25th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090153586 | Method and apparatus for viewing panoramic images - A method and apparatus for viewing panoramic images comprising a panorama viewer which further comprises at least two layers with each layer corresponding to a point of time within an interval during which a set of images are taken. Each layer is constructed by taking into account only the images taken at the point of time. A time dimension control is included to allow a user to navigate through the panorama based on relative time of occurrence. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153587 | MIXED REALITY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING OF PRODUCTION PROCESS - A mixed reality system includes a camera for providing captured image information in an arbitrary work environment; a sensing unit for providing sensed information based on operation of the camera; a process simulation unit for performing simulation on part/facility/process data of the arbitrary work environment, which is stored in a process information database (DB); a process allocation unit for handling allocation status between the data and simulation information; a mixed reality visualization unit for receiving the captured information and the sensed information, determining a location of the process allocation unit, combining the captured information and sensed information with the simulation information, and then outputting resulting information; and a display-based input/output unit for displaying mixed reality output information from the mixed reality visualization unit and inputting information requested by a user. Further, there is provided a method of implementing the same. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153588 | Image display method - An object of the present invention is to provide an image display method for downloading an image of large longitudinal and transverse size and displaying it on a viewer with less latency time. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153589 | MOBILE RADIO TERMINAL APPARATUS - Control unit executes automatic scrolling display processing of allowing an explanation of an item corresponding to a focus, of listed items displayed in a list display area of display unit, to be automatically scrolled in a scrolling display area of the display unit. When the control unit repeats this processing at predetermined number of times N, the control unit stops the processing. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153590 | SPOKE SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE INTENSITY ILLUMINATOR - A spoke synchronization technique allowing for lamp-pulsing synchronizes a spoke based on sub-arrays of a spatial light modulator. The lamp pulsing occurs during the spoke synchronization; and the lamp pulse for pulsing the lamp spans substantially across the entire spoke synchronization time period. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153591 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A control method of a display apparatus having a display panel formed with a plurality of pixels is provided. The method includes: detecting high gray level pixels having gray scale values greater than a predetermined high gray scale value; detecting a highlight zone including the detected high gray level pixels, wherein a gray scale value difference between boundary pixels of the highlight zone and adjacent pixels is greater than a predetermined reference difference; and applying a gray scale value greater than a gray scale value of the high gray level pixels to a surrounding zone adjacent to the highlight zone. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153592 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF CORRECTION DATA USING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A signal processing device includes a memory in which a color correction data is stored. The memory stores a first color correction data having the same number of bits as an input image data and a second color correction data having fewer number of bits than the input image data. The number of color correction data corresponding to a low gray-scale range increases and the number of color correction data corresponding to a high gray-scale range decreases by the same amount that the number of the color correction data corresponding to the low gray-scale range increased. Thus, a color characteristic corresponding to the low gray-scale range may be improved without changing the total number of color correction data. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153593 | Data driving device and liquid crystal display device using the same - A gray scale voltage generator includes a voltage dividing resistor string to generate blue (B), red (R), and green (G) gamma voltage signals, the voltage dividing resistor string including a B gamma voltage signal generating section, a R/G gamma voltage generating section, and a common (COM) gamma voltage generating section to individually control a B gray scale voltage and a R/G gray scale voltage to maintain a constant color temperature. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153594 | Apparatus and method for driving liquid crystal display panel - A liquid crystal display device is provided with a liquid crystal display panel, and a data driver IC that drives the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel is provided with a gate line, first and second data lines, and a pixel that includes a first sub-pixel connected to the gate line and the first data line and a second sub-pixel connected to the gate line and the second data line. The data driver IC is provided with a gamma correction circuitry and a drive circuitry. The gamma correction circuitry generates first gamma-corrected data by performing gamma correction on externally received image data in accordance with a first gamma curve, and generates second gamma-corrected data by performing gamma correction on the image data in accordance with a second gamma curve. The drive circuitry drives the first data line in response to the first gamma-corrected data and drives the second data line in response to the second gamma-corrected data. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153595 | INFUSION PUMP WITH CONFIGURABLE SCREEN SETTINGS - A method and apparatus provides for configuring the backlight brightness level. The backlight brightness level can be configured at the drug library and/or at the medical device, thereby improving the flexibility a user has in changing backlight parameters. A method and apparatus for managing a power saving mode allows the user to configure the power saving program at the drug library and/or at the medical device. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153596 | IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE, AND CONTRAST-ADJUSTING CIRCUIT FOR USE THEREWITH - A system provides an image displaying technique that provides stable high contrast even in an area having high brightness. Based on information about an average brightness level of a digital luminance signal, black-correction processing which decreases a brightness level by offsetting the brightness level to the minus side, and increase processing which increases a contrast gain within a dynamic range, are performed for an analog luminance signal or a digital luminance signal, enabling improvement in contrast even where brightness is intense. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153597 | Flat panel display and method for detecting resolution of image signal thereof - A flat panel display includes a data interface, a scaler control circuit, and a pulse generator configured to provide an external pulse signal to the scaler control circuit. The data interface is configured to receive an image signal including a vertical synchronization pulse signal and a horizontal synchronization pulse signal. The scaler control circuit is configured to determine a vertical resolution of the image signal by counting a number of pulses of the external pulse signal respectively between two adjacent vertical synchronization pulses and between two adjacent horizontal synchronization pulses. A method for detecting a resolution of an image signal received by the flat panel display is also provided. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153598 | Arrangement with a Mobile Data Carrier and a Hand-Held Device - An arrangement ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090153599 | PRINTER SENSOR SYSTEM - A printer that provides improved image placement on documents including identification documents such as identification cards, credit and debit cards, and the like, and passports. The printer eliminates blind moves and mechanism errors to achieve repeatable image placement on the document surface with the correct horizontal image placement dimension. The printer senses an edge of the document to immediately initiate printing. The edge of the document can be either the leading edge or the trailing edge. The edge of the document can also be sensed by a separate sensor to initiate movement of a print head of the print station toward a print position. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153600 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FLUID EJECTION VOLUME - A fluid ejection device includes an actuator, moveable to actuate a fluid pump, an optical sensor, a flag, affixed to the actuator and positioned to block the optical sensor with motion of the actuator, and a controller, coupled to the actuator and the optical sensor. The controller is configured to determine a volume of fluid pumped by the pump by detecting a change in a degree of blockage of the sensor by the flag. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153601 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION OF DATE INFORMATION BETWEEN AN INK TANK AND PRINTING DEVICE - Some or all of the needs above can be addressed by embodiments of the invention. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for determining ink evaporation from at least one ink tank can be provided. The method can include determining a removal time associated with removal of at least one ink tank from a printing device. The method can also include determining an insertion time associated with insertion of the at least one ink tank into a printing device. In addition, the method can include estimating an amount of ink evaporation from the at least one ink tank during the time between the removal time and insertion time based at least in part on the difference between the removal time and insertion time. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153602 | Printing Cartridge Refill Method And Associated Cartridge Refill System - A method for refilling a printing cartridge includes installing a printing cartridge in a cartridge refill system; establishing communication with a memory device associated with the printing cartridge to read cartridge data stored in the memory device; determining aspects of refilling of the printing cartridge based on at least a portion of the cartridge data; and refilling the printing cartridge based on a result of the determination. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153603 | System and method for imaging ink supplies in a printer - A method identifies ink supplied to a printer. The method includes generating an image of an ink supply installed in a printer, comparing the image of the ink supply to a stored reference image of at least one ink supply, and activating an indicator in response to the generated image corresponding to the stored reference image. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153604 | Printing Device and Method Using The Same - A printing device including a processor, a print-head, a carriage, a mask and a sensor is provided. The processor controls the operation of the printing device. The print-head fixedly configured in the printing device prints on an object. The carriage includes a fixing device for fixing the object. The carriage carries the object fixed thereon and moves relative to the print-head. The mask placed on the object has a hole for defining a printable area of the object. The sensor senses to obtain information including a position of the carriage and the printable area of the object. The information is provided for the print-head to print on the object within the printable area while the object is moved to below the print-head. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153605 | DOUBLE-SIDED PRINTING SYSTEM - A method for double-sided printing may include ejecting printing fluid from a fluid ejector to a platen configured to receive print media, the platen supporting a nonabsorbent substrate. In any sequence, a first print media side and a second print media side may be printed by ejecting printing fluid from the fluid ejector to the first print media side, and contacting the second print media side with the nonabsorbent substrate to transfer printing fluid from the nonabsorbent substrate to the second print media side. A method for double-side printing may further include increasing the contact between the second print media side with the nonabsorbent substrate to increase transfer of printing fluid. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153606 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD - An adverse effect of air flows occurring near the nozzle line with high print duty is reliably avoided by appropriately dividing and allocating the print data to a plurality of ink ejection nozzle lines. When the print head is scanning in a forward direction, a combination of a magenta ink nozzle line and a yellow ink nozzle line that do not adjoin each other is mainly used. When the print head is scanning in a backward direction, another combination of a magenta ink nozzle line and a yellow ink nozzle line that do not adjoin each other is mainly used. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153607 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes diffusion layers provided in areas opposing pressure generation chambers by doping impurities into a portion of a channel forming substrate, a detecting portion which detects variations in resistance values of the diffusion layers due to the deformation of vibration plates, and an adjustment portion which adjusts driving voltages applied to pressure generation elements on the basis of the detected result of the detecting portion. Accordingly, it is possible to acquire the displacement amounts of the vibration plates due to the driving of the pressure generation elements, by detecting the variations in resistance values of the diffusion layers due to the deformation of the vibration plates. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153608 | PRINTER CONTROLLER FOR MODULATING PRINTHEAD PEAK POWER REQUIREMENT USING OUT-OF-PHASE FIRING - A printer controller for supplying dot data to an inkjet printhead is provided. The printhead comprises a plurality of transversely aligned color channels. Each color channel comprises at least one nozzle row extending longitudinally along the printhead with each nozzle in a color channel ejecting the same colored ink. The printhead is comprised of a plurality of printhead modules with each printhead module comprising a respective segment of each nozzle row. The printer controller is programmed to supply dot data such that each of the printhead modules fires a respective segment within a predetermined segment-time, wherein at least one of the fired segments is contained in a different color channel from at least one other of the fired segments. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153609 | Transport Apparatus for Flat Materials to be Printed - A transport apparatus for flat materials to be printed includes a transport belt guided over a plurality of rollers along a centrally indented oval curve and supported on a supporting plate disposed above a supporting region of a roller carrier between a shaped partial plate and a bearing plate. A supporting surface area of the supporting plate is greater than a surface area of a printing window, and the transport belt has a width in the y-direction of a Cartesian coordinate system being wider than a width of the printing window. The indented section of the oval curve is configured at least partially for receiving a printing module or the bottom of at least one ink cartridge having a print head. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153610 | Electronic Apparatus, Semiconductor Storage Device, Print-Recording Material Container, and Control Device - An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor storage devices, each of which includes an access determination unit that determines whether the semiconductor storage device is accessed, an input terminal and an output terminal used for connection checking, a normally-closed switching element that electrically disconnects the input terminal from the output terminal when the access determination unit determined that the semiconductor storage device is accessed, and a bypass circuit that electrically connects the input terminal to a reference point through predetermined impedance. The electronic apparatus further includes a plurality of attachment portions to which the plurality of semiconductor storage devices are arranged in a predetermined order, signal lines used to connect the plurality of semiconductor storage devices which are attached to the plurality of attachment portions to one another by bus connection by electrically connecting each of input terminals of the plurality of semiconductor storage devices to corresponding one of output terminals the adjacent semiconductor storage devices as daisy-chain connection, the signal lines being used to access the semiconductor storage devices, a power supply line that supplies power to the input terminal serving a beginning point of the daisy-chain connection through predetermined impedance, a reference point connection line that electrically connects the output terminal serving as an end point of the daisy-chain connection to the reference point, a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage between the input terminal serving as the beginning point and the reference point, an access execution unit that successively accesses the plurality of semiconductor storage devices, a first voltage detection unit that detects a voltage between the input terminal serving as the beginning point and the reference point every time the access execution unit accesses one of the semiconductor storage devices, and an attachment-position determination unit that determines whether the plurality of semiconductor storage devices are properly attached to the corresponding plurality of attachment portions in accordance with the voltage detected using the first voltage detection unit. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153611 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - A method of moving a cap apart from a printhead within a short period of time without damaging a printing apparatus when the cap sticks to the printhead. A cap moving unit is driven to try to move the cap apart from the printhead. When a detection unit for detecting that the cap has moved apart from the printhead detects that the cap has not moved apart from the printhead, it is controlled to slightly reciprocate the carriage while driving the cap moving unit. When the detection unit detects that the cap has moved apart from the printhead under this control, the slight reciprocation of the carriage is forcibly stopped. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153612 | MULTI-APPLICATION INK JET PRINTING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method of inkjet printing comprising providing a printhead, providing a controller for the printhead, providing a base ink formulation stream, introducing at least one first enhancer into the base ink stream to form a combined ink stream, adjusting the printhead setpoints and printing the combined ink onto a first substrate. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153613 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus records an image onto a recording medium by using an ink containing a coloring material, and the inkjet recording apparatus has: a first treatment agent deposition device which deposits a first treatment agent having a function of suppressing permeation of liquid into the recording medium, onto the recording medium; a second treatment agent deposition device which deposits a second treatment agent having at least one of a function of aggregating the coloring material contained in the ink and a function of increasing viscosity of the ink, onto the recording medium; an image processing device which converts input image data into dot data; and an ink droplet ejection head which ejects droplets of the ink onto the recording medium in accordance with the dot data. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153614 | Printhead Assembly Comprising Ink Reservoir Containing Cleaning Liquid - An inkjet printer comprising: (a) an inkjet printhead; (b) a plurality of reservoirs in fluid communication with nozzles in the printhead, at least one of the reservoirs being an ink reservoir containing printing ink, and at least one of the reservoirs being a cleaning reservoir containing a cleaning liquid for cleaning an ink ejection face of the printhead; (c) a pressure device for positively pressurizing the cleaning reservoir; (d) a conduit providing fluid communication between the cleaning reservoir and the printhead; and (e) a valve in the conduit for controlling a supply of cleaning liquid to the printhead. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153615 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection device includes: a conveyance mechanism which conveys a recording medium in one direction; a plurality of liquid ejection heads each having an ejection face which has a plurality of ejection openings for ejecting liquid and faces the conveyance mechanism, the liquid ejection heads being arranged along the one direction; a plurality of wipers which respectively wipe the ejection faces; a holder which holds the wipers; a support which supports the holder; and a movement mechanism which moves the holder in a direction perpendicular to the one direction. The holder is displaceable in the one direction relative to the support. The holder has an intruder which intrudes into a gap between two liquid ejection heads adjacent to each other. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153616 | Low Profile Printhead - An inkjet printhead having a housing having a top face and a bottom face, an ink ejection device and a contact circuit. The contact circuit is affixed to the housing in a substantially horizontal orientation and is in communication with the ink ejection device. The contact circuit is configured to connect the ink ejection device to an external device. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153617 | Printhead Assembly For Inkjet Printer - A printhead assembly for an inkjet printer includes an elongate attachment member for attachment to a main body of the printer and defining a number of ink feed tubes extending through the attachment member to be in fluid communication with an ink supply from the main body. An elongate ink channel assembly is mounted longitudinally on the attachment member and defines a number of longitudinally extending ink channels in fluid communication with respective feed tubes. The ink channels include a central ink channel and at least one ink channel on each side of the central ink channel. A series of elongate printhead integrated circuits is mounted serially along the ink channel member and in substantial alignment with the central ink channel. The printhead integrated circuits define longitudinally extending rows of ink inlets and the ink channel assembly defines a plurality of ink openings in fluid communication with the ink inlets and the ink channels. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153618 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND A LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS WITH SAID HEAD - Surfaces of second substrates of head members at the sides opposite to adhesion surfaces with first substrates face each other, the pair of head members is fixed to each other with a sealed space interposed between the surfaces of the second substrates at the sides opposite to the adhesion surfaces with the first substrates, and a solution treatment is performed with respect to the pair of head members fixed | 2009-06-18 |
20090153619 | INKJET NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT - A nozzle arrangement is provided for an inkjet printer. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate assembly defining an outlet port through which ink can be ejected. A retainer is mounted to the substrate assembly and defines an internal coil chamber in which a coil is retained. A plunger assembly is engaged with the retainer to form an ink chamber in fluid communication with the outlet port. The plunger assembly includes a plunger that is able to move toward the outlet port and reduce the volume of the ink chamber. Drive and control circuitry is electrically coupled to the coil, and is configured to energize the coil and cause the plunger to move toward the outlet port so that ink is ejected from the outlet port. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153620 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes a substrate having a supply port through which liquid is supplied and a plurality of energy generating elements provided along the supply port and generating energy for ejecting the liquid, a nozzle plate having nozzles provided therein in correspondence with the energy generating elements, and a channel provided between the substrate and the nozzle plate. The nozzle plate has a groove surrounding the channel. The groove includes a first groove provided in one surface of the nozzle plate at which the nozzle plate is bonded to the substrate, and a second groove provided in another surface of the nozzle plate in which the nozzles are provided. Edges of the first groove have sawtooth shape with a number of very small notches and edges of the second groove are substantially straight. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153621 | Modular Printhead Assembly - A modular printhead assembly includes an elongate substrate member that defines a plurality of holes. An ink conduit is mounted longitudinally on one side of the substrate member and defines a plurality of ink holes to be in fluid communication with the ink holes defined by the elongate substrate member. A plurality of printhead module assemblies is mounted along an opposite side of the substrate member. Each module assembly includes an ink feed structure in fluid communication with the ink holes defined by the elongate substrate member and a printhead integrated circuit in fluid communication with the ink feed structure. A bus bar assembly is arranged on the substrate member for providing the printhead integrated circuits with power. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153622 | INK EJECTION DEVICE INCLUDING A SILICON CHIP HAVING A HEATER STACK POSITIONED OVER A CORRESPONDING POWER TRANSISTOR - A silicon chip has a plurality of inkjetting structures. Each ink jetting structure of the plurality of ink jetting structures includes a heater stack having an electrical heater element. A power transistor is electrically connected to the electrical heater element. A planarization layer is interposed between the power transistor and the heater stack. The planarization layer has a planar base surface on which the heater stack is formed. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153623 | INKJET PRINTHEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the same. The inkjet printhead includes a substrate, a chamber layer to define an ink chamber on an upper portion of the substrate, and an adhesive portion to adhere to the substrate and the chamber, wherein the adhesive portion is formed of a phenolic sensitive resin. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153624 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a reliable print head with improved reliability which is inhibited from being damaged by possible cavitation in ink inside a bubbling chamber, as well as a printing apparatus using the print head. A plurality of ink supply paths through which the ink is supplied to the bubbling chamber are connected to the bubbling chamber. Communication positions where the plurality of ink supply paths communicate with the energy acting chamber are formed such that distanced from a heater formation surface of the communication positions are different from each other along a direction orthogonal to the heater formation surface. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153625 | CAPACITOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ACTUATOR, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID JET HEAD - A method of manufacturing a capacitor, including: forming a lower electrode on a substrate; forming a dielectric film of a ferroelectric or a piezoelectric on the lower electrode; forming an upper electrode on the dielectric film; and forming a silicon oxide film so that at least the dielectric film is covered with the silicon oxide film, the silicon oxide film being formed by using trimethoxysilane. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153626 | DIELECTRIC FILM STRUCTURE, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR USING DIELECTRIC ELEMENT FILM STRUCTURE AND INK JET HEAD - The present invention provides a dielectric film structure having a substrate and a dielectric film provided on the substrate and in which the dielectric film has (001) face orientation with respect to the substrate, and in which a value u in the following equation (1) regarding the dielectric film is a real number greater than 2: | 2009-06-18 |
