43rd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140313247 | DEVICE FOR APPLYING DECORATIONS TO CONTAINERS - An apparatus for use in connection with application of decoration to a container by printing thereon includes a container transport system comprising a processing position configured to receive a container, a coating installation disposed at the processing position, and a transfer element. The transfer element applies a base coat to the container by rolling on or off the container. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313248 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An ink jet recording apparatus includes: a container to store ink; a detector to detect a remaining ink amount; a liquid feeding unit to supply the ink to the container; an energy generation unit to cause the ink to be discharged; a storage unit to store correspondence information in which driving information for driving the energy generation unit is associated with each piece of time information indicating a supply time taken to supply the ink; and a setting unit to set new driving information using the correspondence information when an actual supply time is different from the supply time indicated by the time information associated with current driving information among the pieces of time information. The actual supply time indicates a time period from when the liquid feeding unit starts supplying the ink until the detector detects that the remaining ink amount is equal to or higher than a threshold. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313249 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MULTICOLOR OVERPRINT OF INTERMITTENT PRINT DEVICE - Disclosed are a multicolour overprint control method and device applicable to an intermittent printing apparatus. According to the operating characteristic of the intermittent printing apparatus, the method solves the problems of overlap and inaccurate overprint of various colours during intermittent printing by controlling the relationship between the distance between adjacent colour group modules of different colours and the motion distance between uniform segments of the intermittent printing apparatus. In addition, the method also sets different inkjet printing modes in accordance with whether the detected inkjet printing of the same colour group module is in a first period, thereby solving the problems of printing media waste and discontinuous printing data. The method achieves multicolour digital inkjet printing by combining the unique motion mode of the printing media thereof, and makes printing contents flexible and changeable on the basis of guaranteeing printing efficiency. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313250 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND POSTURE CHANGE CORRECTING METHOD FOR PRINT HEAD - In a printing apparatus, print position shift caused by a posture change of a print head is appropriately reduced irrespective of causes of the posture change. Specifically, a test pattern is printed, and then, an inclination of a carriage is calculated based on the read result. On this test pattern appears, for example, not only landing position shift caused by the rolling posture change of the carriage but also synthesized position shift caused by a plurality of kinds of posture changes of the carriage. That is to say, on the test pattern to be printed can appear synthesized position shift caused by a plurality of kinds of posture changes occurring on a print head at this time. The posture of the carriage is corrected in such a manner as to suppress the synthesized position shift. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313251 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - When dot data indicating whether or not a dot is to be formed is formed based on the gradation value for each pixel forming an image, dots belonging to a plurality of pixel groups are printed in a common region in an overlapping manner, and the distribution of dots formed in the common region has a noise characteristic possessing a peak in the spatial frequency region on the high-frequency side. In a case where first and second pixels belonging, respectively, to two pixel groups are proximal pixels in the common region in a predetermined gradation range in which probabilities k1 and k2 at which a dot is formed in the first and second pixels are such that k1<0.5 and k2<0.5, a probability K of a dot being formed in both of the proximal pixels is set to be close to k1·k2. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313252 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first carriage movement mode, in which a stop position of a carriage in movement of this time is determined to be at a given position in a width direction on the basis of a size in the width direction of a liquid-ejected medium, and a second carriage movement mode, in which the stop position of the carriage in the movement of this time is determined on the basis of at least one of the liquid ejection data in the movement of this time or the liquid ejection data in the movement of the next time, and liquid ejection is carried out with one of the first carriage movement mode and the second carriage movement mode selected in accordance with the type of liquid-ejected medium. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313253 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - To provide an ink jet recording apparatus in which the residual vibration of any ink can be prevented to avoid the spread of the ink at an opening portion and to perform the continuous discharge of the ink stably. An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a recording head including a pressure chamber and a nozzle, the pressure chamber containing ink, the nozzle communicating with the pressure chamber and having an opening portion formed therein to discharge the ink, a piezoelectric element forming part of the pressure chamber, and a driving signal producing section producing a driving signal to be input to the piezoelectric element to change the volume of the pressure chamber. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313254 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a shape information acquisition unit configured to acquire shape information indicating a shape of a three-dimensional object on which an image forming process is to be performed; a surface determination unit configured to determine a plurality of surfaces from which the three-dimensional object is constructed, based on the shape information; and an output image information generation unit configured to generate surface image information and join region image information. The surface image information is information on images to be formed on the respective surfaces. Each image is of a region obtained by cutting an end of the corresponding surface by a predetermined amount. The join region image information is information on an image to be formed on a join region between the adjacent surfaces. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313255 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Unevenness correcting information is generated based on property information indicating a recording property of each of a plurality of recording elements which are included in a recording head, the recording elements being subjected to output correction in a first output correction unit based on unevenness correcting information obtained after a flattening processing and output correction in a second output correction unit, and the unevenness correcting information close to an appropriate value with which an image in an appropriately-corrected state can be obtained can be generated. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313256 | Method For Calibrating Optical Detector Operation With Marks Formed On A Moving Image Receiving Surface In A Printer - A method for calibration of an optical sensor to scan printed marks in a printer includes operating inkjets to form printed marks on an image receiving surface and activating the optical sensor after the image receiving surface moves a predetermined distance to generate scanned image data of a region of the image receiving surface that is longer than the region containing the printed marks. The method includes identifying an error between the location of the printed marks in the scanned image data and a predetermined expected location for the marks, and adjustment of the distance that the image receiving surface moves prior to activation of the optical sensor to correct the error. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SINGLE PASS PRINTING - A printing system includes a printing assembly and a conveyance assembly. The printing assembly has one or more print heads configured to print one or more inks onto target objects. The conveyance assembly is configured to move the printing assembly relative to the one or more target objects. The conveyance assembly is configured to move the printing assembly so that the one or more print heads print the one or more inks onto the one or more target objects during a single pass of the printing assembly over the one or more target objects. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313258 | INK FOR INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink for an ink jet recording apparatus, is provided, wherein the ink contains prescribed quantities of each of water, a pigment dispersion, a penetrant, a non-ionic water-soluble acrylic resin having prescribed characteristics, and a surfactant of a compound represented by general formula (I), (II) or (III). | 2014-10-23 |
