08th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150049089 | DISPLAY TECHNIQUES FOR GRAPHS - A display device for displaying a graph structure in which the graph structure has elements. The display device includes a display screen for displaying at least first and second display regions and a display screen processing section configured to display in the first display region at least a part of the graph structure including a first element. The display also includes a control section configured to cause the display screen to display in the second display region, responsive to selection of the first element displayed in the first display region, at least a part of the graph structure including the first element. Additional embodiments include a display method performed by the display device, and a computer program product used in the display device. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049090 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. Herein, the method for controlling a display device is designed to include the steps of outputting a first Graphical User Interface (GUI), receiving a curvature change signal of a display screen outputting the first GUI, changing a curvature of the display screen based upon the received signal, generating a second GUI based upon GUI change data corresponding to the changed curvature of the display screen, and outputting the generated second GUI on the display screen. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049091 | SEARCHING AND ANNOTATING WITHIN IMAGES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for searching within images. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a query from a user device; receiving a query image from the user device; identifying a result image responsive to the query; determining that an object depicted in a sub-portion of the query image is similar to the result image; and in response to determining that the object depicted in the sub-portion of the query image is similar to the result image: providing annotation data to the user device that causes the user device to display an annotation with the query image, the annotation specifying the sub-portion of the query image that includes the object that is similar to the result image. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049092 | IMAGE DATA GENERATION METHOD, IMAGE DATA GENERATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE DATA GENERATION PROGRAM - An image data generating device generates image data that have a configuration including two or more text lines, one or more columns contained in each text line, and two or more rows contained in each column, and that are formed of a plurality of image data constituent elements. The image data generating device includes: a first data buffer that retains a first plurality of image data constituent elements contained in an upper text line of two vertically adjacent text lines out of the two or more text lines; a second data buffer that retains a second plurality of image data constituent elements contained in a lower text line of the two vertically adjacent text lines out of the two or more text lines; and a data analysis section that determines whether or not one image data constituent element out of the first plurality of image data constituent elements is present in a lower row of each column contained in the upper text line and whether or not one image data constituent element out of the second plurality of image data constituent elements is present in an upper row of each column contained in the lower text line. The data analysis section decides whether to decrease a spacing between the two vertically adjacent text lines on the basis of the determination result, and determines a decreased width in a case where the spacing is decreased. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049093 | Preloading Animation Files In A Memory Of A Client Device - A digital magazine presents content items to a user including one or more animation files. An animation file includes a plurality of frames that each has a variable display duration. To improve presentation of an animation file, a number of frames of the animation file that are preloaded into a memory of the client device on which the animation file is presented is determined based on contextual features describing computing resources available to the client device and on the display duration of frames of the animation file subsequent to a currently displayed frame of the animation file. Additionally, an animation file may be selected for preloading and display from a plurality of animation files based on a ranking the animation files. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049094 | MULTI GPU INTERCONNECT TECHNIQUES - A graphics processing subsystem includes one or more memory devices and two or more graphics processing units (GPU). The graphics processing units each include a memory interface. A first sub-set of the memory interface of the first graphics processing unit communicatively couples the first graphics processing unit to the first memory device. A first sub-set of the memory interface of the second graphics processing unit is connected to a second sub-set of the memory interface of the first graphics processing unit. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049095 | Method for Handling Virtual Machine Graphics Processing Requests - A method for handling graphics processing requests that includes creating a network communication pipeline for transmitting graphics data between a first virtual machine (VM) and a second VM via corresponding software installed on the first and second VMs, wherein the second VM has access to one or more graphics processing units (GPUs) via a hypervisor, obtaining a graphics processing request and associated unprocessed graphics data generated by the first VM with the software installed on the first VM, and transmitting the unprocessed graphics data to the second VM via the network communication pipeline. The method further including processing the unprocessed graphics data with at least one of the one or more GPUs allocated to the second VM, thereby generating processed graphics data, and transmitting the processed graphics data to the first VM via the network communication pipeline. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049096 | Systems for Handling Virtual Machine Graphics Processing Requests - A system for handling graphics processing requests that includes a hypervisor having access to one or more graphics processing units (GPUs) and a network communication pipeline which transmits unprocessed graphics data and processed graphics data between virtual machines. The system further includes a first virtual machine (VM) having software installed thereon capable of obtaining graphics processing requests and associated unprocessed graphics data generated by the first VM, and transmitting the unprocessed graphics data and receiving processed graphics data via the network communication pipeline, and a second VM having access to the one or more graphics processing units (GPUs) via the hypervisor, and having software installed thereon capable of receiving transmitted unprocessed graphics data and transmitting processed graphics data via the network communication pipeline. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049097 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING RANDOMLY ACCESSIBLE COMPRESSED PIXEL DATA GROUPS OVER DISPLAY INTERFACE AND RELATED DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus includes a compressor and an output interface. The compressor generates a plurality of compressed pixel data groups by compressing pixel data of a plurality of pixels of a picture based on a pixel data grouping setting of the picture. The output interface packs the compressed pixel data groups into an output bitstream, records indication information in the output bitstream, and outputs the output bitstream via a display interface. The indication information is indicative of at least one boundary between consecutive compressed pixel data groups packed. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049098 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING COMPRESSED PIXEL DATA GROUPS VIA MULTIPLE DISPLAY PORTS OF DISPLAY INTERFACE AND RELATED DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus includes a compression circuit, a rate controller, and an output interface. The compression circuit generates a plurality of compressed pixel data groups, each derived from applying a compression operation to pixel data of a pixel group, wherein the pixel group includes a portion of a plurality of pixels in a picture. The rate controller applies bit-rate control to each compression operation, wherein the rate controller adjusts the bit-rate control according to a position of each pixel boundary between different pixel groups. The output interface outputs the compressed pixel data groups via a plurality of display ports of a display interface, respectively. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049099 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING COMPRESSED PIXEL DATA GROUPS OF PICTURE OVER DISPLAY INTERFACE AND RELATED DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus has a mapper, a plurality of compressors, and an output interface. The mapper receives pixel data of a plurality of pixels of a picture, and splits the pixel data of the pixels of the picture into a plurality of pixel data groups. The compressors compress the pixel data groups and generate a plurality of compressed pixel data groups, respectively. The output interface packs the compressed pixel data groups into at least one output bitstream, and outputs the at least one output bitstream via a display interface. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049100 | Visual Interface Device and Data Transmission System - A data transmission system and a visual interface apparatus are disclosed in the invention. The visual interface apparatus works with the operation apparatus and includes a control module and an interface module configured with a display function. The interface module includes a driving unit and a display panel. The control module transmits a display data and a transmission data to the driving unit and, after receiving and processing, the driving unit transmits a screen data and a coupling data to the display panel. When the operation apparatus operates on the visual interface apparatus, at least a part of the coupling data is coupled to the operation apparatus from the display panel. The invention is capable of processing the data for display and the data for transmission and then sending them to the display panel of the visual interface apparatus. Thus, the visual interface apparatus in the invention can be used to display images and also transmit the data such as data or file to another electronic apparatus. Besides, by integrating the display data with the transmission data, the system design can be simplified so that a single connection port can be used. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049101 | DISPLAY ADAPTATION SYSTEM FOR MIPI DISPLAY SERIAL INTERFACE APPLICATIONS - Apparatus, methods, and systems are herein described for requesting Device Descriptor Block information from a display device. Further, storing the Device Descriptor Block information within processor memory. Advantageously, adaptation may be performed based on the stored Device Descriptor Block information to configure a display controller according to parameter settings in the Device Descriptor Block. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE LOADING OF MEDICAL MULTIDIMENSIONAL IMAGES INTO A MEDICAL APPLICATION - A method includes a) loading a first number n of image sets with an image size k | 2015-02-19 |
20150049103 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR FRAME MEMORY, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A control circuit for a frame memory includes a divider, a frame memory, a read control circuit, and a write control circuit. The divider divides image data into subfield data according to a plurality of subfields, where the image data is provided in synchronization with a first synchronization signal and in a unit of a frame. The frame memory has a plurality of blocks to store the subfield data. The read control circuit sequentially reads the subfield data from the blocks in synchronization with a second synchronization signal. The write control circuit writes new data to a first block before data written in a second block is read, and after data written in the first block is read by the read control circuit. The second synchronization signal may have a same cycle as the first synchronization signal and may be delayed by a preset delay time. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049104 | RENDERING TO MULTI-RESOLUTION HIERARCHIES - One embodiment of the present invention includes techniques for processing a multi-resolution hierarchy, where an application configures a ROP unit to render all the levels included in the multi-resolution hierarchy to a single composite render target. The ROP unit renders memory pages to the composite render target in pitch order. In contrast, the texture unit accesses the composite render target with memory pages in pitch order for each level of the hierarchy. The application configures the MMU to ensure that the composite render target is correctly interpreted by the texture unit. Notably, the MMU translates ROP unit virtual addresses and texture unit virtual addresses using different mapping strategies to the same physical address space. One advantage of the disclosed embodiments is that rendering to the multi-resolution hierarchy does not require the CPU to execute the state parameter changes that are associated with rendering the different hierarchical levels using prior-art techniques. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049105 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING INDICATION INFORMATION OF PIXEL DATA GROUPING SETTING VIA DISPLAY INTERFACE AND RELATED DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus includes a compression circuit and an output interface. The compression circuit generates a plurality of compressed pixel data groups by compressing pixel data of a plurality of pixels of a picture based on a pixel data grouping setting of the picture. The output interface records indication information in an output bitstream, and outputs the output bitstream via a display interface. The output bitstream is derived from the compressed pixel data groups. The indication information is set in response to the pixel data grouping setting employed by the compression circuit. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049106 | QUEUING SYSTEM FOR REGISTER FILE ACCESS - Techniques are disclosed relating to arbitration of requests to access a register file. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a write queue and a register file that includes multiple entries. In one embodiment, the apparatus is configured to select a request from a plurality of requests based on a plurality of request characteristics, and write data from the accepted request into a write queue. In one embodiment, the request characteristics include: whether a request is a last request from an agent for a given register file entry and whether the request finishes a previous request. In one embodiment, a final arbiter is configured to select among requests from the write queue, a read queue, and multiple execution pipelines to access banks of the register file in a given cycle. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049107 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT, GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A method of operating a graphics processing unit is provided. The method includes generating a first display list including a position information index, an attribute information index, and a texture patch descriptor index for each of a plurality of new primitives; generating a second display list by sorting the first display list according to texture patch descriptor indexes; and rendering the plurality of new primitives based on the second display list. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049108 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SIGNAL REPRESENTATION FOR NDT/NDI DEVICES - Disclosed is a method and system to provide an improved signal representation of non-destructive test/inspection instruments by proper color display, in order to emulate as closely as possible, the visual rendering effect of those seen in the traditional non-electronic testing, including penetrant testing and magnetic particle testing. The foregoing object of the invention is preferably realized by providing an eddy current or phased array instrument with a color palette module that allows the deployment of an array of color representation system typically used in traditional non-electronic testing methods. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049109 | COLOR CALIBRATION DEVICE, COLOR CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A color calibration device, a color calibration method thereof, a display apparatus and a display system having the same are provided. The color calibration device includes a storage configured to store at least one of characteristic information of a display screen that is measured by a color sensor, and color calibration information acquired by the color sensor; and a controller configured to calibrate a color of the display apparatus by using at least one of the characteristic information and the color calibration information. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049110 | RENDERING USING MULTIPLE RENDER TARGET SAMPLE MASKS - One embodiment sets forth a method for transforming 3-D images into 2-D rendered images using render target sample masks. A software application creates multiple render targets associated with a surface. For each render target, the software application also creates an associated render target sample mask configured to select one or more samples included in each pixel. Within the graphics pipeline, a pixel shader processes each pixel individually and outputs multiple render target-specific color values. For each render target, a ROP unit uses the associated render target sample mask to select covered samples included in the pixel. Subsequently, the ROP unit uses the render target-specific color value to update the selected samples in the render target, thereby achieving sample-level color granularity. Advantageously, by increasing the effective resolution using render target sample masks, the quality of the rendered image is improved without incurring the performance degradation associated with processing each sample individually. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049111 | MAKEUP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, MAKEUP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND MAKEUP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - A makeup application assistance device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires an image obtained by photographing a face; a face part acquisition unit that acquires, from the image, face part regions of the face; a face makeup technique selection unit that selects a face makeup technique, which is a face makeup application method, for each face part; a skin condition acquisition unit that acquires the skin condition of the face; a skin correction makeup technique selection unit that selects, on the basis of the skin condition, a skin correction makeup technique, which is a skin correction makeup application method; and a makeup technique presentation unit that presents the selected face makeup techniques associated with the corresponding face part regions, and presents the selected skin correction makeup technique, to a user. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049112 | AUTOMATIC CUSTOMIZATION OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR OPTICAL SEE-THROUGH HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY WITH USER INTERACTION TRACKING - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product render a graphical user interface (GUI) on an optical see-through head mounted display (HMD). The apparatus obtains a location on the HMD corresponding to a user interaction with a GUI object displayed on the HMD. The GUI object may be an icon on the HMD and the user interaction may be an attempt by the user to select the icon through an eye gaze or gesture. The apparatus determines whether a spatial relationship between the location of user interaction and the GUI object satisfies a criterion, and adjusts a parameter of the GUI object when the criterion is not satisfied. The parameter may be one or more of a size of the GUI object, a size of a boundary associated with the GUI object or a location of the GUI object. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049113 | VISUAL SEARCH IN REAL WORLD USING OPTICAL SEE-THROUGH HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY WITH AUGMENTED REALITY AND USER INTERACTION TRACKING - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product conduct online visual searches through an augmented reality (AR) device having an optical see-through head mounted display (HMD). An apparatus identifies a portion of an object in a field of view of the HMD based on user interaction with the HMD. The portion includes searchable content, such as a barcode. The user interaction may be an eye gaze or a gesture. A user interaction point in relation to the HMD screen is tracked to locate a region of the object that includes the portion and the portion is detected within the region. The apparatus captures an image of the portion. The identified portion of the object does not encompass the entirety of the object. Accordingly, the size of the image is less than the size of the object in the field of view. The apparatus transmits the image to a visual search engine. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049114 | EXERCISING APPLICATIONS FOR PERSONAL AUDIO/VISUAL SYSTEM - The technology described herein includes a see-through, near-eye, mixed reality display device for providing customized experiences for a user. The personal A/V apparatus serves as an exercise program that is always with the user, provides motivation for the user, visually tells the user how to exercise, and lets the user exercise with other people who are not present. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049115 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - If the size of an error portion within an image of the frame of interest is equal to or larger than a threshold and it is determined that no error portion exists within an image of a frame immediately before the frame of interest, a display unit ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049116 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of one or more physical objects; an environment map building unit for building an environment map based on an input image obtained by imaging a real space and the feature data, the environment map representing a position of a physical object present in the real space: a control unit for acquiring procedure data for a set of procedures of operation to be performed in the real space, the procedure data defining a correspondence between a direction for each procedure and position information designating a position at which the direction is Cu be displayed; and a superimposing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the direction for each procedure at a position in the input image determined based on the environment map and the position information, using the procedure data. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049117 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049118 | GRAPHICS TILE COMPOSITING CONTROL - A graphics processing apparatus ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049119 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing device is disclosed. The information processing device includes an inclination detection unit configured to generate a first signal regarding inclination of the device. The information processing device also includes a display processing unit configured to, based on the first signal, generate a second signal to initiate a change in orientation of a display of content, and generate a third signal to cancel the change in orientation in response to receipt of a CANCEL command after initiation of the change. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049120 | Electronic Device And Display Method - An electronic device and a display method include a main body with a processing unit that generates a first image and performs display control; a fixing apparatus connected with the main body apparatus, which has at least a first fixed state in which the fixing apparatus can be at least a part of an annular space or an approximate annular space meeting a first predetermined condition, the annular space or the approximate annular space being capable of surrounding an outer side of a cylinder meeting a second predetermined condition; and a display unit arranged on the main body apparatus or the fixing apparatus, which outputs the first image; wherein the display unit comprises a first display component outing a first image and a first optical component forming a magnified virtual image corresponding to the first image. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049121 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an information display device ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049122 | Display Apparatus Configured For Image Formation With Variable Subframes - This disclosure provides systems, methods, non-transitory computer readable media and apparatus for improving power efficiency of display devices. Control logic of a display device can reduce a number of subframes used to display a series of image frames. In some implementations, the control logic can detect a scene change in the series of image frames and reduce the number of subframes utilized for displaying a following image frame. Subsequently, the control logic can monotonically increase the number of subframes utilized for displaying a first set of successive image frames. In some implementations, the control logic may monotonically increase the number of subframes for a first set of image frames and then monotonically decrease the number of subframes for a second set of image frames. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049123 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes: a similar gray level block detector configured to detect a pixel data block in which a gray level difference between a plurality of pixel data included in an image signal is smaller than or equal to a threshold; a skin tone detector configured to detect the pixel data block including a skin tone; and a gamma processor configured to apply a first gamma to a plurality of pixel data included in the pixel data block when the pixel data block does not include the skin tone and apply a second gamma to the plurality of pixel data included in the pixel data block when the pixel data block includes the skin tone. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049124 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a color transformer and an image controller. The color transformer receives and transforms a three-color image into a four-color image. The four-color image includes a red image, a green image, a blue image, and a white image. The image controller calculates decrement offsets of the red image, the green image, and the blue image, and a compensation value of the white image. The image controller calculates gray level values of the red image, the green image, and the blue image when a value of the white image is zero. The image controller respectively calculates a red image control signal, a green image control signal, and a blue image control signal based on the gray level values and the decrement offsets, and the image controller calculates a white image control signal based on the gray level values and the compensation value of the white image. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049125 | PIXEL, PIXEL DRIVING METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE PIXEL - A pixel includes a switching transistor connected to a data line, a first circuit to control compensation of a first driving transistor, and a second circuit to control compensation of a second driving transistor. The first and second circuits are connected to the switching transistor. The first and second transistors are connected to respective organic light emitting diodes of a same pixel. Compensation of the first and second driving transistors is based on respective first and second subscan signals, which overlap periods of corresponding common scan signals to be received by the switching transistor. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049126 | PIXEL, PIXEL DRIVING METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A pixel includes a first transistor, an organic light emitting diode, and a second transistor having a terminal connected between the first transistor and the organic light emitting diode. The first transistor is a driving transistor. The second transistor controls flow of leakage current along a signal path that bypasses the organic light emitting diode. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049127 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LUMINESCENT PANEL, AGING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH LUMINESCENT PANEL - The application discloses a method for manufacturing a luminescent panel including a luminescent area provided with emission pixels arranged in row and column directions. The manufacturing method includes a first step of dividing the luminescent area into segment areas so that each of the segment areas includes at least one of the emission pixels; a second step of selecting a part of the segment areas as a first area, and the segment areas adjacent to the first area in the row and column directions as second areas; and a third step of aging the emission pixel in the first area by energization to generate an aging area. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049128 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVE METHOD AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for driving a liquid crystal and a liquid crystal display device, wherein a high contrast ratio is achieved even at oblique viewing angles while achieving sufficiently high transmittance during white display. The present invention relates to a method for driving a liquid crystal by generating a potential difference between at least two electrode pairs arranged on upper and lower substrates, the liquid crystal being interposed between the upper and lower substrates and having negative anisotropy of dielectric constant, and the method for driving a liquid crystal including, in the stated order, executing a first driving operation to generate a potential difference between electrodes of a first electrode pair, and executing a second driving operation to generate a potential difference between electrodes of a second electrode pair, the first electrode pair being a pair of electrodes consisting of a first electrode and a second electrode arranged separately on the upper and lower substrates, and the second electrode pair being a pair of electrodes consisting of the second electrode and a third electrode arranged on one of the upper and lower substrates. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049129 | CONTROL CIRCUIT AND A DISPLAY THEREOF - This invention n provides a control circuit having large effects of low power consumption in CABC drive. The control circuit performs B/L luminance reduction in eliminating a discomfort in image quality by using the feature value calculation circuit in the video signal. The control circuit comprises a luminance control circuit controlling a backlight luminance according to an inputted video signal and a gradation conversion circuit for converting a gradation of inputted video signal according to a controlled luminance. The control circuit reduces continuously and smoothly the backlight luminance, while the screen area reaches one-pixel white, in case where the all white is inputted as video signal, one-pixel black is displayed in any screen area from a display condition of all white, a rate of screen area displaying one-pixel black is gradually increased, and the video signal is continuously changed until the screen area of all white reaches the one-pixel white. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049130 | OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - An optoelectronic device includes a first power supply line and a second power supply line extending between two adjacent columns of pixel circuits. A first voltage and a second voltage are alternately applied to each of the first and second power supply lines. The first voltage may be a power voltage, and the second voltage may be an initialization voltage. The first and second power supply lines extend in a direction parallel to data lines and are perpendicular to gate lines connected to the pixel circuits. The first power supply line is connected to even-numbered rows of the pixel circuits, and the second power supply line is connected to odd-numbered rows of the pixel circuits. Each of the pixel circuits includes a capacitive circuit connected between one of the gate lines and a driving transistor. The capacitive circuit stores a voltage to boost a gate voltage of the driving transistor. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049131 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel including n×m array of pixels and which sequentially drives the pixels from pixels in a first row to pixels in an n-th row, a panel driving circuit which sequentially applies first, second, third or fourth image data to the display panel, a backlight unit including a first light source disposed adjacent to the pixels in the first row and a second light source disposed adjacent to the pixels in the n-th row, and a backlight control circuit which divides each of first and second time periods into first, second, third and fourth blinking time periods, and applies a control signal to the backlight unit, where the first time period corresponds to two frames during which the first and second image data are applied, and the second time period corresponds to two frames during which the third and fourth image data are applied. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049132 | Backlight Simulation at Reduced Resolutions to Determine Spatial Modulation of Light for High Dynamic Range Images - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to generating images with an enhanced range of brightness levels, and more particularly, to facilitating high dynamic range imaging by adjusting pixel data and/or using predicted values of luminance, for example, at different resolutions. In at least one embodiment, a method generates an image with an enhanced range of brightness levels. The method can include accessing a model of backlight that includes data representing values of luminance for a number of first samples. The method also can include inverting the values of luminance, as well as upsampling inverted values of luminance to determine upsampled values of luminance. Further, the method can include scaling pixel data for a number of second samples by the upsampled values of luminance to control a modulator to generate an image. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049133 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE, ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method of displaying a stereoscopic image for an organic light emitting display device that selectively displays a planar image and the stereoscopic image using a digital driving technique. A display mode is set to be a stereoscopic image display mode, a left image frame is divided into a left black data period and a left real data period, a right image frame is divided into a right black data period and a right real data period, and the left image frame and the right image frame are synchronized with a left shutter and a right shutter of shutter glasses, respectively. The left real data period is set to be longer than the left black data period, and the right real data period is set to be longer than the right black data period. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049134 | DIGITAL PRINTING SYSTEM - A digital printing system is disclosed having two independently operable printing towers arranged in series such that a substrate sheet passes sequentially through both printing towers, and in which a perfecting mechanism is provided between the two towers to reverse each substrate sheet during transfer from the first printing tower to the second printing tower, the perfecting mechanism being selectively operable to enable the second tower to print either on the same side of each substrate sheet as the first tower or on the opposite side of each substrate sheet. As well as allowing a duplex mode, the system provides a higher speed simplex mode during which different separations of the same image are printed by the two towers. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049135 | PRINTING SYSTEM, AND A METHOD FOR PRINTING - A printing system for printing a repeated pattern of esthetical and/or informative character on a substrate including a plurality of parallel webs is provided. The printing system comprises at least two overlapping non-impact printer units, each of which having a lateral elongation defining a maximum printing width, and a controller connected to each one of the printer units and configured to set an actual printing width extending between a start position and an end position of the lateral elongation, wherein the controller is configured to determine the actual printing width by receiving the lateral position of a non-printed area defined by the interface between two adjacent webs of the substrate and located laterally somewhere in the overlap between two printer units, such that the end position of a first printer unit and the start position of an overlapping printer unit is located within the non-printed area. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049136 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE MULTI-PULSE WAVEFORMS WITH MENISCUS CONTROL FOR DROPLET EJECTION - A method, apparatus, and system are described herein for driving a droplet ejection device with multi-pulse waveforms. In one embodiment, a method for driving a droplet ejection device having an actuator includes applying a multi-pulse waveform with a drop-firing portion having at least one drive pulse and a non-drop-firing portion to an actuator of the droplet ejection device. The non-drop-firing portion includes a jet straightening edge having a droplet straightening function and at least one cancellation edge having an energy canceling function. The at least drive pulse causes the droplet ejection device to eject a droplet of a fluid. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049137 | DOT DETECTION METHOD AND COLOR IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A method for detecting a dot of functional material on a medium at a predetermined location, the dot having a predetermined color, is based on lightness, chroma and hue components of colors present in an area of the predetermined location on a scanned image of the printed medium. A color image reproduction apparatus is disclosed for carrying out the method for detecting a dot of functional material. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049138 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS - A needed job is quickly performed even if a recovery operation for a print head performed by a recovery mechanism needs a long time as a result of sharing of the same drive source between a discharge roller and the recovery mechanism. To achieve this, a recovery operation for the print head is suspended when a print job is received while the recovery operation is being performed, on a condition that a printing apparatus is in a state where the printing apparatus permits the print job to be performed. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049139 | COLOR ANALYSIS - Techniques related to printing are described herein. According to an example, color patches are to be printed on a substrate. The substrate can be positioned on a substrate support for operation of a color sensor in a color measurement zone. Dimension and location in the substrate of the color patches are selected such that, for each color patch, at least a portion of the color patch can be positioned on a support projection in the color measurement zone. In some examples, color analysis techniques are described. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049140 | LIGHTWEIGHT COATED PAPER AND PRINT PRODUCTION METHOD USING THE SAME - The invention provides lightweight coated paper having good offset printability. The invention provides lightweight coated paper having good printability in commercial printing utilizing the ink jet recording system. The lightweight coated paper of the invention includes base paper, and one or more coating layers disposed on at least one side of the base paper. The coating layer includes a pigment and a binder. The total coating weight of the coating layer(s) is not more than 7.5 g/m | 2015-02-19 |
20150049141 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE WITH TWO-LAYER TOPHAT - In an embodiment, a fluid ejection device includes a substrate with a fluid slot, and a chamber layer over the substrate that defines a firing chamber and a fluidic channel extending through the firing chamber and in fluid communication with the slot at first and second ends. The device includes a tophat layer formed as a two-layer stack over the chamber layer, and a nozzle bore over the firing chamber that comprises a greater cavity formed in a first layer of the stack and a lesser cavity formed in a second layer of the stack, the greater cavity encompasses a larger volume than the lesser cavity. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049142 | PROVIDE HEAT TO END REGIONS OF A PRINTHEAD DIE - A printhead die includes end regions, a nozzle surface region, fluid passages, ejection chambers, fluid ejectors, non-ejection chambers, and heating resistors. The nozzle surface region is disposed between the end regions. The fluid passages include corresponding ejection nozzles. The ejection nozzles are disposed on the nozzle surface region. The fluid ejectors correspond to the ejection chambers. Each one of the fluid ejectors selectively ejects printing fluid through a corresponding ejection nozzle. The plurality of heating resistors corresponds to the non-ejection chambers. The heating resistors selectively provide heat to the end regions while not ejecting printing fluid through the ejection nozzles. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049143 | LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a liquid jetting section having a liquid jetting surface in which a plurality of nozzles are formed, and configured to jet a liquid from the plurality of nozzles; and a liquid supply section provided on the liquid jetting section on a side opposite to the liquid jetting surface with respect to a direction intersecting the liquid jetting surface, and configured to supply the liquid to the liquid jetting section. The liquid jetting section includes: two nozzle groups arranged apart in a predetermined scanning direction, each nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles aligned in a nozzle arrangement direction which intersects the scanning direction; and two common liquid chambers arranged apart in the scanning direction, each common liquid chamber extending in the nozzle arrangement direction and communicating with one of the two nozzle groups. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049144 | INK COMPOSITION, SET OF INK COMPOSITION AND INK CONTAINER, INK CONTAINER, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink composition adapted to be poured into an ink container including an ink chamber, the ink chamber partitioned by a wall, refillable with the ink composition via an ink poring port, and communicating with external air, the ink composition comprising a pigment, a resin and an organic solvent, wherein the ink composition has a static contact angle of 10° or more to a member constituting an inner side of the wall. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049145 | Print Head Maintenance Manifold System - A print head maintenance manifold assembly is disclosed. The maintenance manifold assembly includes a multitude of hoses and a manifold coupled to the hoses via fittings. The manifold includes a first set of fittings and small diameter hoses coupled to print heads at a first section of the manifold and a second set of fittings and hoses coupled to a vacuum source at a second section of the manifold. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049146 | INK CONTAINER - An ink container, adapted to supply an ink composition to an ink jet recording apparatus including a recording head for discharging the ink composition, includes an ink chamber containing the ink composition, the ink chamber including a wall defining the ink chamber and a support connected to an inside of the wall to support the wall; and an ink pouring port through which the ink composition is poured into the ink chamber, in which, in a use state of the ink container, in a case where the ink chamber is filled with the ink up to 50% of the volume thereof, an area of the support in contact with the ink composition is smaller than an area of the support in contact with atmosphere. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049147 | INK CONTAINER - An ink container, adapted to supply an ink composition to an ink jet recording apparatus including a recording head for discharging the ink composition, includes an ink chamber containing the ink composition, the ink chamber including a wall defining the ink chamber and a support connected to an inside of the wall to support the wall; and an ink pouring port through which the ink composition is poured into the ink chamber, in which, in a use state of the ink container, in a case where the ink chamber is filled with the ink up to 50% of the volume thereof, an area of the support in contact with the ink composition is larger than an area of the support in contact with atmosphere. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049148 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a head body configured to eject liquid, a flow path member including a liquid flow path for supplying the liquid to the head body, and a circuit substrate held by the flow path member and including a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature. The flow path member includes a detection region, which has a thermal resistance lower than a thermal resistance of other regions and which is provided in a part of a partition wall that partitions the liquid flow path. The circuit substrate is fixed to the flow path member in a state in which the temperature detection unit faces the detection region. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049149 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD AND PRINTED MATERIAL - An inkjet recording method including applying an undercoat solution onto a transparent recording medium, semi-curing the undercoat solution, discharging an ink composition onto the semi-cured undercoat solution, and carrying out overall curing of the semi-cured undercoat solution and the ink composition by exposure under an low oxygen atmosphere after the image formation, the undercoat solution comprising two or more types of polymers and/or oligomers from among polymers and oligomers having a structure selected from the group consisting of a polyester structure, a polyurethane structure, and a chlorinated polyolefin structure, the ink composition comprising at least 95 parts of a polyfunctional ethylenically unsaturated compound relative to 100 parts of the total content of ethylenically unsaturated compound, and at least 5 parts of a polyalkylene glycol diacrylate, and exposure in the overall curing being carried out from both the image formation face and the reverse face of the recording medium. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049150 | APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING A SUBSTRATE AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING ON A SUBSTRATE - An apparatus for conveying a substrate, wherein the apparatus comprises a rail-like track section having a longitudinal extension and a moving unit, which is configured to perform a movement relative to the track section along the longitudinal extension of the track section, wherein the track section and the moving unit are configured to interact such that the movement of the moving unit is effected by magnetic interaction between the track section and the moving unit, and wherein the moving unit comprises a holding unit which is configured to assume an opened and a closed state, wherein, in the opened state, a section of the substrate can be inserted into the holding unit and, in the closed state, the section is held by the holding unit. Further, a system for printing on a substrate with a previously described apparatus is disclosed. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049151 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING RECEIVER TYPE IN A THERMAL PRINTER - The present invention is directed to systems and methods of directly determining the type of receiver media loaded in a thermal printer by measurements taken from the receiver media itself. In one embodiment, a tri-color emitter and detector combination work in conjunction to determine the intensity of light transmitted through the receiver media. The type of receiver media may be determined by the voltage response or transmission profile generated by the receiver in response to being illuminated by the tri-color emitter. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049152 | THERMAL RECORDING MATERIAL WITH IMPROVED INITIAL CONTRAST - The present invention provides a thermal recording material having a thermosensitive layer comprising single phase diffuser polymer particles. Each of the diffuser polymer particles has a refractive index at the center thereof (RI | 2015-02-19 |
20150049153 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INK-BASED DIGITAL PRINTING USING IMAGE OFFSET CONFIGURATION - An ink-based digital printing system includes an imaging member having an imaging surface; a dampening fluid metering system, the dampening fluid metering system being configured to apply a layer of dampening fluid to the imaging surface; an inking system, the inking system being configured to apply radiation-curable ink to the imaging surface of the imaging member after the dampening fluid layer is patterned according to digital image data using a laser imaging system; and an offset member, the offset member forming a first ink transfer nip with the imaging member, the imaging member and the offset member being configured for transferring the ink image from the imaging surface to an offset member surface of the offset member. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049154 | DRAWING CONTROL METHOD, LASER IRRADIATING APPARATUS, DRAWING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREWITH - Drawing control methods, laser irradiating apparatuses, drawing control programs, and recording mediums having recorded therewith are provided that make it possible to efficiently carry out drawing with high quality. The drawing control method controls, by a computer, a drawing device which draws what is to be drawn onto multiple unit regions on a surface of a medium. The computer executes a drawing order determining step which determines a drawing order of a line segment included in the what is to be drawn such that multiple continuing line segments over mutually neighboring multiple unit regions are drawn continuously. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049155 | ACTUATOR, OPTICAL REFLECTING ELEMENT, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING OPTICAL REFLECTING ELEMENT - An actuator includes a frame, a driver portion having one end connected to an inside of the frame, a movable portion connected to another end of the driver portion, and an electrode provided at the movable portion. The driver portion vibrates the movable portion by being driven by a driving signal. The electrode receives a high-frequency signal higher than that of the driving signal. This actuator is driven at a high speed by a large deflection angle, and can prevent dust from adhering to the movable portion. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049156 | VIDEO FEEDBACK OF PRESENTER IMAGE FOR OPTIMIZING PARTICIPANT IMAGE ALIGNMENT IN A VIDEOCONFERENCE - In one embodiment, a method comprises determining that a participant image has a distorted view relative to an optimized view of a participant within a corresponding participant image frame for a web-based videoconference with a presenter; and sending, to a display of a device having generated the participant image, a distorted image of the presenter corresponding to the distorted view in the participant image frame, enabling the participant to adjust the device to minimize the distorted view. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049157 | SEAMLESS CALL TRANSITIONS WITH PINPOINT CALL ESCALATION - A user who is online at multiple devices can be invited to escalate an audio-only call to a video call. The escalation invitation is sent only to, or shown only at, the endpoint device that is involved in the audio-only call. The technologies can support public switched telephone network audio-only calls, and escalation can be performed as a seamless call transition from audio-only to video call. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049158 | SEAMLESS CALL TRANSITIONS - Various user interfaces and other technologies for seamlessly transitioning between calls of different types can be implemented. The technologies can be implemented to give the impression of a single call that is upgraded from one call type to another. A new application can register so that an appropriate user interface control appears for activation when seamless call transition is possible. Transitioning for third-party applications can thus be supported. Cross-platform implementations can be supported. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049159 | ELECTRONIC TELEVISION COMPRISING MOBILE PHONE APPARATUS - A LCD television, LED television, Plasma television or other television system comprising a mobile phone having one or plurality of simsocket containing a plurality of pins, wherein Input/Output pin, clock pin, reset pin, vcc pin, ground pin are several respective pins of the said simsocket, and the said pins of one or plurality of simsocket are connected in parallel and the said plurality of simsockets for accepting plurality of simcards in order to operate the simcards selectively and/or simultaneously. The said plurality of simsocket are connected to the CPU (Central Processing Unit) ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049160 | SEAMLESS CALL TRANSITIONS WITH PRE-ESCALATION PARTICIPATION CONFIRMATION - The local address book of a device can be crawled for contact information, which is communicated to an address clearinghouse. The clearinghouse can indicate whether a contact is a participant in a video calling service. If so, an indication can be stored locally indicating that the contact is a participant. Later, during an audio-only call with the contact, an option to escalate the audio-only call to a video call via the video calling service can be presented. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049161 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT TRANSMITS AND RECEIVES MAINTENANCE WORK DATA TO AND FROM INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of reducing the trouble of operation of the user, when being disconnected from and reconnected to an information processing apparatus for transmission and reception of maintenance work data for maintenance work. When the image forming apparatus is disconnected from and reconnected to the information processing apparatus for the above-mentioned purpose, identification information for identifying the information processing apparatus to be reconnected is stored in a storage section. An icon for enabling user to reconnect to the information processing apparatus identified by the identification information is displayed on a display section when the identification information is stored. The image forming apparatus reconnects to the information processing apparatus when the reconnection is instructed by the user using the icon. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049162 | Panoramic Meeting Room Video Conferencing With Automatic Directionless Heuristic Point Of Interest Activity Detection And Management - A conferencing apparatus comprising a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the memory contains instructions that when executed by the processor cause the apparatus to receive a video stream, evaluate the video stream for a plurality of participants, detect an interest activity of at least one of the plurality of participants, and increase a prominence of a portion of the video stream associated with the at least one of the plurality of participants based on the detected activity. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049163 | Network system apparatus and method of use adapted for visual neural networking with multi-channel multiplexed streaming medical imagery and packetized clinical informatics - The invention enables networked teams to recursively annotate and tag, encapsulate and share multi-channel multiplexed streaming medical imagery, including networked televisual communications with streaming imagery data from heterogeneous spatial and temporal sources, locations, modalities and scales. The invention acquires both live and archived streaming imagery data from network-connected medical devices, cameras, signals and sensors. The network system apparatus also acquires biometric maps, movies and data visualizations, along with packetized clinical informatics from imagery data stores, workstations and mobile devices, including wearable computing. The invention enables networked teams to concurrently collaborate on multi-channel multiplexed medical imagery streams, singly or together, in real time or asynchronously, generally by annotating and tagging imagery information objects. The invention encapsulates and saves collaborated medical imagery together with clinical annotations and privacy metadata in standard known file formats as packetized ‘clinical cognitive vismemes’. DICOM vismemes preserve packetized imagery information objects, clinical annotations and metadata tags in native file format structures, including XML, MPEG, JPEG, PDF, QR, SVG and DAE. The invention enables live stream multicasting of N-way collaborations with multi-channel multiplexed streaming medical imagery, and concurrent transmission of secure, encrypted DICOM vismemes across file sharing data networks for interoperable health information exchange. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049164 | SEAMLESS CALL TRANSITIONS WITH ESCALATION-AWARE NOTIFICATIONS - While a device is engaged in an audio-only call, an incoming video call can be received. Video call context information can be included as part of the incoming video call notification, and such information can include an indication that the incoming video call is in fact an escalation of the audio-only call. Based on the call context information, a variety of actions can be taken. For example, the audio-only call can be seamlessly transitioned to the video call. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049165 | APPARATUS FOR EYE CONTACT VIDEO CALL - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for an eye contact video call capable of a realistic call in eye contact with the other party. A transparent display is formed at a central part of the opaque display and a camera is formed at a rear side thereof, thereby allowing a realistic call in eye contact with the other party and at the same time, the readability to be improved even in cases of a usual display use (mode). Further, the manufacturing cost of a terminal may be reduced and an interference of an output video of a transparent display that exists in the camera photograph video may also be effectively eliminated. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049166 | WIDE-ANGLE LENS AND IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging lens is formed from a first group lens having negative power, a second group lens having positive power, a third group lens having negative power, and a fourth group lens having positive power, disposed in order from the subject side to the image side. Letting f be the focal distance for the entire lens system and ff2 the focal distance for the second group lens, 1.0≦ff2/f≦2.0 is satisfied; therefore, the entire length of the lens system can be kept short and image curvature can be suppressed. In addition, each of the subject side lens surfaces and the image side lens surfaces for the second group lens, third group lens, and fourth group lens are provided with aspherical surface shapes; therefore, the imaging lens is constituted to be bright. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049167 | PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM - Provided is a photographic device including a camera array in which plural photographic units are arrayed on a leading end of an arm formed to be capable of passing through a tubular body which is inserted into a body from outside the body. The camera array is displaceably disposed between an alignment location whereat the plural photographic units are arrayed along an extension of the arm and a deployment location whereat the plural photographic units are arrayed laterally to the arm. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049168 | DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF IMAGING PARAMETERS - Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide adjustable parameters for imaging devices and systems. Dynamic adjustments to one or more parameters of an imaging component may be performed based on changes to the relative velocity of the imaging component or to the proximity of an object to the imaging component. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049169 | HYBRID DEPTH SENSING PIPELINE - An apparatus for a hybrid tracking and mapping is described herein. The apparatus includes logic to determine a plurality of depth sensing techniques. The apparatus also includes logic to vary the plurality of depth sensing techniques based on a camera configuration. Additionally, the apparatus includes logic to generate a hybrid tracking and mapping pipeline based on the depth sensing techniques and the camera configuration. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049170 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIRTUAL 3D MODEL GENERATION AND NAVIGATION USING OPPORTUNISTICALLY CAPTURED IMAGES - A method and device for opportunistically collecting images of a location via a mobile device, the device including algorithms that allow the selective winnowing of collected images to facilitate the creation of a 3D model from the images while minimizing the storage needed to hold the pictures. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049171 | PROCESSING APPARATUS - A processing apparatus including a chuck table for holding a workpiece, a processing unit for processing the workpiece held on the chuck table, and a feeding mechanism for relatively moving the chuck table and the processing unit in an X direction as a feeding direction. The processing apparatus further includes a three-dimensional imaging mechanism for imaging the workpiece held on the chuck table in three dimensions composed of the X direction, a Y direction perpendicular to the X direction, and a Z direction perpendicular to both the X direction and the Y direction and then outputting an image signal obtained above, a control unit for generating a three-dimensional image according to the image signal output from the three-dimensional imaging mechanism, and an output unit for outputting the three-dimensional image generated by the control unit. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049172 | STEREO YAW CORRECTION USING AUTOFOCUS FEEDBACK - Systems and methods for correcting stereo yaw of a stereoscopic image sensor pair using autofocus feedback are disclosed. A stereo depth of an object in an image is estimated from the disparity of the object between the images captured by each sensor of the image sensor pair. An autofocus depth to the object is found from the autofocus lens position. If the difference between the stereo depth and the autofocus depth is non zero, one of the images is warped and the disparity is recalculated until the stereo depth and the autofocus depth to the object is substantially the same. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049173 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - An apparatus is provided for capturing a stereoscopic image comprising: a housing having a first image-capturing hole and a second image-capturing hole separated from each other by a predetermined distance, wherein the first image-capturing hole and the second image-capturing hole respectively project a first image and a second image onto a camera module of an electronic device; a first reflector mounted on one inner wall of the housing for reflecting the first image; a second reflector mounted on another inner wall of the housing for reflecting the second image; and a light delivery portion for sequentially delivering the first image and the second image to the camera module. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049174 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVE PATIENT-IMAGE REGISTRATION - Disclosed is a system for non-invasive registration between a patient and a three-dimensional (3D) medical image, the system comprising: a near infrared 3D camera | 2015-02-19 |
