| 05th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
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| 20100026692 | HYBRID GRAPHIC DISPLAY - A method of displaying graphics data is described. The method involves accessing the graphics data in a memory subsystem associated with one graphics subsystem. The graphics data is transmitted to a second graphics subsystem, where it is displayed on a monitor coupled to the second graphics subsystem. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026693 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UPDATING DATA IN DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an image display device. The image display device includes an interface, a memory, a controller, and a display unit. The interface supports communication with an external storage medium, and the memory stores data transmitted through the interface. The controller compares attribute information of data stored in the memory with that of data stored in the external storage medium when the external storage medium is connected through the interface and controls changing of a data name of data stored in the memory or a data name of data stored in the external storage medium depending on whether the attribute information is identical. The display unit displays whether a data name is changed in response to a control signal from the controller. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026694 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - The portable terminal includes a display unit configured to display a screen; a first buffer and a second buffer configured to sequentially store display data for the displayed screen; a first determination unit configured to determine whether to perform single-buffer control or double-buffer control based on update data for the displayed screen; and a setting unit configured to set, if single-buffer control is appropriate, a display control method of the display unit to a display control method using the first buffer and to set, if double-buffer control is appropriate, a display control method of the display unit to a display control method using the first buffer and the second buffer. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026695 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Method - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a level storage module, an instruction receiving module, a switching module, and a resolution increasing module. The level storage module stores a super-resolution level in association with a video mode that indicates definition to display a video signal. The super-resolution level indicates intensity of super-resolution conversion, in which from a video signal having first resolution, a video signal is obtained that has second resolution higher than the first resolution. The instruction receiving module receives an instruction specifying a video mode. The switching module switches a video mode to the specified video mode. The resolution increasing module performs the super-resolution conversion at a super-resolution level corresponding to the specified video mode. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026696 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DATA PROCESSOR, AND DATA STRUCTURE - When writing image data which is stored in a cache memory and includes data of a plurality of virtual sub-pixels for each of a plurality of pixels, into a main memory, an image data processing method applies predetermined compression processing to the image data. When reading out the image data stored in the main memory from the main memory and writing the read image data into the cache memory, the image data processing method applies predetermined decompression processing to the read image data. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026697 | PROCESSING RASTERIZED DATA - Devices, methods, and other embodiments associated with processing rasterized data are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes translation logic for converting lines of rasterized pixel data of a compressed image to a plurality of two-dimensional data blocks. The lines of rasterized pixel data are stored in consecutive memory locations. Each data block is stored in a consecutive memory location. The apparatus includes decompression logic for at least partially decompressing the compressed image based, at least in part, on the two-dimensional data blocks. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026698 | AVATAR ITEMS AND ANIMATIONS - Mechanisms for accessorizing avatars with animated items. Avatars may be accessorized by items that have animations that are item specific, or they may be accessorized by items that apply to the entire body of the avatars. In addition, such item accessories may apply to avatars across different game titles and they may be added during the execution of a game, whether using a user interface or the game itself (e.g. receiving accessories for achieving certain milestones in a game). Such accessories may also be obtained from remote sources as packages, and then applied locally to avatars. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026699 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREFOR - An adjustment method for a display device is provided. The display device includes a screen, a button and plural display modes including at least a first display mode and a second display mode. The adjustment method comprises steps of pressing the button once to display the first display mode on the screen when the display device is on, waiting for a waiting time when the first mode is desired to be selected, pressing the button again during the waiting time to display the second display mode on the screen when the first mode is not desired to be selected, and waiting for a waiting time when the second mode is desired to be selected. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026700 | GPU SCENE COMPOSITION AND ANIMATION - Architecture that expresses scene composition and animation in a form that can run entirely on the graphics processing unit (GPU). The architecture stores retained graph information (e.g., scene graph and animation information) as texture information, and uses shaders (e.g., vertex and pixel) to evaluate time information, evaluate animation, evaluate transforms, and rasterize paths. Additionally, the architecture provides the ability to compute animation positions and redraw entirely on the GPU without per primitive CPU intervention. