45th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120280966 | DISPLAY DRIVER AND FLICKER SUPPRESSION DEVICE THEREOF - A flicker suppression device applied in a display driver for preventing the output image data of the display driver from being affected by an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event is provided. The flicker suppression device includes an ESD detector and an output stage controller. The ESD detector is coupled to a first power wire of the display driver for determining whether an ESD level shift event occurs to the first system reference voltage signal on the first power wire. If so, a control signal corresponding to the first level is provided. The output stage controller controls the output stage circuit of the display driver to be in a high impedance state in response to the control signal corresponding to the first level to avoid the output stage circuit outputting an output image data that has been affected by an ESD event. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280967 | GATE SIGNAL LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a gate signal line drive circuit including a shift register basic circuit for applying a high voltage for a signal high period and a low voltage for a signal low period to a gate signal line at the time of a screen display. The shift register basic circuit includes a gate line high voltage applying circuit applying a high voltage for the signal high period to the gate signal line, and a gate line low voltage applying circuit applying a low voltage to the gate signal line, wherein in the shift register basic circuit, the off-voltage is applied to the switch of the gate line low voltage applying circuit for a predetermined period at the time of a screen non-display. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280968 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device includes a display panel including plural pixels, and a transparent conductive film, and a voltage where an AC component is superposed on a DC component is supplied to the transparent conductive film. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280969 | DISPLAY SYSTEMS - We describe circuits and methods for compensating for gate kickback in electro-optic displays, in particular electrophoretic displays. In embodiments the method comprises compensating gate kickback comprising a change in voltage between a pixel electrode and a common electrode of the display arising from capacitive coupling between a gate drive line and the pixel electrode by offsetting a value of a common voltage on the common electrode by an offset value dependent on a difference between a magnitude of said positive gate voltage and a magnitude of said negative gate voltage. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280970 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device according to the present invention includes: a variable voltage source which supplies a supply voltage to an organic EL display unit; and a voltage regulating unit which regulates an external application voltage output by the variable voltage source, the organic EL display unit further includes an anode-side power source line network and a cathode-side power source line network connected to the pixels and the variable voltage source, the display device further includes a voltage measuring unit which measures a voltage for a monitor pixel, and the voltage regulating unit which calculates distributions of voltage drop amount generated in the anode-side power source line network and the cathode-side power source line network, calculates a voltage for the monitor pixel from the distributions of the voltage drop amount calculated, and regulates the supply voltage based on the calculation result and the voltage measured by the voltage measuring unit. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280971 | CIRCUITS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS - The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280972 | Dual Laser Drive Method, Apparatus, and System - A scanning projector includes a scanning mirror that sweep a beam in two dimensions. The beam is created by multiple laser light sources, at least two of which create light at substantially the same wavelength. The two light sources at the same wavelength may be driven at different times, or may be driven simultaneously (equally or unequally). | 2012-11-08 |
20120280973 | TEXTURING IN GRAPHICS HARDWARE - Methods, systems, and devices for rendering computer graphics using texture maps are disclosed. Multiple texture maps with disparate data types, such as a mix of integer data types for RGB colors and floating point data types for XYZ normal vector components, are passed as one texture map set to a graphics processing unit (GPU). Filter parameters and other interpolation parameters are re-used between the disparate texture maps. A user can specify a number of integer and floating point-based channels for processing at one time by the GPU, thereby customizing a texture set structure. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280974 | PHOTO-REALISTIC SYNTHESIS OF THREE DIMENSIONAL ANIMATION WITH FACIAL FEATURES SYNCHRONIZED WITH SPEECH - Dynamic texture mapping is used to create a photorealistic three dimensional animation of an individual with facial features synchronized with desired speech. Audiovisual data of an individual reading a known script is obtained and stored in an audio library and an image library. The audiovisual data is processed to extract feature vectors used to train a statistical model. An input audio feature vector corresponding to desired speech with which the animation will be synchronized is provided. The statistical model is used to generate a trajectory of visual feature vectors that corresponds to the input audio feature vector. These visual feature vectors are used to identify a matching image sequence from the image library. The resulting sequence of images, concatenated from the image library, provides a photorealistic image sequence with facial features, such as lip movements, synchronized with the desired speech. This image sequence is applied to the three-dimensional model. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280975 | Poly-view Three Dimensional Monitor - A display device and a protocol for image preparation are described. The device comprises a transmissive liquid crystal display (LCD) screen, a panel of sequential lights and a control circuit to coordinate the display of images with the cyclical operation of the lamps of the light panel. The sequential operation of lamps in coordination with the changing images displayed on the LCD provides control of the color an intensity of light passing through any point in the LCD at any of a large number of angles. In this manner, it is possible to provide a stereoscopic view to the viewer without the use of parallax barriers, head tracking devices, glasses or goggles and, furthermore, to provide different stereoscopic views as the viewer changes position with relation to the device. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280976 | 3D IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention is directed to a 3D image processing system and method. A depth generator generates a depth map according to a 2D image. A depth-image-based rendering (DIBR) unit generates at least one left image and at least one right image according to the depth map and the 2D image, the DIBR providing hole information and disparity values of pixels according to the depth map. An artifact detection unit locates an artifact pixel location according to the hole information and the disparity values. An artifact reduction unit reduces artifact at the artifact pixel location in the at least one left image and the at least one right image. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280977 | Method for Three-Dimensional Display and Associated Apparatus - A method and apparatus for 3D display displays 3D images and senses a user response to the 3D images to obtain positioning information corresponding to the 3D images. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280978 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A FOUR-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF A TARGET REGION OF A BODY, WHICH TARGET REGION IS SUBJECT TO PERIODIC MOTION - A method for generating a four-dimensional representation of a periodically moving target region is proposed. A motion-compensated three-dimensional image dataset is determined from two-dimensional projection images recorded from different projection directions. Estimation parameters that describe a non-periodic motion and are derived from a motion model formulated independently of the phase of the periodic motion with respect to the recording instants of the projection images are determined from the projection images, such that the three-dimensional image dataset represents a static reconstruction based on all projection images for a specific instant. The three-dimensional image dataset is animated from the estimation parameters used in its reconstruction. The motion information that is missing in the estimation parameters due to the two-dimensionality of the projection images is additionally determined using a boundary condition that describes the periodicity of the motion, and used for the animation. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280979 | Image Display Device - An image display device includes a display panel which includes a plurality of subpixels and selectively displays a 2D image and a 3D image, a patterned retarder for dividing light from the display panel into first polarized light and second polarized light, and a control voltage generator, which generates a first DC control voltage of an OFF-level and a second DC control voltage of a slight-on level, which is higher than the OFF-level and is lower than a full-on level, and selectively outputs the first DC control voltage and the second DC control voltage depending on a driving mode. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280980 | SPATIAL AND SHAPE CHARACTERIZATION OF AN IMPLANTED DEVICE WITHIN AN OBJECT - It is described a method for spatially characterizing a device positioned within an object, e.g. a patient's body, under examination that e.g. allows a clinician to easily assess the deployment state and position of the device. The method comprises the steps of acquiring ( | 2012-11-08 |
