31st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090189917 | PROJECTION OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS ON INTERACTIVE IRREGULAR DISPLAYS - A method for displaying images on a curved display surface is described herein. The method includes receiving a graphical object and distorting the graphical object at run-time such that an appearance of the graphical object on the curved display surface will be substantially similar regardless of a position of the graphical object on the curved display surface when viewed at a viewing axis that is approximately orthogonal to a plane that is tangential to the curved display surface at a center of the graphical object. The method may further include displaying the graphical object on the curved display surface. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189918 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST 90 DEGREE ROTATION OF ARRAYS - A method and system to rotate a 2 | 2009-07-30 |
20090189919 | IMAGE SCALING METHOD - An image scaling method is disclosed. In the image scaling method, at first dividing an original image into a plurality of original image columns, wherein each of the original image columns comprises original pixel rows. Thereafter respectively performing a scaling step on the original image columns, thereby generating scaled image columns. Then combining each of the scaled image columns. In the scaling step, writing some of the original pixel rows into a buffer, wherein the buffer is first in first out (FIFO) buffer. Thereafter performing an interpolation on the data stored in the buffer to generate first scaled pixel rows. Then sequentially writing the other original pixel rows into the buffer, and performing the interpolation on the data stored in the buffer after each one of the other original pixel rows is written into the buffer, thereby generating second pixel rows. Thereafter combining the first and second pixel rows. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189920 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT BASED AUTOMATIC ZOOMING FOR DOCUMENT VIEWING ON SMALL DISPLAYS - Described is a technique for viewing a document page on a small display such as a mobile phone or PDA. The page can come from a scanned document (bitmap image) or an electronic document (text and graphics data plus metadata). The page with text and graphics is segmented into regions. For each region, a scale-distortion function is constructed based on image analysis. During interactive viewing of the document, as the user navigates by moving the viewport around the page, the zoom factor will be automatically adjusted by optimizing the scale-distortion functions of the regions in the viewport. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189921 | Display Device and Method for Driving the Same - The invention provides a driving method of a semiconductor display device in which generation of a pseudo contour can be suppressed while the operating frequency of a driver circuit is suppressed. Furthermore, the invention provides a driving method of a semiconductor display device in which generation of a pseudo contour can be suppressed while the decrease in image quality is suppressed. In a semiconductor display device including a plurality of pixels, tables each storing data for determining a subframe period for light emission among a plurality of subframe periods are provided for a plurality of arbitrary pixels among the plurality of pixels respectively. The table is stored in a memory. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189922 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An image display apparatus includes a light-source driving circuit that drives a light source to cyclically change brightness. A control unit controls a pixel to turn on and off over a plurality of subfields in a field so that transmittance or reflectance in the pixel over the plurality of subfields in the field corresponds to a gray level specified for the pixel. The control unit also arranges the plurality of subfields such that two or more gray-level defining subfields maintain a predetermined relationship with respect to the cyclical change in brightness of the light source caused by drive of a light-source driving circuit. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189923 | Laser Projector - Disclosed is a laser projector to display an image having a predetermined number of gradations by a combination of n division gradations, each being set with a maximum luminance, comprising: a storage section to store a luminance value of each of the gradations, and division signals being associated with each other, each of the division signals corresponding to an intensity of each of the division gradations, and the division gradations being combined with each other to represent the luminance value; a determination section to determine the division signal of each of the division gradations corresponding to the luminance value of each pixel which constitutes the image; and a signal output section to divide a display period of the each pixel into n intervals, and to sequentially output the division signal of each of the division gradations to a light source in a predetermined order, in each of the intervals. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189924 | DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THEM - A display driving device for driving a plurality of display pixels provided with a light emitting element which performs color display, is provided with a signal converter which is supplied a display data including a plurality of color components corresponding to the plurality of display pixels and corresponds to a predetermined number of two or more display pixels having the light emitting elements of different light emission colors from each other, based on a single conversion characteristic, different gamma correction curves corresponding to the color component, which corresponds to the light emission color of each of the light emitting elements in the predetermined number of display pixels, are generated, the color component of the display data is converted with the use of each of the gamma correction curves, and a gradation signal for driving the light emitting element in each of the display pixels is generated. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189925 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a driving method thereof are provided. The driving method includes the steps of: transmitting video data to the LCD according to a first frequency, and processing the video data according to a first gamma look-up table to obtain a bright region image; transmitting the video data to the LCD according to the first frequency, and processing the video data according to a second gamma look-up table to obtain a dark region image; and stacking the bright region image and the dark region image in sequence so as to display an image displayed on an LCD panel of the LCD. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189926 | Tachograph for a Motor Vehicle - A tachograph for a motor vehicle comprises a guide element for guiding a paper strip in relation to a printing group. The guide element requires no pretensioning means and is connected to the printing group via a carrier. As a result, the paper strip is reliably aligned in relation to the printing couple. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189927 | Tachograph for a Motor Vehicle - In a tachograph for a motor vehicle having a holder for a paper strip, which is wound onto a paper roll, and a printing unit, means for prestressing the paper strip against a stop are provided. This reliably keeps the paper strip in an envisaged position with respect to the printing unit. A printout produced by the printing unit is thus oriented on the paper strip with respect to a zero line. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189928 | COLORING MATERIAL RECORDING DEVICE, COLORING MATERIAL RECORDING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A coloring material recording device comprises a plurality of image recording elements and a control unit. The plurality of image recording elements record with a plurality of coloring materials on a recording medium and form an image, and one of the plurality of image recording elements is provided for each of the coloring materials. The control unit controls the plurality of image recording elements such that detection images of at least two coloring materials of the plurality of coloring materials overlap each other on the recording medium. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189929 | CONTINUOUS PAPER WEB DUPLEX INKJET PRINTING UNIT - It is sought to reduce the planar area on which a continuous paper web duplex inkjet printing unit is installed. To this end, a continuous paper web duplex inkjet printing unit for inkjet printing on both sides of a continuous paper web with an inkjet printing head in an inkjet printer is configured to comprise a plurality of inkjet printers | 2009-07-30 |
