EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130108166 | Image Recomposition From Face Detection And Facial Features | 05-02-2013 |
20120243900 | VENTILATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VENTILATING A HOUSING - A ventilating device for ventilating a housing, includes first and second blowers, a flow chamber with an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and an equalization opening connecting the flow chamber between the inlet opening and the outlet opening with the environment, a freely movable cover element for partially covering the equalization opening in such a manner that passage of the flow is blocked in one direction but cleared in the other direction, and an ascending pipe. The elements in the ventilating device are arranged in the sequence first blower, inlet opening, flow chamber, outlet opening, second blower, and ascending pipe. The equalization opening is at least partially open at all times, so that the equalization opening displays a greater flow resistance than the inlet opening of the flow chamber. | 09-27-2012 |
20120155927 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND METHOD - A developing device for transferring toner particles to a photoconductor comprises a container for holding a developer of non-magnetic toner particles and hard magnetic carrier particles, a first developer roller which is at least partially arranged in said container and features a non-magnetic jacket tube and a magnetic core, the jacket tube and the magnetic core each being arranged so as to be rotatable about corresponding rotational axes, and at least a second developer roller which is arranged adjacent to the first developer roller in such a manner that carrier particles with toner particles adhering to them and being carried along by rotation of the first developer roller, contact the second developer roller in order to transfer the toner particles in a contacting manner to the second developer roller, said second developer roller being supported so as to be rotatable about a corresponding rotational axis. There are provided at least one drive unit for rotating the jacket tube, the magnetic core and the second developer roller, each about its respective rotational axis, as well as means for generating an alternating voltage field adjacent to the second developer roller in the region of an adjacent photoconductor. In a method for generating a toner image on a photoconductor, a charge image is first formed on the photoconductor and, subsequently, toner is applied, correspondingly to the charge image, to the photoconductor by way of a developing device. When the toner is being applied, the toner particles are triboelectrically charged in a developer of non-magnetic toner particles and hard magnetic carrier particles, the carrier particles with toner particles adhering to them are brought into contact with and transported by a first developer roller comprising a rotating non-magnetic jacket tube and a magnetic core rotating inside said jacket tube, the toner particles are transferred to a second developer roller arranged adjacent to the first developer roller and rotated in such a manner that carrier particles with the toner particles adhering to them contact the second developer roller, the photoconductor is moved at a prespecified distance along the rotating second developer roller, an alternating voltage field is generated in the region between the second developer roller and the photoconductor in order to generate via this means a cloud of toner particles in this region, and the toner particles are attracted to the photoconductor corresponding to the charge image. | 06-21-2012 |
20120027303 | AUTOMATED MULTIPLE IMAGE PRODUCT SYSTEM - A computer system for making a multi-image product comprising a server connected to one or more remote clients through a network. Several software portions executable by the server or client, or any combination thereof, are provided for selecting first and second dates to define a date range and for selecting a theme, for retrieving a plurality of digital images that includes digital images taken within the date range, for segmenting the digital images into distinct events, each distinct event including one or more different digital images, for identifying distinct events corresponding to the theme, for selecting at least one digital image from each of at least two distinct events, and for incorporating the selected images into a multi-image product. | 02-02-2012 |
20120021881 | ACTUATION DEVICE FOR PRESSURE ROLLERS - In a device for moving a plurality of pressure rollers relative to respective counter rollers in a printing machine, it is possible to provide a simple design of this device, wherein, in a non-energy mode, the pressure rollers are arranged in a non-contact position. For this purpose, the device comprises a plurality of movably supported pressure roller carriers that each support one pressure roller, said pressure roller carriers being movable between a contact position and a non-contact position. In this arrangement, each of the pressure roller carriers is biased in the direction of the contact position via a biasing unit. Furthermore, at least one actuation element is provided, said actuation element connecting at least two pressure roller carriers to a shared actuation device. | 01-26-2012 |
20110159250 | PATTERNING METHOD - The invention provides a method of patterning flowable material on a surface. The method comprises providing the surface with at least one channel and at least one deposition region connected to the at least one channel, the width of the channel being less than the width of the deposition region, and depositing flowable material in the deposition region such that when the material makes contact with the channel the material is directed into said channel by capillary forces, the receding contact angle of the flowable material in the deposition region being less than 30°. | 06-30-2011 |
