49th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130321472 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY OBTAINING MAP IMAGE DATA ACCORDING TO VIRTUAL CAMERA VELOCITY - Methods, systems and apparatus are described to selectively obtain map image data according to virtual camera velocity. Embodiments may display a map view of a map using a virtual camera. Some embodiments may detect a velocity of the virtual camera. Embodiments may then determine map image data for the map view of the map according to the velocity of the virtual camera and obtain the determined map image data. In at least some embodiments, a level-of-detail may be specified for map image data according to the velocity. Map image data may be obtained corresponding to this level-of-detail from a map service or from accessing local storage. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321473 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY - An exemplary information-processing device includes: a first display controller configured to display selectively on a display a first image and a second image including the first image in a reduced size; and a second display controller configured, while the second display is displayed on the display, to display an indicator image on the display, the indicator image indicating a position of an image to be displayed when display of the second image is changed to display of the first image. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321474 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for improving operability when a content is scroll-displayed by an operation for scrolling such as a flick operation. The information processing apparatus displays a plurality of contents in a predetermined display area, and scroll-displays the contents according to an instruction to perform the scroll display. When a press of a button displayed outside the display area has been detected, processing corresponding to the pressed button is performed if the scroll display is not being performed, and is not performed if the scroll display is being performed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321475 | ZONAL ILLUMINATION FOR HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE PROJECTION - A zonal illumination system for use in a projector, comprising a source of illumination; a first modulation stage for dividing light from the source of illumination into a plurality of zones having respective light intensities based on zonal lighting intensity of an image to be projected; and a second modulation stage for modulating light from the first modulation stage to generate the image to be projected. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321476 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA - A module processes image data to provide gray level signals to be used for displaying an image. The module may include a scale value control member for determining a first scale value. The module may further include a brightness control member for determining a controlled brightness value using a requested brightness value, a brightness control parameter, and a baseline brightness value. The module may further include a modification member for determining a modified scale value using the first scale value and the controlled brightness value. The module may further include a scaler for generating the gray level signals using the image data and at least one of the modified scale value and a damped scale value, the damped scale value being determined using the modified scale value. The module may further include hardware circuitry for implementing at least one of the aforementioned components. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321477 | DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GENERATING IMAGES THEREON ACCORDING TO A VARIABLE COMPOSITE COLOR REPLACEMENT POLICY - This disclosure provides systems, methods and display apparatus including pixels and a controller. The controller controls the amount of light emitted by the display apparatus for each of the pixels. Controlling the amount of light emitted includes controlling the luminance of at least four contributing colors emitted for the pixel. At least one of the contributing colors is a composite color which substantially corresponds to a combination of at least two of the remaining contributing colors, and the combined luminance of the at least four contributing colors results in a set of color tristimulus values for the pixel. The controller is further configured to generate substantially the same color tristimulus values for first and second pixels of an image frame by causing the display apparatus to emit a different composite color luminance for the first pixel than for the second pixel. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321478 | Dislplay Panel, Flat-Panel Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - The display panel includes data driven chip and at least two scanning driven chips. The second scanning signal input terminal of each of the scanning driven chip is connected to a first scanning signal output terminal of the data driven chip by corresponding transmission circuits. At least one transmission circuit includes a serially connected resistor so that sum of impedance of the transmission circuits are equal, or the difference of the impedance of the transmission circuit is less than a predetermined value. In addition, a flat-panel display device with uniform brightness and a driving method thereof are also provided. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321479 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device capable of stably compensating for a threshold voltage of a driving transistor is provided. The organic light emitting display device includes pixels each having a driving transistor and being configured to initialize a voltage of the driving transistor by an initialization power, a gray level determining unit for generating a gray level value using externally supplied data, and an initialization power generator for controlling a voltage level of the initialization power to correspond to the gray level value. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321480 | DRIVING METHOD OF ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of driving organic light emitting display device includes: supplying data signals during scanning periods of each of n subfields of one frame, where n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2; and generating light in each of the pixels, the light corresponding to the data signals and being emitted during light emitting periods of one or more of the subfields, wherein a pixel set to be in a non-light emitting state during an i-th subfield is set to be in the non-emitting state during subfields of the one frame after the i-th subfield. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321481 | SELF-LUMINESCENT DISPLAY APPARATUS, ADAPTIVE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND ADAPTIVE ADJUSTING CIRCUIT - A self-luminescent display apparatus is provided. The self-luminescent display apparatus includes a self-luminescent panel, a display controller and an adaptive adjusting unit. The self-luminescent panel comprises self-luminescent elements and an allowed active region. When the allowed active region is configured to a first range, the display controller drives the self-luminescent elements in the first range to display an image frame. The adaptive adjusting unit configures the allowed active region to a second range according to a trigger condition, and scales the image frame to correspond to the second range. The adaptive adjusting unit controls the display controller to drive the self-luminescent elements in the second range to display an adjusted image frame, and controls the self-luminescent elements outside the second range to turn off. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321482 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A 3D image display device including a position detector, a display panel, a barrier panel, and a barrier panel controller. The position detector detects a position of a viewer and generates a selection signal. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels and alternately displays a left-eye image and a right-eye image. The barrier panel includes a light transmitting portion and a light blocking portion. The barrier panel controller controls a width of each of the light transmitting portion and the light blocking portion. The barrier panel is operated in one of a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321483 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a memory which stores gamma data for gamma curves including a first gamma curve and a second gamma curve; a gray voltage generator which generates gray voltages based on the gamma data; a data driver which receives an input image signal from a signal controller and converts the input image signal into a data voltage using the gray voltages; and a display panel including pixels which receives the data voltage and may display an image, where the pixel displays images corresponding to the input image signal during one frame set, one frame set includes consecutive frames, the images displayed by a pixel includes first and second images displayed based on the first and second gamma curves, respectively, a luminance of the first image is not less than a luminance of the second image, and the second image is displayed in two consecutive frames. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321484 | METHOD OF DRIVING LIGHT-SOURCE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of driving a light-source module includes adjusting a frequency of a boosting switching signal based on a dimming signal which controls luminance of a light-emitting diode (“LED”) string of the light-source module, where the LED string comprises a plurality of LEDs connected to each other in series, and controlling a main transistor in response to the boosting switching signal to transfer a driving voltage to the LED string. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321485 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method of an organic light emitting display device includes: classifying a plurality of luminance steps into at least a low luminance section and a high luminance section; and setting a reference luminance at a predefined level during the low luminance section and adjusting an off duty according to predetermined criteria for each step in the low luminance section. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321486 | DISPLAY METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A uniform display method and an apparatus of a self-luminous display device are provided. In the method, a brightness value of an image to display is determined. An amount of a supply current corresponding to the image is controlled depending on the brightness value of the image. And the controlled amount of current is supplied to a self-light emitting device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321487 | DISPLAY, IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT, AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display includes: a display section; and a display driving section driving the display section based on a first image data set and a second image data set that alternate with each other. The display driving section drives the display section by performing a first scan with use of a first block as a driving unit in accordance with the first image data set and a second scan with use of a second block as a driving unit in accordance with the second image data set. The first block is composed of a plurality of consecutive pixel lines, and the second block is composed of a plurality of consecutive pixel lines and is different from the first block. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321488 | SELF CONTAINED DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION - A thin flexible electronic display includes a flexible membrane, control circuitry, and self-contained power source, which may be a thin flexible battery. A display may be affixed to an associated device for use in displaying dynamic information or video. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321489 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE AND GRAY LEVEL VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT - Disclosed herein is a display device capable of displaying an image with two or more gray levels. The display device includes: a voltage division circuit adapted to generate a plurality of voltages using a resistance division circuit; a gamma correction section adapted to gamma-correct the image using the voltages generated at division points of the resistance division circuit; an amplification circuit adapted to amplify a given voltage and supply the amplified voltage to at least one of the division points of the resistance division circuit; and an adjustment section adapted to adjust an amplification factor of the amplification circuit. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321490 | Display System for displaying a Signal Parameter and Related Text - A display system for receiving an input signal is provided. The system includes an LCD display screen configured to indicate a signal parameter and to display text relating to the input signal. The LCD display screen includes a first area where the signal parameter is indicated and a second area where the text relating to the input signal is displayed. The display system includes a plurality of LEDs configured to provide a back illumination for the LCD display screen. The plurality of LEDs includes a first group of LEDs a second group of LEDs. The display system includes a guidance structure for guiding light emitted from the plurality of LEDs to the LCD display screen. The guidance structure limits an emission of light from the first group of LEDs to the first area and limits an emission of light from the second group of LEDs to the second area. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321491 | LIGHT EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A light emission control device includes a partial region feature quantity detector, an enlarged region feature quantity detector, a whole screen feature quantity detector, and a light emission controller. The partial region feature quantity detector detects a feature quantity of the image as a partial region feature quantity. The enlarged region feature quantity detector defines the partial region of interest and the partial regions neighboring the partial region of interest, and detects a feature quantity of the image of the enlarged region. The whole screen feature quantity detector detects this feature quantity as a whole screen feature quantity. On the basis of the partial region feature quantity and the enlarged region feature quantity pertaining to the partial region of interest, and the whole screen feature quantity, the light emission controller controls the light emission luminance of the light emission unit corresponding to the partial region of interest. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321492 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - In a liquid crystal display device having a configuration in which one pixel is divided into a plurality of sub pixels, low power consumption is realized by reducing an amplitude of a video signal. In each pixel formation portion, an amplification circuit unit including a second-capacitor is provided between a dark display pixel electrode and a bright display pixel electrode. A selection period consists of a precharge period and an amplification period. In the precharge period, a potential of a control wiring is applied to the dark display pixel electrode, and a potential of a video signal line is applied to the bright display pixel electrode. In the amplification period, a potential of the video signal line is applied to the dark display pixel electrode in the state where the bright display pixel electrode is placed in a floating state. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321493 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device includes: a display unit configured to display a combined image formed by dividing a plurality of different images into divided images and arranging the divided images in a predetermined order; a separating unit configured to separate the plurality of images included in the combined image; and a correcting unit configured to correct the gray scale data of a pixel that displays one of the plurality of images included in the combined image that the viewer is supposed to see, wherein the correcting unit includes: a shift amount generating unit configured to generate a shift amount used to adjust the gray scale data of each pixel that displays one of the plurality of images included in the combined image; and a determining unit configured to determine a correction amount used to correct the gray scale data using the shift amount generated by the shift amount generating unit. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321494 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal panel includes a pixel electrode, a common electrode, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixel selection lines, and a pixel switching unit. A driving device includes a data line driving unit, a pixel selection line driving unit, a voltage generation unit for generating various voltages used for the data line driving unit, the pixel selection line driving unit, and the common electrode, and a control unit. The control unit has an input discrimination unit for discriminating between an input state where a video signal is inputted and a non-input state where the video signal is not inputted, and a regulation unit for regulating a potential difference between the pixel electrode and the common electrode to zero with respect to the plurality of pixels in the non-input state. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321495 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2013-12-05 |
