34th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130215165 | AUTOMATED PRINT AND IMAGE CAPTURE POSITION ADJUSTMENT - A first registration mark is printed by a first printhead on print media at a first initial encoder value. A second registration mark is printed by a second printhead on print media at a second initial encoder value. The second registration mark is spaced apart from the first registration mark. The first and second registration marks are detected using the mark detection system as each is transported past the mark detection system. The displacement signal is used to measure a displacement of the print media between the detection of the second and first registration marks by the mark detection system. A cue delay value is determined for the second printhead so that a subsequently printed first image plane and a second image plane are registered relative to each other using the displacement, the first initial encoder value, and the second initial encoder value. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215166 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODE INDICATOR - A control circuit for a light emitting diode for indicating power-on in a normal operating mode, power-on in a sleep mode, and power-off, the control circuit includes: a first voltage source having a DC voltage that is greater than a nominal forward voltage drop of the light emitting diode, the first voltage source connected to a first resistor in series with an anode of the light emitting diode; a second voltage source having a DC voltage that is greater than the DC voltage of the first voltage source; a first transistor connected between a cathode of the light emitting diode and ground; a control signal connected to an input of the first transistor; a second transistor connected between the first voltage source and the second voltage source, wherein an output of the first transistor is connected to an input of the second transistor. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215167 | Printing Apparatus and Printing Method - A printing apparatus that prints onto a printed object using a special glossy ink and a color ink includes a control unit that executes the print adding the special glossy ink to a region, in pixels of a night scene formed by the color ink, that is lighted. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215168 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND ARTICLES RELATED TO MACHINE-READABLE INDICIA AND SYMBOLS - A system employs combinations of marking media, each with respective distinguishing spectral characteristics to encode human comprehensible information in, and read human comprehensible information from, machine-readable indicia or symbols. Machine-readable indicia may be a single dot encoding information only in the combinations. Machine-readable symbols may be linear or two dimensional, spatially encoding information in the combinations, as well as spatially. A symbology may map at least the combinations to human-readable symbols or characters. A printer may form indicia or symbols with combinations of marking media. A reader may read indicia or symbols and decode information from at least the combinations of marking media. Different combinations may be visually homogenous, for example gray. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215169 | INK FOR INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUSES AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink for ink-jet recording apparatuses includes water, a pigment dispersion, an organic solvent, and a humectant. The pigment dispersion includes a pigment and a resin having a weight average molecular weight of from 35,000 to 140,000. An adsorbed resin proportion determined from the mass of a total amount of resin in the ink and the amount of resin separated from pigment among the resin is at least 0.97. And, the ink contains from 3% to 15% by mass of C1-C4 monoalkyl ether of polyhydric alcohol based on the mass of the ink as the organic solvent. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215170 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - An apparatus for printing an image on a transparent medium based on a selected mode, the apparatus includes: a head that ejects ink droplets from nozzles, wherein when a first mode is selected, the head prints a first image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the first image, and prints a second image which is different from the first image on the background image, and wherein when a second mode is selected, the head prints a second image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the second image, and prints a first image on the background image. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215171 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - An apparatus for printing an image on a transparent medium based on a selected mode, the apparatus includes: a head that ejects ink droplets from nozzles, wherein when a first mode is selected, the head prints a first image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the first image, and prints a second image which is different from the first image on the background image, and wherein when a second mode is selected, the head prints a second image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the second image, and prints a first image on the background image. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215172 | INKJET HEAD AND INKJET RECORDER - According to one embodiment, an inkjet head has a pressure chamber for storing an ink, an actuator for changing the volume of the pressure chamber, and a nozzle through which the ink stored in the pressure chamber is ejected when the volume of the pressure chamber is changed. Additionally, the inkjet head has a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the ink and a controller for controlling the actuator by outputting an ejecting waveform. The ejecting waveform sequentially includes an expansion pulse, a first contraction pulse, and a second contraction pulse. The controller changes the pulse width or voltage value of the second contraction pulse when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor changes. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215173 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: and a unit that electrically shuts off a pressure generating unit corresponding to a nozzle ejecting no droplet, from a drive waveform generating unit for a period of a time Tb satisfying a relation Tb≧T | 2013-08-22 |
20130215174 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a piezoelectric element provided with a piezoelectric layer and an electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer; and a driving unit supplying a driving waveform driving the piezoelectric element to the piezoelectric element. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215175 | INK FOR INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUSES AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink for ink-jet recording apparatuses includes water, a pigment dispersion, a humectant, and a penetrating agent. The ink includes glycerin of from 5% to 9% by mass and 1,3-propanediol and/or 1,4-butanediol of from 30% to 45% by mass as the humectant. The ink also includes a C1-C4 monoalkyl ether of polyhydric alcohol of from 2.0% to 4.5% by mass as the penetrating agent. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215176 | INKJET PRINTER AND CORRECTION VALUE ACQUISITION METHOD - In an inkjet printer, a pattern for density correction that indicates a constant density image is printed on printing paper with a head having a plurality of outlet rows, and pattern image data that indicates the pattern is acquired. A target outlet that ejects ink toward a linear region having a missing part in the pattern is detected, and a reference outlet that is included in the same outlet row as the target outlet and located close to the target outlet is specified. A density correction value of the target outlet among density correction values that are acquired based on a density profile of the pattern is replaced with a representative value of a density correction value of the reference outlet. Through this, even if an ink ejection failure occurs in any of the outlets, appropriate density correction values can be obtained for a plurality of outlets. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215177 | Printing Device and Method of Controlling Printing Device - A printing device includes a nozzle for discharging liquid, a counter that counts the number of signals for defining a cycle in which the liquid is discharged through the nozzle, and a discharge control portion that controls such that the liquid is not discharged through the nozzle when the number of signals counted by the counter is larger than a predetermined threshold value. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215178 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - According to the inkjet recording apparatus and the image recording method of the present invention, since the droplet volume of droplets ejected from ejection abnormality nozzles is limited to not greater than a prescribed upper limit value, and the droplet volume of droplets ejected from other normally functioning nozzles is corrected on the basis of correction values used for correction of non-uniformities in the image caused by ejection abnormality nozzles, then in even in cases where the interval between droplets ejected from adjacent nozzles which are adjacent to an ejection abnormality nozzle becomes larger due to landing interference, in particular, it is possible to perform image recording by using droplets m ejected from deflecting nozzles. As a result of this, the occurrence of non-uniformities (stripe non-uniformities) in the image can be suppressed. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215179 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD DEVICE, LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD USING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - To provide a liquid discharge head usable in a non-horizontal state, and a liquid discharge head device, a liquid discharge apparatus and a printing method, each of which uses the liquid discharge head. The liquid discharge head includes a passage member and a plurality of pressurizing parts. The passage member includes a plurality of liquid discharge holes, a plurality of liquid pressurizing chambers connected correspondingly to the liquid discharge holes, and a plurality of common passages (manifolds) which are respectively connected to the liquid pressurizing chambers, and are independent of each other. Individual opening regions to cover locations that permit opening of the liquid discharge holes connected to one of the common passages occupy a smaller area than a liquid discharge hole opening region to cover locations that permits opening of all of the liquid discharge holes. The pressurizing parts pressurize the plurality of liquid pressurizing chambers, respectively. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215180 | Printing Apparatus and Printing Method - A printing apparatus that prints onto a printed object using a special glossy ink and a color ink includes a control unit that executes the print adding the special glossy ink to locations in which the pixels formed by the color ink have a maximum luminance or saturation. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215181 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a conveying unit that conveys a recording medium; a liquid droplet ejection head that ejects liquid droplets onto the recording medium; an emission unit that emits a detection beam and a reference beam, which is farther from a conveying surface of the conveying unit than the detection beam, along the conveying surface of the conveying unit, the emission unit being provided upstream of the liquid droplet ejection head in a conveying direction of the recording medium; a light receiving unit that receives the detection beam and the reference beam emitted from the emission unit; and a floating determination unit that determines whether the recording medium is floated, based upon a magnitude of a difference between an amount of light of the detection beam received by the light receiving unit and an amount of light of the reference beam received by the light receiving unit. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215182 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND SENSOR SENSITIVITY SETTING METHOD IN LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - This is to provide a liquid ejecting apparatus and a sensor sensitivity setting method in a liquid ejecting apparatus making it possible to keep low any fluctuations in the reflectance of a reflecting part used to measure the sensitivity of an optical sensor provided to a carriage, and to enhance the accuracy of measurement sensitivity, thus making it possible to ensure the required sensitivity even in spite of progressive deterioration of the optical sensor. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215183 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to an image forming apparatus including a supply unit configured to supply a sheet, a recording unit configured to perform recording by discharging a plurality of colors of inks onto the sheet, a reading unit configured to read out an image of the sheet, a drying unit configured to dry the sheet on which recording is provided by the recording unit, and a control unit configured to perform control so as to record an inspection pattern onto the sheet by the recording unit and so as to read out the inspection pattern of the sheet by the reading unit after the sheet on which the inspection pattern is recorded passes through the drying unit in order to acquire inspection data of the inspection pattern of the sheet. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215184 | ABSORBENT PLASTIC PIGMENT WITH IMPROVED PRINT DENSITY AND RECORDING SHEET CONTAINING SAME - A core/shell particle is provided, comprising: a water-absorbent, dye-fixing polymeric core, comprising: (a) a multivalent cation and a polymerization product of a monoethylenically unsaturated carbonyl-group containing monomer; (b) a nitrogen-containing polymer; or (c) a combination of (a) and (b); and a water-insoluble, porous polymeric shell, surrounding all or a portion of said core. A paper sizing or coating composition which incorporates the core/shell particles is provided. Recording sheets which include the composition, methods of making the composition and recording sheets, and methods for making an image are provided. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215185 | LASER TRANSMISSION LAMINATING OF MATERIALS FOR INK JET PRINTHEADS - A method for assembling a printhead such as an ink jet printhead can include the use of a laser to bond two or more printhead layers together. In an embodiment, a laser beam is directed through a transparent layer to an energy-absorbing layer, where the energy-absorbing layer is melted such that after removal of the laser beam the melted layer solidifies to adhere the energy-absorbing layer to the transparent layer. In another embodiment, heating the energy-absorbing layer melts the transparent layer to adhere the energy-absorbing layer to the transparent layer after removal of the laser beam. The laser transmission lamination process described can result in a fluid-tight seal which requires less processing time and materials over an adhesive-based process. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215186 | ULTRASONIC LAMINATING OF MATERIALS FOR INK JET PRINTHEADS - A method for assembling a printhead such as an ink jet printhead can include the use of an ultrasonic bonding process to bond two or more printhead layers together. In an embodiment, an ultrasonic frequency is directed to an interface between a first layer and a second layer to generate heat at the interface. In an embodiment, the heat melts at least one of the first layer and the second layer, and the layers are cooled to cure the melted layer. In another embodiment, the heat generated using the ultrasonic frequency cures an adhesive layer between the first layer and the second layer. The ultrasonic lamination process described can result in a fluid-tight seal which requires less processing time and materials over an adhesive-based process. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215187 | METHOD OF MAINTENANCE FOR AN IMAGING APPARATUS - A maintenance station for servicing a printhead mounted on a carrier includes mechanisms that separate a wiping function from a capping function. The maintenance station includes a housing mounting a maintenance sled that is movable between a wiping position and a capping position. The capping position follows the wiping position along a direction of travel by the carrier when it enters the maintenance station. As the carrier enters the maintenance station, a latch pivotably mounted to the maintenance sled selectively locks the maintenance sled in the wiping position without engaging the capping position based on a stop position of the carrier upon initial entrance into the maintenance area. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215188 | INKJET HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet head includes an actuator substrate provided with a pressure generating chamber, a nozzle plate provided with multiple nozzle holes discharging liquid to form a nozzle surface opposite to a recording media, a common passage substrate provided with a common passage to supply liquid to the pressure generating chamber, and a cover member to cover a perimeter of the nozzle surface, with an opening to expose the nozzle holes. In a prescribed direction, a dimension of the opening of the cover Lc, an external dimension of the actuator substrate La, an external dimension of the nozzle plate Ln, and an external dimension of the common passage substrate Lm, satisfy inequalities, La≦Lc2013-08-22 | |
