03rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110012917 | DYNAMIC GENERATION OF IMAGES TO FACILITATE INFORMATION VISUALIZATION - Approaches for generating a digital image that facilitates data analysis. An application may arrange values of one or more data sets into a table based on a selected set of columns. The application may apply one or more formulas to each cell to generate a second table that has a single value in each cell. The application maps, for each cell of the second table, the value stored therein to an attribute (such as a color). The application may generate a digital image by determining a color for each pixel of the digital image based on how the cells are mapped to colors. The digital image enables data analysis, such as the identification of trends, patterns, and/or anomalies, on any number of data sets in an expeditious and intuitive manner. The digital image may be dynamically updated to reflect further analysis or incremental updates to the data sets. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012918 | Circuit for Performing Dithering on Pixels of a Display and Method Thereof - A circuit dithers pixel data on a display, and includes a lookup table module, a dithering parameter decoder, a first adder, a second adder, and an overflow handling module. A lookup table of the lookup table module stores dithering parameters generated by encoding odd and even pixel dithering parameters. The dithering parameter decoder generates second and third dithering parameters corresponding to odd and even pixels from a first dithering parameter. The first adder generates a dithered odd pixel parameter according to the odd pixel parameter and the second dithering parameter. The second adder generates a dithered even pixel parameter according to the even pixel parameter and the third dithering parameter. The overflow handling module checks for overflow, and generates an output odd pixel parameter according to the dithered odd pixel parameter, and generates an output even pixel parameter according to the dithered even pixel parameter. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012919 | MULTILEVEL HALFTONE SCREEN AND SETS THEREOF - A three-dimensional halftone screen is provided that is suited for multilevel printing. The three-dimensional halftone screen includes a plurality of planes each corresponding to one or more input intensity levels of an input RIPped pixel. Within the planes are screen dots, each associated with one or more output exposure intensity values representing an intensity of an exposure dot corresponding to the input RIPped pixel. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012920 | COLOR CONVERSION DEVICE, COLOR CONVERSION TABLE AND COLOR CONVERSION METHOD - A color conversion device ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110012921 | Electronic Device and Method for Manipulating Graphic User Interface Elements - An electronic device for manipulating graphical user interface elements has a touch-sensitive display (touch screen) and a touch-sensitive surface (touch pad). The electronic device displays at least two graphical user elements (data icon, program icon, application window, digital photograph, etc.) on the touch screen. A user touches a first element using either the touch screen or the touch pad. This touch user interaction selects the first element and “anchors” it while a user's slide interaction on the other touch-sensitive surface manipulates the second, non-selected element. The slide contact can be interpreted by the electronic device as a drag, push, rotate, or pixel-based move (e.g., zoom in/out) relative to the first element. Various features of the slide movement, such as the speed, the length, the pressure, the direction, and/or the pattern may affect the manipulation of the second element. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012922 | Assisted Adaptive Region Editing Tool - Properties of pixels of a digital image are sampled within different subdivisions of an editing tool impression to produce different pixel property distributions. The property distributions from each region may be automatically classified to identify different edit classes within the property space, which are then used to apply an edit effect to the digital image within the tool impression. The edit classes are represented by an edit profile, the generation of which may be completely automated based on selection of a tool impression, or partially automated using the selection of the tool impression and receipt of classification guidance input, such as one or more parameters received from user input or a configuration file. The edit classes may also be generated without reference to the pixel property distributions, such as via user input. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012923 | METHOD FOR SETTING BASIC DISPLAY SCREEN IN MOBILE TERMINAL - Disclosed is a method for setting a basic display screen in a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal stores a plurality of indicator images corresponding to each of a plurality of status indicators, and a plurality of images which can be used as background elements. A user can set a basic display screen by selecting desired display images of respective status indicators and various background element images. The indicator images changing with the change of status or according to the user's selection are easily readable and give pleasure to the user. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012924 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A display device is provided that comprises a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image by spatial light modulation, and circuitry for switching liquid crystal in the panel between having a first configuration in a first mode to cause an image displayed using the panel to be discernible from a wide range of viewing angles, and having a second configuration in a second mode to cause an image displayed using the panel to be discernible substantially only from within a narrow range of viewing angles. Several types of display panel to achieve such in-panel switching between public and private viewing modes are disclosed. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012925 | IMAGE MARKING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for marking an image projected onto a surface includes capturing a second image from the surface, detecting the existence of a marking point in the second image, and modifying the first image by placing a graphic element at a location corresponding to a location of the marking point in the second image. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012926 | SELECTIVE ROTATION OF A USER INTERFACE - This is directed to rotating an entire user interface of a portable electronic device. In particular, this is directed to defining a UI orientation mode in which a user can direct the device to rotate a UI. When the UI orientation mode is enabled, the electronic device can detect particular inputs, for example based on the outputs of motion sensing components such as an accelerometer and a magnetometer, to determine how to rotate the UI. Once the UI has been rotated to a desired orientation, a user can lock the UI orientation and exit the UI orientation mode. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012927 | TOUCH CONTROL METHOD - A touch control method for operating a touch screen includes: obtaining a to-be-operated object according to user's operations; detecting coordinates A(X | 2011-01-20 |
20110012928 | Method for Implementing Zoom Functionality On A Portable Device With Opposing Touch Sensitive Surfaces - An improved mobile electronic device | 2011-01-20 |
20110012929 | Method for Displaying Content within an Online Collage-Based Editor Using a Relative Coordinate System - In a server-based system for creating and editing image and or text-based projects, the system having access to a digital medium containing an executable graphics user interface (GUI) accessible by computer browser, a method is provided for scaling a project page using relative units including the steps (a) establishing a 0 point at the center of the project page, (b) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a negative limit value for width equal to one half of total width value, (c) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a negative limit value for height equal to one half of the total height, (d) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a positive limit value for width equal to one half of total width, and (e) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a positive limit value for height equal to one half of the total height. For all of the steps, each unit represents an equal division of the total value from the negative limit to the positive limit for width and for height. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012930 | DYNAMIC SIZING USER INTERFACE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA DISPLAY - Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and devices for displaying information in a handheld device, comprising displaying information in a dynamically sizable cell in the display of the handheld device, wherein the cell comprises a portion of the display and the size of the cell is adjusted in response to the amount of information it contains. Embodiments of the present invention are enabled to display the information in plurality of dynamically sizable cells which display different categories of information. Embodiments are also enabled to adjust cell size in response to the size of other cells in the display. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012931 | Terminal Device With Display Function - [Object] It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to easily select a desired image from stored images in a terminal device with a display function such as a cell phone. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012932 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD THEREOF - A display device is disclosed which is capable of suppressing characteristic changes due to a long period of conduction, thereby achieving high-quality video display, and also to provide a drive method therefor. In at least one embodiment, while sequentially activating n first scanning signal line groups G | 2011-01-20 |
