50th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120313955 | AUGMENTED REALITY METHOD APPLIED TO THE INTEGRATION OF A PAIR OF SPECTACLES INTO AN IMAGE OF A FACE - Method for creating a final real-time photorealistic image of a virtual object, corresponding to a real object arranged on an original photo of a user, in a realistic orientation related to the user's position, includes: detecting the presence of an area for the object in the photo; determining the position of characteristic points of the area for the object in the photo; determining the 3D orientation of the face, the angles Φ and Ψ of the camera having taken the photo relative to the principal plane of the area; selecting the texture to be used for the virtual object, in accordance with the angle-of-view, and generating the view of the virtual object in 3D; creating a first layered rendering in the correct position consistent with the position of the placement area for the object in the original photo; obtaining the photorealistic rendering by adding overlays to obtain the final image. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313956 | Method And Apparatus For Generating A User Interface - A method and an apparatus for generating a user interface. The method includes: obtaining layers to be drawn and layer styles of the layers to be drawn, retrieving attribute information of each layer to be drawn according to the layer style corresponding to the layer and drawing each layer to be drawn according to the retrieved attribute information to obtain drawn layers; and combining the drawn layers to generate a user interface. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313957 | Staged Animated Transitions for Aggregation Charts - A chart animation module is described herein that animates a transformation of a first chart into a second chart. The transformation, for instance, can correspond to a grouping-type transformation, a filtering-type transformation, or a transposing-type transformation. In one implementation, the chart animation module performs the transformation in such a manner so as to create a visual perception that there is a conservation of area and preservation of identify of constituent elements that are moved from the first chart to the second chart. The chart animation module can move the constituent elements in the form of blocks or particles. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313958 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device for an air conditioning system of a vehicle may include a display unit of displaying brightness variations on a screen of the display for a predetermined time period, and a control unit of controlling the display to vary brightness on the screen of the display from a high intensity to a low intensity and vice versa while varying the length of time taken to vary the brightness. The control unit controls the display to perform a welcome function that gradually decreases the length of time when electric power may be applied to the display, and a goodbye function that gradually increases the length of time when an off button may be pushed, thereby obtaining an effect of making a dynamic impression or a static impression to meet a recent sensible trend. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313959 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device for an air conditioning system of a vehicle, may include a display unit, and a control unit of controlling the display unit, wherein the control unit controls brightness in intensity or cycle, or color in a predetermined range of the display unit in accordance with a welcome function or a goodbye function. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313960 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE DATA GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND DATA STRUCTURE OF IMAGE FILE - A parallax representation unit in a displayed image processing unit uses a height map containing information on a height of an object for each pixel to represent different views caused by the height of the object. A color representation unit uses, for example, texture coordinate values derived by the parallax representation unit to render the image, shifting the pixel defined in the color map. The color representation unit uses the normal map that maintains normals to the surface of the object for each pixel to change the way that light impinges on the surface and represent the roughness accordingly. A shadow representation unit uses a horizon map, which maintains information for each pixel to indicate whether a shadow is cast depending on the angle relative to the light source, so as to shadow the image rendered by the color representation unit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313961 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OPTIMIZING STRATIFIED SAMPLING ASSOCIATED WITH STOCHASTIC TRANSPARENCY - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for optimizing stratified sampling associated with stochastic transparency. In use, surface data associated with one or more surfaces to be rendered is received. Additionally, the one or more surfaces are rendered, utilizing stochastic transparency, where stratified sampling associated with the stochastic transparency is optimized. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313962 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE THEREOF - An electronic device and a method for generating a graphical user interface thereof are provided. In the method, a color of a background image with a predetermined size for an application program is determined according to a dynamic styling rule. Then, the color is applied to the background image, and the background image is combined with an icon of the application program, so as to generate a rimmed icon of the application program. Finally, the rimmed icon is displayed in the GUI of the electronic device. The rimmed icons generated by the present method are uniform in shape and size, and the color of each background image is also meaningful. Hence, the user may find the needed icon from the GUI rapidly and conveniently. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313963 | Enhanced Asset Management and Planning System - An embodiment of the invention provides a method for displaying information on a portable device, wherein the portable device includes an interface, a camera, and a screen. The interface identifies an object to be installed; and, the camera captures at least one image, wherein the image includes locations for installing objects. The screen displays an augmented image of locations for installing objects, wherein the augmented image identifies at least one optimal location for installing the object. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313964 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that acquires familiarity information between a first person and a second person at each of a plurality of points in time in a temporal sequence, and determines a distance between a first node representing the first person and a second node representing the second person at each of the plurality of points in time in a temporal sequence based on a relationship of the familiarity information between the second person and the first person at neighboring points in time in the temporal sequence. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313965 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processor, including a selection section that selects a set of content data satisfying a predetermined condition from a group of content data each associated with a piece of positional information representing a position in a feature space prescribed based on a predetermined feature amount as metadata, and a display format selection control section that selects a display format for displaying at least a part of the feature space and the set of the content data selected by the selection section in accordance with a display screen. The display format selection control section is configured to display an object which includes a direction indicator indicating a direction of existence of the set of the relevant content data within the display screen, and further integrate the relevant plurality of direction indicators into a new direction indicator to display the new direction indicator on the display screen. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313966 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A data processing method of a data processing apparatus includes designating a folder element, an expansion element, and an abbreviation element to be displayed on an address bar. The method further includes generating an abbreviation element that can be used to realize an abbreviation display of an intermediate hierarchy, based on each designated element, and displaying the generated abbreviation element on the address bar. Further, the method includes expanding and displaying hierarchy information including both a folder element and an expansion element that corresponds to the folder element on the address bar. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313967 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING THE DISPLAY OF AN ELECTRONIC READING DEVICE - Provided herein is a technique by which the display of an electronic reading device may be enhanced. An image of a first page may be displayed at a predefined contrast and an image of a second page may be displayed at less than the predefined contrast in an underlying relationship to the image of the first page. The first page and the second page may be consecutive pages in a page order. The page order may mimic a page order of a print copy. In response to the second page being a facing page to the first page in the print copy, the image of the second page may appear forward facing. In response to the second page appearing on the opposite side of the first page in the print copy, the image of the second page may be presented as a mirror image of the second page. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313968 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - In an image display system | 2012-12-13 |
