48th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080291174 | Selective enabling of multi-input controls - A control system is disclosed that is configurable (e.g., by a programmer) so as to enable input from multiple sources to capture to multiple controls. Also or alternatively, the system is configurable so as to enable input from multiple sources to capture to a single control. The system also provides a consistent and extendable scheme for filtering out conflicting events for individual controls. In one embodiment, this means that the system is configurable (e.g., based on the programmer's asserted preferences) so as to enable a selective determination as to whether additional inputs can be captured for a given control. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291175 | Portable Computer - Embodiments relate to a portable computer comprising first and second substantially planar portions; the first portion comprising a first output display device of a first size; the second portion comprising a keyboard having a plurality of actuable keys and a touch sensitive display selectively operable as at least one of a further output display device and an input device. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291176 | DISPLAY UNIT - A display unit includes a display panel having a display screen on which images are displayed, and (b) a touch panel covering the display screen therewith and detecting a touch thereto made by a user. The touch panel detects the touch in accordance with touch-panel drive signals input thereto. The display panel displays images in accordance with display-drive signals input thereto. The touch panel is switched between a first condition in which the touch-panel drive signals are input into the touch panel and a second condition in which the touch panel is electrically open. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291177 | TOUCH CONTROLLED DISPLAY DEVICE - An exemplary touch controlled display device includes is provided. The touch controlled display device includes a touch screen, a light emitting diode (LED) array substrate, and a control unit electronically connected with the touch screen and the LED array substrate. The touch screen is configured for allowing a user to touch thereon to generate a touch point and generating an input signal associated with the location of the touch point. The LED array substrate includes a number of LED units and each of the LED units corresponds to a pixel element of the touch controlled display device. The control unit is configured for receiving the input signal from the touch screen, obtaining the location coordinates of the touch point and generating a command signal to control the on/off states of the one or more LED units corresponding to the touch point. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291178 | TOUCH PEN HAVING AN ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE TOUCH PEN - An electronic apparatus has a touch pen. The touch pen includes a pen tube and an antenna. The pen tube has a hollow tube body and a touch end. The tube body is used to accommodate the antenna. Further, the antenna has a fixed tube body and a telescopic tube body. The interior of the fixed tube body is provided with electronic circuit and is electrically connected with the telescopic tube body. Therefore, when the touch pen is accommodated in the electronic device and is electrically connected with the electronic device, the electronic device can receive the wireless signals via the antenna within the touch pen. Alternatively, the antenna is provided within the electronic device directly and is electrically connected thereto, so that the electronic device can be kept to have a function of receiving the wireless signals during the use of the touch pen. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291179 | Light Pen Input System and Method, Particularly for Use with Large Area Non-Crt Displays - The invention relates to a light pen input system with a light pen which is adapted to generate at least one scanning light line sweep for scanning a surface such as for example a display screen. The time from starting a scan until a light sensing element placed at a known position detects a scanning light line is measured and processed for determining the coordinates of the pointing position of the light pen. Thus, an “inverse” light pen is provided which may be implemented at low costs and which may be used with non-CRT displays. Furthermore, the system is independent of the display screen size. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291180 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an image display apparatus includes an acquiring unit and a transmitting unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire a first image. The transmitting unit is configured to transmit the first image, first additional information that indicates a process by which a second image is to be displayed simultaneously while the first image is displayed, and second additional information that indicates a frame at which displaying of the second image by the process is to be started, to the image display apparatus. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291181 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL - A method and apparatus for driving a display panel in which a bus link between a timing controller and a source driver block is altered in order to simplify the structure of a circuit. The apparatus includes a timing controller to generate signals including data and a reference signal for driving the display panel at a display driving time. A plurality of source drivers generate signals for driving data lines of the display panel using the signals generated by the timing controller. First signal transmission means are provided for transmitting the data from the timing controller to each of the plurality of source drivers using a point-to-point connection link, and a bus for transmitting the reference signal generated by the timing controller to one of the plurality of source drivers. Also, second signal transmission means are provided for transmitting the reference signal between the plurality of source drivers using a serial cascade connection link. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291182 | Display device, driving method thereof, and electronic device - Disclosed herein is a display device including: a pixel array unit; and a driving unit; wherein said pixel array unit includes first scanning lines and second scanning lines in a form of rows, signal lines in a form of columns, and pixels in a form of a matrix, each pixel includes a drive transistor, a sampling transistor, a switching transistor, a retaining capacitance, and a light emitting element, said driving unit includes a write scanner for sequentially supplying a control signal to each first scanning line, a drive scanner for sequentially supplying a control signal to each second scanning line, and a signal selector for alternately supplying a signal potential as a video signal and a predetermined reference potential to each signal line. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291183 | Display driver and image display apparatus - A display driver for driving a display device having a plurality of pixels, the display driver comprises: an image processor that receives an image signal that contains information to be displayed on each of the plurality of pixels and applies a predetermined processing on the image signal to output a processed image signal; a selector that selects the information corresponding to a predetermined pixel among the plurality of pixels to output a selected image signal; and a memory that temporarily stores the selected image signal output by the selector, the selected image signal being read out from the memory to be fed to the predetermined pixel of the display device through a signal feed line. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291184 | Scrolling Function in an Electrophoretic Display Device - Bi-stable electrophoretic display device ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080291185 | Method and System for Controlling Spatial Light Modulator Interface Buses - In accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure, a method and system for controlling spatial light modulator buses are provided. In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a bus controller includes a configurable bus interface having first and second modes of operation. The first mode of operation is configured to interface with a single spatial light modulator. The second mode of operation is configured to interface in parallel with a plurality of spatial light modulators. In accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of controlling a bus includes configuring a bus interface of a bus controller to interface in parallel with a plurality of digital micromirror devices. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291186 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - In a liquid crystal display panel, each pixel unit includes first and second pixels, a first scan line coupled to the first pixel, and a second scan line coupled to the second pixel via an active element. During a first scan period, the first scan line, the second scan line and the active element are all activated to write a first voltage to the first and second pixels. During a second scan period, the first scan line remains activated but the second scan line and the active element are deactivated so that a second voltage is written to the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel is maintained at the first voltage. