47th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140340389 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO PRODUCE IMAGES FOR A NEAR-EYE LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for producing images for a near-eye light field display. A ray defined by a pixel of a microdisplay and an optical apparatus of a near-eye light field display device is identified and the ray is intersected with a two-dimensional virtual display plane to generate map coordinates corresponding to the pixel. A color for the pixel is computed based on the map coordinates. The optical apparatus of the near-eye light field display device may, for example, be a microlens of a microlens array positioned between a viewer and an emissive microdisplay or a pinlight of a pinlight array positioned behind a transmissive microdisplay relative to the viewer. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340390 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO PRODUCE IMAGES FOR A NEAR-EYE LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY HAVING A DEFECT - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for producing images for a near-eye light field display. Defect information for a first pixel of a microdisplay of a near-eye light field display device is received and a second pixel of the microdisplay is identified, where the first pixel and the second pixel contribute to a portion of the retinal image. Based on the defect information, a value of the second pixel within an array of elemental images is modified to produce a corrected array of elemental images for display by the microdisplay. An optical apparatus of the near-eye light field display device may, for example, be a microlens of a microlens array positioned between a viewer and an emissive microdisplay or a pinlight of a pinlight array positioned behind a transmissive microdisplay relative to the viewer. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340391 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA STRUCTURE OF CONTENT FILE - Information is configured in a tree structure, and an image is prepared for each node. To an image | 2014-11-20 |
20140340392 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA STRUCTURE OF IMAGE FILE - Two sets of image data, a first image ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340393 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ERROR CONTROLLABLE REPETITIVE STRUCTURE DISCOVERY BASED COMPRESSION - A method and an apparatus for 3D model compression are described. Repetitive structures in the 3D model are identified to increase the compression ratio by reducing the redundancy among the instance components. The instance components can be expressed in a “pattern-instance” representation and a decision is made as to whether to compress the “pattern-instance” representation for the 3D model. For those instance components that are determined to be encoded in “pattern-instance” representation, a verification process is employed to examine the decoding error of the instance components. If the decoding error is below a threshold value, the instance components are compressed in the “pattern-instance” representation. Otherwise, a different encoding mode is used to compress the instance components. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340394 | Image Enhancement Using a Multi-Dimensional Model - A method and apparatus for enhancing an image capture of a geographic area is presented. The enhancement involves receiving an image and aligning a three dimensional model to the received image. A view of the three dimensional model defined by the outline of the received image may be determined. A point of interest in the determined view of the aligned three dimensional model may be identified. A transition may be triggered between the received image to information from the three dimensional model associated with the point of interest. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340395 | Image Enhancement Using a Multi-Dimensional Model - A method and apparatus for enhancing an image capture of a geographic area is presented. The enhancement involves determining an estimated pose within a model that is related to an image using orientation and location data associated with the image. An alternate pose within the three dimensional model may be selected based on the estimated pose. A virtual image of the three dimensional model may be generated as a function of the alternate pose. The image and the virtual image may be combined to create a stereoscopic image. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340396 | METHOD OF REPRESENTING ENVIRONMENT OBJECT IN CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM USING ENVIRONMENT DATA MODEL STRUCTURE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - Disclosed herein are a method of representing an environment object in a cyber-physical system using an environment data model structure and a computer-readable storage medium storing a program therefor. A library model for storing information required to visualize environment data as an environment object in a cyber-physical system is generated. A geometry representation model having geometry structure information of the environment data is generated. A feature representation model having two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) information of the environment data is generated. A model structure of the environment data including the library model, the geometry representation model, and the feature representation model is configured. An environment data file having information about the model structure of the environment data is stored in a database (DB). The environment object in the cyber-physical system is visually represented using the environment data file stored in the DB. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340397 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR 3D MODEL MORPHING - A system and method for three-dimensional (3D) model morphing is disclosed. Morphing a standard 3D model based on 2D image data input includes the steps of performing an initial morphing of said standard 3D model using a detection model and a morphing model, thereby obtaining a morphed standard 3D model; determining the optical flow between the 2D image data input and the morphed standard 3D model, and applying the optical flow to said morphed standard 3D model, thereby providing a fine tuned 3D standard model. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340398 | Encoding and Compressing Three-Dimensional (3D) Object Data Models - Methods and systems for encoding and compressing 3D object data models are provided. An example method may involve receiving 3D mesh data for an object that includes geometry coordinates for a surface of the object. Additionally, material properties may be associated with the geometry coordinates. The method may also include identifying multiple portions of the mesh data based on the material properties associated with the geometry coordinates. For example, a given group of adjacent geometry coordinates having common material properties may be identified as a given portion. For at least some of the identified portions of the mesh data, the method may further include encoding information related to an identified portion of the mesh data and compressing the encoded information into a file of compressed geometric data. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340399 | METHOD FOR RENDERING DATA OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE - Some embodiments of the invention pertain to a method for displaying a representation of a portion of a three-dimensional surface by rendering data representing physical features of the portion of the three-dimensional surface. The data may be apportioned into a multitude of tiles at a plurality of different detail levels. The representation may include a multitude of image pixels and/or a buffer being assigned to each image pixel. The method may also include identifying tiles that need to be rendered, and rendering the identified tiles. At least a portion of a tile may be displayed by a multitude of image pixels, by assigning an unambiguous distance value to each of the identified tiles, and storing a default buffer value in the buffers of the image pixels. The rendering may include comparing the buffer values of image pixels and the distance value of a presently rendered tile. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340400 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a receiver, a determiner, and a generator. The receiver is configured to receive a three-dimensional position in a coordinate system of three-dimensional data including an object. The determiner is configured to determine placement of a three-dimensional pointer having a first 3D shape and a second 3D shape positioned around the first 3D shape so that a position of the first 3D shape corresponds to the received three-dimensional position. The generator is configured to generate a stereoscopic image representing the three-dimensional pointer and the object. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340401 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DISPLAY IMAGE DATA - A method generates a 3D image data set of a volume to be examined, in which at least part of a foreign object is positioned. A set of 2D projection images is recorded, the image regions which present the foreign object are detected in at least two 2D projection images of the set. The image regions which present the foreign object are segmented in the at least two 2D projection images. A marking assigned to the segmented image regions is incorporated in the at least two 2D projection images. The 2D projection images, including the at least two 2D projection images having the incorporated markings, are used for the reconstruction of a 3D image data set containing the marking. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340402 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A time multiplexing multi-view point three dimensional image display device includes a display panel that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, where each pixel displays one color of a plurality of primary colors, and a view point division unit that divides the 3D image displayed by the display panel into two or more view points. The display panel includes a plurality of dots, each dot includes a set of pixels in which each pixel shows a different primary color. Each dot displays a 3D image for a view point during a frame set that includes a plurality of frames. The view point division unit moves in a row direction when the frame changes in the frame set, and at least one pixel one of the dot is selected in each frame of the frame set. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340403 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR UTILIZING A WAVEFRONT PATH TRACER - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for utilizing a wavefront path tracer. In use, a set of light transport paths associated with a scene is identified. Additionally, parallel path tracing is performed, utilizing a wavefront path tracer. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340404 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING 3D FREE VIEWPOINT VIDEO - The present invention relates to a method for generating 3D viewpoint video content. The method comprising the steps of receiving videos shot by cameras distributed to capture an object; forming a 3D graphic model of at least part of the scene of the object based on the videos; receiving information related to viewpoint and 3D region of interest (ROD in the object; and combining the 3D graphic model and the videos related to the 3D ROI to form a hybrid 3D video content. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340405 | CROWD MOVEMENT PREDICTION USING OPTICAL FLOW ALGORITHM - The geographical distribution of “crowdable” objects (for example, people with cell phones) is predicted in the form of a pixelated predictive map. The predictive map is based upon an optical flow algorithm, as applied to two, or more, pixelated crowdable object distribution maps, respectively representing distribution at different points in time. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340406 | ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE CALCULATION DEVICE, ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE CALCULATION METHOD, AND ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE CALCULATION PROGRAM - The acoustic performance of acoustic materials is readily studied for various values of the material parameters characteristic of acoustic materials. An acoustic performance calculation device is provided with an acoustic performance calculation device that calculates the acoustic performance of acoustic materials for each of a plurality of values in a pre-specified numerical range for each of a plurality of material parameters characteristic of acoustic materials based on a mathematical model for mathematically representing acoustic material, a contour map drawing device for drawing a contour map representing the calculated acoustic performance by contours where the two axes are the values of one material parameter and the frequency, and a plot drawing device for plotting the performance curves showing the relationship between the frequency and the acoustic performance for one value in the numerical range. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340407 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR EFFICIENTLY VISUALIZING MULTIPLE MESSAGES OF DIFFERENT SEVERITIES IN A TABULAR FORMAT - A technique is provided for a graphical user interface on a computer. The technique includes receiving messages individually corresponding to resources being monitored, displaying rows in a table, and generating bar graphs of the messages respectively corresponding to the resources in the rows. Each of the bar graphs displays a color coded scheme to visually distinguish severity of the messages in each of the rows for the resources. The bar graphs display the severity of the messages for one resource per the given row without requiring user intervention to view severities of the messages displayed by the color coded scheme, without requiring user intervention to view a total number of messages for the given row, while maintaining a same row height regardless of the total number of messages for the given row, and without changing a table size including a table height and a table width of the table. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340408 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display control apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive designation of at least one data among a plurality of data when each of the plurality of data is disposed and displayed in each of a plurality of different first areas of a display area by a display apparatus; and a changing unit configured to change a degree of emphasis in each symbol displayed on the display area depending on a positional relationship between the symbol and the data associated with the designation received by the reception unit when the designation is received by the reception unit. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340409 | GENERATING PHOTO ANIMATIONS - Implementations generally relate to generating photo animations. In some implementations, a method includes receives a plurality of photos from a user. The method also includes selecting photos from the plurality of photos that meet one or more predetermined similarity criteria. The method also includes generating an animation using the selected photos. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340410 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR SHARING GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT RESOURCES - A method for sharing graphics processing unit (GPU) resources between a first server and a second server, each of the server comprising a video adapter, the adapter comprising a GPU. The second server receives a IP address of the first server, when the first server has a load rate less than the predetermined value and the second server has a load rate greater than the predetermined value; and the second server packages pending image data and transmitting the packaged image data to the first server for processing. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340411 | Facilitating Efficient Switching Between Graphics-Processing Units - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates seamlessly switching between graphics-processing units (GPUs) to drive a display. In one embodiment, the system receives a request to switch from using a first GPU to using a second GPU to drive the display. In response to this request, the system uses a kernel thread which operates in the background to configure the second GPU to prepare the second GPU to drive the display. While the kernel thread is configuring the second GPU, the system continues to drive the display with the first GPU and a user thread continues to execute a window manager which performs operations associated with servicing user requests. When configuration of the second GPU is complete, the system switches the signal source for the display from the first GPU to the second GPU. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340412 | HARDWARE UNIT FOR FAST SAH-OPTIMIZED BVH CONSTRUTION - A graphics data processing architecture is disclosed for constructing a hierarchically-ordered acceleration data structure in a rendering process. The architecture includes at least first and second builder modules, connected to one another and respectively configured for building a plurality of upper and lower hierarchical levels of the data structure. Each builder module comprises at least one memory interface with at least a pair of memories; at least two partitioning units, each connected to one respective of the pairs of memories; at least three binning units connected with each partitioning unit and the memory interface, one binning unit for each of the threes axes X, Y and Z of a three-dimensional graphics scene; and a plurality of calculating modules connected with the binning units for calculating a computing cost associated with each of a plurality of splits from a splitting plane and for outputting data representative of a lowest cost split. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340413 | LAYER ACCESS METHOD, DATA ACCESS DEVICE AND LAYER ACCESS ARRANGEMENT METHOD - A data access method is provided. The data access method is applied for a data device access device to access data from N layers to display an image, where N is a positive integer. Each of the N layers includes a horizontal start point, a horizontal end point, a vertical start point and a vertical end point. The data access method includes: dividing the image into a plurality of regions according to the horizontal start points, the horizontal end points, the vertical start points and the vertical end points, wherein the regions respectively correspond to the N layers; and accessing data from the respective layers corresponding to the regions when displaying the image. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340414 | Caching For Reduced Depth And/Or Color Buffer Bandwidth - In accordance with some embodiments, caching may be improved for tiles on shared edges between triangles. In some embodiments, the technique may be used for either color and depth caches or both caches. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340415 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a physical property parameter acquisition unit and a texture control unit. The physical property parameter acquisition unit is configured to acquire a physical property parameter on a subject in an image. The texture control unit is configured to control a texture of the subject in the image by using the physical property parameter acquired by the physical property parameter acquisition unit. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340416 | WATER COLOR GRADIENTS ON A DIGITAL MAP - To generate a description of a raster map image that includes a representation of a body of water having a color gradient that appears constant in response to a zoom operation, a description of geometry of the body of water is generated for a selected geographic area. Using a raster representation of the body of water having a color gradient, at least two blur raster images are generated: a first blur raster image is generated using a first blur radius, and a second blur raster image is generated using a second blur radius different from the first blur radius. The description of the geometry of the body of water, the first blur raster image, and the second blur raster image are provided to a client device for generating raster map images of the selected geographic area. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340417 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a display device in which the occurrence of crosstalk can be suppressed. A display device ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340418 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A gamut adjusting method fully expresses a dynamic range of a display gamut to display an image more naturally. With respect to a brightness signal of each primary color of an input image signal, a data translation unit executes a matrix calculation based on a translation matrix for conversion into an image signal for display control. A saturation calculating unit calculates saturation of the input image signal. When saturation is smaller than a threshold value, the data translation unit is set with a translation matrix such that a tone on the display corresponds to or approximates a tone of the input image signal. When saturation is greater than the threshold value and smaller than a maximum value, as the saturation increases, a translation matrix is switched such that a vector on a xy chromaticity diagram toward a tone on a display approximates a vector toward a tone for maximum saturation. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340419 | Use of Map Data Difference Tiles to Iteratively Provide Map Data to a Client Device - To provide map data for rendering map images corresponding to a selected geographic region at a client device, a map server generates a set of base map tiles having vector descriptors, each of which indicates a geometry of a respective map element, in accordance with a non-raster format for rendering a first map image. The map server, at some point, provides the base map tiles to the client device. Upon receiving an indication that a specific map image for the selected geographic region is to be rendered at the client device, the map server further generates a set of difference map tiles that indicate changes to be made to the set of base map tiles and sends the difference map tiles to the client device for use, along with the set of base map tiles, in rendering the requested specific map image. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340420 | HYBRID DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a display device including a pixel array configured to include a reflective pixel unit including one or more reflective sub pixels and an emissive pixel unit including one or more emissive sub pixels, wherein the reflective pixel unit and the emissive pixel unit are combined to allow the reflective sub pixel and the emissive sub pixel to be included in one coordinate; an image determination circuit configured to generate a determination signal according to a characteristic of an image; a gate driver configured to generate a gating signal for activating at least one of the reflective sub pixel and the emissive sub pixel in one coordinate based on to the generated determination signal; and a data driver configured to provide a driving signal to the pixel array by referring to image data and the generated gating signal. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340421 | EFFICIENT COMPOSITION AND RENDERING OF GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS - To provide map data for rendering map images corresponding to a selected geographic region at a client device, a map server generates a set of base map tiles having vector descriptors, each of which indicates a geometry of a respective map element, in accordance with a non-raster format for rendering a first map image. The map server, at some point, provides the base map tiles to the client device. Upon receiving an indication that a specific map image for the selected geographic region is to be rendered at the client device, the map server further generates a set of difference map tiles that indicate changes to be made to the set of base map tiles and sends the difference map tiles to the client device for use, along with the set of base map tiles, in rendering the requested specific map image. The client device renders the new map view defined by the difference map tiles without needing to again pre-process all of the features or elements defined in the base map tiles, which makes the rendering of the new map view defined by the difference map tiles faster and more efficient in terms of processing power requirements. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340422 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING MACRO BLOCKS - An apparatus includes a processing unit that divides an overlay buffer into a plurality of macro blocks, draws a graphic primitive object including a plurality of pixels, identifies one of the plurality of macro blocks upon a determination that the plurality of pixels has crossed a boundary of the one of the plurality of macro blocks, and image processes the one of the plurality of macro blocks. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340423 | Marker-based augmented reality (AR) display with inventory management - A platform to enable configuration, administration and management of augmented reality markers adapted to be scanned by an end user mobile device to enable AR experience. The platform enables control of marker provisioning by entities who decide what content should appear in mobile applications when their AR codes are scanned by end users. The platform generates unique AR markers. A marker has a first code region, and a second code region. The code regions are adapted to be scanned, preferably sequentially, and the first code region encodes a first identifier identifying an External marker ID in a pattern matching approach, and second code region that encodes a second identifier identifying an Internal marker ID in a encoding/decoding approach. In one embodiment, the first code region is generally circular and includes a central area, and the second code region is located within the central area of the first code region. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONFIGURABLE PROJECTED AUGMENTED/VIRTUAL REALITY APPLIANCE - A system comprising a head mounted display with sight line tracking is presented with an attachment for reconfiguration from projected augmented reality applications to those using closed virtual reality as well as mixed modes. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340425 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus comprises a discrimination unit configured to discriminate a feature of an image group based on a relation between images that belong to the image group; a determination unit configured to determine a display form for the image group according to the feature discriminated by the discrimination unit; and a display control unit configured to cause the image group to be displayed in the display form determined by the determination unit. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340426 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECIDING STITCHED AREA - A microscope system for stitching element images to generate a stitched image includes an element image obtaining unit configured to obtain the element image; a user image obtaining unit configured to capture a plurality of user-specified areas being an area of a sample specified by a user to obtain a plurality of user images; a rectangle area deciding unit configured to decide a rectangle area including the plurality of user-specified areas; a candidate area deciding unit configured to decide, as a candidate area, each of a plurality of areas having a size of a field of view of the element image obtaining unit arranged in a grid-like manner in the rectangle area so as to fill the rectangle area; and an element area selecting unit configured to select an element area to obtain the element image, from the plurality of candidate areas. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340427 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTING A SPHERICAL PROJECTION IMAGE BASED ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - An image projection method for generating a panoramic image, the method including the steps of accessing images that were captured by a camera located at a source location, and each of the images being captured from a different angle of view, the source location being variable as a function of time, calibrating the images collectively to create a camera model that encodes orientation, optical distortion, and variable defects of the camera; matching overlapping areas of the images to generate calibrated image data, accessing a three-dimensional map, first projecting pixel coordinates of the calibrated image data into a three-dimensional space using the three-dimensional map to generate three-dimensional pixel data, and second projecting the three-dimensional pixel data to an azimuth-elevation coordinate system that is referenced from a fixed virtual to generate the panoramic image. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340428 | MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A moving image reproducing apparatus includes a reproduction unit configured to reproduce moving image data, a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a moving image relating to the moving image data reproduced by the reproduction unit, a detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the display unit, and a control unit configured to, if the detection unit has detected a change in the orientation of the display unit while the reproduction unit reproduces the moving image data, control the reproduction unit to start reproducing the moving image data from a reproduction position prior to a reproduction position at a point of time when the detection unit has detected the change in the orientation. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340429 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image display apparatus includes: a light-emitting unit, a light emission amount of which is variably controllable; a display unit configured to display an image by modulating, according to image data, light emitted from the light-emitting unit; and a control unit configured to control the light emission amount of the light-emitting unit according to a maximum and a minimum of a pixel value in a frame. The control unit maximizes the light emission amount of the light-emitting unit irrespective of the maximum when the minimum is larger than a first threshold. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340430 | COLORED ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS - An electrophoretic medium comprises a fluid and at least one species of particles disposed, When a first addressing impulse is applied to the medium, the first species of particles move in one direction relative to the electric field, but when a second addressing impulse, larger than the first addressing impulse, is applied to the medium, the first species of particles move in the opposed direction relative to the electric field. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340431 | CONTROL UNIT, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING CONTROL UNIT, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control unit ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340432 | CHARGED-BASED COMPENSATION AND PARAMETER EXTRACTION IN AMOLED DISPLAYS - A system reads a desired circuit parameter from a pixel circuit that includes a light emitting device, a drive device to provide a programmable drive current to the light emitting device, a programming input, and a storage device to store a programming signal. One embodiment of the extraction system turns off the drive device and supplies a predetermined voltage from an external source to the light emitting device, discharges the light emitting device until the light emitting device turns off, and then reads the voltage on the light emitting device while that device is turned off. The voltages on the light emitting devices in a plurality of pixel circuits may be read via the same external line, at different times. In-pixel, charge-based compensation schemes are also discussed, which can be used with the external parameter extraction implementations. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340433 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) display panel has a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and each of the rows has at least one sub-row. The 3D display panel includes at least one first group and at least one second group arranged on the first row. The first group and the second group respectively have a first color region, a second color region and a third color region. The first color region and the second color region of the first group as well as the third color region and the first color region of the second group are arranged on one sub-row, while the third color region of the first group and the second color region of the second group are arranged on another sub-row. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340434 | Dynamic Gamut Display Systems, Methods, and Applications Thereof - In the dynamic gamut display systems, video input data is processed to extract metrics indicative of the gamut occupancy of the frame pixels. The extracted metrics are used to form a set of scale factors to be used by the display to synthesize an adapted gamut that matches the frame pixel color gamut from the native color primaries of the display. The generated gamut adaptation scale factors are used to convert the frame pixels' values to the adapted gamut which are provided to the display for modulation using the synthesized adapted gamut for each video frame or a sub-region of a video frame. The methods enable increased display brightness, reduced power consumption and reduced interface and processing bandwidth. Also disclosed is an adapted video frame data formatting method that maps the benefits of the adapted gamut into a reduced frame data size enabling bandwidth savings when used for video distribution. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340435 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A display apparatus includes: an edge processing section extracting an edge component of a display data signal; a display data signal processing section changing the display data signal according to a level conversion signal and adding the edge component thereto; a level conversion signal generating section changing the level conversion signal according to the display data signal and a signal output from the display data signal processing section; and a display section performing a display operation according to the signal output from the display data processing section. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340436 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An electro-optical device selects a detection target pixel independently and obtains correction data to perform a correction operation. Under a control of the electro-optical device, remaining pixels other than the detection target pixel emit light to display an image. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340437 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device uses a plurality of monitors to constitute a single image, achieves high contrast and, suppresses variations in luminance among the monitors. Each monitor is provided with an image analysis portion that finds a first feature quantity in a video display region corresponding to a region of an LED backlight, and a gradation control portion that determines a first luminance level for the corresponding LEDs region and calculates a luminance stretch quantity for stretching the first luminance levels uniformly. A microcomputer selects a minimum luminance stretch quantity from among the monitors and outputs the selected minimum luminance stretch quantity to the monitors. The gradation control portion for each monitor stretches the first luminance levels uniformly to determine a second luminance level on the basis of the minimum luminance stretch quantity acquired from the microcomputer. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340438 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet recording apparatus performs recording by discharging an ink composition onto a recording medium. The apparatus includes an ink jet head including a pressure-generating chamber containing an ink composition and applying a discharge pressure to the ink composition, a discharge port from which the ink composition is discharged, and a communicating path for communicating between the pressure-generating chamber and the discharge port. The ink composition is discharged from the discharge port at a discharge rate of 5 m/sec or more and 15 m/sec or less. The communicating path has a length of 40 μm or more and 600 or less. The ink composition contains a self-dispersible pigment and an organic solvent having a Hansen solubility parameter of 14 (cal/cm | 2014-11-20 |
20140340439 | FLUID DISCHARGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A FLUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - A fluid discharge device, a printing device, and a control method for a fluid discharge device enable accurately detecting an empty fluid state and suppressing fluid waste. An inkjet printer | 2014-11-20 |