20110101603 | SHEET FEEDER HAVING LIFTING UNIT - A lifting unit and a process for lifting a stack of sheets having at least a first support ( | 05-05-2011 |
20100328492 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL ACCORDING TO VIEWER FACTORS AND RESPONSES - A device and system and a method for selecting and displaying images in accordance with attention responses of an image viewer. An image capture device captures a viewer image of a spatial region potentially containing a viewer of the image display device and a viewer detection mechanism analyzes the viewer image and determines whether a potential viewer is observing the display screen. A gaze pattern_analysis mechanism identifies a viewer response to a currently displayed image by analysis of the viewer's emotional response as revealed by the viewer's facial expression and other sensory inputs, and the selection of an image to be displayed is then modified in accordance with the indicated viewer's attention response. | 12-30-2010 |
20100250544 | PROCESS FOR ORGANIZING MULTIMEDIA DATA - A multimedia data organization process, i.e. creation, of a photo album or slideshow, said multimedia data being represented by contingent individuals ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100161541 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A CONTEXT ENHANCED WORK OF COMMUNICATION - A system for selecting, managing, sharing and displaying narrative data files in a manner that takes into the account the contextual significance of said narrative data files to a narrative, an author(s) and an audience. A system that is able to place an absolute and relative value upon the significance of a media object is able to assist in stimulating the recollection of the author and audience, thus making every aspect more memorable and enhancing by improving the ease of use and the quality of the final result of the use of the system of this invention. | 06-24-2010 |
20100156041 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF CONTROLLING SHEETS IN A DIGITAL PRINTING MACHINE - The invention relates to a method of controlling sheets in a digital printing machine, wherein the arrival of at least one sheet in a transport path is detected at least once at at least one marked location of said transport path to improve the control of the sheets themselves during the printing operation. This is achieved in that at least one signal having a countable pulse is generated, in that a freely selectable but then fixed start of these pulses is assigned to the position of at least one frame (occupiable field) of frames—into which the minimum of one transport path segment is divided—relative to said marked location, and in that the minimum of one sheet is controlled with the use of this pulse at at least one other marked location of the transport path. | 06-24-2010 |
20100136733 | SILICIDE STRAPPING IN IMAGER TRANSFER GATE DEVICE - A CMOS active pixel sensor (APS) cell structure having dual workfunction transfer gate device and method of fabrication. The transfer gate device comprises a dielectric layer formed on a substrate and a dual workfunction gate conductor layer formed on the dielectric layer comprising a first conductivity type doped region and an abutting second conductivity type doped region. The transfer gate device defines a channel region where charge accumulated by a photosensing device is transferred to a diffusion region. A silicide structure is formed atop the dual workfunction gate conductor layer for electrically coupling the first and second conductivity type doped regions. In one embodiment, the silicide contact is smaller in area dimension than an area dimension of said dual workfunction gate conductor layer. Presence of the silicide strap prevents the diodic behavior from allowing one or the other side of the gate to float to an indeterminate voltage. | 06-03-2010 |
20100128939 | HAIR SEGMENTATION - Segmenting scalp and facial hair of a human subject depicted in an image by identifying from metadata associated with the image or semantic information extracted from the image information indicating a possible distribution of the scalp hair or the facial hair, identifying from hair distribution information an expected-hair region within the image wherein the expected-hair region includes at least a portion of a head area of the subject, and identifying a hair region within the expected hair region | 05-27-2010 |
20100128137 | EXTENDED DEPTH OF FIELD FOR IMAGE SENSOR - A method for forming an image, implemented at least in part by a data processing apparatus, by obtaining a first image of a scene from a first subset of pixels in an image sensor array at a first f/# setting, adjusting the imaging optics that obtain light from the scene at a second f/# setting, obtaining a second image of the scene from a second subset of pixels in the image sensor array, and forming a composite image by combining image data from at least the first and second images. | 05-27-2010 |
20100112758 | CONNECTING MICROSIZED DEVICES USING ABLATIVE FILMS - A method of providing connectivity to a microsized device, the method includes the steps of providing an ablative base material having at least a top surface; providing a die having a first and second surface and having bonding pads at least upon the first surface; placing the die with the at least first surface of the die contacting the at least first surface of the ablative base material; and ablating a channel in the ablative material proximate to the die. | 05-06-2010 |
