period setting method for a display panel wherein the peak luminance level is varied through control of a total light emitting period length which is the sum total of period lengths of light emitting periods arranged in a one-field period, including a step of setting period lengths of N light emitting periods, which are arranged in a one-field period, in response to the total light emitting period length such that the period lengths of the light emitting periods continue to keep a fixed ratio thereamong, N being equal to or higher than 3. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169803 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of inkjet heads of a multi-drop method, a first controller, and a second controller. The first controller controls ejection of ink drops from a first inkjet head for ejecting a first ink for which print resolution is required, in a manner that a number of ink dots formed in a main scanning direction is great, and that the number of ink drops ejected for each one of the ink dots is small. The second controller controls ejection of the ink drops from a second inkjet head for ejecting a second ink for which coverage over a recording surface of the recording medium is required, in a manner that a number of ink dots formed in the main scanning direction is small, and that the number of ink drops ejected for each of the ink dots is great. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169804 | PRINTER APPARATUS AND ROLLER ASSEMBLY - To provide a printer apparatus which is capable of suitably clamping a printing medium of various types of material/thickness, for example, a sheet-like medium and a plate-like medium with a simple structure and is capable of feeding the printing medium accurately. A printer apparatus in the present invention includes a feeding mechanism having a feed roller provided at substantially the same height as an upper face of a medium support means and a plurality of roller assemblies having a pinch roller disposed above the feed roller and a printing medium placed on the medium support means is pinched between the feed roller and the pinch roller to be fed in the front and rear direction. The roller assembly is structured of an assembly main body and a roller member which includes the pinch roller and is attachable/detachable with respect to the assembly main body, and a clamp state can be changed by exchanging the roller member depending on material and/or thickness of the printing medium. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169805 | SENSOR - A sensor device including a base, first and second proximity sensors mounted to the base at a pre-determined distance from one another, and circuitry programmed to determine presence and speed of an article passing by the sensor device based upon signaled information from the proximity sensors. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169806 | KEY LABELING METHOD - A method for printing a label on a keypad, including the steps of providing a substrate plate, spraying ink on the substrate plate to form a label layer, solidifying the label layer, spraying ink around the label layer to form a primer layer, and solidifying the primer layer. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169807 | PRINTING DEVICE - There is provided a printing device configured to eject a dispersed body containing a solid particle and a liquid. The printing device includes a film and an acoustic head. The film has a first major surface and a second major surface on an opposite side of the first major surface. The first major surface is provided with a first recess accommodating the liquid and a second recess provided on a bottom face of the first recess and accommodating the solid particle. The acoustic head focuses an acoustic wave from a side of the second major surface toward the first recess and the second recess. Thus, even in the case of discharging a dispersed body containing solid particles, it is possible to uniformize the amount of solid particles contained in ejected droplets and it is possible to uniformly make a print. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169808 | INKJET PRINTING METHOD, PRETREATMENT LIQUID FOR INKJET PRINTING AND INK COMPOSITION - According to an embodiment of the present invention, with an inkjet printer, an image is formed by adhering a colorless pretreatment liquid containing a polyvalent metal salt, 3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol, and water to a plain paper thereby subjecting the plain paper to pretreatment, and thereafter, ejecting at least one type of ink composition containing a pigment and water and reacting with the polyvalent metal salt onto the plain paper. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169809 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting head including a plurality of nozzles that eject a liquid, a liquid receiving unit that receives the liquid that is ejected from the nozzles on the liquid ejecting head while having a deformable sheet-like member fixed thereto, and a deforming unit that deforms the sheet-like member. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169810 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT PATTERN PRINTING METHOD - The present invention provides an printing apparatus including a pattern printing unit for causing printing elements in partial regions of first and second printing element arrays to print adjustment patterns on a print medium, the adjustment patterns being for acquiring an amount of printing position shift of the second print head with respect to a printing position of the first print head, an acquisition unit for acquiring an amount of relative inclination between the first and second print element arrays, and a selection unit for selecting positions of the partial regions of the first and second printing element arrays based on the amount of relative inclination between the first and second print element arrays. As a result, consumption of media and ink upon a registration process and the amount of time required for the registration process can be reduced. