20th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120120106 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image display device includes: a storage means for storing a plurality of items of image data; a first classifying means for classifying the plurality of the items of image data in a first predetermined unit; a second classifying means for breaking the plurality of the items of image data classified by the first classifying means into smaller groups in a second predetermined unit; a display control means for controlling display in such a way that images are displayed in the second predetermined unit based on the image data broken into smaller groups by the second classifying means; and a display means for performing a predetermined display based on the control performed by the display control means. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120107 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR DISPLAY CONTROL, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Provided is an information display device that can improve readability even in case of an unstable reception condition when information is superimposed on taken images by means of optical space transmission and displayed on the taken images. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120108 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system comprises a map memory, a processing device and a display. The processing unit is configured to simultaneously display a first portion of a map stored in the map memory using a first perspective and a second portion of the map using a second perspective different from the first perspective on the display. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120109 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMAGE EFFECT IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method is provided for providing an image effect in a mobile terminal. An image effect provider applies a wrinkling effect to data upon arrival at an end of the data while the data is shifted by a specific user action. A controller controls the image effect provider to display the data to which the wrinkling effect is applied upon arrival at the end of the data by the specific user action. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120110 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION AS BACKGROUND OF USER INTERFACE - Apparatus and method for displaying information as a background of a user interface. In order to display the information as the background of a user interface, information such as user interest information may be received from a user. Based on the received information, contents may be retrieved. Then, the background of the user interface may be formed with at least one image. Each image of the at least one image may represent a respective one of the retrieved contents. The user interface having the background formed with the at least one image may be displayed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120111 | AUTOMATED IMAGE PROCESSING - Automated electronic document design systems and methods for appropriately sizing and positioning uploaded user images into predefined image areas in a product design being created in a Web environment. For an image that is not to be cropped when incorporated into the design, the image is sized to fit within the selected image area and positioned in the image area according to a predefined anchor location. The aspect ratio of the original image is maintained. For an image that is available for cropping when incorporated into the design, the image is sized and cropped to create a version of the image that fills the image container. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120112 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING THEREOF - An electrical device includes a display unit and a processing unit, which are electrically connected with each other. The processing unit includes an information receiving module, a weight obtaining module and a size adjusting module. The information receiving module receives physical information of a user. The weight obtaining module obtains a display weight according to the physical information of the user. The size adjusting module adjusts size of at least one display icon according to the display weight. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120113 | Method and apparatus for visualizing 2D product images integrated in a real-world environment - A software application, which uses a portable device and augmented reality techniques to reconstruct a 2D image of the user's environment augmented with a 2D element representing an object or product which looks like part of the environment image. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120114 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE IN MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS AND GRAPHIC OBJECT BROWSING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A graphic object browsing method includes the steps of: providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on a display, in which the GUI includes a main displaying area for displaying a plurality of graphic objects; receiving a tilt signal, in which the tilt signal includes a tilt direction and a tilt degree; displaying the plurality of graphic objects sliding on the main displaying area according to the tilt direction of the tilt signal; and controlling the sliding speed of the plurality of graphic objects according to the tilt degree of the tilt signal. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120115 | Map Display Device - A map display device according to the present invention includes: a display monitor; a map display control means for bringing up a map with an icon displayed therein at the display monitor and scrolling the map in response to a scroll instruction; an icon detecting means for detecting an icon present in a specific area beyond a range of a display screen at the display monitor; and an indicator display control means for displaying an indicator indicating a direction along which the map should be scrolled in order to bring up on display the icon detected by the icon detecting means. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120116 | LASER PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF COMPENSATING BRIGHTNESS OF THE SAME - A laser projector includes a drive signal generation unit for processing an input image signal to generate a laser drive signal and a scanner drive signal, a pixel position detection unit for detecting positions of pixels corresponding to a one-frame image from the generated scanner drive signal, a compensation value decision unit for deciding a brightness compensation value corresponding to the detected pixels, a compensation unit for compensating a laser drive signal corresponding to the detected pixels according to the decided brightness compensation value, a laser light source for generating laser light according to the compensated laser drive signal, and a scanner for scanning the laser light according to the scanner drive signal. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120117 | DRIVING METHOD OF HALF-SOURCE-DRIVING (HSD) DISPLAY DEVICE - A HSD display device is adapted to receive data from a signal source and includes multiple pixel sets. Each pixel sets includes first pixel and second pixel. The first pixel is electrically coupled to a first data line and a first gate line. The second pixel is electrically coupled to the first pixel and a second gate line. The first gate line and the second gate line respectively are for controlling the first pixel and the second pixel whether to receive the data. In a driving method of the HSD display device, a common voltage is provided to the first and second pixels, and the common voltage is modulated to have two different voltage levels at a same side of a data central voltage. The data central voltage is an average of data voltages with different polarities from the signal source for displaying a same gray level. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120118 | LED DEVICES WITH NARROW VIEWING ANGLE AND AN LED DISPLAY INCLUDING SAME - LED devices includes a lead frame having a reflector cup with a round bottom surface and a wall surface having a variable inclination with respect to the bottom surface and defining an opening at an upper end thereof. An LED is mounted on the bottom surface of the reflector cup, and an LED module includes first and second LED device that emit different colors. The first and second LED devices have substantially matched far field patterns in a first and second direction, where a first viewing angle in the first direction is less than about 99°. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120119 | Display apparatus - A display apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate. The first substrate includes a plurality of color pixels and a white pixel that outputs a second white light having a same gray scale as a first white light formed by mixing light outputted from the plurality of color pixel. The white pixel is activated by a second current that is lower than a first current that activates the color pixels. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120120 | LIGHT SOURCE, CONTROL METHOD FOR LIGHT SOURCE, AND PROJECTION SYSTEM HAVING LIGHT SOURCE - A light source includes a first light emitting source ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120121 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an image display apparatus including: a transmissive display panel; an illuminator configured to illuminate a rear surface of the transmissive display panel; an optical separator which includes a plurality of switchers capable of switching between a light transmitting state and a light blocking state, for separating an image displayed on the transmissive display panel by bringing one of the switchers into the light transmitting state and the other switchers into the light blocking state; and a light regulator capable of switching between a light diffusing state and a light transmitting state. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120122 | DRIVING METHOD FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS - The present invention is directed to a driving method for a display having a binary color system, which method can effectively improve the performance of an electrophoretic display. The method comprises applying a series of driving voltages to said pixel and the accumulated voltage integrated over a period of time from the first image to the last image is 0 (zero) or substantially 0 (zero) volt·msec. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120123 | BACKLIGHT APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - A backlight apparatus for illuminating a display unit, includes: light-emitting elements that are arranged at predetermined intervals; and a driving control unit configured to supply currents to the light-emitting elements so as to control driving of the light-emitting elements, wherein the light-emitting elements include a pair of a first light emitting-element and a second light-emitting element that are connected to the driving control unit and that are connected in parallel to each other, in which the first light-emitting element is connected in a direction opposite to a direction in which the second light-emitting element is connected. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120124 | VOLTAGE ADUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A voltage adjustment method and apparatus of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. The method comprises: acquiring initial reference voltage (RV) values of gamma voltage pairs corresponding to respective gray scales, which includes a first and a second gamma voltage; fixing the first gamma voltages, adjusting respectively the second gamma voltages in accordance with flicker values of the brightness of the LCD panel and the initial RV values of the second gamma voltages, and acquiring the adjusted voltage values of the second gamma voltages; and adjusting synchronously, with an equal proportion, the initial RV value of the first gamma voltage and the adjusted voltage value of the second gamma voltage corresponding to each gray scale respectively, so that the brightness corresponding to the gray scale is adjusted to be the same as the brightness corresponding to the same gray scale in the gamma standard voltage curve. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120125 | LCD APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING TEMPERATURE - An LCD apparatus and a method for compensating an input image based on temperature are provided. The LCD apparatus receives an external temperature of the LCD apparatus and compensates the input image based on the received external temperature and a measured internal temperature. Accordingly, a user may enjoy an image with optimum quality which is suitable for a current temperature. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120126 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM OF THE SAME - To provide a light emitting device without nonuniformity of luminance, a correcting circuit for correcting a video signal supplied to each pixel to a light emitting device. The correcting circuit is stored with data of a dispersion of a characteristic of a driving TFT among pixels and data of a change over time of luminance of a light emitting element. Further, by correcting a video signal inputted to the light emitting device in conformity with a characteristic of the driving TFT of each pixel and a degree of a deterioration of the light emitting element based on the over-described two data, nonuniformity of luminance caused by a deterioration of an electroluminescent layer and nonuniformity of luminance caused by dispersion of a characteristic of the driving TFT are restrained. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120127 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus includes a display having a plurality of light emitting elements. The image display apparatus also includes a controller configured to control displaying an image on the display, wherein the controller is operable to calculate an amount of light output by the plurality of light emitting elements and adjust a luminance level of the display based on the calculated amount of light output. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120128 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel including nxm array of pixels and which sequentially drives the pixels from pixels in a first row to pixels in an n-th row, a panel driving circuit which sequentially applies first, second, third or fourth image data to the display panel, a backlight unit including a first light source disposed adjacent to the pixels in the first row and a second light source disposed adjacent to the pixels in the n-th row, and a backlight control circuit which divides each of first and second time periods into first, second, third and fourth blinking time periods, and applies a control signal to the backlight unit, where the first time period corresponds to two frames during which the first and second image data are applied, and the second time period corresponds to two frames during which the third and fourth image data are applied. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120129 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER DRIVER AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE SAME - A display controller driver and a testing method therewith are provided. The display controller driver includes a timing control circuit, an image data memory, a data line driving circuit and a scan line driving circuit. The testing method includes controlling the scan line driving circuit by a control signal in a test operation mode, wherein the control signal is generated by an external test platform. The scan line driving circuit is tested and measured in accordance with a test pattern of the control signal. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120130 | Displayer and Pixel Circuit Thereof - A displayer and a pixel circuit thereof are provided. The displayer comprises the pixel circuit and a driving circuit for supplying a driving voltage to the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit belongs to a two data lines and one gate line architecture and comprises two pixel electrodes at least. The two pixel electrodes belong to the same pixel type and are positioned adjacent to each other. Thereby, the pixel circuit can improve the color shift effectively. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120131 | EDGE LIT LED BASED LOCALLY DIMMED DISPLAY - A display has a screen which incorporates a light modulator. The screen may be a front projection screen or a rear-projection screen. The screen is illuminated with light from a light source comprising an array of controllable light-emitters. The controllable-emitters and elements of the light modulator may be controlled to adjust the intensity of light emanating from corresponding areas on the screen. The display may provide a high dynamic range. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120132 | INK-JET TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR DARK TEXTILE SUBSTRATES - An ink-jet transfer system is disclosed, as well as a transfer printed product which is highly wash-resistant, colour-fast and environment-friendly, and a process for producing the same and its use in a printing process by means of the disclosed ink-jet transfer system. The disclosed ink-jet transfer system has a substrate, a hot-melt layer applied on the substrate and at least one ink-absorbing layer which comprises a mixture of a highly porous pigment and a binder. The molecules of the pigment and if required of the binder and hot-melt layer can form chemical bonds with the dyeing molecules of the ink. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120133 | USER ADAPTABLE INK STATUS CONVEYANCE SYSTEM - An ink status conveyance system comprises a maximum monitored ink level sensor operable with respect to an ink source for holding a supply of ink and delivering the ink to a printhead. The ink level sensor is configured to detect when an available amount of ink in the ink source corresponds to an ample ink level. A notification controller is configured to track the available amount of ink in the ink source between an ample ink level and an ink out level. The notification controller is configured to compare the user designated low ink notification set point to the available ink volume value to generate a low ink notification when the available ink volume value corresponds to the user designated low ink notification set point. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120134 | PRINTING SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE HEATER ACTIVATION TO ENABLE INK FLOW TO A PRINTHEAD IN THE PRINTING SYSTEM - A method for operating a printer having multiple printheads includes activating a heater that is operatively connected to a printhead that ejects ink having a single color in response to receiving a print job. The printer detects the presence of colors other than the single color in image data received in the print job, and activates heaters operatively coupled to printheads that eject ink drops that correspond to the detected colors. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120135 | PRINT HEAD, PRINTING DEVICE, AND PRINTING METHOD - To provide a technique for largely preventing conspicuous banding from appearing in printed images, a print head is provided with three nozzle rows in which a plurality of nozzles are arrayed in a sub-scanning direction, the nozzle rows being spaced apart in a main scanning direction. In two nozzle rows among the three nozzle rows, the positions of the nozzles in the sub-scanning direction are mutually the same, and in one nozzle row among the three nozzle rows, the positions of the nozzles the sub-scanning direction lie between nozzles of the two nozzle rows in the sub-scanning direction. The three nozzle rows can eject ink of the same hue. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120136 | CAPACITIVE LOAD DRIVING CIRCUIT, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL APPARATUS - A modulated signal is generated by performing pulse modulation of a drive waveform signal that is a reference for a drive signal to be applied to a capacitive load, and the drive signal is generated by performing power amplification of the acquired modulated signal and then smoothing the power-amplified modulated signal. Then, negative feedback of the drive signal applied to the capacitive load is applied to the drive waveform signal that is the reference for the drive signal. At this time, a predetermined analog compensation process for smoothing gain characteristics in a frequency band included in the drive signal is performed for the drive signal, then the acquired signal is converted into a digital signal, and negative feedback of the digital signal is applied to the drive waveform signal. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120137 | LIQUID JET APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A liquid jet apparatus according to the present invention includes a drive circuit adapted to apply a drive signal to an actuator of a liquid jet head, and a power supply voltage control circuit adapted to control a power supply voltage to the drive signal to be a waveform voltage set previously based on a reference signal obtained from one of the drive signal and a signal in a generation stage of the drive signal, | 2012-05-17 |
20120120138 | CROSSTALK REDUCTION IN PIEZO PRINTHEAD - Crosstalk in a piezo printhead is reduced by selecting an actuation signal for a nozzle, determining a time delay and a pulse width extension based on adjacent actuation signals of adjacent nozzles, and applying the time delay and pulse width extension to the actuation signal. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120139 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD OF RECORDING APPARATUS - When ink is depleted, slow printing is performed, and the print data of one nozzle row is created. If ink is depleted in a first ink cartridge, the print data is set to the nozzle row D, and ink is ejected from the nozzle row D connected to the second ink cartridge in which ink is not depleted, thereby performing the printing. Meanwhile, if ink is depleted in the second ink cartridge, the print data is set to the nozzle row C, and ink is ejected from the nozzle row D connected to the first ink cartridge in which ink is not depleted, thereby performing the printing. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120140 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD - A movable member configured to move when a liquid ejecting apparatus is inclined from a posture to be taken when ejecting liquid upon receipt of an action of the gravitational force and a memory unit configured to store the fact that the movable member is moved in response to abutment with the moved movable member are provided and the presence or absence of the movement of the movable member is acquired after the power has been turned ON. Accordingly, a change of the posture of the liquid ejecting apparatus in a power OFF state can be determined after the fact after the power has been turned ON. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120141 | Ink Discharge Apparatus And Method Of Controlling The Same - In an embodiment of the apparatus, a transparent inkjet head includes a first plurality of nozzles, and a color inkjet head includes a second plurality of nozzles. A color value measurement unit is configured to measure color values of ink applied to a plurality of pixels based on signals applied to the second plurality of nozzles of the color inkjet head and signals applied to the first plurality of nozzles of the transparent inkjet head. A control unit is configured to compare the measured color values of the ink applied to the plurality of pixels with a target value and to change the signals applied to the first plurality of nozzles of the transparent inkjet head such that the measured color values of the ink applied to the plurality of pixels are uniform. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120142 | INKJET PRINTING SYSTEM - An inkjet printing system ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120143 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO POSITION A SENSOR - In one embodiment, a media is advanced in the process direction to cause a plurality of fiducials to successively appear within a sensor's focal width. Each fiducial includes a target and a background, with the target superimposed to the background. Each target has a substantially same target width, a substantially same optical density, and a position at a distinct distance from an edge of the media. Each background has an optical density less than the optical density of the targets and greater than an optical density of the media. An optical density for each fiducial is read utilizing the sensor. The target the sensor is most aligned with is discerned by identifying an identified fiducial with the highest-read optical density. Utilizing data indicative of a position of the discerned target relative to a desired position, the sensor is caused to move to the desired position. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120144 | System And Method For Evaluating And Correcting Image Quality In An Image Generating Device - A system evaluates image quality in an image generating system. The system includes a test pattern generator configured to generate an image with an image generating system, an image capture device configured to generate a digital signal corresponding to the generated test pattern, an image evaluator configured to process the digital signal to detect and correct anomalies detected in the generated test pattern, a plurality of calibration tools, each calibration tool being comprised of at least one test pattern, at least one set of detection criteria, and at least one set of anomaly correction parameters, and a controller configured to select the calibration tools for operation of the test pattern generator and the image evaluator in accordance with a predetermined sequence that attenuates changes arising from application of correction parameters of one calibration tool upon a later selected calibration tool. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120145 | INK SET AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR PHASE CHANGE INKS - Curable phase change inks contain an ink vehicle, a pigment and a dispersant. A base ink set is of colored phase change inks that utilize the same dispersant, and also desirably contain the same amount of the dispersant. This allows the different color curable phase change inks to be mixed together while avoiding incompatibilities between each other, resulting in custom colors and a reliable expanded color gamut for the base ink set. Also, a method of forming images with the custom color curable phase change inks is disclosed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120146 | Encapsulated Reactive Ink And Method For Forming Images Using Same - An ink including at least one first reactive component, at least one second component comprising a triggerable component, at least one third reactive component, and an optional colorant; wherein the at least one first reactive component and the at least one third reactive component are capable of reacting with one another to form a solid ink on a substrate; wherein the at least one first reactive component is encapsulated in a microcapsule; wherein the ink can be jetted onto a substrate and treated whereby the treatment causes the at least one triggerable component to trigger the rupture of the microcapsule thereby releasing the at least one first reactive component from the microcapsule so that the at least one first reactive component and the at least one third reactive component come into contact, react, and polymerize thereby curing the ink. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120147 | Ink Jet Printer, Ink Jet Recording Method, and Recorded Matter - The present invention provides an ink jet printer having storage for storing ink, a recording head including a nozzle for ejecting ink, and a passage between the storage and the recording head for conducting the ink. At least one of these components comprising an ink-contacting member that comprises an antioxidant of the following formula (1) of a concentration of 100 ppm or less: | 2012-05-17 |
20120120148 | COLORING MATTER CONSISTING OF TRISAZO COMPOUND, INK COMPOSITIONS, RECORDING METHOD, AND COLORED BODY - Provided are a coloring matter for black ink which is highly soluble in water-based media, and ink compositions containing the same. A high-concentration aqueous solution and ink that contain the coloring matter are stable even when have been stored for a long period, and can produce printed images having extremely high density. Even when printing is conducted using the high-concentration aqueous solution, no bronzing occurs in the resulting printed images. The ink compositions can produce black recorded images which exhibit various excellent fastnesses, particularly excellent light fastness and ozone gas fastness. The coloring matter consists of at least one substance selected from among trisazo compounds represented by general formula (1), tautomers thereof, and salts of both. In general formula (1), R | 2012-05-17 |
20120120149 | INKJET RECORDING MATERIAL - An inkjet recording material which comprises an extruded mixture of thermoplastic polymers and non-chlorinated polyolefin materials. The mixture contains from 0.5 wt % to 30 wt % of non-chlorinated polyolefin materials based on the total weight of the polymers constituting the material. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120150 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection device includes: a support member configured and arranged to support a conveyed medium conveyed in a predetermined direction; a liquid ejection head having an ejection surface facing the support member with the ejection surface having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a liquid onto the conveyed medium; and a protecting member provided between the ejecting surface and the conveyed medium, arranged in a position fixed relative to the support member, and having an open part that allows passage of the liquid ejected from the liquid ejection head. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120151 | Inkjet Head Cleaning Apparatus And Method - According to an example embodiment, an inkjet head cleaning apparatus that removes ink residue from an inkjet head after a purging operation in a non-contact manner includes a cleaning blade and a drive unit. The cleaning blade is at a distance from a bottom of the inkjet head. The drive unit is configured to move the cleaning blade in a direction parallel to the inkjet head bottom. The cleaning blade includes a flat upper surface parallel to the inkjet head bottom, and an ink film is produced between the flat upper surface of the cleaning blade and the inkjet head bottom. The cleaning blade also includes an elongated groove longitudinally in the upper surface of the cleaning blade. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120152 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINT HEAD, AND INK CARTRIDGE - There is provided a printing device for carrying out printing with ink supplied from L ink cartridges in which ink of the same hue is accommodated. The printing device includes a print head with a plurality of nozzle rows spaced apart in a main scanning direction, and includes a first nozzle group of L×a nozzle rows, in which the positions of the nozzles in the sub-scanning direction are mutually the same and which receive a supply of the ink from each of the L cartridges in sets of a rows, and a second nozzle group of L×b nozzle rows, in which the positions of the nozzles in the sub-scanning direction differ from those of the nozzles of the first nozzle row and which receive a supply of the ink from each of the L cartridges in sets of b rows. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120153 | Nozzle Plate And Method Of Manufacturing The Same - A nozzle plate including protruding nozzles and a method of manufacturing the nozzle plate. The nozzle plate may include a body unit and at least one nozzle protruding from the body unit. The at least one nozzle may include an exit part having a constant cross-sectional area and a damper part having a cross-sectional area that decreases in a direction toward the exit part, wherein the damper part of the at least one nozzle includes a plurality of inner wall surfaces having different angles of inclination. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120154 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus has an ejection orifice ejecting a liquid; a liquid storage section storing the liquid; a conductive communication path forming member forming a communication path to supply the liquid from the liquid storage section to the ejection orifice; and an electrode provided inside the liquid storage section and used to detect a remaining amount of the liquid, the communication path is electrically connected to the electrode, and the electrical resistance value between the electrode and the communication path contacting the liquid when the liquid is present in the liquid storage section is smaller than the electrical resistance value between the electrode and the communication path when the liquid is not present in the liquid storage section, and a recording apparatus capable of detecting the presence or absence of ink in the recording head with high precision without increasing the size of the recording head can be provided. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120155 | DROPLET EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a method for manufacturing a droplet ejection head having a structure in which a substrate having an energy-generating element that imparts energy to a liquid to eject a liquid droplet from an ejection orifice and an orifice plate having the ejection orifice formed therein are laminated through a flow channel member for forming a pattern of a liquid flow channel that is a region in which the liquid flows, wherein at least one of a plate before being laminated and the flow channel member before being laminated has a void of at least one of a through-hole other than the ejection orifice and a recess in the face to be laminated; and the droplet ejection head. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120156 | INKJET PRINTHEAD WITH INK LEAKAGE CONTAINMENT WALLS FOR NOZZLE GROUPS - An inkjet printhead that has a substrate, a plurality of nozzle assemblies positioned on the substrate, each nozzle assembly having a nozzle opening from which ink is ejected and an actuator for receiving an activation pulse and, containment walls positioned on the substrate for separating the nozzles assemblies into a plurality of groups. Each of the containment walls surrounds a group of nozzle assemblies to restrict ink leaked from one of the groups of nozzle assemblies from contacting another of the groups of nozzle assemblies. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120157 | INKJET PRINTHEAD AND METHOD EMPLOYING CENTRAL INK FEED CHANNEL - An inkjet printhead ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120158 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzle arrays. A concave portion is formed on a back side of a head substrate, and all supply ports are formed in the bottom of the concave portion. The head substrate and a supporting member are bonded at the bottom of the concave portion so that the supply port and an introduction port communicate with each other. According to such a configuration, a ground contact area can be sufficiently secured, so that a liquid discharge head that is highly reliable and having high heat dissipation ability, and that can be manufactured with high productivity can be achieved. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120159 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A common electrode includes a plurality of individual sections arranged so as to correspond to pressure chambers that are divided by a plurality of slits, and a base section that joins one end of the individual sections. The individual sections on a base section side gradually widen in plain view. The common electrode has thin film sections at the individual sections and a thick film section at the base section, and the film thickness gradually increases from the thin film sections towards the thick film section in a region between the thin film sections and the thick film section. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120160 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR HAVING EMBEDDED ELECTRODES - A piezoelectric actuator includes a thin film sheet, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The thin film sheet is to physically deform in response to an electric field induced within the thin film sheet. The first electrode is embedded within the thin film sheet. The second electrode is embedded within the thin film sheet, and is interdigitated in relation to the first electrode. The electric field is induced within the thin film sheet via application of a voltage across the first and the second electrodes. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120161 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element comprises a electrode and a piezoelectric layer made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure containing at least bismuth, barium, iron, and titanium. A layered compound containing iron, barium, titanium and oxygen is formed between the piezoelectric layer and the electrode. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120162 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric layer and electrodes provided to the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer has a perovskite structure that includes Bi, Fe, Ba, Ti, and Co, and the mole ratio of Co to the total amount of Co and Fe is 0.02 or more and 0.07 or less. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120163 | MULTIPLE RESOLUTION CONTINUOUS INK JET SYSTEM - A continuous ink jet printing system capable of printing at multiple predetermined print resolutions. The system comprises a drop generator having an array of nozzles for emitting a plurality of continuous streams of liquid for applying ink to media driven in a media advance direction having a source for pressurized liquid for supplying pressurized liquid to the plurality of nozzles. The plurality of nozzles have effective nozzle diameters D | 2012-05-17 |
20120120164 | FLUID CONTAINER HAVING LATCHING INTERFACE FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS - A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of fluid. Users orient a housing to deplete the fluid in a direction of gravity toward a bottom surface of the interior en route to an exit port. The imaging device has a rotating latch to keep in place the supply item during use | 2012-05-17 |
20120120165 | FLUID CONTAINER HAVING FLUID INTERFACE FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS - A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of ink. Users orient a housing to deplete the ink in a direction of gravity toward a bottom of the interior. The imaging device has a rotating latch. The latch mates with a top of the supply item to keep in place the supply item. Fluid exit and air venting ports reside on a side of the housing that gets inserted first into a container slot of the imaging device. A space separates the ports so a biasing member can push against the housing to assist in ejecting the supply item upon users activating the latch. The ports are separated a maximum distance to facilitate the ejection, while the exit port remains near a bottom to minimize stranding ink. Further embodiments note arrangements, distances and consumer features, to name a few. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120166 | Liquid Container - A liquid container comprises a liquid container pouch of flexible sheets and a liquid outlet between the pair of flexible sheets to permit extraction of a liquid in the pouch. The pouch includes a pair of side portions and a lower gusseted portion defining a basal gusset and including bilateral edge portions overlapping individual lower border zones on the side constituting the lower borders of the pair of side portions during extraction of liquid. The individual lower border zones and the individual bilateral side edge portions overlap to define sealed portions; the lower gusseted portion has a fold line parallel to the lower border between the bilateral edge portions and is oriented in a folding direction to define a chevron shape pointing inwardly into the pouch; and the two sealed portions having regulators to restrain outward expansion by a greater extent than other faces on the pair of side portions. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120167 | Temperature Monitoring System for a Media Preheater - A temperature monitoring system for a media heater of an imaging device comprises a temperature indicator overlying a surface of a media heater of an imaging device. The temperature indicator is configured to vary an optical property in response to changes in temperature at the surface of the media heater. The system includes an optical scanner for scanning the temperature indicator to detect the optical quality. The optical scanner is configured to generate a signal corresponding to the detected optical property. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120168 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An inkjet recording apparatus and an image forming method in which ink curing defects caused by differences in the activation energy absorption characteristics due to differences in the inks are avoided, and a desirable curing process can be achieved. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120169 | CONTACTLESS INK LEVELING METHOD AND APPARTUS - A method of leveling ink that is printed on a substrate includes establishing a thermal gradient across a thickness of the substrate, the thermal gradient characterized in that it is less than a viscosity threshold temperature of the ink across most of the substrate. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120170 | INK-JET TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR DARK TEXTILE SUBSTRATES - An ink-jet transfer system is disclosed, as well as a transfer printed product which is highly wash-resistant, colour-fast and environment-friendly, and a process for producing the same and its use in a printing process by means of the disclosed ink-jet transfer system. The disclosed ink-jet transfer system has a substrate, a hot-melt layer applied on the substrate and at least one ink-absorbing layer which comprises a mixture of a highly porous pigment and a binder. The molecules of the pigment and if required of the binder and hot-melt layer can form chemical bonds with the dyeing molecules of the ink. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120171 | Image Transfix Apparatus Using High Frequency Motion Generators - A phase change ink imaging device includes a transfix apparatus configured to apply ultrasonic action to ink pixels deposited onto an image bearing surface to facilitate transfer and/or fixing of the ink pixels to print media. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120172 | PRINTING APPARATUS ARRANGED TO LOWER, POSITION AND RAISE PRESSURE ELEMENTS IN THE PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus has a path for transporting flat items in the x-direction, and allows insertion and removal of a box-shaped module along the y-direction. The box-shaped module has a pressure device that exerts pressure in the z-direction on the flat items to be transported. The x-direction, y-direction and z-direction are orthogonal to one another. The components of the box-shaped module in combination with guides of the printing apparatus cooperate to initially move the pressure device along the z-direction during insertion of the box-shaped module into the printing apparatus and to move said box pressure device opposite along the z-direction upon reaching a predetermined position. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120173 | DISC DRIVING APPARATUS - A disc driving apparatus includes a recording and reproducing unit for recording or reproducing an information signal for a disc-shaped recording medium having a printing surface and a print unit for performing printing to the printing surface of the disc-shaped recording medium. The print unit includes a print head which is pressed to the printing surface when printing is performed on the printing surface, a head feeding unit to which the print head is mounted, the head feeding unit moving along the printing surface of the disc-shaped recording medium, and a guide member for guiding the movement of the head feeding unit. When the print head is pressed to the printing surface while printing is performed on the printing surface, the disc-shaped recording medium is bent so that the printing surface becomes inclined. The guide member is disposed to be inclined according to the inclined state of the printing surface. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120174 | INKJET PRINTING SYSTEM - An inkjet printing system using a non-aqueous ink composition, wherein
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20120120175 | ELECTRONIC STAMPER - A versatile and convenient electronic stamper that overcomes limitations of conventional systems including greater robustness in message transfer as well as disproportionate costs. A print solution includes a hand-held housing defining a print area aperture; and a printhead array including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of print elements, the printhead sized to substantially cover the print area aperture and configured to apply a print element to any part of the print area aperture without relative motion between the print head and the print area aperture. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120176 | LIGHT-EMITTING CHIP, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light-emitting chip includes: a substrate; plural light-emitting elements arrayed in line on the substrate, each of the light-emitting elements including a light-emitting region having a length in an array direction of the array different from a length in a direction orthogonal to the array direction; and a light-up current supplying interconnection including plural connecting portions, each of the connecting portions being provided on the light-emitting region of a corresponding one of the light-emitting elements in a shorter direction of the light-emitting region either the array direction or the direction orthogonal to the array direction, each of the connecting portions being connected to an electrode provided on the light-emitting region, the light-up current supplying interconnection supplying a current for lighting up to the plural light-emitting elements through the plural connecting portions. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120177 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC-TYPE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises a light source, a photosensitive member and a control unit. The light source turns on in response to a driving current supplied based on image data. An electrostatic latent image is formed on the photosensitive member by exposing the photosensitive member to a light beam output from the light source turned on. The control unit controls the value of the driving current supplied to the light source in accordance with a driving state of the light source so that the value of the driving current supplied to the light source differs and changes with the passage of time in accordance with the driving state of the light source prior to the driving current being supplied to the light source. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120178 | Laser Printer With Reduced Banding Artifacts - A laser scanning assembly generates a laser beam and scans the laser beam through a plurality of scan lines to form desired dots. Each scan line is positioned to overlap an adjacent scan line and each dot includes a plurality of segments. The scanning assembly scans the laser beam through multiple scan lines to fully discharge each segment of each dot. The laser scanner assembly would typically be part of a laser printer. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120179 | Method, system and terminal for implementing wireless video conference - A method for implementing a wireless video conference is disclosed, comprising that: an initiator Wireless Access Terminal (AT) initiates a conference request to a Packet Core Network (PCN); and the PCN performs conference invitation according to a conference inviter list included in the received conference request, establishes a radio resource and performing initialization for each AT attending the wireless video conference, and sends the information of conference members attending the wireless video conference to the initiator AT for storing to complete the establishment of a wireless video conference system; after the wireless video conference system is established successfully, the PCN receives a signalling flow of the AT in the wireless video conference system and sends the received signalling flow to the initiator AT; and the initiator AT sends a control command to the PCN according to a signalling in the received signalling flow to control the PCN to distribute an information flow in the wireless video conference system. The disclosure also discloses a system for implementing the wireless video conference and an AT. By adopting the disclosure, a multi-party wireless video conference can be implemented. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120180 | 3G MULTIMEDIA DISPATCHING COMMAND SYSTEM - The utility model relates to a 3G multimedia dispatching command system, which belongs to the field of dispatching command system, comprising: a 3G public network, a dispatching platform, an access exchanger, a core exchanger, a core access gateway, a management terminal, a multimedia terminal device, an IP telephone server, and a duplex intercom server, through which a stable structure is constructed to implement a thousand-user simultaneous duplex cluster intercom without space or distance limitation, the conversation is clear without any noise, like the quality of a telephone call. The utility model also has functions of video transmission, personnel location, dispatching sound recording and mobile meeting. The communication is free of charge, the work and communication may be performed simultaneously to ensure the security, and the system can be applied in a wide range. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120181 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED GRAPHICS IN A VIDEO ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a video input from a video source coupled to a display configured for rendering a user interface thereon; evaluating a plurality of pixels within the video input; and determining if a particular pixel within the pixels is associated with a color that matches a designated value associated with a chroma-key. If a match is found for the particular pixel, then the particular pixel is rendered as a clear image on the display, and if the match is not found, the particular pixel is darkened by a certain percentage. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120182 | System and Method for Displaying a Videoconference - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for displaying a videoconference includes receiving a first video feed. The first video feed includes a first plurality of video signals, each video signal from at least one source and originating from one or more sites. The method also includes assigning for a videoconference each video signal of the first plurality of video signals to a zone of a plurality of zones of a display window. Each zone of the plurality of zones is able to display one video signal at a time. The method further includes, for each zone of the plurality of zones of the display window to which more than one video signal has been assigned, switching the current video signal to be displayed in the zone to another video signal assigned to the zone based on a switching protocol. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120183 | 3D VIDEO CONFERENCE - A method for rendering a 3D video conference including configuring at least two cameras to track a position of a user, transmitting the position of the user to a participant of the 3D video conference, and rendering for display on a 3D display device parallel participant video streams which have been modified in response to the position of the user. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120184 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CAMERA FUNCTIONS IN A VIDEO ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example and includes receiving image data at a camera element that is provisioned at a first endpoint, which is configured to conduct a video session involving a second endpoint. The method also includes identifying an incoming request for the video session; signaling to the camera element to open a lens included within the camera element; detecting that the video session has been terminated; and signaling to the camera element to close the lens. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120185 | VIDEO COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - The present invention relates to the communications field and discloses a video communication method, apparatus, and system, which are invented to solve the problem that the prior art does not achieve consistent eye-to-eye video communication in a horizontal direction. The technical solutions of the present invention includes: obtaining video images of a participant from more than two different horizontal shooting angles, where a range of viewing angles of the participant is between the more than two different horizontal shooting angles; and sending the video images of the participant to a video communication remote end. The embodiments of the present invention may be applied in the video communication field. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120186 | Front and Back Facing Cameras - This document discloses apparatus and methods related to image taking and processing. For example, some embodiments may contain a front facing camera and a back facing camera and can be used for including the image-taker as part of the images taken by the image-taker, for verifying authorship of the images, for creating documentary style still or moving images combining the images of the person creating the documentary and the images of the subject or the scene being documented, and for creating a wide field of views of still and moving images. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120187 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus including an interface that receives an input identifying a subject, and a processor that controls a display to display information indicating a position of the subject in a graphic representation corresponding to a panoramic image based on an orientation of a device capturing image data for generating the panoramic image. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120188 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus including an interface that receives an input identifying a subject, and a processor that generates a panoramic image based on captured image data so that the subject is positioned in a reference position in the panoramic image. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120189 | SYSTEM FOR EXTENDING A FIELD-OF-VIEW OF AN IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE - Systems for extending a field-of-view of an image acquisition device are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a rotatable image-directing device, an actuator, and a controller. The rotatable image-directing device directs optical images along an optical image path. The actuator controls a position of the rotatable image-directing device, and the controller generates signals for synchronizing the rotatable image-directing device and the image acquisition device. The signals illustratively include a first signal that is transmitted to the actuator, and a second signal that is transmitted to the image acquisition device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120190 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR USE IN A FRAME SEQUENTIAL 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM AND RELATED 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM - A 3D display system includes an image source and a display device. The image source is configured to provide a 2D video signal consisting of multiple side-by-side frames for representing an image and generate an upsampled 2D video signal by increasing the frame rate of the source 2D video signal. The display device includes an identical frame detector and a 2D/3D converter. After identify corresponding pairs of side-by-side frames in the upsampled 2D video signal, the identical frame detector instructs the 2D/3D converter to extract a predetermined half of each side-by-side frame in the upsampled 2D video signal, and convert the extracted halves of the side-by-side frames alternatively into a series of right-eye images and a series of left-eye images constituting a 3D video signal. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120191 | IMAGE PROCESSOR FOR USE IN A FRAME SEQUENTIAL 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM AND RELATED 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM - A frame sequential 3D display system includes an image source, an image processor, and a display device. The image source is configured to provide a 2D video signal consisting of multiple frames for representing an image and generate an upsampled 2D video signal by increasing the frame rate of the source 2D video signal. The image processor includes an identical frame detector and a 2D/3D converter. After identify corresponding pairs of frames in the upsampled 2D video signal, the identical frame detector instructs the 2D/3D converter to convert the corresponding pairs of frames in the upsampled 2D video signal into corresponding right-eye images and corresponding left-eye images constituting a 3D video signal. The display device is configured to receive and display the 3D video signal. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120192 | HIERARCHICAL HOLE-FILLING FOR DEPTH-BASED VIEW SYNTHESIS IN FTV AND 3D VIDEO - Methods for hierarchical hole-filling and depth adaptive hierarchical hole-filling and error correcting in 2D images, 3D images, and 3D wrapped images are provided. Hierarchical hole-filling can comprise reducing an image that contains holes, expanding the reduced image, and filling the holes in the image with data obtained from the expanded image. Depth adaptive hierarchical hole-filling can comprise preprocessing the depth map of a 3D wrapped image that contains holes, reducing the preprocessed image, expanding the reduced image, and filling the holes in the 3D wrapped image with data obtained from the expanded image. These methods are can efficiently reduce errors in images and produce 3D images from a 2D images and/or depth map information. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120193 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Provided is an image coding apparatus which is capable of reducing fatigue of a viewer which is caused by three-dimensional viewing and of preventing a blurring process on a significant area due to an image capturing method. An image coding apparatus ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120194 | SWITCHING BETWEEN 3D VIDEO AND 2D VIDEO - A three dimensional [3D] video signal is processed in a video device ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120195 | 3D CONTENT ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM - A 3D content adjustment system includes a processor. A camera is coupled to the processor. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium is coupled to the processor and the camera. The computer-readable medium includes a content adjustment engine including instructions that when executed by the processor receive viewer information from the camera, modify a plurality of original stereoscopic images using the viewer information to create a plurality of modified stereoscopic images, and output the plurality of modified stereoscopic images. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120196 | IMAGE COUNTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The image counting method includes the steps of: acquiring 3D images from the region by a 3D camera, wherein the 3D images include a plurality of pixels, and the pixels have x, y and z coordinate values and pixel data; mapping the x, y and z coordinate values and the pixel data of the pixels into a plurality of correlative coordinate values of a spatial correlative coordinate represented as (x, z, t), wherein t is the number of pixels whose pixel data are lower than a threshold in y direction with the same x and z coordinate values; grouping the correlative coordinate values into a plurality of groups according to a correlation between each of the correlative coordinate values in x-z plane; and comparing the correlative coordinate values of each of groups with the correlative coordinate values of the 3D images of the specific objects to determine the number of specific objects in the region. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120197 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING HARDWARE BETWEEN GRAPHICS AND LENS DISTORTION OPERATION TO GENERATE PSEUDO 3D DISPLAY - A system, method, and computer program product for providing pseudo 3D user interface effects in a digital camera with existing lens distortion correction hardware. A distortion map normally used to correct captured images instead alters a displayed user interface object image to support production of a “pseudo 3D” version of the object image via production of at least one modified image. A blending map also selectively mixes the modified image with a second image to produce a distorted blended image. A set or series of such images may be produced automatically or at user direction to generate static or animated effects in-camera without a graphics accelerator, resulting in hardware cost savings and extended battery life. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120198 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIZE MEASURING SYSTEM AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIZE MEASURING METHOD - A system for measuring a three-dimensional (3D) size of an object in a space according to an indicating mark is provided, wherein the indicating mark is used to point to one of a plurality of measuring points on the object. The system includes an image capturing module, an spatial vector calculating module, and a measuring module. The image capturing module captures an image of the space. The spatial vector calculating module respectively calculates a spatial vector corresponding to the indicating mark when the indicating mark is used to point to each of the measuring points on the object in the image. The measuring module calculates spatial coordinates of the measuring points according to the spatial vectors so as to obtain the 3D size of the object. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120199 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSE OF A CAMERA WITH RESPECT TO AT LEAST ONE REAL OBJECT - A method for determining the pose of a camera with respect to at least one real object, the method comprises the following steps: operating the camera ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120200 | COMBINING 3D VIDEO AND AUXILIARY DATA - A three dimensional [3D] video signal ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120201 | METHOD OF INTEGRATING AD HOC CAMERA NETWORKS IN INTERACTIVE MESH SYSTEMS - An entertainment system has a first recording device that records digital images, a server that receives the images from the first device, wherein the second device, based on data from another source, enhances the images from the first device for display. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120202 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING 3 DIMENSIONAL EFFECT AND REDUCING VISUAL FATIGUE AND APPARATUS ENABLING THE SAME - A method and an apparatus for improving three dimensional (3D) effect of a 3D image collected by a 3D photographing apparatus, and reducing visual fatigue, are provided. A feature point of a left-eye image entering through a left-eye lens and of a right-eye image entering through a right-eye lens is acquired, a disparity between the left- and right-eye images is detected, a distance between the left- and right-eye lenses is controlled so that the disparity between the left- and right-eye images becomes a previously-set reference disparity, and at least one of the left- and right-eye images is shifted so that a convergence point is placed on an object located within the left- and right-eye images. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120203 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY METHOD, TRACKING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY UNIT AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - A three-dimensional display method is provided in the present disclosure. The three-dimensional display method includes obtaining position information of an observer; and adjusting displaying content of a stereoscopic image according to the position information. A tracking three-dimensional display unit and an image processing device are also provided in the present disclosure. In the present disclosure, three-dimensional displaying contents may be adjusted according to the position information of the observer to introduce movement parallax, so as to achieve mutual effect between the observer and displaying contents, and enhance the sense of reality of three-dimensional displaying. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120204 | RECEIVER - A receiver to receive 2D and 3D content from a content distributor, including a content list obtaining unit obtaining a list screen of content receivable from the content distributor, a content obtaining unit obtaining 2D or 3D content from the content distributor, a display unit displaying the list screen and reproduced screen of the content on an external or built-in monitor, and a function determining unit determining a function for viewing/listening to 3D and 2D content, wherein the content list obtaining unit determines if 3D content is visible/listenable and obtains a content list of only 2D content or both 2D and 3D content, in accordance with a result of determination, from the content distributor, and the display unit displays the content list obtained through the content list obtaining unit, thereby enabling the receiver of content to receive, memorize and/or output outside the content, being distributed from various networks. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120205 | ACCELERATED BLACK FRAME INSERTION FOR DISPLAYING 3D CONTENT - An accelerated black frame is inserted into an output vertical blanking period, keeping the output VBI at the same length or shorter than the input VBI. The output VBI is not extended. Input video data is received at a frame memory at a first transmission rate during an input active frame period. The video data is transmitted from the frame memory to a display at a second transmission rate during an output active frame period. The second transmission rate is faster than the first rate, which would normally lead to an extended output VBI. The transmitting (pouring in of data into the frame buffer) ends at the same time as all the data has been received at the monitor (drained). A black data frame which consists of meaningless data is inserted into the output VBI such that the output VBI is not longer than the input VBI. | 2012-05-17 |