20120313969 | PROVIDING A SIMULATION OF WEARING ITEMS SUCH AS GARMENTS AND/OR ACCESSORIES - A user may simulate wearing real-wearable items, such as virtual garments and accessories. A virtual-outfitting interface may be provided for presentation to the user. An item-search/selection portion within the virtual-outfitting interface may be provided. The item-search/selection portion may depict one or more virtual-wearable items corresponding to one or more real-wearable items. The user may be allowed to select at least one virtual-wearable item from the item-search/selection portion. A main display portion within the virtual-outfitting interface may be provided. The main display portion may include a composite video feed that incorporates a video feed of the user and the selected at least one virtual-wearable item such that the user appears to be wearing the selected at least one virtual-wearable item in the main display portion. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313970 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND OPERATION INTERVAL SETTING METHOD - A disclosed portable terminal includes: an inclination measurement unit that measures an inclination of the portable terminal; a change unit that change a display direction of contents to be displayed on a display screen of the portable terminal according to a state of a user holding the portable terminal; an operation interval setting unit that sets an operation interval of the change unit based on change of the inclination over time, which was measured by the inclination measurement unit; and an operation controller that causes the change unit to operate at intervals that were set by the operation interval setting unit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313971 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, OBJECT DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display apparatus including a relation score calculation unit calculating a relation score indicating closeness of a relation between characters based on a common appearance relation using segment metadata indicating a segment in a moving image where each of the characters appears, and an object display unit displaying an object corresponding to each of the characters appearing in the moving image. Further, the object display unit displays a pair of objects corresponding to a pair of characters with a high relation score to be closely positioned to each other, and displays a pair of objects corresponding to a pair of characters with a low relation score to be positioned far from each other. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313972 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL IMAGE FILE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - The invention provides a method for processing a digital image in an image file and an electronic device having a function of displaying the digital image stored in the image file. The method is suitable for displaying the digital image on an electronic device including a storage unit and an image processing unit, and includes the following steps: storing a digital image file in the storage unit of the electronic device; analyzing the digital image file to obtain an image matrix of the digital image and a plurality of matrix elements of the image matrix; and generating a first size-reduced image through the image processing unit, where the first size-reduced image corresponds to a first size-reduced image matrix, which includes some of the matrix elements, said some matrix elements being not next to one another in the image matrix. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313973 | INFORMATION INTERACTION METHOD AND INTERFACE CONTROL SYSTEM - An information interaction method for improving user experience includes: receiving a control adjustment instruction, where the control adjustment instruction includes identification information of a control; according to the control adjustment instruction, performing an adjustment on each control, so that the control corresponding to the identification information is adjusted to a center position of an interactive interface. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313974 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGE PROJECTING METHOD AND PROJECTION SYSTEM - According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes an image projecting unit, a distance detecting unit, and a processing unit. The image projecting unit projects an image to a projection plane. The distance detecting unit detects a distance from the image projecting unit to the projection plane. The processing unit causes the image projecting unit to project a projection image including at least part of a reference image in such a manner that a ratio of the projection image to a whole of the reference image is changed based on the change in the distance detected by the distance detecting unit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313975 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a selection part selecting a parameter from graphic data, a display control part controlling an object corresponding to the parameter selected by the selection part to be displayed and an extraction part extracting a parameter having a correlation with the parameter selected by the selection part, wherein the display control part controls the object to be moved based on the correlation. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313976 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a program that is executed by a computer using a display section and an input section for designating a position on a screen of the display section. The program causes the computer to operate as: means for displaying at least a part of a first content and a second content such that a first region defined by the first content includes a second region for displaying the second content; means for determining, on the basis of a position designated by the input section, whether or not a criterion concerning the input is met; and means for switching between a first mode in which the input operation changes a display form of the first content, and a second mode in which the input operation changes a display form of the second content within the second region, depending on a result of the determination. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313977 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCROLLING IN DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN - An apparatus and method for scrolling in a device with a touch screen. The method includes, when a touch input through the touch screen is confirmed, scrolling a screen image of the touch screen in the direction of the touch input according to the touch input. The method also includes, when the touch input is held, continuously scrolling the screen image of the touch screen in the direction of the touch input. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313978 | DRIVING METHOD USING PHASE DIFFERENCE TO CONTROL LUMINANCE OF FIELD EMISSION STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A driving method for a field emission structure including at least a pixel, each including a first emitter, a second emitter, a first electrode utilized to control the first emitter, and a second electrode utilized to control the second emitter, includes: receiving a first control signal and a second control signal; and controlling the first emitter and the second emitter according to the first control signal and the second control signal, wherein when the first control signal and the second control signal have a first phase difference, electrons emitted by the first emitter and the second emitter have a first intensity, and when the first control signal and the second control signal have a second phase difference different from the first phase difference, electrons emitted by the first emitter and the second emitter have a second intensity different from the first intensity. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313979 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus comprises a light source unit having a first light source which is composed of a plurality of light-emitting elements for generating white light by color mixture and a second light source which is composed of a light-emitting element having a color different from those of the light-emitting elements for constructing the first light source and which generates white light by color mixture with the first light source; a judging unit which judges degrees of deterioration of the first and second light source; and a control unit which allows the first light source to emit light if the degree of deterioration of the first light source is smaller than that of the second light source and which allows the first and second light source to emit light if the degree of deterioration of the first light source is not less than that of the second light source. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313980 | Cooling Module For Multiple Light Source Projecting Device - The present invention relates to an illumination device comprising a number of light sources and a number light collecting means, where the light collecting means collect light generated by the first light sources and convert the light into a source light beam propagating primarily along a primary optical axis. The light source module comprises a cooling module comprising a number of interconnected plane mounting surfaces angled in relation to each other and where the light sources is arranged on said plane mounting surfaces. The cooling module comprises a first side comprising the mounting surfaces and a second side comprising a number of cooling fins defining a number of radial air channels. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313981 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120313982 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - There are arranged two light sources | 2012-12-13 |
20120313983 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method of driving a liquid crystal panel | 2012-12-13 |
20120313984 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - A display device includes: light sources that emit light in accordance with light emission currents, respectively, and that have overlapping illuminated areas illuminated with the emitted light; and a management unit that stores, as usage history, the amount of light emission current used by each of the light sources in association with the usage period. Accordingly, in the display device including the light sources arranged advantageously with respect to the manufacturing cost, the lives of the light sources can be extended by reducing the power consumption. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313985 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY METHOD - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120313986 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - Provided is an image display device having pixels each of which includes sub-pixels of four or more colors and requires fewer dither matrices. This image display device includes a display section in which color filters of sub-pixel colors that are M colors in total including three principal colors of red, green, and blue, as well as at least one color other than the three principal colors are arranged regularly; and a gray-scale processing section ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120313987 | IMAGE-DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF SAME - An image display device ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120313988 | APPLYING BONDING AGENT FOR SUPPLEMENTAL INK - A method for applying a bonding agent for supplemental ink includes, with a control system of a printing apparatus, determining regions of an image corresponding to regions where a supplemental ink is to be printed, and with the control system, adding an amount of pixels of a standard color channel to portions of a bitmap representing the image, the portions corresponding to the regions where the supplemental ink is to be printed. The amount of pixels is sufficient to trigger application of a bonding agent at the regions. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313989 | Method And System For Operating A Printhead To Compensate For Failed Inkjets - An inkjet printer has a printhead in which all of the inkjets are used for printing, but at a less than maximum available ejection output. When a failed inkjet is identified, the ejection throughput is increased for inkjets that print pixels in an at least two pixel neighborhood about a missing pixel, so the pixels to be printed by the failed inkjet are printed by inkjets that print pixels in the two pixel wide neighborhood. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313990 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING METHOD, AND MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED PROGRAM - To provide technology that can reduce the possibility of an image becoming blurry with a printing device for printing images on a printing medium. A printing device is equipped with an affixing part for affixing on a printing medium ink containing a special glossy ink having reflectance angle dependence as an optical characteristic, and a controller for controlling the operation of the printing device. The controller uses the affixing part to form a base layer by affixing the special glossy ink on the printing medium, and after the base layer is formed, forms an image layer representing an image by affixing on the base layer special glossy ink and, among the inks noted above, ink other than the special glossy ink. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313991 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A liquid ejection apparatus including: a flushing-operation-data producing section which produces flushing-operation data for flashing of ink; a second-liquid-ejection-data producing section which produces data about ejection of treatment liquid such that (i) the treatment liquid is to be landed on a dot area on which the ink is to be landed upon forming an image dot among dot areas and (ii) the second liquid is not to be landed on at least one dot area on which the first liquid is to be landed on the basis of the control of the flushing-operation controlling section by referring the flushing-operation data produced by the flushing-operation-data producing section. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313992 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus including a head section which discharges a color ink which is cured due to irradiation of light and a clear ink which is cured due to the irradiation of light, an irradiation section which irradiates the light, and a storage section which stores a relationship between a total amount of color duty which is an amount of the color ink which is discharged per unit region and clear duty which is an amount of the clear ink which is discharged per unit region, and glossiness of an image which is printed using the color ink and the clear ink which have been discharged, wherein, according to the color duty in a certain region in the image, the clear duty in the region is determined based on the relationship so that the glossiness of the image is a predetermined value. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313993 | DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A data generation apparatus for generating image data used for printing an image on a print medium by using a printing apparatus having an adjusting function for increasing and/or decreasing a conveyance amount by which the print medium is conveyed in a conveyance direction with respect to a standard conveyance amount used when an image with a specified size is printed includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an adjustment amount of the conveyance amount, and a changing unit configured to change a size of the image data corresponding to the conveyance direction of the print medium according to the adjustment amount acquired by the acquisition unit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313994 | PRINTER AND PRINT SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a printer includes an image forming unit, a coloring conversion unit, and a deterring unit. The image forming unit forms an image from a temperature-sensitive ink whose color is changed depending on a temperature on a medium. The coloring conversion unit converts a coloring state of the image of the temperature-sensitive ink by heating or cooling the image of the temperature-sensitive ink. The deterring unit provided between the coloring conversion unit and the image forming unit deters an air heated or cooled by the coloring conversion unit from flowing toward the image forming unit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313995 | INKJET PRINTER WITH DOT ALIGNMENT VISION SYSTEM - Image processing of printed patterns of arrays of dots generated by an array of inkjet heads uses a vision system, including an HD color camera that can be a fixed focus or include autofocus and zoom capabilities. Pattern recognition techniques are used to analyze as many patterns as necessary to perform multiple alignment functions, such as dot size, shape, and integrity; unidirectional, bidirectional, and step alignments; physical position and straightness of jet packs; flatness of platen or media belt; mapping imperfections in rods and rails of guiding systems; and checking jet alignments from a reference jet to all other jet packs. From such image analysis, correction values are generated that are used to effect manual or automatic adjustment of the inkjet heads physical position, voltage, temperature, and firing pulse timing and/or duration; and to position the printed dots fired from the nozzles in the inkjet heads in the appropriate position. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313996 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, MEDIA DRYING DEVICE USABLE THEREWITH AND METHOD THEREOF - An image forming system, a media drying device usable therewith and a method are disclosed. The image forming system, media drying device and method include application of heat in a form of heated air to liquid ink disposed on media to remove water from the liquid ink in a form of vapor. The image forming system, media drying device and method also include recovery of at least a portion of the heat from the media. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313997 | Ink Jet Ink and Ink Jet Recording Method - The invention provides an ink jet ink including a coloring material, a polymer particle, a crosslinking agent and an aqueous medium. The polymer particle has a unit derived from a compound represented by the following general formula (1) and a glass transition temperature of 25° C. or less. The crosslinking agent has a functional group capable of forming a crosslinked structure with a ketone group derived from the compound represented by the general formula (1) by a dehydration reaction. The mass ratio of a content (% by mass) of the coloring material based on the total mass of the ink to a content (% by mass) of the polymer particle based on the total mass of the ink is 0.2 times or more and 2.5 times or less. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313998 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording method has a feature such that a first ink, a second ink, and a third ink satisfy both the following relationships (1) and (2): (1) the film thickness of dots of the inks formed when one drop of each ink is applied to the recording medium is as follows: First ink>Second ink>Third ink; and (2) the penetration time of the clear ink when applying the inks to the recording medium, and then further applying one drop of the clear ink to the region to which each ink is applied is as follows: First ink≧Second ink≧Third ink. | 2012-12-13 |
20120313999 | HIGH SPEED PRINTING SYSTEM FOR PRINTING MAGNETIC INK - High speed printing system for printing magnetic ink systems and associated methods are disclosed. A color of the magnetic ink may be designed to resemble one of the non-magnetic inks so that instead of ejecting the one non-magnetic ink, the printing system ejects the magnetic ink. Nozzles in a printhead may also be arranged to be adjacent to each other and may be appropriately spaced without causing the inks to be mixed in the printhead. Additionally, a color transform system may be provided to transform a sheet image in accordance with ejecting at least the magnetic and the non-magnetic ink from the printhead. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314000 | PRE-TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS FOR INKJET PRINTING - The present disclosure provides for a pre-treatment composition for inkjet printing, comprising: a liquid vehicle, a fixing agent, a non-ionic defoaming surfactant, a surface tension reducing surfactant, and a latex resin having an acid number of less than 20. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314001 | Method And System For Actuating Redundant Electrical Motors To Move Printheads Laterally And Improve Reliability In A Continuous Web Inkjet Printer - A method of operating a printer enables a controller in the printer to operate electrical motors to move printheads in the printer for longer periods of time before maintenance is required. Each printhead in the printer is operatively connected to an electrical motor for movement of the printhead and the printheads are organized in groups with each group being operatively connected to an electrical motor for movement of the group. By selectively designating printheads as being moveable or fixed, electrical motors that fail to move a printhead can be taken out of operation and an electrical motor that moves the printhead group used instead to continue printing operations without requiring a service call for replacement of the failed motor. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314002 | PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device includes a casing, a ribbon cartridge, a print head, a first driving motor and a second driving motor. The print head is disposed under the ribbon cartridge. A rotating center axial line of the ribbon wheel of the ribbon cartridge passes through a bottom of the casing. The print head has at least firing pin for colliding the ink ribbon, so that the ink containing in the ink ribbon is printed on a paper sheet. The first driving motor is used for driving rotation of the ribbon wheel. The second driving motor is used for driving movement of the print head between a first sidewall and a second sidewall of the casing. Consequently, the overall height and the cost of the printing device are reduced. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314003 | PHOTO PRINTING METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH PAGEWIDE ARRAY PRINTHEAD - An image printing device and method of printing may include an image medium advancing device to advance an image medium in a first direction, an oscillating printhead to oscillate or move along a second direction defined by an angle not normal to the first direction, and a plurality of ink nozzles associated with the printhead to apply ink to the image medium. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314004 | INKJET PRINTHEAD HAVING TITANIUM ALUMINIUM NITRIDE HEATER ELEMENTS - Provided is an inkjet printhead integrated circuit that has a wafer substrate that has an ink passage, and a nozzle plate supported on the substrate by side walls to define an ink chamber supplied with ink via the ink passage. The nozzle plate has an ink ejection port corresponding to the ink chamber. A heater element is bonded to the nozzle plate inside the chamber for vaporising ink to generate a vapour bubble that ejects ink through the ejection port. The heater element is bonded to the nozzle plate with a low thermal product layer. The thermal product thermal product is less than 1495 Jm | 2012-12-13 |
20120314005 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - A fluid ejection device includes a flexible membrane and an adhesive layer on the flexible membrane. The adhesive layer includes a first region and a second region extending from the first region. The fluid ejection device includes a piezoelectric material layer including an edge region and a central region. A surface of the edge region of the piezoelectric material layer is substantially coplanar with a surface of the second region of the adhesive layer. The surface of the edge region and the surface of the second region are substantially parallel with the flexible membrane. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314006 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - A fluid ejection device includes a flexible membrane and an adhesive layer on the flexible membrane. The adhesive layer includes a first region and a second region extending from the first region. The fluid ejection device includes a piezoelectric material layer including an edge region and a central region. A surface of the edge region of the piezoelectric material layer is substantially coplanar with a surface of the second region of the adhesive layer. The surface of the edge region and the surface of the second region are substantially parallel with the flexible membrane. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314007 | METHOD OF FORMING ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER FILM, ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER FILM, ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER ELEMENT, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - Disclosed is an electromechanical transducer film forming method including a surface modification process; an application process; and processes of drying, thermally decomposing, and crystallizing sol-gel solution applied to a portion of a surface of a first electrode. An electromechanical transducer film is formed on a desired pattern area on the surface of the first electrode by repeating the above processes. In the application process, each of dots of the sol-gel solution applied by the inkjet method drops onto both a first area inside the desired pattern area and a second area outside the desired pattern area. The first area is a hydrophilic area on the surface of the first electrode, and the second area is a hydrophobic area on the surface of the first electrode. The hydrophilic area and the hydrophobic area have been modified by the surface modification process. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314008 | Liquid Container and Liquid Detecting System - Part of a liquid chamber communicating with a liquid storage is formed of a deformable portion which is deformed. Part of a lever is brought into abutment with the deformable portion and, when the deformable portion is deformed, the lever is rotated about a supporting portion. The liquid storage, the liquid chamber, and the lever are stored in the interior of the case having a through hole, and when the liquid container is mounted on the liquid consuming apparatus, the movable rod on the side of the liquid consuming apparatus is inserted from the through hole and is brought into abutment with the lever. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314009 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid storing unit that stores a liquid, a liquid ejection head that ejects the liquid, a supply tube having one end connected to the liquid storing unit and the other end connected to the liquid ejection head so that the liquid is supplied from the liquid storing unit to the liquid ejection head, a heating unit that heats a fluid, and a circulation tube in which the fluid that has been heated in the heating unit circulate therethrough, wherein the circulation tube is wound on the supply tube at least on the side of the liquid ejection head. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314010 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head which discharges liquid onto a recording material, thereby performing recording; and a waste liquid recovery device which recovers waste liquid which has not been attached to the recording material, of liquid discharged from the recording head, wherein the waste liquid recovery device includes a movable sheet-like member which is provided on a side facing the recording head and receives the waste liquid which has not been attached to the recording material. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314011 | METHOD AND APPLYING A CURABLE HOT-MELT INK ON A MEDIUM - In a method for applying a curable hot-melt ink the ink is applied in a fluid state on a medium, in particular a recording medium or an intermediate transfer member, on which the ink cools, thereby thickening. Then, the applied ink is at least partly heated such that the viscosity of at least a part of the ink decreases. Thereafter, the ink is cured. The method is suitable for providing a high gloss image and/or for improving an ink transfer from the intermediate transfer member to a recording medium and/or for improving an adhesion of the ink on the recording medium. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314012 | BELT LEVELING APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR SIMULTANEOUS LEVELING AND PINNING OF RADIATION CURABLE INKS - Systems for leveling UV-curable gel ink include a leveling belt member having a TEFLON FEP inner layer and a conformable silicone outer layer. A UV source is disposed to direct light through the belt onto a substrate at a leveling or pressure nip defined by the leveling beltz tube and a backing member such as a backing belt and chilled platen. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314013 | SHEET-FED DUPLEX PRINTING PRESS - A sheet-fed duplex printing press includes a front-surface printing unit having a first impression cylinder that can carry cut paper by rotating while holding the cut paper a first blanket cylinder that contacts the first impression cylinder and can transfer heatset ink onto a front surface of the cut paper, and a first ink jet head that can supply the heatset ink to the first blanket cylinder, and a rear-surface printing unit having a second impression cylinder that can carry the cut paper by rotating while holding the cut paper, a second blanket cylinder that contacts the second impression cylinder and can transfer heatset ink onto a rear surface of the cut paper, and a second ink jet head that can supply the heatset ink to the second blanket cylinder, in which the first impression cylinder and the second impression cylinder directly contact each other. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314014 | LED PRINT-HEAD DRIVER WITH INTEGRATED PROCESS DIRECTION COMPENSATION - A light emitting diode (LED) print head arranged to receive a set of raw print data. The print head includes a plurality of LED array chips each having a plurality of LEDs, wherein each LED of the plurality of LEDs includes a process direction position. The print head further includes at least one matrix drive circuit arranged to control activation of the plurality of LEDs in response to the set of raw print data and at least one real-time print data compensation circuit, wherein the at least one real-time print data compensation circuit receives the set of raw print data and delays transmitting the set of raw print data to the at least one matrix drive circuit based on a relative relationship between the process direction position of each LED. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314015 | TECHNIQUES FOR MULTIPLE VIDEO SOURCE STITCHING IN A CONFERENCE ROOM - Techniques to stitch together multiple video streams are described. In an embodiment, a technique may include receiving a plurality of video streams from a plurality of video sources in a room. The video streams may be analyzed for feature points, such as furniture, light fixtures, window frames and so forth. The video streams may be processed to make the video qualities of the video streams, such as scale, color, brightness and so forth, more consistent with each other. Using the feature points, the processed video streams may be stitched together to generate a unified stream. The unified stream may be output to a display in the room and/or to remote viewers. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314016 | System and method for re-access of wireless video conference terminal - The invention discloses a system for re-access of a wireless video conference terminal, including: a protection module configured to record relevant information of a conference in the event of terminal disconnection, log in to the video conference network according to the relevant information of the conference upon recovery of the network signal, and send a terminal reentering module the information for reentering the conference, wherein the relevant information of the conference contains a username and a password; and the terminal reentering module configured to determine that the terminal passes authentication according to the username as well as the information for reentering the conference and admit the terminal into the conference. The invention further discloses a method for re-access of a wireless video conference terminal. Adoption of the system and the method improves the user experience and facilitates the promotion of the wireless video conference. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314017 | Transparent Autostereoscopic Image Display Apparatus and Method - An image display apparatus includes a display layer and an image separation layer. The image separation layer is adapted to separate a displayed image on the display layer into a first image for a left eye of an observer and into a second image for a right eye of an observer. This renders the image display apparatus autostereoscopic. In order to improve the appearance of the displayed image, the apparatus is adapted to activate the display layer and the image separation layer substantially only within a given two-dimensional silhouette and to remain substantially transparent outside of the silhouette. In other aspects, the apparatus may be adapted to dynamically adjust an observation angle between the first image and the second image by controlling the distance between the display layer and the image separation layer by an actuator. The apparatus may be mounted on a robotic unit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314018 | Video Surveillance System Integrating Real and Logical Video Streams - A camera emulation server enables integration of real and logical digital video streams within a video surveillance system. The camera emulation server produces a logical digital video stream emulating a real video surveillance camera, in which the logical digital video stream includes data other than original video surveillance data. The camera emulation server provides the logical digital video stream to a video management server via a packet-switched network for integration with a real digital video stream that includes video surveillance data captured by a remote physical video surveillance camera. The video management server routes the logical digital video stream and the real digital video stream to a video receiving device for simultaneous display in respective window panes configured in a tiled format on at least one display device of the video receiving device. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314019 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A transmission system that transmits and receives base data, which is necessary for reproducing image and audio, and extended data, which is used for improving quality of the image and the audio, via a communication network between transmission terminals is provided, The transmission system includes: a base-data relay system that includes: a plurality of base-data relaying units for relaying the base data transmitted from a source transmission terminal among the transmission terminals to a destination transmission terminal among the transmission terminals; and a selecting unit that selects one base-data relaying unit from among the base-data relaying units for each communication between transmission terminals; and an extended-data relay system that includes: an extended-data relaying unit for relaying the extended-data transmitted from the source transmission terminal to the destination transmission terminal. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314020 | MOVE-IT: MONITORING, OPERATING, VISUALIZING, EDITING INTEGRATION TOOLKIT FOR RECONFIGURABLE PHYSICAL COMPUTING - A user interface screen for displaying data associated with operation of a robot where the user interface screen includes one or more windows that can be rotated and then minimized into an icon to render space for other windows. As user input for moving a window is received, the window moves to an edge. As further user input is received, the window is rotated about an axis and then minimized into an icon. In this way, the windows presented on the screen can be intuitively operated by a user. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314021 | GENERATING AN AERIAL DISPLAY OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES FROM A SINGLE TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OR A SEQUENCE OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - Systems, methods, and devices that generate and display a multiple view 3-D holographic image (“image”) of a 3-D real or synthetic scene are presented. A capture system can capture or generate as little as a single 2-D image, or a sequence of 2-D images, of a scene and can convert the 2-D visual information to facilitate generating a 3-D scene from various perspectives. Predefined distortion morphing or transition morphing is employed to generate one or more morphing images to reconstruct different perspectives of the scene without having to capture such different perspectives. A sequence of 2-D images, including the morphing images, each representing a respective view of the scene are integrated to form a 3-D integrated image, which can be displayed on a 3-D aerial projection system. The disclosed subject matter can generate and/or maintain disparity information to improve quality of the display of the 3-D integrated image. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314022 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND REMOTE CONTROLLER - Controlling operations of a display apparatus using a remote controller that detects user motion in a three-dimensional space and transmits the detected motion of the user in the three-dimensional space to thereby determine commands corresponding to the detected motion of the user. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314023 | SPLIT SCREEN FOR 3D - A method, apparatus and system are provided for the visual inspection of a three-dimensional video stream as it is being re-encoded into a second video format. A portion of a frame of a decoded three-dimensional video stream and a corresponding portion of a frame of the three-dimensional video stream having been re-encoded are arranged into a combined video frame such that the video frame portions appear together in the combined video frame. A boundary between the video frame portions in the combined video frame is manipulated such that a change of disparity on the boundary between the video frame portions, and any overlap between the combined video frame portions, are not visible. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314024 | AUTOMATIC SWITCHING OF A MULTI-MODE DISPLAY FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - Systems, methods, and devices that control switching of a multi-mode barrier component for efficiently displaying various types of 2-D content and 3-D content are presented. A barrier control component detects an optical signal in a control region of a display screen that is providing visual content to the barrier component, and identifies the type of visual content, such as 2-D content, 3-D stereoscopic content, or 3-D autostereoscopic content, based at least in part on the optical signal. The barrier control component identifies a specified control signal based at least in part on the identified content type, and transmits the specified control signal to the barrier component via a wireline or wireless connection. The barrier component is controlled to automatically switch to a specified mode, such as 2-D mode, 3-D stereoscopic mode, or 3-D autostereoscopic mode, and employ a specified barrier pattern, in response to the received specified control signal. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314025 | DISTRIBUTED THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CONVERSION SYSTEM - A project network application can provide functionality for a plurality of worker systems to perform digital video editing so as to at least partially perform two- to three-dimensional conversion of a video. The project network application may, for instance, include tools for performing rotoscoping, depth mapping, object offsetting, occlusion filling, and the like. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314026 | INTERNAL BIT DEPTH INCREASE IN VIDEO CODING - In an example aspects of this disclosure generally relate to a method of coding video data that includes determining a first bit depth for outputting video data and a second bit depth for coding the video data, wherein the first bit depth is less than the second bit depth. The method also includes determining whether the video data will be used as reference data when coding other video data. The method also includes storing, based on the determination, the video data at the first bit depth when the video data is not used as reference data, and the video data at the second bit depth when the video data is used as reference data. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314027 | Method and System for Processing Multiview Videos for View Synthesis Using Motion Vector Predictor List - Multiview videos are acquired by overlapping cameras. Side information is used to synthesize multiview videos. A reference picture list is maintained for current frames of the multiview videos, the reference picture indexes temporal reference pictures and spatial reference pictures of the acquired multiview videos and the synthesized reference pictures of the synthesized multiview video. Each current frame of the multiview videos is predicted according to reference pictures indexed by the associated reference picture list with a skip mode and a direct mode, whereby the side information is inferred from the synthesized reference picture. In addition, the skip and merge modes for single view video coding are modified to support multiview video coding by generating a motion vector prediction list by also considering neighboring blocks that are associated with synthesized reference pictures. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314028 | 3D VIDEO FORMAT DETECTION - A video signal is processed in a video device ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120314029 | STEREO LOGO INSERTION - A method for inserting a logo into a stereo video image to generate an overlaid stereo image, the method comprising: detecting presence of stereo pictures in the video image and, when stereo pictures are detected, determining the 3D format of said stereo pictures, said 3D format being a stereo spatially multiplexed format; generating a stereo logo comprising stereo spatially multiplexed logo pictures including a representation of the logo, said stereo spatially multiplexed logo pictures being arranged in said 3D format; and combining the stereo logo and the video image to generate the overlaid stereo image in said 3D format. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314030 | ESTIMATION OF OBJECT PROPERTIES IN 3D WORLD - Objects within two-dimensional (2D) video data are modeled by three-dimensional (3D) models as a function of object type and motion through manually calibrating a 2D image to the three spatial dimensions of a 3D modeling cube. Calibrated 3D locations of an object in motion in the 2D image field of view of a video data input are computed and used to determine a heading direction of the object as a function of the camera calibration and determined movement between the computed 3D locations. The 2D object image is replaced in the video data input with an object-type 3D polygonal model having a projected bounding box that best matches a bounding box of an image blob, the model oriented in the determined heading direction. The bounding box of the replacing model is then scaled to fit the object image blob bounding box, and rendered with extracted image features. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314031 | INVARIANT FEATURES FOR COMPUTER VISION - Technology is described for determining and using invariant features for computer vision. A local orientation may be determined for each depth pixel in a subset of the depth pixels in a depth map. The local orientation may an in-plane orientation, an out-out-plane orientation or both. A local coordinate system is determined for each of the depth pixels in the subset based on the local orientation of the corresponding depth pixel. A feature region is defined relative to the local coordinate system for each of the depth pixels in the subset. The feature region for each of the depth pixels in the subset is transformed from the local coordinate system to an image coordinate system of the depth map. The transformed feature regions are used to process the depth map. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314032 | METHOD FOR PILOT ASSISTANCE FOR THE LANDING OF AN AIRCRAFT IN RESTRICTED VISIBILITY - Method for pilot assistance in landing an aircraft with restricted visibility, in which the position of a landing point is defined by at least one of a motion compensated, aircraft based helmet sight system and a remotely controlled camera during a landing approach, and with the landing point is displayed on a ground surface in the at least one of the helmet sight system and the remotely controlled camera by production of symbols that conform with the outside view. The method includes one of producing or calculating during an approach, a ground surface based on measurement data from an aircraft based 3D sensor, and providing both the 3D measurement data of the ground surface and a definition of the landing point with reference to a same aircraft fixed coordinate system. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314033 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING 3D IMAGE DATA IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for processing three-dimensional (3D) image data of a portable terminal, and particularly, to an apparatus and a method for enabling contents sharing and reproduction (playback) between various 3D devices using a file structure for effectively storing a 3D image obtained using a plurality of cameras, and a stored 3D related parameter, and sharing and reproduction between various 3D devices are possible using a file structure for effectively storing a 3D image (for example, a stereo image) obtained using a plurality of cameras, and a stored 3D related parameter. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314034 | PILOTING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND AN AIRCRAFT - The present invention relates to a piloting assistance system ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120314035 | Human-Perspective Stereoscopic Camera - A human-perspective stereoscopic camera is an apparatus that is used to capture stereoscopic viewing material that is from the perspective of one person's eyes. The apparatus mainly comprises a left telescopic tube, a right telescopic tube, a fixed pivoting mount, a lateral movement mechanism, and a platform with a channel as a support structure. The left telescopic tube and the right telescopic tube each comprise a first cylinder, a second cylinder, and an optics assembly. The first cylinder and the second cylinder are the means for the telescopic movement. The optics assembly comprises a lens, a digital single-lens reflex camera, a camera mount, a plate, and a pole. The configuration for the components of the optics assembly allows the left telescopic tube and the right telescopic tube to capture stereoscopic viewing material from the perspective of one person's eyes | 2012-12-13 |
20120314036 | PRIMARY AND AUXILIARY IMAGE CAPTURE DEVCIES FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND RELATED METHODS - Disclosed herein are primary and auxiliary image capture devices for image processing and related methods. According to an aspect, a method may include using primary and auxiliary image capture devices to perform image processing. The method may include using the primary image capture device to capture a first image of a scene, the first image having a first quality characteristic. Further, the method may include using the auxiliary image capture device to capture a second image of the scene. The second image may have a second quality characteristic. The second quality characteristic may be of lower quality than the first quality characteristic. The method may also include adjusting at least one parameter of one of the captured images to create a plurality of adjusted images for one of approximating and matching the first quality characteristic. Further, the method may include utilizing the adjusted images for image processing. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314037 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D IMAGING - The present invention relates to a system and method for providing 3D imaging. The system comprises: a) two or more cameras for allowing to generate stereoscopic information only for selected regions in a common or coincident field of view captured simultaneously by both of said two cameras, in order to provide distance measurements information to object(s) located in said selected regions; b) at least one 3DLR module for providing 3D image, wherein said two cameras and said 3DLR module are positioned in such a way that, at least partially, they will be able to capture similar or coincident field of view information; and c) a processing unit for generating said 3D imaging according to said stereoscopic information and said 3D image by using image processing algorithm(s) in order to provide 3D imaging information in real-time. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314038 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE OBTAINING APPARATUS - A stereoscopic image obtaining apparatus has an optical system through which at least two parallax images are obtained, a first image creating unit that creates a first stereoscopic image from a single 2D image, a second image creating unit that creates a second stereoscopic image from the at least two parallax images; and a stereoscopic image selection unit that makes a selection between the first image creating unit and the second image creating unit. The stereoscopic image selection unit makes a selection in such a way that objects for which the first image generation unit is selected are more distant than objects for which the second image generation unit is selected. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314039 | 3D IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS EMPLOYING INTERCHANGABLE LENS - A three-dimensional (3D) image acquisition apparatus is provided. The 3D image acquisition apparatus includes: an interchangeable lens unit comprising a lighting unit that irradiates light toward an object, a color image lens unit that forms a color image of the object, and a depth image capturing unit that comprises a depth image lens unit for obtaining depth image information relating to the object; and a main body comprising a first image sensor that converts an optical image formed by the color image lens unit into an electric signal and an image processor that forms a 3D image using the electric signal of the first image sensor and depth information of the depth image capturing unit, wherein the interchangeable lens unit is detachable from the main body. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314040 | NAVIGATION MODEL TO RENDER CENTERED OBJECTS USING IMAGES - A 3D model of an object is rendered using centered images of the object. An algorithm executed locally or in a distributed manner calculates camera positions for the images and determines a virtual camera path based on the camera positions. The application adjusts the images to fit the plane of the virtual camera path and fills in the gaps between the images using transition renderings. To improve user experience, the application also calculates resting positions for navigation stop points using a spring system. Upon constructing the 3D model, the application can transmit the 3D model to a variety of user devices including the network connected device having a camera module that captured the images. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314041 | WIRELESS SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, 3D IMAGE GLASSES, AND PROGRAM - A wireless signal transmission device of the present invention includes a wireless signal transmission section for, when an image display device displays a 3D image, (i) a sync signal indicative of timing at which a right-eye image and a left-eye image included in the 3D image are switched and (ii) an optical shutter control signal for controlling optical shutters of 3D image glasses which optical shutters alternately transmit and shut the right-eye image and the left-eye image, and for, when the image display device displays an image other than a 3D image, periodically transmitting a certain signal which does not include at least optical shutter control data. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314042 | Method of Collecting Information Regarding Absorbent Articles - Methods of collecting information from an individual regarding absorbent articles are provided. A method entails collecting input information from an individual regarding absorbent article use wherein at least some of the information collected includes data generally known by most consumers. The method further entails collecting still or video image data from an individual consumer using a computing device and uploading the input information and still or video image data to a server. The input information and still or video image data is used to output data regarding the absorbent articles and to output a set of correlations between the visual data and the input information. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314043 | MANAGING MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS USING GENERAL OBJECTS - The embodiment maps multimedia contents to an image of a general object and uses the object image as a shortcut. The contents can be played/deleted/moved through the object image to which the contents are mapped. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314044 | IMAGING DEVICE - A digital signal circuit 18 detects a human body from an image signal obtained by photographing, and detects a face portion. A system control circuit 20 estimates an age of the human body from a proportion of a head portion to a shoulder potion of the human body, determines that the object is an infant if the estimated age is equal to or lower than a threshold age, and automatically flashes an LED 30 to attract the attention of the object. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314045 | WEARABLE SYSTEMS FOR AUDIO, VISUAL AND GAZE MONITORING - A non-obtrusive portable device, wearable from infancy through adulthood, mounted with i) a set of two or more optical device(s) providing visual and audio information as perceived by the user; ii) an actuated mirror or optical device returning visual information on part of the face of the user. The audio-visual signals may be processed on-board or off-board via either hardwired or wireless transmission. Analysis of audio visual signal permit among other things tracking of the user's gaze or facial features and of visual and auditory attention to external stimuli. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314046 | TIREDNESS STATE DETECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computing device and method detects a tiredness state of a user. A camera positioned on a display device captures images of the user when the user is positioned in front of the camera. The computing device analyzes the images to obtain eye parameters of the eye of the user. The computing device reminds the user to have a rest, in response to a determination that the eye parameters of the eye of the user match predetermined eye parameters of the eye of the user. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314047 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an imaging unit, a display, a detection unit, and controller. The imaging unit is configured to capture an image to acquire a captured image. The imaging unit is configured to capture an image to acquire a captured image. The display has a display surface that faces in the same direction as an imaging direction of the imaging unit. The detection unit is configured to perform imaging processing on the captured image to detect an opening degree of eye of a user in the captured image. The controller is configured to control a presentation of the display based on a result of the detection by the detection unit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314048 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE IDENTITY OF AN AUTHOR AND A PERSON RECEIVING INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for identifying the writer or receiver of a document, where identifying information for each of a plurality of registered human individuals is stored in a database, calls for capturing local images of an individual producing or receiving information and determining whether this individual is the same as one of the registered individuals whose identifying information is stored in the database. The identifying information stored in the database includes both an alphanumeric identifier and at least one image of a unique, visually observable biologic identifier on a body portion of each registered individual. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314049 | VIRTUAL TELEMICROSCOPE - The virtual telemicroscope system (VTS) of the present invention captures an entire image of a specimen on a test slide as an original high power image, signal processes the original high power image to generate a low power background image, generates an initial virtual slide based on the low power background image and posts and/or transmits the initial virtual slide to a remote user enabling the remote user to view the low power background image on a remote user's computer screen. While viewing the initial virtual slide, the remote user may identify (i.e., select) one or more specific areas on the background image and request the service provider to provide detailed images (e.g., higher magnified image than the background image) at the defined locations. In response, the VTS provides the remote user with the requested partial high power image by simply signal processing the original high power image and generating a secondary virtual slide based on the newly processed image. This process can be repeated until the remote user is satisfied with the viewing. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314050 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An imaging apparatus comprises: a holding unit that holds a subject; a surface profile measuring unit that measures a surface profile of the subject; an imaging unit that adjusts an imaging plane according to the surface profile measured by the surface profile measuring unit and performs imaging of the subject; and a specifying unit that specifies a presence region in which an imaging object is present from an entire region of the subject. The surface profile measuring unit measures only the surface profile of the presence region specified by the specifying unit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314051 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes a light source unit, an illumination optical system configured to introduce a light from the light source unit onto a plane to be illuminated, a sample stage configured to place an object on the plane to be illuminated, an image pickup optical system configured to form an image of the object placed on the plane to be illuminated, an image pickup element portion configured by disposing a plurality of image pickup elements on an image plane of the image pickup optical system, and a light shielding member configured to reduce entrance of a light to an area where the plurality of image pickup elements of the image pickup element portion are not disposed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314052 | CATADIOPTRIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A catadioptric optical system of the present invention includes a catadioptric unit configured to condense light fluxes from an object and to form an intermediate image of the object, a field lens disposed at a position where the intermediate image are formed, and a dioptric unit configured to form the intermediate image on an image surface, and when νcat denotes a smallest Abbe number in Abbe numbers of materials of the first and second optical elements configuring the catadioptric unit and νdio denotes a smallest Abbe number in Abbe numbers of materials of a plurality of dioptric optical elements configuring the dioptric unit, νdio<νcat is satisfied. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314053 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING, MONITORING REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF UNDERGROUND GAS INSULATED TRANSMISSION LINES - An underground gas insulated transmission line (UGIL) system is provided that includes a first compartment having a gas insulated transmission line, a first camera slider disposed on a wall of the first compartment, a camera moveably coupled to the camera slider, a global positioning system (GPS) receiver disposed in the first compartment, and a gas sensor disposed in the first compartment. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314054 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR EXAMINING WAFERS - Method and machine utilizes the real-time recipe to perform weak point inspection on a series of wafers during the fabrication of integrated circuits. Each real-time recipe essentially corresponds to a practical fabrication history of a wafer to be examined and/or the examination results of at least one examined wafer of same “lot”. Therefore, different wafers can be examined by using different recipes where each recipe corresponds to a specific condition of a wafer to be examined, even these wafers are received by a machine for examining at the same time. | 2012-12-13 |