20110012933 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A display device is provided. The display device includes a system module detecting an image signal and outputting a first frequency in response thereto, wherein the first frequency is adjusted to a second frequency when the image signal is switched. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012934 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH ANTI-INTERFERENCE OF RESONANCE AND METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display comprises a system module responding to a first frequency to output a second frequency, wherein a magnitude of the second frequency is not an integer multiple of that of the first frequency. The system module comprises a detection circuit detecting the first frequency of the vertical synchronous signal, and a processor producing a plurality of adjacent integers. The display apparatus further comprise an internal light source providing a back light for the display apparatus to display an image, and a light source control module responding to an intermittent pulse to output a drive pulse to the internal light source for controlling one of an operation on and an operation off of the internal light source, wherein the display apparatus prevents the drive pulse from interfering with the image by using the intermittent pulse. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012935 | DISPLAY UNIT - A display unit with which luminance is able to be improved and a wide view angle is able to be secured while increase of the power consumption is inhibited is provided. The display unit includes a first region placing priority on front face luminance in which an aperture ratio of a light emitting region is relatively small, a second region placing priority on view angle luminance in which the aperture ratio of the light emitting region is relatively large, and a drive means for driving the first region and the second region. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012936 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Provided is a backlight assembly and a display apparatus having the same, the backlight assembly including: a power converter which includes a transformer and converts a level of input power; a power factor corrector which corrects a power factor of original power and outputs it to the power converter; and a light source driver which is connected to a secondary coil of the transformer and includes a first light emitting diode module, a second light emitting diode module, and a current supplying circuit which balances amperage of power supplied to the first light emitting diode module and the second light emitting diode module. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012937 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus that can alter the chromaticity of a display image in a white backlight by performing a drive control of light sources. The liquid crystal display apparatus ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110012938 | DRIVING METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - The driving method of the plasma display device has a plurality of combination sets for display that include a different number of combinations. The signal levels of a red image signal, a green image signal, and a blue image signal are compared with each other. For an image signal of a color that has a relatively low signal level, a combination set for display is used where the number of combinations is smaller than that in the combination set for display used for an image signal of a color that has a relatively high signal level. When the power consumption of a data electrode driving circuit is large, a combination set for display is used where the number of combinations is smaller than that in a combination set for display used for an image signal when the power consumption of the data electrode driving circuit is small. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012939 | Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - [Problem] In the case where variations of environmental temperature or variations with time occur depending on characteristics of a light-emitting element, variations are generated in luminance. In the invention, a display device for suppressing effects due to variations of a current value of a light-emitting element, which is caused by variations of environmental temperature and variations with time. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012940 | DRIVE CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A drive circuit of a display device and a method for driving the display device are disclosed. The drive circuit includes at least one data transfer line to receive analog data signals including information for an image; a first latch to sequentially sample analog data signals transferred from the at least one data transfer line and to sequentially store the sampled analog data signals; and a second latch to receive the sampled analog data signals from the first latch and to simultaneously supply the sampled analog data signals to a display. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012941 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The disclosure describes a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of sub-pixels, a plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of gate lines. Each of the sub-pixels has first and second gray scale regions which are split up and down and have different areas, first and second gray scale regions of one sub-pixel having a staggered arrangement with respect to those of an adjacent sub-pixel. Thin film transistors are connected to first and second gray scale regions so that first gray scale regions are driven when one of gate lines is driven and the second gray scale regions are driven when another gate line is driven. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012942 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LCD DEVICE AND LIGHT GUIDE PANEL - Provided is a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit, and a driving unit. The liquid crystal panel comprises a plurality of display areas defined therein. The backlight unit is disposed under the liquid crystal panel. The backlight unit comprises a plurality of light emitting areas corresponding to the respective display areas defined therein. The driving unit controls intensity of light emitted from the light emitting areas. Here, the backlight unit comprises light guide plates disposed in two or more light emitting areas. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012943 | Liquid Crystal Display Uniformity - In one embodiment, a system to manage luminance levels on a display device comprises a display device comprising a liquid crystal module comprising a matrix of pixels, a backlight assembly, and a plurality of drivers to drive the backlight assembly. The system further comprises a processing device coupled to the display device and comprising logic to establish a set of luminance values from a plurality of test points on the display device, determine a minimum luminance value from the set of luminance values, determine, for at least a selected one of the test points, a variance from the minimum luminance value, and use the variance to regulate a luminance level of the selected one of the test points. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012944 | INK REFILL KIT - The present disclosure provides a compact and easy-to-use ink refill device that is configured to refill empty ink cartridges. The device includes an ink reservoir that stores ink, a cartridge holder that secures the cartridge during refilling, and an ink delivery system that allows ink to flow from the ink reservoir to the spent cartridge. The ink delivery system is configured to avoid ink from leaking from the reservoir before, during, and after refilling. The ink delivery system of the present disclosure is also configured to avoid overfilling or under filling. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012945 | FLUID HEIGHT BACKPRESSURE DEVICE IN A SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING FLUID TO A PRINTHEAD - A fluid height backpressure system includes a printhead, a fluid supply tank, a backpressure device, and an air removal device. The backpressure device responsible for supplying system backpressure includes at least one tower disposed in an upright position and having a plurality of walls defining first and second chambers for respectively communicating with the ink supply tank and a fluid supply reservoir of the printhead. The air removal device provides additional back pressure in the second chamber, allows backpressure in the system to be maintained even with an empty fluid supply tank, and also supply of ink to the fluid supply reservoir of the printhead substantially without air bubbles being introduced therein. Also, ink sensors are utilized for sensing out-of-ink/ink-low conditions and also to help establish and continue the operation of the backpressure device. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012946 | FLUID HEIGHT BACKPRESSURE DEVICE IN A SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING FLUID TO A PRINTHEAD - A fluid height backpressure system includes a printhead, a fluid supply tank, a backpressure device, and an air removal device. The backpressure device responsible for supplying system backpressure includes at least one tower disposed in an upright position and having a plurality of walls defining first and second chambers for respectively communicating with the ink supply tank and a fluid supply reservoir of the printhead. The air removal device provides additional backpressure in the second chamber, allows backpressure in the system to be maintained even with an empty fluid supply tank, and also supply of ink to the fluid supply reservoir of the printhead substantially without air bubbles being introduced therein. Also, ink sensors are utilized for sensing different levels of ink in the ink supply tank and out-of-ink/ink-low conditions in the backpressure device and also to help establish and continue the operation of the backpressure device. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012947 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus, connected to an ejection head in which a nozzle group configured of nozzles that eject CMY inks of the CMYK color system and a nozzle group configured of nozzles that eject K ink of the CMYK color system are formed at different nozzle densities, that converts inputted image data into print data and outputs the print data to the ejection head, and includes: a first processing device that inputs the image data; and a second processing device communicably connected to the first processing device via a predetermined communication interface. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012948 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS, FLUID EJECTING HEAD CONTROL METHOD IN FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND DRIVING WAVEFORM GENERATING APPARATUS FOR FLUID EJECTING HEAD - Disclosed is a fluid ejecting apparatus including a fluid ejecting head that ejects fluid, a waveform generator that transmits a driving waveform for driving the fluid ejecting head to the fluid ejecting head, and a waveform designation signal transmitter that transmits a waveform designation signal for designating a driving waveform to be generated to the waveform generator, wherein the waveform generator transmits the driving waveform at a timing based on a reception timing of the waveform designation signal. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012949 | PRINTING METHOD FOR REDUCING STITCH ERROR BETWEEN OVERLAPPING JETTING MODULES - A method of printing is described for a page-width printer including a line head having a plurality of jetting modules that are staggered in a page-width direction. In a set up procedure, a test pattern is printed using the nozzles of adjacent jetting modules, and the pattern is analyzed to detect a stitch error in the overlap regions. The results of this analysis is used to calculate a set of correction values to be applied to print data subsequently sent to nozzles of the adjacent jetting modules to make a correction for the stitch error. During a subsequent production run, the print data sent to the nozzles of the adjacent jetting modules is analyzed to sense an image content attribute, such as gray or density level, of the print data. These results of the analysis of the print data is then used to calculate a dynamic adjustment that is used to adjust the set of correction values calculated during the set up procedure. The line head is then used to print the corrected print data by applying the set of adjusted correction values to production print data subsequently sent to the jetting modules. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012950 | ELEMENT BOARD FOR PRINTHEAD, AND PRINTHEAD HAVING THE SAME - In a printhead element board including a plurality of printing elements which align in a predetermined direction, driving circuits which drive the printing elements, and an element selection circuit which selects printing elements within each group for each group having a predetermined number of adjacent printing elements, a plurality of element selection circuits are laid out adjacent to the driving circuits of the respective groups. With this layout, even if the number of printing elements increases, only the length in the printing element array direction increases without increasing the length in a direction perpendicular to the printing element array direction. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012951 | PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING APPROPRIATE CORRECTION OF FEED AMOUNT - A printing apparatus comprises a plurality of print heads, a moving member that can be moved and that is provided with the plurality of print heads, and a feed mechanism for feeding a medium to be printed. Dots for correcting a feed amount by which the feed mechanism feeds the medium to be printed are formed on the medium to be printed by ejecting ink from a predetermined print head, among the plurality of print heads, while moving the moving member. The predetermined print head is a print head other than the print head, among the plurality of print heads, that is the most susceptible to vibration caused by moving the moving member. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012952 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ON A WORKPIECE - A three-dimensional continuous printing method on a workpiece positioned on a rotation mechanism is described. The rotation mechanism rotates the print area of the surface of the workpiece to face the inkjet head of the printer. The inkjet head of the printer prints on the print area of the surface of the workpiece. A selection of additional print areas is offered. If the selection is requested, the rotation mechanism rotates the workpiece such that the desired print area faces the inkjet head of the printer, and selection of the other print area of the workpiece for print is confirmed. If not, the printing process is completed. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012953 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICES - A liquid supply device includes a liquid cartridge having a liquid chamber that stores a liquid, a cartridge mounting portion, and a level detector that detects a position of a liquid surface of the liquid stored in the liquid chamber. The position of the liquid surface of the liquid is detected to be at one of at least three liquid surface levels. The liquid supply device also includes a determiner that determines that the liquid supply device is in an abnormal state when the position of the liquid surface of the liquid moves up by two or more liquid surface levels and determines that the liquid supply device is not in the abnormal state when the liquid surface of the liquid moves up by one or fewer liquid surface level. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012954 | SOLVENT-BASED INKJET INK FORMULATIONS - Solvent-based inkjet ink formulations including an organic solvent, a resin, a surfactant, and a colorant are provided. The inks have many desirable attributes such as extended decap time. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012955 | INK-JET OVERCOAT COMPOSITION AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Compositions, systems, and methods for improving dry rub resistance and resistance to highlighter smear of a printed image on a substrate are provided. The overcoating composition can comprise an aqueous-based liquid vehicle and about 0.5 wt % to about 40 wt % latex polymer particles dispersed in the liquid vehicle. The latex polymer particles can include about 18 wt % to about 99.5 wt % polymerized hydrophobic monomers selected from the group of 4-methylstyrene, cyclohexyl acrylate, isobornyl methacrylate, isobornyl acrylate, and combinations thereof, about 0.1 wt % to about 20 wt % polymerized acid monomers. The overcoating composition can be formulated to be ink-jetted onto the substrate and is substantially devoid of colorant. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012956 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, AND FLUSHING METHOD - An ink-jet recording apparatus includes an ink-jet recording head having a nozzle from which ink is ejected on the basis of print data, an ink-receiving unit that receives the ink ejected from the nozzle, and a surface-tension-depressant-solution supplying unit that supplies a liquid composition containing a surface tension depressant to the ink-receiving unit when the ink is ejected from the nozzle into the ink-receiving unit. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012957 | WEB - An apparatus includes a web for wiping and receiving fluid ejected from a printhead. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012958 | Staggered Head Stitch Shifts in a Continuous Feed Direct Marking Printer - An imaging device includes an image receiving surface configured to move in a process direction in the imaging device. A plurality of printhead arrays are arranged to deposit marking material onto the image receiving surface. Each printhead array includes a plurality of printheads arrayed in a cross-process direction across the image receiving surface. Each printhead array includes at least one stitch line corresponding to a position along an axis parallel to the cross-process direction where an end of one printhead in the printhead array aligns with an end of another printhead in the printhead array. The at least one stitch line of each printhead array is offset a predetermined distance in the cross-process direction from the at least one stitch line of each of the other printhead arrays. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012959 | INKJET HEAD - An inkjet head includes a main body, a film, a piezoelectric atomizer, a cover and a nozzle plate. The main body includes a cavity receiving a fluid with an opening connecting the cavity. The cover is fastened to a top end of the main body. The film is interposed between the cover and the main body. The nozzle plate includes a plurality of nozzles. The nozzle plate is disposed on a bottom end of the main body. The piezoelectric atomizer is interposed between the cover and the film. The piezoelectric atomizer introduces pressure variations in a static pressure to atomize the fluid. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012960 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD USING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid discharge head substrate includes an electrode layer, which is electrically connected to an element that generates energy used for discharging a liquid and provided in an inner side of a region between a first face and a third face of a substrate, and a member made of resin which covers the electrode is provided in the region. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012961 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER - A three-dimensional printer includes an inkjet head and a nozzle plate. The inkjet head includes a top wall and two sidewalls connecting with the top wall. The top wall of the inkjet head includes a top nozzle. Each sidewall includes a side nozzle. The nozzle plate is positioned on an inner surface of the inkjet head. The nozzle plate includes a top area and two opposite side areas connecting with the top area. The top area of the nozzle plate includes a plurality of holes corresponding to the top nozzle of the inkjet head. Each side area of the nozzle plate includes a plurality of holes corresponding to the side nozzle of the inkjet head. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012962 | CONNECTOR HOLDER UNIT, CARRIAGE, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A connector holder unit that is formed separately from a carriage capable of housing an ink cartridge and can be attached to the inside of the carriage includes a connector holder, a connector having a plurality of contact arms that is installed to the connector holder, and a circuit substrate having a plurality of conductive connection portions that is installed to the connector holder, wherein contact terminals of the plurality of contact arms of the connector are configured to elastically contact the conductive connection portions of the circuit substrate and conductive connection portions of the ink cartridge so as to electrically conduct between the circuit substrate and the ink cartridge when the connector holder unit is attached to the carriage. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012963 | LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid-ejecting head includes a pressure-generating chamber that communicates with a nozzle opening and a piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric element includes a first electrode; a piezoelectric body layer formed on the first electrode; and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric body layer on a side opposite the first electrode. In the liquid-ejecting head, the piezoelectric body layer has a perovskite structure and an insulating property, and an A-site and an oxygen site of the perovskite structure respectively include a vacancy formed by losing an A-site metal and a vacancy formed by losing an oxygen atom, each of the vacancies including a hydrogen atom. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012964 | FLUID HEIGHT BACKPRESSURE SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING FLUID TO A PRINTHEAD AND BACKPRESSURE DEVICE USED THEREIN - A fluid height backpressure system includes a printhead, a fluid supply tank, a backpressure device, and an air removal device. The backpressure device responsible for supplying system backpressure includes a tower disposed in an upright position and having a plurality of walls defining first and second chambers for respectively communicating with the ink supply tank and a fluid supply reservoir of the printhead. The air removal device provides additional backpressure in the second chamber, allows backpressure in the system to be maintained even with an empty fluid supply tank, and also supply of ink to the fluid supply reservoir of the printhead substantially without air bubbles being introduced therein Also, ink sensors are utilized for sensing out-of-ink/ink-low conditions and also to help establish and continue the operation of the backpressure device. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012965 | Ink Delivery Systems - Ink delivery systems to provide ink from a reservoir to an applicator pad for marking a surface. Ink is stored in a reservoir within a marker body. A valve system controls the flow of ink to the applicator pad to prevent puddling of ink on the marking surface. The reservoir is a hollow body with free flowing ink or may contain a fiber reservoir at least partially saturated with ink. The reservoir may also contain capillary channels and ribs to aid in transporting ink to the valve system. The valve system includes a plug and a spring to bias the plug in a closed position. The plug includes at least one contact surface to contact a housing, and thereby control the flow of ink from the reservoir to the applicator pad. The spring may be a coil spring or a compressible foam-like spring. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012966 | APPARATUS FOR REGULATING AIR PRESSURE IN INK TANK AND INK-SUPPLYING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an ink-supplying system. The ink-supplying system includes an ink tank for receiving ink therein, a vacuum pump configured for providing a pressure below atmospheric pressure in the ink tank, a first regulating unit, at least one second regulating unit, and a third regulating unit disposed between the vacuum pump and the ink tank, and in communication with each other. The first regulating unit and the third regulating unit each includes a pressure regulating valve and a buffer tank connected therewith, and the at least one second regulating unit comprises a closed-loop pressure regulating valve and a buffer tank connected with the closed-loop pressure regulating valve. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012967 | CATCHER INCLUDING DRAG REDUCING DROP CONTACT SURFACE - A catcher and a method of printing are provided. The catcher includes a liquid drop contact face. The liquid drop contact face includes an opening that creates an air cushion upon which liquid flows after a liquid drop contacts the drop contact face. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012968 | CYAN INKJET INK HAVING IMPROVED PRINT QUALITY WITH POROUS PHOTO MEDIA - The present invention relates to cyan dye-based inkjet inks having improved permanence when jetted onto porous photo media. The inkjet ink includes a copper phthalocyanine dye having sulfonylamine groups, at least three co-solvents comprising about 18% to about 24% of the composition of the ink by weight, a penetrant, at least one wetting agent, and water. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012969 | DUAL MODE PRINTER - A dual mode imaging device includes an input for supplying a medium to the imaging device, the medium comprising at least one of an erasable paper, and a non-erasable paper. The erasable paper can be one of an imaged or a non-imaged erasable paper. A conventional imaging subsystem is provided for imaging the non-erasable paper. A heating subsystem is provided for heating an input medium to one of an erasing temperature, an imaging temperature, or a fusing temperature according to a type of job requirement. A cooling station selectively cools an erased medium to an imaging temperature. A write subsystem is provided for UV imaging an erased medium. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012970 | COMPOSITION, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING HIGH WHITENESS INKJET MEDIA - The present application relates to a surface treatment composition for inkjet media, including: starch; fluorescence whitening agent selected from the group consisting of nonionic, cationic, and anionic fluorescence whitening agents, and combinations thereof; metallic salt including cation and anion, the cations being selected from monovalent metal ions, multiple valent metal ions, and combinations and derivatives thereof, and the anions being selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, iodide, bromide, nitrate, phosphate, chlorate, acetate, and combinations and derivatives thereof; and chemical chelant. The application also relates to a method of making surface-treated inkjet media, including providing a base stock including cellulose paper and applying a surface treatment composition to the base stock. The application also relates to a paper coated with the surface treatment composition and a system of inkjet printing with surface treated inkjet media. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012971 | Printing System Having Media Loop Dryer - A printing system is provided having a printhead for printing on a media web, a dryer and drying chamber for drying the printed web, and a feed mechanism for feeding the web past the printhead, dryer and drying chamber so that the printed web hangs into the drying chamber as a loop from opposite sides of an opening in drying chamber. The dryer directs heated air into the drying chamber through the opening to dry the printed web. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012972 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - An apparatus includes a guide unit configured to guide surfaces of a sheet, which is conveyed after passing through a recording unit, with respect to a vertical direction, the guide unit having an interval variable in the vertical direction, and a correction mechanism for correcting skew of the sheet, which is inserted into the guide unit, by pushing the sheet from both sides thereof in a sheet width direction. The interval of the guide unit in the vertical direction widens when the sheet is cut compared with that when correction is executed by the correction mechanism, and when the sheet is cut, conveyance of the sheet is temporarily stopped in a position of the cutter. In cutting, a loop of the sheet is formed on the guide unit the interval of which in the vertical direction has widened. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012973 | PRINTED MATTER SEASONING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - The printed matter seasoning apparatus includes: a table on which a plurality of sheets of printed paper are placed in a stack, ink having been deposited on at least one surface of each sheet of the printed paper; and an air blowing device which blows air toward at least one of end sides of the stack on the table to supply the air simultaneously between the respective sheets in the stack. The air blowing device blows the air at an air flow volume of at least 0.02 m | 2011-01-20 |
20110012974 | INKJET PRINTABLE ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to an inkjet printable article having an ink receiving layer bonded to a core substrate, the ink receiving layer including a blend of i) at least one self-crosslinkable polyurethane resin; ii) at least one self-crosslinkable styrene butadiene copolymer; and iii) at least one styrene acrylic copolymer, wherein the ink receiving layer is anionic or neutral, and wherein the core substrate includes a material selected from the group consisting of a woven material and a non-woven material. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012975 | METHOD OF CODING INFORMATION IN A DUAL FASHION ON PHYSICAL MEDIA AND IN DOTEM COMPUTERISED FORM - DOTEM is an information-coding method which is used to represent same on physical media with the aid of dots and in a computerised format, in memory and on networks with bits. The method is based on the broad concept of characters grouped into alphabets. The characters comprise dots on documents, for example, and bits in machine format. The physical characters have specific dots that are not represented in machine format in order to enable same to be located on media, such as the foot of a character and the head of a character. Each character can represent at least the 256 values of an octet. The character concept is extended such that it can be identified by the value thereof and, such that it can be identified by the value thereof and, taken together, can represent one or more variables having any dimension but determined in the structure of the character. The complex data and the context thereof can be described by a series of characters in the form of words or even sentences with a direct language correspondence. As a result, the representation is simpler and more concise. The characters are constructed over several columns for documents and over several octets for machine format. The characters can code values far greater than the octet, such that tags or field delimiters can be designated directly without the need for prior formatting. Specific alphabets can be developed for each application domain, such as for sound recordings, chemical compounds and text and file security. Non-standard characters have been developed for discrete applications, such as to combat the fraudulent erasure of data. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012977 | TAPE DRIVE AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A tape drive for use in for example a transfer printing apparatus to drive a printer ribbon. The printer ribbon is mounted on two spools each of which is driven by a respective stepper motor. A controller controls the energization of the motor such that the ribbon is transported in at least one direction between spools mounted on the spool support. The controller is operative to energize both motors to drive the spools of ribbon in the direction of ribbon transport to achieve push-pull operations. Ribbon tension is monitored to enable accurate control of ribbon supply and ribbon take-up, the ribbon tension being monitored, for example, by monitoring power supply to the two stepper motors. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012978 | CONVEYANCE MECHANISM, RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE CONVEYANCE MECHANISM, AND ROLL PAPER CONVEYANCE METHOD USING THE CONVEYANCE MECHANISM - A conveyance mechanism is configured to convey a leading part of a roll paper pulled out of a wound part of the roll paper via a conveyance path including a curved portion bent toward an opposite direction to a winding direction of the roll paper wound in a roll shape. The conveyance mechanism includes a control unit configured to control conveyance of the roll paper in such a manner that a front end portion of the roll paper becomes greater with respect to number of times or total time in passing through the curved portion compared to a central portion of the leading part of the roll paper pulled out of the roll paper wound in the roll shape in a longitudinal direction. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012979 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A printing apparatus which is capable of performing excellent printing without leaving a conveying roller mark on roll paper for printing of a next image even when the operation of the apparatus is stopped for cooling. A thermal head performs printing by sequentially transferring a plurality of color inks coated on an ink ribbon onto the roll paper drawn out from a cartridge, in superimposed relation. The roll paper is conveyed in a state nipped by a conveying roller pair. A thermistor detects a temperature within the apparatus. After completion of printing in one color, the roll paper is conveyed to a print start position at a first conveying speed, for execution of printing in another color. When the detected temperature is higher than a predetermined value, the roll paper is conveyed to the print start position at a second conveying speed which is slower than the first conveying speed. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012980 | LATENT RESISTIVE IMAGE LAYER FOR HIGH SPEED THERMAL PRINTING APPLICATIONS - An imaging system including an image receiving structure including a tunable-resistivity material; and an energy source to emit an energy beam at the image receiving structure to pattern-wise program the tunable-resistivity material. A resistivity can be pattern-wise changed. Marking material can be pattern-wise adhered in response to the pattern-wise changed resistivity. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012981 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: an optical-path deflecting unit that deflects optical paths of optical beams in one group out of two groups, the optical beams being provided in a sub-scanning direction at a predetermined pitch; a scanning unit that scans a surface to in a main scanning direction with the one group of which the optical paths have been deflected and another group of which the optical paths are not deflected; and a control unit that controls the optical-path deflecting unit to deflect optical paths of the optical beams in the one group so that irradiation positions of the optical beams in the one group and irradiation positions of the optical beams in the another group are alternately arranged at regular intervals. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012982 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning device includes: a light source; an optical deflecting unit that deflects a light beam emitted from the light source to scan on a scanning surface in main-scanning direction; and a scanning optical system that includes a first scanning lens and a second scanning lens that converge the light beam that is deflected onto the scanning surface. Distance between an exit surface of the first scanning lens and an incident surface of the second scanning lens is shorter than distance between a deflection facet of the optical deflecting unit and an incident surface of the first scanning lens, an exit surface of the second scanning lens is nearer to the deflection facet than a midpoint between the deflection facet and the scanning surface, and an image-surface-side principal point of the scanning optical system in sub-scanning direction is nearer to the scanning surface than the midpoint. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012983 | Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus - An optical scanning device includes a light source, a deflector, and an optical system including an elongated optical element that focuses deflected luminous flux on a surface of a medium to be scanned. The optical element is supported by a first elastic member and reinforced by a reinforcing member arranged outside a beam effective range along a length of the optical element. The optical element is pressed by a pressing member in a pressing direction orthogonal to a deflection direction, and biased by a second elastic member in a direction opposite to the pressing direction. The pressing member and the second elastic member control a posture of the optical element at a substantially central part in a main scanning direction. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012984 | SETTING OF IMAGING PARAMETERS - A method for adjusting an imaging parameter includes operating a recording head ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110012985 | SETTING OF IMAGING PARAMETERS USING A SCANNER - A recording head ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110012986 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided is a printing apparatus for printing information on a printing area of an object to be printed by irradiating the object to be printed with a first laser beam. The printing apparatus includes a light source for outputting the first laser beam, a light collecting optical system for collecting the first laser beam to the printing area of the object to be printed, and a scanning unit for performing scanning with the first laser beam. The object to be printed contains moisture at least in the printing area, and a wavelength of the first laser beam is 350 nm or more and 550 nm or less. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012987 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING VIDEO CALL IN DUAL STANDBY MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMAINAL - A method and apparatus for video call connection in a dual standby mobile communication system are provided. A method for video call connection in a dual standby mobile communication terminal including a dual Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card includes, when a paging signal requesting a video call is received from a network, identifying a system in which a first SIM card corresponding to the video call is camping, and, when the first SIM card is camping in a 2nd Generation (2G) system, identifying a system in which a second SIM card is camping, and, when the second SIM card is camping in a 3rd Generation (3G) system, requesting the network to forward the video call to the second SIM card. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012988 | Telepresence System - Telepresence system having a media wall with one or more cameras and a participant table located a fixed distance from one or more of the cameras are useful in creating images for video conferencing. A back edge of the table is convex and a center of the back edge is aligned with a central camera. The center of the back edge is located horizontally closer to the central camera than either end of the back edge. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012989 | GUIDING METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING PANORAMA IMAGE - A guiding method for photographing a panorama image is described. A motion vector between a current position of an alignment image in a real-time image and a joint position of the alignment image in the real-time image, and a direction indicator relative to the motion vector is displayed, such that when the digital camera device displays the real-time image, the digital camera device may display the direction indicator to guide a photographing position of a next image for a user, thereby simplifying the photographing of a panorama image and greatly decreasing an incidence that the user fails to photographing a panorama image. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012990 | ADAPTIVE HDMI FORMATTING SYSTEM FOR 3D VIDEO TRANSMISSION - A system configured to support video formatting without a priori knowledge of video formatting requirements of a display device. The system relies on video information transmitted from the display device to a source device to facilitate determining the video formatting requirements of the display device. The system can be used within any television network, gaming network, and content sourcing network where it may be advantageous to deploy a source device that can support formatting requirements for a plurality of different display types. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012991 | MOVING IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD AND MOVING IMAGE CODER - A moving image recording apparatus for a moving image file of a three dimensional moving image is provided, and includes a parallax detection device for determining parallax information of parallax of one principal object commonly present in images of an image set from multiple view points among image sets of a stream for the three dimensional moving image. A compressor compresses the images in still image compression coding for separately coding the images in the three dimensional moving image, to obtain compressed image data. A recording control unit records in a storage medium the moving image file constituted by plural blocks each of which includes the compressed image data of the image set and the parallax information from the parallax detection device. Preferably, the object is a face region of a person. The still image compression coding is JPEG coding. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012992 | SIMULCAST OF STEREOVIEWS FOR 3D TV - A three-dimensional (3D) video encoder includes a first encoder, a second encoder, and a multiplexer. The first encoder is configured to encode a base view to form a first independently compressed video stream associated with video content. The second encoder is configured to encode a nonbase view to form a second independently compressed video stream associated with the video content. The multiplexer is configured to multiplex the first and second independently compressed video streams associated with the video content to form a transport stream. The transport stream is operable to be processed to render a 3D video using the base and nonbase views. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012993 | IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An image reproducing apparatus includes an AV processing unit operable to generate an image signal by superposing a first image of a content on a second image of the content in a positionally adjusted manner based on an offset information, an output unit operable to output the generated image signal to an image display apparatus in accordance with a 3D image output format which is a format for outputting an image signal for stereoscopic image display, and an input unit operable to receive an information indicating whether the content is displayed in a 3D image or in a non-3D image. In the case where the input unit receives the instruction to display the content in the non-3D image when the output unit outputs the image signal in accordance with the 3D image output format, the AV processing unit superposes the first image on the second image in a positionally adjusted manner based on an amount of offset having a fixed value to generate an image signal, and the output unit outputs the generated image signal to the image display apparatus in accordance with the 3D image output mode. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012994 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-VIEW VIDEO CODING AND DECODING - A multi-view video coding method and apparatus and a multi-view video decoding method and apparatus for providing a multi-view video service are provided. The multi-view video coding method includes: coding a base layer picture using an arbitrary video codec; generating a prediction picture using at least one of a reconstructed base layer picture and a reconstructed layer picture having a different view from that of the base layer picture; and residual-coding a layer picture having the different view using the prediction picture. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012995 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE RECORDING OUTPUTTING SYSTEM - A digital camera has two imaging units for capturing a pair of parallax images of an identical subject from different viewpoints for use in displaying a stereoscopic image. Parallax amounts between respective corresponding points of these parallax images are detected to calculate a cumulative frequency of the parallax amounts. Based on the cumulative frequency, adequacy of these parallax images for stereoscopic display is evaluated, and these images are recorded in association with information on the evaluated adequacy. Before displaying a stereoscopic image using the parallax images, a digital photo frame refers to the information on the stereoscopic adequacy of these images, and changes its output condition depending on the stereoscopic adequacy. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012996 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A three-dimensional imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of shooting devices configured to shoot an object; a shutter switch; a display device configured to display a three-dimensional image generated by a plurality of images obtained by shooting an identical object from a plurality of view points by the plurality of shooting devices; and an OSD (on-screen display) control device configured to control display of OSD information superimposed and displayed on an image displayed on the display device, the OSD control device erasing and/or moving the display of the OSD information displayed on the three-dimensional image when the shutter switch is operated. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012997 | COMPOUND-EYE IMAGING APPARATUS - A compound-eye imaging apparatus, comprising:
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20110012998 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging method includes: calculating an amount of parallax between a reference optical system and an adjustment target optical system; setting coordinates of an imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the first viewpoint image outputted by the reference optical system; calculating coordinates of an imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the second viewpoint image outputted by the adjustment target optical system, based on the set coordinates of the imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the first viewpoint image, and on the calculated amount of parallax; and adjusting imaging conditions of the reference optical system and the adjustment target optical system, based on image data in the imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the first viewpoint image, at the set coordinates, and on image data in the imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the second viewpoint image, at the calculated coordinates, and outputting the viewpoint images in the adjusted imaging conditions. | 2011-01-20 |
20110012999 | METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR OBTAINING AN IMAGE OF A SAMPLE EMITTING A LIGHT SIGNAL FROM WITHIN ITS INSIDE - A method for obtaining an image of a sample having an external surface enclosing an inside, a light signal being emitted from within the inside, the method comprising: (a) providing two positioning images each comprising the external surface of the sample, (b) providing a light-emission image comprising data related to the light signal emitted from within the inside of the sample, (c) detecting a landmark pattern integral with the sample, (d) defining a transformation from the detected landmark position, (e) obtaining a referenced light-emission image by applying the transformation onto the light-emission image. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013000 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A 3D image display apparatus, comprising:
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20110013001 | DIGITAL PENS AND A METHOD FOR DIGITAL RECORDING OF INFORMATION - A digital pen is provided with an optical system with at least one sensor for capturing images of a patterned surface and at least one light source for illuminating the patterned surface when images are captured by the at least one sensor. In order to solve the problem that the sensor is sometimes blinded by specularly reflected light when the digital pen is used on a glossy surface, the optical system is adjustable between at least two image capturing states in which images are captured with a different geometrical arrangement of the at least one sensor and the at least one light source. As a supplement or alternative, the digital pen may illuminate the patterned surface with linearly polarized light having a first polarization direction and further be provided with a linear polarizer in front of the image sensor, which polarizer has a second different polarization direction, preventing specularly reflected light from reaching the sensor. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013002 | Laser Speckle Imaging Systems and Methods - An apparatus and method for measuring perfusion in a tissue. The method comprising the steps of recording images of the tissue under laser light, calculating a plurality of contrast images from the plurality of images of the tissue, determining a power spectrum of scattered light from the plurality of contrast images, and determining perfusion from the power spectrum. The apparatus comprises a digital video camera, a laser light source, and a processor arranged to operate the camera to produce a plurality of images with different exposure times, receive the plurality of images from the camera and process the images to determine a power spectrum and determine perfusion from the power spectrum. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013003 | MUG SHOT ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A mug shot acquisition system is disclosed that includes an image acquisition interface that is operative to receive digital mug shot images from an imaging device. An image viewing display is responsive to the image acquisition interface and operative to display the received digital mug shot images. One or more standards-based image adjustment software tools allow the digital mug shot images to be adjusted to meet at least one predetermined mug shot image uniformity standard. The system also includes a software interface responsive to requests to initiate one or more operations by the mug shot acquisition system, and an image export interface operative to export digital mug shot images adjusted based on the standards-based image adjustment software. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013004 | MEASURING HUMAN MOVEMENTS - METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus are disclosed for measuring human movement of a test subject during a standard coordination and balance test. The test subject is placed in a selected test position, e.g. standing on one leg for a selected test period. A sensor device is attached to at least one body member of the test subject. The sensor generates and transmits a signal representative of movement of the body member during the test (hereinafter “the test”). The test subject is viewed through a viewfinder of a visual recorder. The recorder and sensor device are activated and generate image and sensor signals which are transmitted to an analyzer for determining the movement of the body members during the test. A coordination and balance score is calculated from the test based on the body movement, body member location and test time. The score is compared a standard associated with the test, and provides an indicator of the test subject's coordination and balance skill. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013005 | Foot-Activated Controller for Imaging System - A foot-activated controller ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110013006 | APPARATUS FOR SKIN IMAGING, SYSTEM FOR SKIN ANALYSIS - The invention relates to an apparatus for skin imaging, a system for skin analysis and a method for skin analysis, using a combination of near-field and far-field skin images under different angles of illumination. The apparatus provides a tool that may be employed for rapid screening of the skin for lesions that may be indicative of skin diseases, in particular skin cancers such as melanoma. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013007 | EYE DETECTION UNIT USING SEQUENTIAL DATA FLOW - The invention generally relates to systems and methods for eye detection for use in, for example, installations and systems for tracking eyes and gaze angle/directions. The system includes a plurality of eye detection units connected to an image sensor. The eye detection units are adapted to receive regions of picture elements of a digital image frame substantially in parallel and wherein the eye detection units are adapted to operate substantially in parallel, each eye detection unit being adapted to receive a specified region of the picture elements of at least one digital image frame and including an eye feature extraction module adapted to perform a eye feature extraction process on the received picture elements to identify predetermined eye features. An eye data generating module is adapted to receive information of potential identified eye features including picture element coordinates for the identified eye features, and the received region of picture elements, and generate eye data based on the information of potential eye features, wherein the eye data is generated if identified eye features fulfil predetermined conditions, and transfer generated eye data and the received regions of picture elements to a processing module, and wherein a data flow of the eye data and the region of picture elements of a digital image frame is substantially parallel. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013008 | DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING IMAGE OF LIVING BODY - Observation of a living body sample from multiple directions can be measured in a short time and with a convenient structure. One two-dimensional detector is arranged in order to pick up the image of light emitted from a sample on a sample holder, and connected with a display for displaying the image picked up by means of the two-dimensional detector. In order to observe the sample on the sample holder from a plurality of directions and to introduce the image of light emitted from the sample in each direction to the two-dimensional detector, a light guide optical system including a multi-reflector assembly consisting of reflectors is provided. A main image formation lens for forming on the two-dimensional detector a plurality of images introduced by the light guide optical system is arranged between the two-dimensional detector and the light guide optical system. Auxiliary image formation lenses for correcting according to a light path length difference an image formed on the two-dimensional detector a main image formation lens is arranged between the main image formation lens and the light guide optical system. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013009 | REFLECTION MICROSCOPE FOCUSING - The invention relates to a method of focusing, by an imaging device, of images of a substantially planar surface of an object including the step of determining the attitude of the surface of the object with respect to a reference plane by scanning this surface by means of at least one triangulation sensor along exactly two parallel lines in the reference plane. The invention further includes the steps of splitting the surface of the object into areas of a size corresponding to the size of a taken image, inferring from the attitude respective elevations of the image areas, and adjusting, for each area, the focus with respect to the elevation thereof. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013010 | MICROSCOPE CONTROLLER AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM HAVING THE MICROSCOPE CONTROLLER - A microscope controller that performs operations for controlling operations of motorized units configuring a microscope system includes a touch panel unit that accepts an input made with an external physical contact and has a display function, a controlling unit for setting a display area as a functional area by assigning an image for operating the motorized unit to a certain display area on the touch panel unit and for generating a control instruction signal for controlling the motorized unit in accordance with a contact operation performed for the motorized unit corresponding to the functional area upon detection of an input made in the functional area, and a communication controlling unit for transmitting the control instruction signal to an external device that controls an operation of the motorized unit. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013011 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR FOCUSING A MULTIPLANE IMAGE ACQUISITION ON A PROBER - A focused multi-planar image acquisition in real time even while a test object is moving, is achieved with a system and a method for a focused multi-planar image acquisition in a prober. When a surface of a test object is positioned laterally in relation to tips of separated probe needles, a microscope is focused on the surface of the test object at a first time and on a plane of the probe needles at a second time. The objective lens is provided with a microscope objective lens focusing system, which can focus the objective lens, independently of a vertical adjustment drive of the microscope, on the surface of the test object in a first focal plane and in a second focal plane, which is on a level with the probe needle tips. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013012 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE DEFORMATION OF A FUEL ASSEMBLY OF A PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR - In a method for ascertaining the deformation of a fuel assembly in a pressurized-water reactor, the fuel assembly is placed in a measurement station located inside a flooded pool. The measurement station has a holding apparatus for accommodating and fixing the fuel assembly and also a camera which can be moved at least approximately parallel to its bearing axis. Digital images of the fuel assembly are recorded and stored using the camera in various axial positions, in which in each case one selected structural element of the fuel assembly is located, with the position of the fuel assembly in the recorded image depending on the deformation of the fuel assembly. Each recorded image is segmented using methods of digital image processing, and the selected structural element is identified by comparison with a virtual image of the structural element. Subsequently, for at least one selected reference element of the structural element, the spatial position of which is known from the deformation of the fuel assembly, at least one image coordinate is automatically ascertained and assigned to an object coordinate using a previously known imaging scale. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013013 | WAFER INSPECTION APPARATUS - A wafer inspection apparatus that performs surface inspection and internal inspection of solar cells using a single apparatus. The wafer inspection apparatus includes a loading unit configured to allow a cassette to be lifted up or lowered by an elevator. A surface inspection unit includes a plurality of stages, thus performing surface inspection of each wafer using a first vision module. A wafer transfer unit has a rotatably installed center portion and has both ends provided with adsorption parts. An internal inspection unit is configured such that a conveyor is installed to allow the wafer to be transferred, thus performing internal inspection of the transferred wafer through a second vision module. An unloading unit enables wafers having completed the internal inspection to be sequentially loaded onto the unloading unit. A control unit controls a series of wafer inspection procedures. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013014 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASCERTAINING A TARGET POSITION - A method of determining a target geographic location, using an electronic device including a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a digital camera, and a display for presenting images and functioning as a viewfinder for the digital camera, is provided. The method includes creating, by one or more components of the electronic device, an image of a physical map; comparing, by the one or more components, at least a portion of the image of the physical map with map data stored in a database associated with the electronic device; identifying, based on the comparing, particular map data that substantially corresponds to the map picture; indicating, by a user of the electronic device, a position on the physical map, the image of the physical map as presented via the display, or the identified map data as presented via the display; and corresponding the indicated position to a particular location in the identified map data, the particular location being information usable by the GPS receiver as the target geographic location. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013015 | VISION INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - A vision inspection system for inspecting an inspection object of various types, and an inspection method of inspecting an inspection object using the vision inspection system are disclosed. The vision inspection system comprises a work-piece stage having a table on which an inspection object is placed, a plurality of linescan cameras, and a computer configured to process a scanned image of the inspection object. A plurality of markings, each of which has a marking stage coordinate value, are provided on an upper surface of the table such that the linescan cameras can obtain scanned images of the markings. Each two neighboring markings are placed in a field of view of each of the linescan cameras. The markings between the first and the last markings are respectively placed in such a way as to overlap within the fields of view of each two neighboring linescan cameras. The inspection method calculates a work-piece image-stage coordinate value using a marking image coordinate value and a work-piece image coordinate value, and determines the inspection object as being non-defective when the work-piece image-stage coordinate value falls within an allowable tolerance range with respect to the work-piece stage coordinate value. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013016 | Visual Detection of Clear Air Turbulence - Presented is a system and method for detecting clear air turbulence comprising an image capturing element, a lens having focal length adapted to focus a scene onto the image capturing element such that the combination of the lens and array of pixels are capable of optically resolving any visual distortions of features in the scene that are caused by turbulent air, and a processor. The processor compares the image with a subsequent image, or a stored image of the scene, to detect a change in refraction of light received from the feature in the scene that is due to turbulence and produces an indication of the area of turbulence in the scene. | 2011-01-20 |
20110013017 | MONITORING CAMERA, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A monitoring camera and a method of controlling the monitoring camera are provided. The monitoring camera includes: a data receiving unit receiving a signal from a terminal; an image acquiring unit having a zoom lens and an imaging device generating first image data of an original image, and further, generates second image data of a user-selected region by performing at least one of zooming, panning and tilting based on control data; a data transmitting unit transmitting the first image data and the second image data generated by the imaging device to the terminal; a control unit including at least one of a zoom control unit controlling the zoom lens according to a zoom value, a pan control unit panning the image acquiring unit according to a pan value and a tilt control unit tilting the image acquiring unit according to a tilt value; a memory storing the control data. | 2011-01-20 |