39th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130249968 | FUSED POLYCYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided is an organic light emitting device having high emission efficiency and a low driving voltage. The organic light emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic compound layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, in which the organic compound layer includes a fused polycyclic compound represented by any one of the following general formulae [1] to [4]. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249969 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device is disclosed which includes: a memory in which gamma setting data is stored; a data driver configured to include a gamma voltage generator; a timing controller configured to download the gamma setting data from the memory and apply a select signal to the gamma voltage generator; and a power supplier configured to apply reference voltages to the gamma voltage generator, wherein the select signal is used to vary a gamma curve by enabling the reference voltages to be adjusted in their levels. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249970 | DISPLAY DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a display device including a temporal direction control unit that causes a gain used to control a video signal to respond to an input video signal at high speed when the input video signal sharply increases, and causes the gain to respond to the input video signal at low speed when the input video signal gently increases. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249971 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of displaying a three-dimensional image includes outputting a converted left image generated based on a left image to a pixel of a display panel during a first period, where the converted left image has a grayscale value less than a grayscale value of the left image, outputting the left image to the pixel of the display panel during a second period, outputting a converted right image generated based on a right image to the pixel of the display panel during a third period, where the converted right image has a grayscale value less than a grayscale value of the right image, and outputting the right image to the pixel of the display panel during a fourth period. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249972 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVE DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVE METHOD, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light emitting element drive device includes: a light emitting section having a light emitting element; output capacitance capable of storing power supplied to the light emitting section; a driver connected between the light emitting section and a reference potential and including a switch section whose conductive state is controlled by a pulse-like lighting signal depending on magnitude of a load current and a constant current source section connected in series to the switch section; and a power supply controller being a power supply that provides drive power to the light emitting section and including a function to adjust an output current supplied to the output capacitance. The power supply controller changes the supply amount of the output current for the light emitting section from the power supply controller based on load current information that is necessary peak power of the light emitting section. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249973 | METHOD OF DRIVING THE BACKLIGHT OF A LIGHT-EMITTING REGION OF AN LCD DEVICE TO REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF LIGHT LEAKED FROM NEIGHBORING LIGHT-EMITTING REGIONS - There is provided a method of driving a backlight of a liquid crystal display device capable of eliminating leakage of light from adjacently-placed light emitting blocks. A gray level and maximum gray level of an input video signal are inputted for every light-emitting block. An output average gray level is calculated and a lighting control signal corresponding to converted luminance is outputted. The drivers responding to the lighting control signal makes LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) emit light. An average gray level from an output from sensors is calculated. An average gray level, based on an average gray level and a light leakage rate, by taking light leakage into consideration. A gray level correcting signal is outputted in the light-emitting block based on the above output average gray level. An output average gray level is corrected in response to a gray level correcting signal. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249974 | Method of Displaying an Autostereoscopic Image - Method of displaying an autostereoscopic image having N viewpoints in which at least one group of three successive screen rows having first, second, and third rows, the second row is identical to the first row, and for the third row, the spatial distribution of the three sub-pixels of the autostereoscopic image is offset relative to the second row by a pitch corresponding to one sub-pixel, the offsetting being in an elementary sequence AB, where A designates the fact that a row is identical to the preceding row, and B designates applying to a row of the image relative to the preceding row a said offset of the sub-pixels of the autostereoscopic image through a pitch corresponding to one sub-pixel. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249975 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ON ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for displaying in an electronic device includes displaying a web page which includes at least one or more objects intended for emphasis on a flexible screen through a web browser, and deforming at least part of the flexible screen on which the at least one or more objects intended for emphasis are displayed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249976 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE, IMAGE DISPLAY PANEL, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display panel includes: an image display unit including pixels arranged in horizontal and vertical directions, and displaying a composite image including different images; and an image separating unit facing the image display unit, and separating the composite image into the different images using light-transmitting portions transmitting light and light-shielding portions shielding the light. Each of the pixels includes sub-pixels each including a light emitting region, the sub-pixels have sizes different from sizes obtained by equally dividing the pixel, the light-transmitting portions are open in a diagonal direction, and each of boundary lines between the light-transmitting portions and the light-shielding portions is determined by moving parallel a continuous line that connects lines each connecting gravity centers of adjacent sub-pixels or adjacent light emitting regions in the sub-pixels, or to be a continuous line that connects lines each connecting midpoints of the gravity centers. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249977 | HYBRID INK JET PRINTER AND METHOD OF HYBRID INK JET PRINTING - This hybrid ink get printer HIP includes; a print medium supply unit MS for supplying a print medium W; and a printing unit | 2013-09-26 |
20130249978 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CARRYING AND DISPENSING AN INK USEFUL IN PRINTING - An apparatus, method and system are provided for carrying and dispensing an ink into a printing system. A system configured to dispense an ink comprises an ink carrying apparatus having a container, a movable cover, a unit monitor, a film, and a locking tab. The system also comprises a docking station configured to accept the ink carrying apparatus and engage the locking tab when the movable cover is in an open position. The system further comprises a processor configured to communicate with the unit monitor to facilitate a movement of the movable cover from a closed position to the open position. Based on a detection of a type of ink in the container, the movable cover is allowed to be moved from the closed position to the open position so as to facilitate removal of the film and cause the ink to be dispensed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249979 | PRINTHEAD POSITIONING FOR WEB GAP ADJUSTMENT - An inkjet printer includes a printhead module having a plurality of printheads which eject ink for printing images on the surface of a recording media supported by a backing member. A gap distance between the printheads and the surface of the recording media is adjusted by a positioner coupled to the printhead module where a sensor determines the gap distance between the printhead module and the backing member. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249980 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME SYSTEM - The optimal number of print passes and a head-to-platen distance are set according to a content of an image to be printed and the user's request (emphasis is put on quality or speed, etc.) to thereby appropriately meet the needs for higher image quality and higher productivity and to perform printing with high reliability. To this end, it is made possible to select whether to execute processing for issuing an instruction to set the number of print passes and the head-to-platen distance according to discrimination of the content of the image. When the execution of the processing is selected, the number of print passes and the head-to-platen distance are appropriately set according to the content of the image (duty, etc.). Meanwhile, when it is not selected, the image is printed by one-pass print with the head-to-platen distance set larger, regardless of the content of the image. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249981 | DROPLET POSITIONING METHOD, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, DROPLET POSITIONING PROGRAM, DROPLET POSITIONING DEVICE, AND TEMPLATE PATTERN DESIGN METHOD - In general, according to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for a droplet positioning method. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249982 | DROP PLACEMENT ERROR REDUCTION IN ELECTROSTATIC PRINTER - A group timing delay device shifts the timing of drop formation waveforms supplied to drop formation devices of one of first and second nozzle groups so that print drops from the nozzle groups are not aligned relative to each other along a nozzle array direction. A charging device includes a common charge electrode associated with liquid jets from the nozzle groups and a source of varying electrical potential between the charge electrode and liquid jets which provides a charging waveform that is independent of a print and non-print drop pattern. The charging device is synchronized with the drop formation devices and the group timing delay device to produce a print drop charge state on print drops of a drop pair, a first non-print drop charge state on non-print drops of the drop pair, and a second non-print drop charge state on third drops. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249983 | DROP PLACEMENT ERROR REDUCTION IN ELECTROSTATIC PRINTER - A group timing delay device is provided to shift the timing of drop formation waveforms supplied to drop formation devices of nozzles of one of first and second groups so that print drops formed from nozzles of the first and second groups are not aligned relative to each other along a nozzle array direction. A charging device includes a common charge electrode associated with liquid jets formed from the nozzles of the first and second group and a source of varying electrical potential between the charge electrode and liquid jets. The source of varying electrical potential provides a charging waveform that is independent of print and non-print drop patterns. The charging device is synchronized with the drop formation device and the group timing delay device to produce a print drop charge state on print drops and a non-print drop charge state on non-print drops. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249984 | DROP PLACEMENT ERROR REDUCTION IN ELECTROSTATIC PRINTER - Drop formation devices are provided with drop formation waveforms to modulate liquid jets to cause portions of the liquid jets to form print drops having a jet breakoff length L | 2013-09-26 |
20130249985 | DROP PLACEMENT ERROR REDUCTION IN ELECTROSTATIC PRINTER - Drop formation devices are provided with a sequence of drop formation waveforms to modulate the liquid jets to selectively cause portions of the liquid jets to break off into print drops having a print drop volume V | 2013-09-26 |
20130249986 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes nozzle rows aligned along a printing direction along which printing on a print medium is executed, and a controller configured to control ejection of the ink droplets from the nozzle rows. The nozzle rows include a pair of an upstream nozzle row and a downstream nozzle row. The upstream nozzle row is positioned just upstream from the downstream nozzle row along the printing direction. The controller controls ejection of the ink droplets from the upstream nozzle row and the downstream nozzle row so that propulsive forces applied to ink droplets ejected from the downstream nozzle row are made larger, based on image data associated with the upstream nozzle row, than propulsive forces applied to ink droplets ejected from the upstream nozzle row. The inkjet printer can restrict degradation of print quality by landing the ink droplets ejected from the downstream nozzle at their target positions. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249987 | Ring Electrode for Fluid Ejection - Methods, systems, and apparatus for drive a pumping chamber of a fluid ejection system are disclosed. In one implementation, the actuator for drive the pumping chamber includes a continuous piezoelectric layer between a pair of drive electrodes and a continuous reference electrode. The pair of drive electrodes includes an inner electrode and an outer electrode surrounding the inner electrode. The actuator is further coupled to a controller which, during a fluid ejection cycle, applies a negative voltage pulse differential to the outer electrode to expand the pumping chamber for a first time period, then applies another negative voltage pulse differential to the inner electrode during a second time period after the first time period to contract the pumping chamber to eject a fluid drop. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249988 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a print head configured to fire ink droplets; a subtank configured to store therein ink and supply the ink to the print head; a subatmospheric pressure generating unit configured to generate subatmospheric pressure in the subtank; a main tank configured to supply ink to the subtank; a detecting unit configured to detect an amount of ink in the main tank; and a control unit configured to control the subatmospheric pressure generating unit to generate subatmospheric pressure in the subtank and control the print head to fire ink droplets when the detecting unit detects that an amount of ink in the main tank is less than a predetermined first threshold, and control the print head to stop firing ink droplets when a time elapsed after the subatmospheric pressure is generated in the subtank exceeds a predetermined second threshold. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249989 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit which acquires first image data indicating a first gray-scale value of an image having a first attribute and a second image data indicating a second gray-scale value of an image having a second attribute that is different from the first attribute, a correcting unit which corrects the first gray-scale value and the second gray-scale value acquired by the acquiring unit on basis of information on an ejection characteristic of a discharge head to different extents, the discharge head ejecting liquid to be used for forming the first image and the second image on a recording medium with dots. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249990 | PRINT DEVICE WITH PRINTED SURFACE IDENTIFYING FUNCTION AND PRINTING METHOD - A print device with a surface identifying function includes a feed roller assembly; a print assembly; an obtaining module; a determining module; a control module; a sliding control module; at least one sliding bar and a printed surface identifying assembly. The sliding control module controls the printed surface identifying assembly to slide along the sliding bar. The obtaining module controls the printed surface identifying assembly to identify if one or both surfaces of the sheet of paper have already been printed, and generates a result. The determining module determines whether the paper is available for printing according to the result. The control module controls the print assembly not to perform the printing task and the feed roller assembly to take the paper out of the print device when the paper is unavailable for printing. A printing method is also provided. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249991 | PRINTER AND PRINTING SYSTEM | 2013-09-26 |
20130249992 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes a support member, a recording head, a surface modifying apparatus, a conveyor unit, and a control unit. The surface modifying apparatus executes surface modification processing to modify a surface of the recording medium at a processing position disposed on an upstream side of the support member. The conveyor unit intermittently passes the recording medium through the processing position at a prescribed passage velocity by feeding the recording medium from the upstream side of the conveyance path to the processing position. The control unit is capable of providing a processing execution signal to the surface modifying apparatus, and provides the processing execution signal to the surface modifying apparatus for a prescribed time within a wait time from when passage of the recording medium through the processing position stops until the recording medium starts passing through the processing position at the prescribed passage velocity. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249993 | RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING DEVICE - In a printer, a continuous paper is conveyed using a suction force of a fan brought to a first suction force, the continuous paper supplied to a platen is stopped on a support surface, a recording process is conducted on the continuous paper stopped on the support surface with the suction force of the fan changed to a second suction force greater than the first suction force, and the continuous paper is conveyed after the suction force of the fan has been reduced below the second suction force back to the first suction force during the recording process. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249994 | INK SET FOR INKJET RECORDING, RECORDING METHOD, AND COLORED BODY USING SAME - A dye ink set for ink jet recording, which has a wide color gamut, particularly for the hue range of magenta, blue, and cyan, and which has good ejection stability properties. The ink set includes ink compositions of two colors, a magenta ink composition and a cyan ink composition which contain a dye, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent, and the magenta ink composition contains a compound represented by formula (1) below or a salt thereof. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249995 | COATING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A coating apparatus includes: a coating roller configured to apply a coating liquid to an object to be coated; a supply roller configured to supply the coating liquid to the coating roller, wherein: the supply roller has a circumferential surface of which a width is larger than a width of a circumferential surface of the coating roller, the circumferential surface of the supply roller has a contact region configured to make contact with the coating roller and non-contact regions configured not to make contact with the coating roller, the contact region has a surface state different from a surface state of the non-contact regions such that a flow velocity of the coating liquid flowing on the non-contact regions is faster than a flow velocity of the coating liquid flowing on the contact region; and a coating liquid supply device configured to supply the coating liquid to the supply roller. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249996 | PRETREATMENT AGENT FOR INK JET TEXTILE PRINTING, INK JET TEXTILE PRINTING INK SET, AND METHOD OF INK JET TEXTILE PRINTING - A pretreatment agent was provided for ink jet textile printing. The pretreatment agent contains a polyvalent metal compound, an anionic resin emulsion, a fluorinated water and oil repellent, and water. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249997 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE AND MAINTENANCE METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a liquid ejection device and a maintenance method thereof which are capable of effectively removing, for example, a liquid in a gap between heads. The liquid ejection device includes: a line head which includes a plurality of heads connected to each other in a longitudinal direction and in which a liquid-repellent treatment is performed for a side surface of each head facing an adjacent head; a tube supporting member that is provided between adjacent heads on a side opposite to a liquid ejection surface of the head and supports a tube having one end inserted between the heads; and a gas supply unit that is connected to the other end of the tube and supplies gas between the heads from the one end of the tube. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249998 | MAINTENANCE DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A maintenance device includes a liquid absorption body which absorbs a liquid which is attached to a nozzle forming surface by abutting the nozzle forming surface of a liquid ejecting head in which a plurality of nozzle rows configured of a plurality of nozzles ejecting the liquid are provided in parallel, wherein the liquid absorption body has a penetration suppressing section which suppresses the spread of the liquid due to penetration of the liquid absorbed from the nozzle forming surface of the liquid ejecting head, and wherein the penetration suppressing section is disposed between the nozzle rows ejecting the liquids of different colors from each other in a direction intersecting the nozzle row direction, in a case where the liquid absorption body abuts the nozzle forming surface of the liquid ejecting head. | 2013-09-26 |
20130249999 | WASTE LIQUID RECOVERY APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A waste liquid recovery apparatus includes a container body; a liquid absorbing body which is accommodated in the container body and absorbs liquid discharged as a waste liquid; and a sealing member which seals the container body, wherein a first space into which liquid is discharged from a liquid ejecting head and a second space which links with the outside through a ventilation hole formed in the sealing member are formed in a space closed by the container body and the sealing body, and the first space and the second space are connected with each other at the ventilation hole side. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250000 | DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS - A droplet ejection apparatus includes a droplet ejection head configured to eject droplets from nozzles formed in a nozzle face; and a wiping unit configured to move relative to the droplet ejection head to thereby wipe the nozzle face of the droplet ejection head with a wiping member. The wiping member includes nap-like or brush-like projections and recesses on a wiping surface, and the projections of the wiping surface enter the nozzles during wiping of the nozzle face by the wiping member. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250001 | REDUCED GLOSS BANDING THROUGH LOW INK VOLUME DEPOSITION PER PRINT PASS - Improved output quality of a printer used in UV curable ink jet printing is achieved by minimizing or eliminating a print artifact referred to as gloss banding or tire tracking. A same or a similar number of nozzles as used in conventional printers is used to achieve a desired throughput, but the nozzles are arranged so that any given square inch of substrate to which ink is being applied receives a lower amount of ink. A longer effective print head is provided by arranging the print heads into a longer array, where the print heads are butted substantially end-to-end. As a result, the net throughput of the printer is the same as that of a conventional printer because the printer uses the same number of print heads, but the amount of ink that is applied to any given square inch is less on a pass. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250002 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an ink composition having excellent jetting stability, which contains water, a cross-liked polymer-coated pigment in which at least a portion of a surface of the pigment is covered with a cross-liked polymer, a free polymer that is not bound to the cross-liked polymer-coated pigment, and at least one divalent metal ion in an amount of from 30 ppm to 200 ppm with respect to the total mass of the ink composition, and an ink set and an image forming method using the same, which are excellent in jetting stability. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250003 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDED MATTER - A recording apparatus includes a head, wherein a manifold in which an ink flows, and a plurality of ink flow paths divided from the manifold and arranged in a first direction are formed in the head; a nozzle opening portion discharging the ink flowing from the manifold is formed in the ink flow path; when a maximum area is C | 2013-09-26 |
20130250004 | HEATER CHIPS WITH SILICON DIE BONDED ON SILICON SUBSTRATE, INCLUDING OFFSET WIRE BONDING - A heater chip has a substrate and at least one die, made of silicon, and a bond non-adhesively attaching them. The substrate, thick enough to resist bowing, has ink supply vias from back to front surfaces. The die has ink flow vias from back to front surfaces and circuitry including heater elements adjacent the front surface interspersed with ink flow vias. A metal through the die connects a conductor on a front of the substrate to a heater element on a front of the die. A wire bond connects to the front of the substrate, but is offset from die. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250005 | INK-JET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INK-JET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an ink-jet head includes an insulated substrate, a plurality of piezoelectric elements which are formed on the insulated substrate in the form of a line, a pressure chamber formed between the two adjacent piezoelectric elements to which ink is supplied, an electrode formed on a surface of the piezoelectric element and a surface of the insulated substrate, an organic protection film to cover a face of the electrode contacting the ink, a hydrophilic film which is formed to cover the organic protection film at a temperature of not more than 100° C., a frame which is provided on the electrode on the insulated substrate to surround the line of the piezoelectric elements, and a nozzle plate provided on the frame having nozzles each opening into the pressure chamber. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250006 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid ejecting head is provided with a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer and a first electrode and a second electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer, in which the piezoelectric layer contains a buffer layer provided on the first electrode and having a perovskite structure containing bismuth, iron, and at least one of zinc and nickel and a complex oxide layer provided on the buffer layer and having a perovskite structure containing bismuth, iron, barium, and titanium. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250007 | PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE USING THE PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM ELEMENT - A piezoelectric thin film element includes a vibration plate, a lower electrode provided on the vibration plate and made of a conductive oxide, a piezoelectric thin film provided on the lower electrode and made of a polycrystalline substance, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric thin film, wherein the lower electrode includes a titanium oxide film formed on the vibration plate, a platinum film formed on the titanium oxide film, and a conductive oxide film formed on the platinum film and, the platinum film and the conductive oxide film being a solid film with no holes. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250008 | LIQUID DROP EJECTING HEAD, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID DROP EJECTING HEAD - A liquid drop ejecting head includes a a nozzle plate to form nozzles, a liquid chamber substrate including one surface bonded to the nozzle plate and forming liquid chambers provided for the nozzles and communicating with the nozzles, a diaphragm bonded to the other surface of the liquid chamber substrate to form a part of each liquid chamber, and a pressure generating unit giving pressure oscillation to the diaphragm in accordance with a liquid drop eject signal to exert pressure on a liquid in each liquid chamber through the diaphragm. In the liquid drop ejecting head, a protection film is formed on an inner side wall of each liquid chamber by a chemical reaction of fluorocarbon and silicon fluoride oxide of a by-product formed on the inner side wall of the liquid chamber with the formation of the liquid chambers in the liquid chamber substrate. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250009 | ELECTROMECHANICAL CONVERSION ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, PIEZOELECTRIC TYPE ACTUATOR, LIQUID DROPLET JETTING HEAD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An electromechanical conversion element for converting an electric signal into mechanical displacement or converting mechanical displacement into an electric signal, includes a bottom electrode in which an alumina film, a metal film, and a conductive oxide film are sequentially laminated; an electromechanical conversion film disposed on the conductive oxide film of the bottom electrode; and a top electrode disposed on the electromechanical conversion film, wherein the metal film is solid. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250010 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid ejecting head which discharges a liquid from a nozzle opening including a piezoelectric body layer and a piezoelectric element possessing an electrode which is arranged on the piezoelectric body layer, wherein the piezoelectric body layer consists of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure, and when 2θ is fixed within the range of 21.9° to 22.7° to scan in the direction of the χ-axis, the piezoelectric body layer has a peak in the range of 4.75° to 28.3° and when 2θ is fixed within the range of 31.1° to 32.6° to scan in the direction of the χ-axis, the piezoelectric body layer has a peak in the range of 24.8° to 40.75°. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250011 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - To provide a liquid ejecting head having a piezoelectric layer in which crack occurrence is suppressed and the crystal is oriented in a specific orientation, a piezoelectric element a liquid ejecting apparatus and a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element. A liquid ejecting head which discharges liquid from a nozzle opening, includes a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer and a first electrode and a second electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer has a buffer layer made of bismuth manganate or a mixed crystal of bismuth manganate and bismuth ferrite, provided on the first electrode, and a piezoelectric material layer having a perovskite structure, provided on the buffer layer. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250012 | FLUID CONTAINER - A container for holding a volume of fluid includes a housing defining an interior for retaining the volume of fluid, a vent system disposed at an upper portion of the interior adjacent to a fluid chamber to vent air to atmosphere. The vent system includes an air chamber in fluid communication with the fluid chamber through an air inlet and disposed within the interior. The air chamber includes a bottom surface angling from the air inlet towards a distal end of the air chamber. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250013 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD OF RELEASING COVER LOCK OF INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - An inkjet recording device includes a carriage including a print head for firing ink droplets onto a recording medium from a nozzle; a carriage driving unit configured to drive the carriage; an openable cover configured to cover a moving area of the carriage; a cover lock member configured to lock the cover to a housing; a lock control unit configured to control lock and release of the lock of the cover by the cover lock member; a lock releasing unit configured to request the lock control unit to release the lock; and a carriage power control unit configured to control opening and closing of a power supplying path to the carriage driving unit. The lock control unit causes the cover lock member to release the lock if the lock releasing unit is operated and the carriage power control unit opens the power supplying path to the carriage driving unit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250014 | LIQUID CARTRIDGE AND LIQUID SUPPLYING DEVICE - A liquid cartridge detachably loadable in a cartridge loading section of a liquid supplying device is provided. The liquid cartridge includes: a main body defining therewithin a liquid accommodation chamber storing liquid therein, the liquid accommodation chamber having a light-transmission portion transmitting light therethrough; a moving member disposed within the liquid accommodation chamber and configured to move in accordance with an amount of the liquid; a light-emitting element configured to emit light and move in conjunction with the movement of the moving member; and a light outlet configured to irradiate the light emitted from the light-emitting element toward outside of the main body via the light-transmission portion. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250015 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, INK CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including an active element formation face on which an active element is formed; detection electrodes detecting a remaining amount of ink by being wet in the ink; an antenna transmitting and receiving information; a storage circuit storing information relating to the ink; and a control circuit controlling the detection electrodes, the antenna, and the storage circuit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250016 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The invention provides an image forming method including at least applying an ink composition to a recording medium to form an image, the recording medium having an absorption amount of the ink composition, within 20 msec | 2013-09-26 |
20130250017 | RECORDING MEDIUM SURFACE PROPERTY MODIFYING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INKJET PRINTER SYSTEM - A recording medium surface property modifying apparatus is disclosed. The recording medium surface property modifying apparatus includes a conveying unit which conveys a recording medium in a predetermined direction; a discharging electrode which rotates and comes into contact with a face to be treated of the recording medium which is conveyed by the conveying unit to cause the face to be treated to be in contact with plasma to modify a surface property of the recording medium; and a hollow-shaped cover member which covers a plasma treatment unit which includes the discharging electrode, the recording medium surface property modifying apparatus further including a humidity control unit which controls, in advance, humidity of the plasma treatment unit in alignment with acidity of the recording medium which undergoes the surface property modifying treatment. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250018 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - According to an aspect of the present invention, by switching off the provisional curing device on the rear side in the direction of travel of the scanning direction, droplet ejection is carried out without performing provisional curing of the ink immediately after droplet ejection. The provisional curing of the ink is carried out by the provisional curing device on the front side in the direction of travel of the scanning direction, during scanning in the opposite direction to that during droplet ejection. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250019 | RADIATION-CURABLE INK COMPOSITION, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDED MATTER - Provided are a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components, a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 20 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a black pigment (F1); and a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components, a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 10 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a yellow pigment (F2). | 2013-09-26 |