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291187 | DRIVE METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE OF DISPLAY ELEMENT - In a method of driving a display element, the display element has a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes intersecting each other in mutually opposing state, and a display medium between each of the first electrodes and each of the second electrodes. The display medium is driven by a first driver coupled with the first electrodes and a second driver coupled with the second electrodes, and one of the first and second drivers is used as a scan driver whereas the other of the first and second drivers is used as a data driver. Of the partial rewritten areas in the existing display image, the area having a smaller number of electrodes corresponding thereto is selected as the scan driver. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291188 | DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A method of driving a plasma display panel including: obtaining a temperature of the plasma display panel; and generating an electrode driving signal, wherein: if the temperature between first and second reference temperatures, generating a first waveform, if the temperature is less than the first reference temperature, generating a second waveform with an absolute value of a peak value being greater than a corresponding peak value of the first waveform, and if the temperature is greater than the second reference temperature, generating a third waveform with an absolute value of a peak value being less than a corresponding peak value of the first waveform; wherein an absolute value of a difference between the peak values of the second and first waveforms is larger than an absolute value of a difference between corresponding peak values of the third and first waveforms. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291189 | Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a matrix of liquid crystal cells defined by crossings of the data lines and the gate lines. The LCD device includes a data driving circuit for inverting a polarity of a data voltage in response to a polarity control signal, and supplying the polarity-inverted data voltage to an associated one of the data lines in response to a source output enable signal; a gate driving circuit for sequentially supplying a scan voltage to each of the gate lines in response to a gate output enable signal; and a controller for modulating the polarity control signal such that data voltages having the same polarity are respectively supplied to liquid crystal cells along one gate line in consecutive frame periods and generating the source output enable signal and the gate output enable signal. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291190 | SOURCE DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A source driver includes a gamma reference voltage generating unit and a gamma signal supplying unit. The gamma reference voltage generating unit generates a plurality of gamma reference voltages in response to a gamma control signal. The gamma signal supplying unit is integrated into a display panel and provides a gamma signal to data lines of the display panel using the gamma reference voltages. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291191 | Power source circuits for driving liquid crystal displays - This invention is suitable for use in the field of integrated circuits. It provides a type of power source circuit. Said power source circuit includes: a charge pump circuit used to operate the charge pump to produce driving voltages; a first control circuit, used in the closed-loop control of said charge pump circuit to produce a positive high voltage; a bias-ratio circuit, used with the positive high voltage and the zero-potential voltage produced by the first control circuit to produce a positive sub-high voltage and a lowest positive high voltage; and a second control circuit, used in accordance with the positive sub-high voltage and the lowest positive high voltage produced by said bias-ratio circuit in the closed-loop control of said charge pump circuit to produce a negative high voltage. Using this invention, the system contains no voltage higher than the liquid crystal's driving voltages, and also does not contain any lower negative voltage than the liquid crystal's highest negative driving voltage, thereby reducing the circuit's electrical consumption. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291192 | CHARGE RECYCLING SYSTEM OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND CHARGE RECYCLING METHOD THEREOF - A charge recycling system of a liquid crystal display includes a controller and at least one switch module. The controller outputs at least one control signal when driving signals of a gate line and a source line of the liquid crystal display are both disabled, and the switch module couples the source line to a voltage supply of a driving circuit of the liquid crystal display according to the control signal. In this way, charges stored in a liquid crystal unit coupled to the source line are recycled to the voltage supply of the driving circuit, therefore raising the utilization efficiency of charges of the liquid crystal display and lowering the power consumed by the liquid crystal display. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291193 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Detection voltages of self light emitting elements in a self-luminous display panel are detected by a detection circuit through a selection switch in a data line drive circuit via pixel detection switches and interactive signal lines. The detection operation is performed by making use of a power source supply time and a retracing period. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291194 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD APPLIED IN ASYNCHRONOUS DISPLAY AND RELATED ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - An electronic system including a display device, a microcontroller unit (MCU), and a display driver is disclosed. The MCU controls the operations of the electronic system. The display driver drives the display device according to the control of the MCU. The MCU and the display driver are interconnected by a mode selection line, a reference clock line, and a data transmission line set. The MCU informs the display driver of a current transmission mode through the mode selection line and transmits a reference clock to the display driver through the reference clock line. The MCU and the display driver synchronize data transmitted through the data transmission line set according to the reference clock. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291195 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes: a plurality of pixel row groups, each pixel row group including at least one pixel row that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix and including switching elements; a plurality of gate lines connected to the switching elements and transmitting a gate-on voltage for turning on the switching elements; and a plurality of data lines connected to the switching elements and transmitting data voltages, wherein the switching elements in adjacent pixel row groups are connected to the data lines at opposite sides. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291196 | Method and apparatus to display a transport service between point A and point Z - Common techniques for displaying graphical representations of networks that summarize the network by representing the network at high level views, typically as physical network elements. In contrast, an example embodiment of the present invention simultaneously displays graphical representations for a transport service within a network by displaying network elements and connections between network entities to form graphical representations, where the graphical representations show intra-element connections, inter-element connections, and relationships between the network entities to display a transport service from point A to point Z in the network. Thus, a user can visualize a transport service and identify faults in the transport service efficiently and on a substantially real-time basis. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291197 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing device includes: a control section that displays, in response to an operation of an operation section, a piece of map information on a display section and acquires, in accordance with the piece of map information displayed on the display section, a list of content related to the piece of map information. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291198 | METHOD OF PERFORMING 3D GRAPHICS GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATION USING PARALLEL PROCESSOR - Provided is a method of performing three-dimensional (3D) graphics geometric transformation using a parallel processor having a plurality of Processing Elements (PEs). The method includes performing model/view transformation and projection transformation on a first group of vertex vectors using the parallel processor; calculating a value used for quaternion correction of the first group of vertex vectors using a general-use processor, and simultaneously performing model/view transformation and projection transformation on a second group of vertex vectors; performing quaternion correction and screen mapping on the first group of vertex vectors, and simultaneously calculating a value used for quaternion correction of the second group of vertex vectors using the general-use processor; and performing quaternion correction and screen mapping on the second group of vertex vectors. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291199 | COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN APPARATUS - A computer-aided design apparatus generates a tree structure of coordinate systems defining the topology of a three-dimensional object to be fabricated. The coordinate systems are positioned and orientated in accordance with mathematical functions. The mathematical function positioning child coordinate systems has the identity of the parent coordinate systems as a variable so that the positions of the child coordinate systems relative to their parent coordinate systems vary in accordance with the identity of the parent coordinate systems. Data defining the coordinate systems and connections therebetween is stored in a graph. Bases having a defined relationship are identified and three-dimensional content objects are added thereto. The content objects are added using the same mathematical function to generate a three-dimensional content object in each of a plurality of coordinate systems. The mathematical function for generating the content objects has the identity of the coordinate systems as a variable thereof to generate the content object in each coordinate system with a different shape. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291200 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIAL COMPONENT SCATTERING - A system, method, and computer program for radial component scattering, comprising calculating a bounding box for each of a plurality of parts; calculating a centroid corresponding to each of said bounding boxes; calculating a scatter circle for placement of said plurality of parts; calculating a number of locations to place said plurality of parts on said scatter circle; whereby said plurality of parts are added to an assembly view in a single operation such that a largest of said plurality of parts is at a start point, and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291201 | EFFICIENT RENDERING OF PANORAMIC IMAGES, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A fast renderer for panoramic images is herein disclosed. In an embodiment, a precomputation is made of (a) a region on a surface defined by a first transformation from a viewport to the surface and (b) a second transformation that maps from the precomputed region to the viewport. In order to render the surface on the viewport, the renderer determines what portion of the image intersects with the precomputed region and proceeds to apply the precomputed second transformation to the portion of the image, thereby resulting in a transformed image which can be rendered in the viewport for display. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291202 | Plenoptic system for recording images from sheets - A system for recording an image as digital data comprises a photosensor array and a plenoptic set, including a main lens and a lenticular grating, to enable the photosensor array to obtain plenoptic image data from the sheet. A subset of the plenoptic image data is selected, such as according to a predetermined object distance, to obtain image data for a focused image. The subset of the plenoptic image can be selected after the scanning, so that prescanning of an unusual-shaped image-bearing object, such as an open book, is avoided. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291203 | Layered Graph Layouts with a Given Aspect Ratio - A graph layout technique that creates a layered graph layout with a given aspect ratio. The present layered graph layout technique better utilizes the available space and, at the same time, creates an aesthetically pleasing drawing of a directed graph. In one embodiment it determines the layout of the new graph based on a modified Sugiyama technique combined with a modified Coffman-Graham scheduling algorithm. Given a directed graph and a desired aspect ratio, it uses a binary search and the Coffman-Graham scheduling algorithm to find a layout of the graph that has an aspect ratio that matches the given aspect ratio of the available space. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291204 | COUPLED PLACEMENT OF ITEMS USING STABLE MARRIAGE TECHNIQUES - A program and method are disclosed for placing coupled items in a resource graph using stable marriage techniques. Each coupled item requires resources of a first resource and a second resource in a resource graph. The resource nodes in the graph provide either the first resource or the second resource or both. Coupled placement defines each item as having two elements, one representing the first resource requirement and the other representing the second resource requirement, which must be placed on a pair of connected resource nodes. The objective is to place the coupled item elements among nodes of the resource graph without exceeding the first resource capacities and second resource capacities at resource nodes while keeping the total cost over all items small. A stable marriage process guides the placement that may also employ knapsacking of multiple elements on resource nodes and a swapping analysis to further optimize placement. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291205 | Digital Mapping System - Various methods, systems, and apparatus for implementing aspects of a digital mapping system are disclosed. One such method includes sending a location request from a client-side computing device to a map tile server, receiving a set of map tiles in response to the location request, assembling said received map tiles into a tile grid, aligning the tile grid relative to a clipping shape, and displaying the result as a map image. One apparatus according to aspects of the present invention includes means for sending a location request from a client-side computing device to a map tile server, means for receiving a set of map tiles in response to the location request, means for assembling said received map tiles into a tile grid, means for aligning the tile grid relative to a clipping shape, and means for displaying the result as a map image. Such an apparatus may further include direction control or zoom control objects as interactive overlays on the displayed map image, and may also include route or location overlays on the map image. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291206 | Information Processing Device, Information Processing Method, Program Storage Medium, Program, Data Structure, and Recording Medium Manufacturing Method - The present invention relates to an information processing device and information processing method, program storage medium, program, data structure, and manufacturing method for storage medium wherein a user can determine subtitles with certainty. That is, an attribute buffer | 2008-11-27 |
20080291207 | PRESHADERS: OPTIMIZATION OF GPU PRO - A shader program capable of execution on a GPU is analyzed for constant expressions. These constant expressions are replaced with references to registers or memory addresses on the GPU. A preshader is created that comprises two executable files. The first executable file contains the shader program with the each constant expression removed and replaced with a unique reference accessible by the GPU. The first file is executable at the GPU. A second file contains the removed constant expressions along with instructions to place the values generated at the associated reference. The second executable file is executable at a CPU. When the preshader is executed, an instance of the first file is executed at the GPU for each vertex or pixel that is displayed. One instance of the second file is executed at the CPU. As the preshader is executed, the constant expressions in the second file are evaluated and the resulting intermediate values are passed to each instance of the first file on the GPU. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291208 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DATA VIA A 3D PIPELINE COUPLED TO A GENERIC VIDEO PROCESSING UNIT - Methods and systems for coupling a 3D pipeline to a generic video processing unit (VPU) are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include concurrently accessing different portion of stored graphics data by the generic VPU and the 3D pipeline within a chip. The graphics data may be processed by the VPU and the 3D pipeline. The VPU may be able to perform, for example, vector processing and scalar processing. The vector processing may be performed on the graphics data by a plurality of pixel processors. The graphics data may be stored and/or accessed in a vector register file (VRF), which may comprise a plurality of banks. Graphics data may be stored as a plurality of vectors in each of the banks in the VRF. The graphics data may be stored and/or read a vector at a time by the VPU and the 3D pipeline. Each vector may comprise, for example, 512 bits. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291209 | Encoding Multi-media Signals - An aspect of the present invention mitigates bottlenecks in components such as buses in the path of a system memory and a GPU memory. In an embodiment, a graphics processing unit (GPU) receives digital values representing a multi-media signal from an external source, encodes the digital values, and stores the encoded values in a RAM. The RAM may also store instructions which are executed by a CPU. As the digital values are received by the GPU without being stored in the RAM, bottlenecks may be mitigated. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291210 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NON-INTRUSIVE CAPTURING OF FRAME BUFFER MEMORY INFORMATION FOR REMOTE DISPLAY - Modification to frame buffer memory information associated with a first display may be used to update information displayed on a second display. The first display may be mapped to a matrix of display areas. The modification to the frame buffer memory information may be detected be detecting write memory address. One or more display areas affected by the modification to the frame buffer memory information may be identified based on display parameters associated with the first display. Frame buffer memory information associated with the one or more affected display areas may be retrieved and compressed before being transmitted over a communication link to be displayed on the second display. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291211 | PIXEL DATA TRANSFER CONTROLLER AND PIXEL DATA TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD - A pixel data transfer controller reads color pixel data including pixel data pertaining to “m” color elements from a memory through a first bus having an “n”-byte width, and transfers the color pixel data to an image processing circuit through second buses which are associated with the respective color elements. The pixel data transfer controller includes: a buffer row, including buffers equivalent in number to a common multiple of “m” and “n”, each of the buffers having storage capacity for storing the pixel data pertaining to one of the color elements; a first selector, configured to sequentially store the pixel data of the color pixel data transferred through the first bus into the respective buffers of the buffer row for each color element; and a second selector, configured to output, to the second buses associated with respective color elements, the pixel data from groups of the buffers, each of the groups storing the pixel data pertaining to one of the color elements. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291212 | SOFTWARE FOR CREATING ENGRAVED IMAGES - A method of producing an engraved image on a computer screen includes loading an image to be engraved and converting the image into a high contrast image using at least two colors. The first lighter color is used for the lighter portions of the high contrast image and a darker color is used for the darker portions of the high contrast image. Mixing of the colors is based on the luminance level of the image. A plurality of lines are drawn over the high contrast image with variations in the plurality of lines drawn being a function of the luminance of the underlying image. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291213 | AUTOMATIC COLOR DISPLAY CONVERSION - A color computer output is dynamically converted into a monochrome computer output based on a stored profile. The stored profile may be for a piece of hardware (e.g., a monochrome printer), or a user (e.g., a color-blind user). | 2008-11-27 |
20080291214 | Theme Picture Promotional Photography and Theme Picture Composition Guide for Electronic Camera Display - Theme picture promotional photography, in which the subject image is captured using a temporary composition guide attached to the electronic display on a digital camera. The theme picture composition guide includes an image overlay depicting content to be added to the captured image post-capture to create a theme picture. The theme picture may be printed on-site, and it may also be displayed or distributed in association with a client website to promote electronic traffic to the client website. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291215 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DISPLAY OF STILL IMAGES FROM IMAGE FILES - An apparatus for displaying digital image files on a standard display device such as a television set is provided in the form of a set-top box. The box includes an integrated circuit and memory buffer for computing an image from a file, a second memory buffer for storing computed images, and a video output for delivering the images to the display device. Preferably, the set-top box also includes an infrared receiver for remote operation. The set-top box receives the image files from standard storage media such as floppy disks. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291216 | Electronic game utilizing photographs - The present disclosure includes, among other things, methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing an electronic game utilizing photographs. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291217 | VIEWING AND NAVIGATING WITHIN PANORAMIC IMAGES, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A panorama viewer is disclosed which facilitates navigation from within the panorama of a larger, structured system such as a map. The panorama viewer presents a viewport on a portion of a panoramic image, the viewport including a three-dimensional overlay rendered with the panoramic image. As the orientation of the viewport within the panoramic image changes, the three-dimensional overlay's orientation in three-dimensional space also changes as it is rendered with the panoramic image in a manner that matches the change in orientation of the viewport. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291218 | System And Method For Generating Interactive Video Images - The present invention relates to video communication technology and discloses a system and method for generating animated video images. The present invention provides a system for generating animated video images, including a video image capture module, an animation capture module and an overlay module, for the purpose of overcoming the disadvantages of current video interaction system, such as poor video interaction experience and dull images. The present invention also provides a method for generating animated video images, comprising capturing video images, obtaining animation frames and overlaying the video images with the animation frames. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291219 | Mixed reality presentation apparatus and control method thereof, and computer program - Position and orientation information indicating the relative position and orientation relationship between the viewpoint of the observer and a physical space object on a physical space is acquired. A virtual space image is generated based on the acquired position and orientation information, and is rendered on a memory. A physical space image of the physical space object is acquired. By rendering the acquired physical space image on the memory on which the virtual space image has already been rendered, the physical space image and the virtual space image are combined. The obtained composite image is output. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291220 | Electronic game utilizing photographs - The present disclosure includes, among other things, methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing an electronic game utilizing photographs. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291221 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an acquisition unit that obtains from a terminal device equipped with a display screen attribute information including information indicating the directionality of the display screen, a detection unit that detects the size of a input image, an adjustment unit that adjusts the size of the input image so as to align the direction along which the longer side of the input image extends with the direction along which the longer side of the display screen extends based upon the information indicating the directionality of the display screen included in the attribute information, and a transfer unit that transfers the input image with the adjusted size to the terminal device. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291222 | Pulse Generation Circuit and Display Apparatus for Adjusting the Display Brightness of an Image - A display apparatus comprises a display panel, a gate driving circuit, and a pulse generation circuit. The display panel displays an image. The gate driving circuit drives the display panel according to a pulse signal generated by the pulse generation circuit. The pulse generation circuit comprises a histogram analysis element and a gate pulse modulator. The histogram analysis element calculates a gray level ratio of the image, and compares the gray level ratio with at least one threshold value to generate at least one control signal. The operative time of the pulse signal is determined in response to the control signal. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291223 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, DRIVING CIRCUIT OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A driving circuit of an electro-optical device includes scanning lines, data lines, capacitor lines respectively corresponding to the scanning lines, and pixels provided at intersections of the scanning lines and the data lines. The driving circuit includes a scanning line driving circuit that selects the scanning lines in a predetermined order and a capacitor line driving circuit that selects a first power supply line when a first scanning line is selected and selects a second power supply line when a second scanning line that is spaced predetermined lines away from the first scanning line is selected until the first scanning line is selected again to thereby apply a voltage of the selected one of the power supply lines to the capacitor line, the capacitor line driving circuit applying the voltage of the second power supply line to all the capacitor lines when all the scanning lines are not selected. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291224 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - With the use of pixel control parts for controlling display elements in response to display data using a display-use voltage source and display control parts for supplying the display data to the pixel control parts, the display data is displayed on a display part. Further, the display data is corrected by detecting states of the display elements. A voltage of the display-use voltage source is preliminarily set to a fixed higher voltage, and a gray scale of the display data is elevated in response to a degradation state of the display element. Accordingly, it is possible to perform a display while maintaining the maximum brightness even when the display element is degraded. Further, the contrast can be maintained by correcting the gray scales of the display data by performing only the digital calculation. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291225 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RE-SIZING AN ACTIVE AREA OF A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY | 2008-11-27 |