20120280981 | SELECTION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETRIC SHAPES - It is provided a computer-implemented method for designing a CAD modeled object. The method comprises displaying three-dimensional parametric shapes; user-interacting with a screen; defining on a support at least one stroke corresponding to the user-interacting; determining, for each shape, a projection of the shape on the support; selecting at least one shape, the selected shape having a projection with a smallest distance to the stroke. Such a method makes the design of a CAD modeled object easier. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280982 | DETERMINING A PARAMETER OF A GEOMETRICAL CAD OPERATION - It is provided a computer-implemented method for designing a CAD modeled object. The method comprises displaying at least one parametric three-dimensional shape; user-interacting with the screen; defining on a support a stroke corresponding to the user-interacting; computing at least one geometrical characteristic of the stroke; determining at least one parameter of a geometrical CAD operation based on the computed geometrical characteristic. Such a method makes the design of a CAD modeled object easier. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280983 | DETERMINING A GEOMETRICAL CAD OPERATION - It is provided a computer-implemented method for designing a CAD modeled object. The method comprises displaying at least one three-dimensional parametric shape; user-interacting with the screen; defining on a support at least one stroke corresponding to the user-interacting; selecting a number of the three-dimensional parametric shapes; evaluating a relative position of the stroke with the selected shape; and determining a geometrical CAD operation based on the number and the relative position. Such a method makes the design of a CAD modeled object easier. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280984 | DESIGN OPERATIONS ON SHAPES DIVIDED IN PORTIONS - It is provided a computer-implemented method for designing a CAD modeled object. The method comprises displaying several three-dimensional parametric shapes on a screen, wherein each of the several three-dimensional parametric shapes is divided in several portions, a different design operation being assigned to each portion; user-interacting with the screen; determining one portion upon a location of the user-interacting on a support, the determining being performed among all the portions; and performing, on the shape to which the determined portion belongs, the operation assigned to this portion. Such a method makes the design of a CAD modeled object easier. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280985 | IMAGE PRODUCING APPARATUS, IMAGE PRODUCING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON IMAGE PRODUCING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PRODUCING METHOD - An image producing program executed by a computer of an image producing apparatus producing images to be displayed on a planar-view display apparatus, causes the computer to function as: first image producing means producing a planar view image of a virtual space by a reference virtual camera for providing planar view of the virtual space; display control means displaying the planar view image on the display apparatus; second image producing means for, while the planar view image is displayed on the display apparatus, setting a stereoscopic view virtual camera based on setting of the reference virtual camera and taking an image of the virtual space with the stereoscopic view virtual camera, thereby producing a stereoscopic view image including a right eye image and a left eye image obtained based on at least two viewpoints; and stereoscopic view image storage control means storing the stereoscopic view image in a storage apparatus. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280986 | Avionics System with Three Display Screens for Aircraft - In the field of secure avionics systems for aircraft, a system comprises strictly three display units and three or four graphics generation computers connected to the display units. Each display unit comprises a single large-size screen able to display two totally independent half-images, and all the power supply, control and display circuits are doubled-up such that a single failure brings about the loss, at the most, of one half-screen. Each display unit is connected to two graphics generation computers at least, such that the failure of one computer does not affect the display. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280987 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes: an input unit that inputs image data constituted with pixel data, each set of the pixel data being generated based upon a plurality of image signals output from a plurality of image-capturing pixels arrayed in correspondence to a plurality of photographic micro-lenses distinct from one another; a generation unit that generates display image data containing three-dimensional information based upon the image data; a display unit constituted with a plurality of display pixels disposed in a two-dimensional pattern, which emits light fluxes from the plurality of display pixels in correspondence to the display image data; and a micro-lens array that includes a plurality of micro-lenses, via which a three-dimensional image is formed by combining the light fluxes emitted from the plurality of display pixels, disposed in a two-dimensional array pattern. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280988 | INTERACTIVE MIXED REALITY SYSTEM AND USES THEREOF - An interactive mixed reality simulator is provided that includes a virtual 3D model of internal or hidden features of an object; a physical model or object being interacted with; and a tracked instrument used to interact with the physical object. The tracked instrument can be used to simulate or visualize interactions with internal features of the physical object represented by the physical model. In certain embodiments, one or more of the internal features can be present in the physical model. In another embodiment, some internal features do not have a physical presence within the physical model. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280989 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OCCLUSIONS IN 2-D TO 3-D IMAGE CONVERSION - The present invention is directed to systems and methods for processing 2-D to 3-D images. The system and method includes a procedure for optimizing occlusion and/or texturing by creating tolerances in which such texturing need not occur. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280990 | Display of Generalized Anaglyphs Without Retinal Rivalry - General anaglyphs may be rendered using multiple primary colors to display the first and second images of stereoscopic images. De-saturated primary colors are advantageous for rendering anaglyphs in six, five, four, and three primary colors. A white primary color is advantageous for displaying a monochrome second image with a color first image. General anaglyphs may be dynamically created by a display apparatus using certain transformations and communication with external sources. Colored viewing filters with de-saturated transmission spectra provide better color when viewing anaglyph images. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280991 | EMPLOYING MESH FILES TO ANIMATE TRANSITIONS IN CLIENT APPLICATIONS - A client application requests to animate a transition between document objects. Multi-dimensional modeling data (e.g. as mesh files) matching the transition requests are retrieved. Lighting, shading, and camera effects are applied to the mesh files. Mesh files are parsed to generate a transition file. The transition file is submitted to the client application for rendering. The client application plays the transition file and overlays document object textures over transition object polygons. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280992 | GRID WALK SAMPLING - The grid walk sampling technique is an efficient sampling algorithm aimed at optimizing the cost of triangle rasterization for modern graphics workloads. Grid walk sampling is an iterative rasterization algorithm that intelligently tests the intersection of triangle edges with multi-cell grids, determining coverage for a grid cell while identifying other cells in the grid that are either fully covered or fully uncovered by the triangle. Grid walk sampling rasterizes triangles using fewer computations and simpler computations compared with conventional highly parallel rasterizers. Therefore, a rasterizer employing grid walk sampling may compute sample coverage of triangles more efficiently in terms of power and circuitry die area compared with conventional highly parallel rasterizers. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280993 | CONNECTIVITY DEPENDED GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION FOR REAL-TIME RENDERING - Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for visualising/rendering a computer model, the computer model comprising a plurality of components wherein the method comprises: storing a plurality of parts of at least one of the plurality of components, each part including geometry information for visualising/rendering the part, storing information indicative of the position and orientation of a plurality of components in a coordinate system, determining a spatial relationship between individual components, determining for the at least one component a number of stored parts to use for visualising/rendering the component, based on the determined spatial relationship between the individual components. By using the spatial relationship between the components to determine the number of parts to use for visualising/rendering a component, knowledge about the geometry of individual components and the connections of the components with other components can be used to find hidden parts that can be removed. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280994 | Method and System for Adaptive Maximum Intensity Projection Ray Casting - The adaptive MIP ray casting system first fragments a 3-D dataset into multiple sub-volumes and constructs an octree data structure with each sub-volume being associated with one node of the octree data structure. The system then establishes a 2-D image plane and selectively launches a plurality of rays towards the 3-D dataset, each ray adaptively interacting with a subset of the sub-volumes and identifies the maximum data value along the ray path. The maximum data value is then converted into a pixel value on the 2-D image plane. Finally, the system interpolates pixel values at those locations where no pixel value is generated by ray casting and thereby generates a 2-D image of the 3-D dataset. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280995 | EFFICIENT METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ANIMATED SEQUENCE OF IMAGES - A computer-based method of generating an animated sequence of images eliminates inefficiencies associated with a lighting process. The method begins with the provision of a frame for the animation sequence. The frame includes at least one asset, which may be a character, background, or other object. The frame is rendered to thereby produce a set of images each based upon a different lighting condition. The frame is then composited during which a subset of the images are selected from the set and then adjusted. Settings such as intensity and color balance are adjusted for each of the subset of images. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280996 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING THREE DIMENSIONAL VIEWS OF A SCENE - The present invention provides a method and system of generating multilayered point based 3D representation of a scene. The method includes constructing an alpha model of randomly selected regions associated with objects with similar depth value and depth jump in a depth map of a scene, and identifying mixed pixel regions associated with edges of the objects. The method further includes estimating colour, depth and transparency values for pixels in each identified mixed pixel region using associated colour information from an image map of the scene, associated depth value information from the depth map, and transparency information from the alpha model based on the associated depth information. The method includes generating a multi-layered point based 3D representation of the scene by organising the estimated colour, transparency, and depth values. Moreover, the method includes rendering 3D views of the scene using the multi-layered point based 3D representation of the scene. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280997 | Control of 3D objects in a light displaying Device - Transition effects on 3D objects are carried out in a shader of a graphic processing unit. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280998 | LOW RESOLUTION BUFFER BASED PIXEL CULLING - Aspects of this disclosure are directed to updating a low resolution buffer during a binning pass of an image surface by a graphics processing unit (GPU). For example, during the binning pass of the image surface, the GPU may divide the image surface into a plurality of blocks of surface pixels of the image surface. The GPU may then store a surface identifier of the image surface within storage locations of the low resolution buffer to correspond to each of the blocks of the surface pixels of the image surface. | 2012-11-08 |
20120280999 | ROUTING EDGES WITH ORDERED BUNDLES - A graph processing module is described for producing a processed graph in three phases. In a bundling phase, the graph processing module selects edges that are used to constitute paths to produce a bundled graph. In an ordering phase, the graph processing module orders paths within the bundled graph to produce an ordered bundled graph. In a separating phase, the graph processing module separates paths in the ordered bundled graph. Among other features, the graph processing module performs the selecting operation by minimizing a cost function; this has the effect of promoting bundling in the bundled graph while discouraging the presence of overly long edges in the bundled graph. The graph processing module can perform the ordering operation by selecting the ordering of paths passing through each edge based on a consideration of ordering constraints within a common subpath associated with the edge. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281000 | WI-FI SENSOR - Disclosed is a combined spectrum and channel analyzer with output in the form of various graphical displays. The graphical displays can be configured to display frequency, amplitude, time and density via a spectral view, a topographic view, or a planar view, or combinations of those views. Channel activities, parameters, overlap and interaction are shown in the displays. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281001 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING BODIES THAT ROTATE IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND ARE IN CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - The invention relates to a method for constructing bodies which, while rotating codirectionally about axes arranged in parallel, constantly touch one another at at least one point. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281002 | VISUAL PRESENTATION SYSTEM - A method and system for displaying a 2D representation of a 3D world on an image plane of a simulator. The image plane defines a fixed viewing region of the replica environment of the simulator and also corresponds to a view observed by an operator of the simulator. The method includes the steps of determining a head position of the operator of the replica environment and modifying a viewing volume of the 3D world based on the head position of the operator while keeping the image plane constant to form a modified viewing volume. The 2D representation based on the modified viewing volume is then generated and displayed on the image plane. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281003 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING REAL-TIME SPECKLE PROCESSING USING HARDWARE PLATFORMS - An accelerator for the speckle atmospheric compensation algorithm may enable real-time speckle processing of video feeds that may enable the speckle algorithm to be applied in numerous real-time applications. The accelerator may be implemented in various forms, including hardware, software, and/or machine-readable media. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281004 | COVERAGE CACHING - A technique for caching coverage information for edges that are shared between adjacent graphics primitives may reduce the number of times a shared edge is rasterized. Consequently, power consumed during rasterization may be reduced. During rasterization of a first graphics primitive coverage information is generated that (1) indicates cells within a sampling grid that are entirely outside an edge of the first graphics primitive and (2) indicates cells within the sampling grid that are intersected by the edge and are only partially covered by the first graphics primitive. The coverage information for the edge is stored in a cache. When a second graphics primitive is rasterized that shares the edge with the first graphics primitive, the coverage information is read from the cache instead of being recomputed. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281005 | Method Of And Apparatus For Encoding And Decoding Data - Each block of texture data elements is encoded as a block of texture data that includes a set of integer values to be used to generate a set of base data values for the block, and a set of index values indicating how to use the base data values to generate data values for the texture data elements that the block represents. The integer values and the index values are both encoded in an encoded texture data block using a combination of base-n values, where n is greater than two, and base-2 values. Predefined bit representations are used to represent plural base-n values (n>2) collectively, and the bits of the bit representations representing the base-n values are interleaved with bits representing the base-2 values in the encoded texture data block. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281006 | Method Of And Apparatus For Encoding And Decoding Data - A texture map | 2012-11-08 |
