| 45th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
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| 20080273022 | ELECTROPHORESIS DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTROPHORESIS DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrophoresis display device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, an electrophoresis element interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and containing charged electrophoresis particles, a pixel including a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit which give a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first scan line and a first data line which are connected to the first pixel circuit, and a second scan line and a second data line which are connected to the second pixel circuit, in which a signal supplied to the first pixel circuit from the first data line during a select period specified by a select signal of the first scan line is an erase signal, and wherein a signal supplied to the second pixel circuit from the second data line during a select period specified by a select signal of the second scan line is an image signal. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273023 | DISPLAY ELEMENT DRIVE METHOD, DISPLAY ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC TERMIAL - The embodiment relates to a display element drive method performing write at a low speed for still image display and in particular, to a method for driving a display element using cholesteric liquid crystal (electronic paper). The display element includes a plurality of scan electrodes and data electrodes intersecting one another in the opposed state. The drive method executes an empty scan for the scan electrodes before performing an image write process. The scan electrodes are selected in a predetermined sequence and an image write process is performed. According to the drive method, it is possible to suppress a large inrush current generated immediately after the image write. Moreover, it is possible to use a cheap general-purpose driver, apply the method to a cell-less display device, and achieve power saving and a stable display quality. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273024 | Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - The present invention comprises pixels each configured by a switching element and a light-emitting element, and a plurality of source signal lines for one pixel column. An input terminal of the switching element is connected to any one of the plurality of source signal lines and an output terminal of the switching element is connected to the light-emitting element so as to enable a light emission when the switching element is turned ON. Pixels in plurality of rows emit light simultaneously, so that a longer light emission time can be realized. It can make the lifetime of an element longer and the power consumption lower. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273025 | Plasma display and driving method thereof - In a plasma display device, a first transistor is coupled between an electrode and a power source supplying a VscL voltage, and a second transistor gradually changing a voltage of the electrode is coupled between the electrode and the power source. First and second resistors are coupled in series between the electrode and the second transistor. A node of the first and second resistors is coupled to a control terminal of a regulator, an anode terminal of the regulator is coupled to the electrode, and a cathode terminal of the regulator is coupled to the second transistor. The regulator has a reference voltage, and connects the anode terminal and the cathode terminal when the second transistor is turned on and a node voltage of a node between the first and second resistors is greater than the reference voltage and disconnects the anode terminal and the cathode terminal when the node voltage is less than the reference voltage. That is, a voltage of the electrode can be decreased to a Vnf voltage that is greater than a VscL voltage by repeatedly connecting and disconnecting the anode terminal and the cathode terminal of the regulator. In this way, voltages of two levels can be supplied from one power source. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273026 | Separately excited inverter circuit and liquid crystal display television - The present invention discloses a separately excited inverter circuit whose switching circuit having a plurality of switching elements and which is capable of minimizing the damage of other switching elements even if any of the plurality of switching elements is short circuited and damaged. The separately excited inverter circuit includes: a switching circuit of which a full bridge circuit applies an AC voltage to the primary winding of the step-up transformer | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273027 | Methods and Devices for Generating and Viewing a Planar Image Which Is Perceived as Three Dimensional - A method for generating a planar image which is provided for being perceived by humans as three dimensional, the method comprising the step of generating at least two overlapping portions of planar visual information of which first portion comprises an original planar image and a second portion a diffused image which is generated from the original image by diffusion to a predetermined extent, chosen for stimulating human depth perception. An optical element for generating a planar image which is perceived by humans as three dimensional, the optical element being partly transparent for passing an original planar image and having a predetermined diffusion pattern for generating a diffused image from the original planar image, the predetermined diffusion pattern being chosen for stimulating human depth perception. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273028 | UNIVERSAL RASTERIZATION OF GRAPHIC PRIMITIVES - A technique for universally rasterizing graphic primitives used in computer graphics is described. Configurations of the technique include determining three edges and a bounded region in a retrofitting bounding box. Each primitive has real and intrinsic edges. The process uses no more than three real edges of any one graphic primitive. In the case of a line, a third edge is set coincident with one of its two real edges. The area between the two real edges is enclosed by opposing perimeter edges of the bounding box. In the case of a rectangle, only three real edges are used. The fourth edge corresponds to a bounding edge provided by the retrofitting bounding box. In exemplary applications, the technique may be used in mobile video-enabled devices, such as cellular phones, video game consoles, PDAs, laptop computers, video-enabled MP3 players, and the like. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273029 | STENCIL OPERATIONS - Described are a video graphics system, graphics processor, and methods for rendering three-dimensional objects. A buffer is partitioned into tiles of pixels. Each pixel of each tile includes at least one sample. A primitive is received and determined to cover fully one of the tiles. A section of the primitive that maps to the fully covered tile is tested to determine if every sample within the fully covered tile is to undergo the same stencil operation. The stencil operation is performed on the fully covered tile in the buffer if every sample within the fully covered tile is to undergo the same stencil operation. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273030 | DRAWING APPARATUS AND DRAWING METHOD | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273031 | Page based rendering in 3D graphics system - A method of rendering 3D graphics image includes the steps of: storing the primitives information into the primitive bank and parameter bank whose entries are made up the primitive IDs; converting the primitives into the pages whose coordinates are made up the page IDs; matching incoming page IDs of the incoming primitive with the page IDs stored in the page RAM in such a manner that when the incoming page ID of the incoming primitive matches with the sorted page ID stored in the page RAM, the incoming primitive are added to the corresponding page node in the page RAM under the corresponding page ID; flushing the page RAM when the free page nodes of the page RAM less than a predetermined amount or when the primitive's counter of the page node reaches another predetermined number; and rendering the primitives stored in the page memory into pixels. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273032 | STENCIL COMPRESSION OPERATIONS - Described are a video graphics system, graphics processor, and methods for rendering three-dimensional objects. A buffer is partitioned into tiles. Each tile includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel of each tile includes at least one sample. Each sample has a stencil value associated therewith. It is determined that each sample in a given tile has the same stencil value. A single stencil value is stored in the buffer for that tile. The single stencil value represents the stencil value for every sample in that tile. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273033 | Depth Operations - Described are a video graphics system, graphics processor, and methods for rendering three-dimensional objects. A buffer is partitioned into tiles of pixels. Each pixel of each tile includes at least one sample. A primitive is received and determined to fully cover one of the tiles of the buffer. A section of the primitive that maps to the fully covered tile is tested to determine whether that section of the primitive may be drawn in its entirety. A value is stored in the buffer for the fully covered tile in response to determining that the section of the primitive may be drawn in its entirety. The value indicating that every sample of the fully covered tile has a depth value determined by the primitive. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273034 | Interface and method of interfacing between a parametric modelling unit and a polygon based rendering system - An interface for use in a 3-d graphics system comprising a parametric modelling unit for modelling objects as high order surfaces, and a polygon based rendering system for rendering polygon modelled objects for display. The interface comprises an input for receiving data and a subdivision unit coupled to the input for processing the data. The interface includes a converter coupled to the subdivision unit for determining from leaf patch data a first plurality of values representing vertices of tessellating polygons describing the leaf patch, and for determining from sub-leaf patch data a second plurality of values representing the vertices of tessellating polygons describing the sub-leaf patch. The interface also has a combiner, coupled to the converter, for combining the values to form leaf polygon data defining the polygon vertices at a first subdivision level, and an output coupled to the combiner for outputting the leaf polygon data. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273035 | Unique method for performing zoom-in and zoom-out operations with horizontal and vertical video decimation within a wireless device having a video display - A method of presenting a selected portion of graphical images within a wireless terminal that includes receiving an original graphical image, having a source resolution, to be presented on a display screen. The native pixel resolution of the display screen may differ from that of the original graphical image. A complex decimation pattern when applied to the selected portion of the image allows the selected portion of the original graphical image to be resized from the source resolution to a decimated resolution operable to be displayed within the native resolution of the display screen. Decimated pixels need not be further processed to reduce the processing requirements imposed on the system processor. Operations normally associated with the decimated portions of the image may be offloaded from the processing module to improve system efficiency. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273036 | Data display apparatus - A plurality of types of measurement data which are measured by a signal measurement section in a time serial manner are displayed on a predetermined coordinate system. A data type assignment section is operable to assign the types of the measurement data to different coordinate axes in the predetermined coordinate system, respectively. A plotting processing section is operable to plot characteristic values on the predetermined coordinate system, the characteristic values specified by the measurement data synchronized at a measurement timing from the measurement data belonging to the types. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273037 | LOOPING MOTION SPACE REGISTRATION FOR REAL-TIME CHARACTER ANIMATION - A method for generating a looping motion space for real-time character animation may include determining a plurality of motion clips to include in the looping motion space and determining a number of motion cycles performed by a character object depicted in each of the plurality of motion clips. A plurality of looping motion clips may be synthesized from the motion clips, where each of the looping motion clips depicts the character object performing an equal number of motion cycles. Additionally, a starting frame of each of the plurality of looping motion clips may be synchronized so that the motion cycles in each of the plurality of looping motion clips are in phase with one another. By rendering an animation sequence using multiple passes through the looping motion space, an animation of the character object performing the motion cycles may be extended for arbitrary length of time. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273038 | LOOPING MOTION SPACE REGISTRATION FOR REAL-TIME CHARACTER ANIMATION - A method for generating a looping motion space for real-time character animation may include determining a plurality of motion clips to include in the looping motion space and determining a number of motion cycles performed by a character object depicted in each of the plurality of motion clips. A plurality of looping motion clips may be synthesized from the motion clips, where each of the looping motion clips depicts the character object performing an equal number of motion cycles. Additionally, a starting frame of each of the plurality of looping motion clips may be synchronized so that the motion cycles in each of the plurality of looping motion clips are in phase with one another. By rendering an animation sequence using multiple passes through the looping motion space, an animation of the character object performing the motion cycles may be extended for arbitrary length of time. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273039 | REAL-TIME GOAL SPACE STEERING FOR DATA-DRIVEN CHARACTER ANIMATION - A method for generating real-time goal space steering for data-driven character animation is disclosed. A goal space table of sparse samplings of possible future locations is computed, indexed by the starting blend value and frame. A steer space is computed as a function of the current blend value and frame, interpolated from the nearest indices of the table lookup in the goal space. The steer space is then transformed to local coordinates of a character's position at the current frame. The steer space samples closest to a line connecting the character's position with the goal location may be selected. The blending values of the two selected steer space samples are interpolated to compute the new blending value to render subsequent frames of an animation sequence. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273040 | Efficient Selective Updating Of Multiple-Region Flexible Displays - Methods and systems are provided for efficiently selectively updating multiple-region flexible displays. In an embodiment, multiple regions of a display material each have a common conductor along a first surface and a patterned set of conductors along a second surface. A control circuit includes a separate conductive trace to each common conductor, such that the control circuit can selectively apply known voltages to the common conductors, as well as a single set of driver lines to all of the patterned sets of conductors, such that any sets of signals sent to any of the patterned sets of conductors are received by all of the patterned sets of conductors. The control circuit is used to selectively apply electric fields between the common conductor and the patterned set of conductors of a subset of the regions, so as to selectively update an appearance of the subset of the regions. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273041 | Interactive image and graphic system and method capable of detecting collision - The present invention relates to an interactive image and graphic system and method capable of detecting collision. A storage device stores a plurality of image data streams. Each image data stream includes a header, which has at least one position coordinate field, and the at least one position coordinate field corresponds to at least one object of the image data stream. An image engine plays a first image data stream of the plurality of image data streams. A graphic engine receives a sprite picture data. The sprite picture data includes a sprite position coordinate. The graphic engine receives the header of the first image data stream. When the sprite position coordinate superimposes over a position coordinate of the at least one object of the first image data stream, the graphic engine drives the image engine to select a second image data stream from the storage device for being played. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273042 | Apparatus and method for texture level of detail computation - A graphic processing system to compute a texture level of detail. An embodiment of the graphic processing system includes a memory device, a driver, and level of detail computation logic. The memory device is configured to implement a first lookup table. The first lookup table is configured to provide a first level of detail component. The driver is configured to calculate a log value of a second level of detail component. The level of detail computation logic is coupled to the memory device and the driver. The level of detail computation logic is configured to compute a level of detail for a texture mapping operation based on the first level of detail component from the lookup table and the second level of detail component from the driver. Embodiments of the graphic processing system facilitate a simple hardware implementation using operations other than multiplication, square, and square root operations. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273043 | Coordinate computations for non-power of 2 texture maps - A graphic processing system to compute a texture coordinate. An embodiment of the graphic processing system includes a memory device, a texture coordinate generator, and a display device. The memory device is configured to store a plurality of texture maps. The texture coordinate generator is coupled to the memory device. The texture coordinate generator is configured to compute a final texture coordinate using an arithmetic operation exclusive of a division operation. The display device is coupled to the texture coordinate generator. The display device is configured to display a representation of one of the plurality of texture maps according to the final texture coordinate. Embodiments of the graphic processing system facilitate a simple hardware implementation using operations other than division. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273044 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE ILLUMINATED PROJECTION DISPLAY WITH HIGH GRAYSCALE RESOLUTION - A video display includes a semiconductor light-source, a pixilated spatial light modulator (SLM) for spatially modulating light from the light source and projection optics for projecting spatially modulated light from the spatial light modulator onto the screen to form the video. A desired relative brightness contribution in the display of a pixel element of the SLM is achieved by varying the power output of the light-source over a refresh-period and switching the pixel element to an on-state for a predetermined portion of the refresh-period. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273045 | Ink Jet Recording Method, Recording Device, Ink/Recording Medium Set, Recording Matter - An ink-jet recording process which conducts recording by imparting ink onto the surface of a recording medium according to recording information, where the recording medium has a base material and a porous ink receiving layer thereon containing inorganic particles having a BET specific surface area of at least 150 m | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273046 | Ink Supplying Device, Recording Device, Ink Supplying Method and Recording Method - Variations in the negative pressure in the print head is minimized by positively controlling the ink supply pressure. For this purpose, the pump ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273047 | VISUALIZING AGENT QUANTITY DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A visualizing agent quantity display control system includes a first container, a second container, a detection unit, a display unit, a control unit. The second container, which is replaceable, contains the visualizing agent to be supplied to the first container. The detection unit detects a quantity of the visualizing agent contained in the second container. The control unit causes the detection unit to detect a remaining quantity of the visualizing agent in the second container except the visualizing agent which decreases when an operation of supplying the visualizing agent in the second container to the first container has first been executed. The control unit causes a display unit to display information indicating that the remaining quantity of the visualizing agent in the second container is full regardless of the quantity of the visualizing agent which decreases when the operation has first been executed. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273048 | LIQUID CONTAINER - The invention provides a liquid container for storing liquid to be supplied to a liquid consuming apparatus. The liquid container is constructed such that pressurized fluid is sent to its inside so that the liquid in the inside is delivered to the outside. The liquid container includes a container body which stores the liquid in its inside. The container body includes a pressurized fluid introduction port for introducing the pressurized fluid to the inside and a liquid delivery port for delivering the liquid to the outside. A detection unit is provided in the container body and outputs an output signal which is changed in accordance with a change in pressure of the liquid in the inside of the container body. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273049 | Ascent and Descent Apparatus for Liquid Material Spray Printer - Disclosed is an ascent and descent apparatus for a liquid material spray printer, which may control a distance between a subject to be coated and a spray assembly optimally. The apparatus includes a predetermined number of rotary shafts installed in a vertical direction and having spiral ridges on outer circumferences thereof, the rotary shafts being selectively rotated by a driving motor; and a lifting member installed to the rotary shafts to support a transferring table to which a subject to be coated is mounted, the lifting member having a spiral ridge with a shape conforming to the spiral ridges of the rotary shafts so that the transferring table is lifted when the rotary shafts are rotated. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273050 | PRINTING UP TO EDGES OF PRINTING PAPER WITHOUT PLATEN SOILING - This invention allows images to be printed up to the edges of printing paper while preventing ink droplets from depositing on the platen. Ink droplets Ip are ejected from a print head | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273051 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF SETTING PRINT POSITION ADJUSTMENT VALUE, AND PRINTING METHOD - If print agents used are detected by an optical sensor at different sensitivities, the present invention enables the easy setting of adjustment values for print positions resulting from these print agents. To accomplish this object, for example, the present invention substitutes and sets adjustment values for print positions resulting from cyan, light cyan, or black ink, corresponding to a high detection sensitivity, for adjustment values for print positions resulting from a light magenta, yellow, or magenta ink, corresponding to a low detection sensitivity. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273052 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING PROCESSES - An apparatus for establishing ink application settings includes a Spectro-densitometer configured to determine neutral print value goals, an ink density and a correction display for matching advanced specification and improving accurate color matches. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to receive ink density readings from the spectro-densitometer, determine an ink control setting based on the received ink density readings, and display the ink control setting on the display. This is many component steps synthesized to accurately work together, at once to save many incremental and further steps in order to globally better match production prints to proofing color goals most efficiently. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273053 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - An ink jet recording element substrate includes a substrate; an ejection outlet array for ejecting ink; a heat generating element array comprising a plurality of heat generating elements for generating ejection energy for ejecting the ink from the ejection outlet array; a protecting film, comprising protecting portions, for protecting the heat generating element array; a common line, disposed along a side of the heat generating element array, for supplying electric power for driving the heat generating elements, and being divided into at least two portions by a line perpendicular to the heat generating element array; a testing electrode for testing a function of the protecting film; and an externally connecting electrode, disposed at an end of the substrate, for externally supplying electric power to the common line; wherein the ink jet recording element substrate further includes, in an area between the portions of the common line, a connecting line for electrically connecting the protecting portions of the protecting film disposed to sandwich the common line and a lead line for electrically connecting the protective film and the testing electrode. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273054 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING AN INK SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT AND A PLURALITY OF PRINTHEAD SEGMENT CARRIERS - Provided is a printhead assembly including an ink supply arrangement and a plurality of printhead segment carriers. The ink supply arrangement has a profile member defining a semi-open cross-section with a peripheral, structured side walls having free, opposing, lengthwise running edges delineating a gap extending along the entire length of the profile member. The profile member also defines three internal webs that stand out from a base wall section of the peripheral wall into the interior of said member so as to define together with the side wall sections a total of four ink supply channels which are open towards the gap. The plurality of printhead segment carriers are operatively fast with the ink supply arrangement so that the ink supply channels are arranged in fluid communication with printheads supported on said segments. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273055 | PRINTING APPARATUS - For a serial color ink jet printing apparatus that forms an image using a symmetric printing head that ejects large dots and small dots, the configuration of a printing head is provided for suppressing, to the extent possible, a cyclic fluctuation in the main scanning direction. According to the present invention, individual nozzle arrays are arranged so that two nozzle arrays, i.e., a cyan nozzle array c | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273056 | INKJET RECORDING HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording head in which liquid supply flow paths formed in a first plate are defined by vertical walls and inclined walls. The vertical walls are perpendicular to surfaces of corresponding recording element substrates that contact the first plate. The inclined walls are inclined with respect to these surfaces. In the liquid supply flow paths that supply ink to ink supply ports of the recording element substrates arranged in one row, the inclined walls extend in a first direction along a direction of arrangement of the recording element substrates with respect to the vertical walls. In the liquid supply flow paths that supply the liquid to the liquid supply ports of the respective recording element substrates arranged in another row that is adjacent to the one row, the inclined walls extend in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, with respect to the vertical walls. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273057 | LAMINATED PRINTHEAD ARRANGEMENT FOR A PEN NIB PRINTER - Provided is a laminated printhead arrangement for a pen nib printer. The printhead includes ink distribution layers, a layer of semiconductor ejection devices operatively supplied with ink via the ink distribution layers, and a guard layer positioned on top of the ejection device layer to protect the ejection devices. The guard layer defines printing passages via which the ejection devices eject ink. Also included is a rotary capper rotatably fixed to the guard layer about a central axis of the printhead, so that rotation of the capper covers or exposes the printing passages. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273058 | Ink Ejection Nozzle Arrangement for an Inkjet Printer - Provided is an ink ejection nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer. The nozzle arrangement includes a wafer substrate with an etched ink chamber and ink channel leading to the chamber, as well as an ink ejection nozzle defined over the chamber with an ejection port etched therein. The arrangement also includes a glass actuator arm attached to the substrate via a post on the substrate, said arm having a copper nickel alloy heating means attached at a lower portion thereof proximate said post, wherein the arm extends through a slot in the chamber. The arrangement further includes a paddle fast with the arm inside said chamber, the paddle interposed between the ink channel and the ejection port. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273059 | NOZZLE ASSEMBLY OF AN INKJET PRINTHEAD - A nozzle assembly for an inkjet printhead is disclosed. The nozzle assembly includes an inkjet nozzle having an actuator for ejecting an ink droplet from the inkjet nozzle when a resistive element of the actuator is heated by an electrical current, a shift register comprising a plurality of successive registers, the shift register receives input data in a first register, and shifts the input data to successive registers upon receipt of a shift signal, a transfer register for latching data in one of the registers of the shift register; a control gate for outputting a control pulse in response to data in the transfer register, and a drive transistor for providing an energy pulse to the resistive element of the actuator upon receipt of the control pulse. The nozzle is spaced from other nozzles ejecting ink of a same colour by less than 32 microns in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of a print media upon which ink is ejected. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273060 | Liquid discharging apparatus and liquid discharging method - In a liquid discharging method for discharging droplets from a plurality of droplet discharging portions of a liquid discharging head, an actual pattern is created to indicate the discharging states of the droplets from the liquid discharging portions, and information about a defective liquid discharging portion having discharging failure is obtained by checking the discharging states. According to the information, the defective liquid discharging portion is prohibited form discharging, and discharging of droplets from a liquid discharging portion near the defective liquid discharging portion is controlled to reduce the influence of discharging failure of the defective discharging portion, and to correct image information on a recording medium. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273061 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PATTERN FORMED BODY - The main object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a pattern formed body by the electric field jet method, capable of stabilizing the discharge amount and the discharge direction of a liquid. The present invention achieves the object by providing a method for manufacturing a pattern formed body characterized in that a pattern is formed on a substrate by: discharging a liquid from a discharge orifice by applying a voltage between a first electrode, disposed in the vicinity of the discharge orifice of a nozzle of a discharge head, and a second electrode, disposed in between the discharge orifice and the substrate, having an opening for discharge; and adhering the liquid onto the substrate by passing through the opening for discharge of the second electrode. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273062 | PAGEWIDTH PRINTHEAD WITH NOZZLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR WEIGHTED INK DROP EJECTION - Provided is a pagewidth printhead with a controller, the printhead having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements. Each nozzle arrangement includes a multilayered substrate defining an ink inlet passage and walls extending from the substrate. Also included is a nozzle plate supported by the walls to define a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink inlet passage, the nozzle plate having a nozzle rim defining an ejection port in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber. Each arrangement also includes a plurality of heater elements suspended between the walls in the chamber, so that when electrical actuation energy is applied to respective heater elements a vapour bubble is formed in the fluid leading to a pressure increase in the chamber thereby ejecting the fluid via the ejection port. The controller is configured to individually actuate respective heater elements to facilitate weighted ink drop volumes to be ejected from the nozzle arrangement. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273063 | System and Method for Supplying an Ink to a Reciprocating Printhead in an Inkject Apparatus - An ink system for use in an inkjet printing apparatus includes an inkjet printhead, a supply subtank for containing a supply of an ink to the inkjet printhead, and a return subtank for containing a surplus of the ink not used by the inkjet printhead. A first fluid path couples the supply subtank with the inkjet printhead and with the return subtank, and provides a flow of ink from the supply subtank to the inkjet printhead and to the return subtank. A second fluid path couples the return subtank with the supply subtank and feeds the ink from the return subtank back to the supply subtank. The ink system is characterised by having the supply subtank, the return subtank and the first fluid path supported on a carriage for reciprocating together with the inkjet printhead across the printing medium. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273064 | INK-FEEDING DEVICE AND PRESSURE-GENERATING METHOD - An ink-feeding device is provided in which the pressure applied to the ink in the printing head can be adjusted arbitrarily irrespective of the relative positions of the ink container and the printing head. Inside the sub-tank | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273065 | Inkjet Printer Having An Ink Cartridge Unit Configured To Facilitate Flow Of Ink Therefrom - Provided is an inkjet printer having an ink cartridge unit. The cartridge unit includes a main body defining a number of ink reservoirs. Each reservoir has a layered stack of absorbent material arranged to form a micro-capillary array for suspending ink inside said reservoir. A base of each ink storage reservoir is provided with a raised portion which surrounds an ink outlet. The raised portions are molded into the main body to separate each outlet from the base of the ink storage reservoir to facilitate a sufficient flow rate of ink from the reservoir. The cartridge unit also includes a lid assembly covering the main body to seal ink inside the ink reservoirs, as well as a printhead assembly operatively fed with ink via the ink outlets from the ink reservoirs in the main body for printing onto a printing medium. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273066 | Ink jet recording apparatus - An ink jet recording apparatus comprising a color ink container having a capacity V1 accommodating therein a solvent polymerizable in the presence of an acid and a colorant, a reaction liquid container having a capacity V2 (V2| 2008-11-06 | |