20090153627 | Drop Charge and Deflection Device for Ink Jet Printing - Ink jet printing method, in which the jet ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090153628 | LIQUID SUPPLYING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid supplying device includes a liquid supplying flow path that supplies a liquid from an upstream side as a liquid supplying source side toward a downstream side on which the liquid is consumed, a pump that is driven for changing the volume of a pump chamber that is a part of the liquid supplying flow path, and a flow velocity reducing unit that reduces the flow velocity of the liquid passing through the liquid supplying flow path on the upstream side of the pump chamber by changing flow path resistance of the liquid supplying flow path in accordance with the speed of change of the volume of the pump chamber, in a case where the pump is driven for a suction operation that increases the volume of the pump chamber. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153629 | LIQUID SUPPLYING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid supplying device includes a liquid supplying flow path for supplying liquid from an upstream side toward a downstream side on which the liquid is consumed. A pump is driven for a pumping operation in accordance with displacement of a displacement member constituting a part of an inner wall of a pump chamber as a part of the liquid supplying flow path for changing the volume of the pump chamber. A detecting unit detects the remaining amount of the liquid of the liquid supplying source. The liquid supplying source is configured such that the volume of a liquid housing part as a closed space housing the liquid changes in accordance with the remaining amount of the liquid, and the detecting unit detects a liquid-end state in which the none of the liquid inside the liquid housing part remains based on the amount of displacement of the displacement member. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153630 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid supply device includes a liquid supply path for supplying liquid from an upstream side toward a downstream side where the liquid is consumed. A negative pressure chamber communicates with a decompression chamber through a communication hole and decompresses the decompression chamber. A communication hole valve body opens and closes the communication hole. A biasing member biases the valve body in a direction in which the valve body is always in a closed state. A flexible member forms a part of a wall surface of the negative pressure chamber and is displaced by a change in pressure within the negative pressure chamber. A communication hole valve body pressure member is displaced by the displacement of the flexible member to thereby press the valve body in a direction in which the valve body is in an open state against a biasing force of the biasing member. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153631 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes a carrier carrying a print head and is capable of sliding reciprocally along a path, an ink reservoir, a plurality of ink tubes, a holding seat and a pivot member. The reservoir supplies ink to the print head via the ink tubes. Each of plurality of ink tubes has two opposite portions connected to the ink reservoir and the print head respectively. The pivot member is mounted rotatably on the holding seat, and has a clamping unit. The ink tubes further have a plurality of tube sections between the opposite portions and clamped securely by the clamping unit. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153632 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID SUPPLYING METHOD - A liquid ejecting device is provided. A main tank stores liquid. A sub-tank includes a variable volume liquid chamber that stores the liquid supplied from the main tank. A head ejects the liquid supplied from the sub-tank. A carriage is movable to reciprocate the sub-tank and the head. A first engagement member is provided in the sub-tank and is movable to expand the volume of the liquid chamber. A second engagement member engages with the first engagement member and moves the first engagement member. The liquid is supplied from the main tank to the sub-tank when the first engagement member is moved by the second engagement member to expand the volume of the liquid chamber. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153633 | INKJET HEAD - An inkjet head includes a recording element substrate, on which sets of energy generating elements generating energy to discharge ink and a supply port supplying ink to discharge ports are arranged, and an orifice plate including the discharge ports. The sets include a set having a first supply port disposed at a first edge of the substrate and a set having a second supply port disposed at a second edge of the substrate opposite the first edge. The distance between the second edge and the second supply port is shorter than the distance between the first edge and the first supply port. A contact area between the substrate and second channel walls that form second ink channels communicating with the second supply port is larger than the contact area between the substrate and first channel walls that form first ink channels communicating with the first supply port. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153634 | PRINTING PROCESS - The invention relates to an ink jet printing process which comprises the steps of i) applying a radiation-curable primer to a substrate to form a layer of primer, ii) ink jet printing a radiation-curable ink onto the primer layer, and iii) curing the primer and the ink, wherein the viscosity of the primer increases rapidly after application to the substrate. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153635 | Image Transfer Element with Balanced Constant Force Load - An image transfer mechanism includes a pressure element and a lever system. The lever system has a load attachment point with a range of position that depends on the thickness of a print medium positioned between the imaging element and the pressure element. A load mechanism includes a load connector with a distal end attached to the lever system load attachment point so that displacement of the lever system attachment point causes longitudinal movement of the load connector. The load mechanism applies a load that is substantially constant throughout the range of position of the lever system load attachment point. The load mechanism includes a spring and a crank attached to the spring and to the proximal end of the load connector. The crank is configured so that a change in the spring force produces a lesser change in the load force at the distal end of the load connector. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153636 | Apparatus for Pressing Flat Materials onto a Transport Module - An apparatus for pressing flat materials onto a transport module with a transport belt includes a holding carrier for pressing elements being disposed under a feed table. At least one of the pressing elements is mounted on the holding carrier with a multiplicity of individual resilient or sprung constituent parts, or a multiplicity of pressing elements are disposed on the holding carrier below the transport belt in a transport direction. The pressing elements can protrude through an opening in the feed table, in order to provide suitable pressure from below on the transport belt of the transport module. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153637 | APPARATUS FOR FREE-SPRAYING AN INKJET PRINTHEAD - An apparatus for free-spraying an inkjet printhead includes a feed table with a slot carrier which can be deflected counter to a spring force and has at least one free-spraying slot disposed opposite at least one inkjet printhead. The slot carrier is shaped in such a way that the at least one free-spraying slot is deflected out of a transport path corresponding to an entry of an item of mail being fed in. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153638 | Apparatus for Changing Ink Cartridges - An apparatus for changing ink cartridges of a printing apparatus having a transport apparatus for flat goods, a pressing apparatus and a printing module. The transport apparatus is disposed in a stationary manner in the printing apparatus opposite a pressing apparatus which presses an item of mail onto a transport belt. The transport belt, in a transport region, acts with a predetermined adhesive friction on a part of a surface of the item of mail which is not printed but is close to a region to be printed. A change position for ink cartridges is located before the transport region on a front side of the printing apparatus or above the transport region of an appropriately constructed transport apparatus. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153639 | METHOD TO FORM LATENT IMAGE ON OVERCOAT LAYER, VISUALIZING METHOD OF LATENT IMAGE, AND VISUALIZING TOOL EMPLOYED WITH PRINTER DEVICE FORMING LATENT IMAGE AND VISUALIZING METHOD - A method of forming a latent image portion on an overcoat layer by a difference in surface brilliance, at the time of layering an overcoat layer on a thermal transfer subject sheet by a heat transfer method, includes the steps of: setting at least two types of applied energy from the thermal head wherein a plurality of thermal elements are arrayed in line form, and layering the overcoat layer on the thermal transfer subject sheet; forming a difference in surface brilliance made up of a region of relatively high degree of brilliance and a region of relatively low degree of brilliance, based on the difference in the applied energy, to form a line pattern with a plurality of lines; and forming the lines by shifting a phase of a line pattern of the latent image portion and the line pattern of a background portion excluding the latent image portion. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153640 | Thermal printer - In order to prevent a platen roller and shaft bearings from accidentally coming off from notches to improve reliability of a thermal printer, Provided is a thermal printer, including: a main body frame ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090153641 | Light Scanning Apparatus, Image Forming Apparatus Equipped with Such Light Scanning Apparatus, and Control Method or Image Forming Method for Such Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus, includes: a latent image carrier whose surface includes an effective image region spanning across a predetermined width in a main scanning direction and is driven in a sub scanning direction approximately orthogonal to the main scanning direction; a latent image former which has a light source and a deflection mirror oscillating, and deflects a light beam from the light source using the deflection mirror so as to scan the effective image region with the deflected light beam; and a scanning mode controller which switches selectively between a single-side scanning mode and a double-side scanning mode, the single-side scanning mode being a mode in which the light beam is scanned only in a first direction included in the main scanning direction, the double-side scanning mode being a mode in which the light beam is scanned in both the first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, wherein a condition to form latent images on the latent image carrier in the single-side scanning mode is different from a condition to form latent images on the latent image carrier in the double-side scanning mode. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153642 | Exposure Head, A Method Of Controlling An Exposure Head And An Image Forming Apparatus - An exposure head, includes: an imaging optical system; a first light emitting element that emits a light which is to be focused by the imaging optical system; a second light emitting element that emits a light which is to be focused by the imaging optical system; a first TFT circuit that is connected with the first light emitting element via an interconnection wire; and a second TFT circuit that is connected with the second light emitting element via an interconnection wire, wherein the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element are provided between the first TFT circuit and the second TFT circuit. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153643 | Image Forming Device and Image Forming Method - An image forming device includes: an exposure head having a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a first direction, a first imaging optical system adapted to image light emitted from the light emitting elements, and a second imaging optical system disposed in a second direction with respect to the first imaging optical system; a latent image carrier movable in the second direction; a detection section adapted to detect a moving time the latent image carrier takes to move from a first position to a second position in the second direction; and a control section adapted to control the time from emission of a first part of the light emitting elements adapted to emit light to be imaged by the first imaging optical system to emission of a second part of the light emitting elements adapted to emit light to be imaged by the second imaging optical system based on the detection result of the detection section, thereby aligning a latent image formed on the latent image carrier by the first imaging optical system and a latent image formed on the latent image carrier by the second imaging optical system in the first direction. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153644 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus includes light source units; a deflecting unit, incident optical systems provided so as to correspond to the light source units, and at least one synchronous detection optical system that controls a timing at which the light beams form images on the surfaces to be scanned. The synchronous detection optical system includes a synchronous detection element, at least one optical path changing unit, and at least one synchronous detection optical element. The synchronous detection element is attached to a circuit substrate of the light source unit arranged to oppose the light source unit that emits a light beam used for synchronous detection, with the deflecting unit therebetween. The synchronous detection optical element and the synchronous detection element are arranged to oppose each other with respect to a line perpendicular to lines connecting a deflection axis of the deflecting unit and optical axes of the imaging optical systems. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153645 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION IN VARIABLE BITRATE (MULTI-RATE) CONFERENCES - Method for dynamically optimizing bandwidth allocation in a variable bitrate conference environment. Conference means with two or more outputs are provided, where each one can output data at different rates, in order to support two or more endpoints which may have different media rates. Two or more endpoints are connected to these conference means for participating in the conference. Whenever more than one video rate is used by participants during the conference, each set of output rates is selected from all possible combinations of output rates in the conference means, wherein the lowest output rate in each selected set is the entry rate of the endpoint joining the conference at the lowest rate. A Quality Drop Coefficient (QDC) for each endpoint that joins the conference is determined for each selected set, wherein the QDC is computed according to the endpoint entry rate and the highest rate, among the output rates of each selected set, that is lower or equal to said endpoints' entry rate. A Quality Drop Value (QDV) is calculated for each of the selected sets, wherein, preferably, the set of output rates with the lowest QDV is determined as the optimal video rate set to select. The video rate of all the endpoints having a video rate above the highest optimal video rate is reduced to the highest optimal video rate, if required, and the video rate of other endpoints having video rate between two consecutive levels of optimal video rates is reduced to the lowest level among said levels. Whenever a change occurs in either the amount of participating endpoints in the conference or in the declared bit rate capability of the participating endpoints, the video rates of all the outputs are recalculated. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153646 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE VIA VIDEO - A system, device, and method for providing assistance to a user may include initiation of a video and/or text chat session as an audio telephone call between a terminal operated by the user and a call host, establishment, by the call host, of an audio connection between the user terminal and call host for the audio telephone call, a routing, by the call host, of the audio telephone call to a terminal of a human agent, the routing depending on a type of assistance requested by the user, and the user terminal and the agent terminal establishing a video connection and/or a text chat connection between the user terminal and the agent terminal after the audio telephone call is accepted by the agent terminal. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153647 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A PANORAMIC IMAGE FROM A VIDEO SEQUENCE - The invention relates to a method and device for generating a panoramic image ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090153648 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOVIE BROWSER OR EDITOR - A three-dimensional movie browser or editor is disclosed. In one aspect, video frames are quads in space. A movie plays at full quality by moving the quads in space at a speed of the movie and having a camera follow the quads. A focus frame in the movie is put forward by a cover-flow/dock like expansion around it. Video frames are loaded at a resolution and with an interval that depends on their position regarding a focus point or the optical flow between the frames. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153649 | Imaging Apparatus - An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup unit, a cutout image generation unit for cutting out a specified area in a pickup image taken by the image pickup unit to generate a cutout image enlarged at a specified magnification, an image display unit for displaying one or both of the pickup image taken by the image pickup unit and the cutout image generated by the cutout image generation unit, a display image control unit for controlling a method of displaying an image the image display unit displays, a manual focus operation unit for the user to control through manual operation the focus position of the image pickup unit, and a manual zoom operation unit for the user to control the zoom magnification of the image pickup unit. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153650 | CAMERA POSITION RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A camera position recognition system includes: multiple cameras removably placed at different positions to be able to photograph a subject from different viewpoints along a horizontal direction; a host device to assign camera identification information to each camera, the camera identification information representing a relative position of each camera; and a marker member placed at a position of the subject and to be photographed by the cameras. The marker member presents different shapes in images photographed by the cameras depending on the position of each camera. The host device acquires the images of the marker member photographed by the cameras and determines the camera identification information based on differences between the shapes of the marker member captured in the images. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153651 | SUSPENDED PARTICLE DEVICE - The invention relates to a 3 D display. The 3 D display comprises suspended particle devices with a suspension of elongated particles that align at a predetermined angle with incoming light beam. The display will allow information to be separated relevant to the left and right eye. An electronically controllable set of suspended particle devices adjusts the deflection angle of the outcoming light beam. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153652 | DEPTH DEPENDENT FILTERING OF IMAGE SIGNAL - The invention pertains to rendering of image data for a multi-view display, such as image data for a lenticular auto-stereoscopic display. The method comprising the steps of receiving an image signal representing a first image, the first image comprising 3D image data, spatially filtering the first image signal to provide a second image signal, the second image signal representing a second image, the spatial filtering being such as a low-pass filter, a high-pass filter or a combination of a low-pass and a high-pass filter, a strength of the spatial filter is determined by a reference depth of the first image and a depth of an image element of the first image, and sample the second image to a plurality of sub-images, each sub-image being associated with a view direction of the image. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153653 | Electrically-Driven Liquid Crystal Lens and stereoscopic Display Device Using the Same - An electrically-driven liquid crystal lens wherein electric connection between finely split electrodes and signal lines used to apply signals to the split electrodes can be accomplished using a minimal number of masks and signals can be applied to the finely split electrodes without line resistance, and a stereoscopic display device using the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal lens includes first and second substrates arranged opposite each other and each defining a plurality of lens regions, a plurality of metal lines formed on the first substrate, a first insulating film formed on the first substrate, a plurality of first electrodes formed on the first insulating film in the respective lens regions to intersect the plurality of metal lines, a second insulating film formed on the first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes formed on the second insulating film at positions alternating with the first electrodes, a first contact structure between the first electrodes and the metal lines using a transparent electrode pattern of the same layer as the second electrodes, a second contact structure between the second electrodes and the plurality of metal lines, a common electrode formed over the entire surface of the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153654 | VIDEO CUSTOMIZED TO INCLUDE PERSON-OF-INTEREST - One or more input video sequences and a set of person-of-interest (“POI”) information are received. The set of POI information identifies at least one person-of-interest. A particular video sequence is identified that prominently or relatively prominently displays at least the person-of-interest. The particular video sequence is identified from (a) the input video sequence(s), or (b) a portion of the input video sequence, if only one was received, or a portion of one of the input video sequences, if more than one was received. Then, a customized output video is generated from at least a portion or portions of the input video sequence(s), the customized output video being generated based at least upon the set of POI information to include at least the particular video sequence. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153655 | GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A gesture recognition apparatus including a detector, a controller and a gesture recognizer, and is able to detect a portion to be detected using an image captured at a first resolution without reducing the number of images to be entered per unit of time to an object detector by detecting an auxiliary portion instead when the portion to be detected is not detected at a second resolution, estimating the position of the auxiliary portion based on the position of the auxiliary portion, and extracting the periphery thereof from the image captured at the first resolution. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153656 | WIND TURBINE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM - A wind turbine monitoring system having a central monitoring device and one or more wind turbines. The central monitoring device is capable of receiving signals from one or more wind turbines. The wind turbines each include one or more cameras arranged and disposed to provide visual signals transmittable to the central monitoring device. The visual signals generated by the cameras provide sufficient information to the central monitoring device to determine whether maintenance to the wind turbine is required. A method for providing maintenance to a wind turbine is also disclosed. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153657 | Method and apparatus for processing the image of the surface of a wafer recorded by at least one camera - A method for processing the image data of the surface of a wafer ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090153658 | VIDEO AND THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING INTERIORS OF HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTION VESSELS - A system and method for real-time monitoring of the interior of a combustor or gasifier wherein light emitted by the interior surface of a refractory wall of the combustor or gasifier is collected using an imaging fiber optic bundle having a light receiving end and a light output end. Color information in the light is captured with primary color (RGB) filters or complimentary color (GMCY) filters placed over individual pixels of color sensors disposed within a digital color camera in a BAYER mosaic layout, producing RGB signal outputs or GMCY signal outputs. The signal outputs are processed using intensity ratios of the primary color filters or the complimentary color filters, producing video images and/or thermal images of the interior of the combustor or gasifier. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153659 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND CLASSIFYING OBJECTS IN IMAGES, SUCH AS INSECTS AND OTHER ARTHROPODS - A color-based imaging system and method for the detection and classification of insects and other arthropods are described, including devices for counting arthropods and providing taxonomic capabilities useful for pest-management. Some embodiments include an image sensor (for example, a digital color camera, scanner or a video camera) with optional illumination that communicates with a computer system. Some embodiments include a color scanner connected to a computer. Sampled arthropods are put on a scanner to be counted and identified. The computer captures images from the scanner, adjusts scanner settings, and processes the acquired images to detect and identify the arthropods. Other embodiments include a trapping device and a digital camera connected by cable or wireless communications to the computer. Some devices include a processor to do the detection and identification in the field, or the field system can send the images to a centralized host computer for detection and identification. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153660 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING ACTIVE ALERT FUNCTION - A surveillance system including active alert function has a recognition system and an information processing system linking to the recognition system. The recognition system sets a monitoring area and identifies whether a visitor entering the monitoring area is an authorized user and gets monitoring information of the visitor. The information processing system saves the monitoring information and sends the saved information to the authorized user through an output system. Through the invention the authorized user can be actively informed of the monitoring in formation got in the monitoring area to avoid possible risks that might otherwise occur due to non-timely informed of the monitoring information. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153661 | METHOD FOR BUILDING AND EXTRACTING ENTITY NETWORKS FROM VIDEO - A computer implemented method for deriving an attribute entity network (AEN) from video data is disclosed, comprising the steps of: extracting at least two entities from the video data; tracking the trajectories of the at least two entities to form at least two tracks; deriving at least one association between at least two entities by detecting at least one event involving the at least two entities, said detecting of at least one event being based on detecting at least one spatio-temporal motion correlation between the at least two entities; and constructing the AEN by creating a graph wherein the at least two objects form at least two nodes and the at least one association forms a link between the at least two nodes. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153662 | NIGHT VISION SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AND DISPLAYING A SURROUNDING AREA - In a night-vision system, an area surrounding a motor vehicle is recorded by a recording apparatus and information about recorded objects is displayed on a display. The recording apparatus has a laser light source and a laser detection apparatus, with the laser light source transmitting laser pulses which scan the area in front of the motor vehicle. The laser detection apparatus uses the laser pulses reflected from objects to detect the position and/or movement direction of the objects. The position of those objects whose position and/or movement direction is relevant for the motor vehicle is displayed in an emphasized form on the display. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153663 | BACK-UP CAMERA AND INTEGRATED LED LICENSE LIGHT - A vehicle rear-vision system for providing the operator scenic information relating to the vehicle's rearview area may be integrated within a common housing with the vehicle's rear license plate light assembly. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153664 | Stereo Camera Device - A stereo camera device includes: plural picture image taking sections, an image correction section which makes correction of picture images taken, a parallax calculating section which calculates parallax, an amount of dislocation between the left and right images, and an image recognition section which carries out image recognition processing using both the image taken and the calculated parallax, or either of them. The stereo camera device further includes: a processing area setting up section which sets up the image area to be processed and reduction ratio differently depending on the driving environment of the vehicle on which the stereo camera device is mounted, wherein, by using the image area and the reduction ratio set up by the processing area setting up section, the image correction section makes correction to the picture image, the parallax calculating section calculates parallax, and the image recognition section carries out processing of image recognition. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153665 | LANE CHANGE CONTROL SYSTEM - This invention relates generally to vision systems for vehicles and, more particularly, to rear-view vision systems which provide the vehicle operator with scenic information in the direction rearward of the vehicle. More particularly, the invention relates to a rear-view vision system utilizing image capture devices, such as CMOS imaging arrays in external rear view mirrors to support lane change in a driver assistant system. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153666 | TRACKING DEVICE, AUTOMATIC FOCUSING DEVICE, AND CAMERA - A tracking device includes: a light measurement device for light measuring an object; a focus detection device for performing focus detection of the object by an optical system; and a tracking control device for tracking the object based on light measurement information from the light measurement device and focus detection information from the focus detection device corresponding to the light measurement information. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153667 | Surveying instrument - The present invention provides a surveying instrument provided with a tracking function, said surveying instrument comprising a first image pickup means | 2009-06-18 |
20090153668 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME VIDEO QUALITY ASSESSMENT BASED ON TRANSMISSION PROPERTIES - A system and method for video quality assessment includes utilizing codec auxiliary information related to the encoding and decoding process to enhance performance of picture quality assessment. In a video transmission system, video quality assessment can be accurately performed in real time with reduced computational load upon the client. In particular, the server performs first picture quality assessment and sends the assessment result to the client, and the client performs second picture quality assessment only when a transmission error occurs to reduce the computational load on the client. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153669 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING CAMERA WITH RECTIFICATION HOMOGRAPHY OF IMAGED PARALLELOGRAM - A method for calibrating a camera including (a) obtaining a two-dimensional (2D) homography that maps each of parallelograms projected onto images taken by two arbitrary cameras into a rectangle, wherein the 2D homography is defined as a rectification homography and wherein new cameras that have virtual images are defined as rectified cameras and a new infinite homography is generated between the two rectified cameras, the virtual images being transformed from original images by the rectification homography; (b) obtaining an original infinite homography by using the correlations among the new infinite homography, the rectification homography and the original infinite homography; and (c) obtaining intrinsic camera parameters based on the correlation between the original infinite homography and the intrinsic camera parameters, thereby calibrating the camera. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153670 | HAND HELD DIGITAL PHOTO TRANSFER DEVICE - A system and method for transferring digital photo files from a plurality of different sources having different connection configurations to one or more sources, which may also have a plurality of different connection configurations. The system may generally include a body, a processor in communication with a system bus, at least one memory source, a plurality of input ports being configured to communicate with a different type of digital photo devices, a plurality of output ports being configured to communicate with a different type of digital photo devices, and an input/output device positioned to receive input from an exterior of the body, the input/output device being in communication with the system bus. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153671 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING POINTING FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus and method having pointing function are provided. The apparatus includes a picture taking unit for taking a picture of not only visible ray image but also infra ray image, extracts control information to control the image display apparatus from the picture taken, and display the picture taken. therefore, it is possible to operate not only pointing function but also various kinds of function through the image display apparatus. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153672 | Image Processing Controller and Test Support System - There is provided an image processing controller capable of faithfully recreating a process of a series of image processing based upon a control program, which includes: a history buffer for extracting a result of the measurement in each processing unit, executed by the program executing section, as history information in each measurement cycle and holding the extracted result in association with the processing unit and the measurement cycle; a history buffer for extracting a camera image acquired from a camera by the program executing section during execution of a control program, as history information in each the measurement cycle and holding the extracted image in association with the measurement cycle; and a history information transferring section for transferring history information, held in the history buffers, to the PC. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153673 | Method and apparatus for accuracy measuring of 3D graphical model using images - Disclosed is a technology for measuring a degree of accuracy of a 3D graphical model by using images. The technology includes creating camera parameters by calculating a position, a direction, and intrinsic parameters of a camera through a calibration of the camera to a reference image which is photographed for reference during creation of the 3D graphical model of an actually existing object; calculating a position and a direction of the 3D graphical model based on a corresponding relation between the reference image and 3D graphical model data obtained by digitizing the actually existing object; creating a synthesized image by rendering the 3D graphical model using the camera parameters; extracting characteristics of the reference image and the synthesized image; and calculating distance and length errors based on a corresponding relation between the extracted characteristics of the two images. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153674 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An original is inclined with respect to an optical axis of a camera until the camera is positioned outside a reflected-image taking range by inclining a mounting surface of an original glass on which the original is placed. This makes it possible, when the original is taken by the camera, to prevent the camera from being reflected on the original and being taken in with the original. An imaging case formed of a diffusing member that is made of a high light-diffusing material or a high light-absorbing material is arranged in the reflected-image taking range. This makes it possible to prevent an object positioned in the reflected-image taking range from being reflected on the original and being taken by the camera. Consequently, clear image information can be more reliably obtained. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153675 | Image Transmitting Apparatus and Wireless Image Receiving Apparatus - An image transmitting apparatus is provided with a free-running transmitting unit for transmitting image data and a free-running receiving unit for receiving the image data transmitted from the transmitting unit, wherein the transmitting unit includes a marker attaching unit operative to attach a vertical synchronization marker to the image data, and the receiving unit includes: a marker retrieving unit operative to retrieve the vertical synchronization marker attached by the marker attaching unit; a marker position monitoring unit operative to monitor whether the marker position of the vertical synchronization marker in the received data is within a predetermined range; and a non-display interval adjusting unit operative to adjust, if the marker position monitoring means determines that the marker position is not within the predetermined range, a period of time in which the image data is not displayed such that the marker position is within the predetermined range. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153676 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a display control apparatus comprising a read out unit configured to read out an image from a recording medium, a classification unit configured to classify a plurality of images into a plurality of groups in accordance with attribute information of each image, a display control unit configured to control to display a representative image which represents each of the plurality of groups, a comparison unit configured to compare an image included in one of the plurality of groups classified by the classification unit with an image included in another group, and a determination unit configured to determine one of images included in the one group as a representative image of the one group based on comparison by the comparison unit, the image not overlapping a representative image of the other group. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153677 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHODS, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHODS - Apparatuses and methods for recording and reproducing RAW image data to more precisely correct for hand tremble in response to an electronic hand tremble correction when an image is recorded. The recording apparatus includes an image developing processor performing an image developing process on raw data sequentially output from an image sensor in frames and generating completely developed image data in frames, an electronic hand tremble correction unit performing an electronic hand tremble correction process on the completely developed image data and generating completely electronic hand tremble correction processed image data, a moving quantity data obtaining unit obtaining data of moving quantity in frames used for the electronic hand tremble correction process performed by the electronic hand tremble correction unit, and a storage medium recorder sequentially recording in frames the RAW data, the completely developed image data, and the data of moving quantity to a storage medium per frame. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153678 | Reproducer, digital camera, slide show reproduction method, program, image display apparatus, image display method, image reproduction method, and image display program - A reproducer is provided with members shown below. Namely, the reproducer is provided with a storage part for storing images, a vibration detection part for detecting a vibration operation by a user, a switching instruction part for instructing switching of reproduction content in slide show reproduction based on a detection result from the vibration detection part, a synthesis processing part for performing creation processing of slide show images, which are images for the slide show reproduction, based on instructions of the switching instruction part, and a slide show control part for performing the slide show reproduction of the images stored in the storage part and the slide show images. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153679 | IMAGE STABILIZATION CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR IMAGING APPARATUS - An internal CPU, a vibration control equalizer for processing an output signal of a vibration detector for detecting vibration of an imaging apparatus and calculating a vibration signal for determining a driving amount for an optical component on the basis of vibration of the imaging apparatus, a position control equalizer for calculating a position signal for determining a driving amount for the optical component on the basis of position of the optical component, and a control switching section for switching between the internal CPU and an external control circuit for the imaging apparatus for control of the vibration control equalizer and the position control equalizer. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153680 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - An image capturing apparatus includes a motion vector detection unit which detects a motion vector on the basis of the correlation between image signals continuously captured by an image capturing unit, a reliability evaluation value calculation unit which calculates the reliability evaluation value of the motion vector detected by the motion vector detection unit, a blurring correction amount determination unit which determines the image blurring correction amount on the basis of the motion vector detected by the motion vector detection unit, a correction amount reduction unit which reduces the image blurring correction amount on the basis of the reliability evaluation value calculated by the reliability evaluation value calculation unit, and a blurring correction unit which corrects image blurring on the basis of the image blurring correction amount reduced by the correction amount reduction unit. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153681 | Digital photographing apparatus and method of controlling the same - A digital photographing apparatus that is capable of detecting the shaking of the apparatus by using an autofocusing (AF) process and a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus are provided. These involve calculating a first focal value while focusing on an object by performing the AF process and comparing the first focal value with a second focal value of a location on an image captured by actually photographing the object. This location corresponds to a location corresponding to the first focal value. As a result of these features, the shaking of the digital photographing apparatus can be detected. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153682 | Reducing Video Shaking - Included are embodiments for reducing undesirable motion in a video. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving a plurality of video frames that comprise at least one segment of a video, the plurality of video frames being captured by a capture device and determining a maximum undesired movement of the capture device for the plurality of video frames during the at least one segment. Some embodiments include trimming at least a portion of the video frames according to the determined maximum undesired movement such that the undesirable movement in the video is reduced. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153683 | IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - In an image acquisition apparatus, RAW data obtained in image acquisition with an imager in which a color filter is disposed in a front face is divided into each identical color by a RAW data dividing unit, a compression coding processing unit produces coded data of each color by compressing the RAW data at a compression rate controlled for each color, and the coded data of each color is recorded in a recording unit. A motion compensation unit compensates a relative positional relationship between frames by estimating a motion of a subject between frames of plural images, using specific color division coded data which is decoded by the compression coding processing unit and a RAW format data reproducing unit, the specific color division coded data being coded data of a color close to a peak of spectral sensitivity of human vision in the coded data of each color. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153684 | IMAGING DEVICE UNIT AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging device unit includes: an imaging device having an imaging surface located on one side thereof in a width direction thereof and a rear surface located oppositely to the imaging surface; a heat radiating plate radiating heat generated in the imaging device, the heat radiating plate being arranged at the rear surface of the imaging device; and a signal processing substrate causing the imaging device to be operated. The heat radiating plate and the signal processing substrate are arranged opposedly to each other with a spacer being interposed therebetween and with a space portion being obtained therebetween. | 2009-06-18 |
20090153685 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PHOTOGRAPHING PANORAMIC PICTURE - A method for photographing a panoramic picture, and for identifying motion of a photographing apparatus to automatically photograph respective images of a panoramic picture. The method steps include: (a) obtaining a first image in response to a request for a panoramic picture photography; (b) identifying motion of a photographing apparatus having obtained the first image, by applying a motion estimation technique to currently input images; (c) automatically determining a photographing direction based on the identified motion of the photographing apparatus; (d) selectively applying a motion estimation technique for estimating motion in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction, according to the determined photographing direction, and identifying motion of the photographing apparatus; (e) judging photographing time points of respective images by identifying that the identified motion of the photographing apparatus has reached a preset threshold value for decision of the photographing time point; and (f) photographing images at the photographing time point of the respective images. | 2009-06-18 |