20100109168 | CONNECTING MICROSIZED DEVICES USING ABLATIVE FILMS - A method of providing connectivity to a microsized device, the method includes the steps of providing an ablative base material having at least a top surface; providing a die having a first and second surface and having bonding pads at least upon the first surface; placing the die with the at least first surface of the die contacting the at least first surface of the ablative base material; and ablating a channel in the ablative material proximate to the die. | 05-06-2010 |
20100103181 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICE - The application aims at reducing the power consumption of pixels not emitting light in an active matrix organic EL panel having a static memory cell in each pixel. Each pixel circuit comprises a selection transistor ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100085993 | AFOCAL ATTACHMENT FOR PROJECTION LENS - A projection apparatus has a spatial light modulator to modulate illumination from a laser light source. A base projection lens has, from its long conjugate side to its short conjugate side, a first lens group with negative focal length and with a first lens element that has a negative focal length and a second lens element of positive focal length, a second lens group of negative focal length and spaced apart from the first lens group and having one or more cemented lens elements, and a third lens group spaced apart from the second lens group and having a lens with a positive focal length. The base projection lens has a first field of view and is telecentric in its short conjugate. An afocal attachment to the base projection lens alters the first field of view by the same amount in both of two orthogonal directions. | 04-08-2010 |
20100077289 | Method and Interface for Indexing Related Media From Multiple Sources - The invention relates generally to the field of digital image processing, and in particular to a method for associating and viewing related video and still images. In particular, the present invention is directed to methods for associating and/or viewing digital content records comprising ordering a first set of digital content records and the second set of digital content records based upon information associated with each of the digital content records. | 03-25-2010 |
20100066770 | Pulse Width Modulation Display Pixels with Spatial Manipulation - Systems and methods of producing images are provided. Data corresponding to a first set of display pixels is received. When it is determined that a transition occurs in the first set of display pixels, a position of at least one display pixel in the first set of display pixels is adjusted based on the determined transition. The adjustment can involve adjusting a center of a pulse that causes formation of the display pixel away from a center of a modulation window. | 03-18-2010 |
20100060713 | System and Method for Enhancing Noverbal Aspects of Communication - Systems and methods of providing behavioral modification information to one or more participants of a communication. Information related to a communication between a first and second participant is obtained and used to identify behavioral modifications for at least one of the first and second participants. The behavioral modifications can be output to a display for a human to interpret. When one of the participants is computer-generated the behavioral modifications can be output to control the computer-generated participant. | 03-11-2010 |
20100050107 | CONCIERGE - SHOPPING ASSISTANT - A method for providing access to information related to a digital image record on a data processing device. The digital image record is displayed with a tab emanating from an edge of the digital image record. The tab includes an access point that allows a user to access a category of information related to content contained within the digital image record. | 02-25-2010 |
20100049585 | CONCIERGE - SHOPPING WIDGET - METHOD FOR USER MANAGED PROFILE AND SELECTIVE TRANSMISSION THEREOF - A method for managing user-interest information implemented by a data processing device. A set of user-provided conditions are accessed, which are based either on content of released information, on limitations on use of released information, or on both. The user-interest information or a derivative thereof is transmitted to a recipient, subject to the user-provided conditions. | 02-25-2010 |
20100047718 | METHOD OF TREATING RINSING WASTEWATER FROM DEVELOPING APPARATUS FOR PHOTOSENSITIVE LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE, METHOD OF DEVELOPMENT, AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a simple method for treatment of a washing waste liquid, which enhances the flocculation effect and also enhances filtration characteristics of a flocculated washing waste liquid in a flocculation treatment of a washing waste liquid generated in processing a photosensitive lithographic printing plate. | 02-25-2010 |
20100037169 | DISPLAY OF SYSTEM OPERATING STATUS IN A MULTI-NODE SYSTEM - A method for displaying operational status and health of a system, such as a multi-venue theater management system, by generating a perspective display mode image including system element images depicted and arranged according to a system configuration and generating and displaying a system status display including one or more displayable perspective images representing the operational status of the system by modifying the perspective model image for each perspective. A perspective is a visual representation of the system according to a relative significance of an aspect of the operational status of the system, such as system configuration, system operational status and user factors representing a display. The perspectives are depicted and arranged to represent a relative priority of visual display between the perspectives and relative priority of visual display between perspectives may be represented by at least one of relative size, color, relative location, and relative level of detail in depiction of the perspectives. | 02-11-2010 |
