50th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140362117 | Display Rotation Management - Display rotation management is described. A device may include sensors disposed within a housing that produce an output usable to determine an orientation of a display device disposed on a surface of the housing. A rotation manager module disposed within the housing may process the output of the sensors to determine the orientation of the display device. The rotation manager module may calculate an average orientation of the display device over a time interval and a variance of the orientation. Based on the variance of the orientation in relation to a threshold amount, the rotation manager module can set a screen orientation of the display device. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362118 | Method and System for Displaying Imagery as a Wallpaper on a Computing Device - A live wallpaper for a computing device is disclosed. The live wallpaper displays imagery from various image sources (e.g. Picasaweb, Panoramio, Google+, Facebook, Twitter) and displays new imagery upon the occurrence of various trigger conditions, such as upon user interaction with the live wallpaper or upon the passage of a period of time. In a particular implementation, the live wallpaper can be configured to display geolocated photographs associated with a geographic area input into the computing device. For instance, geolocated photographs associated with a user's current location can be displayed and can change automatically as the user's locality changes. The live wallpaper can be configured to display imagery that has not previously been displayed as the wallpaper on the computing device to present new and unseen images and different backgrounds for the computing device. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362119 | ONE-HANDED GESTURES FOR NAVIGATING UI USING TOUCH-SCREEN HOVER EVENTS - Disclosed are a system and method for providing gesture-based user control of display functions with respect to a mobile electronic device. In an embodiment, the device is configured such that a user hover of a finger or thumb triggers a zoom and pan mode or a screen resizing and relocation function wherein the displayed material is decreased in scale and relocated to be adjacent the screen edge from whence the user is interacting with the screen. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362120 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ANALYTICS VIA CONFIGURABLE VISUALIZATIONS - A method, apparatus, computer program product, and system provide for displaying analytics data based upon aggregated data corresponding to an object via an interface. The method may include receiving analytic data corresponding to at least one object characteristic. The method may also include generating at least one display element having the analytic data corresponding to the at least one object characteristic at one or more time intervals, and causing the at least one display element to be displayed in an interface. The interface may be configured to size the at least one data element within the user interface to enable the display of a plurality of display elements in the display. The interface may be further configured to receive an input corresponding to a user input. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362121 | Methods and Systems for Modifying a Display of a Field of View of a Robotic Device to Include Zoomed-in and Zoomed-out Views - Methods and systems for modifying a display of a field of view of a robotic device to include zoomed-in and zoomed-out views are provided. In examples, the robotic device may include a camera to capture images in a field of view of a robotic device, and distance sensors which can provide outputs that may be used to determine a distance of the robotic device to an object in the field of view of the robotic device. A display of the field of view of the robotic device can be generated, and as the distance decreases, the display can be modified to include a zoomed-in view of the object. As the distance increases, the display can be modified to include a zoomed-out view of the object. An amount of zoom of the object may be inversely proportional to the distance. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362122 | Input Object for Routing Input for Visual Elements - Techniques for an input object for routing input for visual elements are described. In at least some embodiments, a region of a display area includes multiple graphic elements that can be generated and/or managed by different graphics functionalities. For instance, a graphical user interface (GUI) for an application can include a primary window and visual elements within the primary window, such as banners, control buttons, menus, Tillable fields, and so forth. In at least some embodiments, the primary window of the GUI can be managed by a first graphics functionality, while one or more visual elements within the primary window can be managed by a second graphics functionality. In accordance with one or more embodiments, an input object is employed to route input to visual elements to a graphics functionality responsible for managing the visual elements. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362123 | SCROLLING APPARATUS, SCROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A scrolling apparatus includes a screen, a contact detector which detects contact of a finger to the screen, a proximity detector which detects proximity of a finger to the screen, and a scrolling controller. If a first proximity of the finger is detected when an inertial scrolling of content is started, the scrolling controller transitions from the inertial scrolling to a constant scroll speed. When the detection of the first proximity of the finger continues, the scrolling at constant scroll speed continues even after the first proximity of the finger is not detected. When the scrolling at constant speed is performed after the first proximity of the finger is not detected, if a second proximity of the finger is detected, the scrolling controller stops the scrolling at constant speed, and then if the second proximity of the finger is not detected, the scrolling controller restarts the scrolling at constant speed. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362124 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display includes a display panel, a power supply circuit, a voltage detection unit and a voltage compensation unit. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. The power supply circuit outputs a first power source to the display panel. The voltage detection unit is positioned between the display panel and the power supply circuit, and detects a detection voltage data of the first power source output from the power supply circuit. The voltage compensation unit compares the detection voltage data with a previously stored reference voltage data, and controls the power supply circuit to output the first power source having a voltage level set based on the reference voltage data. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362125 | DRIVING DEVICE OF DISPLAY MEDIUM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A driving device of a display medium, includes: an applying unit that applies a gray level adjusting voltage including unit pulses in accordance with a gray level of a pixel to the pixel of a display medium; and a control unit that controls the applying unit so that the number of unit pulses of the gray level adjusting voltage which is applied at a movement time of each of plural types of panicle groups is equal to the number of unit pulses of the gray level adjusting voltage which is applied at the movement time of a particle group having the highest threshold value among the plural types of particle groups. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362126 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND IMAGE COMPENSATION METHOD - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a substrate and a display unit. The substrate includes a flat portion and a curved portion. The display unit includes pixels configured to display an image. At least some of the pixels are disposed in association with the flat portion and at least some of the pixels are disposed in association with the curved portion. The display unit includes first driving power lines connected to the pixels disposed in association with the flat portion and second driving power lines connected to the pixels disposed in association with the curved portion. The first driving power lines are configured to transmit a first power source voltage and the second driving power lines are configured to transmit a second power source voltage. The first power source voltage and the second power source voltage are different. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362127 | DISPLAY DEVICE, PIXEL ARRAY, AND COLOR COMPENSATING METHOD - A pixel array includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The pixels are disposed adjacent to each other and jointly include six sub-pixels. The sub-pixels include one red sub-pixel, two green sub-pixels, one blue sub-pixel, and two fourth color sub-pixels. The pixel area configuration of the first pixel is the same as the pixel area configuration of the second pixel, and the order of the sub-pixel areas disposed therein is, sequentially, a first sub-pixel area, a second sub-pixel area and a third sub-pixel area. The red sub-pixel is disposed in the first sub-pixel area of the first pixel, and the blue sub-pixel is disposed in to the first sub-pixel area of the second pixel. Furthermore, a display device and a color compensating method are also disclosed herein. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362128 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING PIXEL ARRANGEMENT AND OLED DISPLAY THEREOF - A method for displaying a pixel arrangement has the following steps: step S1: dividing a time taken for displaying a pixel into a first period of time, a darkening period of time and a second period of time; step S2: determining respectively intensities of a first sub pixel of a first pixel and a second sub pixel of a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel in the pixel arrangement during the first period of time, and determining the intensities of the first sub pixel and the second sub pixel during the second period of time such that a virtual pixel is virtualized out between the first pixel and the second pixel; and step S3: displaying the first pixel and the second pixel respectively in accordance with the intensities determined in step S2 during the first period of time and the second period of time. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362129 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display apparatus includes a display panel on which a plurality of liquid crystal pixels are arrayed in a matrix, a lighting module arranged to be opposed to the display panel and configured to illuminate the display panel, and a control module configured to control image display on the display panel and luminance of a light source of the lighting module, the control module rewriting an image signal to the liquid crystal pixels by intermittent driving and controlling the luminance of the light source to be proportional to a reciprocal of transmittance of the display panel. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362130 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND PIXEL ARRAY STRUCTURE - Disclosed are a pixel circuit, a driving method thereof and a pixel array structure. The pixel circuit comprises a load controlling module( | 2014-12-11 |