20130321496 | SEGMENTED EDGE-LIT BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR A DISPLAY - An edge-lit backlight assembly is provided for backlighting a display. The backlight assembly may include: a light guide having a first segment and a second segment disposed within a common plane; a first light emitting diode disposed along an edge of the first segment of the light guide such that light emitted from the first light emitting diode propagates through the first segment; and a second light emitting diode disposed along an edge of the second segment of the light guide such that light emitted from the second light emitting diode propagates through the second segment. The first segment of the light guide is at least partially optically isolated from the second segment such that light emitted from the first light emitting diode is at least partially blocked from propagating through the second segment. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321497 | Method of Signal Compensation, Transformation Circuit in Liquid Crystal Panel, and Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention provides a method of signal compensation in view area of liquid crystal panel, which includes: inputting respective display drive signal of each pixel of view area of liquid crystal panel; performing compensation on respective display drive signal of each pixel in boundary area of view area of liquid crystal panel, or performing compensation on respective display drive signal of each pixel area outside of view area boundary of liquid crystal panel; and outputting respective compensated and uncompensated display drive signal of each pixel to each respective pixel. The present invention also provides an input data transformation circuit for liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display device. As such, the present invention can improve overall optical uniformity of view area of liquid crystal panel. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321498 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - Control sections of displays | 2013-12-05 |
20130321499 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display device includes a plurality of pixels disposed in an display area, and a pixel driver connected to at least two of the pixels, wherein the pixel driver drives the at least two pixels, where a portion of the pixel driver is disposed in the display area, and the display device includes the display area, on which an image is displayed, and a non-display area, on which no image is displayed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321500 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME - An image display system includes a data driving circuit, a gate driving circuit and a controller chip. The data driving circuit outputs a plurality of data driving signals to provide a display image signal to a plurality of pixels on a pixel array. The gate driving circuit outputs a plurality of gate driving signals to drive the pixels on the pixel array. The controller chip receives an input image signal which includes a plurality of sub-frame data, recombines the plurality of sub-frame data so that more than one of the plurality of sub-frame data of the input image signal are merged as one single frame data, and generates and outputs the display image signal. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321501 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING RECORDING HEAD FOR EJECTING DROPLETS - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a head tank, a main tank, a liquid feed device, a measurement unit, and a supply controller. The head tank includes a liquid storage portion, a liquid level detection member, and an air release unit. When the feed device feeds liquid from the main tank to the head tank with an interior of the storage portion opened relative to an atmosphere and the detection member does not detect a liquid level of the liquid after a threshold time, the supply controller controls the air release unit to close the interior of the storage portion and determines whether a measurement value of a consumption amount of the liquid is a threshold value or lower. When the measurement value is the threshold value or lower, the supply controller performs a reverse feed control to drive the feed device to feed the liquid in reverse. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321502 | NOZZLE POSITION ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINTER - A nozzle position adjusting apparatus includes a rack and a shaft. A first and a second electromagnets are mounted on the rack. A nozzle module is mounted on the shaft. A first and a second mounting blocks are mounted on opposite ends of the shaft. The first mounting block includes a first receiving slot in which a first magnet is mounted. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321503 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING INKJET PRINTING POSITION - This application discloses a method for controlling jet printing positions, including: detecting a color code of an inputted paper by a color code sensor, and outputting a pulse signal when the color code is detected; configuring an expectation window where the pulse signal is expected to be generated; initiating jet printing after a predetermined delay period when the pulse signal is detected in the expectation window; and initiating jet printing after correction when no pulse signal is detected in the expectation window or the pulse signal is detected outside the expectation window. The method may improve the quality of jet printing. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321504 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - Nozzles for ejecting color ink are aligned in the conveying direction of a recording sheet at a pitch corresponding to three times the pitch of nozzles ejecting black ink. A region in which an image is printed is divided into sixteen regions segmented into four parts in the scanning and conveying directions. Each region includes eight dots in the scanning direction and four dots in the conveying direction. With respect to regions which include one character, in one side attachment regions, black ink is ejected only when an ink jet head is moved to the right side. With respect to regions which include one character, in the other side attachment regions, black ink is ejected only when the ink jet head is moved to the left side. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321505 | Liquid Consuming Apparatus and Control Method for Liquid Consuming Apparatus - A printing apparatus includes a liquid receptacle, a head, a driving unit for the head, a detection unit that detects a remaining state of a liquid, and a control unit that controls the driving unit and, in the case where the liquid receptacle and the detection unit are in a predetermined positional relationship, determines whether or not there is liquid remaining in the liquid receptacle based on a detection signal from the detection unit. In the case where the control unit has determined that greater than or equal to a specified value of the liquid in the liquid receptacle has been consumed without the liquid receptacle and the detection unit arriving at the predetermined positional relationship, the control unit performs forced detection control that sets the liquid receptacle and the detection unit to the predetermined positional relationship and causes the detection unit to detect the remaining state of the liquid. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321506 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first carriage movement mode, in which a stop position of a carriage in movement of this time is determined to be at a given position in a width direction on the basis of a size in the width direction of a liquid-ejected medium, and a second carriage movement mode, in which the stop position of the carriage in the movement of this time is determined on the basis of at least one of the liquid ejection data in the movement of this time or the liquid ejection data in the movement of the next time, and liquid ejection is carried out with one of the first carriage movement mode and the second carriage movement mode selected in accordance with the type of liquid-ejected medium. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321507 | COMPENSATING FOR CAPACITANCE CHANGES IN PIEZOELECTRIC PRINTHEAD ELEMENTS - In an embodiment, a method of compensating for capacitance change in a piezoelectric element of a fluid ejection device includes sensing a current driving a piezoelectric element, determining from the current that capacitance of the piezoelectric element has changed, and altering a rise time of the current driving the piezoelectric element to compensate for the changed capacitance. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321508 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus, including: a recording portion configured to record an image on each of recording media; a stack portion on which image-recorded recording media are stacked; a conveyor portion configured to convey each recording medium from a recording position at which the image is recorded toward the stack portion; and a controller configured to control the recording apparatus, wherein the controller is configured to control the conveyor portion such that, where two mutually opposable surfaces of two successive recording media that are to be successively stacked on the stack portion are both image-recorded surfaces on each of which an image has been recorded, a movement speed, when stacked, of one of the two successive recording media that is to be later stacked on the stack portion is made smaller, as compared with an instance where at least one of the two mutually opposable surfaces is not the image-recorded surface. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321509 | LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a jetting section having a plurality of jetting ports for jetting a liquid; a transport section configured to transport the recording medium along a transport pass having a facing area which faces the plurality of jetting ports; a charging section arranged on an upstream side of the facing area in a transport direction in which the recording medium is transported by the transport section, and configured to charge the recording medium; a charged-area determining section configured to determine a non-landing area, of the recording medium, in which the liquid jetted from the plurality of jetting ports is not landed in a case that the recording medium is disposed at the facing area, as a charged area; and a controller configured to control the charging section to charge the charged area determined by the charged-area determining section. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321510 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device includes a head, a radiation unit and a control unit. The head is configured to eject metallic ink including a plurality of longitudinal metal fragments onto a medium. The radiation unit is configured to irradiate the metallic ink with light to cure the metallic ink. The control unit is configured to control irradiation of the light by the radiation unit so that a film thickness formed by the metallic ink is equal to or less than a length of a long side of the longitudinal metal fragment when the metallic ink is cured on the medium. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321511 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a conveying part that conveys roll paper, a support part that supports the roll paper, a suction part that holds the roll paper to the support part by suction, a recording part that ejects liquid and records an image on the roll paper, a heating part that heats the support part to dry the liquid, and a controller that causes the suction part to use a first suction force to hold the roll paper to the support part by suction when the recording part performs a recording action for recording the image, and causes the suction part to use a second suction force, which is weaker than the first suction force, to hold the roll paper to the support part by suction when the recording part is not performing the recording action for recording the image. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321512 | DETECTING STRETCH OR SHRINK IN PRINT MEDIA - A print media in a printing system includes multiple test patterns with each test pattern having one or more marks. Each test pattern can have a different number of marks. A method for detecting size variations in the print media while the print media is moving through the printing system includes scanning the test patterns as the print media is moving in a transport direction to produce test pattern signals, with each signal representing a respective test pattern, and analyzing the measured test pattern signals to determine whether a size variation has occurred in the print media. One or more compensation values can be determined based on the size variation. If a size variation is detected, the operation or setting of one or more components in the printing system can be adjusted based on the one or more compensation values. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321513 | DETECTING STRETCH OR SHRINK IN PRINT MEDIA - A printing system includes a print media and one or more non-objectionable test patterns formed or printed on the print media. An integrated imaging system captures images of the one or more non-objectionable test patterns. The integrated imaging system includes a housing, an opening in the housing for receiving light reflected from a moving print media, a folded optical assembly in the housing that receives the reflected light and transmits the light a predetermined distance, and an image sensor within the housing that receives the light and captures one or more images of the one or more non-objectionable test patterns. A processing device can process the one or more images to determine if one or more size variations have occurred in the print media. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321514 | PRINTER CALIBRATION - According to one example, there is provided a method of calibrating a printing system. The printing system is configured to supply print media and calibration media to a print zone. The method comprises controlling the printing system to position calibration media in the print zone, printing a predetermined set of color patches on the calibration media, measuring color characteristics of the printed set of color patches, and comparing the measured color characteristics with a set of reference color characteristics. The method further comprises calibrating the printing system based on the compared characteristics. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321515 | DETECTING STRETCH OR SHRINK IN PRINT MEDIA - A printing system includes a print media having two sets of test patterns formed or printed in at least two margins adjacent a content area on the print media. The two sets of test patterns are separated by a pattern distance and at least two test patterns in each set of test patterns have a different number of marks. Two integrated imaging systems are disposed opposite the print media and are mechanically tied together and separated by a fixed distance. The integrated imaging systems substantially simultaneously capture images of the two sets of test patterns. An image processing device can process the images to determine if one or more size variations have occurred in the print media in the in-track direction. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321516 | DETECTING STRETCH OR SHRINK IN PRINT MEDIA - A printing system includes a print media having two sets of test patterns formed or printed in at least two margins adjacent a content area on the print media. The two sets of test patterns are separated by a pattern distance and at least two test patterns in each set of test patterns have a different number of marks. Two integrated imaging systems are disposed opposite the print media and are mechanically tied together and separated by a fixed distance. The integrated imaging systems substantially simultaneously capture images of the two sets of test patterns. An image processing device can process the images to determine if one or more size variations have occurred in the print media in the in-track direction. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321517 | PRINTED MATERIAL INSPECTION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A printing system according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of post-processing apparatuses that perform post-processing on a printed sheet, at least one inspection apparatus connected between the plurality of post-processing apparatuses that inspects the printed sheet, and a control apparatus that performs control for receiving a job and executing processing according to the job; the printing system sets an inspection item to be inspected by the inspection apparatus based on configuration information indicating an anteroposterior relationship between the inspection apparatus and the post-processing apparatuses in the job relative to a flow of the printed sheet, and based on the post-processing apparatuses to be used in the job. The inspection apparatus performs the inspection in accordance with the set inspection item. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321518 | PRINTER - A printer includes a top plate, a stabilizer bar, a screw, and a positioning member. The top plate is adapted for a piece of paper located thereon and defines a locking hole. The stabilizer bar is slidably attached to the top plate and defines a through hole and a step-shaped hole. The screw is screwed into the locking hole from the through hole. The positioning member includes a threaded portion. The threaded portion is mounted in the step-shaped hole. A part of the threaded portion extends out of the step-shaped hole, and the part of the threaded portion abuts the top plate. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321519 | INKJET PEN ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PEN MODULE IN PRINTER - An inkjet pen assembly includes a mounting bracket, a pen module, a magnet, a wheel, and a driving member. The mounting bracket includes a supporting board and a driving board. The pen module is rotatably mounted to the supporting board. The magnet is located on the pen module. The wheel and the driving member are rotatably mounted to the pen module. A plurality of individually-activated electromagnets is located on an outer edge of the wheel. At least one of the plurality of electromagnets is activated to drive the driving member to rotate by attracting or repelling the magnet. When the driving member is rotated, the driving member pushes the driving board to adjust a distance or an angle of the pen module, relative to the supporting board. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321520 | INK JET INK COMPOSITION, INK ACCOMMODATION BODY AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ultraviolet curing ink jet ink composition includes a trifunctional or tetrafunctional (meth)acrylate having a pentaerythritol skeleton; and inorganic metal-based fine particles as a color material, in which the viscosity is 8 to 22 mPa·s at 20° C. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321521 | COMPOUND HAVING XANTHENE STRUCTURE, COLORING COMPOSITION, INK FOR INKJET RECORDING AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - There is provided a coloring composition containing a compound represented by Formula (1): | 2013-12-05 |