20130250020 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording method includes recording an intermediate image by applying an ink to an intermediate transfer body, the ink containing a coloring material and polymer fine particles; and transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium while heating the intermediate. The polymer fine particles are composed of a copolymer of a first compound that satisfies condition (1) (a polymer obtained by homopolymerization of the first compound is a crystalline polymer having a melting point equal to or lower than a temperature of the transfer) and a second compound that satisfies condition (2) (a polymer obtained by homopolymerization of the second compound is an amorphous polymer having a glass transition point equal to or lower than the temperature of the transfer). | 2013-09-26 |
20130250021 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording method includes recording an intermediate image by applying an ink to an intermediate transfer body, and transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium while heating the intermediate image. The ink contains a coloring material and polymer fine particles each including a core constituted by a crystalline polymer and a shell constituted by an amorphous polymer. In transferring the intermediate image, the intermediate image is heated to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the crystalline polymer constituting the core and equal to or higher than a glass transition point of the amorphous polymer constituting the shell. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250022 | RECORDING MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording medium feeding device includes a tray in which accommodates a recording medium, which is attachable to and detachable from a device main body including a feeding unit; a stopper that is able to switch between a regulating state in which the stopper comes into contact with a leading edge of the recording medium which is accommodated in the tray to regulate a movement of the recording medium, and a regulating release state that enables the recording medium to be fed to a feeding path; and a switching unit that is engaged with the tray to switch the stopper from the regulating state to the regulating release state, wherein the switching unit includes engaging portions that engages with the tray, and wherein the engaging portions are disposed, being separated from the stopper at the both sides of the stopper in a width direction of the recording medium. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250023 | TRANSFERRED MEDIUM - A recording apparatus is provided and in one exemplary embodiment includes a tray, a first roller, a second roller opposing the first roller, a recording part, and an urging member. The tray can have a tip part, which can include a first tip portion and a second tip portion. The second tip portion can be disposed at an upstream position relative to the first tip portion in a first direction. The recording part can be configured to record on the medium mounted on the tray, and the urging member can be configured to urge the second roller towards the first roller to transfer the tray in the first direction. In some embodiments, a width of the first tip portion can be narrower than a width of the second tip portion. The first and second tip portions can each include tapered portions that have thicknesses that decrease in the first direction. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250024 | COMPONENT SUPPORTING DEVICE AND INK-JET DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a component supporting device includes a cover having a through-hole, a support covered with the cover, a component arranged between the cover and the support, and a fixing tool which is inserted into the through-hole of the cover from an outside of the cover and sandwiches the component between the support and the fixing tool. The fixing tool includes an elastically deformable main body having an apical surface to butt to the component, a hook provided on the main body to engage with an edge of the through-hole inside the cover, and an operating portion provided on the main body to protrude from the through-hole outside the cover which is configured to release the engagement of the hook with the edge of the through-hole through elastic deformation of the main body. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250025 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS RESPONDING TO REQUEST DURING USE OF ERASABLE INK - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit configured to form an image with erasable first ink; a second image forming unit configured to share a conveying path with the first image forming unit and form an image with not erasable second ink; a recording unit configured to record a level of use of a recording medium on the recording medium; a detecting unit configured to detect the level of use; and a control unit configured to control the first image forming unit or the second image forming unit according to a detection result of the detecting unit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250026 | PRINTER - Provided is a printer capable of ensuring a large peeling angle at the time of peeling between the transfer film and the ink ribbon by differentiating a conveyance direction of the transfer film at a peeling part on a proceeding passage from the proceeding direction. In the printer which forms an image on a transfer film | 2013-09-26 |
20130250027 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER USING THERMAL HEAD - A thermal head in a thermal transfer printer in which a tension is given to an ink ribbon that has warped as being heated by the thermal head to reduce friction force generated between the thermal head and the ink ribbon. A ribbon transport direction changing member | 2013-09-26 |
20130250028 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND EXPOSURE DEVICE - An image forming device includes an exposure device configured to emit exposure light and an air flow generator configured to generate an air flow. The exposure device includes a heat source that generates heat and a heat sink configured to dissipate the heat. The heat sink includes a plurality of fins located inside the air flow. The plurality of fins extend in a direction parallel to a direction where the air flow flows and are arrayed in a direction orthogonal to the direction where the air flow flows. The plurality of fins are formed so as to increase in height from an upstream side toward a downstream side in the direction where the air flow flows. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250029 | EXPOSURE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exposure device to expose an exposure element includes a light source; an optical system to guide light emitted from the light source to the exposure element; and an optical housing, configured with a plurality of plates, to support the light source and the optical system. At least one of the plurality of plates configuring the optical housing is formed with a plurality of grooves on each of a first face and a second face with a given pitch on the one of the plurality of plates, the first face and the second face being opposite faces with each other. The plurality of grooves are arranged by shifting the center of each of grooves formed on the first face and the center of each of grooves formed on the second face. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250030 | METHOD AND DEVICE USING ROTATING PRINTING ARM TO PROJECT OR VIEW IMAGE ACROSS A WORKPIECE - The technology disclosed relates to scanning of large flat substrates for reading and writing images. Examples are flat panel displays, PCB's and photovoltaic panels. Reading and writing is to be understood in a broad sense: reading may mean microscopy, inspection, metrology, spectroscopy, interferometry, scatterometry, etc. of a large workpiece, and writing may mean exposing a photoresist, annealing by optical heating, ablating, or creating any other change to the surface by an optical beam. In particular, we disclose a technology that uses a rotating or swinging arm that describes an arc across a workpiece as it scans, instead of following a traditional straight-line motion. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250031 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY CHIP, LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT HEAD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light emitting element array chip includes first and second light emitting element rows including light emitting elements that are arranged in a main scanning direction in a zigzag, a first light emission signal line transmitting a light emission signal for allowing the light emitting elements forming the first light emitting element row to emit light, and a second light emission signal line transmitting a light emission signal for allowing the light emitting elements forming the second light emitting element row to emit light, wherein the first light emission signal line or the second light emission signal line is arranged in the main scanning direction between the first light emitting element row and the second light emitting element row and is provided in regions between the light emitting elements forming the first light emitting element row and between the light emitting elements forming the second light emitting element row. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250032 | Method and Arrangement for Supporting Hand Over of a Mobile Terminal - Network nodes in a source and a target communication system, and methods therein for supporting hand over to the target communication system, of a mobile terminal supporting Packet Switched-to-Circuit Switched, PS-to-CS, hand over. The method in the source communication system comprises, when requesting resources for hand over of a mobile terminal engaged in a conversational call to a target node in the target communication system, signaling a first request for PS resources to the target communication system, indicating a bearer B, used for the conversational call, and further signaling a second request for CS resources to the target communication system, indicating the bearer B. Thereby, the target communication system is enabled to decide whether a PS-to-CS HO or a PSHO of the bearer B should be performed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250033 | INTERPHONE, INTERPHONE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS OF DISPLAY PANEL OF INTERPHONE - An interphone includes a processor, and a microphone, a camera, a wireless communicating module, a speaker and a display panel electrically connected with the processor. The interphone further includes a brightness detecting device electrically connected with the processor. The brightness detecting device detects a brightness of outer environment. When the interphone is communicating with other interphones, the processor adjusts a brightness of the display panel according to the brightness of outer environment detected by the brightness detecting device. An interphone system and a method for adjusting a brightness of a display panel of an interphone are also provided. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250034 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal capable of recognizing at least one of the presence or absence of a user and a location of the user are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a terminal main body; a user tracking unit configured to recognize at least one of the presence or absence of a user and a location of the user within a certain range based on the terminal main body; and a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling a function of the terminal based on at least one of the presence or absence of the user or the user location. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250035 | ANALYTIC RECORDING OF CONFERENCE SESSIONS - A conference server is configured to receive audio signals associated with active speakers at separate conference endpoints, and to mix the audio signals to form a mixed audio signal. The conference server is further configured to record a mixed audio track comprising the mixed audio signal, and to determine a relative loudness of each of the active speakers for given periods of time. The conference server is also configured to record a plurality of original audio tracks that each comprises the original voice of one or more of the active speakers before mixing, wherein the original voice recorded in each of the tracks at the given periods of time is based on the relative loudness of the active speakers. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250036 | Method and System for Determining Reference Points in Video Image Frames - A videoconferencing system for determining alignment information for images captured by two or more cameras is disclosed. The videoconferencing system can include a plurality of endpoints and at least one control unit (CU) such as a multipoint control unit (MCU), for example. An endpoint can include a plurality of cameras and at least one projector. The projector is used to project a pattern at the near end site, which pattern is captured by the plurality of cameras. The image frames produced by the cameras are processed to determine the identity and location coordinates of the images of the projected patterns. The location coordinates can be used as reference points to be used by applications such as telepresence, 3D videoconferencing, and morphing. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250037 | System and Method for the Control and Management of Multipoint Conferences - Systems and methods for the control and management of multipoint conferences are disclosed herein, where endpoints can selectively and individually manage the streams that will be transmitted to them. Techniques are described that allow a transmitting endpoint to collect information from other receiving endpoints, or aggregated such information from servers, and process them into a single set of operating parameters that it then uses for its operation. Algorithms are described for performing conference-level show, on-demand show, show parameter aggregation and propagation, propagation of notifications. Parameters identified for describing sources in show requests include bit rate, window size, pixel rate, and frames per second. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250038 | SERVICE LEVEL VIEW OF AUDIOVISUAL CONFERENCE SYSTEMS - In an embodiment, a machine-readable volatile or non-volatile storage medium stores one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform monitoring a plurality of video conference locations, each of the locations comprising one or more video conference rooms, resulting in creating and storing monitored data; generating service level view data which when displayed on a video display unit concurrently comprises graphical representations of all the locations and all the rooms, and graphical representations of faults associated with each of the rooms. Rooms can include coder-decoders (codecs), cameras, video monitors, and network packet data routing or switching elements. Embodiments provide a holistic view of all video conference rooms in a deployment, with aggregated call usage, quality and fault data, with highly useful graphical management displays. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250039 | WIDE-ANGLE DEPTH IMAGING LENS CONSTRUCTION - Embodiments are disclosed herein related to the construction of optical elements for depth sensor systems. One disclosed embodiment provides a wide-angle lens construction comprising a first, negative stage, and a second, positive stage positioned behind the first, negative stage along an optical axis of the lens construction. The second, positive stage further comprises a first positive lens substage, a second positive lens substage, a third positive lens substage, the second positive lens substage positioned between the first positive lens substage and the third positive lens substage. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250040 | Capturing and Displaying Stereoscopic Panoramic Images - Disclosed are various embodiments of a stereoscopic panoramic camera device, which can include camera devices, positioned about a center point. The camera devices capture image data corresponding to a 360 degree field of view around a center point. Image capture logic initiates capture of image data by the camera devices, which corresponds to the 360 degree field of view. A stereoscopic panoramic image of the 360 degree field of view is generated using stereoscopic information for sectors surrounding the center point, where the stereoscopic information is generated from adjacent camera devices having an overlapping field of view. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250041 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND IMAGE SYNTHESIS METHOD THEREOF - This invention discloses an image capture device and an image synthesis method thereof. The image capture device comprises an image pickup module and a processing module. The image pickup module scans a plurality of visual angles of a scene in advance to obtain a plurality of temporary images. Each of the temporary images has a scanning focal length value. The processing module analyzes the plurality of temporary image of each of the visual angles to obtain a temporary focal length value. The processing module obtains a weighting focal length value by each temporary focal length value by using a function to control the image pickup module in order to perform a panorama image capturing process according to the weighting focal length value. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMAGING - An imaging system includes a video camera having a wide field of view lens, an imaging sensor operable to form a first image having a first pixel area, and an interface operable to receive commands from a host entertainment device. The video camera is operable to receive a command requesting at least one secondary image having a second pixel area for a 3D mapping of a portion of the first image. The system includes a graphics processor operable to perform the 3D mapping to generate the at least one each secondary image from the first image. The 3D mapping transforms a section of the first image depicting a surface having a normal in a first direction to form a secondary image in which the normal of that surface faces directly out of the secondary image. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250043 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL IMAGING OPTICS WITH 360.degree.-SEAMLESS TELESCOPIC RESOLUTION - A multifacet mirror comprises a catoptric structure configured to reflect light from a first field of view onto an image plane comprising a plurality of sensors, the catoptric structure having a surface comprising a plurality of facets separated by a plurality of catoptric regions; wherein a facet of the plurality of the facets has a second field of view that is smaller than the predetermined field of view; and wherein a catoptric region of the plurality of catoptric regions between two facets of the plurality of facets is configured to reflect light from a world point within the first field of view onto two of the sensors of the plurality of sensors. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250044 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT COMBINES IMAGES - An image processing apparatus | 2013-09-26 |