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169811 | Ink filling device for office machine - An ink filling device for supplying an ink to an ink container of an office machine includes an ink reservoir having an inlet port and one or more outlet openings, an ink casing having a filling member for engaging with the inlet port and for supplying the ink into the ink reservoir, and a connecting device includes a coupling pipe having one end for coupling to the outlet opening of the ink reservoir, and having the other end for coupling to the ink container of the office machine and for automatically filling the ink container of the office machine and for maintaining the ink container in the full or filled level without being filled or operated by the users themselves. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169812 | CONSUMABLE SUPPLY ITEM, FLUID RESERVOIR AND RECIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS - A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of ink. An interior retains the ink while exit and return ports define openings through a housing to fluidly communicate the interior to the imaging device. The opening of the return port is larger than the opening of the exit port. The design slows the return of fluid to the housing which minimizes air bubbles or frothiness in the fluid. During use, ink depletes toward a bottom surface of the interior beneath which the ink is prevented from occupying. A housing section below the interior retains a portion of the exit port so that a bottom of the opening of the exit port is substantially horizontally aligned with the bottom surface. It prevents stranding ink beneath the exit port. Further embodiments include port configuration, construction, and modular components, to name a few. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169813 | CONSUMABLE SUPPLY ITEM, FLUID RESERVOIR AND RECIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS - A housing defines a fluid reservoir for an imaging device. One or more exterior walls define a volume for holding ink to set a fluid backpressure in the imaging device. An opening in the walls is positioned for overflowing excessive ink from the volume to maintain the fluid backpressure within a predetermined operating range. Fluid inlets and outlets connect the reservoir to both a supply item and an ejection head. Ink flows into the reservoir from the supply item. It fills until the fluid rises to a height where it overflows back to the supply item. Less full reservoirs fill as the pump operates, while full reservoirs simultaneously return fluid back to their supply containers. Fluid does not spill from the walls. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169814 | PRIMING SYSTEM FOR INKJET PRINTHEADS - Disclosed is a priming system for inkjet printheads that includes at least one inkjet printhead. Each inkjet printhead includes one or more single color inkjet chips. Further, the priming system includes at least one ink supply unit. Each ink supply unit is fluidly coupled to a corresponding single color inkjet chip for supplying ink to the corresponding single color inkjet chip. Furthermore, the priming system includes a pumping member that includes at least one pumping head. A pumping head is fluidly coupled to the corresponding single color inkjet chip to receive the ink from the corresponding single color inkjet chip, and to a corresponding ink supply unit to pump the ink back into the corresponding ink supply unit. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169815 | TREATMENT LIQUID FOR LIQUID JETTING DEVICE, AND CARTRIDGE CONTAINING THE SAME - A liquid jetting device treatment liquid containing no colorant including a N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone represented by the following General Formula 1: General Formula 1 where R represents an alkyl group having 8 to 11 carbon atoms. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169816 | PRINTER - A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the cartridge is replaced. A release lever is subjected to a bias force so as to protrude from an inner wall surface of the housing portion. The release lever is movable against the bias force. The release lever comes into contact with an end of the cartridge which faces the bottom surface when the cartridge is inserted into the housing portion. The release lever contacts the rear surface of the cartridge housed in the housing portion. The bias force is stronger when the cover is in the open state than when the cover is in the closed state. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169817 | RECORDING APPARATUS, ROTARY MEMBER SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND DRIVE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A rotary member support apparatus includes a rotary member configured to receive a force in a radial direction and having at a rotation center a cylindrical bearing portion, and a support shaft to be inserted into the bearing portion, wherein the support shaft is formed so as to have at least two protrusions including curved surfaces internally touching the bearing portion of the rotary member. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169818 | INK JET RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONVEYING RECORDING MEDIUM IN THE SAME - An ink jet recording device includes a recording head, a conveying member, a platen, a supporting member, and a driving member. The recording head ejects ink droplets onto a recording medium. The conveying member conveys the recording medium in a conveying direction. The recording medium has a leading edge and a trailing edge in the conveying direction. The platen is disposed in confrontation with the recording head to support the recording medium while keeping a predetermined distance from the recording head. The supporting member is disposed in the platen to slide in the conveying direction while supporting the recording medium. The driving member drives the supporting member to start sliding in the conveying direction at a starting timing corresponding to a position of at least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169819 | MULTIPLE STEP PRINTING METHODS FOR MICROBARCODES - A system and method for forming encoded microparticles is described. One embodiment includes a method for forming a microparticle, the method comprising providing a pattern, wherein the pattern defines a code element, printing the pattern on a substrate to form a first code element within a microparticle region, printing the pattern on the substrate to form at least one successive code element, such that the first code element and the at least one successive code element are within the same microparticle region, wherein a code is formed by the first code element and any successive code elements. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169820 | Method for Patterning Using Phase-Change Material - A patterned layer over a wafer is produced by depositing a print-patterned mask structure. Energized particles of a target material are deposited over the wafer and the print-patterned mask such that particles of said target material incident on the mask structure enter the mask structure body and minimally accumulate, if at all, on the surface of the mask structure, and otherwise the particles of target material accumulate as a generally uniform layer over the wafer. The print-patterned mask structure, including particles of target material therein, is removed leaving the generally uniform layer of target material as a patterned layer over the wafer. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169821 | CREDENTIAL SUBSTRATE FEEDING IN A CREDENTIAL PROCESSING DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to credential processing devices and methods of feeding credential substrates in a credential processing device. One exemplary embodiment of the credential processing device includes a processing path, a print head, a transport mechanism, a first motor, a substrate input and an input feed mechanism. The print head is configured to print to a surface of a credential substrate that is fed along the processing path. The transport mechanism comprises one or more transport feed rollers that are configured to feed individual credential substrates along the processing path. The first motor is configured to drive the one or more transport feed rollers. The substrate input comprises an input feed roller configured to feed individual substrates from a supply to the transport mechanism. The input feed mechanism has an activated state, in which the input feed roller is mechanically coupled to the motor, and a deactivated state, in which the input feed roller is mechanically decoupled from the motor. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169822 | Information Recording System and Information Recording Method - An information recording system is provided. The information recording system comprises: a recording unit ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120169823 | Printhead Fabrication Methods, Printhead Substrate Assembly Fabrication Methods, And Printheads - Printhead fabrication methods, printhead substrate assembly | 2012-07-05 |
20120169824 | MULTICOLOR THERMAL IMAGING METHOD AND THERMAL PRINTER - A multicolor direct thermal imaging method wherein a multicolor image is formed in a thermal imaging member comprising at least first and second different image-forming compositions and a thermal printer for use in practicing the method. Heat is applied to at least the second image-forming composition while the first image-forming composition is at a first baseline temperature (T | 2012-07-05 |
20120169825 | IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-Based Pre-negotiation of Video Codec For Video Single Radio Video Call Continuity - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to provide pre-negotiation of a video codec. An IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) entity, such as a service centralization and continuity application server (SCC AS), may send a first session initiation protocol (SIP) message to a circuit switched domain entity via an IMS core network. The first SIP message may correspond to a video call in an on-going IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) session. The first SIP message may include one or more video codecs supported by the SCC AS and the UE associated with the video call. The SCC AS may receive a second SIP message from the circuit switched domain entity. The second SIP message may include the video codec, which may be one of the video codecs included in the first SIP message. The SCC AS may send the video codec to a user equipment (UE) associated with the video call. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169826 | MICROPHONE ARRAY APPARATUS HAVING HIDDEN MICROPHONE PLACEMENT AND ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A microphone array apparatus is provided. The microphone array apparatus includes a plurality of first type microphones which are disposed to be hidden in a direction of a target source and surrounded by a cover that passes acoustic signals therethrough, and a plurality of second type microphones which are disposed at both sides of the plurality of first type microphones. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169827 | Method and Device for Protecting User Privacy during Video Telephone Communication - The present invention provides a method and a device for protecting users' privacy in a videophone call, and the device comprises a setting module, a detecting module, a timing module, a transmitting module and a control module. The setting module is configured to configure prompt information of the videophone and the duration of a timer; the detecting module is configured to detect the terminal working state of videophone user in real time; the timing module is configured to perform timing; the transmitting module is configured to transmit the prompt information to the surroundings; the control module is configured to read the duration of timer and prompt information configured by setting module according to the terminal working state detected by detecting module, then to control the timing of timing module according to the read duration of the timer, and to start the transmitting module to transmit the read prompt information. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169828 | VIDEO TELEPHONY METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for enhancing video quality in the video telephony and a mobile terminal for supporting the video telephony method are provided. The video telephony method includes establishing a video telephony session with a counterpart terminal, receiving video transmitted by the counterpart terminal, identifying characteristic of the video data, generating a video quality change command according to the characteristic, and transmitting the video quality change command to the counterpart terminal. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO IMAGE DATA AND VIDEOCONFERENCING SYSTEM AND VIDEOCONFERENCING TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for processing video image data are disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: obtaining multiple channels of correlative video image data and correlative information; combining the multiple channels of correlative video image data into a single channel of panoramic video image data by using the correlative information; and after recombining the panoramic video image data into multiple channels of video image data satisfying a display requirement of multiple display devices, respectively sending each channel of recombined video image data to each display device for display. Therefore, an overlapping phenomenon existing in images shot by a camera may be allowed, so that requirements on a location where a camera is placed and a distance between a user and a camera set are lowered. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169830 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TELEVISION VIDEO CONFERENCING USING A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system and method for providing television video conferencing using a remote computing device is disclosed. The system may comprise an input module of a media manager configured to receive an invite message from a video hub office (VHO) server to enter a video conferencing session with a remote computing device communicatively coupled to at least one of a set-top box and a television. The input module may also be configured to receive video data and audio data from a local input device. The system may comprise a processor module of a media manager configured to convert the video data into a video stream and the audio data into an audio stream and to combine the video stream and the audio stream to form at least one multimedia transport stream. The system may also comprise an output module of a media manager configured to transmit an acceptance of the invite message to the video hub office (VHO) server, and to transmit the multimedia transport stream to the remote computing device to establish the video conferencing session. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169831 | Home Videoconferencing System - A home videoconferencing system interfaces with traditional set-top boxes and typical home A/V equipment. The system includes a camera, a microphone, and a codec module. The module can couple to a modem connected to a television network and can couple to a display and a set-top box. Alternatively, the module can connect to a network for exchanging videoconference data and can connect between the set-top box and the display. The set-top box can connect to the television network on its own. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169832 | Emergency Response Center - The present invention is an Emergency Response Center (ERC) which provides a variety of emergency and information functions in public environments. The ERC operates in a number of modes, including Information Mode, Emergency Response Mode, Security Mode, and Surveillance Mode. The Emergency Response Center functions are software selectable on a large video touch screen. A video screen displays emergency information to users and allows videoconferencing with various authorities as well as any individuals that own the account and apparatus. News, maps, weather, store directories, and other non-emergency information are also displayed by the ERC. The ERC can conduct surveillance of passersby using video cameras configured to stream and record the area in the vicinity of the ERC. The ERC can also scan employee IDs, capture employee facial images, and register employee data in the ERC database. An ERC server allows remote administration of the ERC. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169833 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide an image processing method and device, relating to the field of communications technology. The method includes: receiving at least two channels of images transmitted from a remote conference site; if there is a blind area in splicing of the at least two channels of images, comparing the width of the blind area with the sum of the widths of a left border and a right border of a display apparatus in a local conference site; processing the at least two channels of images separately according to a comparison result; outputting the at least two channels of processed images separately to the display apparatuses in the local conference site for displaying. In the embodiments of the present invention, the optimal image display effect may be achieved and the user experience in a telepresence video conference may be improved. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169834 | View Selection in a Vehicle-to-Vehicle Network - In V2V or other networks in which multiple video cameras can share video data, a network participant ordinarily has the option of selecting a particular video data stream (either generated by local cameras or received from other network participants. To facilitate the process of selecting a video data stream for presentation, the user's vehicle (in a V2V network) receives video data streams generated by other network participants along with identifiers indicating the video data stream actually being presented to the sender. The receiving system identifies the received video data stream by the greatest number of network participants and displays the identified video data stream on the user's in-vehicle video display. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169835 | MULTI-PARTY AUDIO/VIDEO CONFERENCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS SUPPORTING HETEROGENEOUS ENDPOINTS AND PROGRESSIVE PERSONALIZATION - In a method and architecture for multimedia conferencing, each upstream and downstream traffic flow is processed in a custom manner. The custom processing is capable of handling diverse capabilities of end-user devices, diverse access networks over which each conference participant joins the multimedia conference, and/or customizing personalized conference experience for each conference participant. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169836 | Offload of server-based videoconference to client-based video conference - An apparatus in one example, the apparatus comprising a server configured to host a videoconference call comprising a plurality of voice and video streams, the server being communicatively associable with a plurality of clients in the videoconference call. The server being configured to determine a computing capacity of each of the plurality of clients and to hand over hosting the videoconference call to a selected one of the plurality of clients based on a computing capacity, wherein hosting the videoconference call comprises mixing the plurality of the voice and video streams into a consolidated stream, where the consolidated stream is communicated to all of the clients other than the selected client. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169837 | Device and Method For Synchronizing Received Audio Data WithVideo Data - A communication device ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120169838 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEM WITH EYE CONTACT - Methods, devices, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media are disclosed for allowing video conferencing participants to maintain eye contact with each other. A display is disposed between a first video capture device and a second video capture device. The video capture devices capture images of a subject video conferencing participant. Images from the first capture device are associated with images from the second video capture device for transmission over a network to a video conferencing agent of a peer video conferencing participant. Images of the peer video conferencing participant are received over the network and displayed on the display that is disposed between the video capture devices. The video capture devices may be disposed at a height that is approximately even with a focal point of the subject video conferencing participant such that the subject video conferencing participant appears, to the peer video conferencing participant, to be making eye contact with the peer video conferencing participant when he is looking at the images of the peer video conferencing participant on the display. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169839 | WIDE-ANGLE ZOOM LENS AND CAMERA MODULE USING SAME - A wide-angle zoom lens includes a first lens group with positive refraction power, a second lens group with negative refraction power, a third lens group with positive refraction power, and a fourth lens group with positive refraction power. The first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group move along an optical axis of the zoom lens in focusing. The wide-angle zoom lens satisfies the formulas: 1.62012-07-05 | |
20120169840 | Image Processing Device and Method, and Program - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method, and a program, whereby a subject image imaged in a more effective manner can be displayed. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169841 | Downhole Optical Imaging Tools and Methods - A disclosed downhole optical imaging tool includes a light source and a camera enclosed within a tool body having at least two sidewall windows. A first window transmits light from the light source to a target region in the borehole, while a second window passes reflected light from the target region to the internal camera. The target region is spaced along the borehole away from the second window in a direction opposite the first window. In some embodiments, this configuration is provided by angling the first and second windows with respect to the sidewall, or by shaping the windows to cast and receive light from a “forward” direction. Some tool embodiments include motion and/or orientation sensors that are employed by a processor to combine separately captured images into a panoramic borehole image. It can be employed during drilling operations employing air or a substantially transparent liquid as a drilling fluid. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169842 | IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMMERSIVE SURVEILLANCE - Security guards at large facilities, such as airports, monitor multiple screens that display images from individual surveillance cameras dispersed throughout the facility. If a guard zooms with a particular camera, he may lose image resolution, along with perspective on the surrounding area. Embodiments of the inventive Imaging System for Immersive Surveillance (ISIS) solve these problems by combining multiple cameras in one device. When properly mounted, example ISIS systems offer up to 360-degree, 240-megapixel views on a single screen. (Other fields of view and resolutions are also possible.) Image-stitching software merges multiple video feeds into one scene. The system also allows operators to tag and follow targets, and can monitor restricted areas and sound an alert when intruders breach them. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169843 | Method and Apparatus for 3DTV Image Adjustment | 2012-07-05 |
20120169844 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image processing method for creating a disparity image for 3D display from a 2D video image includes detecting based on a first image of the 2D video image in a time and a second image in a time different from the first image, motion vectors between the first and second images for each block of the first image, detecting from the motion vectors, a most backward vector of a portion whose depth is on the back side, calculating differential vectors between each motion vector and the most backward vector and giving a depth on a close to the block of the first image corresponding to the motion vector having the larger differential vector and creating one or more disparity images from the first image and the depth. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169845 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE SAMPLING VIDEO CONTENT - In a method of encoding video, the video is analyzed to determine a sampling format for the video from a plurality of sampling formats. The video is sampled using the determined sampling format to produce a video portion having a subset of information of the video. The video portion is encoded to form an output bit stream. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169846 | METHOD FOR CAPTURING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A method for capturing a three dimensional (3D) image by using a single-lens camera is provided. First, a first image is captured. According to a focus distance of the single-lens camera in capturing the first image and an average distance between two human eyes, an overlap width between the first image and a second image required for capturing the second image of the 3D image is calculated. Then, the first image and a real-time image captured by the single-lens camera are displayed, and an overlap area is marked on the first image according to the calculated overlap width. A horizontal shift of the single-lens camera is adjusted, to locate the real-time image in the overlap area. Finally, the real-time image is captured as the second image, and the first and second images are output as the 3D image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169847 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SCENE DESIGN SIMULATION - A method performs scene design simulation using an electronic device. The method obtains a scene image of a specified scene, determines edge pixels of the scene image, fits the edge pixels to a plurality of feature lines, and determines a part of the feature lines to obtain an outline of the scene image. The method further determines a vanishing point and a plurality of sight lines of the specified scene to create a 3D model of the specified scene, and adjusts a display status of a received virtual 3D image in the 3D model of the specified scene according to the vanishing point, the sight lines, and an actual size of the specified scene. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169848 | Image Processing Systems - An image processing system includes a calculation unit, a reconstruction unit, a confidence map estimation unit and an up-sampling unit. The up-sampling unit is configured to perform a joint bilateral up-sampling on depth information of a first input image based on a confidence map of the first input image and a second input image with respect to an object and increase a first resolution of the first input image to a second resolution to provide an output image with the second resolution. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169849 | AUTOMATED EXTENDED DEPTH OF FIELD IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An imaging apparatus and method enables an automated extended depth of field capability that automates and simplifies the process of creating extended depth of field images. An embodiment automates the acquisition of an image “stack” or sequence and stores metadata at the time of image acquisition that facilitates production of a composite image having an extended depth of field from at least a portion of the images in the acquired sequence. An embodiment allows a user to specify, either at the time of image capture or at the time the composite image is created, a range of distances that the user wishes to have in focus within the composite image. An embodiment provides an on-board capability to produce a composite, extended depth of field image from the image stack. One embodiment allows the user to import the image stack into an image-processing software application that produces the composite image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169850 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A 3D IMAGE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for displaying an image and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a more convenient and pleasant 3D stereoscopic image appreciating environment can be provided to a user. The present invention includes a display unit including a parallax generating means for displaying a 3D stereoscopic image of a binocular disparity type, a memory unit configured to store first to third images, and a controller determining a prescribed display condition, the controller, if a first condition is met, controlling the 3D stereoscopic image to be displayed via the display unit using the first image and the second image, the controller, if a second condition is met, controlling the 3D stereoscopic image to be displayed via the display unit using the first image and the third image. Preferably, the first to third images include images of a common object in different viewpoints, respectively. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169851 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SHUTTER GLASSES - A method for controlling shutter glasses in synchronization with a video signal, comprising the steps of receiving a shutter glasses driving signal, the signal indicating the opening and closing time of shutter glasses, receiving a L/R side selection signal, the signal indicating the left or the right eye for which the a video frame of the video signal is displayed, opening or closing the left of right shutter glass according to the value of shutter glasses driving signal and the L/R side selection signal, wherein the method further comprises the steps of monitoring a screen programming signal at a display unit on which the video signal is to be displayed and processing the screen programming signal to generate the shutter glasses driving signal. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169852 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - Disclosed are a display apparatus and a system including the same. A 3-dimensional (3D) display apparatus includes a display unit; a video signal processor which extracts frame sync signals corresponding to a left-eye image and a right-eye image from a predetermined 3D video signal, and processes the left-eye image and the right-eye image to be alternately displayed on the display unit; and a first communication unit which communicates with an external 3D display apparatus, and transmits a display sync signal based on the extracted frame sync signal to the external 3D display apparatus so that a 3D image displayed in the external 3D display apparatus can be synchronized with order of the left-eye image and the right-eye image displayed on the display unit. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169853 | SHUTTER CONTROL SYSTEM AND IMAGE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image apparatus with reduced three-dimensional (3D) crosstalk includes a shutter control system including an infrared (IR) signal transmitter configured to receive from a display device for displaying two or more light-off sections and two or more light-on sections arranged alternately in one image frame, information corresponding to the light-off sections and the light-on sections, and to output an IR signal corresponding to the information, the IR signal corresponding to a start of a first light-off section of the light-off sections in the image frame, and a shutter controller configured to receive the IR signal, and to control opening or closing of a left shutter and a right shutter in accordance with the IR signal. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169854 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, 3D GLASSES, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display apparatus, three-dimensional (3D) glasses and a control method thereof. The method of controlling three-dimensional (3D) glasses for a display apparatus includes: synchronizing clocks for communicating with the 3D glasses; generating drive timing information for driving shutters of the 3D glasses from the synchronized clocks and a frame sync signal of a displayed image; and transmitting a glasses control message, comprising the drive timing information, to the 3D glasses. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169855 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-SENSE ACQUISITION - A system for real-sense acquisition, connected to an image obtaining device, includes a sensing means, an environment setting means, a real-sense effect metadata creation means and a start/end processing means. The sensing means creates sensing data by sensing environment around the image obtaining device. The environment setting means sets a reference value for extracting effective data from the sensing data created by the sensing means. The real-sense effect metadata creation means creates real-sense effect metadata by extracting effective data based on the reference value set by the environment setting means from the sensing data created by the sensing means. The start/end processing means controls an operation of the sensing means based on start and end times when the image obtaining device obtains an image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169856 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIRE REGISTRATION - The present application includes systems and methods for capturing information for registering the tires to enable submission of the registration information electronically. In order to capture the required information, embodiments utilize techniques to capture both information about an end-user, and information about a tire being purchased. Captured information may be populated into appropriate registration fields and sent to a third party in order to be utilized in the event of a tire recall or other emergency situation. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169857 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STORING ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE - An endoscope apparatus has an LCD which displays an endoscopic image, and an operation section. The endoscope apparatus stores an endoscopic image in a storage destination folder which is set as a storage destination for the endoscopic image from a plurality of folders which are created in a storage device in advance, displays information indicating the storage destination folder in a state in which the endoscopic image is displayed in the display section, and changes the storage destination folder in response to an operation of the operation section. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169858 | ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An endoscopic image reproducing apparatus has an image pickup section that picks up an image of an object, an image generating unit that generates image data based on an image signal, an acceleration measuring section that measures accelerations of the image pickup section, a moving image file generating section that generates a moving image file including the image data and the acceleration data, a reading section that reads the image data and the acceleration data from the moving image file, a calculating section that calculates a position and a direction of the image pickup section at a certain time of a moving image based on an acceleration, an associating section that associates the position and direction of the image pickup section with the image data at that time, and an insertion path calculating section that calculates an insertion path based on the position of the image pickup section. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169859 | DETECTION OF WHEN A CAPSULE CAMERA ENTERS INTO OR GOES OUT OF A HUMAN BODY AND ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS - A method for detecting a capsule camera entering into or exiting the GI tract, includes (a) taking a first test image under the condition that an illumination system of the capsule camera is disabled; (b) taking a second test image under the same condition as the first test image; (c) comparing selected corresponding pixel values of the first test image and the second test image to determine if a significant change in pixel values has occurred; and (d) upon detecting the significant change in pixel values, determining if the capsule camera has entered or exited the GI tract, and performing operations appropriate to follow such determination. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169860 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF A BODY PART GESTURE TO INITIATE A WEB APPLICATION - The present invention relates a system and method in a wire communication network for using a movement pattern of a selected body part of a user by a computer system to invoke a network application. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169861 | AUGMENTED ROAD SCENE ILLUSTRATOR SYSTEM ON FULL WINDSHIELD HEAD-UP DISPLAY - A method to dynamically register a graphic on a driving scene of a vehicle utilizing a graphic projection display includes monitoring a user input indicated to a portion of the graphic projection display, determining a graphic representing a user-defined content based on the monitored user input indicated to the portion of the graphic projection display, dynamically registering a location of the graphic upon the graphic projection display corresponding to the driving scene of the vehicle, and displaying the graphic upon the graphic projection display. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169862 | Digital Microscope System - Disclosed is a digital microscope system capable of controlling two or more microscope units with a controlling unit. The digital microscope system includes (i) two or more microscope units, (ii) a camera interface, (iii) a controlling unit and (iv) a light output device. The microscope unit includes a lens tube, a digital camera, a light terminator and a stand. The camera interface includes two or more camera interface (I/F) channels and a camera interface channel selector. The controlling unit includes a memory, a display device, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a power supply. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169863 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PATHOGENS - The invention discloses an apparatus and method for automatic detection of pathogens within a sample. The apparatus and method are especially useful for high-throughput and/or low-cost detection of parasites with minimal need for trained personnel. The invention entails automated microscopic data acquisition, and performing image processing of images captured from a sample using classification algorithms. Visual classification features of structures are extracted from the image and compared to visual classification features associated with known pathogens. A determination is reached whether a pathogen is present in the sample; and if present, the pathogen may be identified to a pathogen species. Diagnosis is rapid and does not require medically trained personnel. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169864 | Method for Correcting Image Distortions in a Confocal Scanning Microscope - In order to identify scan coordinate values (φ | 2012-07-05 |
20120169865 | Image Capturing Device with Waterproofing - An image capturing device with waterproofing, comprising a main body, a first sensing unit, and a pressure control module. The main body has a containing space for containing an electronic component set. The first sensing unit is disposed at the outside of the main body and used for sensing the pressure where the main body is located to obtain a first pressure value. The pressure control module is disposed in the containing space of the main body and electrically connected to the first sensing unit. By using a second pressure sensing unit to sense the pressure of the containing space, the pressure control module obtains a second pressure value and compares the relative deviation of the first pressure value and the second pressure value through a processing unit to adjust the inner pressure of the image capturing devices. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169866 | THERMAL IMAGER WITH NON-UNIFORMITY CORRECTION - Infrared cameras are susceptible to fixed-pattern noise artifacts. These artifacts are due to numerous sources and typically show up as non-uniformities in an IR image of a uniform scene. Devices for and methods of refining non-uniformity corrections in an infrared (IR) camera are provided that correct for remaining fixed pattern noise. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169867 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MEAUREMENT FUNCTION AND MEAUREMENT METHOD THEREOF - A method for measuring size of an object is provided. The method includes controlling a distance measurement unit to measure a vertical distance between an electronic device and the object in response to a measurement operation, controlling an image capturing unit to capture an image in front of the electronic device, which includes an image of the object in response to the measurement operation. Computing an actual size of the captured area according to the distance measured by the distance measurement unit and an angle of view of the image capturing unit. In addition, obtaining the image of the object from the captured image, and further computing the proportion of the image of the object in the captured image. Then computing the size of the object according to the proportion and the actual size of the captured area, and displaying the measured size of the object. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169868 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SIZES OF OBJECTS IN IMAGE - Method and apparatus for measuring sizes of objects by using photograph. Method includes taking photograph by using camera; recognizing reference scale in photograph and measuring size of reference scale; measuring vertical direction angle and horizontal direction angle between the camera and the objects by using image properties of the recognized reference scale; recognizing the objects in the photograph and measuring vertical sizes and horizontal sizes of the objects; and acquiring actual vertical sizes and actual horizontal sizes of the objects by compensating the measured vertical size and the measured horizontal size of the objects based on the size of the reference scale, the actual size of the reference scale, and the vertical and horizontal direction angles. Therefore, heights and widths of objects distributed throughout a wide area may be precisely measured regardless of positions of the objects by using a reference scale for comparatively measuring sizes of the objects. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169869 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BENDING PROPERTIES OF GOLF CLUB SHAFTS - A method and apparatus is provided for determining the bending of a golf club shaft having a first end of the shaft supported between two rollers in a two-point cantilevered mount. The second end of the shaft is deflected a predetermined amount or by a predetermined weight. A digital image is taken of the undeformed and deformed configurations, and the number of pixels between the undeformed and deformed positions is used to calculate one of the deflection, slope, curvature or stiffness of the shaft at various locations on the shaft. For adjustability, the two rollers are relatively positioned. If a deflection mechanism is used on the second shaft end, the deflection mechanism can also be positionable to vary the load on the shaft. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169870 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION IN SURVEILLANCE DOMES - Techniques are discussed for correcting optical aberrations that exist in surveillance domes that have spherical and non-spherical parts. For example, the image quality of a surveillance camera is reduced when it focuses on an object through a non-spherical base of a surveillance dome. This image quality reduction could potentially compromise the security of the area monitored by the surveillance camera by failing to provide enough detail to identify individuals or other objects of interest. Utilizing a corrective optical element to provide curvature to a wavefront that travels through the non-spherical base, however, helps preserve the image quality of the camera and thereby helps maintain the integrity of the surveillance system. | 2012-07-05 |