20090189930 | FAST-DRYING, RADIOFREQUENCY-ACTIVATABLE INKJET INKS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THEIR USE - The present invention provides methods of drying radiofrequency-activatable inkjet inks, methods for customizing the radiofrequency parameters of an RF source based on pre-selected printing conditions, and methods for selecting or formulating an RF inkjet ink composition based on pre-selected printing conditions and/or printing equipment. The invention further provides radiofrequency-activatable inks having customized radiofrequency susceptibility profiles and to sets of such radiofrequency-activatable inks. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189931 | LIQUID STORING DEVICE AND LIQUID STORING CARTRIDGE - A liquid storing device includes a storage unit that stores a liquid to be consumed and a rotation member inside the storage unit that rotates around a rotation axis. A blade member is installed to the rotation member to be movable in the axis direction of the rotation axis with respect to the rotation member and has a specific gravity smaller than that of the liquid. A detection member detects the blade member when the blade member is located vertically at a detection position. When the rotation member rotates in one direction, the blade member agitates the liquid while moving toward the lower side of a liquid surface of the liquid in the vertical direction along the axis direction in accordance with rotation of the rotation member. When the rotation member stops rotating, the blade member floats toward the liquid surface due to buoyancy of the liquid. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189932 | DROPLET EMITTING APPARATUS HAVING PIEZOELECTRIC VOLTAGE GENERATOR AND METHOD OF EMITTING A DROPLET USING THE SAME - Provided are a droplet emitting apparatus and a method of emitting droplets using the same. The apparatus includes a solution tank for containing a solution; a nozzle including an opening through which at least a droplet of the solution is emitted; and a voltage generator including a piezoelectric material for generating a voltage by instantaneous pressure application, wherein the voltage generated by the pressure to the piezoelectric material is applied to the solution in order for the at least a droplet of the solution to be emitted through the nozzle | 2009-07-30 |
20090189933 | Nozzle missing determining device for liquid ejecting apparatus , liquid ejecting apparatus, and method of determining nozzle missing - A nozzle missing determining device that determines a nozzle missing state of a liquid ejecting apparatus, the nozzle missing determining device determines whether all the nozzles having predetermined positional relationship are non-ejection nozzles based on a test result data, the predetermined positional relationship includes positional relationship of nozzles of which dots that are formed by a same type of liquid are next to each other in accordance with the determined record mode. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189934 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium by scanning the recording medium with a recording head for discharging ink includes a thinning unit configured to thin data for discharging ink by the recording head on a plurality of areas formed by dividing scanning regions including at least a first scanning region and a second scanning region to be recorded each by one scan of the recording head in the scan direction, and a recording head drive unit configured to discharge ink by driving the recording head based on data which has been thinned by the thinning unit, wherein a boundary between the areas in the first scanning region is located in a different position from that of a boundary between areas in the second scanning region, which is adjacent to the first scanning region, in the scan direction. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189935 | BARCODE PRINTING DEVICE AND BARCODE PRINTING METHOD - A barcode printing device, which forms one image using plural same-color heads arranged in parallel, generates a barcode in which the effect of variations in landing position accuracy, caused by variations in the conveyance, is minimized. The barcode printing device comprises plural line heads | 2009-07-30 |
20090189936 | HEAD UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A head unit includes: a first nozzle group which has a plurality of nozzles ejecting liquid droplets onto a medium to form an image; a second nozzle group which has a plurality of nozzles which do not eject liquid droplets onto the medium, while the nozzles of the first nozzle group eject the liquid droplets onto the medium to form the image; and a controller which determines whether to eject the liquid droplets from each of the nozzles of the first nozzle group on the basis of data individually corresponding to the nozzles of the first nozzle group and which commonly determines whether to eject the liquid droplets from the nozzles of the second nozzle group on the basis of data commonly corresponding to the nozzles of the second nozzle group. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189937 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a carriage on which a recording head is mounted that has a nozzle array where plural nozzles for ejecting droplets are arranged, the carriage being configured to be moved in a direction orthogonal to a nozzle arrangement direction; a transport belt facing the recording head and configured to transport a sheet; a print pattern forming unit configured to form a print pattern on the transport belt by causing at least the nozzles at opposing ends of the nozzle array to eject the droplets onto the transport belt while stopping the carriage; a reading unit configured to read the print pattern; a measuring unit configured to measure print positions of plural points of the print pattern in a direction orthogonal to the nozzle arrangement direction; and a detecting unit configured to detect an inclination of the recording head. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189938 | DROPLET DISCHARGE DEVICE, DISCHARGE METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COLOR FILTER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTRO LUMINESCENT DEVICE - A droplet discharge device includes a droplet discharge head; a plurality of carriages that have the droplet discharge head and are arranged in an array; and an arrangement changing unit changing an order of the plurality of carriages in the array. In the device, the droplet discharge device discharges a liquid body to a workpiece while the droplet discharge device scans relatively to the workpiece. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189939 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a movable head provided with a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a liquid; a carry unit for carrying a medium in a predetermined carrying direction; and a sensor for detecting an edge of the medium, the liquid ejecting apparatus controlling ejection of the liquid from the plurality of nozzles in accordance with a result of the detection of the sensor. In this liquid ejecting apparatus, the position, in the carrying direction, of the sensor is at the same position of or on an upstream side of a nozzle located most upstream in the carrying direction, of among the plurality of nozzles. In this way, it is possible to arrange the sensor for detecting the edge of the paper at the most suitable position, and to suppress waste of ink that is ejected from the nozzles. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189940 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus includes a moving unit that can be moved in predetermined directions including a transport direction of a recording medium, a first recording processing unit that is mounted on the moving unit and performs a first recording process in which a first process solution is used for the recording medium, a second recording processing unit that is mounted on the moving unit together with the first recording processing unit and performs a second recording process, in which a second process solution that is different from the first process solution is used, for a recording processing area of the recording medium for which the first recording process is performed by the first recording processing unit, and a control unit that controls the moving unit, the first recording processing unit, and the second recording processing unit. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189941 | Systems and Methods of Priming a Fluid Dispenser - A method of priming a fluid-dispensing head includes heating a fluid in fluid pathways of the fluid-dispensing head prior to fluid-dispensing operations to increase a surface area of gas bubbles in the fluid pathways. A fluid-dispensing head includes a plenum configured to house fluid; at least one dispensing head orifice in fluid communication with the ink plenum; and at least one heating element configured to heat fluid in the head such that gas bubbles disposed within the fluid increase in surface area. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189942 | HUMIDITY CONTROLLED CONTAINER FOR DEVICE INCLUDING A LIQUID - A container assembly includes a container including an inside and an outside, the container being sealed to isolate an environment inside the container from an environment outside the container. An electronic device is disposed inside the container. The electronic device includes an internal cavity, the internal cavity including a liquid. A predetermined mass of desiccant material is disposed inside the container. An air path exists between the desiccant material and the liquid in the internal cavity of the electronic device. The predetermined mass of desiccant material and the liquid maintain a humidity level of the environment inside the container within a desired range. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189943 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus including: (a) a head assembly including (a-1) recording heads having respective nozzle opening surfaces and (a-2) a head frame supporting the recording heads; (b) annular protrusions each of which is to be brought into contact with the head assembly, so as to surround the plurality of nozzles opening in the corresponding nozzle opening surface; (c) a supporting tray elongated in a supporting-tray longitudinal direction and supporting the annular protrusions; (d) a movement mechanism configured to move the head assembly and/or the supporting tray, and (e) a positioning pin projecting from a pin-located portion of the supporting tray. The pin-located portion is outside the annular protrusions, and is located in a center of the supporting tray in the supporting-tray longitudinal direction. The head frame has a positioning hole, into which the positioning pin is to be introduced upon contact of each annular protrusion with the head assembly. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189944 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a plurality of recording heads each of which includes an ejection surface; a head frame; at least one annular protrusion; a support tray; and a moving device. One or more positioning pins are provided in an inner area of the support tray that is enclosed with the annular protrusion, the positioning pins extending in a direction perpendicular to a flat surface which includes a contact portion of the annular protrusion that is come into contact with the head frame, and the head frame has one or more positioning holes into which the positioning pins are insertable in the contact state of the annular protrusion. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189945 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes a liquid droplet ejecting head that includes nozzles that eject liquid droplets in accordance with image information, a nozzle surface thereof being inclined so as to correspond to a peripheral surface of a rotating member; and a wiping member that wipes and cleans the nozzle surface that has been moistened by liquid that has been exuded from the nozzles of the liquid droplet ejecting head, and whose wiping direction is a direction from a downstream side to an upstream side of a direction in which the liquid that has been exuded from the nozzles flows along the nozzle surface due to the force of gravity. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189946 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid delivering apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head having an ejection surface; a maintenance unit including a roller, a sheet member having a liquid receiving section; a sheet-member moving mechanism configured to move the sheet member; and a wiper configured to wipe the ejection surface while moving in a first direction; and a maintenance-unit moving mechanism configured to move the maintenance unit between a maintenance position and a retracted position; a maintenance-unit controller configured to control the maintenance-unit moving mechanism to move the maintenance unit; and a sheet-member-movement controller configured to control the sheet-member moving mechanism to move the liquid receiving section between a receive position and a non-receive position at the maintenance position, wherein, when the maintenance unit is located at the maintenance position, the liquid receiving section is moved from the receive position to the non-receive position without being covered with the sheet member per se while the wiper wipes the liquid ejection region. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189947 | WASTE LIQUID PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is a waste liquid processing device including: a waste liquid tank collecting a liquid cured by irradiation of energy rays as a waste liquid; an irradiation portion irradiating curing energy rays to a liquid level of the waste liquid contained in the waste liquid tank; and an external applying portion applying external force to at least one of the waste liquid tank and the contained waste liquid. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189948 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging apparatus according to a first aspect of the invention includes a liquid discharging head configured to discharge liquid from nozzles in a discharged material transported in a first direction; a carriage configured to mount the liquid discharging head and reciprocate in a second direction which intersects the first direction; and a carriage moving unit configured to reciprocate the carriage, and the carriage moving unit includes a first drive unit and a second drive unit operating independently from each other, and a first supporting portion of the first drive unit with respect to the carriage and a second supporting portion of the second driving unit with respect to the carriage are located at positions displaced in the first direction. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189949 | METHOD FOR ARRANGING PRINT HEAD CHIPS - A method for arranging print head chips, includes: (a) setting a first fiducial mark and a second fiducial mark on a PCB for determining coordinate positions of a plurality of array units that are arranged on the PCB and calculating a print range of the array units, wherein each array unit has a plurality of spots that are transversely arranged from the first one of the spots to the last one of the spots in sequence; (b) setting a third fiducial mark as a start point for arranging the first spot of a first array unit of the array units on the PCB; and (c) arranging other array units on the PCB in sequence according to the coordinate positions and the start point. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189950 | LIQUID BODY DISCHARGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID BODY - A liquid body discharge device includes: a head; and a plurality of nozzles provided to the head. In the device, a liquid body is discharged from the plurality of nozzles to a liquid body discharged region of a substrate by moving one of the substrate and the head, and the nozzles are aligned in a first alignment direction and a second alignment direction. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189951 | INK JET PRINT HEAD - An ink jet print head is provided which is highly reliable in recovering its performance by removing bubbles accumulated in the ink paths to reliably prevent print quality degradations in bi-directional printing. In the ink ejection member having an odd number of arrayed ink supply ports to supply ink to the ejection openings, the ink colors of the ink supply ports are arranged laterally symmetrically and a plurality of ink tanks are arranged side by side so that the direction of array of the ink supply ports is perpendicular to the direction of array of the ink tanks. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189952 | APPARATUS FOR JETTING DROPLETS USING SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC NOZZLE - Disclosed is an apparatus for jetting droplets using a super-hydrophobic nozzle, including a body having a chamber formed in the body to receive a predetermined amount of fluid containing liquid and particles and a nozzle formed in the side face of the body while communicating with the chamber to jet the fluid, and an actuator for generating an electric field for jetting the fluid through the nozzle, the side face of the body being of super-hydrophobic, and the actuator including an electrode located in the chamber or the nozzle or deposited on the wall surface thereof, an electrode plate spaced apart from the side face of the body at a predetermined distance with a jetting hole at a position corresponding to the nozzle, a power supply portion for applying voltage between the electrode and the electrode plate, and a control portion for controlling the power supply portion, thereby effectively realizing the initial formation of the meniscus of the fluid upon jetting through the super-hydrophobic nozzle, and increasing stability and efficiency of the jetting even upon repeated jetting. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189953 | INKJET CHAMBER WITH PLURALITY OF NOZZLES AND SHARED ACTUATOR - An inkjet drop ejection apparatus comprises a chamber with a plurality of nozzles, the plurality of nozzles being grouped in pairs, and a plurality of actuators, each of the plurality of actuators being associated with a pair of nozzles and operable to cause ink to be ejected from either one of the pair of associated nozzles. Each of the plurality of the actuators is provided midway between its associated pair of nozzles, and each of the plurality of actuators is adapted to simultaneously move towards one nozzle of the pair and away from the other nozzle of the pair, whereby ejection of ink through the nozzle towards which the actuator is moving is effected. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189954 | INK JETTING STRUCTURE HAVING PROTECTED CONNECTIONS - An ink jetting structure includes a substrate that has a first surface and a second surface. A heater chip is mounted to the second surface of the substrate, and includes a first set of electrical contacts. A printhead circuit member has a third surface, a fourth surface, and an opening configured to receive the heater chip with the first set of electrical contacts of the heater chip being exposed through the opening. The third surface is mounted to the second surface of the substrate. The fourth surface has a second set of electrical contacts attached by wire bonds to the first set of electrical contacts. The third surface has a third set of electrical contacts electrically coupled to the second set of electrical contacts, and electrically connected to a flexible cable for coupling to corresponding contacts on a printer. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189955 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid droplet ejection head that ejects droplets of high viscosity ink. A liquid droplet of an electrically conductive liquid in the liquid droplet ejection head is ejected from the head, which is provided with difference in potential between the head and an opposing medium, toward the medium. Electricity is conducted between the head and the medium through a tail of the liquid droplet. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189956 | DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS USING ELECTROSTATIC FORCE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD AND INK PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a droplet jetting apparatus using electrostatic force, a manufacturing method thereof and an ink providing method thereof. The droplet jetting apparatus using electrostatic force includes a lower electrode unit in which a nozzle and a lower electrode positioned in the nozzle equipped in the upper part of a first substrate, and an ink inflow channel equipped in the lower part of the first substrate are integrally formed; an upper electrode unit having an upper electrode formed on the top surface of a second substrate and an ink discharge hole formed by being penetrated to the upper electrode from the bottom surface of the second substrate; and a bonding layer for bonding the lower electrode unit and the upper electrode unit with each other so that the nozzle is vertically aligned with the ink discharge hole. According to this configuration, the ink used in the droplet jetting apparatus is easy to select, the electrostatic force can be efficiently concentrated and manufacturing processes of the droplet jetting apparatus can be simplified. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189957 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR CAPACITIVE LOAD AND FLUID INJECTING DEVICE - A driving circuit that drives a capacitive load includes a drive signal generator that generates a drive signal that drives the capacitive load via a transistor pair in response to an analog signal. A power-source voltage generator generates high-voltage and low-voltage power-source voltages and supplies the power-source voltages to collectors of the transistors via a high-voltage output terminal and a low-voltage output terminal. The power-source voltage generator includes multiple power sources connected in parallel and a switch unit that connects the adjacent power sources in series each time the drive signal rises above or falls below a predetermined threshold value. The driving circuit further includes a voltage controlling capacitor connected to the low-voltage output terminal of the power source, and a power recovery unit having a switch unit that recovers a charge accumulated in the voltage controlling capacitor back to the power source via the high-voltage output terminal. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189958 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a liquid ejection head that includes a flow path member having provided therein plural liquid chambers respectively in communication with plural nozzles that eject a liquid droplet and are arranged side by side; a vibration plate member that forms at least a part of wall surfaces of the liquid chambers; plural piezoelectric element columns that deform the vibration plate member at positions corresponding to the liquid chambers; a supporting column that corresponds to a partition wall sandwiched between the liquid chambers; and a base member on which the plural piezoelectric element columns and the supporting column are arranged. The supporting column is arranged so as to be sandwiched between a group of two or more of the consecutive piezoelectric element columns in a nozzle arrangement direction. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189959 | Ink-jet head and ink-jet printer having ink-jet head - An inkjet head comprises a plurality of individual electrodes each of which includes a first part and a second part connected to an end portion B of the first part. The end portion B is one of the end portions of a first part in a longitudinal direction of a pressure chamber. The second part of each of the individual electrodes corresponding to a first pressure chamber line is positioned between two first parts corresponding to two respective pressure chambers neighboring each other in a second pressure chamber line, so that an end portion C of the second part crosses over a line connecting each end portion D of the two first parts. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189960 | Inkjet recording apparatus - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a main body and a print head. The main body includes a mechanical portion and a control portion. The mechanical portion includes a pump that pressurizes or draws a liquid(s), such as an ink and/or a solvent, and a solenoid valve that switches between flow channels guiding the liquid to flow therethrough. The control portion controls respective operations including printing and running and stopping of the inkjet recording apparatus. The print head includes a nozzle that atomizes the ink pressure fed from the main body into ink droplets, a charging electrode that electrically charges the ink droplets, a deflecting electrode that forms an electric field that deflects the charged ink droplets, and a gutter that collects the ink unused for printing. The nozzle includes a surface-treated layer that repels the ink to a portion where the ink is supplied. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189961 | LIQUID TRANSFER DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid transfer device of the present invention includes a passage unit, an energy supplier, and a supporter. In the passage unit, a common liquid chamber and a plurality of individual passages branching off from the common liquid chamber are formed. Such a passage unit includes a plurality of plates which are laminated on one another and include a first plate having a hole constituting the common liquid chamber and a second plate. The energy supplier supplies, to liquid in the individual passages, energy for transferring the liquid. The supporter projects inwardly from a side wall defining the hole formed on the first plate, and is continuous from one end to the other end of the common liquid chamber in a laminating direction of the plates so as to support the second plate in the laminating direction. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189962 | Universal inkjet cartridge - A universal inkjet cartridge usable in an inkjet printer the inkjet cartridge having an inkjet tank, the inkjet tank storing ink and having an upper surface and a lower surface is disclosed. Mounted on the lower surface are configurable color identification tabs and mounted on the upper surface are printer identification fins, the configurable color identification tabs are configured to allow the universal inkjet cartridge to be used in multiple inkjet cartridge locations within the inkjet printer identified by the printer identification fins. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189963 | LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid container includes a housing having a supply port leading out liquid contained in the housing, a spring member configured to generate a negative pressure, a flexible member joined to the housing to form a liquid chamber, a plate member disposed between the flexible film and the spring member, a lid member configured to cover the flexible member and secured to the housing, and a rib member movably disposed in a space surrounded by the lid member and the flexible member and configured to regulate the shape of the flexible member and the position of the plate member. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189964 | Ink jet recording device - An ink jet recording device, comprises: a main body equipped with an ink container which accumulate ink, an ink supply pump which supplies the ink, an ink recovery pump which recovers the ink, and a control unit; a printing head equipped with a nozzle which jets the ink supplied from the main body as ink particles, an electrification electrode which electrifies the ink particles, a deflection electrode which deflects the electrified ink particles, and a gutter which collects ink particles which are not used for printing; and a cable in which an ink supply flow path for supplying the ink from the main body to the printing head, an ink recovery flow path for returning the ink particles collected by the gutter into the ink container, an exhaust circulation path which connects the ink container and the gutter, and various signal lines for connecting the control unit and the printing head, are arranged. The gutter comprises two members of an ink flow path block in which ink flows, and exhaust flow path block in which exhaust solvent vapor flows. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189965 | FLUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A fluid discharging apparatus includes: nozzles configured to discharge fluid to a medium; a rotating member having a holding area configured to hold the medium and a non-holding area formed with an opening on a peripheral surface thereof and configured to rotate with the peripheral surface opposed to the nozzles; and a collecting mechanism configured to collect the fluid which does not adhere to the medium, the collecting mechanism including a suction unit configured to suck the fluid through the opening into the rotating member and a storage unit configured to store the fluid sucked into the rotating member. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189966 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes: an ink ejection head having ink ejection openings; a conveyance mechanism which is disposed below the ink ejection head and conveys a recording medium facing the ink ejection openings; a recording medium feeder which is disposed below the conveyance mechanism, is capable of stocking therein a recording medium, and feeds a recording medium to the conveyance mechanism; a refeeder which is partially disposed below the recording medium feeder and which refeeds, to the conveyance mechanism, a recording medium having conveyed by the conveyance mechanism; and an ink reservoir which is disposed below the refeeder and reserves therein ink to be fed to the ink ejection head. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189967 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes: one or more inkjet heads each having an ejection surface having a plurality of ejection openings formed thereon; and a conveyor mechanism which has a facing region facing the one or more ejection surfaces, and conveys a recording medium placed on the facing region. The inkjet recording apparatus further includes one or more moving mechanisms. Each of the one or more moving mechanisms includes a medium pusher which pushes down a recording medium towards the facing region. The each of the one or more moving mechanisms causes the medium pusher to move between a first position and a second position. The first position is such a position where a distance between the medium pusher and the facing region is further than the distance between the facing region and the ejection surfaces. The second position is such a position where the medium pusher contacts the facing region. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189968 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-FORMING METHOD - A heat-sensitive transfer image forming method, containing: superposing receptor layer side of image-receiving sheet and dye layer side of ink sheet, making a thermal head contact with the sheets from lubricating layer side of ink sheet, and applying heat while making the head and ink sheet move at 60 mm/s or more relatively, and thereby transferring dye to form an image; wherein image-receiving sheet has heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles, receptor layer and/or heat insulation layer contains a water-soluble polymer; lubricating layer contains inorganic particles in 0.01-5 mass % to the total solid content of lubricating layer, the particles have Mohs' hardness 3-6 and mean particle size 0.3-5 μm, and the ratio of the maximum width of each particles to the sphere equivalent diameter thereof is 1.5-50; and when 0.7 J/cm | 2009-07-30 |
20090189969 | Line Head Controlling Method and Image Forming Method - There is provided a method for controlling a line head including a focusing optical system, first light emitters, light from which being focused by the focusing optical system, second light emitters disposed next to the first light emitters in a first direction, light from the second light emitters being focused by the focusing optical system, and third light emitters disposed next to the second light emitters in the first direction, light from the third light emitters being focused by the focusing optical system. The method includes turning on the first light emitters at time t0, turning on the second light emitters after a period t1 has passed since the time t0, and turning on the third light emitters after a period t2 has passed since the time t0. The periods t1 and t2 are controlled under the following condition: t2≠n×t1 (n is an integer two or greater). | 2009-07-30 |
20090189970 | Lens Array, Exposure Head, and Image Forming Apparatus - An exposure head includes: a lens array in which lenses are disposed in a first direction; and a light-emitting element substrate on which light-emitting elements that emit light to be focused by the lenses are disposed. Length L | 2009-07-30 |
20090189971 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE AUTOMATED RECEPTIONIST - Methods and apparatus for an interactive automated receptionist system according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a computer system configured to connect to a network. The computer system may control a user interface that responds an individual seeking assistance. The computer system may interactively prompt the individual to make a selection from a set of available assistance options. The computer system may receive a request from the individual to communicate with a party, and the computer system may accommodate the individual's selections, such as by establishing a communicative link between the individual and the selected party. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189972 | System and method for video medical examination and real time transmission to remote locations - A method to generate a video image of a patient at a first location and simultaneously transmit the video image to a video conferencing system at a second location remote from the first location. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189973 | INTEGRATED DESKTOP VIDEOCONFERENCING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a videoconferencing system that has been integrated into a flat panel display or computer monitor. The integration provides an improved form factor for the videoconferencing system. In addition, the integration offers the dual use as a computer monitor and as a videoconferencing system. The system includes a videoconferencing module attaching to a back of the flat panel display. The videoconferencing module has videoconferencing electronics that electronically connect to integral electronics of the display. The system also includes a microphone/camera module attaching to a top of the flat panel display. The microphone/camera module has a camera and microphone that both electronically connect to the videoconferencing electronics. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189974 | Systems Using Eye Mounted Displays - A display device is mounted on and/or inside the eye. The eye mounted display contains multiple sub-displays, each of which projects light to different retinal positions within a portion of the retina corresponding to the sub-display. The projected light propagates through the pupil but does not fill the entire pupil. In this way, multiple sub-displays can project their light onto the relevant portion of the retina. Moving from the pupil to the cornea, the projection of the pupil onto the cornea will be referred to as the corneal aperture. The projected light propagates through less than the full corneal aperture. The sub-displays use spatial multiplexing at the corneal surface. Various electronic devices interface to the eye mounted display. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189975 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FILE, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE, AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR - A file generation apparatus comprises three-dimensional data acquisition means for obtaining a three-dimensional data set comprising distance data representing a three-dimensional shape of a subject, data conversion means for generating a converted three-dimensional data set by arranging the distance data according to distance, and generation means for identifying the distance data at a boundary in the case where the converted three-dimensional data set is divided at predetermined distance intervals and for generating a three-dimensional data file storing the converted three-dimensional data set and storage location information representing a storage location of the identified distance data in the file. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189976 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE SYSTEM - Provided is a stereoscopic image system. The stereoscopic image system includes a display device radiating linearly polarized light, glasses including left and right oculars each including a first polarizer disposed between the display device and the eyes of a user, a second polarizer disposed between the first polarizer and the eyes of the user, and a polarization plane rotator disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, and a quarter wave plate disposed between the display device and the first polarizer. Accordingly, even when the glasses are rotated around a normal line to surfaces of the left and right oculars, a change in the brightness of a stereoscopic image can be reduced. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189977 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPOTLIGHT IDENTIFICATION OF AUDIENCE MEMBERS DURING QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSIONS - A system for identifying audience members and sequencing audience participation, the system includes: a computing device with logic and storage devices electrically connected audience member control panels, audience identification devices, and a moderator or speaker user interface; wherein the audience control panels are configured for individual audience members to make requests; wherein the computing device: receives the audience member requests and position identifiers and places them in a sequential list in the order received; records position identifiers for the audience members in the sequential list; sends the sequential list to the moderator or speaker; retrieves audience member seat coordinates in response to the recorded position identifiers; calculates actuation commands to control the audience identification devices; actuates the audience identification devices to highlight or focus on an audience member; and activates a microphone located in the vicinity of the recognized audience member, while disabling additional audience member microphones. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189978 | MEDICAL SUPPORT CONTROL SYSTEM - A medical device, comprising: a plurality of video interface cards are used for the medical support control system for converting, when a video signal is input from an external environment, a video signal input from the external environment into a common signal and vice versa, said common signal being different from any video signals input into and output from the video interface cards and said common signal being used commonly in the medical support control system; a switching control card for selecting, from among the video interface cards, a video interface card as an output destination in accordance with an instruction given from an external environment; and a plurality of video processing cards are used for the medical support control system for processing the common signal into a video signal appropriate to the selected video interface card on the basis of a video signal expressed by the common signal. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189979 | Method for Providing Images of Traffic Incidents - A method for providing traffic incident information is disclosed. Selected images of a traffic incident are associated with corresponding traffic incident data. The combined information is provided to an end-user application, such as a navigation system, the Internet, and a television station. A user can obtain the combined traffic incident information from the end-user application and/or device to obtain a better understanding of the traffic incident. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189980 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COLOR OF MASK OF MONITORING CAMERA - A method for controlling a monitoring camera, and which includes generating a mask image using a first mask color, synthesizing the mask image on a specific region of a camera image captured by the monitoring camera, detecting a brightness value of the camera image, determining a second mask color corresponding to the detected brightness value of the camera image, and changing the first mask color of the mask image synthesized on the camera image to the determined second mask color. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189981 | Video Delivery Systems Using Wireless Cameras - Systems, apparatuses, and techniques for video delivery can include one or more of the following: a wireless camera arranged in a wearable form factor comprising a battery to provide energy, and configured to generate a video feed, and a base station in wireless communication with the wireless camera and configured to receive the video feed from the wireless camera and process the video feed, and a video portal device communicatively coupled with the base station and configured to receive the processed video feed from the base station and deliver at least a portion of the processed video feed to one or more remote clients. A base station can reserve a wireless channel for the wireless camera for a video transmission. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189982 | ATHLETIC TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An athletic training system ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATTERN BASED THRESHOLDING APPLIED TO VIDEO SURVEILLANCE MONITORING - A system, method, and program product is provided that configures video handlers pertaining to a dependent individual. Configuring includes setting alert thresholds. Visual locations are configured. Visual images that pertain to caregivers of the dependent individual are configured. Video streams are received from video sources. Video streams are compared to configured locations to classify the dependent individual's location. Video stream is analyzed to determine whether the dependent individual is alone or with others. If with others, a list of known persons is determined by comparing the video streams with the configured visual images. The configured video handlers are initiated based on the inputs of the location and the people present with the dependent individual. Video handlers trigger alerts when thresholds are reached. Alerts include performing actions to protect the dependent individual from harm. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189984 | OBJECT VERIFICATION DEVICE AND OBJECT VERIFICATION METHOD - An apparatus for verifying subjects includes: a camera for photographing a plurality of subjects; a subject detector for detecting subject images of each of the subjects from the pieces of image information photographed by the camera; a subject tracking unit for tracking each of the subjects based on the movement of the subject images corresponding to each of the subjects and for forming tracking information of each of the subjects; a tracking information storage for storing the tracking information of each of the subjects; a subject selector for selecting a subject to be verified from the plurality of subjects based on the tracking information; a verification unit for verifying the selected subject; and a notification unit for notifying the verified result. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189985 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR PROVIDING IMAGE QUALITY INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and method for providing image evaluation information is provided. The image processing apparatus includes: an encoder to encode an external image signal input from an image sensor to generate encoded image data; an evaluation unit to evaluate the image data based on analysis information associated with the external image signal to generate evaluation information; and an interface unit to externally transmit the evaluation information associated with the image data. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189986 | BIOMIMETIC MODELLING SYSTEMS FOR REPRODUCING SPREADING PHENOMENA OF COSMETIC AND PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS ON HUMAN SKIN - The invention relates to a skin substitute for investigating the behavior of cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions to be applied topically, where the skin substitute is a three-dimensionally crosslinked polyacrylamide matrix and water and at least one polypeptide is bonded in | 2009-07-30 |
20090189987 | IMAGING APPARATUS - The magnitude of magnetic attraction generated between an electromagnetic coil and a magnetic metal member (or an amount of electric current flowed to the electromagnetic coil) is controlled depending on a direction of acceleration (acceleration caused by the gravity (a gravitational acceleration) and acceleration caused by shake (shake acceleration)) working on an imaging apparatus. This magnetic attraction moves a second slider (including a CCD and a first slider) as a whole toward the electromagnetic coil. This movement brings two inclined surfaces (or fourth and fifth surfaces) of a shaft hole | 2009-07-30 |
20090189988 | System for Remote Control of a Medical Imaging System - A system enables secure, safe remote access and control of stand-alone medical imaging systems whilst maintaining physical separation and independence from the medical imaging systems, to prevent medical system infection by a software virus and data corruption. A system provides remote control and interaction with a medical imaging system and includes a transmitter. The transmitter wirelessly transmits command signals via a first secure communication link to a receiver unit coupled to a medical imaging system. The command signals enable control of the medical imaging system from a remote location. At least one computer receives video data from a camera located near the medical imaging system and monitors medical images and associated data presented on a display of the medical imaging system in response to command signals wirelessly communicated to the receiver unit. A monitor presents the received video data to a user. Also a user interface enables a user to provide commands for controlling the medical imaging system via the command signals from the remote location. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189989 | SCRIPT CONTROL FOR CAMERA POSITIONING IN A SCENE GENERATED BY A COMPUTER RENDERING ENGINE - A system for controlling a rendering engine by using specialized commands. The commands are used to generate a production, such as a television show, at an end-user's computer that executes the rendering engine. In one embodiment, the commands are sent over a network, such as the Internet, to achieve broadcasts of video programs at very high compression and efficiency. Commands for setting and moving camera viewpoints, animating characters, and defining or controlling scenes and sounds are described. At a fine level of control math models and coordinate systems can be used make specifications. At a coarse level of control the command language approaches the text format traditionally used in television or movie scripts. Simple names for objects within a scene are used to identify items, directions and paths. Commands are further simplified by having the rendering engine use defaults when specifications are left out. For example, when a camera direction is not specified, the system assumes that the viewpoint is to be the current action area. The system provides a hierarchy of detail levels. Movement commands can be defaulted or specified. Synchronized speech can be specified as digital audio or as text which is used to synthesize the speech. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189990 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus having a recording mode that is switchable between motion picture recording and still picture recording includes an optical element, a motor that includes a rotor having a magnet, and a stator having a coil configured to provide a rotational force to the magnet, the motor being configured to drive the optical element, a position sensor configured to detect a position of the rotor of the motor, and a driving circuit configured to select, in accordance with the recording mode, first driving configured to switch an electrization to the coil in the motor in accordance with a determined time interval, or second driving configured to switch an electrization to the coil in the motor in accordance with an output of the position senor. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189991 | METHOD AND APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN CAMERA FOR INDIVIDUATION ADJUSTMENT - An individuation adjustment device of a camera includes an initialization module, an image capturing module, a common-difference setting module, a reproducing module, a selection module, and a storage module. The initialization module is configured for initializing a primary parameter value of the camera. The common-difference setting module is configured for determining a common-difference value. The reproducing module is configured for reproducing a plurality of images having different parameter values relative to each other. The parameter values are calculated according to the primary parameter value and the common-difference value. The selection module is configured for selecting one of the images according to the agreement of the user. The storage module is configured for storing the image selected by the selection module. User can select an image having all kinds of individual parameter according to the requirement of the user utilizing the individuation adjustment apparatus. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189992 | Apparatus and method for learning photographing profiles of digital imaging device for recording personal life history - Provided are a photographing profile learning apparatus and method of a digital imaging device for recording a personal life history. The photographing profile learning method learns a user's photographing patterns by recommending at least one previous picture consistent with a user's photographing tendencies, using a recommendation function and a user profile based on a user feedback value and a compensation value, receiving user feedback regarding the recommended previous picture, and updating the user profile and the recommendation function according to the user feedback. Therefore, since photographing settings are performed according to a user's tendency and conditions, it is possible to maintain consistency between a currently photographed picture and previously photographed pictures and systematically produce a visual diary. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189993 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus that can output images with a plurality of resolutions is provided. The imaging apparatus comprises an imaging section ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189994 | Image Processing Apparatus - It is an object to provide an image pickup apparatus capable of changing over the operation mode between a magnification observation mode and a high-speed photographing mode without increasing the fabrication cost. An image processing apparatus includes a mode selection part which selects one of a magnification observation mode and a high-speed photographing mode, a frame-rate conversion part which performs processing for decreasing the frame rate of images created by image pickup, a volatile memory into which image data having a high frame rate from an image pickup part are written during recording operations in the high-speed photographing mode, a moving-image readout part which reads out image data from the volatile memory in reading out image data in the high-speed photographing mode, an image processing part which performs processing for adjusting luminance levels on image data subjected to the frame-rate conversion to create display data and, also, performs processing for adjusting luminance levels on image data read out from the volatile memory by the moving-image readout part, and a changeover part which connects the frame-rate conversion part or the moving-image readout part to the image processing part. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189995 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An image recording/reproducing device of this invention includes the following units. An image signal processing unit generates second captured image signals according to a second method. A first compression unit generates first compressed image data by compressing first image information which is in the second captured image signals and equivalent to the first captured image. A second compression unit generates second compressed image data by compressing second image information which is in the second captured image signals except at least a part of the first image information. A recording unit creates first and second folders, and records the first compressed image data and a first playlist in association with the first folder and the second compressed image data in association with the second folder, so that parts of the first and second compressed image data captured during a same first time unit are recorded in association with each other. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189996 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An image recording device includes: a reference clock generation generating a reference clock; a first compression unit generating first compressed image data by compressing a first picture that is included in pictures in the captured image and that is equivalent to image captured at the first frame rate; a second compression unit generating second compressed image data by compressing a second picture that is included in the pictures in the captured image except the first picture; a first timestamp generation unit generating a first timestamp indicating a time for presentation of the first picture with reference to the reference clock; a second timestamp generation unit generating a second timestamp indicating a time for presentation of the second picture with reference to the reference clock; a first assignment unit assigning the first timestamp to the first compressed image data; a second assignment unit assigning the second timestamp to the second compressed image data; and a recording unit recording, to the recording medium, (i) the first compressed image data assigned with the first timestamp and (ii) the second compressed image data assigned with the second timestamp. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189997 | Methods and Apparatuses for Addressing Chromatic Abberations and Purple Fringing - Methods and systems for detecting and correcting chromatic aberration and purple fringing are disclosed. Chromatic aberration can be addressed by separating an image into color planes and then adjusting these to reduce chromatic aberration by using a specific calibration image (calibration chart) as an empirical method to calibrate the image acquisition device. Purple fringing can be corrected by initially addressing color aberration resulting from the lateral chromatic aberration (LCA). The LCA is first removed and then the correction is extended to purple fringing. A discovery is relied upon that the purple fringing is created in the direction of the chromatic aberration and is more pronounced in the direction of the chromatic aberration. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189998 | Methods And Apparatuses For Using Image Acquisition Data To Detect And Correct Image Defects - A method and device for detecting a potential defect in an image comprises acquiring a digital image at a time; storing image acquisition data, wherein the image acquisition data includes at least one of a position of a source of light relative to a lens, a distance from the source of light to the lens, a focal length of the lens, a distance from a point on a digital image acquisition device to a subject, an amount of ambient light, or flash intensity; determining dynamic anthropometric data, wherein the dynamic anthropometric data includes one or more dynamically changing human body measurements, of one or more humans represented in the image, captured at the time; and determining a course of corrective action based, at least in part, on the image acquisition data and the dynamic anthropometric data. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189999 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR PROVIDING IMAGE QUALITY INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and method for providing image evaluation information is provided. The image processing apparatus includes: an encoder to encode an external image signal input from an image sensor to generate encoded image data; an evaluation factor collecting unit to collect evaluation factor information associated with evaluating of the external image signal; and an interface unit to externally transmit the collected evaluation factor information. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190000 | Audio-Based Attention Grabber For Imaging Devices - A digital imaging device such as a digital camera or a video camera may include the capability to store audio files. These audio files may be generated under user control when the user wishes to take a picture or capture video. The audio files may be played back as attention grabbers to attract the attention of the imaging subjects. After attracting the attention of the subjects by playing back a recorded audio sound, an image may be automatically captured. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190001 | PHOTON COUNTING IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging device includes first and second photon sensors respectively capture arrival times and locations of individual photons on first and second image planes, while optionally capturing photon colors. A stereoptic distance finder identifies source distance of image elements common to both image planes, while a processor correlates the identified source distances to photons within the image elements. A memory stores the arrival times and locations, the color, and the identified source distances. An orientation sensor captures photon sensor orientation in six degrees of freedom. An image processor selects a time span, identifies photons captured within the time span, defines an image field, divides the image field into virtual pixels, and aggregates the colors of photons arriving within each virtual pixel within the time frame, to determine a color and intensity of the virtual pixel. The image processor also aggregates the virtual pixels to generate an image file. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190002 | Digital camera and flash emission control method - A digital camera includes an imaging unit for generating image data, an emission unit for emitting a flash, a face detection unit for detecting face information in the image data, and an emission amount control unit for controlling the emission amount of a flash. A plurality of time points is set in a period from the time when generation of image data is started to the time when a flash is emitted, each as a time point where a detection result of the face detection unit is supplied to the emission control unit. The emission amount for the flash is obtained by selectively referring to the plurality of detection results and performing one of a plurality of arithmetic operations selected based on the referenced detection result. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190003 | Vision-based augmented reality system using invisible marker - A vision-based augmented reality system using an invisible marker indicates an invisible marker on a target object to be tracked, such that it can rapidly and correctly track the target object by detecting the invisible marker. The augmented reality system includes a target object including an infrared marker drawn by an invisible infrared light-emitting material; a visible-ray camera for capturing an image of the TO; an infrared-ray camera for capturing an image of the IM included in the TO image; an optical axis converter for allowing the infrared-ray camera and the visible-ray camera to have the same viewing point; an image processing system for rendering a prepared virtual image to the TO image to generate a new image. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190004 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus includes a zoom circuit for displaying and a zoom circuit for recording. The zoom circuit for displaying performs a zoom process using a least square method or linear interpolation on image data from a YUV conversion circuit so as to create display image data. On an LCD monitor, an image based on the display image data thus created is displayed. Furthermore, the zoom circuit for recording performs a zoom process using spline interpolation or linear interpolation on image data from the YUV conversion circuit so as to create recording image data. The zoom process for recording is executed in parallel with the zoom process for displaying. The recording image data thus created is recorded in a recording medium. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190005 | Method and apparatus providing pixel-wise noise correction - Methods and apparatuses providing pixel-wise noise correction using pixels to provide reference values during pixel readout operations. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190006 | Methods, systems and apparatuses for pixel signal correction using elliptical hyperbolic cosines - Methods, systems and apparatuses for correcting the sensitivity of pixel signals, the pixel signal correction values being determined based on an elliptical hyperbolic cosine function. The function may further be a rotated elliptical hyperbolic cosine function or a polynomial derived from the rotated elliptical hyperbolic cosine function. Using these functions to represent the correction values in memory allows for on-chip storage of the means to determine the correction values. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190007 | Adaptive Neighborhood Filtering (ANF) System and Method for 3D Time of Flight Cameras - A method for filtering distance information from a 3D-measurement camera system comprises comparing amplitude and/or distance information for pixels to adjacent pixels and averaging distance information for the pixels with the adjacent pixels when amplitude and/or distance information for the pixels is within a range of the amplitudes and/or distances for the adjacent pixels. In addition to that the range of distances may or may not be defined as a function depending on the amplitudes. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190008 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and imaging apparatus - A chromatic aberration of magnification is corrected by performing a coordinate transformation with respect to image data including chromatic aberration of magnification, which is obtained from a fisheye optical system, based on | 2009-07-30 |
20090190009 | Solid-state image capturing apparatus, mounting method of solid-state image capturing apparatus, manufacturing method of solid-state image capturing apparatus, and electronic information device - A solid-state image capturing apparatus includes: an insulation substrate including an external lead terminal; a solid-state image capturing element fixed on the insulation substrate and including a microlens; and a transparent glass member positioned above the insulation substrate for sealing the solid-state image capturing element fixed on the insulation substrate, and an electrode of the solid-state image capturing element and the external lead terminal of the insulation substrate being connected by a wire, wherein the transparent glass member is positioned in such a manner that a hollow space is formed between a microlens of the solid-state image capturing element and the transparent glass member, and wherein portions of the insulation film, the solid-state image capturing element and the wire, which are exposed in the hollow space, are all covered with a protective film. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190010 | GAIN-COEFFICIENT ACQUIRING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING SAME - An image processing device includes an initialization module, an optical black detection module, a calculation module, an image capturing module, a gain-value acquiring module, a gain adjusting module, and a pixel value adjusting module. The calculation module is configured for calculating the gain-coefficient. The image capturing module is configured for capturing an image of an object and acquiring the pixel value of each pixel of the image. The gain-value acquiring module is configured for acquiring a gain value according to the pixel values of the image. The gain adjusting module is configured for multiplying the gain value by the gain-coefficient to obtain an adjusted-gain value. The pixel value adjusting module is configured for multiplying the pixel values by the adjusted-gain value to adjust the pixel values. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190011 | Image sensor having high speed operation - An image sensor includes a data formatter and a transformer. The data formatter divides N-bit data into K-bit units with N and K being natural numbers and with K2009-07-30 | |
20090190012 | Solid-state imager device, drive method of solid-state imager device and camera apparatus - In a case when a structure of forming a p+ layer on a substrate rear surface side is employed in order to prevent dark current generation from the silicon boundary surface, various problems occur. According to this invention, an insulation film | 2009-07-30 |
20090190013 | Method and apparatus for capturing an image - A method for capturing an image using an image capturing module with multiple pixels configured in a 2-dimensional matrix and a focal plane electronic shutter function which sequentially slides the exposure timing by constant interval by pixel group which is a unit of predetermined number of the pixels while scanning; the method includes an image data input process for detecting shutter operation, obtaining a reference image while skipping one or more of the pixel groups by sequentially sliding the exposure timing by the constant interval, and obtaining a target image while not skipping pixel groups to be captured, a motion data detection process for calculating the motion data of the target image based on the reference image, and a distortion compensation process for compensating for distortion in the target image according to the motion data. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190014 | WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE SENSOR HAVING A PINNED DIODE WITH MULTIPLE PINNED VOLTAGES - A pixel cell has controlled photosensor anti-blooming leakage by having dual pinned voltage regions, one of which is used to set the anti-blooming characteristics of the photosensor. Additional exemplary embodiments also employ an anti-blooming transistor in conjunction with the dual pinned photosensor. Other exemplary embodiments provide a pixel with two pinned voltage regions and two anti-blooming transistors. Methods of fabricating the exemplary pixel cells are also disclosed. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190015 | Imaging device - The present invention relates to improved imaging devices having high dynamic range and to monitoring and automatic control systems incorporating the improved imaging devices. | 2009-07-30 |
20090190017 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus includes a pixel array including a light-shielded area where light-shielded pixels are arranged, and an effective area where non-light-shielded pixels are arranged. Each of the light-shielded pixels includes a first photoelectric conversion unit, a first charge-voltage converter which converts charges generated in the first photoelectric conversion unit into a voltage, and a first amplification transistor functioning as a MOS transistor which receives, at the gate, the voltage converted by the first charge-voltage converter. Each of the non-light-shielded pixels includes a second photoelectric conversion unit, a second charge-voltage converter which converts charges generated in the second photoelectric conversion unit into a voltage, and a second amplification transistor functioning as a MOS transistor which receives, at the gate, the voltage converted by the second charge-voltage converter. The gate capacitance of the first amplification transistor is larger than that of the second amplification transistor. | 2009-07-30 |