01st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100002004 | Exception Processing of Character Entry Sequences - Systems and techniques are described to perform operations including displaying a first character in a user interface in response to a first user input, the first character encoded by a first ordered sequence comprising at least one code point, receiving a second user input, determining if the second user input defines an exception input to the first ordered sequence, in response to determining that the second user input defines an exception input to the first ordered sequence, generating a second ordered sequence comprising at least one code point, the second ordered sequence based on the first ordered sequence and the exception input, wherein the second ordered sequence does not include the first ordered sequence in a predicate sequence, and displaying a second character defined by the second ordered sequence in place of the first character in the user interface. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002005 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Achieved are suppression of image-quality deterioration caused by an incorrect motion vector and suppression of flicker in video without causing adverse effects such as image blur. A video display apparatus performs multi-level gradation display by controlling light emission of subfields into which one field displaying a picture is divided, the video display apparatus comprising: an image processing unit configured to calculate a motion vector of the picture; a reliability value calculation unit configured to calculate a reliability value of the calculated motion vector; and a subfield display control unit configured to determine a subfield control pattern based on the calculated reliability value, and to control the light emission according to the determined subfield control pattern. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002006 | Modal Multiview Display Layout - A system and method for providing a plurality of viewing angles and images on a display. An embodiment comprises a display system where a user has the option of determining the number of images to view and the range of viewable angles for each image. A display system is configured to display a maximum number of images at different viewing angles by interlacing a plurality of images so that each viewing angle shows a selected image. The display system provides a method by which an operator can increase the viewing area of an image by interlacing the same image to more than one viewing angle. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002007 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST CLIPPING OF LINE SEGMENTS - A method of static graphics rendering in a mobile device. Panning increments are received for panning a previously rendered frame to a panned frame. A rendering region is then determined based on the panning increments. A candidate line segment or polyline is then clipped to create clipped line segments contained within the rendering region. The clipped line segments can then be rendered, and a portion of the previously rendered frame can be copied, to provide the panned frame. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002008 | IMAGE INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CORRECTING PHOTO-RECEPTION LEVEL IN IMAGE INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE, AND METHOD OF INPUTTING IMAGE - The present invention provides an image input/output device including an input/output panel, a correction section and an image processing section. The input/output panel includes display elements and photo-reception elements to receive lights emitted from the display plane and then reflected from an external adjacent object. The correction section corrects photo-reception signals from the photo-reception elements based on an in-plane correction table where correction coefficients are associated with positions on the display plane, respectively. A value distribution profile in the display plane of the correction coefficients is defined based on both of a light intensity distribution profile of the light emitted from the display plane and a photo-reception sensitivity distribution profile of the photo-reception elements. The image processing section obtains information concerning one or more of position, shape and size of the external adjacent object based on the photo-reception signals corrected by the correction section. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002009 | DISPLAY DEVICE, A RECEIVING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR DRIVING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - One embodiment of the device includes a display panel and a light source evenly placed behind the panel, wherein the light source includes light source blocks divided and arranged in a matrix, includes an image judging unit which divides one frame of a video input signal into frame blocks each corresponding to a size of each of the light source blocks and judging whether images of the frame blocks are moving or still, and a light source block driving unit which blinks the light source block corresponding to the frame block the image of which is judged as moving by the judging unit upon receiving optical responses from the cells while turning on all the time the light source block corresponding to the frame block the image of which is judged as still by the judging unit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002010 | COLOR CORRECTION METHOD AND COLOR CORRECTING INTEGRATED CHIP - A color correction method is provided. Grey values of three primary colors of an image data are transformed into initial characteristic values in a color space. Three sets of characteristic values of a to-be-corrected apparatus when the apparatus displays the primary colors respectively are measured. The characteristic values of the image data are transformed into a set of adjusted brightness values of the primary colors according to the characteristic values and a color space transformation equation. Gamma curves of the apparatus when displaying the primary colors are measured and modified to generate new grey-value vs. brightness relationships for the primary colors, so as to obtain adjusted grey values of the primary colors corresponding to the adjusted brightness values. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002011 | IMAGE PROCESS METHOD AND CIRCUIT THEREOF - An image process method is provided and includes following steps: First, a first image is provided. Then, a smoothing process is performed on the first image to generate a second image. Thereafter, a difference image is generated by comparing the first image and the second image and a dynamic contrast stretch process is performed on the second image to generate a third image. In addition, a displaying image is generated by adding the difference image and the third image. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002012 | METHODS, ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING GEOGRAPHICAL PRESENCE USING MAP TILES - An electronic device is operated by determining an approximate geographic location of the electronic device, determining a zoom level for a geographic map tile that encompasses the approximate geographic location, determining horizontal and vertical coordinates for the geographic map tile based on the zoom level and the approximate geographic location of the electronic device, and sending the horizontal and vertical coordinates and zoom level to another device as a geographic presence indicator for the electronic device. Related electronic devices and computer program products are also provided. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002013 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus displays image data pieces based on an array in which the image data pieces are sorted in accordance with a specified rule. The display control apparatus extracts, with use of one image data piece from the array as a reference, image data pieces at a set interval from the image data pieces arranged in the array, and arranges and displays the extracted image data pieces that include the reference image data piece on a screen of a display unit based on an order of the array. If the reference image data piece or the interval used in the extraction of the image data pieces has been changed based on an instruction from a user, the display on the display unit is changed with use of the new reference and interval. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002014 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and its control method receives a drawing command including a moving image drawing command and a graphics drawing command and performs drawing processing. A drawing command is received, and the moving image drawing command is separated from the graphics drawing command. A graphics drawing unit obtains the result of graphics drawing in accordance with the graphics drawing command. A moving image drawing unit generates moving image data processed in accordance with the moving image drawing command. A composition unit composes the result of graphics drawing by the graphics drawing unit with the moving image data generated by the moving image drawing unit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002015 | ORIENTATION-FOLLOWING DISPLAY APPARATUS, ORIENTATION-FOLLOWING DISPLAY METHOD, AND ORIENTATION-FOLLOWING DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display device has a screen that can be positioned in arbitrary postures including a reference posture relative to a space having a reference horizontal orientation. The screen has an xyz orthogonal coordinate system, and the posture of the screen in the space is defined by z-x-z Euler angles α, β, and γ of the xyz orthogonal coordinate system. The screen displays an image to enable recognition of the reference horizontal orientation of the space. A control device derives a specific parameter α+γ as an angle by which the image is rotated so that the reference horizontal orientation recognized from the image follows the reference horizontal orientation of the space when the image is displayed on the screen at arbitrary postures. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002016 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method of controlling a touch panel display device, and a touch panel display device using the same, facilitate a user selection (touching) of a specific icon to improve the reliability of registering a touch event for the specific icon, thereby enabling smaller icons to be used with greater accuracy. The touch panel display device includes a touch panel exhibiting a plurality of coordinates corresponding to a screen area of the touch panel display device, the screen area including a zoom icon area; a touch panel controller for recognizing coordinates of a touch event, for storing the recognized coordinates in an internally provided memory, and for outputting a coordinates signal corresponding to the touch event by converting a value generated by the touch event into a corresponding coordinates value; a microprocessor for determining whether the coordinates value output from the touch panel controller corresponds to the zoom icon area of the screen area; a touch driver for outputting a zoom function signal corresponding to the coordinates value output from the touch panel controller; and a display for displaying a magnified icon area corresponding to the zoom icon area, if the microprocessor determines that the coordinates value output from the touch panel controller corresponds to the zoom icon area of the screen area. A method of controlling the above touch panel display device includes steps of displaying a zoom icon area on at least part of a screen made up of a plurality of coordinates; recognizing coordinates of a touch event, to determine whether the touch event corresponds to the displayed zoom icon area; and displaying, if it is determined that the touch event corresponds to the displayed zoom icon area, a magnified icon area corresponding to the zoom icon area. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002017 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL DRIVING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE - In one embodiment of the present application, a liquid crystal panel drive device includes a signal processing section for determining an output gray scale in accordance with a gray scale transition from the gray scale which is forecasted to reach by a previous response to an input gray scale and can carry out overdrive with the output gray scale. At a temperature at which a rise gray scale transition may occur in absence of a response condition does not exist for single overdrive, the signal processing section determines, as an output gray scale, a gray scale lower than a maximum gray scale with respect to a particular gray scale transition out of a rise type gray scale transition. In such a way, a display quality (especially a moving image display quality) at a low temperature can be improved. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002018 | DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVING METHOD, DRIVING CIRCUIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A method for driving a display device that outputs an image based on an image source. The method comprises the steps of (i) carrying out a first gradation converting process with respect to a first gradation level of an inputted video source signal; (ii) carrying out a smoothing process with respect to the inputted video source signal that has been subjected to the first gradation converting process; and (iii) carrying out a second gradation converting process with respect to a second gradation level of the inputted video source signal that has been subjected to the smoothing process. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002019 | DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER, SOURCE DRIVER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A digital to analog converter includes a first decoder, a gamma reference voltage decoder unit and an active resistor string unit. The first decoder receives 2 | 2010-01-07 |
20100002020 | IN-PLANE SWITCHING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device comprising a plurality of pixels ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002021 | Display panel driving method and display apparatus - A method of driving a display panel is provided. The display panel includes a first scan group including first to third scan lines, and a plurality of data lines which intersect the first to third scan lines, and first display cells of a first color which are connected with the first scan line, second display cells of a second color which are connected with the second scan line, third display cells of a third color which are connected with the third scan line. The method is achieved by precharging the data lines to a predetermined voltage in a first horizontal period; and by supplying a data signal to the first to third display cells through the data lines driving of the first to third display cells after the data lines are precharged in the first horizontal period. In the driving of the first to third display cells, one of the first to third display cells corresponding to one of said first to third colors, having a maximum spectral luminous efficacy, is first driven. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002022 | DISPLAY UNIT - A display unit includes: a display section including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a plurality of light-emitting devices; an operation section that performs calculations for correcting drive signals to be inputted into the light-emitting devices of the pixels included in the display section in order to correct luminances and chromaticities of the pixels; and a coefficient data input section where a bit number of an element having smaller variations in coefficient in the display section, among elements of each of coefficient matrixes necessary for the correction calculations, the coefficient matrixes to be inputted into the operation section, is set to a value smaller than a bit number of an element having larger variations. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002023 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display device and a driving method thereof. The organic light emitting display device includes: a display panel having scan lines, data lines and pixels; a data driver for applying correction data to the data lines; a buffer memory for storing data inputted to the pixels coupled to the scan lines; and a correction operation unit for determining a luminance degree for the pixels coupled to each of the scan lines based on the data and generating a data correction value in accordance with the luminance degree, and for providing to the data driver the correction data generated by adding/subtracting the data correction value to/from the data in accordance with positions of the pixels coupled to each of the scan lines. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002024 | Display Device - A display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels, a drive circuit inputting a drive voltage to the plurality of pixels, and a display control device controlling and driving the drive circuit and to which display data is input from an external apparatus, in which a temperature detecting sensor is included. The display control device has a display bit reduction circuit. In a high-temperature operation mode when a temperature equal to or more than a predetermined temperature is detected at the temperature detecting sensor, the display bit reduction circuit ignores bits other than the highest-order bit of the display data input from the external apparatus and sends only the data of the highest-order bit of the display data input from the external apparatus to the drive circuit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002025 | 2D-DIMMING OF ILLUMINATING MEMBER FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - An illuminating member ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002026 | CALIBRATION OF DISPLAYS HAVING SPATIALLY-VARIABLE BACKLIGHT - 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 an illuminator comprising an array of individually-controllable light sources. The light sources and elements of the light modulator may be controlled to adjust the intensity and frequency of light emanating from corresponding areas on the screen. The display may be calibrated to compensate for differences in intensities of the light sources. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002027 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - A display device ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002028 | PRINTER - A printer comprises: an inkjet head including nozzles for discharging ink; a holding member which holds a print medium; a moving mechanism which moves the holding member and/or the inkjet head so as to move the inkjet head relative to the holding member in a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction for printing by the inkjet head on the print medium; and a print control unit which controls the inkjet head and the moving mechanism so as to execute flushing printing on the print medium for preventing clogging of the nozzles while moving the inkjet head relative to the holding member in a first printing direction in the main scanning direction and to execute pattern printing on the print medium according to pattern printing data while moving the inkjet head relative to the holding member in a second printing direction in the main scanning direction. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002029 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET APPARATUS FOR DOUBLE-SIDE RECORDING - The inkjet apparatus for double-side recording, comprises: liquid ejection heads which are disposed on either side of a recording medium and face each other across the recording medium, the liquid ejection heads ejecting liquid onto recording surfaces of the recording medium; conveyance devices which hold the recording medium in such a manner that a normal of each of the recording surfaces is substantially horizontal, and convey the recording medium in a horizontal direction in such a manner that the recording surfaces face ejection surfaces of the liquid ejection heads; and end supporting devices which support an upper end and a lower end of the recording medium, as the conveyance devices convey the recording medium in a horizontal direction while holding the recording medium in such a manner that the normal of each of the recording surfaces is substantially horizontal. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002030 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET APPARATUS FOR DOUBLE-SIDE RECORDING - The inkjet apparatus for double-side recording, comprises: liquid ejection heads which are disposed on either side of a recording medium and face each other across the recording medium, the liquid ejection heads ejecting liquid onto recording surfaces of the recording medium; conveyance devices which hold the recording medium in such a manner that a normal of each of the recording surfaces is substantially horizontal, and convey the recording medium in a horizontal direction in such a manner that the recording surfaces face ejection surfaces of the liquid ejection heads; and end supporting devices which support an upper end and a lower end of the recording medium, as the conveyance devices convey the recording medium in a horizontal direction while holding the recording medium in such a manner that the normal of each of the recording surfaces is substantially horizontal. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002031 | PROCESSING IMAGE DATA - A method of processing image data is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method, which obtains image data for printing the edge of a circular pad having a radius of R by forming ink blots having a radius of r in an overlapping manner, includes: setting a permissible pitch range as a distance between adjacent ink blots; arranging first image data to the edge of the pad, in an x-y coordinate system; generating second image data with a smaller radius than the first image data, the second image data sharing the center with the first image data; arranging a first base point on the second image data; selecting the first determination point on the second image data separated from the first base point; determining if a distance between the first base point and the first determination point is within the permissible pitch range; and storing a coordinate, located at a shortest distance from the first determination point, as print data. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002032 | SCANNER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD OF SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A scanner, an image forming apparatus and a motor control method of the scanner and the image forming apparatus. The motor control method includes scanning a test image formed on a document, calculating an actual speed of a scan head moved by the motor using the scanned test image, calculating a matrix representing a relation between a driving signal to drive the motor and the calculated actual speed of the scan head, and renewing the driving signal using an inverse matrix to the calculated matrix to correct the actual speed of the scan head. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002033 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING SHIFT IN ON RESISTANCE OF TRANSISTOR OF PRINTHEAD - Disclosed is a method for compensating a shift in an ON resistance of a transistor in a chip of a printhead of an inkjet printer. The method includes determining a value of a life indication parameter of the printhead and comparing the determined value of the life indication parameter of the printhead with at least one predetermined value of the life indication parameter. The at least one predetermined value of the life indication parameter of the printhead is stored in at least one of a memory of the inkjet printer and a memory of the chip of the printhead. Thereafter, a gate voltage input to the transistor is modified based on a difference between the determined value of the life indication parameter and the at least one predetermined value of the life indication parameter of the printhead for compensating the shift in the ON resistance of the transistor. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002034 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTHEAD - A method is provided of controlling a printhead having nozzles which discharge ink by application of a firing pulse to respective actuators. The actuators are connected in groups to a power source which applies the firing pulses. In the method firing pulses are applied to each group of the actuators in turn to discharge ink from the nozzles in each group. The firing pulses are applied to the subsequent groups so that the fired nozzles are physically separated in the printhead as far as possible from the nozzles fired in the immediately prior group and the immediately subsequent group. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002035 | Printhead IC With Non-Ejection Maintenance - A printhead IC is provided having an ejection nozzle having a heater for heating printing fluid, and drive circuitry for generating print pulses and maintenance pulses for driving the heater of the ejection nozzle. The maintenance pulses have a series of sub-ejection pulses preceding a de-clog pulse. The print signals are generated to heat the heater to form a first vapor bubble in printing fluid that causes ejection of the printing fluid from the nozzle. The de-clog pulse is generated to have lower power and longer duration than the print pulses so as to heat the heaters to form a second vapor bubble in the printing fluid which does not cause ejection. The sub-ejection pulses are generated to have lower power than the print pulses and shorter duration than the de-clog pulse so as to heat the heater without sufficient energy to nucleate a vapor bubble in the printing fluid. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002036 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING JETTING OF INK IN INKJET PRINTER - Provided are an apparatus and method of controlling jetting of ink of an inkjet printer. The apparatus includes at least one print head chip, which includes a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of the print head chip and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) for converting the sensed temperature to a frequency component. The apparatus may also include a counter, which converts the frequency component to a code information using a reference frequency component, and a controller, which controls the ink jetting operation of the at least one print head chip based on the code information and/or the frequency component. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002037 | Printing apparatus and printing method - A printer comprising: an image former that forms a plurality of images on a plurality of sheets; a circulation transfer route composed of a first transfer route that transfers each sheet fed from a feeding route toward a discharging route, and a second transfer route that is branched from the first transfer route and returns each sheet received from the first transfer route to the first transfer route; a printing rate detector that detects a printing rate of each image; a circulation number determiner that determines a circulation number of each sheet on the circulation transfer route based on the printing rate of each image; a scheduling coordinator that coordinates a sheet transfer schedule based on the circulation number of each sheet; and a transfer drive controller that controls quantities described in the sheet transfer schedule by controlling driving mechanisms on the circulation transfer route and switching between the first and second transfer routes based on the schedule. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002038 | INKJET PRINTER, PRINTING METHOD AND INK DRYER - An inkjet printer includes an inkjet head, a wave guide, an electromagnetic-wave supplier, and a detector. The inkjet head is configured to eject an ink onto a surface of a recording medium. The recording medium onto which the ink has been ejected is to pass through the wave guide. The electromagnetic-wave supplier is configured to supply electromagnetic waves into the wave guide. The detector is configured to detect a parameter relating to a dryness of the recording medium which has passed through the wave guide. The controller is configured to control the electromagnetic-wave supplier to control an intensity of the electromagnetic waves according to the parameter relating to the dryness of the recording medium. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002039 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus enables the output of a high-quality image even when an expendable supply, such as ink, recording head, or recording sheet other than a specific expendable supply, such as one designated by a manufacturer, is used. The image forming apparatus includes a carriage for moving a recording head having plural recording nozzles in a horizontal scan direction. The recording head discharges ink onto a recording medium. A detection unit detects whether one or more expendable supplies required for image formation is a specific expendable supply. Upon detection of a non-specific expendable supply, a notifying unit notifies an operator and suggests that the image forming method be changed. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002040 | RECORDING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CHECKING POSITIONS OF INK CONTAINERS, AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE POSITIONS - A recording apparatus includes a carriage, ink containers mounted in the carriage and including respective light emitters, a driving unit for moving the ink tanks, a light receiver receiving light from the light emitters, a light control unit controlling lighting the light emitter of a predetermined ink container, and a determining unit for determining whether the predetermined ink container is mounted at a correct position, based on the light emitted from the light emitter of the predetermined ink container at positions. When the driving unit does not move the carriage to a position where at least one of the ink containers is facing the light receiver, the determining unit determines whether the at least one of the ink containers is mounted at the correct position, based on the light received from the light emitters at a position adjacent to the facing position. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002041 | CONFIGURABLE SYSTEM FOR CREATING 3D OBJECT - A system is provided for creating a three-dimensional object. A plurality of printheads are provided with each printhead configured to print a respective portion of the object. The system is configured to enable a first printhead that is initially configured to print a first portion to be dynamically reconfigured to print a second portion, and if a second printhead initially configured to print the second portion fails, the first printhead is dynamically reconfigured to print the second portion. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002042 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET APPARATUS FOR DOUBLE-SIDE RECORDING - The inkjet apparatus for double-side recording, comprises: liquid ejection heads which are disposed on either side of a recording medium and face each other across the recording medium, the liquid ejection heads ejecting liquid onto recording surfaces of the recording medium; conveyance devices which hold the recording medium in such a manner that a normal of each of the recording surfaces is substantially horizontal, and convey the recording medium in a horizontal direction in such a manner that the recording surfaces face ejection surfaces of the liquid ejection heads; and end supporting devices which support an upper end and a lower end of the recording medium, as the conveyance devices convey the recording medium in a horizontal direction while holding the recording medium in such a manner that the normal of each of the recording surfaces is substantially horizontal. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002043 | PRINT CARTRIDGE WITH SINGLE DRIVE SHAFT AND OPPOSING MEDIA GUIDE - A print cartridge for a mobile telecommunications device, the cartridge comprising: a drive shaft with a media engagement surface for feeding a media substrate along a feed path; and, a media guide adjacent the drive shaft for biasing the media substrate against the media engagement surface. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002044 | Printhead Assembly Incorporating Printhead Module Retention Channel - A pagewidth modular printhead assembly comprises an elongate pagewidth support structure; an elongate ink distribution member positioned on the support structure, the distribution member defining a number of longitudinally extending ink conduits, the distribution member further defining sets of apertures, each aperture of a set being in fluid communication with respective conduits; a plurality of inkjet printhead modules mounted end-to-end on the support structure, each inkjet printhead module including an ink distribution assembly in fluid communication with a respective set of apertures and a printhead integrated circuit mounted on the ink distribution assembly; a plurality of capping devices mounted on the support structure and displaceable between an operative position capping the printhead integrated circuits and an inoperative position exposing the printhead integrated circuits; and a capping device actuating mechanism for displacing the capping devices into and out of the operative and inoperative positions. The elongate pagewidth support structure has a similar coefficient of thermal expansion to that of the plurality of inkjet printhead. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002045 | MODULAR PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY - A modular printhead assembly includes an elongate carrier. An elongate ink conduit is positioned in the carrier and is configured to feed ink along a length of the carrier. A plurality of printhead modules is serially arranged along and engaged with the ink conduit. The ink conduit is in fluid communication with the printhead modules and each printhead module includes a printhead integrated circuit for carrying out a printing operation. A pair of supports is fastenable to respective ends of the carrier. The printhead modules are located between the supports. At least one capping mechanism is arranged to cap the printhead integrated circuits. A camshaft is operatively engaged with the supports and extends between the supports and is arranged to move the, or each, capping mechanism so that the printhead integrated circuits can be capped. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002046 | INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An inkjet image forming apparatus includes a device to protect an ink sensing device operated without use of a separate drive source. The inkjet image forming apparatus includes at least one protecting device having a protecting member to protect the ink sensing device from impurities or to release the ink sensing device from protection, the protecting member being operated in linkage with the maintenance device to thereby be moved between the first position and the second position. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002047 | PRINTHEAD PURGING SYSTEM WITH HAMMER ACTION - A printhead purging system comprises an ink conduit for supplying ink to a printhead, a hammer head for hammering a wall of a compressible part of the conduit, a spring-loading mechanism for priming the hammer head, and a release mechanism for releasing the primed hammer head. Release of the primed hammer head compresses the ink conduit and results in purging of ink from the printhead. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002048 | WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A waste ink treatment system employed for an ink jetting system having a jetting head includes a rotating member and a scraping member. The rotating member, rotatable in a given rotation direction, receives ink discharged from the jetting head. The discharged ink adheres to the rotating member. The scraping member, disposed adjacent to the rotating member, removes the discharged ink adhering to the rotating member while the rotating member is rotated. The scraping member disperses the removed ink over multiple discontinuous areas along the rotation direction of the rotating member. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002049 | Image forming apparatus - At a predetermined position during the lateral movement of a carriage | 2010-01-07 |