20080291226 | RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING DEVICE - For use when the recordable area of a recording medium is smaller than recording data, there is provided a recording device that can determine the priority of divided areas and preferentially record a high-priority area. The recording device assigns priority to each of the recording areas of a whole image on one page and, if it is determined that the whole image does not fit on the recording medium, performs at least one of rearranging the recording position of a high-priority area, changing the recording size of a low-priority area, and discarding a part of recording data of the low-priority area based on the priority of the recording areas to prevent any part of the image of the high-priority area from being lost. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291227 | Ink remainder detecting module for ink jet apparatus, ink container with same and ink jet apparatus - An ink remaining amount detection module, mountable to an ink container, for detection of an ink remaining amount in an ink container for ink jet recording, the ink remaining amount detection module, includes a support substrate; at least one detection electrode provided on one side of the support substrate; and readable and writable non-volatile information storing means provided on the one side of the support substrate; and information transmitting means, provided on the support substrate, for transmitting, to an outside, information relating to an ink remaining amount which is provided depending on whether the detection electrode is contacted to ink, and for receiving, from an outside, information to be written in the information storing element. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291228 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INKJET PRINTING WITH MULTIPLE ROWS OF PRINT HEADS - According to the present invention, multiple rows of nozzles within a print head may be arranged proximal to and offset from each other to facilitate inkjet printing. Print heads may comprise a single row of nozzles or may comprise a plurality of rows of nozzles. Each row of nozzles may be situated such that the immediately adjacent row of nozzles may be offset by a predetermined distance. In some embodiments, adjacent rows of nozzles may each print with the same color. In this way, adjacent offset rows of nozzles may be used in combination to dispense ink drops into sub-pixel wells in improved patterns and with improved ink distribution within the sub-pixel well. These offset print techniques may also enable tighter grouping of ink drops within a sub-pixel well and enable faster printing operations. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291229 | LIQUID MATERIAL ARRANGEMENT METHOD, COLOR FILTER MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A liquid material arrangement method includes performing a first pattern generating step, a dot deleting step, and a liquid material arranging step. The first pattern generating step includes generating a first dot pattern in which a first prescribed number of dots is set according to the prescribed region. The dot deleting step includes deleting a second prescribed number of dots from the first prescribed number of dots to generate a second dot pattern. The liquid material arranging step includes arranging a liquid material in a prescribed region on a substrate by causing a nozzle and the substrate to scan in relative manner and discharging the liquid material from the nozzle based on the second dot pattern. The performing of the dot deleting step further includes deleting at least one prohibited dot with priority with the prohibited dot being determined based on discharge information of the nozzle determined in advance. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291230 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A MISSING NOZZLE DETECTION UNIT - An image forming apparatus including an image printing unit formed above a printing path along which an image is formed on a print medium. The printing unit has an array inkjet printhead with a length corresponding to the width of a print medium and includes a plurality of nozzles to eject ink. The multi-functional device also includes an image scanning unit formed above the image printing unit with a scanning unit formed on a document reading path to transfer a document to scan and read the document and a missing nozzle detection unit which forms a missing nozzle detection path that connects the printing path and the document reading path, and transports a print medium on which a test image is formed by the array inkjet printhead, to the document reading path via the missing nozzle detection path to scan the test image using the scanning unit. The image scanning unit and the missing nozzle detection unit also share the scanning unit. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291231 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus, includes an image forming unit, a driver having a driving unit as a driving source of the image forming unit, a detector which detects driving information of the driving unit, and a controller which controls the driver to operate with a delay time corresponding to a difference between the detected driving information and a reference value. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291232 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION OF EJECTION HEAD - An image forming apparatus having a liquid ejection head including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting droplets and a plurality of piezoelectric elements for generating a pressure for discharging droplets in respective nozzles. The image forming apparatus includes a polarization adjustment unit that performs a polarization adjustment in parallel for adjustment of target nozzles. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291233 | TEST CIRCUITRY FOR A PRINTHEAD NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT - Provided is test circuitry for testing a thermal actuator of a printhead nozzle arrangement of a printhead. The circuitry includes an open actuator test input, a column enable input and a row enable input. A drive transistor operatively links said thermal actuator to a power supply, and a bleed transistor is arranged in parallel with the thermal actuator. The circuitry also includes a sense transistor operatively linking an output of the drive transistor and inputs of the thermal actuator and bleed transistor to a sensing node, as well as a controller configured to deactivate the bleed and sense transistors and to activate the drive transistor when the column enable and row enable inputs are activated to link the thermal actuator to the power supply, and to activate the bleed and sense transistors when the open actuator test input is activated, so that the thermal actuator is short-circuited and the sense node is pulled high if the thermal actuator is open-circuit. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291234 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD - An ink jet recording head comprises a discharge port forming member that forms a discharge port used to discharge ink and a channel forming member that forms an ink channel communicating with the discharge port, at least either one of the channel forming member and the discharge port forming member comprising a substance having fluorine atoms and a rubber member composing a part of an ink passage continuous with the channel, the rubber member being cross-linked by an organic substance. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291235 | Device for Generating an Underpressure - A device for generating an underpressure comprises a plurality of ejectors and a receiving device therefor. The receiving device comprises at least one connection for a compressed air line, the connection protruding into a compressed air distribution system to which a compressed air channel of each ejector can be connected, and each ejector being provided with an underpressure channel that can be connected to the underpressure system of the ejector. The receiving device forms a holding frame and a quick-change system for the ejectors, and can be connected to the ejectors by means of control lines, and to a machine control system. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291236 | LIQUID DISCHARGING METHOD AND LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging head is appropriately driven to effectively prevent a satellite from being generated irrespective of conditions such as a property of a discharge liquid or a head structure. The liquid discharging head is driven using volume variation in a manner that a liquid extending in a column shape at the time of separating a liquid droplet (main droplet) is gradually thickened from the separation portion to an discharge port, and that the liquid protrudes from the discharge port during a period where the length of the liquid extending in the column shape is shortened after the droplet is separated. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively prevent a liquid column from further being separated after the main droplet is separated, and to restrict the satellite from being generated, irrespective of conditions such as the property of the discharge liquid or the head structure. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291237 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING A WICKING ELEMENT AND A PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE STATION - Provided is a printhead assembly that includes a support structure and a printhead mounted on the support structure, said printhead having an ink ejection face. The assembly also includes a print media guide proximate the support structure for guiding print media past the printhead for printing, and a wicking element mounted on the support structure between the support structure and the print media guide. Further included is a pad with an angled contact surface to facilitate the transfer of ink from the printhead to the wicking element, as well as a printhead maintenance station. The maintenance station has a body defining an elongate slot along a length thereof, said pad slidably mounted inside said body to be slidable to a first position, where the pad protrudes from the slot, and a second position, where the pad is inside the body. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291238 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH A PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE STATION - Provided is a printhead assembly that includes a support structure with a printhead mounted on the support structure, said printhead having an ink ejection face, and a print media guide proximate the support structure for guiding print media past the printhead for printing. Also included is a wicking element mounted on the support structure between the support structure and the print media guide, as well as a printhead maintenance station configured to facilitate the transferral of ink from the printhead to the wicking element. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291239 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - This invention discloses an inkjet recording apparatus having an inkjet head with an ejection surface. The ejection surface has a first end, and a second end opposite the first end. The ejection surface also has a first and second control portion, and a contact portion located between the first control portion and the second control portion. Additionally, a number of ejection ports are formed through the ejection surface. The inkjet recording apparatus also includes a wiper and a wiper moving mechanism. The wiper moving mechanism moves the wiper between the first end and the second end. When the wiper is located over the contact portion, the wiper contacts the ejection surface, and when the wiper is located over the first or second control portions, the wiper is located away from the ink ejection surface. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291240 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus executes operations of idle ink ejection in which ink droplets not contributing to forming an image on a recording medium are ejected. When the operations of the idle ink ejection are executed before staring to print an image on a recording medium, the ink droplets are ejected into a cap member; in a case where the operations of the idle ink ejection are executed when a first predetermined period has passed after the last ejection of the ink droplets from the recording head, the ink droplets are ejected into an idle ink droplet receiving section; and in a case where the operations of the idle ink ejection are executed when a second predetermined period longer than the first predetermined period has passed as one of cleaning operations of the recording head, the ink droplets are ejected into the cap member. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291241 | Liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus - The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head having an ejection port surface on which ejection ports for ejecting liquid are formed; a wiping device having a blade member which wipes and cleans the ejection port surface; a sliding device which causes the blade member to slide relatively with respect to the ejection port surface; a state identification device which identifies at least one state, of a state of the ejection ports, a state of the ejection port surface, and an operational state of the blade member when sliding over the ejection port surface; and a cleaning capability modification device which modifies a cleaning capability of the wiping device in accordance with a determination result of the state identification device. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291242 | LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid container of the invention has a container body including a storage space and a liquid feed port and a liquid injection port which are installed on the container body. The liquid feed port is structured so as to interconnect the storage space and the liquid ejecting head with each other, when the liquid container is mounted on a liquid ejecting unit. The liquid injection port is structured so as to interconnect the storage space of the container body and a liquid tank of a stationary unit with each other, when the liquid ejecting unit is united with the stationary unit. The invention provides a liquid container effective in realization of a liquid ejecting apparatus which can meet two needs for executing a large amount of printing and transporting when necessary. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291243 | INK JET PRINT HEAD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INK JET PRINT HEAD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method which use a print head having a plurality of ejection port rows to enable high-quality printing without causing uneven density in a conveying direction by varying the printing distribution ratio of the ejection port rows in the print head depending on gray level. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291244 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION METHOD - A liquid ejection method is provided which ejects small-volume droplets from ejection openings and causes them to reliably combine together on the fly into a large droplet that is less susceptible to influences of air flows, thus realizing a printing with reduced droplet landing position deviations. To that end, each of the ejection openings is constructed of two openings spaced apart and a slit-like constricted connection portion that connects the two openings together. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291245 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head capable of achieving satisfactory printing without nozzle misfiring in an area close to an end of a nozzle row and droplet misdirection is provided. The ejection orifices, except for dummy orifices, are provided with protrusions. Four operative ejection orifices located close to each of the ends of each ejection orifice row are defined as end-located ejection orifices. Each of the protrusions provided in the end-located ejection orifices has a shorter length than that of the protrusion provided in the ejection orifice located in the central portion of the nozzle row. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291246 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING A LAMINATED DUCTING ASSEMBLY - A printhead assembly has a plurality of printhead modules, each having a plurality of modular printhead tiles. Each printhead tile has a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle assemblies for operatively printing on a printing medium. A ducting assembly has a laminated stack of layers, each layer of the stack having a number of apertures which, when the layers are stacked, provide ducts whereby ink is able to flow from an ink reservoir to the nozzle assemblies. A number of electrical connector assemblies operatively connect the respective printhead tiles together. The printhead modules are arranged in a casing so as to be removably mounted in linearly aligned relationship through removable engagement of each printhead module with the casing. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291247 | DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD, DROPLET DISCHARGE APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGE CONTROL IN DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD - A droplet discharge includes: a nozzle discharging a liquid as a droplet; a discharge room having a diaphragm and disposed in a channel of the liquid, the channel communicating with the nozzle, the diaphragm pressurizing the liquid by being displaced and being a part of the discharge room; and a fixed electrode facing the diaphragm and generating electrostatic force with respect to the diaphragm by receiving electric charge so as to displace the diaphragm by bringing the diaphragm into contact with and detaching the diaphragm from the fixed electrode. The fixed electrode includes: a first fixed electrode received the electric charge from an outside; and a second fixed electrode made of a material different from a material of the first fixed electrode and received the electric charge through the first fixed electrode. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291248 | INKJET RECORDING HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An inkjet recording head, wherein a support member being formed by at least two layers is provided between an ink supply member and a recording element substrate having a substrate, which includes discharge ports to discharge ink and an energy generating element to generate energy to discharge the ink from the discharge ports. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291249 | Ink recharging system for ink cartridge, bulk ink cartridge used in said system, and ink recharging method using them - The present invention relates to an ink recharging system in which the ink can be recharged into a used ink cartridge repeatedly, a bulk ink cartridge used in the system, and a method for recharging the ink into the ink cartridge using them. The ink recharging system for the ink cartridge installed in an inkjet printer comprises a compressor and a positive pressure tank for providing the compression force to supply the ink stored in the quantitative ink supply cylinder to the ink cartridge, a charging cylinder for applying the compression force and the suction force to the quantitative ink supply cylinder, automatic quantitative position control means for measuring the movement displacement of the charging cylinder, a vacuum pump and a negative pressure tank for producing a vacuum in the ink cartridge, and a compressed air supply tube diverged and connected to the inlet and outlet of the charging cylinder from the positive pressure tank via the solenoid valve for air pressure. The present invention provides a recharging system for the ink cartridge and a method for recharging the ink cartridge, in which the remaining air or ink in the recycled ink cartridge can be easily discharged and vacuum degree of the ink cartridge can be precisely controlled by the control means for the quantitative position, to thereby charge the quantitative ink into the recycled ink cartridge rapidly and accurately, and relates to a bulk ink cartridge which can prevent wrong installment with simple identifying members. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291250 | PRINTER CARTRIDGE FOR A PAGEWIDTH PRINTER HAVING A REFILL PORT AND A CONTROLLER BOARD - Provided is a printer cartridge for a pagewidth printer. The cartridge includes a body, a printhead integrated circuit assembly arranged on the body and including a printhead integrated circuit with a number of micro-electromechanical nozzles, and an authentication device arranged on the body and storing various manufacturer codes readable by a controller board of the printer to verify the authenticity of the printer cartridge. The cartridge also includes a plurality of reservoirs housed by the body for discretely storing printing fluids for supply to the printhead integrated circuit, as well as a refill port arranged in fluid communication with printing fluid conduits each leading to a respective reservoir, the port facilitating refilling of the reservoirs from a refill cartridge. The printhead integrated circuit assembly includes a power and data interface for interfacing the printer cartridge with the controller board configured to control operation of the printhead integrated circuit. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291251 | LIQUID CARTRIDGE DETERMINATION SYSTEMS AND LIQUID CARTRIDGE DETERMINATION METHODS - A liquid cartridge determination system includes a liquid cartridge including a main body including a first detect portion. The system also includes a movable member positioned outside the liquid chamber and configured to move relative to the main body in a particular direction. The movable member includes a second detect portion. Moreover, the system includes a resilient member having a first end which is coupled to the main body and a second end which is coupled to the movable member, and a mounting portion configured to receive the liquid cartridge thereon. The system further includes a first detector configured to detect the first detect portion when the liquid cartridge is positioned in a first position relative to the mounting portion, a second detector configured to detect the second detect portion when the liquid cartridge is positioned in a second position relative to the mounting portion, and a determiner configured to determine whether the liquid cartridge has a predetermined characteristic associated therewith based on the detection of the first detect portion and the detection of the second detect portion. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291252 | INK CARTRIDGE ATTACHMENT/DETACHMENT DEVICE, RECORDING APPARATUS, LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, AND LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid container for a liquid ejection apparatus includes: a case having a liquid containing portion in its interior; a supply portion which is formed on a first side wall of the case, and through which a liquid in the liquid containing portion can flow to an exterior; a contact portion, which can contact a part of a slider of the liquid ejection apparatus to move the slider in a direction in which the liquid container is inserted; and an engagement portion, which is configured to engage a lock portion of the slider. The contact portion and the engagement portion are formed on a second side wall of the case, the second side wall intersecting the first side wall. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291253 | Ink Jet Printhead Cartridge Having An Ink Fill Access Port In Fluid Communication With The Filter Tower - An ink jet printhead cartridge includes a cartridge body including a base and a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the base. A filter tower having a tower wall has an interior surface that defines a location of a tower passageway. A printhead chip assembly is attached to the base of the cartridge body in fluid communication with the tower passageway. A filter is attached to the filter tower at a distal end thereof. An ink fill access port is formed through a side wall of the plurality of sidewalls, and through the tower wall of the filter tower, to define a fluid path from the atmosphere external to the cartridge body to the tower passageway of the filter tower to facilitate the injection of ink directly into the filter tower during an ink filling operation for the ink jet printhead cartridge. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291254 | Liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus - The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a plurality of ejection ports which eject liquid; a plurality of pressure chambers which are connected respectively to the ejection ports; pressure generating elements which are provided to correspond respectively to the pressure chambers and create a pressure change in the liquid in the respective pressure chambers; a common flow channel which is connected to the pressure chambers and supplies the liquid to the pressure chambers; a movable member which is disposed inside the common flow channel and can move while making contact with a flow channel wall forming one portion of an internal circumferential surface of the common flow channel; and a movement device which moves the movable member inside the common flow channel. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291255 | Temperature monitoring system for a media preheater - A temperature monitoring system for a media heater of an imaging device comprises a temperature indicator overlying a surface of a media heater of an imaging device. The temperature indicator is configured to vary an optical property in response to changes in temperature at the surface of the media heater. The system includes an optical scanner for scanning the temperature indicator to detect the optical quality. The optical scanner is configured to generate a signal corresponding to the detected optical property. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291256 | PRINTER WITH A DATA CAPTURE DEVICE TO IDENTIFY A PRINT SAMPLE - Provided is a wallpaper printer including a cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank wallpaper, and a feed system defining a media path through the cabinet, the feed system having pilot guides for guiding the blank wallpaper from the cartridges past a pagewidth printhead for printing. Also included is a heated platen positioned in the media path downstream of the pilot guides for heating the blank wallpaper prior to printing, and a pagewidth printhead arranged in the cabinet for printing images on the blank wallpaper. The printer further includes a cutter module for cutting the printed wallpaper before the feed system feeds said wallpaper into a container configured to roll the printed wallpaper into a roll for storage purposes, and a data capture device configured to capture the identity of an identifier carried by a print sample and wherein, subsequent to the capture of the identity of the print sample, the printhead can print the pattern which corresponds to the print sample. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291257 | INK JET RECORDING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides an ink jet recording material and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the ink jet recording material comprises: a support having a base paper and polyolefin resin layers covering the both sides of the base paper; an ink receiving layer formed on one side of the support; and a back layer containing a polyurethane resin formed on the other side of the support opposite to the side having the ink receiving layer, wherein the back layer is formed within three hours after the polyolefin resin layer is formed on the other side of the base paper. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291258 | ELONGATE HAND-HELD PRINTER DEVICE WITH AN OPTICAL ENCODER WHEEL - An elongate hand-held printer device for printing on a medium when a user moves said device over the medium. The device includes an upper and a lower moulding configured to complementarily receive each other to define a housing, said housing defining an ink ejection slot along, and a printhead module housed in the housing. The module has a plurality of micro-electromechanical ejection devices for operatively ejecting ink via the ink ejection slot. The device also includes an ink supply cartridge housed in the housing, the cartridge for supplying the printhead module with ink, as well as an optical encoder wheel to facilitate regulation of a printing rate of the printhead module as the device is moved along the medium. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291259 | LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING DEVICE, LIGHT SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light source driving device which drives a plurality of light emitting parts provided in a light source to emit a plurality of light beams based on image information, includes a plurality of driving circuits configured to drive the plurality of light emitting parts. Each of the driving circuits includes a signal generation circuit that generates a modulation signal to control a light emitting intensity of the corresponding light emitting part based on the image information, a detection circuit that detects a light emitting status of the corresponding light emitting part; and a light emitting circuit that outputs a driving signal to the corresponding light emitting part to emit a light beam in accordance with the modulation signal and adjustment data obtained based on the light emitting status of at least one of the plurality of light emitting parts. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291260 | Portable video conferencing device - A portable video conferencing device includes a mobile computing device and an audio input device, a video camera, and at least one wireless radio chipset electrically linked to the mobile computing device. The video camera provides a video output stream and can execute commands received at the portable video conferencing device from a remote device. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291261 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - A video communication-enabled mobile terminal and video transmission method thereof that are capable of applying various visual effects to a video image transmitted to a counterpart terminal are provided. The video transmission method of a mobile terminal includes establishing a video call according to a video call request and transmitting a transmission video image generated by applying at least one visual effect to a video image. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291262 | VISUAL COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPRATUS - A visual communication method and apparatus that maintain a reliable video quality regardless of variation of source video data amount is provided. The visual communication method includes capturing a video image; filtering video data of a predetermined part of the video image; encoding the video image including filtered video data; and transmitting the encoded video image. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291263 | Communication system - When a line for communication of audio signals between first and second portable-telephone devices through a first portable-telephone base station, a second portable-telephone base station and a portable-telephone line network has been connected, IP addresses are exchanged. The IP addresses are required for communicating image data by first and second terminal adapters associated with the first and second portable-telephone devices respectively through an OCN. Image data is then-transmitted to the IP addresses received in the communication through the OCN. To put it concretely, an image of the user of the first portable-telephone device is transmitted by the first terminal adapter through the OCN to the IP address of-the second terminal adapter to be displayed by a second television receiver associated with the second terminal adapter. By the same token, an image of the user of the second portable-telephone device is transmitted by the second terminal adapter through the OCN to the IP address of the first terminal adapter to be displayed by a first television receiver associated with the first terminal adapter. Thus, by merely taking a portable-telephone device to a place like a store selling home electrical appliances including a television | 2008-11-27 |
20080291264 | DIGITAL CAMERA FOR TV CONFERENCE - There is provided an inexpensive digital camera for a TV conference used in a TV conference held between locations remote from each other with a large number of attendees on both sides to acquire an image of all the attendees. The digital camera | 2008-11-27 |
20080291265 | SMART CROPPING OF VIDEO IMAGES IN A VIDEOCONFERENCING SESSION - Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling cropping areas of video images to match the allocated area associated with the image in a video conferencing layout. The disclosed methods can protect regions of interest from being cropped. A region of interest within a video image is identified to adjust the cropping in such a way that the region of interest is preserved within the cropped image. The region of interest may be identified based on motion detection or flesh tone detection, for example. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291266 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING A COMMON BROADCAST SIGNAL AMONG MULTIPLE TELEVISION UNITS - The invention provides an apparatus, system and method for allowing multiple television (TV) sets to communicate with each other in synchronizing their audiovisual signal output (when set to the same TV channel) to allow simultaneous viewing of common programming content. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291267 | Lenticular Autostereoscopic Display Device and Method, and Associated Autostereoscopic Image Synthesising Method - An autostereoscopic display device includes a matrix display screen and a lenticular array arranged in front of the display screen. The lenticular array is adapted to receive and optically process a raster image transmitted by the display screen, with the raster image being encoded in order to integrate a plurality P of viewpoints of a same scene. The display screen includes a matrix of screen pixels, each of which includes three color cells organized in rows and columns laid out so as to form columns of a same color within the screen. The image transmitted by the display screen comprises a set of three-dimensional pixels, each integrating the plurality P of viewpoints of an image pixel of the scene, and each three-dimensional pixel occupying 3×P color cells in two adjacent rows within the screen. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291268 | Rendering of Image Data for Multi-View Display - The invention pertains to rendering of image data for a multi-view display, such as image data for a lenticular auto-stereoscopic display. The method comprising the steps of providing view-dependent image data for an image, determining a view-dependent intensity function, or luminance function, for the image, applying a spatial filtering to a view-dependent coordinate of the intensity function, the spatial filtering being such as a low-pass filter, a high-pass filter or a combination of a low-pass and a high-pass filter, and sampling the view-dependent intensity function to a plurality of sub-images, each sub-image being associated with a view-direction of the image. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291269 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A three-dimensional image display method is disclosed. The three-dimensional image display method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: displaying an object image; displaying a background image by using a three-dimensional image display method; and disposing the object image at a close distance and the background image at a far distance such that the object image and the background image overlap inside a same viewing angle. By using images having a different sense of depth, a high-resolution image can be displayed while providing a sense of reality. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291270 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR MONITORING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES - A system transports a device into a piece of industrial equipment for the purpose of collecting data inside of the industrial equipment. In an embodiment, the industrial equipment is a furnace and the device is an IR camera. The system opens a door covering an opening on the furnace, moves the IR camera inside of the furnace for a short time, the IR camera captures images, and the system removes the camera from the furnace and closes the door. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291271 | REMOTE VIEWFINDING - A system receives video from a user device, the video providing an indication of user device motion, and determines movement of a camera, separate from the user device, based on the user device motion. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291272 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE ESTIMATION OF MOTION PARAMETERS - A system and method, the method including calibrating an image capturing system; capturing a video sequence with the image capturing system; detecting a subject of interest in the video sequence; tracking the subject over a period of time; and extracting data associated with a motion of the subject based on the tracking. | 2008-11-27 |
20080291273 | BRUSH HOLDER ASSEMBLY MONITORING APPARATUS, ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and systems for monitoring a brush holder assembly and/or detecting wear of a brush in a brush holder assembly are disclosed. One method includes sending data from a plurality of remote monitoring locations to a central control unit, where the data may be evaluated in order to monitor states of brushes at a plurality of remote electrical facilities. For example, multiple images of a marker tracking longitudinal movement of the brush may be acquired. A comparison of the images, for example, a comparative imaging technique, such as pixel-by-pixel comparison, may then be performed in order to evaluate a condition of the brush, such as the wear rate, wear state, or life expectancy of the brush. | 2008-11-27 |