20140362131 | COLOR ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS - A color filter array or a backplane for a color display has first and second areas with substantially different optical properties. The invention also provides a color filter with a low resistivity. The invention further provides a color display utilizing fluorescent or phosphorescent material. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362132 | PRINT HEAD PRE-ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362133 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head that can eject an ink onto a sheet, a transport unit that transports the sheet to the recording head, a housing that contains the recording head and the transport unit, a case that is arranged on an outer surface of the housing so that the bottom portion thereof is positioned higher than a bottom surface of the housing, and that serves as a holder which holds an ink container containing an ink, and a supply unit that supplies the ink from the ink container to the recording head. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362134 | METHOD FOR FULL BLEED PRINTING - The invention relates to a method for full bleed printing using an inkjet printing apparatus. In the method for full bleed printing, a reference pattern is applied on the receiving medium in a current swath. The carriage of the inkjet printing apparatus and the receiving medium are moved with respect to one another in the sub scanning direction and in a subsequent swath, the distance between the reference pattern and a side edge of the receiving medium is determined, and based on the determined distance between the reference pattern and the side edge of the receiving medium, dots to be printed in an area between the side edge of the receiving medium and the reference pattern are determined. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362135 | System And Method For Per Drop Electrical Signal Waveform Modulation For Ink Drop Placement In Inkjet Printing - A method for operating an inkjet printer includes identifying a pattern of ink drops ejected from an inkjet with reference to image data for a printed image, identifying a waveform component for an electrical signal operating the inkjet to eject an ink drop in the pattern of ink drops with reference to at least a portion of the image data, and generating the electrical signal with the identified waveform component to eject the ink drop in the pattern of ink drops at a first velocity onto a first location of an image receiving surface. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362136 | INK COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR INK JET RECORDING - An ink composition for ink jet recording contains a polymer particle that has a core portion and a shell portion on a surface of the core portion. The core portion has a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or less, and the shell portion has a glass transition temperature of 20° C. or more. The difference between the glass transition temperature of the core portion and that of the shell portion is 30° C. or more. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362137 | INK SET - The present disclosure provides ink sets and related methods. An ink set can comprise an ink including an ink colorant and an ink vehicle, the ink devoid of metal salt; a treatment fluid including a latex, the treatment fluid devoid of thickener and colorant; and a fixer fluid including a precipitating agent, the fixer fluid devoid of colorant. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362138 | LIQUID-JET HEAD AND LIQUID-JET APPARATUS - A liquid-jet head includes: a plurality of individual passages communicating with nozzle orifices that jet liquid; a manifold communicating with the plurality of individual passages, in which a surface of the manifold on the liquid-jetting face side is sealed with a sealing member; and a rib provided in the manifold on the sealing member side. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362139 | MAINTENANCE UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A maintenance unit is a unit that maintains a liquid ejecting head and includes a cap holder that has a cap member capable of abutting against the liquid ejecting head, guide pins that guide the cap holder in a movable manner in an approaching/separating direction in which the cap member approaches and is separated from the liquid ejecting head, an engagement portion that is capable of being engaged with the cap holder, and a displacement operating portion that displaces the engagement portion between a restricting position at which the engagement portion restricts drawing of the cap holder out of the guide pins and an allowing position at which the engagement portion allows the cap holder to be drawn out of the guide pins. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362140 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head has an element substrate constituted of a substrate body having a plurality of energy generating elements for liquid ejection and a nozzle plate having a plurality of ejection ports arranged corresponding to the respective energy generating elements so as to form a plurality of ejection port rows each extending in a first direction, the rows being arranged side by side so as to expand in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The nozzle plate has also a groove section, or a plurality of hollow sections arranged to form a hollow section row, as extending in the first direction, at least between one of the opposite edges as viewed in the second direction of the nozzle plate and the ejection port row arranged close to the same edge. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362141 | FLOW PATH UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH FLOW PATH UNIT - A flow path unit includes a pressure chamber substrate in which a plurality of pressure chambers are arranged in a first direction; and a piezoelectric element that changes a volume of the pressure chamber, in which a plane shape of an active section of the piezoelectric element is contained such that a width on one side thereof in a second direction crossing the first direction is wider than that on the other side in the second direction. The side on which the width of the active section of the piezoelectric element is great and the side on which the width thereof is smaller in the second direction be alternately disposed each other so that the active sections adjacent to each other are arranged differently from each other in the first direction. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362142 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber substrate formed of silicon where a pressure chamber is formed, and a communication plate penetrated by communication holes in a plate thickness direction, in which the pressure chamber partitioned by partition walls formed of crystal orientation planes being formed in the recording head through etching. Acute angle portions are formed, by the partition walls intersecting with each other at an acute angle, in both end portions of the pressure chamber in a first direction, and a first step is disposed in the middle of each of the acute angle portions in an etching direction. Parts of the communication holes are arranged at positions superimposed on the acute angle portions in a bonding surface and remaining parts of the communication holes are arranged on outer sides in the first direction with respect to the acute angle portions such that a second step is formed in a communication portion between the pressure chamber and the communication holes. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362143 | SLOT-TO-SLOT CIRCULATION IN A FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - In an embodiment, a fluid ejection device includes a die substrate having first and second fluid slots along opposite substrate sides and separated by a substrate central region. First and second internal columns of closed chambers are associated with the first and second slots, respectively, and the internal columns are separated by the central region. Fluidic channels extending across the central region fluidically couple closed chambers from the first internal column with closed chambers from the second internal column. Pump actuators in each closed chamber pump fluid through the channels from slot to slot. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362144 | FLUID PATH STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A fluid path structure is manufactured by way of an aligning step of aligning a first resin part with a second resin part by inserting a projection formed on the first resin part into a corresponding hole formed in the second resin part and a welding step of welding joint surfaces of the first resin part and the second resin part, thereby forming a fluid path. The aligning step is executed so as to narrow the gap between the projection and the hole to a minimum at a base side of the projection relative to a half of the height of the hole and the welding step is executed only at the base side of the projection relative to the half of the height of the hole so as to make the lateral surface of the projection only partially contact with the lateral surface of the hole. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362145 | LIQUID SUPPLY - In one example, an ink supply assembly that may be installed into a printer as a single unit while holding ink includes A first sub-assembly having a primary container to hold ink and a secondary container enclosing the primary container and configured to fit inside the printer. The assembly also includes a a second sub-assembly having an ink supply to receive ink from the primary container through a conduit and to deliver ink to a printhead. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362146 | COMPOUND SLOT - The present disclosure describes a compound slot, and systems and methods of forming the compound slot. An example of a compound slot includes a wafer, where the compound slot includes a trench along a long axis of the compound slot and on a top surface of the wafer, where the trench passes through an initial portion of a total depth of the wafer. A number of openings pass through a remaining portion of the total depth of the wafer, where at least a retained portion of a bottom of the trench is present around a perimeter of each of the number of openings. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362147 | FLUID CARTRIDGE FOR AN INKJET PRINTER - A fluid cartridge for an inkjet printer includes an inner reservoir containing a printing fluid. The reservoir includes walls enclosing an internal space having a variable volume for storage of the printing fluid and a port for dispensing the printing liquid. The reservoir includes a rigid framework and one or more elastically deformable sections. The cartridge further includes an outlet for connection to the printer, an outer housing in which the reservoir is housed, an electronic storage device configured to store data relating to the contents of the cartridge, and at least one electrical contact associated with the electronic storage device and provided on a substrate. The reservoir provides a reduction in pressure of the internal space whereby the equilibrium pressure difference between the internal space and the surrounding atmosphere increases substantially monotonically in magnitude as liquid is dispensed. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362148 | LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid container includes a liquid storage part with which one end portion is constituted of a plurality of film members, and a liquid supply part for supplying a liquid stored in the liquid storage part to a liquid consumption apparatus. The liquid supply part has a bonded part that is bonded to the film member at the one end portion of the liquid storage part, and a liquid supply tube part at which is formed a liquid supply port oriented in a direction intersecting with a bonding surface of the bonded part. The liquid supply tube part is provided so that at least one part of the liquid supply port overlaps with the bonded part as viewed in an axial direction of the liquid supply tube part from a side of the liquid supply port. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362149 | SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES AND ASSOCIATED PROCESSES FOR INLINE ULTRASONICATION OF INK FOR PRINTING - Enhanced printing systems, structures, and processes provide ultrasonication of ink, such as to degas the ink, and/or to maintain the size of particles within the ink. At least one ultrasonic module, such as comprising any of an ultrasonic probe or an ultrasonic bath, is located within an ink delivery system. Ink is delivered to the ultrasonic module, and ultrasonic energy is applied to the ink, such as at a sufficient level and duration to degas the ink, and/or to reduce the size of particles within the ink. In some embodiments, the particles may be agglomerates, wherein the applied energy is configured to reduce the size of the agglomerates to a size that can be jetted through the print head. In other embodiments, the particles may be metallic particles, wherein the applied energy is configured to create smaller metallic particles that can be jetted with the ink through the print head. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362150 | ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE AQUEOUS INK, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - There is provided an ultraviolet-curable aqueous ink containing: a continuous phase containing water; and a dispersed phase dispersed in the continuous phase, wherein the dispersed phase contains a water-insoluble ultraviolet polymerizable compound, and a water-insoluble ultraviolet polymerization initiator having an absorption at a wavelength range of 375 nm or more and 450 nm or less. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362151 | RADIATION-CURABLE INK FOR INK JET RECORDING, RECORD MADE USING THE SAME, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME - A radiation-curable ink for ink jet recording contains N-vinylcaprolactam. The N-vinylcaprolactam content is in a range of 5% by mass to 20% by mass, inclusive, relative to the total mass of the ink. The ink is for the purpose of making a marking on a recording medium, and the recording medium is a package substrate or a semiconductor substrate. The ink is applied to the package substrate or the semiconductor substrate, exposed to radiation, and then subjected to a heat treatment at a temperature in a range of 150° C. to 200° C., inclusive. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362152 | ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ultraviolet-curable ink composition for ink jet is for use in an ink jet recording method that includes irradiating the ultraviolet-curable ink composition for ink jet applied to a substrate with ultraviolet radiation that has a peak wavelength in the range of 380 to 405 nm from a semiconductor light source to obtain a cured coating. The product of the light transmissivity (%) of the cured coating at a wavelength of 395 nm and the irradiation energy of the ultraviolet radiation (mJ/cm | 2014-12-11 |
20140362153 | EXPOSURE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exposure device includes a board on which a light source for emitting a light beam is mounted and on which a circuit is disposed, a housing that contains an optical system for guiding the light beam, a positioning member that positions the light source relative to the housing in an optical axis direction by contacting a reference portion disposed around the light source, and a deformable portion disposed in a region of the board that is different from a region on which the circuit is disposed. The deformable portion urges the reference portion toward the positioning member by being elastically deformed when the board is attached to the housing. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362154 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus that is capable of simplifying controls for light sources. A polygon mirror with four reflective surfaces deflects light beams emitted from first and second light sources. A housing in which the light sources and the polygon mirror are arranged is configured so that optical paths of the light beams toward the polygon mirror are parallel to a virtual plane containing a rotating axis of the polygon mirror, and so that the light beams are incident on adjoining reflective surfaces of the polygon mirror. First and second driver ICs drive the first and second light sources in one of operation modes. A control unit outputs the same operation mode signal to the first and second driver ICs at the same timing so that the first and second light sources operate in the same operation mode. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362155 | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An environmental protection supporting apparatus comprises a storage section configured to store, based on the result of an erasing processing of heating a recording medium on which an image is formed with a color erasable coloring agent to erase the image formed thereon, the erasing log of the recording medium which is at least determined as reusable; a rejection information generation section configured to generate, based on the erasing log, rejection information obtained from the rejection of the reusable recording medium as environmental load reduction information; and a presenting section configured to display the environmental load reduction information on a display section. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362156 | Thermal Transfer Ribbon Marking - Objects of arbitrary shape and size are marked by a method using a thermal transfer ribbon. The method comprises the steps of creating a graphic on a thermal transfer ribbon, joining the graphic-bearing ribbon to a receptor substrate, removing the graphic-bearing ribbon from the receptor substrate, placing the graphic-bearing ribbon on a target object with the graphic in contact with a surface of the target object, applying sufficient heat and pressure to the graphic-bearing ribbon such that the graphic is transferred from the ribbon to the surface of the target object, and removing the ribbon from the surface of the target object. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362157 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - The disclosure discloses a printer comprising a printing-head, a cutter, a print object receiving portion, an increment mode receiving portion, a cutting mode receiving portion, and a printing control portion. The printer continually produces a plurality of printed matter wherein the print object is respectively formed in a predetermined order. The print object receiving portion receives an input operation for the print object which is disposed in at least one block that includes a print identifier that can be incremented. The increment mode receiving portion receives a setup operation for an increment mode. The cutting mode receiving portion receives a setup operation for a cutting mode at a boundary. The printing control portion controls the feeder and the printing-head to generate a plurality of the printed matter in which is respectively formed the print object which includes the print identifier incremented, and which is cut using the cutting mode. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362158 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE RECORDING SET - A recording medium includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an image recording layer with insulating properties provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, the image recording layer containing cells each encapsulating at least one of electrophoretic particles or magnetophoretic particles, a dispersion medium, and at least two kinds of thermoreversible gelling agents. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362159 | ADAPTIVE POST-PROCESSING FOR MOBILE VIDEO CALLING SYSTEM - A system may include a receiver, a decoder, a post-processor, and a controller. The receiver may receive encoded video data. The decoder may decode the encoded video data. The post-processor may perform post-processing on frames of decoded video sequence from the decoder. The controller may adjust post-processing of a current frame, based upon at least one condition parameters detected at the system. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362160 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MODEM ASSISTED VIDEO TELEPHONY - Aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and method for modem-assisted video telephony. As one example, a user equipment (UE) utilizes a modem to perform video telephony (VT) communication with a remote device through a wireless network. The UE determines a network metric indicative of congestion in the wireless network based on modem information obtained from the modem, independent of feedback information received from the remote device. The UE dynamically adjusts a data rate of the VT communication by an amount proportional to a quantity based on the network metric. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362161 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO SHARED MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A system for providing access to shared multimedia content within a defined room environment includes a hub and a plurality of remote connection devices. The hub, configured to provide a wireless network having a frequency of 60 GHz and compatible with the IEEE 802.11ad protocol, delivers the wireless network via a plurality of radio transceivers and has at least one local device connection. The local device connection includes an interface to an associated wide area network. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362162 | RADIO POWER SAVING TECHNIQUES FOR VIDEO CONFERENCE APPLICATIONS - In video conferencing over a radio network, the radio equipment is a major power consumer especially in cellular networks such as LTE. In order to reduce the radio power consumption in video conferencing, it is important to introduce an enough radio inactive time. Several types of data buffering and bundling can be employed within a reasonable range of latency that doesn't significantly disrupt the real-time nature of video conferencing. In addition, the data transmission can be synchronized to the data reception in a controlled manner, which can result in an even longer radio inactive time and thus take advantage of radio power saving modes such as LTE C-DRX. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362163 | PROVIDING USER VIDEO HAVING A VIRTUAL CURTAIN TO AN ONLINE CONFERENCE - A technique provides user video to an online conference. The technique involves receiving a live user video signal from a camera device. The live user video signal defines a field of view. The technique further involves automatically identifying live initial content of a presentation region within the field of view and live initial content of a privacy region (e.g., a background region) within the field of view. The technique further involves generating, as the user video signal to the online conference, a modified user video signal based on the live user video signal. The modified video signal includes (i) the live initial content of the presentation region within the field of view and (ii) modified video content in place of the live initial content of the privacy region within the field of view. Such operation effectively forms a virtual curtain in which anything in the background is hidden. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362164 | IMAGE CAPTURE-DISPLAY DEVICE - An image capture-display device includes: a light source that emits a light beam falling within a first wavelength range; an optical system arranged on the optical path of the light beam falling within the first wavelength range emitted from the light source and configured to reflect the light beam falling within the first wavelength range and transmit a light beam falling within a second wavelength range; a display panel arranged on the optical path of the light beam falling within the first wavelength range emitted from the light source and reflected by a dichroic mirror and configured to transmit the light beams falling within the first and second wavelength ranges; and an imaging device arranged opposite from the display panel with respect to the optical system and configured to receive the light beam falling within the second wavelength range transmitted through the display panel and the optical system. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362165 | Multi-Media Conferencing System - A multi-media conferencing system that integrates visual, audio, independent data interaction and modification, collaboration of information, independent video and 3D model viewing and manipulation, and networking among all participants in the meeting. Each participant conference display typically shows two content sectors under the control of the presenter and a selectable number of other content sectors under the control of the participant. The presenter conference display selectively includes a presenter dashboard for managing the presentation. Each content sector on the participant and attendee conference displays may be enlarged to full screen or reduced to a sector display or an icon with a simple command. The system also includes geo-location display functionality, participant monitoring, attendee chat functionality, and a wide range of additional functionality under the control of the conference presenter and attendees. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362166 | INCOMING CALL DISPLAY METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND INCOMING CALL DISPLAY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an incoming call display method applied to an electronic device configured to communicate with another electronic device via a network. The incoming call display method is directed to selectively display a first display, a second display and a third display as a response display on a display module when receiving an incoming call from the other electronic device. The response display is configured to indicate how to respond to the incoming call, where the first display is to indicate a response with video, the second display is to indicate a response by only voice, the third display is to indicate no response. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362167 | CONFERENCE ROOM MODE OF A MEDIA DEVICE - Techniques for automatically configuring and controlling a conference room mode setting of a digital media device are described. A digital media device can be programmed to enter a conference room operating mode upon a trigger event. The trigger event can include a time-based trigger or an event-based trigger. In the conference room mode, the digital media device can provide for display an identifier of the digital media device and an identifier of a network for accessing the digital media device. The identifier of the digital media device and identifier of a network can be used by a mobile device to connect to the digital media device and to submit content to the digital media device. Once configured, the digital media device can enter the conference room mode automatically, without requiring a user to select the conference room mode using a remote control. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362168 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication device includes a determination unit that determines whether there is a speaker in different hubs by using sets of sound-related information that are transmitted from the respective different hubs via a communication network; and a display unit that displays, in a predetermined size on a display surface, an image that is transmitted from a different hub in which the determination unit determines that there is no speaker, and that displays, in an enlarged size larger than the predetermined size on the display surface, an image that is transmitted from a different hub in which the determination unit determines that there is a speaker. When the determination unit determines that there are speakers in multiple different hubs, the display unit collectively displays, in the enlarged size on the display surface, multiple images that are transmitted from the respective different hubs. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362169 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PC-BASED VIDEO CONFERENCING AND AUDIO/VIDEO PRESENTATION - A video conferencing/presentation system includes a PC docking station and a room media unit. The dock includes speakerphone and tactile user interface. The wall-mounted RMU, including a wide field camera and speaker(s), is coupled to a monitor. The dock communicates with the RMU. A speakerphone mic captures room audio. During conferencing, room audio and camera video are sent to a docked PC; the PC communicates with remote nodes using video chat software, sending room A/V; remote A/V is received from the PC by the dock, and transmitted for RMU output. During presentation, room audio, and/or PC media software presentation, may be output through the RMU, or to the PC for remote transmission. The dock provides the PC network access. Dock/RMU may each be equipped with a bidirectional transceiver, which uses prioritized opportunistic sequencing to assemble/disassemble a combined media/control packet stream over a cable, and transfer power from dock to RMU. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362170 | VIDEO CONFERENCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING PARTICIPANT EYE CONTACT - Eye contact between remote and local video conference participants is advantageously maintained by displaying the face of a remote video conference so the remote video conference participant having his or her eyes positioned in accordance with information indicative of image capture of the local video conference participant. In this way, substantial alignment can be achieved between the remote participant's eyes with those of the local participant. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362171 | BIDIRECTIONAL AUDIO/VIDEO: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPPORTUNISTIC SCHEDULING AND TRANSMISSION - A bidirectional transceiver includes a media transmitter, a media receiver, a network transmitter, and a network receiver. Each of these components includes an interface to a respective differential wire pair of a cable. By coupling a pair of such transceivers, a media stream and network connectivity can be sent over the cable in either or both directions. Using an opportunistic scheduling method, each media stream can contain audio, video, and control information in uncompressed form. Power can be transferred over the cable so that a media device containing one transceiver can be powered by a media device containing the other transceiver. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362172 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO FRAME SEQUENCE CONTROL - A video sequence control system | 2014-12-11 |
20140362173 | Exposure Mapping and Dynamic Thresholding for Blending of Multiple Images Using Floating Exposure - Special blend operations for wide area-of-view image generation utilizing a “floating auto exposure” scheme are described. Pixel values in the two images being stitched together are blended within a transition band around a “seam.” identified in the overlap region between the images after changes in exposure and/or color saturation are accounted for. In some embodiments, changes in exposure and/or color saturation are accounted for through the use of one or more exposure mapping curves, the selection and use of which are based, at least in part, on a determined “Exposure Ratio” value, i.e., the amount that the camera's exposure settings have deviated from their initial capture settings. In other embodiments, the Exposure Ratio value is also used to determine regions along the seam where either: alpha blending, Poisson blending—or a combination of the two—should be used to blend in the transitional areas on each side of the seam. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362174 | GENERATING A COMPOSITE FIELD OF VIEW USING A PLURALITY OF OBLIQUE PANORAMIC IMAGES OF A GEOGRAPHIC AREA - Generating a composite geo-referenced panoramic field of view image of a geographic area is provided. Geodetic coordinates are generated for each of a plurality of pixels in a digital image capturing the geographic area based on a corrected amount of image distortion in each line of pixels in the plurality of pixels in the digital image. Each of the plurality of pixels in the digital image with the calculated geodetic coordinates is mapped to a geo-referenced map corresponding to the geographic area based on the calculated geodetic coordinates of each pixel. The composite geo-referenced panoramic field of view image of the geographic area is generated based on the mapping of each of the plurality of pixels in the digital image with the calculated geodetic coordinates to the geo-referenced map corresponding to the geographic area captured in the digital image. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362175 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IMAGES FOR STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for producing images for stereoscopic, three-dimensional viewing generated with existing mobile graphical devices, such as cameras, video recorders, PDAs, telephones, and other devices, such as the iPhone™. Two reflectors, which may be mirrors or prisms, are positioned to separate the field of view of a camera lens on the mobile graphical device into a direct field of view and an offset field of view and to record and display the separated fields in a two-paned format on the mobile graphical device. Eye lenses are used to separately view the split images. An integrated housing and cradle receive the mobile graphical device and are coupled to the reflectors and the eye lenses. An area of each pane may be provided to display control icons for three-dimensional viewing, and a control area may be provided out of view on a touch screen for user control. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362176 | SPHERICAL PANORAMIC IMAGING SYSTEM - A spherical panoramic image camera system including four receptacles equally angularly spaced about a geometric center and four cameras, each camera comprises a lens having a lens field of view of more than about 180 degrees and an optical axis, each camera is configured to be mountable to one of the four receptacles with the field of view pointed away from the geometric center and an image recorder having a substantially rectangular shape having a vertical dimension and a horizontal dimension, wherein the vertical dimension is adapted to receive an image cast by the lens that corresponds to the lens field of view and the horizontal dimension is adapted to receive an image cast by the lens that corresponds to a field of view of more than about 90 degrees. The optical axes of the four cameras are equally angularly spaced about the geometric center. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362177 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A MOTION-COMPENSATING MIRROR FOR A ROTATING CAMERA - A scanning imaging apparatus including a rotatable support platform, an imaging device that is attached to the support platform; a mirror that is rotatably attached to the support platform and is configured to deflect an optical path of the imaging device; a first motor configured to continuously rotate the rotatable support platform at a first angular velocity; a second motor configured to change an angle of the mirror relative to an optical axis of the imaging device at a second relative angular velocity relative to the optical axis; and a controller configured to control the angle of the mirror so that a waveform of the angle of the mirror as a function of time does not have high frequency components. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362178 | Novel Transcoder and 3D Video Editor - A system and method for conducting 3D image analysis, generating a lossless stereoscopic master file, uploading the lossless stereoscopic master file to editing software, wherein the editing software generates a disparity map, analyzes a disparity map, analyzes cuts, and creates cut and disparity meta-information, and then scaling media, storing media and streaming the media for playback on a 3D capable viewer is provided. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362179 | IMAGE DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AN INVALID DEPTH INFORMATION OF A DEPTH IMAGE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An image device for determining an invalid depth information of a depth image includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a pre-processing module, a depth map engine, and an error determination unit. The first sensor captures first images and the second sensor captures second images. The pre-processing module generates a reference image according to each first image of the first images and a target image corresponding to the reference image according to a second image of the second images. The depth map engine generates a first depth image according to the reference image and the target image. The error determination unit sets gray level values of pixels of invalid areas of the first depth image to be a predetermined value to generate a second depth image, wherein pixels of the second depth image with the predetermined value have the invalid depth information. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362180 | HANDLING DIFFERENT INPUT SIGNALS - A head mountable display (HMD) system in which the size and/or distance from the viewer of a virtual screen for display of video material depends upon one or more of the following:
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20140362181 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - The present invention provides a digital broadcasting reception method, including the steps of: receiving and demultiplexing digital broadcasting signals including reference period and extension period video streams; determining the right/left information of the reference period and extension period video streams by using a descriptor included in at least one of a Program Map Table (PMT), a Terrestrial Virtual Channel Table (TVCT), a Service Description Table (SDT), and an Event Information Table (EIT); decoding the reference period and extension period video streams; and controlling the decoded reference period and extension period video streams by using the right/left information. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362182 | Method and device for compressing vertex data in three-dimensional image data - A device for compressing vertex data in three-dimensional (3D) image data includes a codebook design module and a codeword search module. The codebook design module is configured for: grouping residual vectors of vertices in 3D image data for codebook design; generating, for each group of residual vectors, a sub-codebook formed by a specified number of codewords; and sending the generated sub-codebook corresponding to a group of residual vectors to the codeword search module. The codeword search module is configured for: receiving a sub-codebook sent by the codebook design module; searching for a codeword of optimal match of a to-be-compressed residual vector of a vertex in 3D image data to be compressed; and taking an index of the codeword of optimal match and an index of a sub-codebook where the codeword of optimal match is located as compressed data of the vertex. A method for compressing vertex data in 3D image data is further disclosed. With the disclosure, it is possible to save codeword storage space, enhance encoding quality, improve a compression ratio of vertex data, and increase a compression efficiency. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362183 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT BASED ON USER PREFERENCES - An approach is provided for enabling viewers to control the depth of three-dimensional content rendered via a set-top box. A 3D content platform receives a user input for specifying a user identifier and a mode of operation of a set-top box. A depth setting parameter is determined based on user profile information related to the user identifier. Content is then presented for display via the set-top box at the dept setting corresponding to the parameter. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362184 | Method of Error Correction for 3D Imaging Device - A method is presented for correcting errors in a 3D scanner. Measurement errors in the 3D scanner are determined by scanning each of a plurality of calibration objects in each of a plurality of sectors in the 3D scanner's field of view. The calibration objects have a known height, a known width, and a known length. The measurements taken by the 3D scanner are compared to the known dimensions to derive a measurement error for each dimension in each sector. An estimated measurement error is calculated based on scans of each of the plurality of calibration objects. When scanning target objects in a given sector, the estimated measurement error for that sector is used to correct measurements obtained by the 3D scanner. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362185 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING THE ZOOM SETTING AND/OR THE VERTICAL OFFSET OF FRAMES OF A STEREO FILM AND CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEM OF A CAMERA RIG HAVING TWO CAMERAS - The invention relates to a method for correcting the zoom setting and/or the vertical offset in an image assembled from two sub-frames of a stereo film, wherein the one sub-frame is provided by a first camera of a camera rig and the second sub-frame is provided by a second camera of the camera rig, wherein a vertical offset is changed via a change in the pitch setting, wherein, during the operation when recording the stereo film, a difference between the present zoom-results in the first sub-frame relative to the second sub-frame is measured and/or a vertical offset of the image points present in the first sub-frame in relation to those corresponding image points in the second sub-frame is measured and, on the basis of this information, correction values are calculated, with which the zoom difference and/or the vertical offset is reduced, given appropriate application to the zoom and/or pitch setting. The invention also relates to a controlling means or regulating means of a camera rig having two cameras, which is configured to carry out said method. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362186 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATION OF STEREO-OPTICAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE-MAPPING SYSTEM - A system for, and method of, extracting a surface profile from a stereo pair of images obtained at an arbitrary setting S of an optical system, includes determining surface profile reconstruction parameters for images obtained with the optical system at a reference setting So of the optical system; determining warping parameters for a digital image processor for warping images obtained with the optical system at the arbitrary setting S into images corresponding to the reference setting So; obtaining the stereo pair of images from at least one camera of the optical system; warping the stereo pair of images into images corresponding to the reference setting So, and using the surface profile reconstruction parameters to determine the surface profile. In a particular embodiment, the surface profile is passed to a computer model of tissue deformation and used to determine an intra-surgery location of a tumor or other anatomic feature of tissue. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362187 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A system control unit | 2014-12-11 |
20140362188 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes an image acquirer that acquires data of a shot image obtained by a camera, a depth image acquirer that acquires a depth image obtained by representing a distance of a subject from the camera in the depth direction as a pixel value, and a first object detector that detects a region of an image of a first object from the shot image or the depth image. The image processing device further includes a second object detector that detects a region of an image of a second object based on the region of the image of the first object and the pixel value in the depth image, a clipping region decider that decides a clipping region including at least the regions of the images of the first and second objects, and a display image generator that generates a display image by using the clipping region. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362189 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional image apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. The three-dimensional image apparatus includes a projection unit, a photographic apparatus, a display module and a control unit. In a scan mode, the control unit controls the projection unit to project a structure-light pattern onto an object to be captured in different angles relatively to the object and controls the photographic apparatus to capture a plurality of composition images corresponding to different angles of the object. The composition images are converted into a three-dimensional image in a three dimensional image format through an image conversion module, and the three-dimensional-format image may display a displaying image of the object in a specific viewing angle through the display module. The projection unit and the photographic apparatus are located at a same side of the three-dimensional image apparatus. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362190 | DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A depth measurement apparatus including ranging pixels each having plural photoelectric conversion devices, a reading unit shared by the photoelectric devices, and a control unit for controlling the ranging operation, wherein a signal charge accumulated in one of the photoelectric devices is output as a first signal and a second signal obtained by adding a signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric device to the first signal is output. In a first mode, the photoelectric device having a stronger signal intensity is used as the first photoelectric device, and the signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric device is acquired by subtracting the first and second signals subjected to noise reduction. In a second mode, the photoelectric device having a weaker signal intensity is used as the first photoelectric device, and the signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric device is acquired by subtracting the first and second signals. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362191 | DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A depth measurement apparatus including ranging pixels each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion units for receiving light fluxes that have respectively passed through first and second pupil regions, a reading unit that is shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, and a control unit for controlling the ranging operation, wherein a signal charge accumulated in one of the photoelectric conversion units is output as a first signal and a second signal obtained by adding a signal accumulated in the other photoelectric conversion unit to the first signal is output, the signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric conversion unit is acquired based on a difference between the first and second signals, and the signal charge of the photoelectric conversion unit receiving flux with a lower transmittance is read first. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362192 | METHOD FOR MEASURING ENVIRONMENT DEPTH USING IMAGE EXTRACTION DEVICE ROTATION AND IMAGE EXTRACTION DEVICE THEREOF - A measurement method for environment depth and the image extraction device thereof is revealed. First, rotate an image extraction unit and extract a plurality of images using an image extraction device according to different viewing angles of a target object. Then, use disparity information of the plurality of images and an image parameter of the image extraction unit to give a plurality pieces of depth-of-field information, which are further used for giving environment depth information. The image extraction device has an image extraction unit and a rotating member. The rotating member is connected with the base; the rotating member is connected to the image extraction unit, which is located on one side of the rotating member. The plurality of images with different viewing angles are extracted to the image extraction unit as the rotating member rotates about a rotating center to different image extracting locations. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362193 | DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD - A processor of a distance measuring apparatus calculates a three-dimensional position of an object in the surroundings based on the first image, the second image and the amount of movement. The processor determines that calculated three-dimensional position is an error, when the displacement between a fourth position at which a third position set based on the calculated three-dimensional position of the object is projected on either one image of the first image and the second image and a position of the object in the one image is equal to or larger than a prescribed value. The processor makes the calculated three-dimensional position a distance measurement target when the calculated three-dimensional position is not determined as an error, and when determined as an error, excludes the calculated three-dimensional position from the distance measurement target. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362194 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a first detector, a calculator, and a determiner. The first detector is configured to detect a position of a viewer. The calculator is configured to calculate a position variation probability that indicates a probability of the viewer making a movement, based on positions detected at different times. The determiner is configured to determine a visible area within which stereoscopic images to be displayed on a display are visible, based on the position variation probability. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362195 | ENHANCED 3-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) NAVIGATION - One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for 3-dimensional (3-D) navigation are provided herein. A heads-up display (HUD) component can project, render, display, or present graphic elements on focal planes around an environment surrounding a vehicle. The HUD component can cause these graphic elements to appear volumetric or 3-D by moving or adjusting a distance between a focal plane and the vehicle. Objects within the environment may be tracked, identified, and corresponding graphic elements may be projected on, near, or around respective objects. For example, the HUD component may project graphic elements or pointers on pedestrians such that it may alert the driver or operator of the vehicle of their presence. These pointers may stay ‘stuck’ on the pedestrian as he or she is walking within the environment. Metadata associated with objects may be presented, such as address information, ratings, telephone numbers, logos, etc. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362196 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WHICH DISPLAYS A PLURALITY OF CONTENT VIEWS, GLASSES APPARATUS WHICH SYNCHRONIZES WITH ONE OF THE CONTENT VIEWS, AND METHODS THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a video processor which, in a multi-view mode, processes a plurality of contents and generates a plurality of content views, a display which displays the plurality of content views, a sync signal generator which generates a sync signal regarding the plurality of content views, a communicator which transmits the sync signal, and a controller which, upon communicating with a glasses apparatus, transmits information on a target content view which is controllable from among the plurality of content views to the glasses apparatus. Accordingly, a newly-connected glasses apparatus may be directly synchronized with a target content view. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362197 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a detector, a determiner, and a generator. The detector is configured to detect a real-space position of a viewer. The determiner is configured to determine a first relative position in a virtual space between the viewer and a display surface displaying a stereoscopic image based on the real-space position of the viewer, so that a particular site of the object to be displayed on the display surface faces the viewer in the virtual space. The generator is configured to generate a stereoscopic image by rendering a three-dimensional data of the object based on the first relative position. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362198 | Stereoscopic Video Processor, Stereoscopic Video Processing Method and Stereoscopic Video Processing Program - An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment is provided with circuitry to separate a video signal for stereoscopic video display into a first signal of a background and a second signal of a foreground, and to determinate a first maximum depth position and a first maximum projection position with respect to the first signal, and to determinate a second maximum depth position and a second maximum projection position with respect to the second signal. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362199 | SURGICAL PORT LOCALIZATION - A method, device, and system are provided for placing a port ( | 2014-12-11 |
20140362200 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE - An embodiment of an image processing apparatus includes: an illuminating section which sequentially irradiates an object with a first and second illuminating light beams polarized in different directions. The section emits the polarized light beams sequentially so that the wavelength ranges of the light beams do not overlap with each other. The apparatus further includes: a polarization image sensor; a polarization mosaic processing section which obtains a first polarization image while the object is being irradiated with the first illuminating light beam and a second polarization image while the object is being irradiated with the second illuminating light beam; a depressed area detecting section which detects a depressed area on the surface of the object based on the polarization images; and an image forming section which forms an image representing the depressed area in an enhanced form. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362201 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE FOR PROVIDING AUDIO OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS - A system enables two different users to independently view and listen to two completely different programs being displayed concurrently on the same display (e.g., in a split screen mode), or on multiple displays that are visible by different users, by sending the audio signal of one of the programs being displayed to the headphone device of the user currently looking at that program being displayed on the display. In one embodiment, the headphone device includes a camera mounted on the headphone device that is positioned to detect and/or track eye movements/positions or other movements of the user wearing the headphone device to determine which program that user is currently looking at. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362202 | GAZE TIME INDICATOR FOR A VEHICLE - A system for tracking a gaze of a driver of a vehicle includes a tracking device, a processor, a memory, and a display. The tracking device is configured to track a gaze of a driver of a vehicle. The processor is in electronic communication with the tracking device. The memory is in electronic communication with the processor. The memory includes programming code configured to be executed by the processor. The programming code is configured to determine in real-time a duration of the gaze of the driver of the vehicle tracked by the tracking device. The display is in electronic communication with the processor. The display is configured to display a symbol showing the determined duration, or a portion of the determined duration, of the gaze of the driver of the vehicle as determined by the processor. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362203 | Structured Illumination Projection With Enhanced Exposure Control - A method for controlling a structured illumination pattern generating portion is provided for illuminating a workpiece during an image acquisition by a camera in a precision machine vision inspection system. A controllable spatial light modulator (e.g., a digital light processing projector) is part of the generating portion for generating the structured illumination pattern. The pattern may comprise an array of stripes including a sinusoidal gray level intensity variation across each stripe. An overall image exposure is increased by repeating a complete structured illumination pattern generation iteration, including gray level variation, a plurality of times during an image integration period. Structured illumination microscopy techniques for determining a workpiece surface profile may benefit, wherein multiple (e.g., 3 or 4) images are acquired at respective focus positions to be analyzed, by using the method to project a different phase of a structured light pattern for each of the multiple images. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362204 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, DIGITAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect a failure requiring reimaging relating to an image captured using a digital microscope by evaluating the image, and a generation unit configured to, if the failure was detected by the detection unit, generate setting information for setting an imaging condition for during reimaging. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362205 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - The apparatus has a drive system that drives at least one of the imaging element and a holding member to change their positions, a drive control unit that drives the drive system, every time a small image is captured, in such a way that the positions of the imaging element and the holding member are set to predetermined positions, an obtaining unit that obtains, as after-driving position information, the position of at least one of the imaging element and the holding member after driving by the drive system by measurement or estimation, a correction unit that corrects deformation of the small images caused by a difference between the target imaging position and an actual imaging position on the basis of the after-driving position information, and a forming unit that forms an overall image of the object by stitching the small images after correction. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362206 | SEALED, WATERPROOF DIGITAL ELECTRONIC CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME - A hermetically sealed digital electronic camera that is designed to operate both on land and underwater to great depths, and method of making same. The present invention is a camera which is hermetically sealed by being totally encapsulated, preferably by being cast in plastic, with no seals, holes, joints, penetrating pins, wires or other objects. Wireless means are used for communicating information, electrical power and control signals. The invention is impervious to atmospheric contamination and absolutely incapable of leaking under water to great depths and pressures. In an alternate embodiment camera optics are not encapsulated but are immersed in water when the encapsulated digital camera is placed in water. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362207 | OPTICAL METHOD FOR INSPECTING TRANSPARENT OR TRANSLUCENT ARTICLES INTENDED TO ALLOCATE A REFERENCE OPTICAL ADJUSTMENT TO THE VISION SYSTEM - A method of inspecting articles of transparent/translucent material with a vision system comprises illuminating the articles with a light source having an angular spectrum that is adapted to the contrast selected for refractive items presented by the articles. An image sensor picks up the light that has passed through the articles to make images of the articles. During a stage of referencing the vision system, a reference standard is in the field of view of the image sensor, the standard including at least one standard item that refracts light in a known range of angles. An image of the standard is taken to measure at least the contrast in the image produced by at least one standard item. During at least one stage of qualifying the vision system, the standard is placed once more in front of the light source and in the field of view of the image sensor. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362208 | HIGH THROUGHPUT AND LOW COST HEIGHT TRIANGULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A triangulation system comprising an area camera, a communication interface, a first image processing module, a second image processing module; wherein the area camera is arranged to obtain, at an acquisition rate, a stream of images of illuminated regions of an object; wherein the area camera is prevented from performing height calculations; wherein the communication interface is arranged to convey, in real time thereby in correspondence to the acquisition rate, the stream of images from the area camera to the first image processing module; wherein the first image processing module is arranged to process, in real time, the stream of images to provide first compressed information; wherein the second image processing module is arranged to process, at a non-real time image processing rate, the first compressed information to provide height information indicative of heights of at least the illuminated regions of the object. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362209 | COAXIAL CABLE WITH BIDIRECTIONAL DATA TRANSMISSION - A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera and a control. The camera is disposed at a vehicle and has a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera is operable to capture image data. The control includes an image processor. A single coaxial cable connects the camera with the control. The single coaxial cable carries (i) image data from the camera to the control, (ii) control data from the control to the camera and (iii) electrical voltage for powering the camera. The image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera and carried to the control by the single coaxial cable. The single coaxial cable carries at least one FBAS signal. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362210 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR POINTING ROBOT - There is provided a remote control system including a controlled device and a remote device. The controlled device has a light source and moves according to a control signal from the remote device. The remote device is adapted to be operated by a user and includes an image sensor. The remote device determines a moving direction of the controlled device according to an imaging position of the light source in the image captured by the image sensor and a pointing position of the user, and outputs the control signal. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362211 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a mobile terminal includes module, display, receiver, and transmitter. The module acquires image of at least portion of screen of display device. When image contains side of the screen, the transmitter calculates distance from the screen to the mobile terminal by using the size of the screen, angle of view of the module, and ratio between length of side of the screen contained in the image and length of side of the image. When the image contains test chart, the transmitter receives number of pixels of the test chart, resolution of the screen, and angle of view of the module, calculates the distance by using the number of pixels, the resolution, the angle of view, and a ratio between size of the test chart contained in the image and size of the image. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362212 | ILLUMINATING SURVEILLANCE CAMERA - An illuminating surveillance camera includes a sensing module to sense a human body temperature and environment luminance and generate a characteristic signal, a surveillance camera module having a controller to generate a controlling signal in response to the characteristic signal and an illuminating module installed on a side of the surveillance camera to project light in response to the controlling signal. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362213 | RESIDENCE FALL AND INACTIVITY MONITORING SYSTEM - A surveillance system for residential buildings that monitors the status of occupants for their location, position, and movement. The system employs a sensor that is mounted near the ceiling or on the floor in each room of the residence. Each sensor continuously scans the X, Y and Z axes for the location and position of objects each room. The sensors are coupled to a digital image processor that uses software to evaluate the stream of location and position data to determine whether occupants are moving, and whether their activity indicates an or normal or emergency condition. The surveillance system can be adapted for any building or room configuration because upon setup it generates and stores a database of map information about the building it is installed within and that map data is thereafter used to evaluate the stream of location and position data. When abnormal location, position or movement of a monitored object, typically a senior citizen, is detected by the system an alarm state is automatically triggered and an emergency notification signal is transmitted to emergency response personnel. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362214 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE SIGNAL - An apparatus and a method are arranged to process an image signal including: a Central Processing Unit (CPU) which outputs a digital image corresponding to an input image from an image collection apparatus to an image display apparatus; a controller, or micom, which monitors an operation state of the CPU, and outputs a control signal depending on occurrence of an error in the CPU; and an image switch which switches an image output mode to one of a digital image mode and an analog image mode according to the control signal which is output through the micom in an input terminal of the CPU. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362215 | OPTIMUM CAMERA SETTING DEVICE AND OPTIMUM CAMERA SETTING METHOD - Provided are a camera that images a subject; a person tracking portion that detects a person from an image which is captured by the camera and tracks the detected person; a person interpretation portion that extracts items including a number of face detections, a movement direction, a facing direction, a focus, a dynamic range and a view angle as store visitor information with respect to the person who is tracked by the person tracking portion; a camera installation condition estimation unit that estimates whether installation conditions including an installation position, a height, the view angle and the focus of the camera are appropriate based on the store visitor information which is extracted by the person interpretation portion; and a user presentation unit that presents a result estimated by the camera installation condition estimation unit. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362216 | IMAGE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE INFORMATION SEARCH SYSTEM - An image information management system includes: a storage medium on which peculiar information is stored; a reading device which reads the peculiar information stored on the storage medium; an image imaging device which shoots a video of a vicinity of a place at which the reading device is provided when the peculiar information stored on the storage medium is read by the reading device; and a processing device which associates, with the peculiar information, image information shot with using the imaging device in a constant time including a time point at which the reading device reads the peculiar information, and registers them in a storage unit. The image information management system reads the peculiar information stored on the storage medium, and associates the peculiar information with the picture information to store them in the storage unit. Then, based on the peculiar information, the image information management system chooses the picture information associated with the peculiar information and stored on the storage unit, and displays it on a display. | 2014-12-11 |