20150049175 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a display device and polarizing glasses. The display device allows a user to wear polarizing glasses including a positive or negative uniaxial retardation layer and observe stereoscopic images. The display device includes a uniaxial retardation layer with the opposite sign to the uniaxial retardation layer included in the polarizing glasses so that the display device can have highly improved upper, lower, left, and right viewing angles. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049176 | MULTIPLE VIEWER 3D DISPLAY - A display device ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049177 | Camera Arrangement and Image Processing Method for Quantifying Tissue Structure and Degeneration - Methods and arrangements for detecting osteoarthritis (OA) relate to image processing for enhancing, visualizing and quantifying the fibrillation structure of cartilage using endoscopes. A structure enhancement method comprises obtaining input data, conversion to intensity data, preprocess filtering, intensity fluctuation filtering and contrast enhancement. The degeneration is quantified by a degeneration index (DI) algorithm, applied to the structure enhanced image. Results are then compiled in an output frame presentation. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049178 | METHODS OF PRODUCING LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST IMAGES - Methods of imaging are provided. In some embodiments, the methods may comprise obtaining a raw speckle image of a sample, converting the raw speckle image to a laser speckle contrast image using a laser speckle contrast algorithm, and converting a laser speckle contrast image to a relative correlation time image using a relative correlation time algorithm. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049179 | METHOD OF CAPTURING IRIS IMAGE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE METHOD, AND IRIS IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - Methods and apparatuses are provided for capturing an image in a portable terminal. An image is received at the portable terminal. An eye region is detected in the image. An eye center of the eye region is determined. It is determined whether a reflection region is detected in the eye region. When the reflection region is detected, a shape of the reflection region is determined, and guide information for preventing the reflection region is output based on the shape of the reflection region. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049180 | MICROSCOPE - Provided is a microscope comprising a recording unit, having a magnifying imaging optical unit and an image module, for recording images of a sample with a first image frequency and a digital evaluation unit, to which the recorded images are supplied and which carries out predetermined image processing based on the recorded images and produces, as a result, output images with a second image frequency that is smaller than the first image frequency or equal to the first image frequency and can transfer them to an output unit for representation. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049181 | IDENTIFICATION MODULE FOR KEY MAKING MACHINE - An identification module is disclosed for use in a key making machine. The identification module may have a key receiving assembly configured to receive only a shank of an existing key, and an imaging assembly configured to generate an image of the shank while the existing key is being manually held in the key receiving assembly. The identification module may also have a housing configured to house the key receiving assembly and the imaging assembly. The housing may have a slot formed therein to receive the existing key. The identification module further may have a tip guide configured to receive a tip of the shank of the existing key as the tip is inserted through the slot. The tip guide may be linearly movable by insertion of the existing key from a first location at the slot to a second location away from the slot. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049182 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING OBJECTS PROVIDED WITH A GAS-BARRIER LAYER - Disclosed are a method and an accompanying system for inspecting objects ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049183 | COMPONENT-MOUNTING MACHINE - A component-mounting machine which prevents collision of a sucked component with an optical system capturing images of an imaging reference mark and the sucked component simultaneously when a component-mounting head moves to capture images while lightening the component-mounting head. In the component-mounting machine of the present invention, a sucked-component position detection device includes an imaging unit, which is installed on a side of a base of the component-mounting machine and has an image sensor and a lens; and a first refraction member which alters a focal position of a first optical path that connects the image sensor, the lens and the imaging reference mark. The first refraction member is installed on the side of the base and at a position lower than a focal position of a second optical path that connects the image sensor, the lens and the sucked component. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049184 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING VEHICLE SYSTEM INTEGRATED REMOTE WIRELESS IMAGE CAPTURE - A method for using an integrated wireless image capture system on a vehicle and a tow object is provided. The method connects to an image capture device over a vehicle-based wireless network, wherein the image capture device is positioned on the tow object; configures operational parameters for the image capture device; and receives, at a computer system onboard the vehicle, image data from the image capture device, wherein the image data is captured by the image capture device in accordance with the configured operational parameters. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049185 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING POSTURE OF SURVEILLANCE CAMERA - Provided is a method and apparatus of detecting a posture of a camera such as a surveillance or monitoring camera. The method includes acquiring an image captured by the camera, acquiring ground information about the ground in the image based on the image, and detecting the posture of the camera based on the ground information. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049186 | COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE HAVING A CAMERA - A coordinate measuring machine ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049187 | Method, Device and Computer Programme for Extracting Information About One or More Spatial Objects - A computer programme for the extraction of information about one or more spatial objects by a person, which programme is designed for analysing the sequence of images in real time, using image analysis techniques, and extracting information about said one or more objects, and communicating at least part of said information to the person in real time via the output means; wherein the information about said one or more objects comprises at least: the spatial position of said one or more objects; the spatial distance between two objects; the spatial relative angle between two essentially linear objects; and/or an indication regarding the realised accuracy of the extracted information. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049188 | SELF-CALIBRATING MULTI-CAMERA ALIGNMENT SYSTEM - A portable vehicle alignment system is provided having two base tower assemblies, each having a pedestal, a columnar tower removably attachable to the top of the pedestal, and a camera pod movable along a length of the tower; and a data processor with a wireless communication device for processing image data from the camera pods. Each camera pod includes a camera for capturing image data of a target mounted on a vehicle, and a communication device for wirelessly communicating with the data processor. One pod has a calibration target and the other pod has a calibration camera for capturing images of the calibration target. The pedestals each have a manually-operated clamp for removably fixedly attaching the tower to the pedestal in one of a plurality of positions such that the orientation of the camera pod to the pedestal is angularly adjustable, allowing horizontal rotation of the camera pod. | 2015-02-19 |