20130250045 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND CONSUMING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DATA FORMAT TO GENERATE REALISTIC PANORAMIC IMAGE - An apparatus and method for generating and consuming a three-dimensional (3D) data format to generate a realistic panoramic image are provided. The apparatus may include an image preprocessing unit to search for a matching point between images captured by a plurality of cameras, and to extract, as image information, at least one of a depth value, a texture value and object division information from each of the captured images, an image information structuring unit to structure 3D data to use the extracted image information to generate a realistic image, a 3D data format storage unit to store format information of the to structured 3D data in a database (DB), realistic image generating unit to generate a realistic panoramic image using the stored format information of the 3D data, and a realistic image rendering unit to perform rendering on the generated realistic panoramic image. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250046 | MULTI-CAMERA VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A multi-camera vision system for a vehicle includes first, second and third image capture devices having respective first, second and third fields of view exterior of the vehicle. The first field of view overlaps with the third field of view defining a first overlap zone, and the second field of view overlaps with the third field of view defining a second overlap zone. Responsive to processing of captured image data, a synthesized image is generated without duplication of objects present in the first and second overlap zones and the synthesized image approximates a view as would be seen by a virtual camera at a single location exterior of the vehicle. The synthesized image is displayed by a single display screen that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle and the synthesized image assists the driver in executing a maneuver of the vehicle with a trailer attached thereto. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250047 | Throwable camera and network for operating the same - A camera thrown or projected into an airborne trajectory, and an image capture system with network devices collaborating for the purpose of generating panoramic images and video sourced from network cameras thrown or projected in independent trajectories, and cameras capable of capturing stable image and video from spinning, spiraling and precessing apertures, and a throwable cameras streamlined in response to aerodynamic forces acting on respective housings. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250048 | METHOD OF CAPTURE, DISPLAY AND SHARING OF ORIENTATION-BASED IMAGE SETS - Captured images are associated with orientation. An imaginary rotational control can be used to play back the captured images associated with orientation. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250049 | ANALYTIC METHOD FOR COMPUTING VIDEO HOLOGRAMS IN REAL TIME - An analytical method for computing a video hologram for a holographic reproduction device having at least one light modulation means is disclosed, wherein a scene split into object points is encoded as a whole hologram and can be seen as a reconstruction from a visibility region, located within a periodicity interval of the reconstruction. The visibility region, together with each object point of the scene to be reconstructed, defines a subhologram and the whole hologram is generated from a superposition of subholograms, wherein the complex hologram values of a subhologram are determined from the wave front of the respective object point to be reconstructed in a modulator region of the light modulation means, by calculating and evaluating the transmission or modulation functions of an imaging element formed in the modulator region. The object point to be reconstructed is located in the focal point of the imaging element. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250050 | VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS WITH IMPROVED 3D HUMAN POSE AND SHAPE MODELING - A video surveillance system, device and methods may accurately model the shape of a human object monitored by a video stream. 3D human models, such as a coarse 3D human model and a detailed 3D human model may be estimated by mapping individual body part components to a frame. For example, a coarse 3D human model may be obtained by mapping the cylindrical body parts to a plurality of skeleton pose estimates on a part by part basis. A detailed 3D human model may be estimated by mapping detailed human body parts to respective the cylindrical body parts of the coarse 3D human model on a part by part basis. The detailed 3D human model may be used to detect accessories of the human object being monitored, as well as overall dimensions, body part dimensions, age, and gender of the human object being monitored. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250051 | SIGNALING METHOD FOR A STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO SERVICE AND APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - Disclosed are a signaling method for a stereoscopic video service and an apparatus using the method. An image decoding method comprises: a step of determining a field value based on a broadcast service type and a display mode in decoding a program level descriptor; and a step of determining an encoded stream type, whether an elementary stream is a reference stream, whether the elementary stream is a left-eye image or a right-eye image, additional image upsampling information and information on a subsampled line. Thus, efficiency of encoding/decoding an additional image for a stereoscopic video content may increase. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250052 | RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING MULTIVIEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL BROADCAST SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a receiving device and a method for receiving a multiview three-dimensional broadcast signal. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for processing multiview three-dimensional broadcast signal comprises the steps of: receiving a broadcast signal, which includes a three-dimensional broadcast image for a plurality of views and includes signaling data for signaling said three-dimensional broadcast image; parsing three-dimensional broadcast image view information, which is contained in said signaling data and identities a three-dimensional broadcast image of a particular view from a multiview subtitle descriptor for signaling subtitle data of a plurality of views, parsing multiview subtitle stream packet identifier information, which designates a packet identifier of a broadcast stream that transmits subtitle data for the three-dimensional broadcast image of the particular view identified by said three-dimensional broadcast image view information, and parsing multiview subtitle segment identifier information, which identifies a segment that transmits the subtitle data for the three-dimensional broadcast image of the particular view included in the broadcast stream which is identified by said multiview subtitle stream packet identifier information, to the three-dimensional broadcast image of the particular view having the same value as said three-dimensional broadcast image view information; and outputting the three-dimensional broadcast image for the plurality of the views including the three-dimensional broadcast image of the particular view, to which said subtitle data is applied. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250053 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME 2D TO 3D CONVERSION OF VIDEO IN A DIGITAL CAMERA - Embodiments are directed towards enabling digital cameras to digitally process captured two dimensional image sequences at a real time video rate, to convert the two dimensional image sequences into stereoscopic three dimensional image sequences. In one embodiment, using a pipelining architecture, various statistics are obtained for a captured two dimensional sequence. The statistics are used to estimate depth within each frame image within the sequence, in real time. Using the depth data a disparity map is generated that is provided to a warping component to generate a second perspective of the two dimensional image. The two images for the frame provide a three dimensional perspective for the frame within the sequence. Together the two perspective images for the frame are provided to a video encoder component to encode the stereoscopic three dimensional frame for the sequence. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250054 | IMAGE DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD, IMAGE DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DATA RECEIVING METHOD - [Object] To enable a reception side (3DTV) to correctly generate left-eye and right-eye display image data by suitably performing cropping processing using cropping information. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250055 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A 3D VIDEO CODING RATE AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A 3D video encoding rate controlling method and an apparatus using the method are disclosed. An image encoding method includes encoding first and second images at a first encoding ratio, with an encoding rate of the first image different from an encoding rate of the second image and after encoding the first and second images at the first encoding ratio, encoding the first and second images at a second encoding ratio. Accordingly, it may be possible to provide a viewer with 3D images while minimizing visual fatigue in consideration of a human visual characteristics. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250056 | MULTIVIEW 3D COMPRESSION FORMAT AND ALGORITHMS - An LRO format encoder provides images for three-dimensional (3D) viewing, that are at least the quality of images provided by conventional encoding techniques using equivalent bandwidth, with encoding and decoding requiring less power than conventional formats. The LRO format facilitates encoding of multiple images using an innovative multiview low energy (MLE) CODEC that reduces the power consumption requirements of encoding and decoding 3D content, as compared to conventional techniques. A significant feature of the MLE CODEC is that a decoded view from a lower processing level is used for one of the components of the LRO format for at least one higher processing level. Thus, some components of the LRO level for a higher view can be derived from processing of lower views, and not all the components of the higher view need to be transmitted as part of the data for the MLE CODEC | 2013-09-26 |
20130250057 | METHOD FOR SERVICE COMPATIBILITY-TYPE TRANSMITTING IN DIGITAL BROADCAST - The present invention relates to a method for making 3D stereo digital broadcast service compatible in an MPEG-2-TS format which is used for transmitting and receiving digital TV. To this end, suggested is a method for transmitting detailed information which supports both TS-level multiplexing and ES-level multiplexing when left and right compressed bitstreams are multiplexed, when service compatibility is enabled. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250058 | TRANSFERRING OF 3D IMAGE DATA - A 3D source device for outputting a three-dimensional image signal, the three-dimensional image signal comprising multi-view image data, the 3D source device comprising an input for receiving image data; a generator arranged to generate the three-dimensional image signal based on the image data, the three-dimensional image signal comprising a first component comprising multiple 2D images for use in stereoscopic viewing, a second component comprising overlay data and a third component defining disparity signaling information for use in overlaying image data over the respective ones of the multiple 2D images. New disparity signaling information in a further third component overrules the disparity signaling information in the third component. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250059 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO INFORMATION - Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting stereoscopic video information capable of providing a stereoscopic video service. The method for transmitting stereoscopic video information comprises the steps of: creating a signaling table including video-related information; and transmitting the signaling table and the video, wherein the signaling table can include stream type information, a stereoscopic program information descriptor and/or a stereoscopic additional video stream descriptor, of the image | 2013-09-26 |
20130250060 | Depth Buffer Compression for Stochastic Motion Blur Rasterization - A depth buffer compression scheme uses bilinear patches as a predictor for depth. The scheme targets compression of scenes rendered with stochastic blur rasterization. A tile of fragments may be split into two or more regions and a higher-degree function may be fit to each region. The residuals are then stored as delta corrections. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250061 | ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AT LEAST ONE STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE BY MEANS OF AN ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope ( | 2013-09-26 |
20130250062 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURE - Stereoscopic image capture is provided. A blur value expected for multiple pixels in left and right images is predicted. The blur value is predicted based on designated capture settings. A disparity value expected for multiple pixels in the left and right images is predicted. The disparity value is predicted based on the designated capture settings. Stressed pixels are identified by comparing the predicted disparity value to a lower bound of disparity value determined from the predicted blur value using a predetermined model. A pixel with predicted disparity value less than the lower bound is identified as a stressed pixel. The predicted disparity is adjusted by modifying the designated capture settings to reduce the number of stressed pixels, or an alert to the presence of stressed pixels is given to the user. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250063 | BABY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exemplary baby monitoring method includes obtaining an image captured by a camera. The image includes a distance information indicating distances between the camera and objects captured by the camera. The method then creates a 3D scene model according to the captured image and the distances between the camera and objects captured by the camera. Next, the method determines whether any baby appears in the created 3D scene model, and further determines whether the distances between the babies and electronic appliances are less than a preset value according to the distances between the camera and the babies, the distances between the camera and the electronic appliances, and a stored horizontal field of view of the camera. The method then outputs a warning and cuts off power supply to the electronic appliances whose distance to the one or more babies are less than the preset value. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250064 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FIELD OF VIEW - A display apparatus for controlling a field of view is provided. When a mode it set to a photograph mode, the display apparatus may control the field of view when photographing, by sensing an input light emitted from an object and transmitted through a first panel on which a field of view control pattern is formed, and a second panel on which an imaging pattern is formed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250065 | RANGE-FINDING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE MOUNTING THE RANGE-FINDING SYSTEM - A range-finding system includes two imaging devices to capture multiple images from two different viewpoints and a parallax calculator to calculate parallax based on the multiple images captured by the two imaging devices. The parallax calculator includes an estimation unit to estimate a correction value based on the amount of image deviation in a lateral direction corresponding to pixel position in the images captured by the two imaging devices and a correction unit to correct a pre-correction parallax or an image based on the correction value estimated by the estimation unit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250066 | THREE DIMENSIONAL CAMERA AND PROJECTOR FOR SAME - A 3D imaging apparatus comprising a projector, comprising a laser array comprising a plurality of individual emitters, a mask for providing a structured light pattern, wherein a distance between the laser array and the mask is substantially minimized according to a non-uniformity profile of the plurality of individual emitters and according to a uniformity criterion related to the light intensity distribution across the mask plane, projection optics to image the structured light pattern onto an object, an imaging sensor adapted to capture an image of the object with the structured light pattern projected thereon and a processing unit adapted to process the image to determine range parameters. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250067 | OPTICAL STEREO DEVICE AND AUTOFOCUS METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides an optical stereo device with an autofocus feature as well as a corresponding autofocus method for optical stereo devices. The optical stereo device has imaging means configured to provide a stereo image of an object of interest by means of combining a right eye image and a left eye image and a control unit operatively connected to the imaging means and configured to receive the right eye image and the left eye image and to adjust the focus position of the imaging means. | 2013-09-26 |