20130215189 | PRINT HEAD CAPPING DEVICE AND PRINTER - A print head capping device includes a flexible cap configured to engage with a print head, and a cap mount including a first portion and a second portion. The cap is mounted to the first portion and to the second portion. The first portion of the cap mount and the second portion of the cap mount are moveable with respect to each other. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215190 | INKJET DRAWING APPARATUS - An inkjet drawing apparatus includes a head module which holds a droplet jetting head provided with a nozzle for ejecting droplets, and which is unmovable in a horizontal direction, and a drawing table which supports a recording member on an upper surface, and which is movable in the horizontal direction. The inkjet drawing apparatus executes a prescribed drawing by ejecting the droplets onto the recording member from the droplet jetting head. A maintenance unit transfer mechanism is movable within a prescribed region including a position under the head module, and transfers a maintenance unit for conducting maintenance of the droplet jetting head toward the position under the head module, and executes positioning of the maintenance unit with respect to the droplet jetting head. A maintenance unit selecting/arranging mechanism selects one of a plurality of kinds of maintenance units, and places the selected maintenance unit on the maintenance unit transfer mechanism. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215191 | MAINTENANCE STATION FOR AN IMAGING APPARATUS - A maintenance station for servicing a printhead mounted on a carrier includes mechanisms that separate a wiping function from a capping function. The maintenance station includes a housing mounting a maintenance sled that is movable between a wiping position and a capping position. The capping position follows the wiping position along a direction of travel by the carrier when it enters the maintenance station. As the carrier enters the maintenance station, a latch pivotably mounted to the maintenance sled selectively locks the maintenance sled in the wiping position without engaging the capping position based on a stop position of the carrier upon initial entrance into the maintenance area. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215192 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head including: a head unit having a nozzle forming surface on which a plurality of rows of nozzles ejecting a liquid are arranged and of which the nozzle forming surface is wiped by a wiping member along an arrangement direction of the nozzle rows; and a fixing member, wherein the fixing member has a fixing plate section on which an exposure opening section exposing the nozzles of the nozzle forming surface is formed and of which an upper surface is joined to the nozzle forming surface as a fixing reference surface in a state where the nozzle is exposed into the exposure opening section, and a cutout section, which opens the exposure opening section in the wiping direction and exposes an edge portion of the nozzle forming surface, is formed downstream of the wiping member in the wiping direction in the exposure opening section. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215193 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - When a jam detector detects jamming, forced discharging from a head and wiping of an ejection surface are performed after a recording medium jammed is removed from a conveyor. When the count on a jam counter matches with any of one or more thresholds, at least the number of times the wiping is executed after the jammed recording medium is removed from the conveyor is greater than that executed when the count on the jam counter does not match with any of one or more thresholds. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215194 | PRINTERS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE AEROSOL - Printers, methods, and apparatus to reduce aerosol are disclosed. An example apparatus to reduce aerosol includes a print head ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130215195 | WASTE INK RECLAMATION APPARATUS FOR LIQUID INK RECIRCULATION SYSTEM - An ink reclamation receptacle receives ink purged from an inkjet printing Apparatus. Ink in the reclamation receptacle wets a porous membrane positioned in the reclamation receptacle, and flows into a flow channel. Negative pressure applied to a port that is placed in fluid communication with the flow channel withdraws ink from the flow channel for use in the inkjet printing apparatus, while ink wetting the pores in the membrane resists a flow of air into the flow channel. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215196 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system including an ink deposition unit that could be oriented and move along a long axis of an image segment to be printed. The system prints images occupying a number of segments of a substrate surface at a substantially shorter time than the existing printing systems operating in raster mode would print. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215197 | PRINTHEAD FLUID PATHS FORMED WITH SACRIFICIAL MATERIAL PATTERNED USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES - A method for forming an ink jet printhead subassembly can include the use of a sacrificial form to fabricate a printhead subassembly having a plurality of ink channels therethrough. The sacrificial form can be manufactured using one or more described techniques. The completed printhead subassembly can include a single solid structure manufactured from a single material, or can include more than one solid structures assembled together. A printhead subassembly according to the present teachings can have a reduced number of parts and cost, simplified manufacture, and increased yields and lifetime compared to some other printhead subassemblies. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215198 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - To provide an inkjet recording apparatus capable of preventing nozzle clogging, capable of aligning the nozzle positions of line heads precisely and easily, and capable of adjusting the number of the line heads. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215199 | PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING FRONTSIDE INLET CHANNELS AND BACKSIDE INK SUPPLY CHANNELS - Provided is a cartridge unit for a printer. The cartridge unit has upper and lower plate members having an ink bag located between the plate members to define an ink volume. The plate members can be displaced towards and away from each other by an external force. A bag constrictor assembly engages the plate members and is configured to act on the bag when the plate members are displaced towards each other to reduce the ink volume. A valve insert has an inlet valve to facilitate refilling of the bag with ink and an outlet valve to facilitate ink delivery to a printhead. A filter cover is positioned between the valve insert and the ink bag to filter contaminants and air bubbles passing between the ink bag and said valve insert. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215200 | FINE WIRING PATTERN, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND THERMAL PRINT HEAD - According to the present disclosure, a manufacturing method of a fine wiring pattern is disclosed. The manufacturing method includes preparing a support member, forming a first layer on the support member by thick-film printing, and forming a second layer including Ag on the first layer by the thick-film printing. The method also includes forming a predetermined fine wiring pattern by performing an etching process upon the first layer and the second layer. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215201 | INK CARTRIDGE CONTAINER - An ink cartridge container includes an ink bag made of flexible material to store ink internally, the ink bag having a corner at an internal bottom surface thereof and an ink outlet at an upper part thereof, an ink delivery tube made of elastic material and situated inside the ink bag to deliver the ink to the outside through the ink outlet, an ink outlet connector connected to the ink delivery tube at the ink outlet to supply the ink to the outside, and a bending part to have the ink delivery tube inside be curved to have the end thereof in contact with the corner at the internal bottom surface, wherein the ink delivery tube inside the ink bag is positioned to have an end thereof in contact with the corner at the internal bottom surface by the bending part. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215202 | HELICAL DRYER PATH FOR A PRINT SUBSTRATE WEB - In one example, a print substrate web path through a printer includes a first web path through a printing unit and a helical second web path through a dryer. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215203 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINTING SHARP IMAGE IN AN INKJET PRINTER - An apparatus and method to heat media in order to achieve rapid ink drying for sharp image quality is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a media heating means to heat media approximate the print zone to prevent coalescence and inter-color bleeding, and a printhead cooling means to cool the printhead so that the printhead temperature is maintained below an upper printhead temperature limit to minimize clogged nozzles. The preferred embodiment includes a hot air blower attached to the movable carriage to impinge heated air directly on to the media surface, and circulating a liquid coolant in a fluid channel built in a printhead plate conductively connected to the printhead. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215204 | PAPER CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - A paper conveyance apparatus includes: a drum that conveys a paper by winding the paper around an outer peripheral surface thereof and being rotated; a press roller that presses a surface of the paper at a predetermined position on the outer peripheral surface of the drum and brings a reverse surface of the paper into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the drum; and a back tension providing unit having an adsorption surface by which the surface or the reverse surface of the paper is absorbed, the back tension providing unit being configured so that provides the paper with a back tension by causing the adsorption surface to adsorb the surface or the reverse surface of the paper with an adsorption force which decreases from the center in a width direction of the paper toward both ends in the width direction of the paper. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215205 | System And Method For Transporting Substrates - A printing system comprising a load station to load one or more substrates, a first platen to receive the substrates movably connected to a first side of the system, a second platen to receive the substrates, movably connected to a second side of the system opposite the first side, a platen transport system operatively connected to the load station, the platen transport system moving the first and second platens in the system, an alignment station which aligns the one or more substrates on the first and second platens, a print station which prints the one or more substrate on the first and second platens, and an unload station which unloads the one or more substrates nom the first and second platens, the transport system comprising means to move the platens in a horizontal and vertical direction. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215206 | PRINTER - A printer includes a print head in which a plurality of nozzles, which discharges ink, are formed, a platen which supports the medium below the plurality of nozzles, a feeding mechanism which feeds the medium between the print head and the platen, a pair of drawing-out rollers which is provided further forward in a transport direction of the medium than the print head, pinches the medium, and draws out the medium between the print head and the platen, and a drawing-out guide which is provided between the platen and the pair of drawing-out rollers, supports the medium, and guides the medium up to the pair of drawing-out rollers, wherein a distance between a virtual plane on which the plurality of nozzles are arranged and the drawing-out guide is larger than a distance between the virtual plane and the platen when ink is discharged from the nozzle to the medium. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215207 | QUICK CHANGE DIGITAL LABEL PRESS - An integrated apparatus comprises a sheet supply maintaining cut sheets of media and a printing device positioned to receive the cut sheets of media from the sheet supply. The sheet supply may comprise a plurality of sheet feeders. The printing device places markings on the cut sheets of media. Further, this apparatus includes an adhesive applicator positioned to apply adhesive to one side of the sheets to produce labels; and a roll apparatus maintaining a continuous supply roll of backing media. The roll apparatus is positioned to receive the labels from the adhesive applicator, and the backing media is positioned within the roll apparatus to contact the adhesive-applied side of the labels. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215208 | AUTOMATED PRINT AND IMAGE CAPTURE POSITION ADJUSTMENT - A first registration mark, printed by a first printhead, includes a first crosstrack locating feature and a first guiding feature that aids an image capture device in locating the first crosstrack locating feature. A second registration mark, printed by a second printhead, includes a second crosstrack locating feature and a second guiding feature that aids the image capture device in locating the second crosstrack locating feature. The first registration mark and the second registration mark are detected using the image capture system as they are moved past the image capture system. A lateral displacement is measured between the second crosstrack registration mark and the first crosstrack registration mark using the image capture system. The lateral displacement is used to determine a lateral shift value for the second printhead to register a first image plane and a second image subsequently printed by the first printhead and second printhead. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215209 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION OF A PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus including a printhead for transferring ink from a ribbon to a substrate to be printed, a print roller for guiding the substrate to be printed, a peel-off roller for separating the ribbon from the substrate, downstream of the printhead, wherein a peel-off angle is subtended between a portion of ribbon which, when the printing apparatus is in use, extends between the printhead and the peel-off roller and a tangent to the print roller at a contact point on the circumference of the print roller, and a printhead angle is subtended between a part of the printhead which transfers ink from the ribbon to the substrate and a radius of the print roller at the contact point, and wherein the printhead angle is adjustable in accordance with the speed of the ribbon relative to the printing apparatus. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215210 | THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER - A thermal transfer printer, including first and second spool supports each being configured to support a spool of ribbon; a ribbon drive configured to cause movement of ribbon from the first support to the second spool support; a printhead for selectively transferring ink from the ribbon to a substrate; an electromagnetic sensor arranged to sense electromagnetic radiation and to generate data indicative of a property of the ribbon based upon sensed electromagnetic radiation; and a controller for processing data generated by the electromagnetic sensor. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215211 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exposure apparatus according to this invention uses, as a correction value, the difference between a threshold current obtained from the light emitting characteristics of a single laser light source when only the single laser light source emits a laser beam, and a threshold current obtained from the light emitting characteristics of the single laser light source when the single laser light source emits a laser beam while the bias currents are supplied to the remaining laser light sources other than the single laser light source. The exposure apparatus uses the correction value to correct bias currents and switching currents determined by APC, and exposes the surface of an image carrier with laser beams output from the plurality of laser light sources based on the corrected bias currents and switching currents. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215212 | Mobile phone videoconferencing with incoming mobile phone calls made to different mobile phone number profiles - There appears to be a growing need to have a mobile phone support virtual profiles of other mobile phone lines that one user may have. The authors of this document recently proposed a solution called The Mobile Phone with Multiple Mobile Phone Number Profiles. This solution enables a mobile phone to completely assume the identity of other mobile phone numbers through virtual mobile phone number profiles. At this time, the authors of this document is proposing an enhancement to this solution. The enhancement allows a user involved in a video conference call on a mobile phone profile to accept incoming calls that are made to different mobile phone number profiles. The main catalyst for such an enhancement is ease of use. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215213 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL CONFERENCING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A conferencing system for providing remote assistance according to the present disclosure includes a service requester device configured to execute a service requester application, a service provider device configured to execute a service provider application and a server application executing on a computer server remotely located from the service requester and service provider devices, the service requester and service provider applications are configured to dynamically connect to each other through the at least one server application. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215214 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AVATARSADDRESSING A REMOTE PARTICIPANT IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE - A method and system for addressing and indicating a remote person participating in a video conference call is provided. The method and system includes a local video conference unit having a local video display presenting a remote video image. A local pointing device allows a video conference participant to address one or more remote participants in the remote video image. The user input from the local pointing device may mark, highlight, “tag” or otherwise indicate the one or more remote participants. The local conference unit may also have a detection mechanism coupled to the local video display and configured to detect the user input from the local pointing device and determine a selected image region on the remote video image containing one or more addressed or selected remote participants. The selected image region corresponds to a plurality of pixels on the remote video image. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215215 | CLOUD-BASED INTEROPERABILITY PLATFORM USING A SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING ARCHITECTURE - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system implemented using a software-defined network (SDN) interoperability architecture for performing video conferencing. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a decision engine application, a decision engine controller, and a media processing resources (MPRs) that provide conferencing capabilities. The system implemented using a software-defined network (SDN) interoperability architecture allows for distributed media routing and contextual provisioning of a conference based upon static and dynamic variables in real-time, moderator control, and/or user control. Contextual provisioning may be employed to adjust the settings for a conference and to select the different components (e.g., hardware and software components) that are employed in the conference based upon static and dynamic variables. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure relate to distributing decoded streams between video conferencing components and performing capacity management by basing determinations upon state information and costs involved in allocating resources in a cloud environment. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215216 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION BY ANIMATION - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for displaying information by animation. The method includes: creating different interfaces corresponding to different visible areas; determining a visible interface among the created interfaces, displaying the visible interface, and hiding the other interfaces; and displaying, when receiving a trigger of displaying a visible area, an interface corresponding to the visible area in an animated manner, and hiding interfaces other than the interface corresponding to the visible area. The present invention avoids occurrence of flashing after the end of animation that is caused by coercive rearrangement of a control and adverse to the effect of animated display. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215217 | METHOD OF CREATING A VIRTUAL WINDOW - The systems and methods described herein include, among other things, a technique for calibrating the outputs of multiple sensors, such as CCD devices, that have overlapping fields of view and mapping the pixels of those outputs to the pixels of a display screen by means of a lookup table so that a user can see a selected field of view within the larger fields of view that are seen by the sensors. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215218 | Optical Target Detection - An optically-based target detection system includes a holographic detection filter designed to produce a concentrated spot when a target is present. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215219 | MULTICASTING MULTIVIEW 3D VIDEO - Apparatus, comprising a wireless transceiver to wirelessly communicate with multiple recipients, control logic coupled to the wireless transceiver to determine an amount of available bandwidth for multicasting multiple data streams for the recipients, the control logic to select an encoded data stream including data substreams relating to at least first and second video reference views and corresponding depth data for respective ones of the video reference views to transmit to a recipient via the wireless transceiver on the basis of the determined bandwidth. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215220 | FORMING A STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO - A method for forming a stereoscopic video of a scene from first and second input digital videos captured using respective first and second digital video cameras, wherein the first and second input digital videos include overlapping scene content and overlapping time durations. The method includes determining camera positions for each frame of the first and second input digital videos, and determining first-eye and second-eye viewpoints for each frame of the stereoscopic video. First-eye and second-eye images are formed for each frame of the stereoscopic video responsive to the corresponding video frames in the first and second input digital videos and the associated camera positions. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215221 | KEY VIDEO FRAME SELECTION METHOD - A method for selecting key video frames from a digital video captured using a digital video camera, the digital video including a temporal sequence of video frames. The method includes determining a camera position of the digital video camera for each video frame, and fitting a smoothed camera path to the camera positions. A sequence of target camera positions spaced out along the smoothed camera path is determined such that a corresponding set of target video frames has at least a target level of overlapping scene content. A set of key video frames are selected from the temporal sequence of video frames based on the target camera positions; | 2013-08-22 |
20130215222 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA RECEPTION DEVICE - [Object] To easily realize maintaining of consistency in perspective with each object in an image, when displaying superimposing information at the time of stereoscopic image display, such as graphics information like OSD for example. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215223 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus which generates an encoding parameter for encoding multi-viewpoint moving image data in accordance with a first encoding method and encodes the multi-viewpoint moving image data in accordance with the generated encoding parameter and the first encoding method, generates an encoding parameter used for encoding the multi-viewpoint moving image data by the first encoding unit such that the encoding parameter used for encoding the multi-viewpoint moving image data is usable to encode, in accordance with a second encoding method different from the first encoding method, moving image data obtained by reducing the number of horizontal pixels in each of left and right eye images in the multi-viewpoint moving image data and combining the left and right eye images, in each of which the number of pixels is reduced. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215224 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus which encodes multi-viewpoint moving image data in accordance with a predetermined encoding method, generates converted moving image data each picture of which is a combined image of a right eye image and a left eye image in the multi-viewpoint moving image data, in each of which the number of horizontal pixels is reduced, generates an encoding parameter for encoding the converted moving image data by using the encoding parameter used to encode the multi-viewpoint moving image data, and encodes, in response to the instruction, the converted moving image data, in accordance with the generated encoding parameter, in accordance with an encoding method different from the predetermined encoding method. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215225 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL EFFECTS - A display apparatus and a method for adjusting a 3D effect of the display apparatus are disclosed. The display apparatus includes: a display unit; a receiver which receives a three-dimensional (3D) video signal including a left-eye video signal and a right-eye video signal; a disparity information calculator which calculates disparity information; a depth information calculator which calculates first depth information of the 3D video signal and photographing information of a 3D image photographing device; a 3D image converter which generates a first depth map and displays the first depth map; and a user interface (UI) generator which generates and displays a menu button for adjusting the first depth information, the 3D image converter generating a second depth map in response to a user's selection input through the menu button, and displaying the second depth. With the intention of a 3D image producer to adjust the 3D effect. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215226 | Enriched Digital Photographs - A method for enriching digital photographs, the method comprising: receiving a digital photograph and video data captured before a time at which the digital photograph is captured until after said time, wherein the video data comprises a sequence of video frames; processing the digital photograph and the video frames to layer the digital photograph and the video frames into a plurality of layers thereby creating a plurality of video layer sequences; defining an order of the plurality of layers; generating playback guidance, the playback guidance defining how to combine the video layer sequences during playback; and transmitting the order, the video layer sequences and the playback guidance to a display device for playback. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215227 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a controller that sets type information, which represents that an application for executing a process using a dependent view video stream is an application for reproducing a 3-D image, in a clip information file which describes information on a transport stream including the dependent view video stream out of a base view video stream and the dependent view video stream obtained by encoding a plurality of video data according to the a predetermined video coding format. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215228 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBUSTLY COLLECTING FACIAL, OCULAR, AND IRIS IMAGES USING A SINGLE SENSOR - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for standoff facial and ocular acquisition. Embodiments of the invention address the problems of atmospheric turbulence, defocus, and field of view in a way that minimizes the need for additional hardware. One embodiment of a system for acquiring an image of a facial feature of a subject includes a single wide field of view sensor configured to acquire a plurality of images over a large depth of field containing the subject and a post processor coupled to the single sensor and configured to synthesize the image of the facial feature from the plurality of images. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215229 | REAL-TIME COMPOSITING OF LIVE RECORDING-BASED AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS-BASED MEDIA STREAMS - The present disclosure relates to providing composite media streams based on a live recording of a real scene and a synchronous virtual scene. A method for providing composite media streams comprises recording a real scene using a real camera; creating a three-dimensional representation of the real scene based on the recording; synchronizing a virtual camera inside a virtual scene with the real camera; generating a representation of the virtual scene using the virtual camera; compositing at least the three-dimensional representation of the real scene with the representation of the virtual scene to generate a media stream; and providing the media stream at the real camera. A camera device, a processing pipeline for compositing media streams, and a system are defined. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215230 | Augmented Reality System Using a Portable Device - A system and a method are disclosed for capturing real world objects and reconstructing a three-dimensional representation of real world objects. The position of the viewing system relative to the three-dimensional representation is calculated using information from a camera and an inertial motion unit. The position of the viewing system and the three-dimensional representation allow the viewing system to move relative to the real objects and enables virtual content to be shown with collision and occlusion with real world objects. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215231 | LIGHT FIELD IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - This image capture device includes: an image sensor | 2013-08-22 |
20130215232 | STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image segmenting unit ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130215233 | 3D SCENE MODEL FROM COLLECTION OF IMAGES - A method for determining a three-dimensional model of a scene from a collection of digital images, wherein the collection includes a plurality of digital images captured from a variety of camera positions. A set of the digital images from the collection are selected, wherein each digital image contains overlapping scene content with at least one other digital image in the set of digital images, and wherein the set of digital images overlap to cover a contiguous portion of the scene. Pairs of digital images from the set of digital images to determine a camera position for each digital image. A set of target camera positions is determined to provide a set of target digital images having at least a target level of overlapping scene content. The target digital images are analyzed using a three-dimensional reconstruction process to determine a three-dimensional model of the scene. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215234 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEREO MATCHING - Disclosed is a stereo matching method for calculating disparity from binocular images. The stereo matching method extracting distance information of objects included in images by using binocular images, includes receiving the binocular images acquired from a first camera and a second camera for acquiring the binocular images; processing the images so as to increase contrast between objects and background objects included in the received images by using a predetermined first algorithm; and performing, stereo matching using the processed images. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention outputs a disparity map in which objects and background are divided, thereby robustly recognizing a person or obstacles. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215235 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGER AND PROJECTION DEVICE - The systems and methods described herein include a device that can scan the surrounding environment and construct a 3D image, map, or representation of the surrounding environment using, for example, invisible light projected into the environment. In some implementations, the device can also project into the surrounding environment one or more visible radiation pattern patterns (e.g., a virtual object, text, graphics, images, symbols, color patterns, etc.) that are based at least in part on the 3D map of the surrounding environment. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215236 | Estimation of Metrics Using a Plenoptic Imaging System - The spatial resolution of captured plenoptic images is enhanced. In one aspect, the plenoptic imaging process is modeled by a pupil image function (PIF), and a PIF inversion process is applied to the captured plenoptic image to produce a better resolution estimate of the object. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215237 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An image processing apparatus includes an image obtainer configured to obtain a parallax image, an object extractor configured to extract at least a first object and a second object in the parallax image, a parallax amount calculator configured to calculate an amount of parallax of each of the first object and the second object, a viewing condition obtainer configured to obtain a viewing condition when a three-dimensional image is displayed, and a three-dimensional appearance determiner configured to, by using the viewing condition and the amounts of parallax of the first and second objects that are calculated by the parallax amount calculator, determine that a three-dimensional appearance is obtained when a difference between the amounts of parallax of the first and second objects is not less than a predetermined value, and determine that the three-dimensional appearance is not obtained when the difference is less than the predetermined value. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215238 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY - Provided is an imaging apparatus including an imaging lens, and an image sensor array of first and second image sensor units, wherein a single first image sensor unit includes a single first microlens and a plurality of image sensors, a single second image sensor unit includes a single second microlens and a single image sensor, light passing through the imaging lens and reaching each first image sensor unit passes through the first microlens and forms an image on the image sensors constituting the first image sensor unit, light passing through the imaging lens and reaching each second image sensor unit passes through the second microlens and forms an image on the image sensor constituting the second image sensor unit, an inter-unit light shielding layer is formed between the image sensor units, and a light shielding layer is not formed between the image sensor units constituting the first image sensor unit. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215239 | 3D SCENE MODEL FROM VIDEO - A method for determining a three-dimensional model of a scene from a digital video captured using a digital video camera, the digital video including a temporal sequence of video frames. The method includes determining a camera position of the digital video camera for each video frame, and fitting a smoothed camera path to the camera positions. A sequence of target camera positions spaced out along the smoothed camera path is determined such that a corresponding set of target video frames has at least a target level of overlapping scene content. The target video frames are analyzed using a three-dimensional reconstruction process to determine a three-dimensional model of the scene. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215240 | RECEIVER APPARATUS AND OUTPUT METHOD - It was impossible for digital broadcast receiver apparatuses to determine whether or not a currently received program or a program to be received in the future is a 3D program. A transmitter apparatus transmits both a program content including video information and ID information including information for determining whether the program content is a 2D program content or a 3D program content. A receiver apparatus comprises: a receiving unit for receiving both the program content including the video information and ID information including information for determining whether the program content is a 2D program content or a 3D program content; and an output unit for outputting the received program content in a 2D format or 3D format. In a case where a 3D program is received and the content thereof is then converted to a 2D format for output, the output unit outputs, in addition to the content of the program in the 2D format, information indicating that the program is a 3D program. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215241 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - A video display device is provided to achieve local control for a high-quality 3D image while reducing extraneous radiation. A video display device that receives video signals from two video signal lines with an identical frame period and is capable of displaying a stereoscopic image based on left-eye and right-eye images, the video display device including: a liquid crystal drive unit; a liquid crystal panel; an LED backlight that has a plurality of light emission areas; a combination unit that generates a composite video signal by combining the video signals with the identical frame period; a local control unit that detects a video feature quantity such as the intensity value of the composite video signal and determines the light-emission intensity value of the light emission area; and an LED driver. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215242 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN A STEREOSCOPIC OR BINOCULAR DISPLAY SYSTEM - The general field of the invention is that of the methods for displaying at least two non-stereoscopic images of a different nature intended to be superposed so as to form only one final image. The method according to the invention comprises the following two successive steps:
