37th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110221808 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING REACTION SOLUTION DOT SHAPE INFORMATION - A reaction solution dot shape information obtainment method to be employed for a transfer type inkjet recording method including applying a reaction solution to aggregate a color material component contained in an ink onto an image forming surface of an intermediate transfer member, forming an intermediate image by applying the ink containing the color material component onto the image forming surface of the intermediate transfer member onto which the reaction solution is applied, and forming an image by transferring the intermediate image from the image forming surface to a recording medium by pressing the recording medium to the image forming surface on which the intermediate image is formed, includes measuring a shape of an ink dot of the intermediate image formed on the image forming surface of the intermediate transfer member or the image transferred onto the recording medium, and obtaining shape information of a reaction solution dot from a measurement result of the ink dot shape. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221809 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A resonance pulse is a voltage waveform substantially containing an expansion element for varying a voltage to expand a pressure chamber, an expansion sustaining element generated following with the expansion element, and sustaining a maximum voltage at a predetermined value, and a contraction element generated following with the expansion sustaining element, and varying the voltage to contract the pressure chamber. A time span from a front end of the expansion element to a front end of the contraction element is set as ½ of an inherent vibration cycle of ink in the pressure chamber. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221810 | PRINTING PROCESS OF FORMING TWO IMAGES ON PRINTING MEDIUM IN OVERLAPPING MANNER - A printing apparatus includes a controller forming an image on a printing-medium by repeating an image-forming-operation of allowing a plurality of nozzle-columns to be moved and allowing the plurality of nozzle-columns to eject ink and a transporting-operations of allowing the printing-medium to be transported. The controller forms a first-image by an image-forming-operation where the moving-direction of a nozzle-column is one direction in a second direction by using a first-image-nozzle-group configured with the nozzles included in the first-nozzle-column. In addition, the controller forms a second-image which is overlapped with the first-image by an image-forming-operation where the moving-direction of a nozzle-column is one direction and by an image-forming-operation where the moving-direction of the nozzle-column is the direction opposite to the one direction by using a second-image-nozzle-group configured with the nozzles of which positions in the first direction are different from those of the first-image-nozzle-group among the nozzles included in the second-nozzle-column. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221811 | PRINTING PROCESS OF FORMING TWO IMAGES ON PRINT MEDIUM IN OVERLAPPING MANNER - The printing apparatus includes a control-section for forming an image on a print-medium by repeating an image-formation-operation and a transport-operation. Through the image-formation-operation, a plurality of nozzle-arrays discharges an ink while a moving-mechanism moves the plurality of nozzle-arrays, and through the transport-operation, the print-medium is transported to the transport-mechanism. The control-section forms a first-image by using a nozzle group for the first-image. The nozzle-group for the first-image is formed of N nozzles included in a first-nozzle-array of the plurality of nozzle-arrays. In addition, the control-section forms a second-image, which overlaps with the first-image on the print-medium, by using a nozzle-group for the second-image. The nozzle-group for the second-image is formed of M nozzles among the nozzles included in the second-nozzle-array of the plurality of nozzle-arrays, and the position of the nozzle-group for the second-image is different from that of the nozzle-group for the first-image in a first-direction. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221812 | System and Method For Improving Throughput For Duplex Printing Operations In An Indirect Printing System - A method for performing duplex printing enables increased throughput in an indirect printing system. The method includes measuring a coverage parameter for image data to be printed, and transforming operation of the printer from a first printing process timing sequence to a second printing process timing sequence in response to the coverage parameter exceeding a predetermined threshold. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221813 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head with a plurality of nozzles that eject a liquid to a medium; the liquid ejecting head has actuators (piezoelectric devices), each of which causes an ejection operation for ejecting the liquid from one of the nozzles and a protrusion operation for keeping the liquid protruded from a nozzle plane in which the nozzles are disposed. The liquid ejecting apparatus also includes a controller that identifies non-used nozzles from which not to eject the liquid to the medium to have the protrusion operation performed for the nozzles and also identifies nozzles from which to eject the liquid to have the ejection operation performed for the nozzles. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221814 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - Two types of decimating mask patterns having different ink gradation ratio distributions are prepared, and in the outbound and inbound passes of a head unit during bidirectional printing, the numbers of times ink is ejected from nozzle rows in recording heads provided for each ink are controlled using mask patterns that differ in accordance with the darkness of the ink. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221815 | Method Of Detecting Drops - A liquid dispensing device ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110221816 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTION METHOD - A liquid ejection device includes first and second heads. A first color conversion table is for converting a tone value of a first color space of a pixel, for which the liquid is ejected from the first head, to a tone value of a second color space corresponding with a color of the liquid, and a second color conversion table is for converting a tone value of the first color space of a pixel, for which the liquid is ejected from the second head, to a tone value of the second color space. For a pixel of an overlapping portion for which the liquid is ejected from the first and second heads, a tone value of the first color space is converted to a tone value of the second color space according to a third color conversion table created based on the first and second color conversion tables. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221817 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a conveying device configured to convey a recording medium to a recording performing region. The conveying device includes a pair of rollers and a pressure device configured to press one of the rollers into the other one of the rollers. The conveying device is configured so that a recording medium sandwiched in the rollers is conveyed by rotating at least one of the rollers, and the pressure device has a pressure load switching mechanism configured to switch a pressure load of the rollers to between a first pressure load and a second pressure load which is lower than the first pressure load. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221818 | INKJET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - An inkjet printer includes a guide rail that faces a medium support member and extends in a scanning direction. A head device includes a carriage movable in the scanning direction along the guide rail. A printer head is mounted on the carriage and is configured to discharge an ink toward a printing medium. An ultraviolet radiation device is mounted on the carriage and is configured to output an ultraviolet radiation toward the printing medium thereby curing the ink that has adhered onto the printing medium after being discharged from the printer head. The ultraviolet radiation device is arranged in the carriage on a side of the printer head in the scanning direction. An intensity controller is configured to control an intensity of the ultraviolet radiation output from the ultraviolet radiation device depending on a direction of movement of the carriage. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221819 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CORRECTING IN PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - A printing apparatus includes a sensor for detecting temperature of a printhead and outputting the detected temperature as a voltage, and a controller for detecting the voltage, which has been output by the sensor, via a cable and controlling driving of the printhead. The apparatus comprises a switch settable to two states, one in which current is supplied to the sensor and one in which current is not supplied to the sensor; and a correction unit that subtracts a first voltage detected by the controller in a case where the state in which current is not supplied to the sensor has been set by the switch from a second voltage detected by the controller in a case where the state in which current is supplied to the sensor has been set by the switch, thereby obtaining a correction voltage corrected for a crosstalk component produced in the cable. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221820 | METHOD OF CALIBRATING TEMPERATURE SENSOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RECORDING HEAD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A method of calibrating a temperature sensor, provided in the recording head, for measuring a temperature of a liquid in a recording head of an inkjet type having nozzles from which the liquid is ejected, includes: an ambient temperature acquisition step of acquiring an ambient temperature where the recording head is located; a sensor output value acquisition step of acquiring an output value of the temperature sensor in a state where the liquid has been filled into the recording head; a calculation step of calculating a correction coefficient for correcting the output value according to the ambient temperature and the output value; and a storage step of storing the correction coefficient in a storage device of the recording head. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221821 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that includes plural recording heads that eject liquid droplets and plural maintenance units that correspond to the plural recording heads. The plural maintenance units are capable of separately moving between opposed positions opposed to the plural recording heads and retracted positions not opposed to the plural recording heads, and the plural maintenance units are retracted into the retracted positions in postures different from postures at the opposed positions. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221822 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus improved in printing quality by reducing the occurrence of chipping at an opening edge of a positioning hole by a positioning pin are provided. The liquid ejection head includes a head body having a nozzle opening that discharges ink, a base plate provided with the positioning pin, and a positioning plate formed of a silicon substrate and provided with the positioning hole, and the head body is arranged at a predetermined position on the base plate by inserting the positioning pin through the positioning hole, and the opening edge of the positioning hole on the side from which the positioning pin is inserted is chamfered. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221823 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD SUBSTRATE AND HEAD UNIT - A liquid discharge head substrate includes an external terminal, a diode, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer. The external terminal is configured to connect to an external. The first conductive layer is connected to the external terminal for causing an input current to flow from the external terminal, and the diode includes an anode and a cathode. The second conductive layer is connected to the first conductive layer and one electrode of the anode and cathode, and causes a surge current generated when a surge voltage is applied from the external terminal, to flow from the first conductive layer to the one electrode. The third conductive layer is connected to the other electrode of the anode and the cathode and passes the surge current flowing from the one electrode to the other electrode. The first conductive layer includes a part laminating with the second conductive layer sandwiching an insulation layer, and does not include a part laminating with the third conductive layer. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221824 | LIQUID JETTING HEAD, METHOD OF CHARGING LIQUID FOR LIQUID JETTING HEAD, LIQUID JETTING RECORDING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF USING SAME - To improve a space factor of a liquid jet head to improve flexibility in designing a liquid jet recording apparatus, and to improve the ability to collect excess liquid to prevent contamination with excess liquid and stabilize jetting of liquid after the liquid is filled, provided is a liquid jet head including a nozzle guard ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110221825 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - Performing a high-speed recording operation using a slender liquid discharge head substrate causes an uneven temperature distribution for each energy generating element because the center portion of the liquid discharge head substrate is more liable to accumulate heat than the end portion thereof, which may affect the quality of a recorded image. For this reason, the surface of the energy generating element which contacts liquid is separated into a first region and a second region in which a protection film is thicker than the one in the first region, and the area in the first region for the element positioned at the end portion of the array of the elements is made greater than that in the first region at the center portion thereof. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221826 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - Provided is a piezoelectric element comprising a piezoelectric layer and an electrode. The piezoelectric layer includes a solid solution of bismuth lanthanum titanate zincate and lead titanate. The molar ratio of the bismuth lanthanum titanate zincate to the lead titanate in the piezoelectric layer is 0.39 or more and 0.61 or less. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221827 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid ejecting head comprising a pressure generating chamber and a piezoelectric actuator having a piezoelectric material consisting of composite oxide. The composite oxide contains bismuth, sodium, barium, titanium, and zinc. A ratio of zinc content to the total amount of titanium and zinc is 0.35 mol % or more and 1.25 mol % or less. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221828 | LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL - A liquid-ejecting head comprises a pressure-generating chamber and a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material contains a complex oxide having a perovskite structure. The complex oxide contains bismuth, sodium, barium, titanium, and copper. The ratio of copper to the total amount of titanium and copper is 0.35 mol % or more and 0.70 mol % or less. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221829 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric layer made of a perovskite compound containing sodium, potassium, lithium, niobium and tantalum and bismuth manganate and electrodes for applying a voltage to the piezoelectric layer. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221830 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head comprises a pressure-generating chamber communicating with a nozzle opening and a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and electrodes. The piezoelectric layer is composed of a compound oxide having a perovskite structure and containing bismuth, ferrate, manganese, potassium and titanium. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221831 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head, comprises a pressure generation chamber communicating with a nozzle opening and a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer and an electrodes. The piezoelectric layer is a perovskite type complex oxide containing bismuth, iron, and cerium. The piezoelectric layer contains the cerium in a proportion of 0.01 mol % or more and 0.13 mol % or lower based on the total amount of the bismuth and the cerium. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221832 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element includes a first electrode which is an individual electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode which is a common electrode. The piezoelectric element is provided with a piezoelectric active section and a piezoelectric nonactive section so as to face the pressure generating chambers. The piezoelectric nonactive section extends to the outside of the pressure generating chambers. On the piezoelectric layer of the piezoelectric nonactive section, a stress controlling layer is provided which has the same direction of internal stress as internal stress of the second electrode and is electrically insulated from the second electrode. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221833 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric layer, and an electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is composed of a compound oxide having a perovskite structure and containing bismuth lanthanum ferrate manganate and barium titanate. The molar ratio of the barium titanate to the total amount of the bismuth lanthanum ferrate manganate and the barium titanate is 0.09 or more and 0.29 or less. A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure-generating chamber communicating with a nozzle opening, and a piezoelectric element as described above. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes the above-described liquid ejecting head. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221834 | PRINT HEAD HAVING INTEGRATED DEFLECTING ELECTRODES - A print head of a continuous ink jet printer includes a housing that holds the components of the printer head. The housing is made of at least two housing parts that can be separated and that are particularly fastened to each other in an articulated manner. A cavity, that is traversed by the produced ink jet, is arranged between the housing parts. An insert is arranged on each of the housing parts and a cavity that is traversed by the ink jet is formed between the joined inserts. Surface areas of a respective insert that bound the cavity merge seamlessly with each other and form smooth surfaces without gaps, edges, or undercuts. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221835 | PRESSURE REGULATING VALVE FOR INKJET PRINTER - A pressure regulating valve for an inkjet printer includes a negative pressure generator including a negative pressure chamber, a pressure receiving member, and a pressure device. A sealing valve includes a pressure chamber, a valve element, and a valve element pressing device. A linkage mechanism includes a communication flow chamber and an operating lever swingably provided in the communication flow chamber and including an arm section, a first engagement section, and a second engagement section. A first length of the arm section is greater than a second length of the arm section. The first engagement section is pressed against the pressure receiving member to swing the operating lever and the second engagement section moves the valve element to open the sealing valve when the pressure receiving member is moved inwardly with respect to the negative pressure chamber against a force applied by the pressure device. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221836 | BULK INK SUPPLY SYSTEM - A bulk ink supply system of an inkjet printer includes a connector, an ink flow path, and an on-off valve. The connector is attachable to and detachable from an ink container. The connector includes an ink guiding path formed in the connector. The ink flow path connects the ink guiding path and an inkjet head of the inkjet printer to supply an ink from the ink guiding path to the inkjet head. The on-off valve allows communication between the ink guiding path and the ink flow path when the ink container is attached to the connector and hinders communication between the ink guiding path and the ink flow path when the ink container is detached from the connector. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221837 | No Spill, Feed Controlled Removable Container For Delivering Pelletized Substances - A solid printer includes a solid ink container that expels solid ink units in predetermined amounts for delivery to a melting device within the printer. The solid ink container includes a housing in which solid ink pellets are stored, an opening in the housing through which solid ink units are expelled, a first moveable member located within the housing proximate to the opening, the first moveable member being configured to move solid ink units through the opening, and a second moveable member located within the housing, the second moveable member being configured to move solid ink pellets to the first moveable member to enable the first moveable member to expel solid ink pellets through the opening in the housing. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221838 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - There is disclosed a liquid ejecting head having a configuration in which a cross-sectional area of an intermediate passage is smaller than that of an upstream passage and a downstream passage to cause a flow speed of ink to be faster in the intermediate passage when the ink flows toward the downstream passage via the intermediate passage without passing through a filter, thereby making it possible to flow air bubbles staying on a face of the filter together with the ink. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221839 | COATING AGENT FOR UV CURABLE INKJET PRINTING - A coating agent for use in UV curable inkjet printing using nonaqueous UV ink. The coating agent includes a main component that is an organic-inorganic nanocomposite, and the coating agent is configured to form an undercoat before the inkjet printing or to form a finishing coat after the inkjet printing and UV curing. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221840 | HEATER UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - The heater unit includes: a locking device selectable between a locked state in which the heater unit chassis is locked in the printer chassis, and an unlocked state in which the printer chassis and the heater unit chassis are unlocked; and a grip portion. When the grip portion is in a first operating position, the locking device is held in the locked state, and when the grip portion is in a second operating position, the locking device is held in the unlocked state. The operating state of the locking device changes in an interlocked manner with switching of the operating position of the grip portion. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221841 | STRIPPING BLADE FOR STRIPPING MEDIA FROM A DRUM IN AN INKJET PRINTER - A stripper blade has been developed for high throughput inkjet printers. The stripper blade includes a metallic blade body having a first thickness that extends to a leading edge having a second thickness that is less than about 25% of the first thickness, and at least one beveled surface leading from the metallic blade body to the leading edge to form a stripping edge that facilitates separation of media from a drum. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221842 | System And Method For Stripping Media From An Offset Imaging Member In An Inkjet Printer - A stripper blade system has been developed for high throughput inkjet printers. The stripper blade system includes a metallic blade having a leading edge that is less than 0.06 mm in thickness, a blade holder to which the metallic blade is mounted, and an actuator that is associated with the blade holder to move the metallic blade into and out of contact with an intermediate imaging member. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221843 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection device includes a liquid ejection unit configured to eject a liquid onto an ejection medium, and an ejection medium support unit disposed on the transport path of the ejection medium and adapted to support the ejection medium. The ejection medium support unit has a suction opening for retaining the ejection medium through suctional attraction by applying suction on a back face of the ejection medium. A rim of the suction opening has a contour rising above a surrounding area of the suction opening. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221844 | TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is a transport apparatus including: a transport roller which is formed in a cylindrical shape such that a pair of facing end portions of a metal sheet is close to each other or abuts on each other, which has a joint provided with a spot welding portion, and in which a high friction layer is formed on a surface thereof to transport a recording medium; and a support portion which supports a portion deviated from the high friction layer of the transport roller so that the transport roller rotates in the circumferential direction. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221845 | RECORDING UNIT - Suction holes are formed in a stacking plane of an output tray, a recording medium recorded by a recording section being placed on the stacking plane. Air above the output tray is drawn through the suction holes, and the drawn air is supplied to the recorded side of the recording medium through an air feed guide disposed downstream of the recording section in the feed direction. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221846 | STACK EDGE IMAGE FORMATION - An image forming method comprises stretching a pixel row to a height greater than that of the pixel row to generate a barcode image. The barcode image is formed on a face of a media page at an edge such that the imaging material forming the barcode image forms the pixel row on the edge of the media sheet. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221847 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - With an electrophotographic image forming apparatus which forms an image by using a plurality of light emitting elements, since a photodiode (PD) is disposed in the vicinity of the plurality of light emitting elements and, therefore, the PD also receives a laser beam emitted only by a bias current during the APC period, setting a bias current based on a result of light amount detection by the PD does not result in a bias current setting with sufficient accuracy. To solve this issue, an electrophotographic image forming apparatus forms an electrostatic latent image pattern on a photosensitive drum, and controls the value of the bias current set for a first light emitting element based on the potential of the electrostatic latent image pattern detected by a potential sensor so that the value of the bias current for the first light emitting element comes close to a minimum value of the drive current supplied to the first light emitting element to form the electrostatic latent image. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221848 | RECORDING MEDIUM SORTING APPARATUS, ERASING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM SORTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an erasing apparatus includes: a recording medium sorting apparatus including a first conveyance guide having a curvature radius smaller than curvature radiuses of all curved surfaces present in a downstream direction in a recording medium conveying path, a second conveyance guide forming the recording medium conveying path in conjunction with the first conveyance guide and set to be capable of opening and closing the recording medium conveying path, and a displacing device configured to open and close the second conveyance guide; and a control unit. If the control unit determines that a jam occurs in the recording medium sorting apparatus, the control unit opens the second conveyance guide to collect a recording medium that causes the jam. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221849 | RECORDING MEDIUM REMOVING APPARATUS, ERASING APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM REMOVING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an erasing apparatus including a recording medium removing apparatus includes: a thickness determining unit configured to determine whether the thickness of a recording medium is equal to or larger than a first threshold, a conveyance guide forming a conveying path for the recording medium; a conveyance guide displacing device configured to lift the conveyance guide if the thickness determining device determines that the thickness of the recording medium is equal to or larger than the first threshold, and a removing mechanism configured to remove, from a recording medium conveying path, the recording medium determined as unconveyable. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221850 | RECORDING MEDIUM REMOVING APPARATUS, ERASING APPARATUS, CUTTING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM REMOVING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an erasing apparatus including a recording medium removing apparatus includes: a thickness sensor configured to change an output signal according to the thickness of a recording medium; a recording medium conveying mechanism configured to convey the recording medium; a recording medium removing mechanism provided downstream in a recording medium conveying direction of the thickness sensor and configured to remove the recording medium in a direction perpendicular to the recording medium conveying direction; a control unit configured to remove, if the control unit determines that the recording medium is unconveyable, the recording medium from a recording medium conveying path with the recording medium removing mechanism; and a heating roller configured to heat the recording medium to temperature equal to or higher than erasing temperature. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221851 | PRINT STATE DETECTING DEVICE FOR PRINTED SHEET SURFACE, ERASING APPARATUS, AND PRINT STATE DETECTION METHOD FOR PRINTED SHEET SURFACE - There is provided a print state detection device for a printed sheet surface including a sheet conveying path on which a sheet printed with an image is conveyed, a contact member that contacts with the surface of the sheet moving on the sheet conveying path, a contact state detecting part that detects a physical phenomenon occurring when the contact member contacts with the sheet, a separating part that separates the difference in the physical phenomenon occurring when the contact member comes into contact with the ground of the sheet surface and when the contact member comes into contact with an image, based on detection information obtained by the detection of the contact state detecting part, and a print state determining part that determines the print state of an image on one sheet based on separation information obtained by the separation by the separating part. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221852 | Printing Sheet Reusability Determination Device, Erasing Device, Image Forming Device, and Printing Sheet Reusability Determination Method - A printing sheet reusability determination device includes a sheet carrying path that carries a second state sheet obtained by erasing an erasable image from a first state sheet on which the erasable image is printed, an imaging portion that images the second state sheet on the sheet carrying path, an illumination portion that illuminates the second state sheet on the sheet carrying path at a first irradiation angle when images remaining on the second state sheet are photographed, and at a second irradiation angle smaller than the first irradiation angle when a projected image generated by illuminating the second state sheet is photographed, an irradiation angle changing portion that changes the first irradiation angle and the second irradiation angle, and a reusability determination portion that determines whether or not to reuse the second state sheet based on imaging information obtained by the imaging of the imaging portion at the first irradiation angle and determines whether or not to reuse the second state sheet based on imaging information obtained by the imaging of the imaging portion at the second irradiation angle. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221853 | DEVICE DETECTING CURL OF SHEET AND IMAGE ERASING DEVICE - There is provided a device detecting curling of a sheet, the device including a first guide member carrying the sheet; a second guide member including a carriage path that is broader than the carriage path of the first guide member and accepting the curling of the sheet; and sensors with detection ranges into which a portion of the curling of the sheet enters, in the carriage path of the second guide member. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221854 | PRINTER - A printer including a containing unit, first and second heads, a separation member, a cutting member, and a collecting unit. The containing unit is configured to contain a printing medium separable into front and rear surfaces. The first head is configured to print first data on the front surface of the printing medium. The second head is configured to print second data on the rear surface of the printing medium. The separation member is configured to separate the front surface from the printing medium passing through the first and second heads. The cutting member is configured to cut a printed portion of the front surface separated by the separation member. The collecting unit is configured to collect the printing medium of the rear surface remaining after the front surface is separated in order to preserve the rear surface. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221855 | DUPLEX PRINTING METHOD, BOOKBINDING METHOD, PRINTER FOR USE IN DUPLEX PRINTING METHOD - A method for printing on both sides of a roll sheet including superimposing and pressing a thermal transfer sheet and the roll sheet between a platen roller and a thermal head so that the bottom surface of the thermal transfer sheet touches the top surface of the roll sheet and the bottom surface of the roll sheet touches the platen roller, and printing an image on the top surface of the roll sheet while conveying the sheets; and superimposing and pressing a thermal transfer sheet and the roll sheet between a platen roller and a thermal head so that the top surface of the thermal transfer sheet touches the bottom surface of the roll sheet and the top surface of the roll sheet touches the platen roller, and printing an image on the bottom surface of the roll sheet while conveying the sheets. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221856 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An optical scanner, which scans at least one scanned face by a light beam, includes a light source having a plurality of light emitting points, an optical system before a light deflector configured to form a plurality of light beams from the light source, a light deflector configured to deflect the light beams via the optical system before a light deflector and scan the deflected light beams, and a scanning optical system configured to focus on the scanned face the light beams deflected and scanned by a deflection face of the light deflector, the optical system before a light deflector including a first optical element having a negative power at least in a deflecting and scanning vertical direction, a second optical element having a power only in a deflecting and scanning direction and a third optical element having a power only in the deflecting and scanning vertical direction. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221857 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanner includes a light source, a deflector and a scanning optical system. The scanning optical system includes a first optical system including at least one resin scanning lens, and a second optical system between the target surface and one resin scanning lens. The second optical system includes at least one of a folding mirror(s) and a glass sheet(s), wherein m1+g2=m2+g1 is satisfied wherein m1 and g1 are respectively number of the folding mirror(s) and number of the glass sheet(s) to which the first ray has a shorter optical path than the second ray does, m2 and g2 are respectively number of the folding mirror(s) and number of the glass sheet(s) to which the first ray has a longer optical path than the second ray does. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221858 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR HANDLING MULTIMEDIA CALLS - The present invention relates to a system and method for setting up communication between a first and a second user equipment in a mobile radio communications system, wherein said first user equipment is attempting a multimedia call to said second user equipment. The method is characterized by the steps of: receiving a multimedia call request in a video gateway relating to said multimedia call; sending a voice call request from said video gateway towards said second user equipment in order to set up a voice connection between the video gateway and said second user equipment; setting up a multimedia connection between the video gateway and said first user equipment; and forwarding audio, received over said multimedia connection, onto said voice connection and forwarding audio, received over said voice connection, onto said multimedia connection. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221859 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO TELEPHONY IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for video telephony in a mobile communication system are provided. The video telephony method of a mobile communication terminal includes establishing a video telephony connection with an opponent terminal, transmitting at least one first vibration pattern supported by the terminal and a first vibration indicator corresponding to the at least one first vibration pattern, to the opponent terminal, and transmitting a first vibration indicator corresponding to one of the at least one first vibration pattern to the opponent terminal. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221860 | MULTICAST VIDEOCONFERENCING - In one embodiment, the invention is a method of transferring data. The method includes receiving a first video data stream at a first machine. The method also includes multicasting the first video data stream in uncompressed and raw form through a network. The method further includes receiving the first video data stream at a second machine. The method also includes playing the first video data stream on the second machine. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221861 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL - In a method for processing video signals acquired from multiple cameras, the present invention provides a method for processing video signals including receiving a multiview video coded bit stream including color pictures and depth pictures, wherein the depth picture indicates a group of digitalized information on a distance between a base camera and an object; acquiring data type identification information from the multiview video coded bit stream, wherein the data type identification information indicates whether or not depth-coded data are included in the multiview video coded bit stream; acquiring reference information between views of the depth picture based upon the data type identification information, wherein the reference information between views of the depth picture includes a number of depth-view reference pictures, and a view identification number of the depth-view reference picture; acquiring an estimation value of the depth picture by using the reference information between views of the depth picture; recovering the depth picture by using the estimation value of the depth picture; and acquiring a 3-dimensional image by using the recovered depth picture. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221862 | Disparity Data Transport and Signaling - A method of decoding closed caption disparity data, involves a TV receiver receiving closed caption disparity data for a 3D display encoded as a sequence of frame interval/slope change pairs, with the frame interval representing a designated number of frames over which each linear function representing disparity is to be applied paired with a value indicating a change in slope from the slope of a preceding segment. A first segment in the sequence presumes a predetermined slope as a reference. A sequence of caption data packets specifies a closed caption display window containing closed caption text. The disparity value is used in each frame to determine a horizontal offset of left and right eye views of the CC display that establishes the closed caption display window's perceived z-axis position. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221863 | Service Linkage to Caption Disparity Data Transport - A method of processing disparity data for closed captions for three dimensional video involves receiving closed caption data including closed caption text within a service block having a service number in the range of 1-6; mapping the service number to a corresponding mapped extended service having a service number in the range of 7 through 63; parsing the disparity data from the closed caption data appearing in the mapped extended service; receiving closed caption text data; and processing the caption text and disparity data to produce an output suitable for defining a rendering of a three dimensional image on a display of the caption text at a z-axis position defined by the disparity data. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221864 | Multiscalar Stereo Video Format Conversion - Techniques for converting 3D images using alpha maps are described. A left-view image and a right-view image may be determined from media data received by a 3D display system. An alpha map specifying a plurality of operations for a plurality of locations that correspond to the first plurality of locations in the images may also be determined. The plurality of operations specified in the alpha map may be applied by the 3D display system to process the left-view and right-view images, and to generate, based on the left-view and right-view images, a third image in an appropriate 3D format. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221865 | Method and Apparatus for Providing a Video Representation of a Three Dimensional Computer-Generated Virtual Environment - A server process renders instances of a 3D virtual environment as video streams that may then be viewed on devices not sufficiently powerful to implement the rendering process natively or which do not have native rendering software installed. The server process is broken down into two steps: 3D rendering and video encoding. The 3D rendering step uses knowledge of the codec, target video frame rate, size, and bit rate from the video encoding step to render a version of the virtual environment at the correct frame rate, in the correct size, color space, and with the correct level of detail, so that the rendered virtual environment is optimized for encoding by the video encoding step. Likewise, the video encoding step uses knowledge of motion from the 3D rendering step in connection with motion estimation, macroblock size estimation, and frame type selection, to reduce the complexity of the video encoding process. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221866 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An image display apparatus includes a stereoscopic image display apparatus configured to display a stereoscopically visible image, and a planar image display apparatus configured to display a planar image. An adjustment section of the image display apparatus adjusts relative positions, relative sizes, and relative rotations of a left-eye image taken by a left-eye image imaging section and a right-eye image taken by a right-eye image imaging section. The adjusted left-eye image and the adjusted right-eye image are viewed by the left eye and the right eye of the user, respectively, thereby displaying the stereoscopic image on the stereoscopic image display apparatus. The adjusted left-eye image and the adjusted right-eye image are made semi-transparent and superimposed one on the other, and thus a resulting superimposed planar image is displayed on the planar image display apparatus. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221867 | method and device for optically aligning the axels of motor vehicles - A method and a device are provided for the optical axle alignment of wheels of a motor vehicle. At the wheels that are to be aligned, targets are mounted, having optically recordable marks, the targets being recordable by measuring units that have stereo camera devices. In a referencing process, using a referencing device that is integrated into the measuring units, a measuring position reference system is established for the measuring units. In a calibration process, in which a local 3D coordinate system is established using at least three marks of the target, the determination of a reference plane is carried out, using a significant mark of the target. Finally, using the reference plane, a vehicle longitudinal center plane is ascertained, while taking into account the measuring location reference system. In a subsequent measuring process, an image is recorded of at least three indeterminate marks taken during the calibration process, and their spatial position is ascertained in the local 3D coordinate system by the evaluation unit. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221868 | Information Reproducing Apparatus - An information reproducing apparatus includes a display unit and processing unit. The information reproducing apparatus has a position determining device configured to determine the position and alignment of the apparatus and to supply a first signal representing the position and a second signal representing the alignment to the processing unit. The processing unit retrieves information on objects from a database and processes the information. The database includes a plurality of information on objects of locations within a predefined spatial environment. The processing unit determines information for the current alignment of the apparatus on objects in the direction of the alignment of the apparatus and the display unit displays the information. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221869 | IMAGING DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A finder display processing unit displays a finder image on a finder screen, measures the distance through triangulation from a stereo camera to a part of a subject expressed in a designated region on the finder image, and designates the shortest distance and the farthest distance from the stereo camera to the subject on the basis of the distance acquired through distance measurement. A finder display processing unit specifies as an effective range candidate a range where the imaging ranges of the first imaging unit and a second imaging unit overlap, specifies an effective range candidate at the shortest distance and an effective range candidate at the farthest distance on the first photographed image, and specifies the range where these effective range candidates overlap as the effective range. The finder display processing unit displays on the finder screen information indicating the specified effective range. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221870 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal displayer and control method thereof are disclosed. The liquid crystal displayer capable of displaying image in a three dimensional mode comprises a display panel, a first timing controller, a second timing controller and a control module. The first timing controller and the second timing controller are electrically coupled to the display panel. While receiving multiple frames, the control module controls the first timing controller according to a refresh frequency of the frames, to feed the frames to the panel based on a frame clock, and controls the second timing controller to invert the signal polarity of the frames based on an inversion clock. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221871 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND AUDIOVISUAL DEVICE - The display device is configured to comprise an input part into which video image information is input and a display part displaying the video image information input into the input part and, if the displayed video images are switched from 3D video images to 2D video images, is devised to modify the brightness of the displayed video images over a prescribed period of time. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221872 | Image display device and method of displaying image - An image display device includes: an image display section; a display controller alternately displaying left and right eye images, which have parallax therebetween, on the image display section; a synchronizing signal generating section generating a synchronizing signal indicating a display timing of each of the left and right eye images on the image display section, as an internal synchronizing signal; a synchronizing signal receiver receiving a synchronizing signal indicating the display timing of each of the left and right eye images output from another image display device, as an external synchronizing signal; and a synchronizing signal selecting section selecting either the external synchronizing signal or the internal synchronizing signal output from the synchronizing signal generating section, as a reference synchronizing signal, when the synchronizing signal receiver receives the external synchronizing signal. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221873 | Extended Command Stream for Closed Caption Disparity - A method of transporting data within a DTV bit stream involves in a stream of digital video closed caption data packets, receiving closed caption text and a two bit extended packet control field; where the two bit extended packet control field has a value that designates that the information in cc_data_1 and cc_data_2 fields of the digital video closed caption data packets contain an extended packets within the digital video closed caption data packets; receiving the extended packets within the digital video closed caption data packets in the cc_data_1 and cc_data_2 fields that carry extended channel packets. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221874 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING 3D IMAGE QUALITY, 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS, 3D GLASSES, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING 3D IMAGE - A method for adjusting an image quality of a 3-dimension (3D) image, a 3D display apparatus, 3D glasses, and a system for providing a 3D image are provided. Attribute information of the 3D glasses is acquired from the 3D glasses to adjust an image quality of a displayed 3D image according to the attribute information of the 3D glasses. Therefore, if a viewer views a 3D image through a glasses type 3D display apparatus, brightness of the 3D image is prevented from being darker by 3D glasses or a color hue of the 3D image is prevented from being degraded by the 3D glasses. Accordingly, the viewer views the 3D image with an optimal image quality. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221875 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional image display apparatus according to the present embodiments includes an acquisition unit, a selection unit, a generation unit, a display unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire attribute information related to attribute of one or more images to be displayed. The selection unit is configured to set parameter information based on the attribute information to control 3D effect for displaying the images and the parameter information includes at least parallax. The generation unit is configured to generate the images adjusted the 3D effect in accordance with the parameter information. The display unit is configured to display the adjusted images. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221876 | Solar Powered 3D Glasses - A viewing system for viewing video displays having the appearance of a three dimensional image. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221877 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - An endoscope apparatus, includes: an imaging unit that captures a subject to acquire an image of the subject; a base point setting section that sets a first base point and a second base point on the image based on an instruction input via an input device; a base line setting section that sets a base line on the image based on the first base point and the second base point; a point setting section that sets at least three points on the image based on the base line; a base plane setting section that sets a base plane in a space based on the at least three points; a distance calculation section that calculates a distance between the base plane and a point corresponding to the first base point; and a display that displays the image. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221878 | INTRAORAL CAMERA - The intraoral camera of the present invention comprises a main body case ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110221879 | OBJECTIVE FOR A DENTAL CAMERA AND METHOD FOR CREATING AN IMAGE - The invention relates to an objective ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110221880 | INTRA-ORAL CAMERA FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND COSMETIC IMAGING - An apparatus for obtaining images of a tooth comprises at least one image sensor disposed along an optical axis to take polarized reflectance image and fluorescence image, at least one broadband illumination apparatus for reflectance imaging, and a narrow-band ultraviolet illumination apparatus for fluorescence imaging. In order to remove the specular reflection, one or more polarization elements are disposed along the optical axis. A filter is disposed along the optical axis to block narrow-band ultraviolet light, and a switch for selecting one of the operation modes. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221881 | Virtual-Slide Creating Device - It is possible to create a virtual slide of a subject of observation in a simple configuration without setting a movement pattern in advance. Provided is a virtual-slide creating device including a stage on which a sample is mounted; an objective lens that collects light from the sample; a relative movement mechanism that moves at least one of these components relative to each other in a direction crossing the optical axis of the objective lens; a position detecting unit that obtains relative position information of the stage and the objective lens; an image capturing unit that acquires a partial enlarged image of the sample; a display unit that displays the enlarged image acquired; an image saving unit that saves an enlarged image acquired by the image capturing unit each time at least one of the stage and the objective lens is moved relative to each other by a predetermined distance, based on the relative position information obtained; and an image processing unit that creates a virtual slide by forming an array of saved enlarged images based on the relative position information detected. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221882 | Data Management in a Linear-Array-Based Microscope Slide Scanner - Systems and methods for processing, storing, and viewing extremely large imagery data rapidly produced by a linear-array-based microscope slide scanner are provided. The system receives, processes, and stores imagery data produced by the linear scanner as a series of overlapping image stripes and combines the data into a seamless and contiguous baseline image. The baseline image is logically mapped into a plurality of regions that are individually addressed to facilitate viewing and manipulation of the baseline image. The system enables dynamic imagery data compression while scanning and capturing new image stripes that eliminates the overhead associated with storing uncompressed image stripes. The system also creates intermediate level images, thereby organizing the baseline image into a variable level pyramid structure referred to as a virtual slide. The system facilitates the use of virtual slides in applications such as telemedicine, telepathology, microscopy education, and analysis of high value specimens like tissue arrays. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221883 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING BOREHOLE IMAGE DATA - A method of transmitting borehole image data from a borehole location to a remote location includes obtaining a set of image data describing formation surrounding a borehole using a logging tool at a selected depth or range of depths in the borehole, extracting one or more image features from the set of image data downhole, and transmitting a representation of the extracted image features to the surface. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221884 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, VISUAL SENSOR SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method for processing images from an imaging apparatus installed in a manufacturing line is provided. A first captured image of an object is received. A second captured image of the object is received. The second captured image is captured after the first image. The first captured image to obtain a processed image is processed. The processed image and the second captured image is output in a superimposed state. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221885 | TRANSPARENT BODY INSPECTING DEVICE - A transparent body inspecting device includes: a light application unit for applying light to a transparent body; an image capturing unit which captures an image of the transparent body and in which a depth of field is smaller than a height of the transparent body; an image capture driving unit for moving the image capturing unit in a direction in which the image capturing unit is brought close to the transparent body and in a direction in which the image capturing unit is brought away from the transparent body; and a defect determining unit for determining existence or nonexistence of a defect in the transparent body based on whether or not brightness of pixels in the image captured by the image capturing unit is nonuniform, wherein: the image capturing unit carries out image capture more than once while moving in the direction in which the image capturing unit is brought close to the transparent body or in the direction in which the image capturing unit is brought away from the transparent body; and when the brightness of pixels in the image captured by the image capturing unit is nonuniform, the defect determining unit determines that a defect exists within the depth of field at the time of capture of this image. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221886 | PATTERN DEFECT INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In recent years, a wafer inspection time in semiconductor manufacturing processes is being required to be reduced for reduction in manufacturing time and for early detection of yield reduction factors. To meet this requirement, there is a need to reduce the time required for inspection parameter setup, as well as the time actually required for inspection. Based on the speed or position change information relating to a transport system | 2011-09-15 |
20110221887 | BORE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INSPECTION THEREWITH - An imaging system for inspecting an inner surface bounding a component bore is provided along with a method of inspection therewith. The system includes a laser light source configured to emit a laser beam. Further, a camera is configured to image a reflection of the laser beam from the inner surface. At least a first minor is disposed within the bore. The laser light source is configured to emit the laser beam directly from the laser light source in substantially parallel relation to the central axis incident on the first mirror and the camera is configured to view a reflection of the laser beam from the inner surface. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221888 | Apparatus, method and computer-readable medium imaging through at least one aperture of each pixel of display panel - Provided is an imaging apparatus, method and computer-readable medium that photographs an object through at least one aperture of each of pixel of a display panel. The imaging apparatus includes a camera unit in back of the display panel and photographs the object through the at least one aperture of each of the pixels of the display panel to enable a location of the camera unit to be the same as a location of a display unit, measures a distance to the object using a blur effect occurring when photographing through the at least one aperture of the display panel, and restores an image where the blur effect is included. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221889 | PARTICLE DETECTION - A particle detection system including; at least one light source adapted to illuminate a volume being monitored at least two wavelengths; a receiver) having a field of view and being adapted to receive light from at least one light source after said light has traversed the volume being monitored and being adapted to generate signals indicative of the intensity of light received at regions within the field of view of the receiver; a processor associated with the receiver adapted to process the signals generated by the receiver to correlate light received at least two wavelengths in corresponding regions within the field of view of the receiver and generate an output indicative of the relative level of light received at the two wavelengths. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221890 | OBJECT TRACKING APPARATUS, OBJECT TRACKING METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An object tracking apparatus that tracks an object in a time-series image including a plurality of frames has a positional relationship determining unit that determines a positional relationship between the object and an analog having a feature similar to that of the object in an earlier frame of a current frame, an object position specifying unit that specifies a position of the object in the current frame, and an analog position specifying unit that specifies a position of the analog in the current frame when the analog exists in a surrounding region that is of a predetermined region around the object. The object position specifying unit predicts the position of the object in the current frame to specify the position of the object based on the position of the object and a motional state of the object in an earlier frame when the positional relationship is in a first state. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221891 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus generates pattern data including a plurality of measurement lines, and a reference line which has a plurality of intersection points with the plurality of measurement lines, respectively, and has a shape that is defined in an interval between the intersection points by a specific feature, captures an image of an object onto which projection pattern light, based on the generated pattern data, is projected, extracts the intersection points from the captured image, and obtains information, concerning the shape with a specific feature in the interval between the intersection points on the reference line in the captured image, as identification information used to identify the measurement lines. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221892 | Calculate Drop Delay for Flow Cytometry Systems and Methods - A method of calculating a drop delay in a stream of a flow cytometer. In one embodiment the method includes the steps of determining a widths plot by measuring the width of a stream based on an image of the stream and setting drop delay based on the widths plot. In another aspect the invention relates to a flow cytometer system for automatically calculating drop delay. In one embodiment the flow cytometer system includes means for determining a widths plot based on an image of the stream; and means for calculating drop delay based on the widths plot. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221893 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Program - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image obtaining unit for obtaining a captured image onto which an emission graphic image including a marker serving as a reference is emitted and a correction information generation unit for generating correction information, for making an emission range and an image capturing range be the same, from a difference between the emission range onto which the emission graphic image is emitted and the image capturing range of the captured image, based on the marker in the captured image and the marker in the emission graphic image. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221894 | IMAGE MEASURING APPARATUS - An image measuring apparatus includes an image capturing controller, a location obtainer, a combined-image generator, an error calculator, an image measurer, and a corrector. The image capturing controller causes relative movements between a measured object and an image capturer. The location obtainer acquires a location at which the image capturer captures an image of the measured object. The combined-image generator forms a combined image by superposing the images captured by the image capturing controller. The error calculator calculates, for each of combining sections, an error that occurs at a combining section when the combined image is formed, based on the location acquired by the location obtainer. The image measurer measures the measured object, based on the number of pixels in the combined image. The corrector corrects measurement results of the image measurer, based on the error for each of the combining sections calculated by the error calculator. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221895 | Detection of Movement of a Stationary Video Camera - A method of detecting movement of a video camera is provided that includes computing a reference spatial derivative image from a reference frame, computing a temporal derivative image based on two frames of a video sequence captured by the video camera, and determining whether the video camera has moved based on the number of pixels in the temporal derivative image that match pixels in the reference spatial derivative image. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221896 | DISPLAYED CONTENT DIGITAL STABILIZATION - The present disclosure concerns digital stabilization of displayed content viewed on an interactive head-mounted eyepiece. The images may be stabilized by sensing movement or vibration of the interactive, head-mounted eyepiece, sending signals from the sensors to a computer, and applying a digital stabilization technique, such as image stabilization or optical stabilization. Optical stabilization refers to the use of adjustable lenses or mounts to correct the images as they are taken. Image stabilization refers to the use of software to digitally correct the images after they are taken to reduce the chatter and vibration of the displayed content. Image enhancement techniques may also be used to enhance the displayed content. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221897 | EYEPIECE WITH WAVEGUIDE FOR RECTILINEAR CONTENT DISPLAY WITH THE LONG AXIS APPROXIMATELY HORIZONTAL - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content. The integrated image source introduces the content to the optical assembly from a side of an optical waveguide of the eyepiece adjacent to an arm of the eyepiece. As a result, the displayed content aspect ratio is between approximately square to approximately rectangular with the long axis approximately horizontal. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221898 | CAPTURE AND PLAYBACK OF COMPUTER SCREEN CONTENTS AND ACCOMPANYING AUDIO - Computer screen contents and accompanying audio are captured by a method, embodiments of which are implemented by a specialized apparatus. Embodiments of the method include capturing an image of the computer screen contents at predetermined time intervals and determining one or more changes between a current captured image and a previous captured image. The method also includes modifying color data associated with a changed region of the current captured image and encoding the modified color data for the changed region. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221899 | LIGHTING APPARATUS AND LIGHTING CONTROL METHOD FOR A CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION CAMERA, AND LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM INTERLOCKED WITH THE CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION CAMERA - A lighting apparatus and a lighting control method for a closed circuit television camera, which turn on LEDs in accordance with the exposure time of an imaging element in the closed-circuit television camera, and a lighting control system interlocked with the closed circuit television camera, which turns on a plurality of lights in connection with a closed-circuit television system. The lighting apparatus has a lamp module, a lamp module driver, a synchronous signal extraction unit, and a microcomputer which generates a turn-on signal in which pulses corresponding to the shutter exposure time of the imaging element of the camera are repeated using a shutter delay time as a gap, and which drives the lamp module driver in accordance with the generated turn-on signal to turn on the lamp module in the pulse period corresponding to the shutter exposure time. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221900 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE POSITION STABILIZATION OF CAMERAS, AND FOR PRODUCING FILM RECORDINGS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a device and a method for the stabilization of the position of cameras, and for the production of film recordings from unmanned airborne objects | 2011-09-15 |
20110221901 | Adaptive Scene Rendering and V2X Video/Image Sharing - A method is provided for video sharing in a vehicle-to-entity communication system. Video data is captured by an image capture device of an event remote from a source entity. A spatial relationship is determined between a location corresponding to the captured event and a location of a remote vehicle. A temporal relationship is determined between a time-stamp of the captured scene data and a current time. A utility value is determined as a function of the spatial relationship and the temporal relationship. A network utilization parameter of a communication network is determined for broadcasting and receiving the scene data. A selected level of compression is applied to the captured scene data as a function of the utility value and available bandwidth. The compressed scene data is transmitted from the source entity to the remote vehicle. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221902 | Video production with selectable camera angles - A system for on-line viewing of an event at an event site includes a central site connected to a network, cameras disposed about an event site, means enabling a user to access the central site and to selectively view the event site by means of at least two of the plurality of cameras, and a processor. The cameras provide views of the event site from at least two different camera angles and provide video feeds to the central site via the network. The processor generates a smooth transitional view between at least two of the cameras, whereby a continuous change of camera angle is provided. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221903 | Production and Internet-Viewing of High-Resolution Images of the Commonly Viewed Exterior Surfaces of Vehicles, Each with the Same Background View - Disclosed is an apparatus and a process for producing and viewing through the internet high-resolution images of the commonly viewed exterior surfaces of a vehicle, while maintaining the same background view for multiple images of the vehicle. The view can be selected by the operator to reduce the bandwidth required for internet viewing. The background and the imaging device are revolved around a vehicle which is maintained in fixed position between the background and the imaging device. The vehicle does not need to be rotated or moved during the imaging. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221904 | Indoor Producing of High-Resolution Images of the Commonly Viewed Exterior Surfaces of Vehicles, Each with the Same Background View - Disclosed is an apparatus and a process for producing and viewing through the internet high-resolution images of the commonly viewed exterior surfaces of a vehicle, while maintaining the same background view for multiple images of the vehicle. The background and the imaging device are revolved around a vehicle which is maintained in fixed position between the background and the imaging device. The vehicle does not need to be rotated or moved during the imaging. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221905 | Producing High-Resolution Images of the Commonly Viewed Exterior Surfaces of Vehicles, Each with the Same Background View - Disclosed is an apparatus and a process for producing and viewing through the internet high-resolution images of the commonly viewed exterior surfaces of a vehicle, while maintaining the same background view for multiple images of the vehicle. The background and the imaging device are revolved around a vehicle which is maintained in fixed position between the background and the imaging device. The vehicle does not need to be rotated or moved during the imaging. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221906 | Multiple Camera System for Automated Surface Distress Measurement - The present invention provides a system for imaging a surface in real time. The system includes two or more real time digital imaging devices positioned to capture two or more images of a surface, wherein the two or more real time digital imaging devices are set in different exposure modes; and an image processing device that processes the two or more images, wherein the two or more images are complementary and together form a complete shadow-free image of the surface. The two or more real time digital imaging devices are line-scan cameras or other types of digital cameras, wherein each of the two or more real time digital imaging devices is independently set at an under-exposure mode, an over-exposure mode or an intermediate exposure mode. Multi-exposed images are fused together through a multi-scale decomposition and reconstruction method for crack detection. | 2011-09-15 |
20110221907 | Modular imaging system with wireless transmission and locking connector - A modular imaging system includes a camera module having a camera and an electrical interface for providing a video signal representing an image picked up by the camera, a wireless transmitter module having an electrical interface for receiving the video signal from the camera module and generating a high frequency signal, a wireless receiver module for receiving the high frequency signal from the wireless transmitter module and producing a baseband signal, and a display module for receiving the baseband signal and displaying the baseband signal on a display. A secondary interlock mechanism includes a U-shaped collar having eccentrically shaped holes and a depression for receiving a spring, and a module having alignment pin receptacles for receiving alignment pins having radial channels, and having the U-shaped collar inserted into the module and the spring so that the eccentrically shaped holes engage with the radial channels on the alignment pins to restrain the alignment pins from moving due to the force exerted on the U-shaped collar from the spring. | 2011-09-15 |