20100002050 | PRINT HEAD MOUNTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A PRINT HEAD ONTO A CARRIAGE FRAMEWORK - A print head mounting assembly and a method of mounting and positioning a print head on a print head carriage framework suitable for mounting in a printing system includes a print head positioning device for receiving a print head, and a print head mounting tile having a mounting surface for mounting the print head positioning device. The print head mounting tile is adjustably mounted on the print head carriage framework such that it provides a mounting surface for the print head positioning device that is level with a reference printing surface, when the print head carriage framework is mounted in the printing system. The print head positioning device is adjustably mounted on the print head mounting tile such that the print head, being received in the print head positioning device, is accurately positioned on the mounting surface of the print head mounting tile. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002051 | INKJET PRINTHEAD FOR USE IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An inkjet printhead includes multiple head modules and a mount base. The multiple head modules each includes a laminate unit containing a nozzle to eject ink in droplets and an ink chamber in fluid communication with the nozzle. The multiple head modules are mounted on the mount base. The mount base defines a first contact surface facing a first direction in which the ink is ejected. Each laminate unit defines a second contact surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first and second contact surfaces are held in contact with each other to position each head module in the mount base. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002052 | INK JET PRINTHEAD CONFIGURED TO MINIMIZE INK-FLOW DEAD ZONES IN THE BUBBLE CHAMBER - An ink jet printhead for use in ink jet printing includes a substrate and a nozzle plate. The substrate has an oblong recessed region forming a ceiling and interior side walls of a bubble chamber. The oblong recessed region has a length dimension that is greater than its width dimension. The oblong recessed region has a first end spaced apart from a second end in the length dimension. The substrate has an ink inlet channel passing through the ceiling to form an ink inlet port near the first end of the oblong recessed region. The nozzle plate is attached to the substrate to form a floor of the bubble chamber. The nozzle plate has an ink jet nozzle passing through the nozzle plate. The ink jet nozzle is positioned in fluid communication with the bubble chamber at a location near the second end of the recessed region. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002053 | PRINTHEAD HAVING CONSTRAINED PRINTHEAD MODULE - A printhead is provided having a casing having a channel formed by a top wall and sidewalls of the casing, and a printhead module having at least two ejection nozzle integrated circuits supported by a support member which delivers printing fluid to the nozzle integrated circuits. The support member has a first tab which is received in a recess of the channel and a second tab clamped between the channel and a clamping arrangement so as to allow constrained movement of the printhead module relative to the channel. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002054 | EJECTION ARRANGEMENT FOR PRINTHEAD NOZZLE - An ejection arrangement is provided for a printhead nozzle. The arrangement has a chamber having an inlet defined by edge portions of a first side of the chamber and an ejection port defined in a second side of the chamber, and an ejection member located in the chamber between the edge portions. The ejection member is operable to cause ejection of fluid in the chamber through the ejection port and subsequent refill of fluid into the chamber through the inlet. The edge portions are configured to reduce fluid flow through a space between the edge portions and the ejection member during ejection. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002055 | Printhead Nozzle Arrangement With Radially Disposed Actuators - A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate with a layer of drive circuitry, the substrate defining an ink chamber with an ink supply channel etched through the substrate; and a roof structure having a roof layer over the chamber. The roof structure comprises a nozzle rim positioned around an ejection port defined in the roof layer above the chamber; a plurality of actuators radially spaced about, and displaceable with respect to, the nozzle rim, each actuator having an internal copper core for receiving therethrough a current, each actuator configured to thermally expand into the chamber upon receiving the current; and a series of struts interspersed between the actuators to support the nozzle rim with respect to the roof layer. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002056 | MODULAR PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING RESERVOIR MOUNTED PRINTHEAD MODULES - A modular printhead assembly is provided for an inkjet printer. The modular printhead assembly includes an elongate chassis defining a plurality of slots. An elongate ink reservoir is fast with the chassis. The reservoir defines longitudinally extending ink channels for storing respective types of ink, spaced apart sets of ink outlets with the outlets of each set being in fluid communication with respective channels, and receiving formations located along the reservoir which can receive printhead modules. The printhead modules are configured to releasably engage with respective sets of outlets and ink supplied from the reservoir. Each printhead module includes resilient fastening legs configured to be received within the receiving formations at particular locations during engagement so that access to the legs is thereafter enabled through the slots to facilitate disengagement of the printhead modules from the reservoir. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002057 | INK JET PRINTING HEAD AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a printing head having connection terminals for performing an electrical connection of signals including drive signals of print elements by contacting connection terminals in an apparatus side when the head is mounted onto an ink jet printing apparatus. It is made to guarantee connections of all terminals by detecting contacts of a part of terminals. Among the terminals in the head, terminals whose distances from the connection terminals in the printing apparatus become maximum when a deviation occurred in the mounting, are used as terminals for contact detection. For example, from among the connection terminals arranged in a planar area, which is rectangular-shaped, terminals positioned in corners are used as the terminals for the contact detection. When the contacts of these terminals are detected, the connections of all the terminals inside the area can be guaranteed. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002058 | PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH LOW VOLTAGE THERMAL ACTUATORS - There is disclosed a printhead integrated circuit (IC) which comprises a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements | 2010-01-07 |
20100002059 | Inkjet Thermal Actuator With Parallel Current Paths - An inkjet printhead comprising: an array of ink chambers, each having a nozzle and a thermal actuator for generating vapour bubbles to eject ink through the nozzle; wherein, the thermal actuator has a pair of contacts and at least two parallel current paths between the contacts, each of the current paths having a plurality of heater elements for nucleating a vapour bubble. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002060 | Shear mode-type piezoelectric actuator and liquid droplet ejection head - This invention provides a shear mode-type piezoelectric actuator using a piezoelectric ceramic composition free from lead having a high coercive electric field and a liquid ejection head having the shear mode-type piezoelectric actuator. The shear mode-type piezoelectric actuator is characterized by using a piezoelectric ceramic composition having a solid solution including a main component of general formula (1) and an auxiliary component of general formula (2) added in an amount of less than 1% by mole based on the total amount of the solid solution: | 2010-01-07 |
20100002061 | CONNECTION MECHANISM AND INK SUPPLY APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH CONNECTION MECHANISM - When a second cylindrical unit | 2010-01-07 |