| 20080273067 | Printer Assembly Having A Refillable Cartridge Assembly - Provided is a printer assembly having a refillable cartridge assembly. The cartridge assembly includes an elongate main body defining a number of rectangular ink reservoirs along a length thereof, with end reservoirs being larger than reservoirs interposed between the end reservoirs, said end reservoirs being configured to store ink more readily consumed during a printing process. The cartridge assembly also includes a lid assembly covering the main body to seal ink inside the ink reservoirs, the lid assembly having an actuator to actuate a cartridge refill unit. Also included is a printhead assembly fast with the main body and operatively fed with ink from the ink reservoirs in the main body, as well as a refill unit engageable with the lid assembly to refill at least one of the reservoirs. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273068 | Cartridge for ink jet recording and method for producing the same - The present invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording cartridge provided with a recording element substrate on the bottom surface, wherein the cartridge can be integrated with the recording element substrate precisely without causing any damage on the substrate has a high barrier capacity, and can work with various inks and wherein such characteristics of the cartridge are provided by including the steps of pressing a lid to the upper opening of an ink-holding container made of a resin material including glass fibers to cover the opening, and vibration welding the lid to the container where means for holding the lid is vibrated in the direction along the top surface of the container. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273069 | Ink recirculation system - One embodiment of a method of storing a printhead includes opening a valve to a vent of an ink reservoir, operating a pump in a first direction to pull ink from the ink reservoir through said valve, and pumping the ink pulled from the ink reservoir to an ink supply container. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273070 | BUBBLE REMOVING APPARATUS FOR INKJET PRINTER AND METHOD OF REMOVING AIR BUBBLES USING THE SAME - A bubble removing apparatus for removing air bubbles in ink to be supplied to a printer head of an inkjet printer and a method of removing the air bubbles are provided to provide a smooth flow of ink to the inkjet printer head. When an air bubble removing operation is performed, ink in an ink tank is moved towards the printer head through a filter unit by operating the pump in a forward direction, and the ink that has moved towards the printer head is returned to the ink tank through the filter unit by operating the pump in a reverse direction. Air bubbles trapped in the filter unit are moved to the ink tank due to the operation of the pump in the reverse direction and are removed in the ink tank by the gravitational force, and thereby a smooth flowing ink supply can be provided to the printer head. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273071 | FLUIDIC ARRANGEMENT WITH A SUMP FOR A PRINTER - The invention relates to a fluidic arrangement for a printer. The arrangement includes an ink tank for storing ink, and an ink distribution assembly in fluid communication with the ink tank for supplying printhead integrated circuits (ICs) positioned thereon with ink from the ink tank. The arrangement also includes a valve arranged in an ink line between the ink distribution assembly and the ink tank, said valve configured to isolate ink in the ink tank from the printhead ICs whenever the printer is powered down. Further included is a pump located downstream from the ink distribution assembly, and a sump arranged in fluid communication with the pump for receiving excess ink from the ink distribution assembly. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273072 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING A THIN FILM USING AN INKJET PRINTING METHOD - In an apparatus of forming a thin film, the apparatus has a printing chamber that forms a thin film on a substrate. The apparatus has at least two drying chambers that receive the substrate on which the thin film is formed and dry the thin film on the substrate. The two drying chambers may be independently controlled. Accordingly, the apparatus may reduce process time for forming the thin film without contamination of the substrate. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273073 | System and method for application of ink formulations onto ophthalmic lenses - A system and method for applying an ink composition to an ophthalmic lens is described providing at least one ophthalmic lens having a meniscus-shaped surface, and providing an ink composition formulated for either removable or non-removable as well as non-bleeding ink jet application onto the surface of the lens. The ink composition is jetted directly onto a stamp via an ink jet print head to form a printed image on the stamp, and the printed image is permitted to set for at least an ink drying period. The printed image is oriented with respect to the lens to align the printed image with a desired location and the printed image is applied onto the lens surface with the stamp to form a mark. Preferably, the duration of the ink drying period is sufficient to at least prevent bleeding of the ink into the lens upon application onto the lens surface. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273074 | Thermal Transfer Printer for Film - A thermal transfer printer for film capable of thermal transfer printing on a plastic film. The thermal transfer printer for film is provided with a conveyance for conveying the plastic film along a predetermined path, an ink ribbon moving mechanism which includes a holder for holding a plurality of ink ribbons | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273075 | Exposure Head - Provided is an exposure head, including: an array substrate having a plurality of organic EL elements arranged in an array on one face; and a plurality of circuit chips having a circuit for driving the organic EL element, and in which the forming face of the circuit is serially arranged along the extending direction of the array substrate so as to face one face of the array substrate; wherein the plurality of circuit chips are mutually serially connected by providing a pair of wiring groups for each mutual boundary location of the circuit chips on one face of the array substrate and outside the arrangement area of the organic EL element, bump-bonding one of the adjacent circuit chips to one end of the pair of wiring groups, and bump-bonding the other adjacent circuit chip to the other end of the pair of wiring groups. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273076 | LIGHT BEAM SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided with a modulator producing a modulated signal of a pulse width decided on given image data and a driver driving an optical generator such as laser to generate a light beam. The image forming apparatus is further provided with a scanner periodically scanning the light beam generated by the optical generator and a power detector detecting information indicative of a power of the light beam scanned by the scanner. A pulse width adjustor uses the information detected by the power detector, in order to adjust the pulse width of the light beam. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273077 | VIRTUAL VIDEO MESSAGE ANSWERING MACHINE PLATFORM - Enabling a user of a video chat application to a virtual video message answering machine to contextually provide a video message to at least one other user of the video chat application for play back if the user is unavailable. The video message can be arranged to be played when another user attempts to initiate a video communication session with the unavailable user or during an existing video chat session after the user becomes unavailable. Also, the user can choose one or more contexts for playing back a video message to one or more other users that are likely to be participants in a future video communication session. The other user is provided with a user interface that enables the other user to record a video message reply for subsequent playback by the unavailable user. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273078 | Videoconferencing audio distribution - Systems, methodologies, and media associated with videoconferencing are described. One example system includes video display devices and audio output devices to output video and related audio received from a remote videoconferencing location(s). The example system includes a distribution logic to selectively route audio data to an audio output device(s) and to selectively route video data to a video display device(s). The routing may be based, at least in part, on a relationship between an audio source and a video source. The result of the routing is to cause audio outputs to be acoustically associated with related video outputs so that different audio and video outputs will be spatially distinguishable and so that audio is attributable to related video. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273079 | Videophone and method for a video call - A videophone. The videophone can include an imaging mechanism for taking a video picture of a scene. The videophone can include a mechanism for producing a first video stream of the scene and a second video stream of the scene from the video picture and sending the first video stream and the second video stream onto a network at the same time, the producing mechanism in communication with the imaging mechanism. The videophone can include a mechanism for receiving a plurality of video streams of different scenes from a network. The videophone can include a mechanism for displaying the different scenes of the plurality of video streams alongside each other. A method for a video call. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273080 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECISION FEEDBACK LOCATIONING USING DIGTITAL TELELVISION SIGNALS - A method using DTV signals for positioning is provided. The method comprises the step of calculating a transmission time of a data segment of a television signal from a transmitter to a mobile receiver. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273081 | Business system for two and three dimensional snapshots - A method for enabling viewing of stereoscopic images is provided. The method includes providing a two dimensional image representation to a service bureau configured to convert the two dimensional image representation into a stereoscopic image and transmitting the enhanced image from the service bureau to an entity for purposes of displaying the images in a user desired configuration, such as in a digital photo frame. Alternately, the present design includes receiving a two dimensional electronic image representation in electronic form together with conversion criteria, converting the two dimensional electronic image representation into a stereoscopic image based on the conversion criteria, and providing the stereoscopic image to a user for display. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273082 | PICTURE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PICTURE RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - The present invention realizes picture recording in simple configuration such that a user can easily and intuitively identify a minified picture of a multi-view picture from among minified pictures of pictures being taken. A 3-dimensional thumbnail picture is created by performing 3-dimensional CG processing on a multi-view picture thumbnail picture, and a thumbnail picture is created from a normal picture and recorded in association with a primary picture. The 3-dimensional CG thumbnail picture X is given a stereoscopic effect as a result of the 3-dimensional CG graphic processing so that the difference from a normal 2-dimensional thumbnail Y is clear at a glance. Consequently, a viewer can readily recognize the picture X as a minified picture of a multi-view picture without using a special apparatus to realize a graphical approach. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273083 | Stereoscopic Two-Dimensional Display Device - To facilitate seeing of the image on a peripheral region which may become difficult to see as the screen size increases. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273084 | INTEGRATED VIDEO AND ELECTRO-OCULOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A goggle based light-weight VOG/EOG system includes at least one digital camera connected to and powered by a laptop computer through a firewire connection. The EOG system is incorporated directly into a goggle base. The digital camera may digitally center the pupil in both the X and Y directions. A calibration mechanism may be incorporated onto the goggle base. The VOG system may track and record 3-D movement of the eye, track pupil dilation, head position and goggle slippage. An animated eye display provides data in a more meaningful fashion. The VOG system is a modular design whereby the same goggle frame or base is used to build a variety of digital camera VOG systems. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273085 | Machine for inspecting glass containers - A machine for distinguishing blisters from checks on the finish of a glass container. The captured objects are located in a band to define a cluster. The cluster is evaluated to determine whether it is a multiple cluster and each defined cluster is evaluated to distinguish a check from a blister | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273086 | Machine for inspecting glass containers - A machine for inspecting glass containers rotating at an inspection station. A camera images an area of interest on the glass container (the finish for example) and the area is imaged at angular increments. An anomalous object is analyzed in each image and the deviation of its center relative to a datum is measured. A deviation less than a maximum enables the control to identify the object as a blister. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273087 | Method for gathering and storing surveillance information - The invention relates to a method where an event involving at least one object is detected. The bearing of an electronic device is determined. The electronic device is positioned to obtain its position. The identity of a user of the electronic device is determined. A number of sensor devices are located based on the bearing and the position to obtain a set of target sensors. A first sensor recording is obtained from a first sensor device among the set of target sensors. The first sensor recording is associated with the identity of the user. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273088 | INTELLIGENT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED EVENT BASED SURVEILLANCE - A surveillance system and method includes a plurality of sensors configured to monitor an environment. A plurality of analytic engines is associated with each of the plurality of sensors. The plurality of analytic engines employs different technologies and is configured to analyze input from the sensors to determine whether an event has occurred in a respective technology. A unifying data model is configured to cross correlate detected events from the different technologies to gain integrated situation awareness across the different technologies. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273089 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY TESTING VIDEO EQUIPMENT - A method and apparatus are presented for dynamically testing video equipment. One or more test patterns utilize different regions of video signal characteristics. Adjustment is made to the video characteristics of a region until a perceived parameter of the region matches a second region. A performance parameter of said video equipment is determined from said adjustment. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273090 | Image Sensing Apparatus - This invention makes it difficult to analyze key data necessary to generate authentication data of image data. In this invention, when a user turns on the power supply of an image sensing apparatus | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273091 | Buffering technique using structrured delay skewing - A line buffering technique in which a plurality of line buffers are arranged based on a determined average number of branches and stages that are necessary to implement the buffers based on design constraints. In an exemplary embodiment, the line buffers may be arranged in any buffer topology arrangement meeting the average number of branches and the number of stages design constraints. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273092 | Micro-optical image stabilizer - A micro-optical image stabilizer is disclosed. The optical image stabilizer includes a substrate, a carrier movably disposed on the substrate for carrying an image sensor, an anchor fixed on the substrate, a conducting pad fixed on the anchor for coupling an image processing circuit, a flexible suspension disposed between the conducting pad and the carrier, a conducting line disposed on the flexible suspension coupled to the conducting pad and protruding over the carrier for coupling the image sensor, and a micro actuator disposed between the substrate and the carrier for adjusting the position of the carrier according to control signals from an actuator control circuit. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273093 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM - A solid-state image sensing device comprises a first readout circuit configured to read out a signal from a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a signal holding unit configured to hold the signal read out from the first readout circuit, a second readout circuit configured to read out the signal held in the signal holding unit, and a current control unit configured to control an electric current flowing through at least part of the first readout circuit while the first readout circuit reads out the signal. The current control unit controls an electric current flowing through the at least part of the first readout circuit in a moving image capturing mode to be smaller than an electric current flowing through the at least part of the first readout circuit in a still image capturing mode. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273094 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In response to an input instruction to start a still image capturing operation when a moving image capturing operation is being performed, an imaging apparatus controls the still image capturing operation to record a still image file on a recording medium, interrupts the moving image capturing operation, generates a moving image in which an interframe-compressed image whose difference information is zero is inserted as at least one of images to be substituted for a moving image corresponding to a time period for which the moving image capturing operation is interrupted, and records the generated moving image on the recording medium. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273095 | Imaging Apparatus - By connecting to or mounting a first storage medium that stores image data as a retrieval object (e.g. first memory card | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273096 | Image Pickup Device - Charging of a camera | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273097 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD AND CONTROLLING PROGRAM - When a shutter button is half-pressed, image signal of a field image is read from a CCD, and is converted into image data of digital. For example three faces are detected based on the image data, and a face central coordinate of each face is extracted and a face centroid coordinate of the faces is calculated based on the face central coordinates. When all of the face central coordinates are inside the shooting screen and the face centroid coordinates is inside the determination area, the digital camera induces the user to perform image capturing, with use of an LED and audio guidance. When the shutter button is full-pressed, image signal of a frame image is read from a CCD, and is converted into image data of digital. After various image processing, the image data is stored in a memory card. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273098 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING IMAGE DATA, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING ZOOMED IMAGES - The sizes of images obtained by electronic zoom processing are rendered constant to a certain degree. To accomplish this, an image within a zoom area is enlarged or reduced to the size of a super-extended graphics array (SXGA), and the resulting image data is recorded on a memory card, if the zoom area has a size near that of the SXGA. The image within the zoom area is recorded on the memory card upon being enlarged or reduced to the size of a super VGA (SVGA) if the zoom area has a size near that of the SVGA. The image within the zoom area is recorded on the memory card upon being enlarged or reduced to the size of a VGA if the zoom area has a size near that of the VGA. Thus, when Images represented by image data recorded on the memory card are zoomed, the sizes of the zoomed images are limited. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273099 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image capturing apparatus includes an image pickup unit including an image pickup element that captures a plurality of colors in ranges of visible and invisible light incoming through an image capturing lens, a pixel value calculating unit that calculates a pixel value of each pixel regarding at least one of the captured colors, a contrast value calculating unit that calculates a contrast value for each color based on the calculated pixel values, a correction value calculating unit that calculates a focus correction value for a distance from a current position of the image capturing lens to a focus position based on a temporal change in the calculated contrast values of the at least one color, and an image capturing lens driving unit that drives the image capturing lens based on the calculated focus correction value. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273100 | NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER- READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A noise-reduction apparatus includes an image-noise-reduction means having an operation means and a judgment means. The operation means shifts the level of the signal-value of a target-pixel so that an average of the signal-values of the target-pixel and pixels in a predetermined area in the vicinity of the target-pixel becomes a value at the origin of a color-space of each of a plurality of color-components, performs an operation for noise-reduction processing on the target-pixel and restores the level of the signal-value thereof based on the shifted level. The judgment means estimates a noise-amount of the target-pixel, calculates a statistic representing the noise of the target-pixel based on the signal-values of the target-pixel and the pixels in the predetermined area, compares the estimated noise-amount and the statistic, and determines, based on the result of comparison, which of the estimated noise-amount and the statistic to use for the operation of noise-reduction processing. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273101 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An image capturing system includes a signal correction unit which corrects a signal output from a defective pixel in an optical black region based on a signal output from a normal pixel. The optical black region has a plurality of pixel blocks. Each of the plurality of pixel blocks has a plurality of pixels each including one or more elements which have the same functions as in the remaining pixels and which have relative positions different from the remaining pixels. The signal correction unit corrects the signal output from the defective pixel in the optical black region based on a signal output from a normal pixel which is included in another pixel block different from the pixel block of the defective pixel in the optical black region and includes one or more elements having the same functions and same relative positions as in the defective pixel. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273102 | DETECTION DEVICE FOR DEFECTIVE PIXEL IN PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE - The defeat determination unit determines whether a target pixel among the pixels of the image sensor is defective on the basis of a first defect map and at least one second defect map. The first defeat map shows a first relationship between a pixel value of the target pixel and pixel values of first neighboring same-color pixels with the target pixel that neighbor and surround the target pixel. The second defect map shows a second relationship between a pixel value of a heterochromatic adjacent pixel with the target pixel and pixel values of second neighboring same-color pixels with the heterochromatic adjacent pixel that neighbor and surround the heterochromatic adjacent pixel. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273103 | TECHNIQUES FOR MODIFYING IMAGE FIELD DATA AS A FUNCTION OF RADIUS ACROSS THE IMAGE FIELD - A technique for modifying data of an image, such as can be implemented in a still camera or video recorder in order to correct for defects in its optical and/or electronic systems, includes generating data to modify the image as a function of radial position across it. A variation of the intensity across an image (lens shading) that appears in data from a two-dimensional detector is an example of an application of the technique. In order to make modifications to the data, positions of a two-dimensional raster scan pattern of an image sensor are converted to radial positions and this is then used to generate the modification data. The modification data is generated on the fly, at the same rate as the image data is being acquired, so that the modification takes place without slowing down data transfer from the image sensor. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273104 | IMAGE SENSOR PIXEL WITH GAIN CONTROL - A method for reading out an image signal, the method comprising: providing at least two photosensitive regions; providing at least two transfer gates respectively associated with each photosensitive region; providing a common charge-to-voltage conversion region electrically connected to the transfer gates; providing a reset mechanism that resets the common charge-to-voltage conversion region; after transferring charge from at least one of the photo-sensitive regions, disabling all transfer gates at a first time; enabling at least one transfer gate at a subsequent second time; and transferring charge from at least one of the photosensitive regions at a subsequent third time while the at least one transfer gate from the second time remains enabled. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273105 | Solid-State Image Sensing Device and Method for Driving the Same - A solid-state image sensing device includes: a plurality of unit pixels | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273106 | Class AB amplifier and imagers and systems using same - A class AB amplifier includes an input stage having a pair of differential input terminals, first and second differential output terminals, and a local common mode feedback circuit. The input stage includes a local common mode feedback circuit having cascode transistor to achieve relatively high gain. The amplifier also includes an output stage having first and second pairs complementary transistors coupled between first and second power supply nodes. One of the complementary transistors in each pair has a gate coupled to the first and second differential output terminals, respectively. The output stage includes a pair of cascode transistor connected to one of the pairs of complementary output transistors. The amplifier can be used to supply a bias voltage to a highly capacitive load, such as voltage sampling capacitors in a CMOS imager. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273107 | Data transfer circuit, solid-state imaging device and camera system - A data transfer circuit includes at least one transfer line transferring digital data, at least one data detecting circuit connecting to the transfer line, multiple holding circuits holding a digital value corresponding to the input level and transferring the digital value to the transfer line, and a scanning circuit selecting the multiple holding circuits, wherein the multiple holding circuits are laid out in parallel, and the transfer line is placed in the direction orthogonal to the direction of the parallel layout of the holding circuit and connects to the data detecting circuit placed in the orthogonal direction. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273108 | Image Pickup-Up Apparatus - Microphone mechanisms are disposed on both sides of a flash mechanism provided in a video camera's front cabinet, and the microphone mechanisms are incorporated in the front cabinet. The video camera | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273109 | PORTABLE DEVICE WITH INTERACTIVE DISPLAY AND GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION CAPABILITY - A portable device having geographical location technology includes: a camera, for capturing an image; a wireless access circuit for accessing a geographical database to generate information according to the geographical location technology of the portable device; a display screen, for displaying at least the image and the generated information, the display screen comprising: a location bar, comprising at least one location point, each location point corresponding to at least one point of interest in a displayed image; and a processing circuit, coupled to the camera, the wireless access circuit, and the display screen, for controlling operations of the camera, the wireless access circuit, and the display screen. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273110 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD - An image which has not yet undergone image data processing and an image which has undergone image data processing are displayed so that a difference between the images can be readily recognized. An image obtained by means of a lens and an imaging element is subjected to specific processing, such as correction of red eyes, correction of soft focusing, and the like, in an image processing block. The image processing block displays the image data which have not yet undergone image processing and the image data which have undergone image processing, on an LCD side by side or alternately in time sequence. When a user has operated a joystick, the unprocessed image and the processed image, which are displayed side by side, are concurrently scrolled while maintaining a relationship of a parallel display. A control block synthesizes a message showing specifics image processing and a message showing a processed area with the processed image, and displays the thus-synthesized image on the LC | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273111 | Miniature camera module - Digital miniature cameras and methods to manufacture thereof have been achieved. Said miniature cameras having an adjustable focusing device are intended to be used as a built-in modules in hand-held consumer electronic devices, such as e.g. mobile phones and PDAs. The cameras invented have a very small size and produce high-quality pictures. Glue is used to hold different parts together and to seal the joints. The lens is glued in the final stage of the manufacturing line, thus providing the focus setting and the sealing of the cavity that covers the image sensor. A glob top is used to cover and seal the image processor. Said glob top serves two different purposes, first, to distribute the heat away from the sensor and, second, to lock the frame, together with the lens house, into a printed circuit board. In one embodiment a cavity PCB is used to “bury” the sensor of the camera, thus reducing the overall height required. In another embodiment the image processor is mounted on a flexistrip directly underneath the image sensor die, thus reducing the total height of the camera module. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273112 | Portable Electronic Device for Capturing Images - A portable electronic device having a main body, the device comprising: including a camera arrangement for capturing images in a plurality of directions relative to the main body of the device; a lighting element; and a reflector, at least a portion of which is movable about the lighting element to change the direction of light reflected from the lighting element. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273113 | Integrated graphics and KVM system - Apparatus for display processing includes a host interface, which is arranged to accept graphical information from a first computer. A first display head is arranged to produce a first digital video signal including first frames representing the graphical information at a first frame rate, for displaying the graphical information on a local display of the first computer. A second display head is arranged to produce a second digital video signal including second frames representing the graphical information at a second frame rate that is lower than the first frame rate. A video redirection module is arranged to regulate a transmission rate of the second digital video signal from the second display head, to capture the second frames that are generated by the second display head and to forward the captured frames to a second computer. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273114 | STB channel reader - A display reader device that reads a channel displayed on a television set top box channel display consistent with certain embodiments has an array of light sensitive electronic elements receiving light signals from a television set top box's channel display and producing an output signal representative of the light pattern received by the array of light sensitive electronic elements. An image processor converts the output signal representative of the light pattern received by the array of light sensitive elements and converts the output signal to a signal representing the channel number displayed on the display. An output from the image processor carries the signal representing the channel number. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273115 | Multimedia presentation format - A format for accessing content such as a full-length move from an optical disc uses an XML description file stored on the disc to generate one or more screens that a user employs to access the content. The decoding requirements of a hardware or software player are reduced by discarding specific elements of an encoding standard such as MPEG4 that is used to encode the content on the disc. The maximum average and peak bitrates at which the data is transferred are limited to further reduce the demands on the player. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273116 | Method of Receiving a Multimedia Signal Comprising Audio and Video Frames - The present invention relates to a method of receiving a multimedia signal in a communication apparatus, said multimedia signal comprising at least a sequence of video frames (VF) and a sequence of audio frames (AF) associated therewith. Said method comprises the steps of: processing ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273117 | DIGITAL CAMERA DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION THEREOF - A digital camera device, a method and/or a computer program product for controlling the digital camera device. The digital camera device comprises an imaging device for sensing the image of a subject using an image sensor and outputting image data representing the image of the subject, and an imaging lens for forming the image of the subject on a photoreceptive surface of the image sensor. Furthermore, the digital camera includes a lens protector configured to cover the imaging lens, wherein the lens protector comprises a light-diffusing material for illuminating the image sensor when the lens protector covers the imaging lens. The digital camera device also includes a blemish position detector operative when the lens protector covers the imaging lens. When the image sensor is illuminated the blemish position detector is further configured to detect the position of blemish on an image, which is represented by image data output from the imaging device, on the basis of image data output from the imaging device. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273118 | BROADCAST SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A broadcast signal receiving apparatus including a broadcast receiving unit that receives a broadcast signal; a communicating unit that performs communication with a mobile apparatus; a signal converting unit that converts the received broadcast signal; and a controller that controls the signal converting unit to convert the broadcast signal into a format corresponding to the mobile apparatus, and controls the communicating unit to transmit the converted broadcast signal to the mobile apparatus | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273119 | Method and apparatus for short range motion adaptive noise reduction - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for generating and storing in a lookup table a first array of next field values for use in generation of weighted pixel values and generating and storing a second array in the lookup table of previous field values for use in generation of the weighted pixel values, determining if motion is present in a pixel of a field under analysis, if the motion is present, performing spatial de-noising using a weighted pixel average of a window of a predetermined size, otherwise performing temporal de-noising using a weighted pixel value between the pixel and a previous pixel using information in the lookup table. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273120 | SINGLE SUPPLY DIRECT DRIVE AMPLIFIER - A driver amplifier operative from a single DC voltage supply, coupled directly to the output load without the need for DC coupling capacitors used for preventing DC reaching the output load. An onboard power supply generates a negative voltage rail that powers the output amplifiers, allowing driver amplifier operation from both positive and negative rails. Since the amplifiers can be biased at ground potential (0 volts), no significant DC voltage exists across the load and the need for DC coupling capacitors is eliminated. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080273121 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING TRANSMISSION AND/OR RECEPTION SYSTEM TO IMPROVE RECEIVING PERFORMANCE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A digital broadcasting transmission and/or reception system having an improved reception performance and a signal-processing method thereof. A digital broadcasting transmitter comprises a randomizer to input and randomize data streams including a plurality of segments having at least one segment having one or more null packets, a null packet exchanger to create known data having a predetermined pattern and to replace the null packets at positions of the segments having the null packets of the randomized data streams to insert the known ‘data, an encoder to encode the data streams to which the known data is inserted, and a modulation/RF unit to modulate, RF-modulate, and transmit the encoded data streams. A digital broadcasting receiver detects the known data’ from a signal received from the digital broadcasting transmitter and uses the detected known data for synchronization and equalization, so that a digital broadcasting reception performance of the digital broadcasting receiver can be improved at poor multipath channels. | 2008-11-06 |