20130321522 | INK FOR INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUSES AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink for ink-jet recording apparatuses containing water and a pigment dispersion is provided in which a penetrating agent containing an alkane diol having 8 or 9 carbon atoms and a surfactant consisting of a compound represented by the following general formula (I) are blended in predetermined amounts. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321523 | AZO COMPOUND, INK COMPOSITION, RECORDING METHOD AND COLORED MATERIAL - A coloring matter which exhibits excellent (ozone) gas resistance, high print density, low color rendering properties, low color saturation, and high-quality black hue when is recorded on a paper only for inkjet exclusive use, i.e., an azo compound represented by formula (1), a tautomer of the azo compound, or a salt of the azo compound or the tautomer; and an ink composition containing the coloring matter, particularly a black ink composition for inkjet recording applications. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321524 | INK SET, CARTRIDGE, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - To provide an ink set, which contains: a treatment liquid containing at least an organic acid, a surfactant and water; and an ink containing at least a colorant, a water-soluble organic solvent, a carboxyl group-containing resin, a surfactant, and water, wherein the treatment liquid, or the ink, or both the treatment liquid and the ink further contain an epoxy resin. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321525 | INKJET TREATMENT LIQUID AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING TREATMENT LIQUID - To provide an inkjet treatment liquid, containing: a water-soluble coagulant; a water-soluble organic solvent; water; and an amide compound represented by the following general formula: where R is a C1-C6 alkyl group. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321526 | ATTACHING ARRANGEMENT FOR INK ABSORBING MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A platen defines a groove in which an ink absorbing member can be fitted. The ink absorbing member forms a pressed portion. There is provided a fixing member for pressing pressed portions of a plurality of ink absorbing members fitted in the groove, thereby fixing these ink absorbing members. The fixing member is configured to assume a fixing posture when the fixing member presses the plurality of ink absorbing members appropriately. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321527 | INK CLEANING APPARATUS FOR PRINTERS - An ink cleaning apparatus for a printer, includes a case and a cleaning arm. The case is adapted to slide on a shaft. The cleaning arm is movably mounted on the case. The brush is pivotally mounted on the cleaning arm. The brush includes a cleaning portion. The cleaning arm is adapted to move out of the case with the brush located above the shaft. The cleaning portion is engaged with the shaft by rotating the brush. The cleaning portion is configured to clean the shaft by sliding the case on the shaft. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321528 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - The invention stabilizes a posture of a liquid discharge head when mounting the liquid discharge head with respect to a mount section of a liquid discharge apparatus and improves the mountability thereof. The liquid discharge head includes a grasp portion provided with a surface extending along a first direction as a direction of disposition of a plurality of discharge ports and extending along a second direction intersecting the discharge port surface and used for grasping the liquid discharge head. The surface of the grasp portion is provided at a position not overlapped in the direction vertical to the discharge port surface with a center axis passing in a third direction which is vertical to the first direction and extending along the discharge port surface through the center of gravity of the liquid discharge head in the first direction. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321529 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - In the case where a slit is provided in a projection portion of an outlet plate, patterning property of a slit can be improved, and a desired slit can be formed. The present invention is a manufacturing method of a liquid ejection head including a substrate; an ejection outlet plate; a channel; and the supply ports formed between the substrate and the ejection outlet plate by joining of the ejection outlet plate onto the substrate; and a projection portion having a slit at a position facing the supply port of the ejection outlet plate, the method including the steps of: forming a first member on the substrate; forming a mold material for forming the slit between first member on the substrate; forming a second member serving as the ejection outlet plate on the mold material; forming the projection portion by removing the mold material. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321530 | Ink-Jet Head and Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - The inkjet head for discharging a water-based ink for inkjet recording is disclosed, the inkjet head including two or more types of metal members used at portions to be brought in contact with the water-based ink, wherein at least two of the two or more types of the metal members are electrically connected, and the two or more types of the electrically connected metal members have spontaneous potentials each of which is measured with a reference electrode Ag/AgCl in the water-based ink and which provide an absolute value of a maximum difference therebetween, the absolute value being not more than 60 mV. An ink jet head is provided, in which any corrosion of a metal member is suppressed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321531 | RING-TYPE HEATING RESISTOR FOR THERMAL FLUID-EJECTION MECHANISM - A ring-type heating resistor for a thermal fluid-ejection mechanism includes resistive segments and conductive segments. The resistive segments are rectangular in shape. The resistive segments are separated from one another. The conductive segments are interleaved in relation to the resistive segments such that each conductive segment electrically connects two of the resistive segments. The resistive segments and the conductive segments together form a pseudo-ring that approximates a true ring. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321532 | SCREEN PRINTED JET STACK HEATER - Apparatus and methods for heating a printer jet stack. The apparatus includes a first layer and a second layer disposed generally parallel to the first layer. The apparatus also includes a heating layer including a thermal epoxy configured to generate heat when an electrical current is applied thereto. The heating layer is disposed between and bonds together the first layer and the second layer. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321533 | INK JET DEVICE COMPRISING MEANS FOR INJECTING A GAS WITH THE INK, AND ASSOCIATED INK JET METHOD - The invention relates to an ink jet device and to an associated method. Said device ( | 2013-12-05 |