20100002119 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVE DYNAMIC RANGE OF AN IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - An image sensor generates an image signal with a differential response to image light. The image sensor has an array of photosites divided into standard photosites and non-standard photosites. A limiter provides the standard photosites with a predetermined standard response to a light exposure and the non-standard photosites with a predetermined slower response to the same light exposure. The standard photosites and nonstandard photosites both sparsely sample the array in a predetermined pattern. | 01-07-2010 |
20090297032 | SEMANTIC EVENT DETECTION FOR DIGITAL CONTENT RECORDS - A system and method for semantic event detection in digital image content records is provided in which an event-level “Bag-of-Features” (BOF) representation is used to model events, and generic semantic events are detected in a concept space instead of an original low-level visual feature space based on the BOF representation. | 12-03-2009 |
20090246358 | CONDUCTIVE SILVER DISPERSIONS AND USES THEREOF - Silver particles having controlled and predetermined properties of size, morphology and size distribution for use in manufacturing of conductive inks, conductive fillers and/or conductive coatings are provided by forming a dispersion of silver halide particles in a carrier medium such as gelatin and treating the dispersion such that the silver halide particles are converted into the desired silver particles. | 10-01-2009 |
20090233017 | MOLECULAR IMPRINTED MATERIAL AND INKJET RECORDING ELEMENT COMPRISING SAID MOLECULAR IMPRINTED MATERIAL - The present invention relates to an inkjet recording element having outstanding dye keeping properties in time. Said recording element comprises at least one molecular imprinted polymer having sites of selective recognition of dye molecules corresponding to the dye molecules used in inks for inkjet printing. | 09-17-2009 |
20090213158 | SIGNAL PROCESSING OF RECORDING MEDIUM INDICIA - A method of processing a time-varying output signal from a photosensor is provided. The time-varying output signal corresponds to a plurality of marks or indicia on a recording medium moving into and out of a field of view of the photosensor with the marks having been printed on the recording medium by a printing system. The method includes amplifying the time-varying output signal from the photosensor; converting the amplified time-varying output signal from the photosensor to digitized data points using an analog to digital converter; and averaging a plurality of the digitized data points. | 08-27-2009 |
20090196662 | METHOD OF MEASURING A CORRECT LATERAL REGISTRATION SETTING AND PRINTING MACHINE SUITABLE THEREFOR - The invention relates to a method of ensuring a correct lateral registration setting, in a digital multi-color electrographic sheet-printing machine, which the sheets adhere to a support, preferably a transport belt, are transported past printing units. | 08-06-2009 |
20090174634 | DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A driving method of a display device in which an image is displayed on a display panel having a display element arranged in a pixel matrix, includes comparing, among pixel data corresponding to a display content in each pixel, pixel data corresponding to an nth horizontal scan line of an Nth frame and pixel data corresponding to an nth horizontal scan line of an (N−1)th frame; and setting a brightness reduction ratio with respect to pixel data corresponding to the nth horizontal scan line of the Nth frame or a later horizontal scan line of the Nth frame based as a function of the comparison and all pixel data corresponding to the (N−1)th frame or all pixel data from the nth horizontal scan line of the (N−1)th frame to an (n−1)th horizontal scan line of the Nth frame and controlling power supplied. | 07-09-2009 |
20090066014 | METHOD AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSPORTING PRINTING MATERIAL - An object of the present invention is to improve the process sequence in a printing machine. Another object of the present invention is to increase the operational life of the printing machine. A method has been provided for transporting printing material ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090034800 | Method Of Automatic Navigation Directed Towards Regions Of Interest Of An Image - The invention is in the technological field of digital imaging. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of automatic navigation between a digital image ( | 02-05-2009 |
20090031300 | Process and system to supply a multimedia application on a terminal using a programming agent - The invention is in the technological field of imaging, to supply a multimedia application on a terminal ( | 01-29-2009 |
20080316564 | Display Devices - A flexible display comprises a flexible dielectric layer ( | 12-25-2008 |
20080292813 | Microwave Heating Device With Irradiation Arrangement - The invention relates to a heating device ( | 11-27-2008 |
20080252002 | Turning Device for Turning Over Sheets in a Printing Machine - The invention relates to a turning device ( | 10-16-2008 |