20140340440 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - An apparatus for printing an image on a transparent medium based on a selected mode, the apparatus includes: a head that ejects ink droplets from nozzles, wherein when a first mode is selected, the head prints a first image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the first image, and prints a second image which is different from the first image on the background image, and wherein when a second mode is selected, the head prints a second image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the second image, and prints a first image on the background image. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340441 | ACOUSTICALLY EJECTING A DROPLET OF FLUID FROM A RESERVOIR BY AN ACOUSTIC FLUID EJECTION APPARATUS - The invention provides apparatuses and methods for acoustically ejecting the fluid from a reservoir contained in or disposed on a substrate. The reservoir has a portion adapted to contain a fluid, and an acoustic radiation generator is positioned in acoustic coupling relationship to the reservoir. Acoustic radiation generated by the acoustic radiation generator is transmitted through at least the portion of the reservoir to an analyzer. The analyzer is capable of determining the energy level of the transmitted acoustic radiation and raising the energy level of subsequent poises to a level sufficient to eject fluid droplets from the reservoir. The invention is particularly suited for delivering fluid from a plurality of reservoirs in an accurate and efficient manner. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340442 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a conveying part that conveys roll paper, a support part that supports the roll paper, a suction part that holds the roll paper to the support part by suction, a recording part that ejects liquid and records an image on the roll paper, a heating part that heats the support part to dry the liquid, and a controller that causes the suction part to use a first suction force to hold the roll paper to the support part by suction when the recording part performs a recording action for recording the image, and causes the suction part to use a second suction force, which is weaker than the first suction force, to hold the roll paper to the support part by suction when the recording part is not performing the recording action for recording the image. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340443 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus includes an application part configured to apply a first solvent onto a recording medium and a jetting part configured to jet an ink-jet ink to be attached to the first solvent applied on the recording medium, wherein the ink-jet ink includes a second solvent, a resin, and a coloring material, wherein the second solvent is soluble in the first solvent and the resin is insoluble in the first solvent and soluble in the second solvent. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340444 | LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS - A printer controls a suction pump such that a difference in a discharge amount of an ink and a flow speed of the ink discharged from each nozzle is small between a complete purge in which all ink supply portions connected to a second head communicate with an atmosphere, and a suction purge is performed simultaneously for the nozzles of all types of the second head, and a partial purge in which a communication of a part of the ink supply portions with the atmosphere is blocked by a dummy cartridge, and the suction purge is performed only for the nozzles corresponding to the ink supply portions of which the communication with the atmosphere is not blocked. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340445 | PRINT GROUP FOR AN INK PRINTING APPARATUS - In a print group for an ink printing apparatus, a housing is provided with print bars comprising print heads. The print bars are moveable independently of one another in a vertical direction from a printing position adjacent to a printing substrate into a park position and back. A protective flap bar for each print bar is provided which is pivotable and which is open to one side. The protective flap bar is arranged in a vertical position next to the print bar in the printing position such that the open side is facing away from the print bar. The protective flap bar is arranged in a horizontal position with the open side upward in the park position such that the print bar is engaged with its print head side in the protective flap bar. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340446 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - While a wiping operation for keeping a satisfactory ejection opening surface of an inkjet recording head is performed, a usage amount of a sheet-like member is to be reduced. An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a sheet-like member, a reeling roller that reels the sheet-like member | 2014-11-20 |
20140340447 | LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING WIPER - There is provided a liquid jetting apparatus including: a liquid jetting head including a liquid jetting surface; a wiper including first and second wiping portions; a moving mechanism; a liquid discharge mechanism; and a controller configured to perform: controlling the moving mechanism to cause the first wiping portion to wipe the liquid jetting surface in a state that the first wiping portion is brought into contact with the liquid jetting surface; controlling the moving mechanism to cause the second wiping portion to wipe the liquid jetting surface in a state that the second wiping portion is brought into contact with the liquid jetting surface; and controlling the liquid jetting head to jet the liquid from the nozzles such that the liquid makes a contact with the second wiping portion to clean the second wiping portion. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340448 | Liquid Ejecting Head and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle plate in which a first nozzle row of nozzle openings aligned along a first direction X and a second nozzle row of nozzle openings aligned along the X direction are disposed side by side along a second direction Y, perpendicular to the X direction; and a channel member including pressure generating chambers aligned along the X direction and nozzle communication holes that allow the pressure generating chambers and the nozzle openings to communicate with each other. The nozzle communication holes include first openings communicating with the pressure generating chambers and second openings open to the nozzle plate. The second openings have a width in the X direction larger than a width of the pressure generating chambers, alternatively communicate with the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row, and are alternatively arranged on different sides when viewed in the Y direction. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340449 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system for printing a fluid includes a print head for ejecting droplets of the fluid; a first fluid storing section for storing a first amount of the fluid; a second fluid storing section for storing a second amount of the fluid, the second fluid storing section being in fluid communication to the pressure chamber in a power down situation; and a pre-tension device configured for arranging the second amount of the fluid in a pre-tension state in the second fluid storing section, thereby providing a positive fluid pressure on the nozzle in a power down situation, which positive fluid pressure is selected such that a third amount of fluid passes through the nozzle in response to said positive fluid pressure and forms a film on the nozzle plate. The printing system according to the invention supports the recovery of the print head after a power down situation. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340450 | INK JET PRINTHEAD DEVICE WITH COMPRESSIVE STRESSED DIELECTRIC LAYER - An ink jet printhead device includes a substrate and at least one first dielectric layer above the substrate. A resistive layer is above the at least one first dielectric layer. An electrode layer is above the resistive layer and defines first and second electrodes coupled to the resistive layer. At least one second dielectric layer is above the electrode layer and contacts the resistive layer through the at least one opening. The at least one second dielectric layer has a compressive stress magnitude of at least 340 MPa. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340451 | DEVICE SUBSTRATE, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A device substrate includes a substrate body having an energy generating device provided thereon, where the energy generating device generates energy for ejecting liquid, an ejection port forming member disposed on the substrate body, where the ejection port forming member has a pressure chamber that surrounds the energy generating device and an ejection port that communicates with the pressure chamber, and a supply port configured to supply the liquid to the pressure chamber. The ejection port forming member has a first surface that is in contact with the substrate body and a second surface other than the first surface, and the supply port is formed in the second surface. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340452 | INK JET PRINTHEAD WITH POLARITY-CHANGING DRIVER FOR THERMAL RESISTORS - An ink jet printhead device includes a substrate and a plurality of thermal resistors on the substrate. Each thermal resistor includes first and second electrodes and a resistive layer extending therebetween. A polarity-changing driver is coupled to the plurality of thermal resistors and configured to change a driving polarity between the first and second electrodes of each of the plurality of thermal resistors. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340453 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A cartridge comprises: a printing material container; a printing material supplier that supplies a printing material contained in the printing material container to a printing device; a first surface and a second surface that are opposed to each other; a third surface that intersects with the first surface and the second surface; a fourth surface that is opposed to the third surface; a cartridge-side engagement structure that is provided on the third surface at a position closer to the first surface than the second surface and is configured to be engaged with a device-side engagement structure of the printing device; and contact portions that are provided in an area where both an end of the first surface proximate to the fourth surface and an end of the fourth surface proximate to the first surface are located and are configured to be in contact with the printing device. A contact surface defined by the contact portions is inclined to the fourth surface. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340454 | LIQUID CONSUMPTION APPARATUS, LIQUID SUPPLY MEMBER, AND LIQUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - An adapter is mountable to a liquid consumption apparatus to connect an external source of liquid to the liquid consumption apparatus. The liquid consumption apparatus includes a liquid intake portion for taking liquid into the liquid consumption apparatus and a liquid catcher for catching inadvertently spilled or sprayed liquid, the liquid catcher being provided below the liquid intake portion. The adapter includes a liquid supply portion and an accommodation portion. The liquid supply portion is configured to connect to the liquid intake portion to supply the liquid from the external source to the liquid intake portion. The accommodation portion is located below the liquid supply portion. In a state where the adapter is attached to the liquid consumption apparatus, the accommodation portion accommodates at least a part of the liquid catcher. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340455 | WATER-DILUTABLE INKS AND WATER-DILUTED RADIATION CURABLE INKS USEFUL FOR INK-BASED DIGITAL PRINTING - An ink composition useful for digital offset printing applications includes a colorant and a radiation-curable water-dilutable compound. A process for variable data lithographic printing includes applying a dampening fluid to an imaging member surface; forming a latent image by evaporating the dampening fluid from selective locations on the imaging member surface to form hydrophobic non-image areas and hydrophilic image areas; developing the latent image by applying an ink composition comprising an ink component to the hydrophilic image areas, the ink composition comprising a radiation-curable water-dilutable compound, a colorant component, and optionally water; and transferring the developed latent image to a receiving substrate, wherein the ink transfer efficiency is 90% or higher. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340456 | INK JET PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD FOR PRINTING AN IMAGE HAVING MATT AND GLOSSY IMAGE AREAS - A method of printing an image ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340457 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINT HEAD CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT HEAD CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes: a print head; an image carrier; a print controller which controls the print head to execute printing on a recording medium for printing via the image carrier, based on print data; a judgement unit which judges whether a lubricant is to be provided on a surface of the image carrier or not, based on a coverage rate by the print data, wherein the coverage rate is the total number of dots to be printed for an area divided by the total number of dots of the area; and a lubricant controller which controls provision of the lubricant on the surface when the judgement unit judges that the surface is to be provided with the lubricant. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340458 | DIRECT THERMAL AND THERMAL TRANSFER SHIPPING LABEL AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - A method for printing a label having a first side, a second side, and a border comprises the step of providing a printing apparatus. The border is coated with an adhesive at the second side and a release liner is releasably secured thereto. The apparatus comprises a direct thermal printer having a first print head and a thermal transfer printer adjacent thereto and having a second print head. The method includes the step of coating the second side with a direct thermal coating, and the step of situating the label underneath the printing apparatus such that each of the first print head and the second print head face the first side. A controller is used to cause the direct thermal printer to print a second indicia on the second side, and to cause the thermal transfer printer to print a first indicia on the first side. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340459 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER RECORDING MEDIUM, PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF AND HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER RECORDING METHOD - The heat-sensitive transfer recording medium of the invention is such that an equilibrium moisture absorption rate at 23° C./50% of an undercoating layer containing a water-soluble polymer as a main component is about 15% or less, preferably 13% or less, and more preferably, a mean value (α) of the surface roughness (root mean square deviation Sq) of the heat-resistant lubricating layer is about 0.05-0.40 μm, a mean value (β) of the surface roughness (root mean square deviation Sq) of the heat-resistant lubricating layer after being allowed to stand for 10 minutes at 150° C. is about 0.00-0.70 μm, and a difference between the mean value (α) and the mean value (β) is about 0.00-0.30 μm. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340460 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COLOR ERASING APPARATUS - a sheet processing apparatus comprises a main body side guiding module, a first movable module, a second movable module and a connection module. The main body side guiding module guides a sheet. The first movable module moves to a second position to open the conveyance path through motion from a first position opposite to the main body side guiding module, towards a first direction. The second movable module holds a detachable processing module for carrying out a given processing on the sheet, and moves integrally with the first movable module from the first position to the second position. The connection module connects the second movable module with the first movable module in such a manner that the second movable module can move to a third position to expose the processing module through motion from the second position in a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340461 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTION SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTION SUPPORTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an environmental contribution supporting apparatus provided for a system including a printing apparatus and an erasing apparatus includes a duplex-reduction calculating unit, an aggregation-reduction calculating unit, a sheet-reduction-ratio calculating unit, a printing-state-character selecting unit, a sheet-reuse-ratio calculating unit, a reuse-state-character selecting unit, a sheet-reduction-message selecting unit, a sheet-reuse-message selecting unit, an advice setting unit, and a report creating unit configured to edit a character selected by the printing-state-character selecting unit, a character selected by the reuse-state-character selecting unit, and a message set by the advice setting unit into a predetermined form. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340462 | PRINTING APPARATUS WITH AN ADHESIVE APPLYING FUNCTION - A printing apparatus having an adhesive applying function is provided with a transporting mechanism for transporting an elongated print member, a transferring mechanism for transporting a transferring member having adhesive, contained in a cartridge installed on the apparatus, and for selectively bringing the transferring member into contact with the print member transported by the transporting mechanism, thereby transferring the adhesive of the transferring member onto the surface of the print member which no data is to be printed on, a controlling unit for controlling whether the transferring mechanism transfers the adhesive of the transferring member onto the surface of the print member which no data is to be printed on, and a printing mechanism provided on the downstream side of the transferring mechanism, for processing print data including rotation of the data in unit of 90 degrees, and for printing the data on the surface of the print member. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340463 | CASSETTE FOR LABEL PRINTER - A label printing apparatus, comprising a cassette-receiving bay adapted to receive a cassette, said cassette-receiving bay having a base, an opening opposite the base, and side walls extending between the base and the opening; a cassette locking mechanism comprising at least one locking element having a locking position for engagement with a cassette inserted into said cassette-receiving bay; and cassette detection means operable to determine whether said at least one locking element is engaged with a cassette inserted into the cassette-receiving bay. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340464 | LASER LABEL-PRINTER - A laser label printer for use with a laser markable medium includes a laser-diode fiber-coupled to an optical train, which includes a focusing lens for focusing the radiation on the medium. The focusing lens is traversed across the medium, with incremental motion of the medium between traverses, for line by line printing of the label. The printer includes a feature for protecting the focusing lens from contamination, and self-diagnostic and adjustment features. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340465 | Switching Between Views Using Natural Gestures - The disclosure includes a system and method for switching between video views and data views. The system includes a controller, a view presentation module, a screen detection module and a view switching module. The controller receives data indicating a participant joined a multi-user communication session. The view presentation module presents a video stream on a mobile device associated with the participant. The screen detection module determines an occurrence of a detection trigger event. The controller receives a video frame image responsive to the occurrence of the detection trigger event. The screen detection module detects a data screen in the video frame image. The view switching module switches a view on the mobile device from video view to data view responsive to a natural gesture performed by the participant. The view presentation module presents a data stream associated with the data screen on the mobile device. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-EVENT VIDEO CONFERENCE SALES TRANSACTIONS - A system and method for providing a multi-event videoconference correct marketing sales event is provided. Attendees walked into a videoconference event server's (VES) webpage, which then begins downloading a master event file of video clips to the way during the course of the event. The VES provides a step by step guide to managing the operation of the event including order entry and recruitment of future hosts. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340467 | Method and System for Facial Recognition for a Videoconference - Videoconferencing may be provided. A participant may be identified from audio information and in video information. From the video information, a plurality of images may be captured of the participant identified in the video information. A unique identifier may be associated with the captured plurality of images. The unique identifier may correspond to the participant identified from the audio information. The captured plurality of images and the associated unique identifier may be saved in a database. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340468 | JOINING AN ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE IN RESPONSE TO SOUND - A technique joins an electronic device to an electronic conference hosted by a conference server. The technique involves sensing, by the electronic device, sound input. The technique further involves receiving, by the electronic device, sound from a sound initiating device (e.g., a primary device of a user). The technique further involves automatically establishing, based on the sound received from the sound initiating device, a communications channel from the electronic device (e.g., a helper device of the user) to the electronic conference hosted by the conference server to enable a user of the electronic device to participate in the electronic conference through the communications channel by using the electronic device. Once the electronic device has joined the electronic conference, a user can operate the electronic device in a variety of ways to enhance the overall experience, e.g., as a control panel to replace a control panel of the sound initiating device. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340469 | MODERATOR METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING VIDEO CONFERENCES - A video conference system in which a plurality of users communicate video to one another over a data network in a video conference and at least one moderator that moderates the video conference. At least one conference server links users and at least one moderator over a data network so users can communicate at least one video data stream to others. A hierarchical arrangement of control parameters control communications between the users over the at least one conference server. Moderator control parameters in the hierarchical arrangement permit the at least one moderator to specify control parameters from the hierarchical arrangement for one or more of the plurality of users and/or participation rights of one or more of the plurality of users. Computer program products provide a moderator with control or participation of users in accordance with a user set of parameters. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340470 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR VIDEO IMAGE PROCESSING - Certain embodiments of the present invention include a system and methods for providing a video image display technology with separate video perspective displays. Each perspective display may be tailored and adapted in real-time to the differing roles of each user, e.g., one or more medical professionals of a surgical team. As an example, one video perspective display may be a panoramic perspective display for a primary surgeon and a second video perspective may be a detailed perspective display for the surgical assistant. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340471 | OPTICAL DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF A LASER BEAM - Optical device for adjusting the spatial distribution of a laser beam. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340472 | PANORAMIC BIFOCAL OBJECTIVE LENS - The invention relates to an optical device ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340473 | PANORAMIC CAMERA - A panoramic camera is provided with an orientation sensor to record orientation along with a panoramic image. The display or print image is selected from the captured panoramic image, a warped, non-scale-correct image. The selection of the display image is done using the orientation sensor. The orientation sensor data can be recorded with the panoramic image as metadata. The orientation sensor can also be used to control an external display and/or panoramic image selection during browsing. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340474 | PANORAMIC IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE USING MULTIPLE ROTATING CAMERAS AND ONE SCANNING MIRROR WITH MULTIPLE SURFACES - A scanning imaging apparatus including a rotatable support platform, a first imaging device that is attached to the support platform forming a first optical path, a second imaging device that is attached to the support platform forming a second optical path, a mirror having a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface opposite to the first reflective surface, the mirror rotatably attached to the support platform and configured to deflect the first optical path with the first reflective surface, and to deflect the second optical path with the second reflective surface, a first motor configured to continuously rotate the rotatable support platform at a first angular velocity, and a second motor configured to change an angle of the mirror relative to a first optical axis and a second optical axis formed by the first and second imaging devices. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340475 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND STITCHED AREA DECISION METHOD - A microscope system for generating a stitched image by stitching a plurality of component images includes: an image obtainment unit; a field-of-view moving unit configured to move a field of view of the image obtainment unit relative to an sample; a recommended area decision unit configured to determine a recommended area from an entire area of the sample; a component area decision unit configured to determine, as a plurality of component areas from which the plurality of component images are obtained, a plurality of areas which are arranged in the form of a grid in the recommended area so that the recommended area is filled; and a display unit configured to display a live image of the sample and a position of the area corresponding to the current field of view of the image obtainment unit in the entire area. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340476 | DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPE - A digital holographic microscope is provided. The digital holographic microscope includes a light source, a grating, an image sensing device, and an optical module. The light source is configured for providing a light beam. The grating is disposed between the light source and a sample. The grating is configured for splitting the light beam into a reference light beam and an object light beam. The image sensing device is configured for collecting the reference light beam, and collecting the object light beam reflected from the sample. The optical module is disposed between the light source and the sample, and is configured for guiding the reference light beam to the image sensing device, and guiding the object light beam to the sample. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340477 | MOVING-IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MOVING-IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A moving-image processing device ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340478 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPTH VIDEO CODING USING ENDURABLE VIEW SYNTHESIS DISTORTION - The disclosed subject matter relates to depth video coding using endurable view synthesis distortion (EVSD). In particular, a distortion estimator component receives at least one parameter associated with at least one image capturing device and generates a distortion value based on the at least one parameter. An encoder component encodes a multiview input stream based at least in part on the distortion value. As such, compression of depth information can provide for reduced bandwidth consumption for dissemination of encoded multiview content for applications such as 3D video, free viewpoint TV, etc. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340479 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CAPTURE AND PROCESS BODY MEASUREMENTS - The present invention is directed to system and method capture and process body measurement data including one or more body scanners, each body scanner configured to capture a plurality depth images of a user. A backend system, coupled to each body scanner, is configured to receive the plurality of depth images, generate a three dimensional avatar of the user based on the plurality of depth images, and generate a set of body measurements of the user based on the avatar. A repository is in communication with the backend system and configured to associate the body scanner data with the user and store the body scanner data. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340480 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DELAY IN RECEIVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE - An apparatus for managing a delay in receiving a three-dimensional (3D) image may include an image receiver to receive a left image and a right image for 3D image synthesis, and a substitution content output unit to output substitution content during a waiting time caused by a difference between points in time at which the left image and the right image are received. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340481 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE - Systems and methods for detection of clear air turbulence are provided. One system includes an image capture device suitable to capture one or more images of an optical phenomenon caused by non-horizontally oriented ice crystals. The system also includes a computer processor configured to receive the one or more images from the image capture device, analyze the one or more images by comparing one or more characteristics of the one or more images to one or more threshold values, and determine based on the comparing, an occurrence of clear air turbulence. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340482 | Three Dimensional Microscopy Imaging - A system and method for creating three dimensional images using probe molecules is disclosed and described. A sample is mounted on a stage. The sample has a plurality of probe molecules. The sample is illuminated with light, causing the probe molecules to luminesce. The probe luminescence can be split into at least four paths corresponding to at least four detection planes corresponding to object planes in the sample. The at least four detection planes are detected linearly via an sCMOS camera. Object planes in corresponding recorded regions of interest are recorded in the camera. A signal from the regions of interest is combined into a three dimensional image. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340483 | Method for Three-Dimensional High Resolution Localization Microscopy - A three-dimensional high-resolution localization microscopy method including illuminating a sample by excitation radiation to excite fluorescence markers in the sample to luminesce, and imaging the sample in an image frame via imaging optics along an imaging direction, wherein the image frame contains images of the luminescing fluorescence markers, and the imaging optics have a plane of focus and an optical resolution. The excitation step and imaging steps are repeated multiple times to generate a plurality of image frames, wherein the excitation steps are performed to isolate the images of the luminescing fluorescence markers in each image frame for at least some of the luminescing fluorescence markers. The location of the corresponding fluorescence marker is determined in each instance in the generated plurality of image frames from the isolated images of the luminescing fluorescence markers, and a highly resolved total image is generated from the locations determined in this way. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340484 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE GENERATION OF AN ILLUMINATED REGION FOR A 3D CAMERA - An illumination apparatus ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340485 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 3D IMAGING A WORKPIECE - Methods and systems for three-dimensional virtual reconstruction of a workpiece surface are provided. A workpiece is positioned on a display screen between the display screen and at least one imager. The imager acquires multiple images of the workpiece while (a) multiple light stripes are displayed and swept in a first directional orientation across the display screen, (b) multiple light stripes are displayed and swept in at least one second directional orientation across the display screen, and (c) multiple images for each position of the multiple light stripes at different exposure times are captured. From the multiple images, a difference caused by the workpiece in a width and a profile of the multiple light stripes is determined. That difference is used to calculate a depth value (z) of the workpiece at each imager pixel position (x, y). The calculated depth value is used to reconstruct a surface shape of the workpiece. In embodiments, the described transmittance light capture analyses are supplemented with reflectance light capture analyses. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340486 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing system includes first imaging means for capturing an image of a subject to acquire a first input image, second imaging means for capturing an image of the subject from a point of view different from the first imaging means to acquire a second input image, and distance information acquisition means for acquiring distance information indicating a distance relative to a predetermined position, for each unit area having a predetermined pixel size, based on a correspondence for each point of the subject between the first input image and the second input image. The unit area is defined by a first pixel interval corresponding to a first direction in the first input image and a second pixel interval different from the first pixel interval, corresponding to a second direction. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340487 | MODULAR LADAR SENSOR - A lightweight, low volume, inexpensive LADAR sensor incorporating 3-D focal plane arrays is adapted specifically for modular manufacture and rapid field configurability and provisioning. The present invention generates, at high speed, 3-D image maps and object data at short to medium ranges. The techniques and structures described may be used to extend the range of long range systems as well, though the focus is on compact, short to medium range ladar sensors suitable for use in multi-sensor television production systems and 3-D graphics capture and moviemaking. 3-D focal plane arrays are used in a variety of physical configurations to provide useful new capabilities. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340488 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - In order to provide an image capturing apparatus with a simple configuration that can acquire a parallax image, the image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing element including photoelectric converting elements that are arranged two-dimensionally and photoelectrically convert incident light into an electrical signal, and an aperture mask including apertures provided to correspond one-to-one with the photoelectric converting elements and positioned in a manner to pass light from different partial regions in a cross-sectional region of the incident light, and a diaphragm that changes shape while maintaining a state in which width of a diaphragm aperture in an arrangement direction of the different partial regions is greater than width of the diaphragm aperture in a direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction. | 2014-11-20 |