20140313259 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a liquid ejecting head provided with a suction port capable of avoiding the return of mists, which have once sucked through a suction port, to the suction port. In view of this, the inner diameter L of a suction tube for allowing liquid mists taken in through the suction port to pass is designed such that a meniscus is formed before a liquid droplet adhering to the inside of the suction tube grows enough to move toward the suction port. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313260 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - In the case where a preliminary discharge operation is always performed at a position that is spaced apart from a recording area, the time taken for a recording head to be moved to a preliminary discharge position is increased, and this results in a decrease in throughput. In the case where it is determined that a leading end or a trailing end of a recording medium is located on a platen, positions at which the distance from an end of a recording medium to a recording head with respect to a moving direction is not smaller than a threshold are determined as preliminary discharge positions, and the recording head is controlled to perform a preliminary discharge operation. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313261 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes: a substrate which has an energy-generating element that generates energy to be utilized for ejecting a liquid, and a supply orifice for supplying the liquid to the energy-generating element; and an ejection orifice forming member that has a plurality of ejection orifices through which the liquid is ejected, and at least one beam-like projection which projects toward the substrate and extends along an array direction of the ejection orifices at a position corresponding to the supply orifice; wherein a sectional area perpendicular to the array direction of the ejection orifices in the central part of the beam-like projection in the array direction of the ejection orifices is larger than a sectional area in the direction perpendicular to the array direction of the ejection orifices in both ends of the beam-like projection in the array direction. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313262 | LIQUID DISCHARGING DEVICE - The present invention improves rigidity in a joining portion between a substrate and piezoelectric element, and provides a liquid discharging device having improved vibration properties. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313263 | PRINTING DEVICE - An ink jetprinting device includes a pressure chamber formed by a plurality of wall segments, a first aperture extending through a wall segment and communicating with an ink jet orifice and a second aperture extending through a wall segment and communicating with an ink supply duct. The pressure chamber is arranged to contain an ink composition including a carrier composition and a composition including at least one functional component. The plurality of wall segments are at least partly coated with a coating layer of a coating compound having a stronger interaction with at least one component of the carrier composition relative to the composition including the at least one functional component. A method for manufacturing such an ink-jet printing device is disclosed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313264 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FLUID EJECTION DEVICE AND FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a fluid ejection device, comprising the steps of: providing a first semiconductor body having a membrane layer and a piezoelectric actuator which extends over the membrane layer; forming a cavity underneath the membrane layer to form a suspended membrane; providing a second semiconductor body; making, in the second semiconductor body, an inlet through hole configured to form a supply channel of the fluid ejection device; providing a third semiconductor body; forming a recess in the third semiconductor body; forming an outlet channel through the third semiconductor body to form an ejection nozzle of the fluid ejection device; coupling the first semiconductor body with the third semiconductor body and the first semiconductor body with the second semiconductor body in such a way that the piezoelectric actuator is completely housed in the first recess, and the second recess forms an internal chamber of the fluid ejection device. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313265 | FILLING LIQUID FOR DISTRIBUTION OF INK JET HEAD, INK JET HEAD, AND DISTRIBUTION METHOD FOR INK JET HEAD - A filling liquid for distribution of an ink jet head of a thermal type, the filling liquid filling a nozzle flow path during distribution of the ink jet head, a hydrophilic region formed on a periphery of an ink discharge port having an opening area of from 100 to 350 μm | 2014-10-23 |
20140313266 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIQUID JETTING SYSTEM - A liquid supply device | 2014-10-23 |
20140313267 | PRINTING INK, APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention provides an inkjet ink comprising at least 30% by weight of organic solvent based on the total weight of the ink, a radiation curable material, a photoinitiator and optionally a colourant. The invention also provides an apparatus for printing the ink wherein the apparatus comprises at least one printhead, a means for evaporating solvent from the printed ink and a source of actinic radiation. Furthermore, the invention provides a method of inkjet printing comprising i) inkjet printing the inkjet ink as defined above on to a substrate; ii) evaporating at least a portion of the solvent from the printed ink; and iii) exposing the printed ink to actinic radiation to cure the radiation curable material. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313268 | AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The aqueous ink composition contains (A) a polymer that has an SP value of 18.6 to 20 and contains a hydrophilic group-containing repeating unit (a1) of 5% to 45% by mass, (B) a pigment, (C) water, and (D) an organic solvent represented by the following Formula (I). | 2014-10-23 |
20140313269 | IMAGE BEARING RESIN MEMBERS - Resin members that carry images include a topcoat defining a front surface of the resin member and a substrate defining a body of the resin member. An image is carried internally within the resin member, between the front surface and a rear surface of the body. At least portions of the topcoat and the substrate are integral, with no discernible boundaries existing therebetween. The front surface of the resin member may have a texture defined by a surface on which the topcoat is formed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313270 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER FOR TRANSFER INK JET RECORDING - There is provided an intermediate transfer member for transfer ink jet recording to which inks and coagulants can be satisfactorily applied and that can substantially maintain high water repellency through repetitive transfer. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313271 | SHEET-SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A sheet-supply device internally defining a supply route through which to supply a sheet. The sheet-supply device includes a supply member to supply the sheet from a rolled long sheet, a guide member to guide the sheet to the supply member, provided upstream in a direction in which the sheet is moved to the supply member and, movable between a guide position at which the sheet is guided to the supply member and an escape position at which the guide member is away from the supply route of the sheet. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313272 | PRINTING MATERIAL HOLDING CONTAINER - A printing material holding container is equipped with a case which is equipped with a front surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface, a fourth side surface, and a back surface, with a printing material holding unit being provided on the inside of the case. A first insertion hole is provided on the front surface. A printing material injection port is provided on the case, communicating with the printing material holding portion. A recess is provided in a corner portion at which the front surface and the first side surface intersect each other. The device side terminal unit is inserted into the recess in the mounted state. The recess includes an opening which is an entrance when the device side terminal unit is inserted into the recess. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313273 | PRINTER APPARATUS - In accordance with one embodiment, a printer apparatus comprises a first paper conveyance path configured to convey a first paper which has printing surfaces on both sides, that is, a first surface and a second surface serving as a back surface of the first surface; a first printing section configured to carry out printing on the first surface; a second printing section configured at the downstream side of the first printing section in a paper conveyance direction to carry out printing on the second surface; and a second paper conveyance path configured to merge with the first paper conveyance path between the first printing section and the second printing section, and convey a second paper which has a printing surface on either of a first surface and a second surface serving as a back surface of the first surface. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313274 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that generates a drawing command for drawing visual information by irradiating laser light on a recording medium includes a line information obtaining unit that obtains line information of a line including a starting point of the line; a line segment dividing unit that obtains a drawing distance to be drawn over a predetermined time period that must elapse before an impact of residual heat from drawing an adjacent line can be disregarded and divides at least a portion of the line from the starting point to the drawing distance into a line segment having a predetermined length; and a control factor adjusting unit that adjusts a control value of a laser control factor that affects a density of the line segment such that the control value for the line segment that is affected by a greater amount of residual heat is adjusted to a greater extent. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313275 | CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT FACILITY VIDEO VISITATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Video visitation systems and methods for correctional facilities include an audio/video processor element interconnecting an inmate station and a remote visitor station. The audio/video processor element adjusts audio and/or video feeds to facilitate monitoring by a plurality of officers at remote monitoring stations without experiencing network bandwidth and latency issues. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313276 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CALL IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for a video call in a terminal for performing the video call includes receiving at least one of a video of another party user side or a video of a terminal user side; determining whether a preset capture condition is satisfied based on the received video; capturing an image satisfying the preset capture condition; determining whether the video call is terminated; and displaying at least one of the captured images on a display unit when the video call is terminated. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEPARATE COMMUNICATION ZONES IN A LARGE FORMAT VIDEOCONFERENCE - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure performs, for example, displaying a video image of a remote scene at a display surface, wherein the remote scene is remote from the display surface. Overlapping video images are obtained from different vantage points of a local scene observable from the display surface. A composite video image is generated of the local scene from the video images and forwarded to the remote location. A first audio signal is generated representing first sounds associated with a first region of the local scene without representing other sounds associated with a second region of the local scene. The first audio signal is forwarded to audio processing equipment at the remote location to present the first sounds at a first region of the remote scene at the remote location without presenting the first sounds at a second region of the remote scene. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313278 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERFACING HETEROGENEOUS ENDPOINTS AND WEB-BASED MEDIA SOURCES IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE - Described herein are methods and systems for interfacing heterogeneous endpoints and web-based media sources in a video conference. Interfacing heterogeneous endpoints can be challenging due to audio/video (A/V) streams being encoded in a format that is proprietary to a media provider of the A/V stream (e.g., format that is proprietary to Skype). To address such a challenge, a client application from the media provider may be installed at a virtual machine, and may be used to decode A/V streams that are encoded in a format proprietary to the media provider. Further, to display content from a web-based media source (e.g., YouTube) in a video conference, a browser may be installed at a virtual machine, and may be used to virtually render a media signal from the web-based media source, such virtually rendered media signal subsequently being captured and presented in a video conference. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313279 | Method for Controlling Visual Light Source, Terminal, and Video Conference System - A method for controlling a visual light source, a terminal, and a video conference system are provided that relate to the field of communications technologies. The method for controlling a visual light source includes: when a first terminal and a second terminal are in a video conference state, receiving, by the first terminal, control information sent by the second terminal; controlling, by the first terminal according to the control information, a first visual light source on a local rotatable platform to rotate, so that a target indicated by the first visual light source is consistent with a target displayed by a display corresponding to the second terminal. Embodiments of the present invention improve user experience of participants in a video conference. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313280 | VIDEO-PHONE DEVICE - A video-phone device which transmits and receives sharable data to and from video-phones belonging to other parties is provided with a communication control means which, upon receiving a reception request or a transmission request for shareable data, assesses whether or not the reception request or the transmission request satisfies predetermined conditions, specifically, whether or not the other party has been stored in a recoding unit as a party to which transmission/reception of sharable data is permitted, and receives sharable data from the other party or transmits sharable data to the other party only when the conditions are satisfied. Thus the video-phone can automatically permit only reception of sharable data from trusted parties on the other end of a communication line, or transmission of sharable data to trusted parties on the other end of a communication line. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313281 | DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF ENCODERS - A method and a device for providing for sharing encoder resources in an MCU without compromising with image quality and bandwidth adaption is provided. The method and device comprises dynamic allocation of encoders in a multi-party video conference of a number of endpoints, wherein the video conference endpoints are adapted to encode and transmit a media stream comprising the steps of creating a new encoder at a request for a new pad, determining whether a maximum number of encoders is reached, if the maximum number of encoders is not reached, then linking the new pad to the new encoder, if the maximum number of encoders is reached, then linking all existing pads to the new encoder, | 2014-10-23 |
20140313282 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING A MOBILE DEVICE TO JOIN A VIDEO CONFERENCE ENDPOINT INTO A VIDEO CONFERENCE - Described herein are methods and systems for joining a video conference endpoint to a video conference. A user may use a mobile device to take a picture of a Quick Response (QR) code or may place the mobile device in close proximity to a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag. Such QR code or NFC tag may be associated with a video conference endpoint. The user may then transmit the information encoded by the QR code or NFC tag, along with a meeting identifier, to a server. The server, in turn, may instruct a video conference endpoint identified by the QR code or NFC tag to join a video conference identified by the meeting identifier. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313283 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is an electronic device that is connected to a display device and outputs image data to the display device, the electronic device including a resolution retrieval unit that retrieves a recommended resolution; a resolution determination unit that determines whether the recommended resolution is greater than or equal to a priority resolution; a resolution selecting unit that selects a first resolution; and a resolution changing unit that changes a resolution of the display device to be the first resolution. When the resolution determination unit determines that the retrieved recommended resolution is greater than or equal to the priority resolution, the resolution selecting unit selects the priority resolution as the first resolution. When the resolution determination unit determines that the retrieved recommended resolution is less than the priority resolution, the resolution selecting unit selects a standard resolution as the first resolution. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313284 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - This technology relates to an image processing apparatus, a method thereof, and a program making it possible to cut out an area in a desired direction of a panoramic image more easily and rapidly. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313285 | INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM, SENDING MODULE AND RECEIVING MODULE - The disclosure relates an information display method which comprises when editing information, a sending end marks, with a 3D display label, a content required by a user or a content designated by a system, encodes the information and sends the encoded information; a receiving end receives the information, parses the information to obtain the content with the 3D display label, pre-processes the obtained content to obtain a 3D view, and display the 3D view in 3D mode. Through the technical solution of the disclosure, the 3D display content is marked and the 3D display processing manner is performed, so that some contents in the information can be effectively displayed with a 3D effect with respect to other contents, thereby achieving the enhancement effect, raising concern of the user, and effectively improving the user experience when the user views the information. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313286 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and an image display method of the display apparatus are provided, and the image display method includes following steps. Video contents that include a plurality of single frame images are received. A detection zone of the single frame images is determined according to a current scale mode of the display apparatus, and the different scale modes correspond to the different detection zones. The detection zone of each single frame image is detected to determine an image format of the video contents. A play mode of the display apparatus is adjusted according to the image format, and the video contents which are scaled are displayed by the display apparatus in the play mode. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313287 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing method and information processing device helps drivers easily recognize the environment outside a vehicle. The method includes acquiring the current spatial position of a camera and its shooting range, constructing a three-dimensional scene of the shooting range and setting the display property of this three-dimensional scene as transparent, acquiring a two-dimensional view of this three-dimensional scene from the view point of the camera based on the three-dimensional scene and the distribution data of interest points within the shooting range, wherein the two-dimensional view includes the annotation of an interest point whose position in the two-dimensional view corresponds to the position of the interest point of the current frame captured by the camera, adjusting the size of the two-dimensional view to match it with the size of the frame captured by the camera, and outputting the frame superposed with the two-dimensional view. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313288 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODED FOCAL STACK PHOTOGRAPHING - A method and an apparatus for coded focal stack photographing are provided. The method includes: changing a focal surface within a single exposure time and per-pixel coding a sensor readout for each focal surface to obtain a modulation function M(y,z), where y ⊂ {y | 2014-10-23 |
20140313289 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT FOR SYNCHRONIZING LEFT/RIGHT STREAMS IN FIXED/MOBILE CONVERGENCE 3DTV, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLAYING CONTENT - An apparatus and a method for synchronizing left and right streams in a stationary/mobile hybrid 3DTV are disclosed. The apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment may synchronize content streams corresponding to left and right images using a timestamp pairing mode, a timestamp offset mode, and a network time protocol (NTP) synchronization mode. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313290 | CONCEPT FOR DETERMINING A MEASURE FOR A DISTORTION CHANGE IN A SYNTHESIZED VIEW DUE TO DEPTH MAP MODIFICATIONS - An apparatus for determining a measure for a distortion change of a first view synthesized from a second view, caused by a modification of a depth map of the second view from a first state to a second state, is configured—starting from a current synthesis state of the first view corresponding to a synthesis from the second view having the depth map modified to the second state in an already processed portion of the depth map and having the depth map unmodified at the first state in a yet to be processed portion of the depth map—to compute a possible successor synthesis state corresponding to a synthesis of the first view from the second view having the depth map modified to the second state in an already processed portion plus a currently processed portion and having the depth map unmodified at the first state in the yet to be processed portion without the currently processed portion; and to determine a distortion change of a distortion of the current synthesis state of the first view relative to an undistorted version of the first view to a distortion of the possible successor synthesis state of the first view relative to the undistorted version of the first view. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313291 | VIDEO CODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO CODER, AND VIDEO DECODER - A video coding method, a video decoding method, a video coder, and a video decoder are disclosed herein. A video coding method includes: performing base-layer coding for the first view, and extracting prediction information of at least one layer by combining a locally decoded first view and a second view; performing enhancement-layer coding for prediction information of at least one layer respectively; and multiplexing the enhancement-layer codes and the base-layer codes of the first view to obtain encoded information. Through the embodiments of the present disclosure, the contents of the 3D video are encoded hierarchically, and various 3D display devices connected in different networks can display the 3D video hierarchically. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313292 | DETERMINING DEPTH DATA FOR A CAPTURED IMAGE - A method, system, and one or more computer-readable storage media for depth acquisition from density modulated binary patterns are provided herein. The method includes capturing a number of images for a scene using an IR camera and a number of IR lasers including diffraction grates. Each image includes a density modulated binary pattern carrying phase information. The method also includes performing pixel based phase matching for the images to determine depth data for the scene based on the phase information carried by the density modulated binary patterns. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313293 | DEPTH MEASURING SCHEMES - A system may include a first apparatus configured to: project a first particle pattern onto a first target region; and a second apparatus configured to: detect the first particle pattern from a second target region that is overlapped with at least a part of the first target region, project a second particle pattern that is different from the first particle pattern onto the second target region, capture an image of the second target region, and process the captured image to reconstruct a three-dimensional (3D) image of the second target region. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313294 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF DETECTING 3D GEOMETRY OF OBJECT - A display panel includes: a plurality of pixels configured to display an image; at least one camera sensitive to a non-visible wavelength light and configured to have a field of view overlapping a front area of the display panel; and a plurality of emitters configured to emit light having the non-visible wavelength light in synchronization with exposures of the at least one camera. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313295 | Non-linear Navigation of a Three Dimensional Stereoscopic Display - Systems and methods for navigating a 3D stereoscopic scene displayed via a 3D stereoscopic display system using user head tracking. A reference POV including a reference user head position and a reference user head orientation may be established. The user head POV may be tracked, including monitoring user head positional displacements and user head angular rotations relative to the reference POV. In response to the tracking, a camera POV used to render the 3D stereoscopic scene may be adjusted based on a non-linear mapping between changes in the camera POV and the user head positional displacements and user head angular rotations relative to the reference POV. The non-linear mapping may include a mapping of user head positional displacements relative to the reference POV to translational movements in the camera POV and a mapping of user head angular rotations relative to the reference POV to rotations in the camera POV. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313296 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method is disclosed for a stereoscopic display system. The display system has a display panel containing an array of display units and a plurality of stereoscopic devices coupled to the display panel to affect three-dimensional (3D) display. The method includes receiving a 3D image to be displayed on the array of display units. The method also includes determining original display values for the display units and determining a coupling relationship between the display units and the stereoscopic devices. Further, the method includes determining a crosstalk condition based on the coupling relationship, and adjusting the original display values of display units based on the coupling relationship, the crosstalk condition, and the original display values of both the left display units and the right display units such that the crosstalk condition is cancelled. The method also includes displaying the 3D image using the adjusted display values of the display units. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313297 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, 3D GLASSES, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A display apparatus, three-dimensional (3D) glasses, and a display system including the display apparatus and the 3D glasses are provided. The 3D glasses which interwork with an external display apparatus include: a wireless receiver which receives a sync signal and audio signals from the external display apparatus; a shutter driver which drives shutters according to the received sync signal; and an audio output part which processes and outputs the received audio signal. Thus, users can individually enjoy contents without interfering with one another by selecting and listening to audio corresponding to an image viewed through the display apparatus. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313298 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A video display device ( | 2014-10-23 |
20140313299 | Dental Camera For Detecting Caries - A camera head of a dental camera for detecting caries in an interdental space has an illuminating device for illuminating a tooth adjacent to the interdental space, which includes an infrared light source. The camera head further includes optics which have an image plane and an object plane, wherein an image sensor is located in the image plane, and the object plane divides the space into two half spaces, wherein a first half space contains the optics and is located in front of the object plane, and a second half space is located behind the object plane, both as seen from the optics. The illuminating device and the optics are designed and arranged with respect to one another in such a way that the illuminating device is arranged in the first half space and infrared light exiting the illuminating device is aimed in the direction of the second half space. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313300 | Automatic Alignment of a Contrast Enhancement System - An apparatus and method for inuring the proper alignment of a detected vein pattern and a projected vein pattern are disclosed. The apparatus enhances the visual appearance of veins so that an error that can lead to improper patient care or injury can be avoided. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313301 | CAMERA CONTROL DEVICE, CAMERA CONTROL METHOD, AND CAMERA CONTROL SYSTEM - A camera control device includes: an entering prediction value calculator configured to calculate an entering prediction value representing a possibility of entering of the user terminal in a monitoring range of the camera; an entering prediction time calculator configured to calculate entering prediction time that is prediction time necessary for the entering of the user terminal in the monitoring range of the camera; a preparation time calculator configured to calculate preparation time necessary for running the application on the camera; and a determination unit configured to determine whether preparation for running of an application on the camera is started. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313302 | Hair Consultation Tool Arrangement and Method - A hair consultation tool arrangement is disclosed comprising a digital video camera ( | 2014-10-23 |
20140313303 | LONGITUDINAL DERMOSCOPIC STUDY EMPLOYING SMARTPHONE-BASED IMAGE REGISTRATION - The evolution of a skin condition over time can be useful in its assessment. In an illustrative arrangement, a user captures skin images at different times, using a smartphone. The images are co-registered, color-corrected, and presented to the user (or a clinician) for review, e.g., in a temporal sequence, or as one image presented as a ghosted overlay atop another. Image registration can employ nevi, hair follicles, wrinkles, pores, and pigmented regions as keypoints. With some imaging spectra, keypoints from below the outermost layer of skin can be used. Hair may be removed for image registration, and restored for image review. Transformations in addition to rotation and affine transforms can be employed. Diagnostic correlations with reference image sequences can be made, employing machine learning in some instances. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313304 | Method for Producing a Dental Element or Aid for Adjusting the Teeth, Face-Bow and Articulator - Method for using data of a patient for adjusting the teeth, comprising of: making a first and second photographic image of a front view and a side view of the patient; calculating on the basis of the first and second photographic images: a first measure for the direction of the canine line relative to the eye line, a second measure for the direction of the occlusion plane relative to the camper's plane; providing a study model; providing a master model on the basis of the study model; transferring the first and second measures to the master model. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313305 | TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS - A multispectral bioluminescence optical tomography algorithm makes use of a partial differential equation (PDE) constrained approach. A sequential quadratic programming (SQP) method is demonstrated that allows for solving both forward and inverse problems at once by updating the forward and inverse variables simultaneously at each step of the optimization iterations. Light propagation in biological tissue is modeled by using the equation of radiative transfer (ERT) and performance of the ERT-based PDE-constrained approach is modeled through numerical and experimental studies. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313306 | CROSS-SENSOR IRIS MATCHING - Methods, devices, and systems for cross-sensor iris matching are described herein. One method includes capturing a first image of an iris using a first sensor, capturing a second image of an iris using a second sensor, and determining whether the iris in the first image matches the iris in the second image based on characteristics of the first sensor and the second sensor and image quality of the first image and the second image. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313307 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING IN THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and an unlocking method in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display unit configured to display at least one function icon on a lock screen, at least one camera, and a controller configured to recognize a face based on data received from the at least one camera in response to a request for unlocking, to select a function icon to be executed from among the at least one function icon, to perform unlocking based on the facial recognition, and to execute, simultaneously with the unlocking, a function corresponding to the selected function icon. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313308 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING GAZE BASED ON CAMERA ARRAY - An apparatus and method for tracking a gaze based on a camera array are provided. The apparatus may include a camera array including a plurality of cameras, and a plurality of light sources for the plurality of cameras, a light source controller to control the plurality of light sources so that the plurality of cameras capture a bright pupil image and a dark pupil image of a user, a detector to detect a position of a pupil center of the user, and a position of a glint caused by reflection of the plurality of light sources from the captured bright pupil image and the captured dark pupil image, and an estimator to estimate an interest position of eyes of the user by tracking a gaze direction of the eyes, based on the detected position of the pupil center and the detected position of the glint. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313309 | DROWSINESS ESTIMATION DEVICE, DROWSINESS ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSIENT RECORDING MEDIUM - A drowsiness estimation device comprises an imaging unit | 2014-10-23 |
