43rd week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080259082 | Methods, Systems, and Apparatus For Multi-Domain Markers - Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods, systems, and apparatus for multi-domain markers. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259083 | Calibration of transmission system using tonal visualization components - The present disclosure relates to broadcast signal calibration devices and methods. A system is provided that permits calibration or tuning of broadcast signal transmission and reception equipment through the use of visual representation of test signals. The generated visualizations, incorporating color and shape, are examined to determine whether any adjustments to the broadcast equipment are needed to compensate for equipment age, deterioration, and the like. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING DATA SOURCES - A method and apparatus for organizing deep Web services are provided. In one aspect, the method and apparatus obtains a collection of sources and their associated attributes and/or input modes, for instance, using a crawling algorithm. The method and apparatus uses this information to organize the sources into communities. A mining algorithm such as the hyperclique mining algorithm is used to obtain cliques of highly correlated attributes. A clustering algorithm such as the hierarchical agglomerative clustering algorithm is used to further cluster the cliques of attributes into larger cliques, which in the present disclosure is referred to as signatures. The sources that are associated with each signature form a community and a graph representation of the communities is constructed, where the vertices are communities and the edges are the shared attributes. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259085 | Method for Animating an Image Using Speech Data - A method for animating an image is useful for animating avatars using real-time speech data. According to one aspect, the method includes identifying an upper facial part and a lower facial part of the image (step | 2008-10-23 |
20080259086 | HYBRID IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a hybrid image processing system, which generally includes an image processing unit for receiving image data corresponding to a set of images, generating commands for processing the image data, and sending the images and the commands to an image processing unit of the hybrid image processing system. Upon receipt, the image processing unit will recognize and interpret the commands, assign and/or schedule tasks for processing the image data to a set of (e.g., special) processing engines based on the commands, and return results and/or processed image data to the image interface unit. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259087 | Programming Framework for Closed Systems - Mechanisms allow for execution of unsigned managed code graphic resource call in a closed system when such unsigned content is executing on the system. For example, a managed code graphic resource device is used between an application running unsigned content and a supervisor mode graphic resource device. A managed mode graphics device validates graphic resource calls made by the application. A managed mode graphics device manages resource calls by differentiating between calls that may be made directly to the supervisor mode graphics device, calls that may be pipelined for later action, and calls that may be made to an intermediate device. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259088 | Display device - Disclosed herein is a display device in which input data is written to a RAM as current frame data and read from the RAM as preceding frame data. Then, the current frame data and the preceding frame data are added up in a correction circuit and the result is subjected to an overdriving processing. After this, the processed (over-driven) data is assumed as current frame corrected data, which is then written to the RAM. The written corrected data is read from the RAM and subjected to a double-speed driving processing. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259089 | Apparatus and method for performing motion compensation by macro block unit while decoding compressed motion picture - A method of a motion compensation, comprising specifying a reference region which is larger than a region of a macro block, based on a motion vector, specifying an object read region larger than the reference region, dividing the object read region into a plurality of divided object read regions; and responding to an identification information identified for each of the divided object read regions to request an external memory to transfer a data in the external memory into a buffer. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259090 | System and Method for Smooth Pointing of Objects During a Presentation - A system and method are provided that allows a speaker to provide real-time annotations to one or more displayed images during a presentation. The speaker inputs the annotations my manually identify a portion of the displayed image using an input mechanism such as a touch screen that is in communication with a presentation monitor and a control system that is controlling the presentation. The identified portions are annotated onto the displayed images using a adaptive color that is selected to provide optimum contrast with the existing colors in the displayed image. In addition to providing adaptive, contrasting colors for the annotations, imperfection such as waviness are removed from the identified portions to created corrected portions that are then annotated onto the presentation image. Annotation is accomplished through computer generated graphics or through the use of a motorized, controllable laser pointer. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259091 | System and Method for Enhancing the Contrast Ratio of an Image - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method that enhance the contrast ratio of a display device. An exemplary embodiment comprises determining brightness level of a brightest object of a video frame, determining a required illumination for the video frame based on the pixel brightness level of the brightest object, obtaining a gamma-corrected pixel adjustment value, applying the gamma-corrected pixel adjustment value to a color value of an input pixel of the video frame to obtain a gamma-corrected pixel value, and displaying the gamma-corrected pixel value. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259092 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLOR MANAGING CONTENT ELEMENTS ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A system and method for color managing content elements on a display device are provided. The systems and methods for color managing content elements on a display device comprising using a set of color space characteristic values that describe a color space of the display device to create a profile having a multidimensional table encapsulating the display behavior as described by color space characteristic values for the display device. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259093 | Electronic device and method for displaying a full frame image - An electronic device is proposed for cooperating with a first electronic device to display a full image corresponding to a video signal. The electronic device includes a display screen for displaying a first partial image of the full image. The first electronic device includes a first display screen for displaying a second partial image of the full image. The electronic device further includes a control module for generating an adjust command and a transmitting module for transmitting the adjust command to the first electronic device in order to rotate the second partial image in such a manner that the second partial image combines with the first partial image to match the full image. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259094 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE ADAPTED TO CHANGE OPERATION MODE - A portable electronic device adapted to change its operation mode is disclosed. When a rotation of the portable electronic device is detected, the operation mode is changed according to the angle of rotation, and a user interface corresponding to the changed operation mode is output by a display unit. This method intuitively changes the mode based on a rotation of the device without requiring a complicated and unnecessary key input, and provides a more convenient and faster user interface. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259095 | Method and Apparatus for Changing Display Orientations on a Monitor of a Portable Computer - A method for changing the display orientation on a monitor of a portable computer after the portable computer has been rotated by a user is disclosed. In response to a detection that the portable computer has been physically rotated, a determination is made whether or not the new physical orientation is unchanged within a predetermined period of time. If the new physical orientation has been changed within the predetermined period of time, the portable computer continues to detect for a physical rotation. If the new physical orientation is unchanged within the predetermined period of time, a display orientation on a monitor of the portable computer is adjusted to accommodate the new physical orientation. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259096 | GPS-Based Location and Messaging System and Method - A system and method for viewing a target in a background from a user's perspective. In one form, the views are selectable by the user on, for example, a GPS equipped cell phone, to include a view from the participant's position, zoom, pan, and tilt views, or views from another geographic location, giving increased situational awareness and identification of the target. Other information can be conveyed, such as messages or advertisements, on a billboard, which may be a geo-referenced area on or near the target. Preferably, an orientation mechanism shows when the device is correctly pointed to a target. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259097 | Method for Displaying Images on Display Screen - Method, apparatus and program product for efficient display of an image at a targeted position in an image on a display screen by displaying, on the display screen, an image on which the targeted position is not displayed; setting a first position specified on the image displayed on the display screen, and a second position having a point symmetry with respect to a center of the displayed image; displaying the image while reducing a display magnification of the displayed image to a certain magnification to a degree with which the targeted position can be identified in the image, employing the second position as a center; and displaying the image while enlarging the displayed image to a certain magnification, employing the targeted position or a designated neighboring point as a center on the image obtained after the magnification change. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259098 | Display Method and System for Stimulating the Blinking of the Eyes of a User by Subliminal Modification of Display Parameters - In a method for displaying visual information ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259099 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The invention provides a display device that includes: a separating section that generates a separation image signal, which specifies the gradations of a plurality of color components and the gradations of a plurality of white components, from an input image signal, which specifies the gradations of a plurality of primary color components for each of a plurality of pixels; and a displaying section that displays a single-color image corresponding to one of the color components and the white components sequentially on the basis of the generated separation image signal in each of a plurality of subfields allocated in a frame in such a manner that subfields corresponding to each of the plurality of the white components are distanced from each other or one another on a time axis. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259100 | FIXER FOR A METALLIC INKJET INK SYSTEM - A fixer includes an aqueous vehicle, and at least one film-forming material selected from amine copolymers, polyamines, alkyl phenols, polycarboxylates, carboxylated acrylic copolymers, dendrimers, silicone polymers, acrylic acid copolymers, polystyrene sulfonates, polyvinyl sulfonates, dehydroxanthan gum, celluloses, cyclodextrin polymers, polymers having a terminal hydrophobic hydrocarbon group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide group linked to a urethanyl group via a polyoxyalkyl amine group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide group linked to a urethanyl group via a quaternized polyoxyalkyl amine group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide group linked to a urethanyl group via a quaternized polyamine, and combinations thereof. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259101 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF PRINT PASSES IN FLAT PANEL DISPLAY MANUFACTURING - A system for inkjet printing includes a first set including a first inkjet print head having a first plurality of nozzles adapted to selectively dispense a first ink, and a second inkjet print head having a second plurality of nozzles adapted to selectively dispense a second ink; a second set including a third inkjet print head having a third plurality of nozzles adapted to selectively dispense a third ink and a fourth inkjet print head having a fourth plurality of nozzles adapted to selectively dispense a fourth ink; and a stage adapted to support the substrate and transport the substrate below the first and second sets during a printing pass; wherein the first set is adapted to dispense the first and second inks into respective adjacent color wells of a display pixel on a substrate and the second set is adapted to dispense the third and fourth inks into respective adjacent color wells of a display pixel on a substrate. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259102 | PRINT ENGINE CONTROLLER FOR RECEIVING DOT DATA - Provided is a print engine controller for a pagewidth printhead. The controller includes contone and bi-level decompression circuitry for decompressing a contone layer of compressed page data and a bi-level layer of compressed page data, respectively. The controller also includes halftoner and compositor circuitry for halftoning the decompressed contone layer to associated bi-level versions and compositing the decompressed bi-level layer over the halftoned contone layers. Also included is printhead interface circuitry for receiving the halftoned and composited data so as to generate print data suitable for printing by the printhead. The controller further includes line loader and formatter circuitry for receiving dot data from the halftoner and compositor circuitry to store the dot data for lines to be printed in memory circuitry of the controller and to format said lines into an order required by the printhead interface circuitry. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259103 | PRINTER CONTROLLER FOR MONITORING AN INK DROP COUNT - Provided is a printer controller for a pagewidth printer having a printhead configured to print according to print quality information. The printer has a paper transport mechanism for transporting a sheet of paper along a media path through the printer. The controller includes a processor having an address, data and control bus, an expander unit and a decoder unit each coupled to the bus and configured to decompress a bi-level black layer and a continuous tone (contone) layer of a page to be printed. The controller also includes a replaceable ink cartridge arranged in the media path and having a first integrated circuit (IC) interfaced with the processor, the first IC containing the print quality information. Also included is a second IC interfaced to the processor. The processor is configured to count a number of drops of ink printed by the printhead, to update a remaining drop count of the ink cartridge using the counted drops printed and to write an updated remaining drop count to the second IC each time a page has been printed. The processor is also configured to control the paper transport mechanism during printing. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259104 | LIQUID DETECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a liquid detecting apparatus that drives a liquid detecting unit that outputs two detection signals having phases opposite to each other in accordance with the amount of liquid. The liquid detecting apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes: a driving unit that outputs a driving signal to the liquid detecting unit; a differential amplifying unit that performs differential amplification on said two detection signals that are output from the liquid detecting unit on the basis of the driving signal so as to output a differential amplification detection signal; and a signal detecting unit that makes a judgment as to whether the amount of liquid is not less than a predetermined amount or not by means of the differential amplification detection signal input from the differential amplifying unit. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259105 | Current Control Circuit for Micro-Fluid Ejection Device Heaters - Current control circuit for micro-fluid ejection heaters. In one embodiment, the current through a heater in a micro-fluid ejection device may be monitored and regulated to maintain a particular value or range of values. In such an embodiment, the heater current may be monitored and compared to a reference value. A signal may be induced based upon the divergence of the beater current from the value and the signal may be applied to the logic switch for the monitored heater. The logic switch may regulate the current through the heater based upon the induced signal. As a result of the regulation of the current, the induced signal may dynamically change thereby allowing fast regulation of the heater current. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259106 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PATTERNED LAYER ON SUBSTRATE - A method for manufacturing a patterned layer ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259107 | SENSING OF FLUID EJECTED BY DROP-ON-DEMAND NOZZLES - Various apparatus and methods relating to determining a quantity measurement of fluid ejected by drop-on-demand nozzles and modifying the ejection parameters based upon the quantity measurement. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259108 | Ink ejection amount measurement method and ink ejection amount measurement system - The ink ejection amount measurement method for an inkjet recording head, includes: an ink ejection step of ejecting ink onto a recording medium from a recording head by applying a drive voltage to the recording head, in such a manner that an ink dot image is formed on the recording medium; an image reading step of reading the ink dot image formed on the recording medium by means of an image reading device; a number of pixels measurement step of measuring number of pixels occupied by the ink dot image formed on the recording medium; a correlation table preparation step of preparing a correlation table representing a correlation among a value of the drive voltage, number of pixels occupied by an ink dot image formed on the recording medium, and an ink ejection amount ejected by the recording head; a drive voltage sweeping step of changing a value of the drive voltage applied to the recording head, from a first drive voltage measurement value which is a value of the drive voltage when the number of pixels measured in the number of pixels measurement step is a first number of pixels, to a second drive voltage measurement value which is a value of the drive voltage at a boundary where the number of pixels measured in the number of pixels measurement step changes from the first number of pixels to a second number of pixels; and an ink ejection amount calculation step of calculating the ink ejection amount when a drive voltage having the first drive voltage measurement value is applied to the recording head, according to the correlation table, using the first drive voltage measurement value and the second drive voltage measurement value. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259109 | INK JET PRINTER AND A METHOD OF COMPUTING CONVEYANCE AMOUNT OF A CONVEYANCE ROLLER OF THE INK JET PRINTER - A method of computing a conveyance variance from a difference of two adjustment patterns in order to measure a variance in a conveyance amount occurring while a sheet is conveyed. By using this method, the variance that occurs during one rotation of the roller occurring because of the roller accuracy, deflection of the roller, and the attachment of a roller supporting member can be alleviated. Thus, the unevenness occurring synchronously to one rotation of the roller can be alleviated, and as a result, an ink jet printer that is capable of printing with high quality can be provided. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259110 | Method of Printing on Large Format Flexible Substrate and Printing Apparatus - Disclosed is a method of multi pass inkjet printing on wide format flexible substrates where errors in flexible substrate positions are corrected by adapting the geometry and position of the next printed swath to the geometry of the adjacent earlier printed image swath. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259111 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING AND MAINTAINING REGISTRATION OF A MEDIUM IN A CONTENT APPLICATOR - A content applicator receives a continuous medium and applies content to segments of the continuous medium. The content applicator includes a sensor array, a controller subsystem, and a print station. The sensor array scans the continuous medium as the continuous medium moves along a medium transport pathway. The controller subsystems receives scan information from the sensor array and uses the scan information to establish and maintain registration between the continuous medium and the print station. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259112 | Printing device having supply of colorant that is non-refillable and at least substantially non-removable from end user perspective - A printing device includes a supply of colorant that is non-refillable from an end user perspective and that is at least substantially non-removable from the printing device from the end user perspective. The printing device also includes an inkjet printhead that forms images on media using the supply of colorant. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259113 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH PRINTHEAD IC TILES - A printhead assembly for a pagewidth printer arrangement includes a channel shaped member. A number of printhead tiles are located in the channel shaped member. Each tile has a printhead integrated circuit (IC) carrier member for receiving a printhead IC and an ink ducting member that mates with the carrier member and defines ink ducts for supplying the printhead IC with ink via the carrier member. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259114 | PRINT HEAD CLEANING FLUID CONDENSATION - Various embodiments and methods relating to condensation of print head cleaning fluid upon a print head are disclosed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259115 | LIQUID-EJECTING RECORDING HEAD AND LIQUID-EJECTING RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording head includes a plurality of nozzle arrays separately provided so as to correspond to kinds of recording liquids to be discharged, a plurality of common liquid chambers from which the recording liquids are supplied to the nozzle arrays, a plurality of recording-liquid introducing passages communicating with the common liquid chambers, and a plurality of filters provided in the recording-liquid introducing passages. Upstream aperture areas of the filters are equal to each other, and downstream aperture areas of the filters are different according to the kinds of recording liquids passing through the filters. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259116 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head which includes a nozzle plate having conductive property including an opening and for ejecting ink toward a medium to be recorded from the opening, an absorbing member disposed so as to oppose the nozzle plate in the ejecting direction of the ink from the recording head and for absorbing the ink not adhered to the medium to be recorded, an electrode disposed so as to make contact with the absorbing member, and an electric potential difference generator for generating an electric potential difference between the nozzle plate and the electrode and electrically attracting the ink not adhered to the medium to be recorded toward the electrode side. The electric potential difference generator generates an electric potential difference so that the magnitude of the electric potential difference is varied in accordance with a distance between a portion of the absorbing member to which the ink is absorbed and the nozzle plate. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259117 | PRINTER - A printer including a medium supporting member that supports a print medium in a state placed thereon, a print head that has nozzles for ejecting ink droplets downward and freely reciprocates above the medium supporting member, and a maintenance device. The maintenance device is disposed to face the lower surface of the print head when the print head is in a standby position and receives residual ink in the nozzles which is ejected from the nozzles when the print head is in the standby position. The maintenance device has an ink receiving chamber that opens upward for receiving the residual ink ejected from the nozzles and a liquid injection member that injects liquid into the ink receiving chamber when the print head is away from a position where the print head faces the ink receiving chamber in the vertical direction. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259118 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus according to the invention includes a liquid ejecting head capable of ejecting liquid from nozzle openings provided in a nozzle-forming surface, a nozzle-forming-surface visual-inspection unit for enabling a visual inspection of the nozzle-forming surface, and a liquid receptacle for receiving liquid discharged as waste liquid from the nozzle openings in the liquid ejecting head. The liquid receptacle is movable between a receiving position, where the liquid receptacle is positioned adjacent to the nozzle-forming surface, and a non-receiving position, where the liquid receptacle is positioned away from the receiving position. The liquid receptacle covers the nozzle-forming-surface visual-inspection unit when the liquid receptacle is positioned at the receiving position. The nozzle-forming-surface visual-inspection unit allows the nozzle-forming surface to be visually inspected when the liquid receptacle is positioned at the non-receiving position. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259119 | INK JET HEAD - An ink jet head includes an elongated ink supply port extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of head groups arranged in a transverse direction crossing with the longitudinal direction. A first array of ink ejection outlets is disposed along one lateral side of an ink supply port, and second and third arrays of ink ejection outlets are disposed along the other lateral side of the ink supply port, wherein widths L | 2008-10-23 |
20080259120 | PRINTING HEAD AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing head, having ejection openings arranged symmetric, is to be suppressed from deteriorating in image quality as caused by the manufacturing errors or problems in mounting accuracy thereof. Specifically, in the case the printing head inclines, for example, by 0.5 degrees at the line connecting between the corresponding ejection openings of ejection opening arrays relative to the scanning direction, deviations occur in the dots formed through the ejection opening arrays with reference to the dot formed through other ejection opening array. However, the deviations can be minimized by arranging adjacently small-ejection opening arrays for cyan and magenta with a spacing reduced between those ejection opening arrays. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259121 | JETSTACK PLATE TO PLATE ALIGNMENT - An apparatus has a first plate having a first array of holes, with a first plate alignment hole having a smaller size than the other holes in the array, a second plate having a second array of holes to be alignable to the first array of holes, a second plate alignment hole having a smaller size than the other holes in the array, and the first plate alignment hole and the second plate alignment hole having different positions. A method of aligning plates provides a first plate having a top and bottom and first array of holes including a first plate alignment hole having a size smaller than the other holes in the first array, places a second plate having a second array of holes on the top of the first plate such that the first array of holes and the second array of holes align, directs light at the bottom of the first plate, locates a profile of the first plate alignment hole in the second array of holes to verify alignment. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259122 | INKJET PRINTHEAD HAVING NOZZLE ARRANGEMENTS WITH HYDROPHOBICALLY TREATED ACTUATORS AND NOZZLES - Provided is an inkjet printhead having a plurality of nozzle arrangements. Each arrangement includes a wafer substrate defining a nozzle and an ink chamber underneath the nozzle with an ink supply channel leading to said chamber, as well as a paddle arranged in the chamber. Each arrangement also includes an actuator arrangement positioned on the substrate and configured to actuate the paddle to eject ink from the nozzle, wherein the actuator and nozzle are hydrophobically treated to prevent ejected ink from wicking after ejection. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259123 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH AN INK CASSETTE HAVING AN AIR FILTER - A printhead assembly that includes a chassis and a printhead assembly mounted on the chassis and having printhead integrated circuits each with a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements for ejecting ink. Also included is an ink distribution assembly supporting the integrated circuits, said distribution assembly defining a plurality of converging ink passages in fluid communication with respective ink nozzle arrangements. The assembly also includes an ink cassette defining a number of ink reservoirs operatively arranged in fluid communication with the ink distribution assembly via a number of ink hoses, such that inks from the respective reservoirs are ductable from the reservoirs to respective groups of the nozzle arrangements. The cassette also includes an air filter for filtering air pumped to the nozzle arrangements. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259124 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING HEAT ALIGNING PRINTHEAD MODULES - The present invention relates to a printhead assembly for a printer. The assembly includes a support member. A plurality of printhead modules is mounted to the support member. Each printhead module includes an integrated circuit manufactured using micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) techniques. The printhead modules are configured to move into alignment with each other upon heating of the printhead assembly. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259125 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND A FLUID EJECTION DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A microfluidic device includes first and second glass substrates bonded together. The first glass substrate has first and second opposed surfaces. A die pocket is formed in the first opposed surface, and a through slot extends from the die pocket to the second opposed surface. The second glass substrate is bonded to the second opposed surface of the first glass substrate whereby an outlet of a channel formed in the second glass substrate substantially aligns with the through slot. The channel of the second glass substrate has an inlet that is larger than the outlet. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259126 | PRINTING CONTROL - Various methods and apparatus relating to the control of printing by a print head based upon a captured image of an array of printed marks are disclosed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259127 | DROP EMITTING APPARATUS - A drop emitting apparatus including a manifold, a viscoelastic structure acoustically coupled to the manifold, and a plurality of drop generators fluidically coupled to the manifold. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259128 | LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID-EJECTING DEVICE, LIQUID-EJECTING METHOD, AND EJECTION MEDIUM FOR LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD - A liquid-ejecting head includes a liquid cell that contains an ejection medium that is liquid at normal temperature, a nozzle for ejecting the ejection medium in the liquid cell, an energy-generating element for supplying ejection energy to the ejection medium in the liquid cell, and heating means for heating the liquid cell independently of the supply of the ejection energy to the ejection medium in the liquid cell. The energy-generating element is driven to eject the ejection medium from the nozzle in a droplet form. The heating means is supplied with a substantially direct current component to generate heat so that at least the temperature of the liquid cell is constantly maintained above the ambient temperature irrespective of whether the energy-generating element is driven. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259129 | INKJET PRINTHEAD HAVING LOW MASS EJECTION HEATER - An inkjet printhead is provided having ink chambers on a first surface of a substrate. Each ink chamber has an ink ejection nozzle, a heater arranged so as to heat the ink to form a gas bubble and thereby cause ejection of an ink drop from the associated nozzle and ink supply passages formed in the substrate from an opposite, second surface of the substrate, so that each ink supply passage supplies ink to an associated one of the ink chambers. A length of the passages through the substrate from the second surface to the associated ink chambers is configured to prevent reverse ink flow into the passages after ink ejection. Each heater includes solid material and has a mass of less than 10 nanograms of the solid material, which is configured to be heated to cause formation of the gas bubble. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259130 | SUBSTRATE FOR INKJET PRINTING HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SUBSTRATE - There is provided a substrate for an inkjet printing head and a method for manufacturing the same, in which the substrate has a structure that different kinds of metals do not come into contact with ink or moisture. For this purpose, the structure is constituted such that a diffusion preventing layer for mainly protecting a lower layer among power wiring metals is covered by a metal layer for mainly supplying power, in connection with its upper surface and at least part of a side surface. Herewith, since a single metal appears on a surface of the power wiring including up to its side surface, even circumstance occurs of coming into contact with the ink or the moisture, a battery reaction accompanied by difference of ionization tendency is not generated, and thus corrosion or short-circuit of the power wiring is suppressed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259131 | LOW ENERGY, LONG LIFE MICRO-FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - Micro-fluid ejection heads and methods for extending the life of micro-fluid ejection heads. One such micro-fluid ejection head includes a substrate having a plurality of thermal ejection actuators. Each of the thermal ejection actuators has a resistive layer and a protective layer thereon. A flow feature member is adjacent the substrate and defines a fluid feed channel, a fluid chamber associated with at least one of the actuators and in flow communication with the fluid feed channel, and a nozzle. The nozzle is offset to a side of the chamber opposite the feed channel. A polymeric layer having a degradation temperature of less than about 400° C. overlaps a portion of the at least one actuator associated with the fluid chamber and positioned less than about five microns from at least an edge of the at least one actuator opposite the fluid feed channel. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259132 | INKJET PRINTHEAD WITH NOZZLE ASSEMBLIES HAVING FLUIDIC SEALS - Provided is an inkjet printhead for a printer, the printhead having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle assemblies. Each nozzle assembly includes a substrate defining an ink inlet channel and an arm fast with a thermal actuator itself fast with said substrate via an anchor arrangement. Each nozzle assembly also includes a nozzle on the substrate defining an ink aperture over the ink inlet channel, with a nozzle rim of the nozzle being inwardly displaceable by the actuator to eject ink from the aperture. The nozzle has a skirt portion and an inwardly directed lip that forms a fluidic seal in a complementary manner between the ink aperture and the thermal actuator. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259133 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, INK JET HEAD, AND INK JET RECORDING DEVICE - A piezoelectric element includes a pressure chamber member that has an opening | 2008-10-23 |
20080259134 | PRINT HEAD LAMINATE - A print head laminate includes a flexible glass layer between an adhesive layer and an electrical conductor. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259135 | Printing Material Container - Ink cartridge | 2008-10-23 |
20080259136 | LIQUID DETECTION DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETECTING LIQUID - A liquid detection device that drives a liquid detecting portion includes a driving portion, a signal detecting portion, a high-pass filter portion, a first switch, and a control portion. The driving portion supplies a driving signal or a preliminary charging voltage to the liquid detecting portion. The signal detecting portion receives a detection signal from the liquid detecting portion. The high-pass filter portion has a capacitor portion and is arranged between the liquid detecting portion and the signal detecting portion. The first switch is arranged between the liquid detecting portion and the high-pass filter portion, and electrically connects or interrupts a line between the liquid detecting portion and the high-pass filter portion. The control portion controls the driving portion and the first switch to execute detection of liquid. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259137 | Ink Supply System for a Printer - An ink supply system ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259138 | APPARATUS FOR REGULATING AIR PRESSURE IN INK TANK AND INK-SUPPLYING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259139 | METHOD OF PRIMING PICOLITRE INKJET PRINTHEAD - A method of priming an inkjet printhead having ink ejection nozzles. The method includes: providing an ink bag containing ink for distribution to the nozzles via a fluid path between the ink bag and the nozzles; applying inwardly directed force on at least one exterior wall of the ink bag so as to reduce an available fluid volume of the ink bag, thereby causing ink to flow from the ink bag to the nozzles along the fluid path; and arranging a biasing member in the ink bag so that the biasing member applies outwardly directed force on at least one interior wall of the ink bag to restrain the reduction of available fluid volume of the ink bag only once the available fluid volume has been reduced to a predetermined volume. Each nozzle is configured to eject an ink drop having a volume of about 1.2 picolitres. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259140 | Ink-jet recording apparatus - An ink-jet recording apparatus is provided with an ink tank, a recording head, an ink passage extending from the ink tank to the recording head, and a sub-tank arranged on the ink passage. The apparatus has a first ink passage, a second ink passage, and an ultrasonic transducer. The first ink passage supplies ink from the ink tank to the sub-tank. The second ink passage has an ink outlet port, through which the ink is drawn from the sub-tank into the recording head. The ultrasonic transducer applies ultrasonic vibration to the ink contained in the sub-tank. The ink outlet port of the second ink passage is arranged near the ultrasonic transducer. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259141 | FLUID CARTRIDGE FOR A FLUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - A fluid cartridge for a printing device includes a housing having a base and a first and second chamber. A wall extends outwardly from and substantially normal to the base and is configured to separate the housing, thereby forming the first and second chambers. An air/ink exchange port is defined in a bottom portion of the wall and adjacent to the base. A longitudinal air flow-restricting member is disposed adjacent the air/ink exchange port and on the base, and extends outwardly predetermined distance into one of the first or second chambers. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259142 | Printing device having supply of colorant and receptive to print cartridge having self-contained supply of colorant - A printing device includes a supply of colorant and a mechanism. The mechanism is receptive to removable insertion of a first print cartridge and a second print cartridge. One of the first print cartridge and the second print cartridge can be inserted into the mechanism at any given time. The first print cartridge at least ultimately uses the supply of colorant of the printing device to form the images on the media. The second print cartridge has a self-contained supply of colorant that is exclusively used in lieu of the supply of colorant of the printing device to form the images on the media. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259143 | Ink Cartridges - An ink cartridge includes a case including a front face and a rear face opposite the front face, an ink supply portion positioned at the front face of the case, an air intake portion positioned at the case, and a movable member configured to move between a first position and a second position relative to the case. The ink cartridge also includes a resilient member having a first end which is coupled to the front face of the case and a second end which is coupled to the movable member. The movable and member and the resilient member are positioned outside the case. Moreover, the resilient member is configured to expand and to contract to move the movable member relative to the case between the first position and the second position. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259144 | INK CONTAINER FOR INK JET PRINTER, HOLDER FOR THE CONTAINER, CARRIAGE FOR THE HOLDER, AND INK JET PRINTER - An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259145 | Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid processing method - In order to prevent, in an operation for circulating liquid, an ejection port from sucking air or the ejection port from pushing out liquid, the subtank for temporally storing ink to be supplied to the ink jet head includes the air communication passage opened or closed by the air communication valve. The ink jet head is communicated with the subtank by the first passage and the second passage to constitute one circulation passage. In order to circulate the ink in the subtank into the common liquid chamber, the main pump is energized while the air communication valve is being closed. When the circulation operation is stopped, the air communication valve is opened immediately after the stoppage of the main pump, thereby eliminating the differential pressure between the common liquid chamber and the subtank within a short period of time. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259146 | INK-JET RECORDING HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INK-JET RECORDING HEAD - An ink-jet recording head and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes forming a photosensitive resin layer on a support component and forming through holes in the resin layer. Since the diameters of the through hole on both sides of the photosensitive resin layer are made equal, the bonding area of a filter to a substrate is ensured, and the aperture area of the through hole per unit area is increased. A maximum aperture diameter is made to be smaller than or equal to a maximum linear distance between intersection points of a straight line passing through the geometric center of the ejection nozzle and an edge of the ejection nozzle. The head substrate and the filter are press-contacted. The support component is removed. The resulting recording head can prevent a reduction of the yield due to non-ejection of ink. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259147 | Intercalated compound - Embodiments of a metal oxide intercalated ink-jettable compound are disclosed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259148 | Handheld and/or mountable fluid-ejection device having tip-extension assembly and/or tubings - A fluid-ejection device includes a handheld and/or mountable enclosure, a removable tip having a fluid-ejection mechanism, a first fitting extending from the enclosure and receptive to placement of the removable tip thereon, and a controller situated within the enclosure to cause the removable tip to eject the fluid. The fluid-ejection device may also include tip-extension assembly having an electrical cable connecting to the controller and having a second fitting receptive to placement of the removable tip thereon. The electrical cable permits the removable tip to be located substantially independently of the enclosure. The fluid-ejection device may further include tubings fluidically couplable with the removable tip through at least one of the first and second fittings to provide fluid to the removable tip and to regulate backpressure of the fluid within the removable tip. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259149 | MONOLITHIC FLUID INJECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING AND OPERATING THEREOF - The invention provides a monolithic fluid injection device and method for fabricating and operating thereof. The device comprises a substrate and a structural layer disposed thereon to form a fluid chamber therebetween for storing a fluid therein. The device further comprises a liquid level control unit formed on the structural layer and a nozzle passed through the liquid level control unit and structural layer to communicate with the fluid chamber. The liquid level control unit adjusts liquid level of fluid in the nozzle to eject a droplet with various volume and direction. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259150 | Printer and ink cassette therefor - A printer to which an ink cassette having a function of transmitting and receiving data via wireless communication with a printer main body is attached, is disclosed. The printer includes: communication means that transmits and receives data via wireless communication with an ink cassette; and control means that acquires management information of the ink cassette stored in the ink cassette side via the communication means and displays the information with display means and controls printing based on the acquired management information, wherein the control means receives data from the ink cassette attached to the printer main body with the communication means and receives the management information through the reception of data with the communication means from the ink cassette made close to a predetermined position of the printer main body and displays the information with the display means. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259151 | Tape Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus that receives a supply of an image receiving medium and includes a platen arranged to feed the image receiving medium selectively in one of a forward and reverse direction. A print head arranged to print an image on the image receiving medium while the medium is fed in the forward direction and an arcuate guide portion partially encasing the platen and movable relative to the surface of the platen. The guide portion having an inoperative position in which it is spaced from the print head to permit a supply of image receiving medium to be received and an operative position wherein the guide portion is moved to be proximate to the print head whereby the guide portion in the operative position restricts movement of the image receiving medium in a direction perpendicular to the forward and reverse direction. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259152 | Optical disc and method of labeling the same - An optical disc has a first plate, a second plate adhered to the first plate, and an optically-activated colorant disposed between the first and second plates. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259153 | Exposure Head - Provided is an exposure head, including: an array substrate having a plurality of organic EL elements arranged in an array on one face; and a plurality of circuit chips having a circuit for driving the organic EL element, and in which the forming face of the circuit is serially arranged along the extending direction of the array substrate so as to face one face of the array substrate; wherein the plurality of circuit chips are mutually serially connected by providing a pair of wiring groups for each mutual boundary location of the circuit chips on one face of the array substrate and outside the arrangement area of the organic EL element, bump-bonding one of the adjacent circuit chips to one end of the pair of wiring groups, and bump-bonding the other adjacent circuit chip to the other end of the pair of wiring groups. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259154 | Simulating Short Depth of Field to Maximize Privacy in Videotelephony - An arrangement for simulating a short depth of field in a captured videophone image is provided in which the background portion of the image is digitally segregated and blurred to render it indistinct. Thus, the displayed video of a user in the foreground is kept in focus while the background appears to be out of focus. Image tracking or fixed templates are used to segregate an area of interest that is kept in focus from the remaining captured video image. Image processing techniques are applied to groups of pixels in the remaining portion to blur that portion of the captured video image. Such techniques include the application of a filter that are alternatively selected from convolution filters in the spatial domain (e.g., mean, median, or Gaussian filters), or frequency filters in the frequency domain (e.g., low-pass or Gaussian filters). User-selectable control is optionally implemented for controlling the type of foreground/background segregation technique utilized (i.e., dynamic face-tracking or fixed template shape), degree of blurring applied to the background, and on/off control of the background blurring. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259155 | Online Video Operator Management System - The present invention relates to systems and methods for communicating with various people from remote locations, and more particularly to assisting customers through online commercial transactions utilizing a mix of live and pre-recorded video presentations and interactions. Various embodiments of the invention comprise: a) a customer connected to a network by a customer interface; b) an operator connected to a network by an operator interface; c) at least one display window in the customer interface, wherein said display window displays an object selected from a list consisting of: a live video feed of operator and a pre-recorded video clip of an operator; d) at least one interaction between said customer and said operator, wherein the interaction may be selected from a list consisting of: live text chat, live video conference, pre-recorded video messages, third party intervention, and changing the appearance of the customer interface; e) a recording device for recording customer behaviors and customer interactions with operator; f) data storage for retention of said customer behaviors and said customer interactions with operator; and g) recall device for playing at least one prerecorded video clip selected by an operator for said customer, wherein said clip is selected from a list consisting of: a prerecorded video clip of an answer to a frequently asked question, a greeting previously recorded by the operator, an answer previously recorded by said operator and an answer previously recorded by a third party. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259156 | Stereoscopic Display Device with Liquid Crystal Shutter Light Filter for Naked Eye Viewing and a Display Method Thereof - A stereoscopic display device with liquid crystal shutter light filter for naked eye viewing which comprises a personal computer and an image screen, wherein a dual display card is disposed inside the personal computer, and a light filtering screen is disposed in front of the image screen, and both the image screen and the light filtering screen connect with the dual display card respectively. Input the three-dimensional model data of a stereo image to the dual display card of the personal computer; and set the light filtering data and control the light filtering screen to open light filtering apertures correspondingly to obtain a light filtering image, and then use region projection method to record the stereo image as divided into partitions and obtain a continuous parallax image data, and then perform image processing on the continuous parallax image data to obtain a continuous parallax image, and the light filtering image and the continuous parallax image form a recording unit of the stereo image. Display the continuous parallax image on the image screen and the light filtering image on the light filtering screen simultaneously by the dual display card to see stereo image. The present invention has extensive applications. It is not required to wear any special glasses or helmets to view stereo images. It is also possible to move freely and view the stereo images from different perspective without causing any visual strain. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259157 | Lenticular Design By Applying Light Blocking Feature - An autostereoscopic display apparatus ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259158 | Video Surveillance System Controller - A video surveillance system controller that controls multiple cameras with at least two joysticks ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259159 | SUPPORTING CONTINUOUS PAN ROTATION IN A PAN-TILT CAMERA - The invention relates to a method for moving a maneuverable part of a pan-tilt camera from a first pan-tilt position, having a first pan coordinate and a first tilt coordinate, to a second pan-tilt position, having a second pan coordinate and a second tilt coordinate. The maneuverable part is moved by inverting the maneuverable part of the camera and panning to the second pan coordinate. The first pan coordinate is part of a pan-tilt coordinate system and the second pan coordinate is part of a complementary pan-tilt coordinate system, which represents positions of the inverted maneuverable part. The maneuverable part is moved from the first tilt coordinate to the second tilt coordinate. The first tilt coordinate is part of the pan-tilt coordinate system and the second tilt coordinate is part of the complementary pan-tilt coordinate system. The invention also relates to a corresponding device and a corresponding computer program. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259160 | VEHICLE VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE - A vehicle video recording device includes surveillance cameras, an electronic memory for temporarily storing the videos shot by the cameras, a hard disk drive (HDD) for receiving and storing the video data from the electronic memory, a running environmental data memory for storing the running environmental data along a route, on which the vehicle runs, which data affects the recording performance of the HDD, and a recording controller for controlling transmission and recording of the video from the electronic memory to the HDD during a route section, where the recording performance of the HDD does not lower, based on the running environmental data. This structure allows saving the recording device from having sensors, and yet, the video recording device can positively records the video shot by the cameras even if vibration or impact happens. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259161 | Surveillance system with camera - A surveillance unit which includes a video camera ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259162 | Imaging Region Adjustment Device - To provide an imaging region adjustment device, including plural camera terminals, capable of imaging an entire imaging target without blinds spots. Each of the camera terminals includes a camera ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259163 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED MULTIPLE TARGET TRACKING - A method and system for distributed tracking of multiple targets is disclosed. Multiple targets to be tracked by a plurality of trackers are detected in a frame. The motion state variable of each of the plurality of trackers is calculated in the E-step of a variational Expectation-Maximization algorithm. Further, the data association variable of each of the plurality of trackers is calculated in the M-step of the algorithm. Depending on the motion state variable and the data association variable, the multiple targets are tracked. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259164 | Data transfer circuit, solid-state imaging device, and camera system - A data transfer circuit includes at least one data transfer line that transfers digital data, at least one data detecting circuit connected to the transfer line, holding circuits that hold digital values corresponding to input levels and that transfer the digital values to the transfer line, a scanning circuit that selects a holding circuit from among the holding circuits, at least one test-pattern generating circuit that generates a predetermined digital value, the test-pattern generating circuit being connected to the transfer line, at least one test-column scanning circuit that selects the test-pattern generating circuit, and a start-pulse selecting circuit that controls starting of the scanning circuit and starting of the test-column scanning circuit. The start-pulse selecting circuit has a function of transferring the predetermined digital value to the data transfer line by activating the test-pattern generating circuit via the test-column scanning circuit. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259165 | CAMERA HAVING PRINTER FOR PRINTING INTERACTIVE INTERFACES - A camera is provided having a camera module, a network interface module and printing module. The camera module receives user input and captures the image with an image sensor in response to the user input. The interface module transfers the captured image to a computer system. The printing module prints an interface onto a surface including the image and coded data at least partially indicative of an identity of the image. This allows the identity of the image to be obtained from the interface. The interface module receives response data generated by the computer system in response to performing an action, and the printing module receives the response data from the interface module, generates a second interface based at least partially on the response data, and print the second interface on the second surface. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259166 | CAMERA HAVING NETWORKED INTERACTIVE PRINTER - A camera is provided having a camera module, a network interface module and printing module. The camera module receives user input and captures the image with an image sensor in response to the user input. The interface module transfers the captured image to a computer system. The printing module prints an interface onto a surface including the image and coded data at least partially indicative of an identity of the image. This allows the identity of the image to be obtained from the interface. The interface module receives the image from the computer system and the printing module receives the image from the network interface module and print the image on a second surface. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259167 | Method for Embedding Animation in Electronic Mail and Websites - Provided is a method for providing animation in electronic communications. An image is generated by capturing multiple photographs from a camera or video camera typically fixed in one position. The first photograph is called the “naked photo.” Using a graphics program, photos subsequent to the naked photo are edited to cut an element common to the subsequent photos. The cut images are pasted into the naked photo as layers. The modified naked photo, including the layers, is stored as a web-enabled graphics file, which is then transmitted in conjunction with electronic communication. When the electronic communication is received, the naked photo is displayed and each of the layers is displayed and removed in the order that each was taken with a short delay between photos. In this manner, a movie is generated with much smaller files than is currently possible. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259168 | Device for Scanning Acquisition of a Digital Image with Passive Stabilization - Device for scanning acquisition of a digital image by means of a photosensitive linear detector ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259169 | Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method, and Image Processing Program - A motion-vector-setting section ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259170 | Blur Correction Device, Blur Correction Method, Electronic Apparatus Including Blur Correction Device, Image File And Image File Creating Apparatus - Image files are rearranged according to the blurring amount obtained from each of blurring information pieces of the image files and displayed as thumbnail images. After several image files are selected from the displayed image files, the image information pieces of the selected image files are sequentially corrected. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259171 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING OFFSET OF A SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A method for compensating an offset of a solid-state imaging device includes obtaining a detection signal representing the offset of the solid-state imaging device disposed on a stage, generating a corresponding control voltage and control signal according to the detection signal; generating a corresponding regulation voltage according to the control voltage, generating a corresponding driving voltage according to the regulation voltage, outputting a driving signal according to the driving voltage and the control signal, and generating a magnetic force according to the driving signal to move the stage. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259172 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Images are photographed by focus bracket photography at an in-focus position of a main subject and at focal positions followed and preceded by the in-focus position. The images are synthesized so as to obtain a blur-emphasized image in which areas desired to be blurred are appropriately blurred. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259173 | Data Processor - To provide a data structure contributing to managing a moving picture and a still picture efficiently and also provide an apparatus for performing recording and/or playback using such a data structure. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259174 | Image recording apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, image recording method, and image reproducing method - An image recording apparatus recording motion picture data and still image data includes a management time adding unit that adds frame image display management times to temporally continuous multiple pieces of frame image data in the motion picture data; a management time detecting unit that detects the frame image display management time as a still image display management time; a presence indication data generating unit that generates presence indication data indicating that the still image data exists on the basis of the still image display management time; a multiplexing unit that outputs the motion picture data as recording data while only the motion picture photography is performed and that performs time division multiplexing to output the presence indication data and the motion picture data if the still photography is performed during the motion picture photography; and a recording unit that records the recording data. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259175 | Imaging Device - It is possible to correct camera shaking even in an imaging device such as a camera-equipped mobile telephone having no sufficient ability for rapidly acquiring a plurality of images and a limited memory capacity. There is suggested an imaging device capable of correcting camera shaking by utilizing a small image such as a preview image and a target image to be obtained when a user of the imaging device clicks a shutter. The preview image has an appropriate exposure but has a high possibility that camera shaking has occurred. The target image is captured by insufficient exposure because of rapid shutter speed but the camera shaking is reduced. The image information on the target image is corrected by the image information on the preview image so as to obtain an image of reduced camera shaking and appropriate exposure. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259176 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention, which transforms multiple images so that positions of corresponding points will coincide between the images and composites the images with the corresponding points matched, provides an image pickup apparatus, image processing apparatus, image pickup method, and image processing method which make it possible to obtain an intended all-in-focus image or blur-emphasized image even if there is camera shake or subject movement. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259177 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging device, including, a pixel array unit, driving means, signal processing means, level determining means and control means. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259178 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging device, including, a pixel array unit, driving means, and analog-to-digital conversion means. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259179 | Automatic Multiscale Image Acquisition from a Steerable Camera - A system for automatically acquiring high-resolution images by steering a pan-tilt-zoom camera at targets detected in a fixed camera view is provided. The system uses automatic or manual calibration between multiple cameras. Using automatic calibration, the homography between the cameras in a home position is estimated together with the effects of pan and tilt controls and the expected height of a person in the image. These calibrations are chained together to steer a slave camera. The manual calibration scheme steers a camera to the desired region of interest and calculates the pan, tile and zoom parameters accordingly. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259180 | Methods, systems and apparatuses for high-quality green imbalance compensation in images - Methods, systems and apparatuses for determining and compensating for green imbalance in imagers. An estimated local green balance correction term is limited, e.g., between an upper and lower limit. The upper and lower limits are determined from a set of parameters. The parameters are determined during a calibration procedure. The parameters may be stored for a subset of possible pixel locations and parameters for each pixel not at a location corresponding to stored data may be determined by interpolation | 2008-10-23 |
20080259181 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus appropriately captures a large dynamic range image of even a scene including a backlit person with a blue sky background in a manner that the person's face has an appropriate luminance level without saturating the background sky. In the imaging apparatus, an imaging unit obtains analogue image signals through exposure control that prevents a highlight from being saturated, an A/D converter converts the analogue image signals to digital image signals, and a signal processing unit linearly increases the dynamic range of the digital image signals. The image signals with the increased dynamic range are nonlinearly compressed to have a dynamic range of 100% or less through nonlinear dynamic range compression that intensively compresses a highlight portion. The imaging apparatus with this structure first increases the dynamic range of an image and efficiently compresses the increased large dynamic range of the image. | 2008-10-23 |