20100002062 | Print Media Cartridge Incorporating Print Media And Ink Storage - A print media cartridge includes a housing assembly that defines a region in which a stack of print media sheets can be stored. A sheet transport mechanism is mounted in the housing assembly to feed the sheets from the housing assembly. An ink storage assembly is mounted on the housing assembly and defines at least one ink chamber in which ink can be received and an ink outlet in fluid communication with the, or each respective, ink chamber. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002063 | Printing System Having Duplex Dryer - A printing system is provided having a printer, a feed mechanism for feeding media to the printer for printing, and a dryer for drying the printed media. The printer has opposed printheads for respectively printing on first and second opposed faces of the media. The dryer has a transport mechanism for transporting the printed media from the printer past a first blower for blowing heated air onto the first face of the printed media and a second blower for blowing heated air onto the second face of the printed media. The first and second blowers are selectively operable for selectively drying the first face, the second face or both faces of the printed media during transportation. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002064 | Device having Printer and Supply of Print Media in a hinge of the Device - A hand held personal digital assistant including:
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20100002065 | Recording device, control method for a recording device, and a control program - If the recording medium and the thermal head stick together, a recording device, a control method for a recording device, and a control program enable avoiding media transportation problems caused by such adhesion. If the recording medium has a release coat layer or an overcoating layer and the recording medium is left in contact with the thermal head, an operating pattern is set according to the contact conditions for moving the surface of the recording medium a specific distance from the thermal head, and transportation is controlled according to the set operating pattern. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002066 | Generating Representative Still Images From a Video Recording - Computer-readable media having corresponding apparatus and methods embodies instructions executable by a computer to perform a method comprising: receiving a recording, wherein the recording includes a video file, and a plurality of event records each representing a respective event in the recording, wherein each event record includes a timestamp representing a time of the event in the recording, and an image corresponding to the event; selecting a section of the recording; and providing a representative image for the selected section of the recording, including determining, based on the timestamps, whether any of the events are associated with the selected section, selecting the image corresponding to one of the one or more events when one or more events are associated with the selected section, and generating the representative image based on the video file when no events are associated with the selected section. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002067 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING CONTROL INFORMATION - Picture and speech communication between plural terminals connected to different networks, such as a circuit-switched network and IP network. A converting apparatus | 2010-01-07 |
20100002068 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING VIDEO TELEPHONY - A communications terminal and method for performing a video telephony are provided. In the video telephony method, a selected text file is converted into a text image when selecting the text file in the video telephony and the text image is transmitted as video data. According to the present invention, the communications terminal can send and receive the text image converted from the text file as video data. Accordingly, because the text image is received as video data, the communications terminal does not need to perform an additional operation for displaying the text file during video telephony. Thus, the text image received in the communications terminal can be readily displayed. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002069 | System And Method For Improved View Layout Management In Scalable Video And Audio Communication Systems - A system and method for transmitting a plurality of video signals scalably coded into layers including a base layer and one or more enhancement layers and associated audio signals, if any, over a communication network for presentation to one or more end users. A layout to display the plurality of video signals is determined based on a set of criteria and only the data of the video signal layers that are necessary for displaying the video signals in the determined layout, and any associated audio signals, is selectively transmitted over the communication network. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002070 | Method and System of Simultaneously Displaying Multiple Views for Video Surveillance - Methods and systems of transmitting a plurality of views from a video camera are disclosed. The camera captures a plurality of views from the lens and scales the view to a specified size. Each view can correspond to a separate virtual camera view of a region of interest and separately controlled. The camera composites at least a portion of the plurality of views into one or more views within the camera, and then transmits one or more of the views from the video camera to a base station for compositing views from the camera into a single view within the base station. Cameras can be grouped into a network, with network addresses assigned to the camera and any virtual cameras generated therein. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002071 | Multiple View and Multiple Object Processing in Wide-Angle Video Camera - Methods and systems of transmitting a plurality of views from a video camera are disclosed. A multi object processing camera captures a wide-angle field of view in high resolution and a processing circuit executes a plurality of software tasks on a plurality of regions extracted from the wide-angle view. Multiple objects can be processed by the camera to detect various events, and the results of the processing transmitted to a base station. The camera removes the need for mechanical pan, tilt, and zoom apparatus by correcting distortions in the electronic image introduced by the wide-angle optical system and image sensor to electronically emulate the pan, tilt, and zoom movement. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002072 | Display apparatus and display method - A display apparatus includes a sight line detection unit that detects a line of sight of a user by analyzing user video information, an enhancement processing unit that detects an intersection point of the line of sight of the user detected by the sight line detection unit and a video display surface of a monitor as an attention point, which is a point on which the user focuses attention, and performs enhancement processing for the monitor by setting a higher gain amount in stages from a position of a longer distance from the attention point toward a position of a smaller distance, and a display video output control unit that outputs video via the monitor based on the gain amount set by the enhancement processing unit and display video information whose input is received by a display video information input unit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002073 | Blur enhancement of stereoscopic images - A method and apparatus for selectively blurring parts of an image set according to differences in disparity between successive images. As a result, the one-dimensional ‘ringing’ edge artifacts, intrinsic to autostereoscopic displays, are hidden, thereby improving the perceived image quality of a multi-view autostereoscopic image. The method may involve detecting regions of disparity between adjacent views, and then blurring those regions by weighted local pixel averaging. The relationship between the blur radius and the disparity is preferentially non-linear to maintain sharpness of low disparity regions. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002074 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR REDUCING THE RESOLUTION OF AN INPUT IMAGE - In a method, a device, and a computer program for reducing the resolution of an input image, wherein input image shows a three-dimensional scene that was recorded by a surveillance camera, the distance between surveillance camera and objects in the three-dimensional scene is referred to as the object distance, and the resolution reduction is adjusted with consideration for the object distance in the three-dimensional scene and/or the perspective distortion of the three-dimensional scene. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002075 | DRIVER'S STATE MONITORING SYSTEM USING A CAMERA MOUNTED ON STEERING WHEEL - The status of a driver is monitored by facial images captured by a camera mounted on the steering wheel of a vehicle. The captured image is tilt corrected by a steering angle. The status of the driver can be monitored efficiently. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002076 | USING CAMERAS IN CONNECTION WITH A MARINE SEISMIC SURVEY - A technique includes obtaining data indicative of images of a marine seismic source event, which are acquired by underwater cameras and processing the data to determine an attribute (a seismic bubble volume or motion, as non-limiting examples) that is associated with the seismic source event. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002077 | Method and system for tracking position of an object using imaging and non-imaging surveillance devices - A method and system for tracking the position of objects, such as aircraft and ground vehicles around an airport. A transmission from the object is received at a non-imaging surveillance device of known location, the transmission being used to determine the coordinate position of the object within a given time period. Image data for the object is captured by an imaging surveillance device of known location to provide an image of the object within the same given time period. The coordinate position is correlated with the image to provide composite data about the object within the same given time period. The composite data is displayed to a viewer as a visual depiction of the object. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002078 | PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS - A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus detects a three-dimensional object or obstacle even through a vehicle is stopped. When is stopping or parking, a processor controls operation to store a bird's-eye image obtained by viewpoint conversion unit of a captured image, which is captured by a rear camera immediately before the vehicle parks or stops. Thereafter, the obstacle is detected based on a difference between image portions corresponding to a same captured region in a bird's-eye image of a captured image obtained for each time period, and in the stored bird's-eye image. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002079 | MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY DEVICES - A display system, comprises a multi-view display panel ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002080 | CAR-MOUNTED IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - A car-mounted image recording apparatus comprises an imager operable to take a moving image of outside scene of a vehicle, an image quality controller operable to determine importance of present position of the vehicle, and controlling image quality of the moving image on the basis of the importance, and an image recorder operable to compress the taken moving image so as to obtain image quality controlled by the image quality controller, and record the compressed image in a recording medium. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002081 | OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor and a control. The imaging sensor is operable to capture an image of a scene occurring exteriorly of the vehicle. The control is responsive to the imaging sensor. The imaging system may be associated with a side object detection system, a lane change assist system, a lane departure warning system, a monitoring system, a passive steering system and/or the like. The control may be operable to process a reduced image data set more than other image data, which are representative of areas of the captured image outside of a target zone, to detect objects present within the target zone. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002082 | Intelligent camera selection and object tracking - Methods and systems for creating video from multiple sources utilize intelligence to designate the most relevant sources, facilitating their adjacent display and/or catenation of their video streams. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002083 | MOVING OBJECT AUTOMATIC TRACKING APPARATUS - Even when a moving object intrudes into an area other than an initially registered preset position, movement of the moving object can be detected and tracked. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002084 | Video sharing system, Photography support system, And camera - A video sharing system, accumulating various videos and enabling a plurality of users to utilize these accumulated videos, includes a plurality of cameras that photograph any one of a plurality of photographic subjects present within a facility, a video collection unit that collects photographed videos photographed by the plurality of cameras, a photographic subject identification unit that identifies the photographic subjects in the photographed videos, for each photographed video; and an accumulation unit that accumulates the photographed videos collected by the video collection unit, and photographic subject information specifying the photographic subjects identified by the photographic subject identification unit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002085 | Recyclable Digital Camera - A digital camera includes an image capture assembly; a print media transport assembly; a pagewidth ink jet printhead; a roll of print media; an internal chassis serving as a frame on which the image capture assembly, the print media transport assembly, and the printhead are directly supported; and an external casing completely encasing therewithin the internal chassis. The external casing is openable, and the internal chassis together with the assemblies and printhead supported thereon are removable from the external casing. The internal chassis is provided as an integral frame configured with pre-molded fittings adapted to receive and support the assemblies and printhead. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002086 | METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE FOR RESTORING IMAGE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In order to restore blurred images more efficiently, the invention provides a method for restoring an image for an electronic device. The method for restoring the image includes steps as follows. An acceleration signal is generated when an image of a photographed object is received. The distance between the electronic device and the photographed object is measured for generating an object distance. The image is restored according to the acceleration signal and the object distance. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002087 | ANTI-SHAKE DEVICE FOR OPTICAL INSTRUMENT - An anti-shake device for positioning an image-capturing unit in an optical instrument. A base includes a shaft pillar. A clamp unit includes a first clamping arm and a second clamping arm. The first and second clamping arms pivot to the shaft pillar of the base and detachably clamp the image-capturing unit. A drive unit is connected to the base and includes a driven member driving the first and second clamping arms of the clamp unit to rotate and shifting between a first mode and a second mode. The first and second clamping arms are separated from each other and the image-capturing unit when the driven member is in the first mode. The first and second clamping arms close and clamp the image-capturing unit when the driven member is in the second mode. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002088 | VIBRATION CORRECTING DEVICE - A vibration correcting device includes a vibration detecting unit, a vibration correcting unit, a storage unit, and a controlling unit. The vibration detecting unit is configured to detect vibration of an image pickup apparatus. The vibration correcting unit is configured to correct blur of an image caused by the vibration. A storage unit is configured to store correction information used for correcting the blur at a predetermined frequency. The controlling unit is configured to, on the basis of the correction information, send a control signal to the vibration correcting unit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002089 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUSES FOR CONTROLLING HAND SHAKE CORRECTION AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - Provided are a digital photographing apparatuses and methods of controlling the same. The method includes: inputting previous preview image data; inputting current preview image data; comparing and determining a pixel value of the previous preview image data and a pixel value of the current preview image data; and controlling the operation of a hand shake correcting unit according to the comparison and determination result. Accordingly, the hand shake correcting unit is selectively turned off by easily detecting a case where hand shake correction is not necessary, such as a case where a tripod is used, thereby reducing power consumption. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002090 | COLOR ENHANCEMENT FOR DIGITAL IMAGES - Techniques for identifying and enhancing colors in a digital image associated with one or more target color shades. In an embodiment, the target color shades may include a shade of blue associated with the sky, a shade of green associated with outdoor foliage, or the color red. In an embodiment, the blue chroma (Cb) and red chroma (Cr) coordinates of a pixel are evaluated to determine whether to apply an enhancement factor. The enhancement factor may incorporate an exposure index (EI) auxiliary enhancement factor, a color temperature (D) auxiliary enhancement factor, and a luminance (Y) of each pixel. Further aspects for implementing the techniques in software and hardware are disclosed. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002091 | Camera module - A camera module chip-set comprising: a decompressor configured to decompress image data received from a host device connected to the camera module chip-set; and a processor, different to the decompressor, configured to control transmission of the decompressed image data to the connected host device, in order for the decompressed image data to be displayed on a display of the host device. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002092 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING CONTINUOUS IMAGE DATA CAPTURED BY DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSOR - Provided are a method and apparatus for processing continuous image data captured by a digital image processor which encodes/decodes a plurality of continuous images in a Moving Picture Expert Group (MPEG) format. The apparatus includes a digital signal processing unit which compresses the continuous image data into video data in consideration of correlations between neighboring images, or converts the compressed video data into displayable data. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002093 | IMAGING APPARATUS - A camera capable of compensating for facial field of a person to a proper brightness, and maintaining the luminance scale of the background, comprising an imaging portion for generating the picture data of the person; a gamma compensator for performing gamma compensation for the picture data; a facial field detecting portion for detecting a facial field from the picture data; a photometric portion for exposure metering value of the facial field detected by the facial field detecting portion; an exposure controlling portion for calculating a target exposure amount in response to the output of the photometric portion and controlling exposure depending on the target exposure amount; and a gamma compensation controlling portion for determining a luminance scale characteristic in accordance with the target exposure amount, wherein the gamma compensating portion is controlled on the basis of the luminance scale characteristic determined by the gamma compensation controlling portion. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002094 | Method and apparatus providing multiple exposure high dynamic range sensor - Imagers reproduce an image by converting photons to a signal that is representative of the image. A sensor readout module reads reset and signal voltages corresponding to a plurality of integration times for each of a plurality of pixels. The sensor readout module is capable of determining whether the differences between reset and signal voltages corresponding to respective integration times indicate a saturation condition of the pixel. Accordingly, the sensor readout module may provide an output signal based on reset and signal voltages corresponding to an integration time that is less than an integration time for reset and signal voltages that indicate the saturation condition. A normalization module may normalize the output signal to correspond with a linear response curve. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002095 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND STORED PICTURE IMAGE PLAYBACK METHOD - An imaging apparatus, which is capable of starting up in a shooting mode and in a playback mode, and capable of switching between the shooting mode and the playback mode, includes: a memory which stores an image file corresponding to a shot picture image; a display which displays the picture image, and a selector which selects at least one image file from a plurality of image files stored in the memory, wherein in a case of starting up in the playback mode, when there is an image file selected by the selector, the selected image file is displayed on the display, and when there is no selected image file, a latest image file which is lastly shot and stored in the memory is displayed on the display. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002096 | METHOD TO CONTROL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FILE - A method to control an image processing apparatus includes obtaining linkage information representing a relation between a plurality of image files and recording the linkage information as metadata in each of the plurality of image files. This method ensures that a large number of image files are more easily and conveniently classified since linkage information representing relations between a plurality of image files is recorded as metadata in each of the plurality of image files. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002097 | METHOD OF POSITION STAMPING A PHOTO OR VIDEO CLIP TAKEN WITH A DIGITAL CAMERA - A method of appending a position stamp to an image file of a photo or video clip taken with a digital camera having a GPS antenna and a GPS RF front-end including an analogue to digital converter for receiving GPS signals and outputting GPS signal samples together with a digital camera and computer for the same. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002098 | EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE AND CAMERA - An external storage device includes: a read out unit that reads out management information in a camera, regarding an image file that is stored within the camera; an identification unit that identifies information on specifying device to which the image file was transmitted, based upon the management information read out by the read out unit; a selection unit that selects an image file to be received from the camera, on the basis of a result of identification by the identification unit; and a reception unit that receives the selected image file. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002099 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING MEMORY - A digital processing apparatus using a memory sharing structure through a bypass logic and a sharing method thereof are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the digital processing apparatus includes an application processor, a supplementary memory unit, which is subordinate to the application processor, and a main processor, which controls the application processor. If no communication is made using a control bus between the main processor and the application processor, the application processor connects a route to allow the main processor and the supplementary memory unit to be directly coupled to each other by executing a predetermined bypass logic. Through this, the capacity of a useable memory of the main processor can be maximized. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002100 | System for adapting device standards after manufacture - The present invention provides a digital imaging apparatus having an optical sensor, an analog-to-digital converter, a plurality of computational elements, and an interconnection network. The optical sensor converts an object image into a detected image, which is then converted to digital image information by the analog-to-digital converter. The plurality of computational elements includes a first computational element having a first fixed architecture and a second computational element having a second, different fixed architecture. The interconnection network is capable of providing a processed digital image from the digital image information by configuring and reconfiguring the plurality of computational elements for performance of a plurality of different imaging functions. The invention may be embodied, for example, as a digital camera, a scanner, a printer, or a dry copier. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002101 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Foreign substance information about at last including a position of a foreign substance adhered to an optical element disposed in front of an image sensor is detected, and whether the position of the foreign substance overlaps a predetermined area of an object is determined by analyzing an image signal of the object generated by the image sensor. When it is determined that the position of the foreign substance overlaps the predetermined area of the object, a relative position of the image of the object formed on the image sensor and the image sensor is changed. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002102 | System and method for efficiently performing image processing operations - A system and method for efficiently performing image processing operations includes a camera device that is configured to automatically capture an image sequence of related offset images that correspond to a particular selected photographic target. The camera device then transmits the captured image sequence to an image processing server through an electronic network. The image processing server perform one or more processing-intensive operations upon the received image sequence to thereby produce an enhanced image that may then be transmitted to any appropriate image destination. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002103 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Foreign substance information including information on a position and size of a foreign substance in an imaging unit is acquired. When correcting a shadow of the foreign substance of the moving image data using the acquired foreign substance information and playing back the corrected moving image data, a selection is made whether to perform processing for correcting the shadow of the foreign substance of a frame based on the data size of the frame of the moving image data to be played back. | 2010-01-07 |