20130321534 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID CONTAINER - A method of manufacturing a liquid container includes (a) a process of preparing a liquid container, (b) a process of storing liquid in a liquid storage chamber by injecting the liquid from the liquid storage chamber or an upstream side of the liquid storage chamber in a channel from an atmosphere opening port to a supply port based on a flow direction of a fluid from the atmosphere opening port to the supply port. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321535 | PRINTHEAD UNIT ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH AN INKJET PRINTING SYSTEM - Features for various embodiments of a self-contained printhead unit, including an on-board fluidic system, quick-coupling electrical and pneumatic interfacing, in conjunction with the features of various embodiments of a kinematic mounting and air bearing clamping assembly, as well as contactless integration to a waste assembly, together provide for the ready interchangeability of a plurality of printhead units in a printing system during a printing process, while at the same time preventing cross-contamination of a plurality of end-user selected inks contained in each of a plurality of printhead units. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321536 | INK CARTRIDGE AND PRINTER - An ink cartridge is adapted to be mounted in a holder of a printer, and includes first to third surfaces and a pressing section. The first and second surfaces face each other. The third surface has first and second end sections respectively adjacent to the first and second surfaces. The pressing section presses the ink cartridge to a second surface side when the ink cartridge is mounted in the holder. The third surface has a detection section which optically detects a remaining state of ink in the ink cartridge, and an abutting section which abuts against the holder. A distance between the detection section and the second end section is shorter than a distance between the detection section and the first end section in the third surface, and the abutting section is positioned between the detection section and the second end section. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321537 | LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid container includes a liquid drain port, a detection chamber, a detection element, a suction portion and a projecting part. The liquid drain port is configured and arranged to supply a liquid to a liquid ejection apparatus. The detection chamber has a bottom surface and a first side wall surface erected from the bottom surface. The detection element is disposed in the detection chamber, and configured and arranged to detect whether or not liquid exists inside the detection chamber. The suction port is provided to the first side wall surface of the detection chamber so that the liquid inside the detection chamber is fed to the liquid drain port via the suction port. The projecting part is provided on the first side wall surface and surrounds at least a part of the suction port. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321538 | METHOD OF REFILLING LIQUID, LIQUID CONTAINER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID CONTAINER - A method of refilling ink in an ink cartridge includes refilling the ink in the ink cartridge from a position at which a translucent part is provided in the ink cartridge, with the translucent part being used to optically detect an amount of the ink held in the ink cartridge. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321539 | PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE INKJET INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INKJET PRINTING DEVICE - To provide a photopolymerizable inkjet ink, which contains monomer components, and a polymer or a copolymer of styrene, styrene derivative, acrylic acid ester, or acrylic acid, or any combination thereof, wherein the monomer components contain: t-butyl methacrylate, n-pentyl methacrylate, or n-hexyl methacrylate, or any combination thereof; and glycerol dimethacrylate, and wherein the photopolymerizable inkjet ink is free from a diluting solvent. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321540 | Ink Waste Tray Configured with One Way Filter - A system for recycling waste phase change ink in a phase change ink imaging device includes a waste ink collector positioned within a phase change ink imaging device to collect waste phase change ink produced by a printhead in the phase change ink imaging device. The waste ink collector includes a heater for heating the waste phase change ink in the collector to at least a phase change ink melting temperature. A waste phase change ink conveyor is configured to convey melted waste phase change ink from the waste ink collector to an ink reservoir for the printhead. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321541 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEGASSING FLUID - In an embodiment, a method of degassing ink in a fluid ejection device includes generating a localized nucleation site within an ejection chamber of a fluid ejection device. An air bubble is formed at the nucleation site, and the air bubble is prevented from venting into an ink supply slot using a bubble-impeding structure. The air bubble is vented through a nozzle associated with the ejection chamber and into the atmosphere. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321542 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHODS - Methods for curing ink printed on a print medium are disclosed. The methods comprise heating air to a temperature suitable for curing the ink, and blowing the air through a plurality of holes onto the print medium. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321543 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing method includes: performing a first process that applies first processing to one or a plurality of flat-shaped blankets; and performing a second process that applies second processing to the one or the plurality of blankets to which the first processing has been applied. The second processing is applied in parallel with the first processing applied to another one or plurality of flat-shaped blankets in the first process. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321544 | VACUUM PULLDOWN OF A PRINT MEDIA IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system includes one or more lineheads disposed opposite a first side of a print media and at least one vacuum assembly having a vacuum manifold disposed opposite a second side of the print media. The linehead or lineheads has one or more print zones where a liquid or ink is deposited onto the first side of the print media. The vacuum manifold is aligned with a non-print zone of each linehead and outputs a vacuum force proximate to the second side of the print media such that at least a portion of the second side of the print media is deflected away from the lineheads. The printing system can also include another component, such as a dryer, disposed over the print media and laterally adjacent to the linehead. Another vacuum manifold can be disposed adjacent to the second side print media between the linehead and the component. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321545 | VACUUM PULLDOWN OF A PRINT MEDIA IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system includes one or more lineheads disposed opposite a first side of a print media and at least one vacuum assembly having a vacuum manifold disposed opposite a second side of the print media. The linehead or lineheads has one or more print zones where a liquid or ink is deposited onto the first side of the print media. The vacuum manifold is aligned with a non-print zone of each linehead and outputs a vacuum force proximate to the second side of the print media such that at least a portion of the second side of the print media is deflected away from the lineheads. The printing system can also include another component, such as a dryer, disposed over the print media and laterally adjacent to the linehead. Another vacuum manifold can be disposed adjacent to the second side print media between the linehead and the component. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321546 | MEDIA HANDLING DEVICE INCLUDING A CARRIER STRUCTURE FOR A SET OF STARWHEELS - A media handling device for a printer is provided. The media handling device includes a base structure and an assembly provided on the base structure. The assembly comprises a carrier structure that has a first end that is coupled to the base structure. The carrier structure is coupled to the base structure to move inwards from an original position and is under bias to return to the original position, in order to receive a media sheet during a print operation. The assembly also comprises a set of starwheels provided with the carrier structure. Each starwheel rotates while contacting the media sheet during the print operation. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321547 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes a platform for a print medium, a print-head carriage, and an airflow controller. The print-head carriage defines a plurality of air channels, each of which has an air intake and an air outtake. The air outtake is located on a bottom surface of the print-head carriage and faces the platform and during any movement of the print-head carriage blows airflow towards the print medium, forcing the print medium flat against the platform and thus to the optimal distance for the delivery of ink droplets. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321548 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image reading device includes a tray unit, a recording unit disposed above the tray unit, an outer guide defining a curved path extending from the tray unit to the recording unit, a sheet feeder configured to feed a sheet from the tray unit to the curved path, and a return guide disposed between the recording unit and the tray unit. The return guide pivots about a shaft and guides the sheet having an image recorded thereon back to the curved path. The tray unit includes at least one supporting portion. The return guide includes at least one supported portion. The at least one supporting portion of the tray unit engages the at least one supported portion of the return guide such that the return guide takes a guiding position in which the return guide defines a return path extending to the curved path. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321549 | SEALED DOCUMENT PREPARATION SYSTEM - There is provided a temperature detection unit | 2013-12-05 |