20120281007 | Method Of And Apparatus For Encoding And Decoding Data - Each block of texture data elements is encoded as a block of texture data that includes: data indicating how to generate a set of data values to be used to generate data values for a set of the texture data elements that the block represents; data indicating a set of integer values to be used to generate the set of data values to be used to generate data values for a set of the texture data elements that the block represents; data indicating a set of index values indicating how to use the generated set of data values to generate data values for texture data elements of the set of texture data elements that the generated set of data values is to be used for; and data indicating the indexing scheme that has been used for the block. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281008 | COLOR CORRECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYS - Method and apparatus for adjusting the display characteristics of an electronic display, such as a computer or television display. The display is color corrected, e.g., at the factory, to measure its white point correction, gamma and gray tracking correction, and the gain correction over time as the display warms up. Moreover the white point correction and the gamma correction are performed on a per unit basis for each individual display to be manufactured. The resulting correction parameters are stored in memory or firmware associated with the display. Thereby when the display is in use, it performs compensation for white point, gray tracking and gain correction as the display warms up, each time it is powered up or when its thermal operation conditions change. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281009 | Encoding, Decoding, and Representing High Dynamic Range Images - Techniques are provided to encode and decode image data comprising a tone mapped (TM) image with HDR reconstruction data in the form of luminance ratios and color residual values. In an example embodiment, luminance ratio values and residual values in color channels of a color space are generated on an individual pixel basis based on a high dynamic range (HDR) image and a derivative tone-mapped (TM) image that comprises one or more color alterations that would not be recoverable from the TM image with a luminance ratio image. The TM image with HDR reconstruction data derived from the luminance ratio values and the color-channel residual values may be outputted in an image file to a downstream device, for example, for decoding, rendering, and/or storing. The image file may be decoded to generate a restored HDR image free of the color alterations. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281010 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING RGB PRIMARY FOR WIDE GAMUT, AND COLOR ENCODING SYSTEM USING RGB PRIMARY - A red, green, and blue (RGB) primary generation system and method for a wide color gamut, and a color encoding system using the RGB primaries. The RGB primary generation system may achieve a wide color gamut by generating a color gamut having a gamut coverage which meets a gamut coverage threshold, meeting a unique hue, having a maximum gamut efficiency, and a minimum quantization error. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281011 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING TEXT IN A TEXT EDITOR - One embodiment of the invention is a method of displaying text in a text editor that can include: displaying a text input region within a background; receiving a keystroke for a first alphanumeric character of a first text line; displaying the first text line in a focus format of a first contrast with the background; receiving a keystroke for a second alphanumeric character of a second text line; displaying the second text line in the focus format; shifting the first text line to a shadow format of a second contrast with the background less than the first contrast when the second text line is displayed in the focus format; and shifting the first text line to the focus format and the second text line to the shadow format when a text input caret shifts from the second text line to the first text line. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281012 | SYSTEM FOR DESIGNATING, DISPLAYING AND SELECTING TYPES OF PROCESS PARAMETERS AND PRODUCT OUTCOME PARAMETERS - Described is the display on a visual display device of one or more first visual indicators that indicate that one or more first process parameters of a process are critical process parameters. The critical process parameters are displayed on the visual display device as part of a hierarchical data structure | 2012-11-08 |
20120281013 | USER INTERFACES FOR DESIGNING OBJECTS - A collaborative method of generating a design representation of an object between a first user and a second user is described. The method comprises: designating, at a first user terminal, a set of design object variables relating to different aspects of the design representation; specifying, at the first user terminal, constraints for the set of design object variables, the constraints comprising a range of first user designated values for each of the designated object variables of the set; receiving at a second user terminal, the set of design object variables, the constraints for the set and the design representation via a communication network; enabling, at the second user terminal, manipulation of the design object representation, the enabling step comprising enabling selection of a particular value of at least one of the designated object variables only within the constrained value range specified by the first user; and presenting on the second user terminal a graphical representation of the design object representation as specified by the second user selection. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281014 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND AVOIDING CONFLICTS OF SPACE ENTITY ELEMENT ANNOTATIONS - A method for detecting and avoiding the conflicts of space entity element annotations is disclosed, which includes: according to the predefined view control parameters, the original coordinates of an original element's spacial data are transformed into the view coordinates of a view window; the element where an annotation needs to be avoided is rasterized in the view window; the annotation of the original element is analyzed according to the view coordinates, and the planar annotation area, corresponding to the annotation and consistent with the predefined display conditions, is determined as the annotation display area of the annotation. Also an apparatus for detecting and avoiding the conflicts of space entity element annotations is disclosed. In the disclosed method for detecting and avoiding the conflicts of space entity element annotations, the spacial relationship of each view coordinate can be embodied visually in the view window and analyzed in the window so that the analysis is simplified and the low display effectiveness caused by the discarding of the annotations that can be displayed is avoided. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281015 | METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A PRESENTATION OF GRAPHICAL DATA DISPLAYED ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Methods and systems for adjusting graphical data displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) of an electronic device are disclosed. The method may include monitoring movement of the electronic device and identifying a predetermined movement of the electronic device. The method may further include overlaying new graphical data to existing graphical data displayed on the GUI in response to the predetermined movement. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281016 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In instances where a plurality of objects is aligned by an operation using a pointing device having only a single point for pointing, the procedure is a troublesome one. To solve this problem, an information processing apparatus according to the invention includes a display unit configured to display objects; a recognition unit configured to recognize that a plurality of positions on the display unit have been designated; and an alignment unit. In a state in which a first position contained in an area in which a plurality of objects are displayed has been recognized by the recognition unit and a second position on the display unit has been recognized by the recognition unit, the alignment unit aligns the plurality of objects on the display unit in accordance with path of movement when movement of the first position or second position has been detected. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281017 | End User Image Open Area Maps - Systems, devices, applications, and methods for generating an open area map are disclosed. For example, a software application is configured to run on a computing platform of an end user. The end user generates an image of a layout of a walkable area. The software application performs a method of generating an open area map based on the image. The method includes applying an array of uniformly spaced objects on the image. A routable map is generated as a function of the array. The routable map is configured to provide point-to-point routing within the layout. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281018 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM - There is provided an portable electronic device including a touch sensor which acquires operation information input by an operation subject based on an operation performed by an operator on an operation surface, a control section which generates a picture image on which the operation subject is reflected, based on the operation information, and an image generation section which generates an image in which the picture image is superimposed on an original image. According to such a configuration, a user can perform an input with a natural operation while visually recognizing the picture image. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281019 | EFFICIENT ELASTICITY FOR CHARACTER SKINNING - A novel algorithmic framework is presented for the simulation of hyperelastic soft tissues that drastically improves each aspect discussed above compared to existing techniques. The approach is robust to large deformation (even inverted configurations) and extremely stable by virtue of careful treatment of linearization. Additionally, a new multigrid approach is presented to efficiently support hundreds of thousands of degrees of freedom (rather than the few thousands typical of existing techniques) in a production environment. Furthermore, these performance and robustness improvements are guaranteed in the presence of both collision and quasistatic/implicit time stepping techniques. The result is a significant advance in the applicability of hyperelastic simulation to skeleton driven character skinning. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281020 | NETWORK SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Provided is a network system including at least first and second communication terminals capable of communicating with each other via a network. The first communication terminal causes handwritten data input in response to an instruction for a point on an image to be displayed in a certain position on the image corresponding to this point, associates the point information about the point with the handwritten data and transmits the point information and the handwritten data to the second communication terminal. Based on the point information and the handwritten data from the first communication terminal, the second communication terminal causes at least a part of the image to be displayed on a second display and also causes the handwritten data to be displayed in a location in accordance with the point information. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281021 | User Interface and Methods for Sonographic Display Device - A user interface for a sonographic device is disclosed that displays a sonographic image and at least one reference object corresponding to a catheter size. The reference object may be scaled in proportion to the sonographic image. In addition, the user interface may further display a plurality of vertical lines and a plurality of horizontal lines arranged in a grid-like pattern and placed over the sonographic image. The size of both the sonographic image and the at least one reference object may change in proportion to a chosen insertion depth. A display device, a sonographic device and corresponding methods are also disclosed. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281022 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus detects face images in a still image. The apparatus sets positions and sizes of display ranges on the still image such that the display ranges include the face images respectively, the display ranges being associated with display areas obtained by dividing a display screen. The apparatus displays partial images included in the display ranges on the display areas in order to display the face images on the display areas respectively, and changes the position and size of each of the display ranges such that a display mode of the display screen is caused to transit from a first display mode in which the face images are displayed on the display areas respectively to a second display mode in which an entire image of the still image is displayed on the display screen. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281023 | APPLICATION SHARING BY DYNAMIC PARTITIONING - A method for improving application sharing by dynamic partitioning can include partitioning a screen display of an application into grid regions and, in response to detecting that an application image in the plurality of grid regions have changed, offsetting positions of the grid regions, so that the changed portions of the application image are in fewer grid regions using a computer system. The method also can include transmitting image data in the offset grid regions involving the changed portions of the application image and identifications and offset data of the offset grid regions to an application sharing client. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281024 | Scanning Projection Apparatus with Tangential Compensation - A scanning projector includes a scanning mirror that sweep a beam in two dimensions. Tangential distortion in a fast-scan dimension is compensated by incorporating a tangent function when determining the light beam location and interpolating pixel data. Tangential distortion in a slow-scan dimension is compensated by driving the scanning mirror nonlinearly in the slow scan dimension such that the light beam sweeps across the display surface at a constant rate. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281025 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The light sources are controlled by dividing a display period of one frame into such a first subframe period that blue transmitted light is obtained from the blue subpixel and red transmitted light is obtained from the red subpixel by turning ON the light sources of the blue color and the red color and such a second subframe period that green transmitted light is obtained from the green subpixel by turning ON a light source of a green color and at least any one of a procedure in which cyan transmitted light is obtained from the blue subpixel and a procedure in which yellow transmitted light is obtained from the red subpixel is performed. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281026 | DISPLAYS, INCLUDING HDR AND 3D, USING NOTCH FILTERS AND OTHER TECHNIQUES - A 3D display incorporates laser or saturated light sources to produce 3D images. The images may be produced on an LCD display or projector. Ambient light is filtered out through viewing glasses having passbands corresponding to the light sources. The light sources may include 2 sets of primary lights (one for each of 2 3D viewing channels) and a third set of primaries common to both channels. The display may be configured for a 2D display mode and a notch filter may be placed on a display surface to reduce reflections. The display may be a locally modulated or constant backlit LCD display. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281027 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method of controlling a mobile terminal. A different backlight dimming algorithm can be applied according to an application, and a dimming algorithm is selectively applied in association with an input image during executing of a specific application. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281028 | Method and System for Backlight Control Using Statistical Attributes of Image Data Blocks - A method and system for generating backlight control values for a dual modulation display including a front panel having a first resolution and a backlight subsystem having lower resolution than the front panel, in response to input image data. Some embodiments determine statistical data indicative of at least one statistical measure of each of a number of spatially compact subsets of pixels of image data having the first resolution, where the pixels of image data are pixels of the input image data, color components of pixels of the input image data, or data values derived from pixels of the input image data. Some embodiments determine backlight drive values for each color channel of the backlight subsystem, including by determining statistical data for each color channel, determining backlight drive values for each color channel from the statistical data, and performing cross-channel correction on these backlight drive values. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281029 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - The plasma display apparatus suppresses addressing failure, enhancing stability of address discharge, and therefore, enhancing quality of display image on the panel. The present invention attains above through the followings: preparing display combination sets each of which having difference in number of combinations; determining whether or not magnitude of image signals, except for a predetermined color image signal, is greater than a threshold; and according to the determination above, selecting a set for the predetermined color image signal from the display combination sets. A display combination set used for the predetermined color image signal when the image signals except for the predetermined color image signal have magnitude not less than the threshold is smaller in number of combinations than that used for the predetermined color image signal when the image signals except for the predetermined color image signal have magnitude smaller than the threshold. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281030 | DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for suppressing a crosstalk without performing complicated correction calculation. The liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-11-08 |
