15th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100090997 | FUNCTIONAL DISPLAY TYPE ANTI-BLINDING DEVICE - Disclosed is a functional display type anti-blinding device having an anti-blinding plate for indication and control of a screen display condition and variation in light transmittance. The anti-blinding plate includes a filter to selectively filter light, a polarizer to polarize the filtered light, a shutter LCD having a variable light transmittance based on control of a light transmission control unit, a transparent dot-matrix LCD to indicate the screen display condition based on control of a display control unit, and a glass protector at the rear of the transparent dot-matrix LCD. The shutter LCD flickers several times to indicate an initial state and is turned off. The transparent dot-matrix LCD is turned on upon turn-off of the shutter LCD to indicate the screen display condition. The shutter LCD is turned on upon turn-off of the transparent dot-matrix LCD to transmit light based on preset light transmittance. | 2010-04-15 |
20100090998 | Organic light emitting diode display - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display that includes a first substrate having a display area, a photo sensor arranged on a first substrate external to the display area, and a condensing lens arranged at an upper portion of the photo sensor to condense external light into the photo sensor, allowing the photo sensor to more efficiently detect an amount of external light. In this OLED display, an automatic luminance control function can be efficiently performed by increasing a condensing efficiency of the photo sensor. | 2010-04-15 |
20100090999 | Display device and the driving method thereof - A display device and a driving method thereof. The display device detects luminance data from an input video signal, detects the amount of change of the luminance data, detects contour of an image displayed from the input video signal, and emphasizes the detected contour to generate a converted input video signal. The display device compensates the converted input video signal by comparing a data size of the converted input video signal with that of the input video signal and controlling the data size of the converted input video signal to be less than that of the input video. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091000 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes: a liquid crystal panel including gate lines and data lines crossing to define a plurality of pixels; a timing controller for generating a gate control signal and a data control signal for driving each pixel by using signals inputted from a system and realigning pixel data from the system to output the same; a gate driver for driving the gate lines by using the gate control signal; a data driver for supplying pixel data to a corresponding data line according to the gate control signal; and a reset signal generating unit for generating a reset signal upon receiving input power from the system, and supplying the reset signal to the timing controller, wherein the reset signal generating unit includes: a first resistor connected to an input power input terminal to which input power is applied from the system; a Zener diode having a cathode connected to the first resistor and forming a first node between the cathode and the first resistor; a second resistor connected between an anode of the Zener diode and a reset signal output terminal; a third resistor connected between the reset signal output terminal and a ground; and a capacitor connected between the first node and a ground. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091001 | Pixel and organic light emitting display device using the same - A pixel capable of preventing abnormal light emission thereof. A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode coupled between a first power source and a second power source; a pixel circuit unit having a driving transistor coupled between the first power source and the organic light emitting diode to supply driving current to the organic light emitting diode during a light emitting period; and a bypass unit coupled between the pixel circuit unit and a bias power source, the bypass unit being turned on during a non-light emitting period in which the driving transistor is turned off. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091002 | Switching circuit, DC-DC converter and display driver integrated circuit including the same - A switching circuit and a DC-DC converter including the same are provided. The switching circuit includes an output terminal, a plurality of input terminals, and a plurality of switches configured to selectively connect the plurality of input terminals to the output terminal. The plurality of switches include a first switch directly connected to the output terminal and a plurality of second switches connecting the plurality of input terminals to the first switch. The first switch is implemented using a high-voltage transistor. Each of the second switches is implemented using a low-voltage transistor. A gate of the high-voltage transistor is at least two times longer than a gate of the low-voltage transistor. The DC-DC converter increases or decreases a signal selected from among a plurality of input signals input through the input terminals by a predetermined voltage level. Most of switches in the switching circuit are implemented using low-voltage transistors, thereby decreasing the area of the switching circuit. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091003 | DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - A driving device of an electrophoretic display panel having a common electrode and a plurality of divided electrodes disposed opposite to the common electrode includes: a first driving circuit that outputs a plurality of voltages corresponding to a plurality of voltage data supplied as a series of data and supplies the plurality of voltages to the plurality of divided electrodes; and a second driving circuit that outputs a voltage corresponding to supplied data and supplies the voltage to the common electrode. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091004 | System and method for driving displays with single latch pixels - A method is disclosed for loading and modulating the pixels of a display in parallel. The method includes the steps of receiving a plurality of data bits, loading the data bits into the storage elements of single-latch pixels in a plurality of rows of the display within a loading period, turning on a light source prior to the end of the loading period when each of the loaded bits has an assertion time greater than or equal to the duration of the loading period. Alternatively, the method includes turning on the light source following the loading period when each of the bits has an assertion time less than the duration of the loading period. Another method includes modulating the light source on and off to conserve power when the light source is supposed to be turned on. A display driver is also disclosed to perform the inventive methods. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091005 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICE - A data writable and readable pixel is provided. The pixel includes a transistor which is turned on or off by a selection signal on a selection line; a static memory (a memory including two drive transistors connected to a data line through the transistor; and light emitting devices undergoing control of light emitting according to the storage state of the static memory. In a write mode, the selection transistor is turned on, while, at the same time, data on the data line is set to write the data in the static memory. In a read mode, the selection transistor is turned on, and, at the same time, the data line is set to a floating state, and the stored content of the static memory is read onto the data line. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091006 | Organic light emitting display device and method of driving the same - An organic light emitting display device capable of compensating for the threshold voltage and mobility of a driving transistor. The organic light emitting display device includes a pixel unit having a plurality of pixels formed at intersection areas of data and scan lines; a scan driving unit sequentially supplying a scan signal to the scan lines; a data driving unit supplying data signals to the data lines; a power supply unit outputting a high-potential pixel power source, a low-potential compensation power source and a low-potential ground power source to drive the pixels; and a power control unit supplying the compensation power source supplied from the power supply unit to the pixel unit during a first period (black frame period) of each frame, and supplying the pixel power source supplied from the power supply unit to the pixel unit during a second period (display frame period) of each of the frames. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091007 | Analog sampling apparatus for liquid crystal display - An analog sampling apparatus for a liquid crystal display device includes: a data driver to generate an analog data voltage; a data output bus line to receive the analog data voltage; a first sampling and holding circuit connected to the data output bus line to compensate an offset voltage in the analog data voltage and to supply the analog data voltage to a data line of a liquid crystal display panel; and a second sampling and holding circuit connected to the data output bus line arranged to sample the analog data voltage while the analog data voltage is supplied to the data line by the first sampling and holding circuit. The first sampling and holding circuit is arranged to supply the analog data voltage while the second sampling and holding circuit samples the analog data voltage, and to sample the analog data voltage while the second sampling and holding circuit supplies the analog data voltage. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091008 | E-paper display control based on conformation sequence status - A system for one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers includes, but is not limited to: obtaining information associated with one or more changes in one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly and controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information in response to the information associated with the one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091009 | Display driving circuit and test method - A display driving circuit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a plurality of driver circuits; a display control logic circuit that controls the plurality of driver circuits; and a first selector that selects one of a video input signal externally received and an internal operation signal from the display control logic circuit, and supplies the selected signal to each of the plurality of driver circuits. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091010 | UNIT OPERABLE IN A PLURALITY OF OPERATING MODES, DEVICE, AND TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM - A unit operable in a plurality of operating modes includes a first circuit, a regulator and current controller. The first circuit is adapted to operate in a first operating mode, and not to operate in a second operating mode preceding the first operating mode. A regulator is adapted to supply driving voltage to the first circuit, and is switchable among a plurality of levels of internal current. The current controller is adapted to control the internal current of the regulator in the first operating mode to a first level among the plurality of levels of internal current. The current controller is adapted to control the internal current of the regulator in the second operating mode to a second level among the plurality of levels of internal current. The second level is lower than the first level. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091011 | Method and Apparatus for Generating and Image - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, comprising a processor configured to determine a position information related to a first media object, determine a position information related to a second media object, and automatically generate at least one image based at least in part on the position information related to the first media object and based at least in part on the position information related to said second media object is disclosed. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091012 | 3 MENU DISPLAY - A device and method of rendering visual information combine image information like video and secondary image information, like graphics. The image information and the secondary image information are processed for generating output information to be rendered in a three-dimensional space. The output information is arranged for display on a 3D stereoscopic display having a true display depth range ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100091013 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE ABOUT MAKING CONTENTS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANIMATION - A contents server for providing a contents creating service is disclosed. When the contents server receives a request for first contents from a terminal, it provides the first contents to the terminal. When the contents server receives second contents using the first contents from the terminal, it gives a point to a producer of the first contents. Thus, contents of a different person can be easily used for creating contents, and a producer of used contents can be properly compensated. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091014 | SPLIT-SCENE RENDERING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - A method for generating 3D visualization of a large-scale environment comprising the steps of: acquiring a 3D model of the large-scale environment; dividing the 3D model into a near-field part and a far-field part; rendering an array of images of the far-field part; creating a 3D visualization of the near-field part combined with the array of rendered images of the far-field part and displaying the combined rendered images. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091015 | Product, service, and market integration of three dimensional modeling/rendering software for the construction, remodeling, manufacturing, designing, buying, and/or selling of homes, businesses, structures, vehicles, and/or buildings - This specification encompasses a number of processes geared towards the integration of products, services, and markets into 3D modeling/rendering software platforms. Users of 3D modeling/rendering software platforms will be able to implement over one thousand various products and services into 3D models/renderings of homes, businesses, vehicles, structures, and/or buildings. Users will also be able to send created and/or manipulated 3D models/renderings to a virtual marketplace where commercial entities specializing in construction, remodeling, manufacturing, designing, buying, and/or selling markets will compete for business opportunities related to 3D models/renderings of homes, businesses, vehicles, structures, and/or buildings. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091016 | Point in polyhedron - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with determining whether a point is located in a polyhedron are described. One example method includes identifying a ray that connects a query point to a second point located outside a minimum bounding volume of a solid polyhedron without intersecting a vertex of the solid polyhedron. The method includes counting crossings of planar faces of the solid polyhedron by the ray. The crossings may be mid-face crossings, edge crossings, and/or coplanar crossings. The crossings are selectively counted based on whether the ray actually crosses a face, grazes a face without crossing it, or runs coplanar with a face without crossing another face. The method includes controlling an automated process based on whether first point is inside the solid polyhedron. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091017 | Method and apparatus for generating an orthorectified tile - A method is disclosed for generating an orthorectified tile. In at least one embodiment, the method includes retrieving source images obtained by way of a terrestrial based camera; retrieving position data associated with the source images; retrieving orientation data associated with the source images; and converting source image by means of corresponding position data and orientation data to obtain the orthorectified tile. Orthorectified tiles are used to generate an orthorectified mosaic. As such, images recorded by terrestrial based camera may be used to generate a map of a road surface with corresponding road signs. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091018 | Rendering Detailed Animated Three Dimensional Characters with Coarse Mesh Instancing and Determining Tesselation Levels for Varying Character Crowd Density - A method carried out by graphics processing circuitry includes generating animated coarse mesh vertex information based on instanced coarse mesh data; and tessellating instanced coarse mesh data based on the animated coarse mesh vertex information to produce instances of a three dimensional object for display. A graphics processing circuitry includes programmable shader logic operative to execute programmable instructions that when executed cause the programmable shader logic to generate animated coarse mesh vertex information based on instanced coarse mesh data; and tessellate instanced coarse mesh data based on the animated coarse mesh vertex information to produce instances of a three dimensional object for display. Another method carried out by graphics processing circuitry includes determining density of a plurality of three dimensional objects in a current view on a display; setting a tessellation level based on said density; and tessellating said plurality of three dimensional objects. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091019 | Data processing apparatus and method - A data processing apparatus for a collision check with respect to a plurality of rays. A control unit may generate a plurality of packets with respect to a plurality of rays associated with a first node in a spatial data structure. At least one of the plurality of packets may include information about k rays, and k may be a natural number. A processor may sequentially receive the plurality of packets and determine which child node of the first node is associated with each of the plurality of rays associated with the first node. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091020 | Computer arrangement for and method of matching location Data of different sources - A computer arrangement is disclosed, including a processor and a memory that stores a computer program, object data originating from a first source and including object location data, and laser samples originating from a second source, including a sub-set of laser samples relating to the object and including laser sample location data as to each laser sample. In at least one embodiment, the processor compares the object location data and the laser sample location data of the sub-set of laser samples, and matches the object location data to the laser sample location data of the sub-set of laser samples based on this comparison, and thereby corrects for relative positional errors between the first and second sources of location data. The object may be a building façade, for example. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091021 | PHOTO MANTEL VIEW AND ANIMATION - A system and computer-implemented method for rendering images on a two-dimensional display, such as a computer, handheld device, or television screen, so that the images appear to be positioned in a three-dimensional space is disclosed. The images may be graphics files or standard files with an associated thumbnail image. Numerous layouts of the images on the display are disclosed. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091022 | MATERIAL CREATION SUPPORT DEVICE, MATERIAL CREATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - Creation of presentation material and the like is facilitated by easy selection and input of character information corresponding to a graph. In a core add-in section for creating a graph and the like from numeric data, when a graph displayed in a graph display area is clicked, a graph information processing section acquires time information which is a parameter on the X-axis (horizontal axis) at the clicked position. A character information acquiring section searches an article database server storing article information (including title information and text information such as on a newspaper article) and acquires the article information including date/time information which is information on one of the attributes matches the acquired time information. The core add-in section displays the acquired article information on a display section. When a comment is created on the basis of the title information and text information included in the article information through selection using an operation section, the core add-in section displays the comment in a graph comment box or an explanation column in a graph area. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091023 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT ACCELERATED DYNAMIC RADIAL TESSELLATION - A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture enable the creation and display of a radial tessellation. A single source image is selected and a radial tessellation creation feature is activated. A triangular sector of the source image is specified and transferred to a texture buffer of a graphics processing unit (GPU). A radial tessellation is created using the GPU by drawing the triangular sector on a destination image, repeatedly flipping and drawing the triangular sector along a leading edge of the triangular sector to create a closed polygon, and further flipping and drawing the triangular sector onto the destination image to create outer rings around the closed polygon and filling the destination image. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091024 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING CUSTOM FONTS - The invention provides a method and device for dynamically generating a textured font character. It enables any image to be selected and combined with a chosen character mask to produce a new font having the same content as the image. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091025 | SEAMLESS DISPLAY MIGRATION - Exemplary embodiments of methods, apparatuses, and systems for seamlessly migrating a user visible display stream sent to a display device from one rendered display stream to another rendered display stream are described. For one embodiment, mirror video display streams are received from both a first graphics processing unit (GPU) and a second GPU, and the video display stream sent to a display device is switched from the video display stream from the first GPU to the video display stream from the second GPU, wherein the switching occurs during a blanking interval for the first GPU that overlaps with a blanking interval for the second GPU. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091026 | DETECTING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE USING DRIVING CIRCUIT - A detecting method for a display device using a driving circuit is disclosed. The detecting method is used for controlling a field emission display (FED) and monitoring the operation of a driving circuit for the field emission display. The driving circuit can simulate an image by controlling a field programmable logic gate array (FPGA) and displaying the image through a computer simulating terminal according to image information and outputting the result of the simulation to a micro controlling unit (MCU) to complete feedback controlling. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091027 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Units which respectively acquire information on an aberration generated by a display optical system and information on an aberration generated by a vision correction optical system used by an observer are arranged. Aberration correction is executed based on the two aberrations. An aberration generated by a combination of the display optical system and the vision correction optical system used by the observer can be appropriately corrected for each observer. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091028 | Texture Level Tracking, Feedback, and Clamping System for Graphics Processors - Embodiments include a texture mapping processor incorporating a dynamic level of detail map for use in a graphics processing system. Level of detail values are defined, with 0 being the finest and corresponding to the largest mipmap level. Each bound texture in a graphics object is assigned an identifier. This identifier is used as an index into a minimum-LOD value tracking table that is updated whenever a texel is fetched. A texture processing module controls when the tracking table is initialized and read back, and which identifiers are tracked. The minimum-LOD values in the tracking table are accompanied by a coarse region access mask to associate a minimum LOD value with a specific region of the image or object. A clamping table contains LOD clamp values for each region and a region code that specifies the coarseness of the LOD associated with each region of the texture. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091029 | Device and method of processing image for power consumption reduction - An image processing method for reducing a power consumption. The image processing method may reduce the power consumption by classifying an input content into a conversion target region and a preservation target region and by converting a luminance of pixels included in the conversion target region. Also, the image processing method may effectively perform a luminance conversion for pixels by separating the input content into the conversion target region and the preservation target region based on a luminance of the pixels of the input content. The image processing method may convert the luminance of the pixels of the conversion target region to maintain a contrast between text pixels and background pixels. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091030 | FOUR COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONVERTING IMAGE SIGNAL THEREOF - One or more embodiments of the present invention relate to a four color image display device. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first pixel adapted to display a first color, a second pixel adapted to display a second color, a third pixel adapted to display a third color, and a white pixel adapted to display a first white. In one aspect, the first to third pixels are adapted to display a second white in combination, and a ratio of the first white and the second white varies according to a gray. Accordingly, a greenish phenomenon of a low-luminance white light in a four color display device may be reduced. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091031 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that corrects chromatic aberration that occurs in a display optical system, using a display unit in which respective pixels have a plurality of primary color elements that emit light of respectively differing primary colors, the apparatus comprises an acquisition unit adapted to acquire a displacement amount in which the position of a primary color element used as a light source is used as a reference, for light of each primary color emitted by a primary color element of the display unit, a calculation unit adapted to calculate a display position in the display unit for each primary color component of each pixel in a display image, based on the acquired displacement amount, and a display control unit adapted to display each primary color component of each pixel of the display image at the display position of the display unit calculated by the calculation unit. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091032 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a pixel defined by at least three sub-pixels including a blue sub-pixel, a backlight which emits, toward the liquid crystal display panel, light that brings a color temperature to a predetermined level when the pixel displays white, and a color tone correction circuit which corrects a color tone of a color displayed by the pixel. When the pixel displays a color containing at least one predetermined color component that is other than a white component and a blue component, the color tone correction circuit performs a correction to set a luminance of the blue sub-pixel lower than an original luminance. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091033 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus capable of achieving compatibility between extension of a viewing angle characteristic and an improvement in motion picture response while reducing a sense of flicker in an image display having a sub-pixel configuration is provided. The image processing apparatus includes: a detection means for detecting a motion index and/or an edge index of an input picture for each pixel; a frame division means for dividing a unit frame period of the input picture into a plurality of sub-frame periods; and a gray-scale conversion means for selectively performing adaptive gray-scale conversion on luminance in a pixel where a motion index and/or an edge index larger than a predetermined threshold value is detected so that, while allowing the time integral value of the luminance signal within the unit frame period to be maintained as it is, a high luminance period and a low luminance period are allocated to sub-frame periods in the unit frame period, respectively. The gray-scale conversion means performs adaptive gray-scale conversion on luminance for each sub-pixel so that the plurality of sub-pixels in each pixel have different display luminance from each other. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091034 | COLOR MANAGEMENT MODULE, COLOR MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DISPLAY UNIT, AND METHOD OF COLOR MANAGEMENT - The color management module includes a first color converter color-converting color information contained in an image signal having been input according to a three-dimensional LUT; an interpolator generating a synthetic image signal by synthesizing an image signal converted by the first color converter and an image signal having been input in an arbitrary ratio; and a second color converter color-converting color information on the synthetic image signal in the HSV space and outputting the color information. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091035 | Combined Segmentation And Registration Framework For Parametric Shapes - Progress monitoring of lesions is done automatically by segmentation and registration of lesions in multi-phase medical images. A parametric level-set framework includes a model optimization for any number of lesions. The user specifies lesions in a baseline volume by clicking inside of them. The apparatus segments the lesions automatically in the baseline and follow-up volumes. The segmentation optimization compensates for lesion motion between baseline and follow-up volumes. 2D and 3D medical patient data can be processed by the methods. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091036 | Method and System for Integrating Virtual Entities Within Live Video - The present application provides a method and system for inserting virtual entities into live video with proper depth and obscuration. The virtual entities are drawn using a model of the real terrain, animated virtual entities, and a location of the live camera and field of view. The virtual entities are then merged with the live video feed. The merging can occur in real-time so that virtual entity is inserted into the live video feed in real-time. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091037 | IMAGE ROTATION - Presented is a method of rotating an input image comprising a plurality of rows of input pixels by a predetermined arbitrary angle to generate a rotated output image comprising a plurality of rows of output pixels. The method comprises: receiving a first input segment comprising a first contiguous subset of the plurality of rows of input pixels; applying to the first input segment a transformation depending on the predetermined angle and storing the transformed result in a memory; receiving a second input segment comprising a second contiguous subset of the plurality of rows of input pixels, the second subset being adjacent to the first in the input image; applying the transformation to the second input segment and storing the transformed result in a memory; and generating a first output segment based on the transformed results of the first and second input segments, the output segment comprising a contiguous subset of the plurality of rows of output pixels. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091038 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INPUT PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON AND NPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device including a display screen and a pointing device for inputting corresponding 2-dimensional coordinates on the display screen. A 3-dimensional space is displayed on the display screen and the 2-dimensional coordinates inputted from the pointing device are detected. Next, shift amounts, per unit of time, of the detected 2-dimensional coordinates are calculated based on a predetermined calculation start condition. And the calculated shift amounts are converted to 3-dimensional coordinate shift amounts in the 3-dimensional space. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091039 | COLOR CORRECTION OF ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS - A method for adjusting the characteristics of a display. The method for adjusting the characteristics of the display may include constructing color models as a function of a parameter such as temperature. Furthermore, the color model may be used to determine adjustment values to be applied to a display. The adjustment values may be organized in a table as a function of temperature and color values. The adjustment values may be determined from measurements. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091040 | Mitigation of Temporal PWM Artifacts - A system and method for reducing pulse width modulation contouring artifacts. Each input intensity value is translated to at least one non-binary bit pattern for display. Many of the input intensity values are translated to at least two alternate non-binary bit patterns. The alternate codes are used to smooth the transition between intensity codes as major bits are turned on. The smoothing occurs by the gradual transition from codes that do not use the major bit to codes that do use the major bit. Typically the alternate codes are selected based on the location of the pixel in a spatial pattern ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100091041 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - In an image display device, a transistor formed in each pixel circuit is an N-channel transistor. Each pixel circuit further comprises an enable switch disposed in a current path supplying electric current to a light-emitting element and a supplementary capacitor for controlling changes in voltage of a terminal of a holding capacitor at one end opposite another terminal connected with writing switch. The light-emitting element is connected between the source of a driver transistor for supplying a current to the light-emitting element and a low-voltage side power line, an enable switch is connected between the drain of the driver transistor and a high-voltage side power line, and supplementary capacitor is connected between the drain of driver transistor and a predetermined power line. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091042 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - In one embodiment of the present invention, a frame interpolation process circuit performs an interpolation process on a video signal in units of frames. A time-division gradation process circuit performs gradation level conversion for distributing brightness for one frame cycle to two sub-frame cycles, i.e., first and second sub-frame cycles. A gradation level change detection circuit detects whether a gradation level of each pixel has changed between consecutive sub-frames. For any pixel having its gradation level changed, an overshoot process circuit outputs, instead of an output signal of the time-division gradation process circuit, a video signal obtained by subjecting an output signal of the frame interpolation process circuit to gradation level conversion for emphasizing a temporal change of the signal. A predetermined-times higher speed process circuit may be added to this circuit configuration, or may be substituted for the frame interpolation process circuit. This makes it possible to improve moving image display performance, while making up for a lack of response speed of display elements. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091043 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR REGULATING COLOR DISTRIBUTION - The invention relates to a method and module for regulating color distribution. In this method, a reference point in a first gamut and a second reference point in a second gamut are found, and then the first gamut is converted to the second gamut based on the first and second reference point. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091044 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR REGULATING LUMINANCE - The invention relates to a method and a module for regulating luminance. In this method, a gray-level input signal is received and a power operation is performed on the gray-level input signal by a gamma parameter to obtain a first regulation scale. Then, the gray-level input signal is regulated according to the first regulation scale to obtain a gray-level output signal. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091045 | MULTIPLE MODULATOR DISPLAYS AND RELATED METHODS - A dual modulator display has a first array of pixels that illuminates a second array of pixels with a pattern of light. The second array of pixels modulates the pattern of light to yield an image. A method for determining control values for pixels of the first array of pixels begins with an initial set of control values and refines the control values. The control values may be refined one at a time. Images may be displayed in real time. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091046 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - A scanning line driving circuit includes: each stage shifts and outputs in sequence a start pulse; and logic circuits provided corresponding to the scanning lines and operating to determine the logical product of a signal outputted from the shift register of the stage corresponding to the scanning line and an enable signal supplied differently every group, the enable signal corresponding to the group becomes, in a horizontal scanning period in which the image data writing is carried out for the scanning lines belonging to the group, an active level in a horizontal effective scanning period and an inactive level in a horizontal return line period; and in a horizontal scanning period in which the image data writing is not carried out for the scanning lines belonging to the group, an inactive level in the horizontal effective scanning period and an active level in the horizontal return line period. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091047 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a plurality of light emission scan lines for transmitting light emission scan signals, a plurality of light emission data lines for transmitting light emission data voltages, a plurality of light emitting pixels for emitting electrons according to differences between an on voltage and the light emission data voltages, and first and second deflection electrodes. The light emission scan lines extend in a first direction, the light emission data lines extend in a second direction that crosses the light emission scan lines. The light emitting pixels are at areas defined by the light emission scan lines and the light emission data lines. The first and second deflection electrodes are parallel with each other in the first direction between the light emitting pixels. An absolute value of a first voltage applied to the first deflection electrode and an absolute value of a second voltage applied to the second deflection electrode are set according to a deflection direction of the electrons. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091048 | FRAME SYNCHRONIZATION OF PULSE-WIDTH MODULATED BACKLIGHTS - An apparatus for controlling backlighting of an electronic display, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. The apparatus may synchronize a power cycle of one or more light-emitting diode (LED) strings to a frame rate of the LCD panel. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091049 | Display apparatuses and methods of driving the same - A pixel of a display apparatus includes at least a first transistor and at least a second transistor. A cell of transparent fluid including particles charged to have different polarities from each other is arranged between a pixel electrode and a common electrode. The first and second transistors are connected to the pixel electrode. The pixel is drivable according to pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) and pulse width modulation (PWM) such that a frame of an image is displayable using a single field. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091050 | Hierarchical Multicolor Primaries Temporal Multiplexing System - This invention describes an apparatus, methods and a system for high speed hierarchical multiplexing the native color primaries of SSL-based display systems in order to improve color quality and stability as well as brightness and the efficiency of the display system. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091051 | NONUNIFORM MASK CIRCULATION FOR IRREGULAR PAGE ADVANCE - A method for reducing banding artifacts in a printed image, including irregularly advancing a media that will be printed upon while employing an entire single mask for marking elements of a printhead; and calculating a difference between an irregular advance amount of the media versus a nominal advance amount of the media. Finally, the single mask is nonuniformly circulated by the difference calculated in order to compensate for the media being irregularly advanced. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091052 | INK FOR INKJET PRINTING - An ink for inkjet printing comprising a pigment, a water-dispersible resin, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the water-dispersible resin is an anionic resin having a film elongation of 400-1,000%, a tensile strength of 20 to 50 N/mm | 2010-04-15 |
20100091053 | INK JET PRINTING METHOD - This invention pertains to a drop-on-demand ink jet printing method, more particularly to a method of printing wherein a purge image is logically combined with a selected image so as to insure a desired amount of drop firing from every jet of an ink jet printhead for every page printed. The inventive method avoids image defects that could otherwise occur as a result of faulty drop firing from infrequently used nozzles. Purge image data that specifies the deposition of at least one ink dot on at least one predetermined pixel location on each of the plurality of image scanlines is constructed and stored in a purge image memory accessible by the printing apparatus. Imperceptible purge image patterns are constructed having blue noise spatial frequency characteristics and optical density levels equal to or less than 0.01 OD above print medium base OD. A plurality of purge image data sets are constructed and stored for retrieval to adapt to a variety of conditions. Acceptable purge image data sets are determined using a purge performance image as a test pattern which is optically scanned or analyzed by user observation. The present invention further include numerous printing apparatus configured to implement the disclosed methods of maintaining ink jet printheads | 2010-04-15 |
20100091054 | METHOD AND A PRINTING MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED BOARD CONTAINERS - The invention relates to a method of providing board containers (V) with prints and a printing machine that applies the method. According to the invention, the printing machine comprises a turret head ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100091055 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet recording method recording on an inkjet recording medium having an ink receiving layer containing at least inorganic microparticles, a water-soluble resin and a crosslinking agent, by ejecting | 2010-04-15 |
20100091056 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head including heads containing arranged nozzles to discharge a droplet, the heads are arranged in a zigzag form along a nozzle array direction; a conveyer belt with suction holes to convey a printing medium in a direction intersecting a head array direction; and a control unit to control an blank discharging; wherein suction hole arrays including the suction holes arranged in the head array direction, are arranged at a predetermined interval; wherein one of the suction hole arrays is a reference suction hole array including the suction hole to pass a position facing the nozzle of a nozzle array end and the nozzle in an overlapping part of two heads in the nozzle array direction; and wherein the control unit makes each nozzle discharge a blank discharging droplet to the suction holes, using the reference suction hole array as a standard. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091057 | GOLF BALL - A golf ball having an indicia produced by ink jet printing is disclosed. An ink composition containing a coloring agent and a resin is dispensed on a transfer medium, using an ink jet printer, to form an indicia. The indicia is transferred from the transfer medium to the dimpled surface of a golf ball. In another form of the invention, an indicia is applied directly to a golf ball, without a transfer medium. In this method, an indicia receiving layer is applied on at least a portion of the golf ball surface, then the indicia is printed directly on the indicia receiving layer using an ink jet printer. The indicia on the golf ball has an impact resistance suitable for use in competitive play. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091058 | HEAT ACTIVATED PRINTING PROCESS - Reactive inks and methods of generating an image on a substrate using both reactive and heat activated inks are presented. An image is printed on a substrate, without reacting the reagents in the ink. Subsequently, the reagents are reacted to fix the image to a substrate, with substantial permanency and fastness. Sublimation or similar heat activated dyes are printed are also printed on the substrate. The sublimation or similar heat activated dyes are activated, and have an affinity for polymer that is applied to the substrate. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091059 | LIQUID JET APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A liquid jet apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of nozzles, an actuator provided for each nozzle and connected to the respective nozzle, and a drive unit for applying a drive signal to the actuator. The drive unit includes a drive waveform generator that generates a drive waveform signal for controlling the drive of the actuator, a modulator for performing a pulse modulation of the drive waveform signal to produce a modulated signal, a digital power amplifier for power amplifying the modulated signal to produce an amplified signal, a low-pass filter for smoothing the amplified signal and supplying the drive signal to the actuator, and a modulation signal correcting unit that corrects the modulated signal according to a power supply voltage of the digital power amplifier. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091060 | Adjustable Mount Printhead Assembly - A mounting assembly for a printhead assembly is described that can allow dynamic nozzle and drop placement adjustment in one or more directions. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091061 | LIQUID DISCHARGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A liquid discharging device includes a liquid discharging head which discharges liquid. A drive signal generator generates a drive pulse. A liquid receiving portion faces a nozzle-formed surface of the liquid discharging head and receives discharged liquid. Electrical change information is acquired by detecting change in an electrical characteristic between a conductive portion of the liquid discharging head and the liquid receiving portion when liquid is discharged. Correlation information shows correlation between the electrical change information and temperatures of discharged liquid. The drive signal generator generates an information acquiring drive pulse. The correlation information shows correlation between the electrical change information obtained when discharging the liquid using the information acquiring drive pulse and the temperatures of the liquid. Based on the correlation information, the temperature of the liquid corresponding to the electrical change information is estimated as an estimated liquid temperature and the drive pulse is thereby corrected. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091062 | IMAGE FORMING AND IMAGE CUTTING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming and image cutting apparatus that may suppress vibrations occurring at a time of coupling an inkjet head and a cutting head, and does not require a large force at a time of separation, thereby making it possible to achieve downsizing of a drive motor for the inkjet head or the cutting head. In the image forming and image cutting apparatus, a first coupling member attached to the inkjet head and a second coupling member attached to the cutting head are coupled and separated by using a coupling pin which may be moved according to driving of a solenoid attached to the cutting head. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091063 | LIQUID DROP DISCHARGE HEAD INSPECTING DEVICE AND LIQUID DROP DISCHARGE DEVICE - This ink jet application device ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100091064 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a supply unit that supplies liquid absorbing particles to receive a liquid; a transporting unit that transports the liquid absorbing particles supplied by the supply unit; and a ejecting unit that ejects liquid droplets to the liquid absorbing particles transported by the transporting unit, the ejecting unit having: an ink ejecting part that ejects ink; and a dampening solution ejecting part that ejects a dampening solution to dampen the liquid absorbing particles, the ink ejecting part being provided on an upstream side of the dampening solution ejecting part in an image forming direction. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091065 | TRANSLATABLE WEB SUPPORT - A method and apparatus service a print head by translating a first web support relative to a second web support to adjust a length of a web extending between the first support and the second support. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091066 | LIQUID COMPOSTION FOR CLEANING A NOZZLE SURFACE, METHOD OF CLEANING A NOZZLE SURFACE USING THE LIQUID COMPOSITION, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE LIQUID COMPOSITION - Provided are a liquid composition for cleaning a nozzle surface of an inkjet printer, a method of cleaning a nozzle surface using the liquid composition and an inkjet recording apparatus including the liquid composition. The liquid composition includes a polyoxyethyleneglycol-based compound and may include a stabilizer. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091067 | LIQUID RECORDING HEAD - A liquid recording head includes an element substrate on which ejection energy generating elements for generating energy for ejecting droplets of liquid are provided in a staggered arrangement; ejection outlets provided opposed to the ejection energy generating elements; ejection energy generation chambers enclosing the ejection energy generating elements; and a flow path constituting member constituting first and second nozzles for supplying the liquid into the ejection energy generation chamber, wherein the second nozzles have flow path lengths shorter than those of the first nozzle, and the first and second nozzles are arranged alternately, wherein an average height of the path of the first nozzles is larger than that of the second nozzles. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091068 | PRINT UNIT LATCH - An apparatus and a method retain a print unit in a dock with a retainer that is at least partially below a top of a fluid supply of the print unit. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091069 | Modular Printhead Assembly With Series Of Connected PCB Modules - The invention provides for a printhead assembly that has a number of modular PCBs and a number of printhead integrated circuits (ICs). Each of the printhead IC's is respectively connected to one of the modular PCBs for operative control. Modular supports in the assembly define a raised portion and a recessed portion at an end thereof. Each PCB has electrical connecting strips which operatively overlie the respective recessed portions. At least one connecting member operatively connects respective PCBs to each other. Each connecting member has a series of parallel spaced conducting strips. The member is shaped and configured for fitment into a cavity defined by the raised and recessed portions of two abutting supports to connect the connecting strips of two PCBs via the conducting strips. The assembly also has a printer controller configured to synchronize operation of the respective PCBs during printing. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091070 | Circuit Board and Liquid Supplying Unit - There is provided a circuit board that is fixed to a liquid supplying unit installed to a liquid ejecting apparatus by being inserted into the liquid ejecting apparatus having a plurality of first apparatus-side terminals in a predetermined insertion direction. The circuit board includes a board main body that includes a first opening portion that is used for determining the position of the circuit board with respect to the liquid supplying unit, and a plurality of first top-face terminals, disposed on a first face of the board main body, that is brought into contact with at least a part of the plurality of first apparatus-side terminals and is arranged in the direction approximately perpendicular to the insertion direction when being installed to the liquid ejecting apparatus. The first opening portion is disposed on the rear side relative to the front ends of the plurality of first top-face terminals in the insertion direction and is disposed between a first terminal and a second terminal out of the plurality of first top-face terminals. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091071 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head unit includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid, a first holding member that holds the liquid ejecting head, and a second holding member positioned on the first holding member. The liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle face having a nozzle opening for ejecting the liquid and a flexible first wiring substrate having that can be erected in a direction perpendicular to the nozzle face. The first holding member has a wiring substrate inserting hole that contains the first wiring substrate, and is held by the second holding member on a side opposite to the liquid ejecting head. The first wiring substrate of the liquid ejecting head and a connection member electrically connected to a second wiring substrate are electrically connected to each other on the first holding member side of the second holding member. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091072 | Inkjet Printhead Nozzle Arrangement Having Non-Coincident Low Mass Electrode And Heater Element - An inkjet printhead nozzle arrangement includes side walls provided on a wafer substrate and a roof layer deposited on said side walls to define an ink chamber, the roof layer defining a nozzle aperture; an inlet defined in the substrate to supply the ink chamber with printing fluid; and at least one heater element having two opposite sides parallel to a plane of the ejection aperture, the heater element adapted to generate a gas bubble at both of said opposite sides. The heater elements and associated electrodes are arranged in the chamber to be non-coincident and have an annular shape facilitating a point of collapse of the bubble near a centre thereof The heater element has a mass of less than 10 nanograms. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091073 | PIEZOELCTRIC ACTUATOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - The piezoelectric actuator comprises: a supporting substrate; a thermal stress controlling layer which is formed on the supporting substrate; and a piezoelectric body which is formed as a film onto the thermal stress controlling layer on the supporting substrate at a higher temperature than room temperature, wherein the thermal stress controlling layer reduces a film stress induced by formation of the piezoelectric body. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091074 | DROPLET DISCHARGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DROPLET DISCHARGE DEVICE - A droplet discharge device including a plurality of vibrators arranged on an upper surface of a substrate. The substrate has a cavity, discharge hole and supply hole, which serve as a liquid flow path, formed inside a plate including flat upper and lower surfaces. A width of the cavity narrows from the upper surface side toward the lower surface side. A depth of the cavity deepens from the supply hole side toward the discharge hole side. The depth of the cavity may become shallower from the supply hole side toward the discharge hole side in a part which is positioned on the supply hole side and occupies a relatively small area, and the depth of the cavity may become deeper from the supply hole side toward the discharge hole side in a part which is positioned on the discharge hole side and occupies a relatively large area. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091075 | LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS AND ACTUATOR DEVICE - A liquid-ejecting head including a pressure-generating chamber communicating with an nozzle, and a piezoelectric element having a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer arranged above the first electrode, and a second electrode arranged above the piezoelectric layer. An internal electric field in the piezoelectric layer is biased toward the first electrode or the second electrode and no voltage is applied to the first electrode or the second electrode. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091076 | DROPLET DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A droplet discharge apparatus includes a droplet discharge head which discharges droplets; a liquid retention unit which is configured such that a liquid surface of a liquid retained in the liquid retention unit is located below the droplet discharge head, the liquid retention unit including an atmosphere open port; a liquid channel which couples the droplet discharge head and the liquid retention unit; a liquid tank in which the liquid is retained, the liquid tank being sealed; a liquid inflow channel which couples the liquid retention unit and the liquid tank, an inflow port of the liquid inflow channel in the liquid retention unit being located below the atmosphere open port; a liquid sending channel which couples the liquid tank and the droplet discharge head; and a pump which sending the liquid in the liquid tank to the droplet discharge head. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091077 | REMOVABLE INKJET PRINTER CARTRIDGE INCORPROATING PRINTHEAD AND INK STORAGE RESERVOIRS - A printer cartridge includes body configured to facilitate insertion and removal of the printer cartridge, by an end user of the printer cartridge, to and from a complementary cradle in an inkjet printer; one or more printing fluid storages mounted to the body, each printing fluid storage including a polyethylene membrane shaped as a pocket, the polyethylene membrane adapted to expand and collapse; a pagewidth printhead mounted to the body, the pagewidth printhead having a first print chip and a second print chip, the first print chip having an array of nozzles fabricated on a first monolithic substrate and the second print chip having an array of nozzles fabricated on a second monolithic substrate separate from the first monolithic substrate; and, a fluid connection between the printing fluid storage and the first and second print chips. The length of the first print chip added to the length of the second print chip is at least equal to the length of the pagewidth printhead. The pagewidth printhead and the printing fluid storage are mounted to the body such that removal and replacement of the body by an end user of the printer cartridge simultaneously removes and replaces the printing fluid storage, the pagewidth printhead and the fluid connection. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091078 | Ink Jet Printing Apparatus - According to the present invention, the size of a droplet ejected to a target area is minimized to obtain high printing resolution, and effects of attraction and adhesive forces acting between a nozzle and air resistance can be minimized so that the target area is finely controlled to obtain high printing precision. An inkjet printing apparatus according to the present invention includes an ejecting device ejecting a droplet of a solution to a target area; and a light irradiating device irradiating light onto the droplet at an acute angle with respect to a line going through the ejecting device and the target area to heat and evaporate a part of the droplet before the ejected droplet reaches the target area, so that the droplet is accelerated along the line. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091079 | Ink Set And Media For Ink-jet Printing - An ink-jet printing system includes an ink set having only cyan, magenta, yellow black and gray inks, and a medium having a substantially neutral color. A ratio of printed lightness of the gray ink to a lightness of the medium ranges from 0.3 to 0.7. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091080 | THERMAL PRINTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When printing on a printing medium, a second image adjacent to a first image, which is already printed, control is performed such that the trailing edge of a first coating layer of the first image transferred onto the printing medium does not reach the trailing edge of the first image, and the leading edge of a second coating layer transferred onto the second image is either the same as the trailing edge of the first coating layer of the first image or is made to overlap with the trailing edge of the first coating layer. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091081 | ADAPTIVE CORRECTION SYSTEM - Adaptive correction techniques are disclosed that adaptively correct aberrations which may arise in systems such as laser printers, for example. For laser printers, calibration data processing results may be detected by a detector that is disposed to correspond physically to the recording medium so that characteristics such as position and intensity of a laser beam at the detector corresponds to that of a laser beam at the recording medium. In this way, aberrations in system performance may be adaptively corrected while the system is performing operational processes. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091082 | OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical beam scanning apparatus according to the present invention includes: a light source; a pre-deflection optical system; a light deflecting device; a post-deflection optical system configured to include at least one or plural second optical elements, which act on light beams of all color components, and plural third optical elements, which respectively act on the light beam of each of the color components, and focus the light beams scanned by the light deflecting device on the scanning object; and a position adjusting mechanism configured to adjust the positions of the third optical elements according to incident directions of the light beams made incident on the third optical elements. Consequently, according to the present invention, it is possible to suitably adjust optical elements included in a post-deflection optical system in which individual focusing lenses are provided for respective color components. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091083 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning device includes an optical housing in which a polygon mirror that is rotated by a motor is accommodated and an air inlet that includes a filter. An airflow guiding member is arranged at a position opposite to a surface of the polygon mirror on the air inlet side. An air inducing path is provided, which includes a first flowing path and a second flowing path. The first flowing path includes a first end linked to the air inlet and a second end arranged close to a mirror surface of the polygon mirror. The second flowing path is formed with a surface of the airflow guiding member on an opposite side of the air inlet and a top surface of the polygon mirror. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091084 | Combined video phone and television set - This combined video phone and television set will revolutionize communications as we know them. It will bring together all peoples of the world for purposes of family, friendship, education, compassion, love and ecology. Its ease of use will allow any person to turn on the television set and dial up anyone in the world for the purposes above. It will contain a Caller ID unit in which privacy can be obtained and all of this can be performed in the comforts and conveniences of the every day household living room. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091085 | AUGMENTING TV MENU ICON WITH IMAGES IN FRONT OF TV - Images of space including objects in front of a TV that are generated by a camera on the TV are superimposed as reflections on user interface elements such as but not limited to menu icons presented on the TV screen. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091086 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING IMAGES DURING VIDEO CONFERENCING - A method, device, and computer-readable-medium are disclosed for processing images during a conference between a plurality of video conferencing terminals. The method uses a processor to input a first image from a first camera at a first video conferencing terminal, a second image from a second camera at a second video conferencing terminal, and a third image from a third camera at a third video conferencing terminal. The processor then generates a first composite image that has the third image inserted at a first position into the second image, and a second composite image that has the third image inserted at a second position into the first image. The first position and the second position are located in horizontally opposite portions of the first composite image and the second composite image, respectively. Further, the first and second composite images are sent to the first and second video conferencing terminals, respectively. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091087 | Information processing device, information processing method and storage medium storing computer program - There is provided an information processing device including a recipient information recording portion that records recipient party information, an image recording portion that records images of the recipient party taken on the recipient party side during a call, an image extraction portion that extracts an image at a predetermined point in time from the images recorded in the image recording portion, and a registration portion that, after the call is ended, associates the image extracted by the image extraction portion with the recipient party information and registers the associated image in the recipient party information recording portion. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091088 | DEVICE FOR A VIDEOCONFERENCE COMMUNICATION AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATION METHOD - The invention relates to a device ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100091089 | INFRARED CAMERA FILTER WHEEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various techniques are provided for identifying filters used with infrared cameras. A plurality of filters may be installed in a filter wheel of an infrared camera. Identifiers associated with the filters may be read by the infrared camera to identify the various types of filters currently installed in the filter wheel. The installed filters can be selected by the camera or a user for use in particular applications as desired. For example, filters may be selected based on associations between the filters, filter identifiers, and targets stored in a table or other record maintained by the infrared camera. Settings of the infrared camera may be adjusted in response to filter selections. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091090 | WIDE-ANGLE IMAGE ACQUIRING METHOD AND WIDE-ANGLE STEREO CAMERA DEVICE - Epipolar lines of first and second images are made consistent with each other in a paralleling step, so that it has the advantages (1) and (2) as set forth in the background section. Further, distortions of the first and second images are corrected in a correcting step, and, even if characters conversion is carried out, it can avoid excessively reduction of central portions in the first and second images or excessively enlargement of side edge portions. Thus, while maintaining of the above mentioned advantages (1) and (2), wide angle image acquiring method and a wide angle stereo camera device which make three-dimensional space holding possible can be provided. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091091 | BROADCAST DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE THEREOF - A broadcast display apparatus and a two dimensional (2D) image display method of the broadcast display apparatus are provided. The 2D image display method includes selecting a 2D display mode; generating a 2D image using at least one of a left image and a right image of a three dimensional (3D) image; and displaying the 2D image. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091092 | Image processing apparatus and method - An image processing apparatus is disclosed. A calculation unit may determine a disocclusion region of a first frame of a video. A processing unit may generate color information of the disocclusion region of the first frame using color information associated with a second frame of the video. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091093 | Optimal depth mapping - A method and apparatus for providing optimal correction to depth mapping between captured and displayed stereoscopic content. The solution is derived in a continuous form that can be implemented through CGI scaling techniques compatible with image rendering techniques. Similar correction can be implemented with variable depth-dependent camera separation and disparity re-mapping. The latter is applicable to correcting existing stereoscopic content. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091094 | Mechanism for Directing a Three-Dimensional Camera System - A mechanism for directing a three dimensional (3-D) camera is provided. The mechanism has a base that connects to a directable structure, to which the 3-D camera is attached. A control system accurately and precisely moves and positions the directable structure. The directable structure may be positioned in coarse movements to enable the 3-D camera to have an expanded field of view. More particularly, the desired field of view is divided into portions, and the directable structure moves the 3-D camera to be directed at each portion sequentially. Also, for each field of view portion, the directable structure positions the 3-D camera for acquiring a set of images, with each image being only slightly offset for the others. Using a dithering process, an enhanced effective resolution is obtained that exceeds the native resolution of the 3-D camera. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091095 | Method for driving glasses-type stereoscopic display preventing visual fatigue and refractive index-variable shutter glasses - Disclosed are a method for driving a glasses-type stereoscopic display preventing visual fatigue and refractive index-variable shutter glasses. The method includes generating a plurality of left-eye viewing point images and a plurality of right-eye viewing point images. The plurality of left-eye viewing point images and right-eye viewing point images have viewing points different from each other. An initial left-eye viewing point image and a subsequent left-eye viewing point image of the plurality of left-eye viewing point images are output, and an initial right-eye viewing point image and a subsequent right-eye viewing point image of the plurality of right-eye viewing point images are output. Each of the plurality of left-eye viewing point images and right-eye viewing point images is inputted into a single pupil. The glasses include a refractive index control unit to control a strength of an electric field to vary a refractive index of the glasses. | 2010-04-15 |
20100091096 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An index extraction unit detects indices from a sensed image sensed by a sensing unit which senses an image of a physical space on which a plurality of indices is laid out. A convergence arithmetic unit calculates position and orientation information of the sensing unit based on the detected indices. A CG rendering unit generates a virtual space image based on the position and orientation information. A sensed image clipping unit extracts, as a display image, an image in a display target region from the sensed image. An image composition unit generates a composite image by compositing the extracted display image and the generated virtual space image. A display unit displays the composite image. | 2010-04-15 |