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20130215243 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY EXPOSURE TO 3D MEDIA PRESENTATIONS - Methods and apparatus to identify exposure to three dimensional media presentations are disclosed. An example method includes detecting a first brightness level with a first sensor and a second brightness level with a second sensor at a first time. A third brightness level is detected with the first sensor and a fourth brightness level is detected with the second sensor at a second time later than the first time. A 3D media counter is incremented when either: the first brightness is greater than the second brightness and the third brightness is less than the fourth brightness, or the first brightness is less than the second brightness and the third brightness is greater than the fourth brightness. The media is identified as 3D media when the 3D media counter exceeds a threshold | 2013-08-22 |
20130215244 | REMOVING ENVIRONMENT FACTORS FROM SIGNALS GENERATED FROM VIDEO IMAGES CAPTURED FOR BIOMEDICAL MEASUREMENTS - What is disclosed is a system and method for automatically removing undesirable periodic or random background noise from heart rate measurement signals obtained from a video camera, ambient illuminator and other unknown electromagnetic sources to improve the overall reliability of biomedical measurements. In one embodiment, a time varying video image acquired over at least one imaging channel of a subject of interest is received. The video images are then segmented into a first region comprising a localized area where plethysmographic signals of the subject can be registered and a second region comprising a localized area of the environment where the plethysmographic signals cannot be registered. Both of the regions are exposed to the same environmental factors. The segmented video signals are pre-processed and the processed signals are subtracted from each other to generate an environmentally compensated signal. The environmentally compensated signal is then communicated to a computer system. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215245 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HAND DISINFECTION QUALITY CONTROL - The invention is based on a method for hand disinfection quality control comprising the steps of providing a hand disinfection medium comprising a light reflecting particles responsive to light mostly outside the visible spectral range of light, applying the hand disinfection medium comprising the light reflecting particles in a prescribed manner for a prescribed time, illuminating the hands disinfected this way with a light source providing light in a spectral range for activating the reflecting particles. The method according to the invention further comprises the steps of providing digital images of the hands from both sides, and evaluating the images by a computer program in order to determine the cleanness of the hands. The invention also relates to an apparatus for implementing the method and assessing hand disinfection quality. The invention uses an apparatus that comprises a rigid case with side walls enclosing a light source for providing light of a predetermined spectral range mostly outside the visible range. The case is further provided with an opening on the front wall for introducing the hands to be exposed to the light of the light source. An imaging device is also attached to the case for taking images of the illuminated hands. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215246 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MEDICAL SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND SERVER - The present invention is to provide a medical system including a medical image capturing apparatus and a server that records a medical image, and the medical system includes: first and second examination status storage unit for storing an examination status of under examination or examination complete in the medical image capturing apparatus in each of the medical image capturing apparatus and the server; first control unit provided with a function of notifying the server of the examination status in the medical image capturing apparatus and a function of shifting the medical image capturing apparatus to a status of examination complete according to an instruction from the server; and second control unit for generating the instruction that changes from the server the examination status of the medical image capturing apparatus according to information of the examination status received from the medical image capturing apparatus and a status of the server. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215247 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A MIRROR CAMERA - The subject matter discloses a system for communicating between a customer at a retail store and a mirror point used to generate media files at the retail store using a capture device, the system comprises a storage for storing contact information of the customer; a processor for enabling access of a customer's device to the mirror point; a communication module for transmitting the media files generated by the mirror point at the retail store to the customer's desired destination using the contact information stored at the storage structure. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215248 | SAFE NURSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAFE NURSING SYSTEM - A safe nursing system that monitors movement of a patient on a bed includes a control unit and an image capturing unit disposed in a position from which an image including a side of a top surface of the bed can be captured. The control unit obtains image data captured by the image capturing unit; specifies feature points in an image of the patient in the obtained image data, and calculates a value of a predetermined index of the feature points used to determine a predetermined movement in the patient; sets a predetermined condition to determine the predetermined movement based on a region of the bed in the obtained image data; determines the predetermined movement based on the calculated value and the set predetermined condition; and outputs information indicating that the patient has performed the predetermined movement under the condition that the predetermined movement has been determined to have been performed. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215249 | IMAGING APPARATUS FOR IMAGING AN OBJECT - The invention relates to an imaging apparatus for imaging an object ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130215250 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD - A portable electronic device and method for controlling a media device is provided. The portable electronic includes a camera, a processor in communication with the camera, and an input device in communication with the processor. The processor is for receiving data from the camera and for analyzing the data to detect a condition and the processor is configured to operate in a non-command state or in a command state. The method involves receiving data from a camera, analyzing the data from the camera to detect a condition, receiving input and transmitting a command to the media. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215251 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes: a first imaging area setting unit configured to divide an imaging range that includes a sample into a plurality of areas and set each of the plurality of areas as a first imaging area; a first imaging unit configured to capture a first image at an in-focus position of the first imaging area; a second imaging area setting unit configured to set an area that extends over adjacent first imaging areas as a second imaging area in a case where in-focus positions of the adjacent first imaging areas are so different from each other that the difference exceeds a predetermined value; a second imaging unit configured to capture a second image at an in-focus position of the second imaging area; and an image combining unit configured to combine the first image with the second image. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215252 | SAMPLE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AN IMAGE OF CELLS OR TISSUES LOCATED IN A CULTURING SPACE TO DATA PRCESSING MEANS - A microscope unit positioned in a culturing space for imaging cells or tissues also located therein. The microscope unit has a frame, an object holder provided on the frame and allowing the cells or tissues to be held substantially immobile during a culturing period, an imaging device arranged on the frame for the optical imaging of the cells or tissues held on the object holder and an image capturing device for capturing an image projected by the imaging device. A connection leading out of the culturing space provides electrical power to the microscope unit and is adapted to be connected to a control unit and, in turn, a processor, both located outside of the culturing space. The invention also relates to a method for monitoring cells or tissues located in the culturing space and transmitting the image thereof. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215253 | UNDERWATER LENS MOUNT SYSTEM FOR UNDERWATER MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS - An underwater interchangeable lens mount system with a lens mount integrated within an underwater housing for a motion picture camera. The lens mount includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The interchangeable lens mount is embedded in a watertight housing which provides more flexibility in using other types of lens mounts and avoids distortion in underwater photography due to a lens port. The interchangeable lens mount is designed to mount a submersible lens specifically designed for under water use. The interchangeable lens mount is adaptable to change with a wide variety of submersible lenses and acts as a camera's entire lens mount normally contained within a watertight housing. Two interchangeable lens mounts and two submersible lenses allow the motion picture cameras to make stereoscopic configurations. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215254 | PORTABLE WATERPROOF PACK WITH AIR BLADDER - The present invention relates to a portable waterproof pack, and more particularly, to a portable waterproof pack with an air bladder pack, which includes an air bladder pack, into which an air is injected, formed in a rear surface of a pack main body, and thus, can float on the water to reduce a risk of losing a portable terminal, such as a smart phone, without a buoyancy means when the portable terminal falls into water. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215255 | PIPELINE CLEANING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system can include a first vehicle operating a mobile pipeline cleaning device for cleaning a pipeline, a second vehicle operating a mobile camera device configured to enter said pipeline and capture video data corresponding to an interior of said pipeline, and a mobile video unit device. The second vehicle can have a transmitter configured to transmit the video data over a communication path, and the mobile video unit device can have a receiver configured to receive the video data from the transmitter over the communication path. The mobile video unit device can visually present to a user a video feed corresponding to the video data. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215256 | IMAGING SYSTEM WITH DEFOCUSED AND APERTURE-CROPPED LIGHT SOURCES FOR DETECTING SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS - A system for detecting characteristics of a surface includes multiple sources of lights, a platform structure configured to support the surface, a lens aligned with the platform structure, a cropping aperture, and an image receiver. The platform structure is configured to receive light from the source of light and the lens is positioned such that the source of light is not in focus, but the detected surface is in focus. The cropping aperture is configured to crop light reflected from the surface, and the image receiver is configured to receive the light conditioned by the cropping aperture. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215257 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICE - There is provided an optical navigation device including at least one light source, an image sensor and a processing unit. The light source illuminates a work surface in a first brightness value and a second brightness value. The image sensor receives reflected light from the work surface and outputs a first image frame corresponding to the first brightness value and a second image frame corresponding to the second brightness value. The processing unit calculates a differential image of the first image frame and the second image frame and identifies an operating state according to the differential image. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215258 | Device for Noncontact Determination of Edge Profile at a Thin Disk-Shaped Object - A device for noncontact determination of the edge profile at a thin disk-shaped object helps determining the edge profile at semiconductor wafers in which exact image recording is not impaired by specular reflections of the edge profile. A plurality of light sources in the form of laser radiation sources each emitting a line-shaped light bundle are arranged so as to be coplanar in a common plane representing a measurement plane oriented orthogonal to a base plane of the object and are directed from different directions to a common intersection of the laser radiation sources in the edge region of the object. A light sheet is formed in the measurement plane and at least one base camera is directed in the base plane lateral to the measurement plane to capture scattered light proceeding from a light line generated by the light sheet when impinging the object edge region. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215259 | CIGARETTE INSPECTION APPARATUS - To analyze an inspection image obtained by taking an image of filter end faces of filter cigarettes horizontally arranged, from an axial direction, and thus inspect an excess cigarette feeding error, there are provided a first judging device that the number of cigarettes according to shape information of the filter end faces obtained from the inspection image, and a second judging device that obtains the centroid positions of the filter end faces from the inspection image, and detects that there is an excess feeding error when difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the centroid-to-centroid distance of adjacent filter end faces is substantially equal to a previously-known diameter of the filter end face. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215260 | ACCURATE MACHINE TOOL INSPECTION OF TURBINE AIRFOIL - Inspecting features of an object including measuring features of the master part that represents a desired nominal dimensions to obtain a preliminary set of dimensional data. The preliminary set of data becomes a master data set. The same master part is measured on a second machine to obtain another set of data on the master part. The two data sets are compared and correction data is generated representing differences between the different data sets for the same master part measured on different machines. Subsequent parts are then measured on the second machine to obtain measurement data that is corrected based on the correction data. The application of the correction information provides for the use of 5-axis machines within a desired measurement capability. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215261 | Method For Detecting Defects In Glassware Articles, And Installation For Implementing Said Method - A method for detecting low-contrast pressing or blowing defects in glassware articles includes the steps of backlighting the article by way of one or several light sources according to at least one pair of similar patterns shifted in space; capturing at least one pair of images of the backlit article according to each of the patterns of the at least one pair of patterns; combining the images of each of the pairs to form at least one composite image; and detecting the areas of stronger contrast within the composite images. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215262 | BOARD INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An inspection method includes photographing a measurement target to acquire image data for each pixel of the measurement target, acquiring height data for each pixel of the measurement target, acquiring visibility data for each pixel of the measurement target, multiplying the acquired image data by at least one of the height data and the visibility data for each pixel to produce a result value, and setting a terminal area by using the produced result value. Thus, the terminal area may be accurately determined. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215263 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING - A control unit shifts an imaging unit relatively with respect to a stage to take an image of a measuring object at a plurality of places by the imaging unit and thereby obtain a plurality of images, and generates a composite image of the measuring object having a range which is wider than an imaging range of the imaging unit by combining the plurality of images. The control unit shifts the imaging unit relatively with respect to the stage such that parts of images adjacent to one another obtained by the imaging unit overlap, and performs an image matching processing that performs image matching of an overlapped portion of the adjacent images. The control unit generates the composite image of the measuring object by joining the adjacent images at a position where the image matching is performed in the image matching processing. | 2013-08-22 |
20130215264 | END-TO-END VISUAL RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHODS - We describe an end-to-end visual recognition system, where “end-to-end” refers to the ability of the system of performing all aspects of the system, from the construction of “maps” of scenes, or “models” of objects from training data, to the determination of the class, identity, location and other inferred parameters from test data. Our visual recognition system is capable of operating on a mobile hand-held device, such as a mobile phone, tablet or other portable device equipped with sensing and computing power. Our system employs a video based feature descriptor, and we characterize its invariance and discriminative properties. Feature selection and tracking are performed in real-time, and used to train a template-based classifier during a capture phase prompted by the user. During normal operation, the system scores objects in the field of view based on their ranking. | 2013-08-22 |