20120281031 | MULTIPLE DISPLAY CHANNEL SYSTEM WITH HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE - A multi-channel display system comprises a plurality of display devices, each display device having a non-pixel addressable light output part, e.g. a backlight, and a pixel addressable light output part, e.g. an LCD panel, in an optical path. The non-pixel addressable light output part and the pixel addressable light output part are arranged to both have a temporal modulation, so that a perceivable optical output of the display device is a combination of the outputs of the temporal modulation of the pixel addressable light output part and the temporal modulation of the non pixel addressable light output part. At least two of the display devices are arranged for displaying adjacent image parts. The display system furthermore comprises a linking means for linking the driving of the non pixel addressable light output part of at least the two display devices being arranged for displaying adjacent image parts. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281032 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE, PLASMA DISPLAY SYSTEM AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD - In a plasma display apparatus capable of displaying an image for stereoscopic view, the image display quality is enhanced. For this purpose, the plasma display apparatus includes a driver circuit and a timing generation circuit. The driver circuit drives the plasma display panel by alternately repeating a field for the right eye and a field for the left eye. The timing generation circuit generates shutter opening/closing timing signals. The driver circuit applies the sustain pulses equal in number to the luminance weight multiplied by a luminance magnification to each scan electrode and each sustain electrode, in the subfields except the first subfield. In the first subfield, the driver circuit applies the sustain pulses greater in number than the luminance weight multiplied by the luminance magnification to each scan electrode and each sustain electrode. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281033 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND SIGNAL CONVERTING CIRCUIT - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-11-08 |
20120281034 | SINGLE PASS INKJET PRINTING METHOD - A single pass inkjet printing method includes the steps of: a) providing a radiation curable inkjet ink set containing at least a first and a second radiation curable inkjet ink having a dynamic surface tension of no more than 30 mN/m measured by maximum bubble pressure tensiometry at a surface age of 50 ms and at 25° C.; b) jetting a first radiation curable inkjet ink on an ink-jet ink-receiver moving at a printing speed of at least 35 m/min.; c) at least partially curing the first inkjet ink on the ink receiver within the range of 40 to 500 ms after the first inkjet ink landed on the ink receiver; d) jetting a second radiation curable inkjet ink on the at least partially cured first inkjet ink; and e) at least partially curing the second inkjet ink within the range of 40 to 500 ms after the second inkjet ink landed on the first inkjet ink. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281035 | INK DELIVERY SYSTEM - An ink delivery system includes a first tank including a fill sensor; a second tank including a fill sensor; a pump configured to pump ink from the first tank to the second tank; a third tank including a fill sensor; a print head in fluid communication with the second tank and the third tank. In an embodiment, the third tank is in fluid communication with the first tank and may be configured to provide a closed loop system, the second tank is in fluid communication with the third tank, and a pressure differential across the print head causes ink to flow through the print head. For some embodiments, pumps may be provided to control pressure differentials and print heads may print at one or more angles. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281036 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that includes a nozzle formation face on which a nozzle that ejects a liquid is formed and a pressure generator that is driven by the application of a driving signal for causing a pressure fluctuation in the liquid within a pressure chamber that is connected to the nozzle, and that ejects the liquid from the nozzle to a landing target by the driving of the pressure generator, a voltage application unit that is placed at a position that does not interfere with the liquid ejecting head, on the opposite side to the landing target with respect to the nozzle formation face, and at a position outside a region that opposes the nozzle formation face, and a voltage application section that applies a voltage to the voltage application unit. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281037 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit that applies a liquid to a printing medium to perform printing; a support member that supports the printing medium; a drying device that dries the liquid applied onto the printing medium in a drying space; and a control device that is connected to the drying device, wherein the drying device includes an air supply port for supplying a drying gas to the drying space, and an air supply position changing mechanism that changes a position of the air supply port for the drying space with respect to the printing medium. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281038 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHODS THEREOF - A method of calibrating a transport roller includes forming a reference image through nozzles arranged in an array having an array height, moving a substrate a distance along a substrate transport path by the transport roller having a radius and a circumference, and determining an offset value based on an actual distance of substrate advancement corresponding to the reference image and movement of the transport roller. The circumference of the transport roller is equal to or less than at least one of the array height of the nozzle array or an image height of the reference image. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281039 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a carriage that has a head ejecting liquid cured by receiving the irradiation of light and moves in a movement direction intersecting a transportation direction of a medium; a first irradiation section; a second irradiation section; and a controller that forms the image on the medium through performing an ejection operation ejecting the liquid from the head while moving the carriage in the movement direction and a transportation operation that transports the medium in the transportation direction, and performs control of the irradiation intensity of the light of the first irradiation section at the time of the ejection operation to regulate the surface condition of the image and to change the irradiation intensity of the light of the second irradiation section according to the irradiation intensity of the light of the first irradiation section. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281040 | INK CARTRIDGE USED FOR AN INKJET PRINTER - This invention relates to an ink cartridge used for an inkjet printer, comprising an ink storage chamber, an ink outlet and an air inlet, and a detection component is designed inside the ink storage chamber for detecting residual ink volume. The ink storage chamber comprises an ink detection chamber and a relatively enclosed ink refilling chamber with an opening at the lower part. The opening of the ink refilling chamber is inside the ink detection chamber. The detection component is designed inside the ink detection chamber. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281041 | HARD IMAGING DEVICES AND HARD IMAGING DEVICE OPERATIONAL METHODS - Hard imaging devices and hard imaging device operational methods are described. According to one arrangement, a hard imaging device includes a pen adjacent to a first location of a media path and configured to eject a plurality of droplets of a liquid marking agent in a direction towards the media moving along the media path to form hard images using the media, the ejection of the droplets of the liquid marking agent from the pen creating aerosol droplets of the liquid marking agent, and a gas injection system adjacent to a second location of the media path which is downstream from the first location with respect to a direction of movement of the media along the media path, and wherein the gas injection system is configured to inject a gas towards the media. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281042 | Ink Jet Printer Cleaning Solution - An ink jet print head cleaning solution is disclosed. The cleaning solution comprises water and a non-ionic seed oil surfactant. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281043 | Print Carriage - A system and method for depositing a substance onto a continuously moving substrate in first and second transverse swathes, is achieved by providing a print carriage having a first set of inkjet heads and a second set of inkjet heads. The carriage is traversed across the substrate in a forward pass, while depositing the first and second swathes from the respective first and second plurality of inkjet heads and subsequently traversed across the substrate in a reverse pass. The first and second sets of inkjet heads are arranged such that the first and second swathes complement one another on both forward and reverse passes to provide substantially complete coverage of the substrate. In this manner complementary swathes may be deposited from a single head. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281044 | OFFSET INLETS FOR MULTICOLOR PRINTHEADS - An inkjet array has been developed that enables inlets for one group of inkjet ejectors to be laterally offset from the nozzles of the inkjet ejectors in the group and also enables inlets for another group of inkjet ejectors to be laterally offset from the nozzles of the inkjet ejectors in the other group. The lateral offset distance increases the distance between the inlets of the two groups to provide a wider bonding area between the two groups and improve the fluidic isolation between the two groups of inkjet ejectors. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281045 | Latching Assembly For A Printhead - A latching assembly for mounting a printhead to a plate assembly of a printing machine includes a first elongated actuator and a second elongated actuator defining a bore to slidably receive the first actuator. A first spring is disposed between the heads of the first and second actuators, while a second spring is disposed between the second actuator and the printhead to exert a clamping force. A cam mechanism is defined between the plate assembly and the ends of the actuators that is configured to draw the head of the first actuator toward the plate assembly upon rotation of the first actuator and to independently draw the head of the second actuator toward the plate assembly upon rotation of said second actuator. Movement of said first actuator exerts an initial clamping force while movement of the second actuator produces a final clamping force on the printhead. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281046 | PIEZOELECTRIC FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, INK JET HEAD, METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE BY THE INK JET HEAD, ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, METHOD OF MEASURING ANGULAR VELOCITY BY THE ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATING ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER USING THE PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATING ELEMENT - It is an object of the present invention to provide a lead-free piezoelectric film including a lead-free ferroelectric material and having low dielectric loss and high piezoelectric performance comparable to that of PZT, and a method of manufacturing the lead-free piezoelectric film. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281047 | CONTINUOUS INK-JET PRINTING DEVICE, WITH IMPROVED PRINT QUALITY AND AUTONOMY - A continuous ink-jet printer or a print head of such a printer which includes electrical means for compensating for mechanical crosstalk between adjacent stimulation chambers, where these means simultaneously with the transmission, to a stimulated chamber, of a stimulation pulse on a stimulation line send a pulse for compensating for mechanical crosstalk on each of the lines supplying an actuator for the chamber adjacent to the stimulated chamber. Specific ratios between the peak amplitude of pulse for compensating for crosstalk and the peak voltage value of the stimulation pulse are provided as a function of the gaps between consecutive nozzles. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281048 | PATTERN FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a pattern forming apparatus whose operation is restrained in minimum and whose space saving and energy saving can be attained. The printer | 2012-11-08 |
20120281049 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An inkjet recording apparatus includes: an image forming device; a scanning device; a relative movement device which causes relative movement between the recording medium and the image forming device; a first active light beam irradiation device which radiates an active light beam onto the ink to provisionally cure the ink; a second active light beam irradiation device which radiates an active light beam having an irradiation light quantity for fully curing the ink; an ejection control device which controls ink ejection from the nozzle row, for each of a plurality of nozzle groups; and an irradiation control device which controls irradiation of the active light beam of the first active light beam irradiation device, with respect to each of a plurality of irradiation units, according to an irradiation light quantity of the active light beam of the first active light beam irradiation device. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281050 | Inkjet Printer - The invention provides, as an aspect thereof, an inkjet printer that connects a vacuum fan on the printer case side and a vacuum platen on the cover side through a short vacuum path. The platen moves in conjunction with the cover of the roll paper compartment. The platen is a vacuum platen having vacuum regions, suction holes, and a platen-side air path on the platen side, and a vacuum fan and a vacuum duct that connects the vacuum fan to the suction unit of the platen on the printer case side. The vacuum duct is disconnected from the suction unit of the platen when the platen moves in conjunction with the cover, and the length of the vacuum duct can therefore be short, corresponding to the distance between the intake opening of the vacuum fan and the suction unit of the platen when the cover is closed. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281051 | DEVICE FOR HOLDING AND CARRYING ALONG A SUBSTRATE TO BE PRINTED ON AND A PRINTING MACHINE - A device for holding and carrying along a substrate to be printed on, for a printing machine, comprising: a conveyor ( | 2012-11-08 |
20120281052 | DIGITAL MARKING USING A BIPOLAR IMAGING MEMBER - Various embodiments provide materials and methods for direct digital marking, wherein a surface charge contrast can be formed by oppositely addressing adjacent charge injection pixels of a bipolar imaging member and developed with enhanced image contrast at a reduced voltage of the transistors. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281053 | Printer, Printer Feed Drive Method, and Computer Program Therefor - Provided herein is a printer, including a printing head that executes printing in units of columns of dots; a feed roller that feeds a print medium in synchrony with driving of the printing head; a motor that constitutes a drive source for the feed roller; a memory section that memorizes a predicted idling amount, which is the amount of idling predicted to occur when motor drive starts; and a drive control section that controls driving of the printing head and the motor, wherein when printing operation is halted and restarted, the drive control section drives the motor by a first idling amount that is smaller than the predicted idling amount, implements printing based on data for a first dot column to be printed at printing restart, further drives the motor by a subtraction amount that equals the predicted idling amount minus the first idling amount, and then starts printing from first dot column data. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281054 | Integrated System for Underwater Viewing and Communications in Turbid Water - An integrated system for diving operations for use in turbid water by a remote operator comprising a surface console station that supports the receipt of tethered command and control of system components and display for received real-time video via a communications channel; a remote wearable information processing unit tethered to the surface console station and having integrated controls; a wearable human interface system connected to the remote wearable information processing unit and including a video display and two-way audio system; a viewing enhancing device tethered to the remote wearable information processing unit and the surface console station, including an image capture device; and a fluid clarification unit coupled to the viewing enhanced apparatus. The apparatus may be warn and operated by a diver, mounted on a remotely operated vehicle or manipulated remotely while mounted on the end of a pole and may include an array of viewing enhancing devices. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281055 | Method and system for implementing three-party video call by mobile terminals - The disclosure discloses a method for implementing a three-party video call by mobile terminals, which comprises: starting a Bluetooth feature of an intelligent mobile terminal acting as a server and that of an intelligent mobile terminal acting as a client, respectively; after a server intelligent mobile terminal and a client intelligent mobile terminal are bound together in terms of Bluetooth, starting, by the server intelligent mobile terminal and the client intelligent mobile terminal, their respective real-time transmission threads and real-time reception threads, and performing, by the server intelligent mobile terminal, audio/video data processing, so as to implement the three-party video call with a third party intelligent mobile terminal. The disclosure further discloses a system for implementing a three-party video call by mobile terminals. Use of the method and system enables intelligent mobile terminals to implement a three-party video call function, thereby user experience is satisfied. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281056 | PORTABLE REMOTE PRESENCE ROBOT - A tele-presence system that includes a portable robot face coupled to a remote station. The robot face includes a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker and a robot microphone. The remote station includes a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone. The portable robot face can be attached to a platform mounted to the ceiling of an ambulance. The portable robot face can be used by a physician at the remote station to provide remote medical consultation. When the patient is moved from the ambulance the portable robot face can be detached from the platform and moved with the patient. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281057 | Collaboration appliance and methods thereof - Generally described, the present disclosure relates to electronic devices. More specifically, the disclosure relates to a collaboration appliance and methods thereof. In one illustrative embodiment, the collaboration appliance can provide an all-in-one conference room solution having numerous functions and features. The collaboration appliance can incorporate a beam forming microphone array and speaker for high quality audio conferencing, a built-in display capability that supports two different displays, one being an external high resolution monitor or projector connected via a high-definition multimedia interface, the other being a built-in liquid crystal display that has a touch overlay for navigation and application invocation. Built-in support for multi-party high definition video conferencing can be provided. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281058 | Virtual Inmate Visitation - Included are systems and methods for a virtual inmate visitation. Some embodiments include providing a scheduling user interface for a visitor to schedule a video visitation, receiving a visitor scheduling request for the video visitation with an inmate, and determining a visitor type for the visitor. Some embodiments include providing, based on the visitor type, a scheduling option, providing a visitor payment mechanism that depends on the visitor type, and providing a video visitation user interface to the visitor for conducting the video visitation between the visitor and the inmate. Still some embodiment include in response to receiving a visitor input, conduct the video visitation between the visitor and the inmate, determining whether the video visitation includes an unacceptable activity and performing a preventative measure. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281059 | Immersive Remote Conferencing - The subject disclosure is directed towards an immersive conference, in which participants in separate locations are brought together into a common virtual environment (scene), such that they appear to each other to be in a common space, with geometry, appearance, and real-time natural interaction (e.g., gestures) preserved. In one aspect, depth data and video data are processed to place remote participants in the common scene from the first person point of view of a local participant. Sound data may be spatially controlled, and parallax computed to provide a realistic experience. The scene may be augmented with various data, videos and other effects/animations. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281060 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING VIDEO CONFERENCES - A computer program product for managing communications during a videoconference includes computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable storage medium that when executed by one or more computers causes the computers to receive an input first set of communications control parameters that apply to all videoconferences to be conducted over one or more videoconference servers. The computer stores the input first set of control parameters in a memory, and receives an input second set of communications control parameters that includes a subset of the first set and that applies to only a portion of videoconferences to be conducted over the videoconference servers. The computer compares the second set of communications control parameters to the first set of control parameters and retains the second set of communications control parameters in a memory for use during the conference if they do not violate the first set of control parameters. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281061 | TELECONFERENCE SYSTEM - An aerial image forming portion forms, as an aerial image in space, an image of the other party's image displayed on a display device. A camera for shooting a user is placed at a position situated farther than the aerial image from the user. This makes it possible to reduce a deviation angle θ between the visual line direction of the user and the shooting direction of the camera to such an extent that the user feels substantially no visual line difference. Further, since the camera shoots the user directly, it is possible to shoot bright and natural-colored images. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281062 | Method, Device, Terminal And System For Switching Video Resolution - A method for switching video resolution includes: confirming that a video sender and a video receiver have established a video communication connection, and obtaining an initial resolution of the video sender; confirming that bandwidth of the video communication connection and hardware of the video sender meet preset conditions, and switching the initial resolution of the video sender to a target resolution, in which the target resolution is higher than the initial resolution. After establishing video communication connections between terminals, when there are available bandwidth and hardware of the terminal using video communication, the resolution of terminal may be switched to provide a more clear video communication for terminal user, and guarantee smooth switching of resolution. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281063 | Systems And Methods For Providing Personal Video Services - Systems and methods for processing video are provided. Video compression schemes are provided to reduce the number of bits required to store and transmit digital media in video conferencing or videoblogging applications. A photorealistic avatar representation of a video conference participant is created. The avatar representation can be based on portions of a video stream that depict the conference participant. A face detector is used to identify, track and classify the face. Object models including density, structure, deformation, appearance and illumination models are created based on the detected face. An object based video compression algorithm, which uses machine learning face detection techniques, creates the photorealistic avatar representation from parameters derived from the density, structure, deformation, appearance and illumination models. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281064 | Universal 3D Enabler and Recorder - A method and apparatus to provide simplified control over image configuration from virtually any capture device and allows that image to be recorded and/or projected or displayed on any monitor is disclosed. This universality enables general ease of use, and uncouples the capture device from expensive system support, thus providing a method to more efficiently utilize resources. | 2012-11-08 |
20120281065 | SYSTEM & METHOD FOR RENDERING & TRANSMISSION OF THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO AND AUDIO TO A USER - A dedicated server having a web application device that communicates with a user across a network transmitting a request for viewing a video style that is to be altered. The user selects a video style at his local computer. The application transmitting a choose request page asking to the user whether or not the user wants to upload or email required files and or parameters. A database of order, customer and style information that is updated by the web application device on the dedicated server wherein the database is updated by the web application device when a user uploads or emails the required files and parameters. An altered video rendered from the required files and or parameters. Required files and or parameters are assets of image, text, video or audio information. A 3D motion graphic video is rendered as a result. Changes via three levels: producer, director, and special FX. | 2012-11-08 |