20130321550 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD FOR CORRECTING REGISTRATION DEVIATION - There exists a problem that, for registration correction, carrying out less-than-one-pixel-basis correction and one-pixel-basis correction for an image after half toning using screen processing causes unevenness in density when it is hard for linearity of image density against a PWM to come out. Processing of interpolation is carried out so that the way how a halfdot is formed may always becomes the same after the interpolation processing. By applying a matrix in consideration of a dot direction which may be broken by the interpolation processing at the time of the screen processing, conversion in which a way of locating the half dot maintains relation of vertical inversion in a subscanning direction is carried out, and less-than-one-pixel-basis correction is carried out. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321551 | VIDEOPHONE INPUT APPARATUS UTILIZING VIDEO CALL CONTROL FUNCTIONS BASED ON OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS OF COVER PART - A videophone input apparatus includes a body part configured to protect a circuit board of the apparatus; a cover part configured to be movable between an open position and a closed position, and when in said closed position, to at least partially received by the body part. The apparatus further includes a lens located in the cover part, configured to receive incoming rays of light in an operating position when the cover part being in said open position, and the lens configured to be hidden, by the body part, in a standby position when the cover part being in said closed position; an image sensor located on the circuit board, configured to convert the directed rays of light to an electronic image signal; and a mirror configured to direct the rays of light from the lens to the image sensor. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AND TRANSMITTING VIDEO IMAGES AND/OR AUDIO MESSAGES - A system for providing and monitoring video images and/or audio messages has an electronic device generating video images and/or audio messages; a container for beverages having an outer surface provided with a first recess; and an article wearable on a user's body and provided with a second recess, configured so that the electronic device is insertable into the first recess inserted and held on the beverage container and can be removed from the first recess and held in second recess of the wearable article, to allow providing and monitoring of the video images and/or audio messages either on the beverage container or on the wearable article. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321553 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VIDEO CALL SERVICE - A method for providing a video call service in a videophone apparatus comprising: establishing a peer-to-peer connection between the videophone apparatus and a peer over a wireless connection; generating a local video stream in the videophone apparatus based on a video signal provided by a camera of the videophone apparatus; and rendering the local video stream to provide a first preview video of the video call for a user of the videophone apparatus. The method further comprises receiving at least one frame of a peer video stream; rendering the at least one frame of the peer video stream to provide a second preview video of the video call for the user of the videophone apparatus; and cross-fading the second preview video with the received peer video stream in response to a frame rate of the peer video stream exceeding a threshold value. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321554 | Communicating With an Endpoint Using Matrix Barcodes - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by an endpoint from a client, an image generated by the client. The endpoint determines that the image generated by the client includes a matrix barcode. The endpoint decodes the matrix barcode to determine one or more instructions associated with text encoded within the matrix barcode. The method further includes performing the one or more instructions associated with the encoded text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321555 | CONTROLLING CPU USAGE TO BALANCE FAST AND SLOW DEVICES - A system for enabling communication between devices is described. The system includes the following: a media processing information receiver configured for receiving, at a first device, media processing information associated with a second device, wherein at least one of the first and second device is a mobile device; a comparer configured for comparing the media processing information to a processing time of the at least one media processing component of the first device; a target adjustment level determiner configured for determining a target adjustment level, wherein arriving at the target adjustment level enables the first and second device to achieve a matching media processing quality level; and a media processing component adjuster coupled with the computer and configured for adjusting the at least one media processing component of the first device to meet the target adjustment level. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321556 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication system includes a call management server; communication terminals; and a positional information server. The positional information server stores therein positional information and information leakage risk information of each communication terminal, updates the positional information and the information leakage risk information in accordance with a position of the communication terminal, and transmits the updated information together with corresponding communication terminal information to the call management server. The call management server updates the positional information and the information leakage risk information of a communication terminal when receiving the information from the positional information server, and transmits a list containing at least a terminal name, latest positional information, and latest information leakage risk information of each communication terminal capable of joining the communication to a communication terminal. The communication terminal displays the list in a different manner of the positional information in accordance with the information leakage risk information. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321557 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the step of, if handover of bearers configuring a path for a video communication from E-UTRAN to UTRAN fails, causing a MME or a MSC server to decide whether to hand over only a PS voice bearer of the bearers from E-UTRAN to UTRAN or to cancel the handover of the bearers. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321558 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT NODE - To provide a scheme for deciding a switching method for the video call when an UE#1 in video call with an UE#2 is caused to perform handover from an E-UTRAN to a UTRAN/GERAN. A mobile communication method according to the present invention is summarized by including the steps of: deciding the switching method for the video call, when a video bearer and a voice bearer which configure a path for the video call are set, by an IMS; and maintaining information on the decided switching method and association information with which information on the video bearer is in association with information on the voice bearer, by a mobile communcation network and an eNB. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321559 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING VIDEO CONFERENCE AND BROADBAND MOBILE HOTSPOT DEVICE - A method and system for implementing a video conference and a broadband mobile hotspot device are disclosed in the present document. The method includes: each broadband mobile hotspot device participating in the conference sending a local panorama video image and voice signals to a multipoint conference server; the multipoint conference server sending the received panorama video images and voice signals to other broadband mobile hotspot devices participating in the conference except a sender; and after receiving panorama video images and voice signals of the other broadband mobile hotspot devices participating in the conference, each broadband mobile hotspot device participating in the conference mosaicking the local panorama video image and the received panorama video images as a conference panorama video image, and synchronizing the conference panorama video image with the received voice signals to send to a terminal device participating in the conference under the broadband mobile hotspot device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321560 | Dynamic Virtual Multipoint Video Conference Control Unit - A system for a multi-point videoconference consisting of three or more simultaneously connected end-points in a one-to-many or a many-to-many conference via a dynamic-virtual-multi-point-control-unit. The system comprising of a dynamic control unit is created when the Audio and Video parameters with conference participants are input by the initiator. After the establishment of the conference the dynamic-control-unit may shift from end-point to end-point in the course of a conference without terminating the conference. The movement of the Composite table of parameters creates a virtual multipoint conference control unit first by selecting the best endpoint to host the dynamic control unit using the client device resources. The dynamic-control-unit uses a protocol to establish the connections between multipliable endpoints, including a requesting or initiating endpoint and two or more participating endpoints. All functions are controlled by the endpoints and distributed by the dynamic-control-unit, which may be resident at any eligible endpoint. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321561 | Video Ticket Office - A Video Ticket Office provides interactive agent-assisted transportation service requests using real-time video and audio transmission with a separately-located operator center. A method may allow for changing from agent-assisted transportation service requests to automated services. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321562 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONFERENCE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is provided for a conference system where a plurality of terminals are connected via a network to the information processing apparatus and exchange data via the information processing apparatus to conduct a conference. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects disconnection of a terminal from the information processing apparatus and recovery of the terminal from the disconnection; a recording unit; a data transmission unit; and a status management unit that causes the recording unit to start recording the data in a storage when the disconnection is detected by the detection unit, and causes the data transmission unit to transmit the data read from the storage to the terminal in response to a data transmission request from the terminal. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321563 | COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In an example system, an information processing apparatus is caused to function as: a user image acquisition unit which acquires a user image captured by using a camera of a portable information processing apparatus; a communication partner image acquisition unit which acquires a communication partner image via a network; and an editable image acquisition unit which acquires an editable image that can be edited by at least one of a user viewing a display of the portable information processing apparatus and a user who is a communication partner; and a display control unit which causes the user image, the communication partner image and the editable image to be displayed on at least one of the display of the portable information processing apparatus and an external display. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321564 | PERSPECTIVE-CORRECT COMMUNICATION WINDOW WITH MOTION PARALLAX - A perspective-correct communication window system and method for communicating between participants in an online meeting, where the participants are not in the same physical locations. Embodiments of the system and method provide an in-person communications experience by changing virtual viewpoint for the participants when they are viewing the online meeting. The participant sees a different perspective displayed on a monitor based on the location of the participant's eyes. Embodiments of the system and method include a capture and creation component that is used to capture visual data about each participant and create a realistic geometric proxy from the data. A scene geometry component is used to create a virtual scene geometry that mimics the arrangement of an in-person meeting. A virtual viewpoint component displays the changing virtual viewpoint to the viewer and can add perceived depth using motion parallax. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321565 | COMMUNICATION WALL PANEL, NURSING CARE SYSTEM HAVING COMMUNICATION WALL PANEL, AND CONFERENCE SYSTEM HAVING COMMUNICATION WALL PANEL - A communication wall panel includes an interior panel member to be attached to a room as an interior wall material thereof; an information obtaining part provided in the interior panel member and configured to obtain information associated with a person in the room; a notification part provided in the interior panel member and configured to notify the person in the room of information; a communication part provided in the interior panel member and configured to perform communication with a server installed in a location other than the room; and a control part provided in the interior panel member and configured to control the information obtaining part and the notification part. The communication part is configured to transmit information obtained from the information obtaining part to the server and to output information transmitted from the server to the notification part. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321566 | AUDIO SOURCE POSITIONING USING A CAMERA - Audio source positioning technique embodiments are presented that are employed in a video teleconference or telepresence session between a local site and one or more remote sites. Each of these sites has one participant, and a virtual scene is constructed and displayed at each site that depicts each of the participants from the other sites in the constructed scene. However, rather than simply playing audio captured at the other site or sites in the viewing participant's site, audio source positioning is used to make it seem to a participant viewing a rendering of the virtual scene that the voice of another participant is emanating from a location on the display device where the remote participant is depicted. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321567 | WIDE ANGLE OPTICAL SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a wide angle optical system. The wide angle optical system includes a prism lens having a first refractive surface, a first reflecting surface, a second reflecting surface, and a second reflecting surface in order that rays are transmitted according to tracing of rays from an object side that is an object to be image; and an image sensor disposed at a rear portion of the prism lens so as to synthesize images transferred from the prism lens, thereby photographing an interested areas with a wide field of view without being distorted. The present invention may further include an iris in the prism lens. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321568 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - From a panorama moving image storage unit storing a panorama moving image, a panorama moving image is read and sequentially acquired. A display range, of the acquired panorama moving image, which is to be displayed on a display device is set in accordance with an operation made by a user. A sound to be output in synchronization with display of the image on the display device is generated based on the display range. Control of sequentially displaying the display range of the acquired panorama moving image on the display device is performed. Control of outputting the generated sound from the speaker in synchronization with the display of the image on the display device is performed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321569 | Content-Aware Wide-Angle Images - This specification describes technologies relating to digital images. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receiving a source wide-angle image; identifying one or more locally salient features of the source wide-angle image; calculating a mapping from the source wide-angle image to a two-dimensional mapped wide-angle image according to constraints using the identified one or more spatially variable salient features; and rendering the mapped wide-angle image using the calculated mapping such that the mapped wide-angle image reduces distortion of the locally salient features relative to the distortion of the source wide angle image. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321570 | TECHNIQUES FOR OBJECT BASED OPERATIONS - Techniques for object based operations may include identifying one or more objects in a multimedia stream. The one or more objects may be classified. An operation may be performed based on the classification of the one or more objects. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321571 | PROCESSING DEPTH DATA OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE - The invention relates to a signal processing device ( | 2013-12-05 |