20140313310 | METHODS FOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIED IMAGING USING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPECTRAL BRUSH - An apparatus and method for ultrafast real-time optical imaging that can be used for imaging dynamic events such as microfluidics or laser surgery is provided. The apparatus and methods encode spatial information from a sample into a back reflection of a two-dimensional spectral brush that is generated with a two-dimensional disperser and a light source that is mapped in to the time domain with a temporal disperser. The temporal waveform is preferably captured by an optical detector, converted to an electrical signal that is digitized and processed to provide two dimensional and three dimensional images. The produced signals can be optically or electronically amplified. Detection may be improved with correlation matching against a database in the time domain or the spatial domain. Embodiments for endoscopy, microscopy and simultaneous imaging and laser ablation with a single fiber are illustrated. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313311 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTORIZED DIGITAL MICROSCOPE - The invention relates to a control device and to a method for controlling a motorized digital microscope. The control device comprises at least one first module ( | 2014-10-23 |
20140313312 | DIGITAL MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE WORK PROCESS IN A DIGITAL MICROSCOPE - The invention relates to a digital microscope and to a method for optimizing a work process in such a digital microscope. The digital microscope comprises according to the invention at least one first monitoring sensor for observing a sample ( | 2014-10-23 |
20140313313 | FULLY AUTOMATIC RAPID MICROSCOPE SLIDE SCANNER - Microscope slide scanner. In an embodiment the microscope slide scanner comprises a single enclosure unit that includes at least one objective lens, at least one line scan camera, at least one communication port, and at least one processor. The line scan camera may be configured to capture image data of a sample as a plurality of image stripes via the objective lens. The communication port provides communication over a network. The processor may align the plurality of image stripes into a contiguous image of at least a portion of the sample, and executes a web server that provides an operator interface over the network to one or more remote devices. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313314 | Data Management in a Linear-Array-Based Microscope Slide Scanner - Systems and methods for capturing image data using a line scan camera. In an embodiment, a line scan camera captures image data of a sample as a plurality of image stripes. A processor may coarsely align two or more of the plurality of image stripes according to a synchronization process while the line scan camera is capturing at least one of the plurality of image stripes. Subsequently, the processor may also finely align the two or more image stripes using pattern matching. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313315 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING LIGHT - A temporal focusing system is disclosed. The temporal focusing system is configured for receiving a light beam pulse and for controlling a temporal profile of the pulse to form an intensity peak at a focal plane. The temporal focusing system has a prismatic optical element configured for receiving the light beam pulse from an input direction parallel to or collinear with the optical axis of the temporal focusing system and diffracting the light beam pulse along the input direction. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313316 | ADJUSTABLE VARIABLE RESOLUTION INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MULTIPLE IMAGE SENSORS - Camera heads having multiple image sensors, configured to provide digitally articulated images or video, at adjustable resolutions and/or offsets and orientations, to a camera control unit (CCU) or other electronic computing system for display, storage, and/or transmission to other systems are disclosed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313317 | HANDLER FOR TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING WHETHER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE REMAINS USING THE SAME - A handler for testing semiconductor device is disclosed. The handler for testing semiconductor device includes a socket plate having a test socket to be electrically connected to a tester, a device feeder configured to feed a semiconductor device to the test socket or recover the semiconductor device from the test socket, a camera obtaining an image of the test socket, a sensor sensing an exposing moment that at least one photographing area among photographing areas on the test socket is exposed to the camera, while the device feeder moves, and a controller configured to operate the camera to take a photograph at the exposing moment and to determine whether a semiconductor device remains in the test socket, using the image obtained by the camera. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313318 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313319 | DISK IMAGE ACQUIRING DEVICE AND DISK SORTING DEVICE - Disk image acquiring device includes a guide for guiding a peripheral surface of a disk moving in a predetermined direction along a predetermined guide line, an imaging window defining an image-taking region on the one surface of the disk, a timing sensor to take images having a detection axis traversing a moving direction of the disk and outputting a timing signal as arrival of the disk at a predetermined position on the imaging window when the peripheral surface of the disk has been detected on the detection axis, and an imager which takes an image of the one surface of the disk via the imaging window based upon the timing signal, wherein a bisector of an angle between the guide line and the detection axis is utilized as a base line, and the imaging window is extended along the base line. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313320 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes: an interest area setter configured to input a signal for setting multiple interest areas inside an image pickup area of an image sensor; a readout area setter configured to set a readout area from which an image signal is read out from the image sensor; a sensor readout controller configured to control readout of a pixel signal of the readout area from the image sensor; an output signal generator configured to generate an image signal to be output based on the pixel signal read out by the sensor readout controller; and a boundary identifier configured to make identifiable a boundary of each of the multiple interest areas in an image formed by the image signal to be output. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313321 | OPTICAL GROUND TRACKING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Optical ground tracking apparatus for use with buried object locators or other instruments or devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a ground tracking apparatus integral with or coupled to a buried object locator includes a housing, a plurality of camera modules, a distance measurement module, and a processing element to generate tracking information based on images or video streams from the camera modules in combination with distance data generated from the distance measurement module. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313322 | Novel Ovulation Prediction Device - This disclosure provides a stand alone electronic device to predict a likely time of ovulation based on crystal formation in a mucous body fluid sample. Optionally body temperature data may also be measured and saved on the device memory. The device allows user to save the data, download images, and compare results from different times. The disclosure further provides a device that includes software using an algorithm to calculate frequency of crystals on the sample and allowing comparison of the frequencies. The algorithm may use the temperature data also. The device includes an option to transfer data onto a smart phone or similar device. The device is suitable for predicting ovulation of any mammal, including human beings, dogs and livestock including horses. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313323 | FOCUS IDENTIFICATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTING DEVICE - In a focus identification method for identifying different focuses of an object, discrete image data is acquired from captured images of an object. The images are captured by a charge coupled device (CCD) in motion of a measurement machine at a predetermined time period. The discrete image data includes definitions of the images and Z-coordinates of the CCD when capturing the images. Maxima and minima of the discrete image data are computed to establish intervals within the discrete image data. The intervals are selected one by one, and a curve is fitted according to the discrete image data at the selected interval. A peak value of the fitted curve is computed as one of focuses of the object when a goodness of fit of the fitted curve meets a predetermined criterion. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313324 | DYNAMIC RESULTS PROJECTION FOR MOVING TEST OBJECT - Active thermography is used for evaluating a moving test object by detecting a test image of a test object and ascertaining a position of the test object in three-dimensional space. A thermographic test image is adapted with respect to the test image perspective and position and is congruently projected onto the test object. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313325 | METHOD OF GENERATING A SPATIAL AND SPECTRAL OBJECT MODEL - A method of improving a spectral reflectance profile of an object using a hyperspectral imaging device includes, among other things, obtaining a series of hyperspectral images of the object where there is relative motion between the object and the hyperspectral imaging device; determining one or more parameters of the relative motion; mapping the parameters to determine an orientation of the object in each hyperspectral image in the series; identifying two or more spatial portions of the object in each hyperspectral image in the series; assigning a spectral signature to each spatial portion; and generating a multi-dimensional spectral reflectance profile from the orientation, the spatial portions, and the spectral signatures. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313326 | Method and system for providing an improved device user experience - A method and system for providing an improved device user experience. This embodiment relates to display devices, and more particularly to improving user experience of viewing display devices. The embodiments herein achieve an automatic way to optimize audio parameters, video parameters and system parameters of a device based on the distance between at least one user of the device and a screen of the device. The automatic parameters optimization is based on the user currently logged in and viewing the device. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313327 | PROCESSING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A processing device includes: an encoder configured to compression-encode first uncompressed information, based on a first parameter set, to generate first compression-encoded information, and to output the first compression-encoded information; a decoder configured to decode the first compression-encoded information to generate second uncompressed information, and to output the second uncompressed information; an image-and-sound processor configured to execute an attribute extraction process on the first uncompressed information to extract attribute information, and then to output first extracted attribute data which is the extracted attribute information, and to execute the attribute extraction process on the second uncompressed information to extract attribute information, and then to output second extracted attribute data which is the extracted attribute information; and a controller configured to determine, when the first extracted attribute data and the second extracted attribute data are identical, the first parameter set as an established parameter set. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313328 | REFRIGERATOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A refrigerator may include a detection device that detects at least one of a position or movement of a door of the refrigerator, a camera to capture an image of an area inside the refrigerator, and a controller to control the camera to capture the image based on the detected position or movement of the door. A start of a door opening operation and a door closing operation may be detected based on the detected position or movement of the door. When the door opening operation is detected, the camera is controlled to operate in a standby mode, and when the door closing operation is detected, an angle of the door is compared with a reference angle. When the angle of the door is less than the reference angle, the camera is controlled to operate in a photographing mode to capture the image of the area inside refrigerator. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313329 | LIVE PANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A live panning system and method for providing a live representation of a portion of a working area are provided. The system includes an image sensor acquiring an image of the entire working area and a processing unit. The image sensor includes an array of pixels, each providing pixel data of the image, and reads out the pixel data of a number of output pixels from the array to generate a sensor video stream, the output pixels corresponding to a cropping window within the image. The image sensor also includes a windowing module configured to move, in real-time, the cropping window within the image. The processing unit monitors viewing instructions from a user selecting a region of interest within the image corresponding to the portion of the working area, and dynamically communicates the viewing instructions to the windowing module such that the cropping window always encompasses the region of interest. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313330 | VIDEO IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYTICAL RECOGNITION SYSTEM - An analytical recognition system includes one or more video cameras configured to capture video and a video analytics module configured to perform real-time video processing and analyzation of the captured video and generate non-video data. The video analytic module includes one or more algorithms configured to identify an abnormal situation. Each abnormal situation alerts the video analytics module to automatically issue an alert and track one or more objects or individuals by utilizing the one or more video cameras. The abnormal situation is selected from the group consisting of action of a particular individual, non-action of a particular individual, a temporal event, and an externally generated event. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313331 | REFRIGERATOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A refrigerator and an operating method thereof are provided. The operating method of the refrigerator, which may include a drawer and a camera, may include recognizing initiation of a closing operation of the drawer, acquiring an internal image of the drawer using the camera at a point in time at which the closing operation of the drawer is initiated, and externally displaying and/or transmitting the final image. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313332 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313333 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE - A system and method for imaging a driver of a vehicle is provided. The system includes an imager mounted to a steering wheel hub that images a scene containing a bodily feature of the driver and generates image data therefrom. An image processor receives and analyzes the image data and generates biometric information related to the driver. The biometric information is useable as input for a variety of vehicle operations. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313334 | TECHNIQUE FOR IMAGE ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT - A technique for image acquisition and management, by utilizing a mobile device equipped with a camera and a mobile software application. The software application enables a) providing guidance to an operator for making, by the camera, a set of one or more images of an object, so as to obtain them at one or more angles suggested by the software application for properly registering currently existing visible features of the object, b) obtaining the set of images, c) storing the set of obtained images as a current set, along with its related data, in at least one storage/processing location for further analysis. The technique, using the mobile software application, may also perform d) analysis of thus obtained current set of images by comparing it with another reference set of images of the same or similar object. The technique may be used, for example, for detecting defects on a vehicle body. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313335 | VISION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE WITH ADJUSTABLE CAMERAS - A vision system of a vehicle includes a forward viewing imager, a rearward viewing imager and sideward viewing imagers. The forward viewing imager is disposed at a forward portion of the vehicle and has a forward field of view. The rearward viewing imager is disposed at a rearward portion of the vehicle and has a rearward field of view rearward of the vehicle. The sideward viewing imagers are disposed at respective sides of the vehicle and have respective sideward fields of view sideward of the vehicle. At least one of the forward viewing imager, the rearward viewing imager and the sideward viewing imagers is dynamically adjustable via a respective stepper motor. The fields of view of the imagers may be adjustable via the respective stepper motors responsive to actuation of a user input and/or a speed input indicative of the traveling speed of the vehicle. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313336 | EFFICIENT DATA TRANSMISSION - A method for controlling video in a system includes receiving wirelessly at a stationary base station a low quality video from a mobile device, the mobile device configured to record both the low quality video and a high quality video of a same video stream, to store each of the low quality video and the high quality video, and to wirelessly transmit only the low quality video. The method includes analyzing the low quality video at the stationary base station and, based on the analysis, transmitting a signal to the mobile device to delete the low quality video and the high quality video from the mobile device, to allow overwrite of the low quality video and the high quality video from the mobile device, or to request transmission of the high quality video from the mobile device. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313337 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH FASTENERLESS LENS ATTACHMENT - A vehicle vision system includes a camera module including an image sensor array, a lens holder and a lens. The camera module is configured to mount at a receiving structure at an interior surface of a vehicle windshield of a vehicle. When the camera module is mounted at the receiving structure of the interior surface of the vehicle windshield, the image sensor array views forward of the vehicle and through the vehicle windshield. The image sensor array is established at a circuit element. The lens holder includes a lens holding portion and an attaching portion, with the lens holding portion accommodating the lens and the attaching portion configured to attach at the circuit element. The attaching portion of the lens holder includes a plurality of pins configured to be received at least partially through apertures of the circuit element so as to be soldered at the circuit element. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313338 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313339 | VISION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A vision system for a vehicle includes an image sensor disposed at a subject vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the subject vehicle. A control is operable to process image data captured by the image sensor to detect an object exterior of the subject vehicle. The control is operable to process captured image data to detect points of interest present in the field of view of the image sensor and, responsive to processing of captured image data, the control is operable to determine movement of the detected points of interest. The control is operable to process captured image data to determine movement vectors and, responsive to processing of captured image data, the control is operable to determine an object of interest in the field of view of the image sensor and exterior of the subject vehicle. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313340 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING PATIENT FALLS - A patient fall prediction system receives video image frames from a surveillance camera positioned in a patient's room and analyses the video image frames for movement that may be a precursor to a patient fall. In set up phase, the viewpoint of the camera is directed at a risk area associated with patient falls, beds, chairs, wheelchairs, etc. A risk area is defined graphically in the viewport. The patient fall prediction system generates a plurality of concurrent motion detection zones that are situated proximate to the graphic markings of the risk areas. These motion detection zones are monitored for changes between video image frames that indicate a movement. The pattern of detections is recorded and compared to a fall movement detection signature. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313341 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING EVENT-RELATED VIDEO SHARING SERVICES - Systems and methods for providing sports-related video sharing services to subscribers to such services are disclosed. The systems and methods enable the capture and storage of video data corresponding to sporting events held at sports venues, and the communication of captured video data to subscribers or others for viewing. The systems and methods also enable subscribers to create video highlight reels, with or without annotations and/or music, from the captured video data, and to post, distribute, and/or communicate the video highlight reels for viewing by others. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313342 | Photonic Bandgap Structures for Multispectral Imaging Devices - The invention discloses methods for making photonic bandgap structures and photonic bandgap structures made by those processes. In one embodiment, the photonic bandgap structure is flexible. In another photonic bandgap structure, the structure has a graded, periodic grating. One embodiment of a method according to the present invention comprises the steps of preparing a pre-polymer mixture, positioning that mixture between two slides, exposing the mixture to electromagnetic radiation, curing the mixture, and discarding at least one of the slides. In another embodiment of the method, the pre-polymer mixture is exposed to the electromagnetic radiation through a prism. In one embodiment of the method, the pre-polymer mixture is exposed to the electromagnetic radiation through a lens. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313343 | MODULAR INFRARED CAMERA SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Modular infrared imaging systems and methods disclosed herein, in accordance with one or more embodiments, provide for capturing an infrared image, sensing a mode of operation, processing the captured infrared image according to the sensed mode of operation, generating a processed infrared image based on the sensed mode of operation, and displaying the processed infrared image. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313344 | Image Capturing Method and Image Capturing Device - An image capturing device includes a lens module, a filter, two sensors, a first image processing module, and a second image processing module. The lens module is adapted to receive the image beam. The filter is adapted to split the image beam into a first beam and a second beam. The two sensors are disposed in transmission paths of the first beam and the second beam separately, and the sensors separately convert the first beam and the second beam into a first optical information and a second optical information. The first image processing module and the second image processing module are disposed in transmission paths of the first optical information and the second optical information separately, and the image processing modules separately convert the optical information into image information. The second image processing module integrates the first image information and the second image information into a color image. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313345 | FLYING OBJECT VISUAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A system for visually identifying a flying object includes a detection subsystem, a visual inspection subsystem, and an identification processor. The detection subsystem is configured to detect the location of one or more flying objects within an area, and includes at least one of radar, lidar, and visual detection. The visual inspection subsystem is configured to visually inspect an object of interest selected from the one or more detected flying objects. The visual inspection subsystem includes a camera having a field of view, a positioning system, and an image processor. The positioning system is configured to support the camera and controllably articulate the field of view to track the object of interest. Finally, the processor is configured to receive one or more images from the visual inspection subsystem, and identify a characteristic of the object of interest from the one or more images. | 2014-10-23 |
20140313346 | TRACKING SHOOTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A tracking shooting system and method are disclosed herein. The tracking shooting system includes a camera device, a wireless radio frequency module, a wireless transceiver and a control module. The wireless radio frequency module is mounted beside a target area. The wireless transceiver is disposed on an object, and is configured to communicate with the wireless radio frequency module to obtain coordinate information. The control module is configured to receive the coordinate information transmitted from the wireless transceiver, and to calculate a position coordinate of the object in accordance with the coordinate information. The control module controls the camera device in accordance with the position coordinate, so as to tracking-shoot the object. | 2014-10-23 |