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026701 | Method for representing an object - In a method for representing an object in a display, lines together with length information, starting point information and direction information are stored with regard to the object. The representation of the object is generated by a display of the directly adjacent, parallel lines. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026702 | System and method for display device characterization, calibration, and verification - This invention is directed to a system and method for creating characterization information from a first display device that can be transmitted and used by a second display device. Computer readable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium calibrate a first display device, create an ICC colorprofile from said calibration information, storing the ICC color profile and sending the ICC color profile to a second display device for it to use. The calibration or characterization information can also be associated with an image file and sent to a second location for display. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026703 | OPTICALLY TRANSMISSIVE SUBSTRATES AND LIGHT EMITTING ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME, AND METHODS OF DISPLAYING IMAGES USING THE OPTICALLY TRANSMISSIVE SUBSTRATES AND LIGHT EMITTING ASSEMBLIES - Images are displayed in response to a video signal using a light emitting assembly having one or more optically transmissive substrates, films or sheets, each having at least one pattern of optical elements on or in the substrates, films or sheets. A plurality of light sources are configured to illuminate one or more output areas of one or more of the substrates, films or sheets. The light emitting assembly is configured to emit light through the pattern of optical elements and produce a predetermined luminance profile of the light emitting assembly. At least one of the light sources is dimmed or boosted in response to an input video signal while operating a liquid crystal display as a light valve to illuminate the liquid crystal display by the light emitting assembly. At least some adjacent substrates, films or sheets may have portions that overlap, and at least one pattern of optical elements on or in at least one side of the substrates, films or sheets may be configured so that discontinuities between the adjacent substrates, films or sheets are minimized. A predetermined light output from the light emitting assembly may be produced by varying the electrical input to at least some of the light sources. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026704 | MEMORY STRUCTURES FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - A display system comprises line buffer memory that stores input image data in a first color space, and a plurality of gamut mapping modules that accept the input image data from the line buffer memory and performs a gamut mapping operation to produce mapped image data specified in a second color space. The system also includes a subpixel rendering module that renders the image data specified in the second color space for display on a display panel substantially comprised of a particular subpixel repeating group. The system architecture utilizes a plurality of gamut mapping modules which in turn allows for a reduction in the size of line buffer memory needed for the subpixel rendering operation. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026705 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING DESATURATION OF IMAGES RENDERED ON HIGH BRIGHTNESS DISPLAYS - In one embodiment of the display system, the display system comprises an image pipeline that accepts input color image data of one color gamut to be rendered on a display having high brightness subpixel layouts. In one embodiment, the system comprises a boost function that maps the input color data onto another color gamut that boosts the luminance of colors that might appear dark if rendered against a white or very light background. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026706 | OBJECT PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE PROGRAM - An aspect of the present invention provides an object processing apparatus, comprising: a connecting unit which connects to one or more external information terminals; an input unit which accepts input of a desired object manipulation among predetermined one or more kinds of object manipulations corresponding to a particular object from an information terminal connected via the connecting unit; a processing unit which processes a desired object based on a kind of an object manipulation accepted by the input unit; a usage environment identifying unit which identifies a usage environment of an information terminal connected via the connecting unit; and an input control unit which restricts, in accordance with a usage environment of an information terminal identified by the usage environment identifying unit, a kind of an object manipulation that the input unit can accept from the information terminal. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026707 | DISPLAYING ARRANGEMENT WITH AMBIENT LIGHT - Disclosed are further improvements of AmbiLight Displaying Arrangement, a lighting or illumination system that has been introduced to enhance viewing experience. This is achieved by providing light sources ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026708 | METHOD FOR APPLYING THE SAME DITHERING TABLE TO DIFFERENT FLAT PANELS AND DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD USING THE SAME - A method for applying the same dithering table to different flat panels and a display panel driving method using the same. The method for applying the same dithering table to different flat panels is mainly to set different dot counts between different panels on the rows, in which pixels are shifted, so that the display data of scan lines, in which the pixels are shifted, is shifted by the dot counts when the display data is substituted into the dithering table. Thus, even if different display panels use the same dithering table, the display entropy can be uniformly distributed. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026709 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUB-PIXEL RENDERING WITH GAMMA ADJUSTMENT - Sub-pixel rendering with gamma adjustment allows the luminance of the sub-pixel arrangement to match the non-linear gamma response of the human eye's luminance channel. For each of a subset of input sampled data indicating a region of an input image, a gamma-adjusted data value is generated for each input image data value in the subset using a local average of at least two input image data values. A sub-pixel rendering operation uses the subset of gamma-adjusted data values and the subset of input image data values to produce an output data value for each sub-pixel element on the display panel. A plurality of output data values collectively indicates an output image. The gamma adjustment allows the sub-pixel rendering to operate independently of the actual gamma of a display device. The sub-pixel rendering techniques with gamma adjustment may improve image contrast in high spatial frequency portions of an image. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026710 | Integration of External Input Into an Application - Provided are systems, methods, and computer program products for integrating external input into an application, with little or no modification to the application. Such a system includes a graphics processing unit (GPU) and an interface module. The GPU is configured to execute graphics processing tasks for the application. The interface module is configured to (i) receive a camera view of the application and an input from an after-market device and (ii) generate an adjusted camera view based on the camera view of the application and the input from the after-market device. The adjusted camera view is then provided to a display device. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026711 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AS WELL AS PRINTING ASSISTING SYSTEM - The present invention provides an image display method including the steps of displaying an image printed on a front surface of a first recording medium; generating a transmissive image which represents an image that is printed on a front surface of a second recording medium which is laid under the first recording medium and seen through the first recording medium; and displaying the transmissive image superimposed on the image printed on the front surface of the first recording medium. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026712 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO RENDERING, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A method of rendering video frames starting from source frames of a scene acquired using a multi-viewpoint camera system including a Free Viewpoint Video (FVV) synthesizing process. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026713 | Waveform Observing Apparatus and Waveform Observing System - There are provided a waveform observing apparatus and waveform observing system that solve a problem of displacement of a handwritten comment which occurs with enlargement/reduction in display in such a manner that, when a determination is NO in a process step, namely when a current compression ratio differs from a compression ratio at the time of writing a handwritten comment in displaying the handwritten comment to such a degree as to cause occurrence of non-allowable displacement, a process proceeds to a next process step, and a simple indication indicating the presence of the handwritten comment is displayed in a position associated with a portion of a waveform corresponding to a measured data number. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026714 | MIXED REALITY PRESENTATION SYSTEM - An image composition unit outputs a composition image of a physical space and virtual space to a display unit. The image composition unit calculates, as difference information, a half of the difference between an imaging time of the physical space and a generation completion predicted time of the virtual space. The difference information and acquired position and orientation information are transmitted to an image processing apparatus. A line-of-sight position prediction unit updates previous difference information using the received difference information, calculates, as the generation completion predicted time, a time ahead of a receiving time by the updated difference information, and predicts the position and orientation of a viewpoint at the calculated generation completion predicted time using the received position and orientation information. The virtual space based on the predicted position and orientation, and the generation completion predicted time are transmitted to a VHMD. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026715 | Image Capture and Buffering in a Virtual World Using Situational Measurement Averages - A technique is disclosed for detecting photo opportunities within a virtual environment. In response to detecting a photo opportunity, images of the virtual environment may be captured from perspectives not limited to the user's viewport. A variety of physiological and virtual world parameters are measured to determine when to capture an image of a user interacting with the virtual environment. To improve the quality of images, these parameters may be individually weighted by factors specified by the user. Captured images may be stored in a temporary buffer space, possibly replacing older images. The user may view the buffer contents and select ideal images to move to a permanent gallery. The user's image selections can in turn be used to further improve the quality of future images. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026716 | Image Capture and Buffering in a Virtual World - A technique is disclosed for detecting photo opportunities within a virtual environment. In response to detecting a photo opportunity, images of the virtual environment may be captured from perspectives not limited to the user's viewport. A variety of physiological and virtual world parameters are measured to determine when to capture an image of a user interacting with the virtual environment. To improve the quality of images, these parameters may be individually weighted by factors specified by the user. Captured images may be stored in a temporary buffer space, possibly replacing older images. The user may view the buffer contents and select ideal images to move to a permanent gallery. The user's image selections can in turn be used to further improve the quality of future images. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026717 | HAIR IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A hair image display method comprises the steps of: selecting a hair area from a hair image; performing an edge detection on the hair area to calculate an edge image; performing representation processing on the edge image to calculate a representative value image; calculating direction differences between the edge image and the representative value image; and rendering the direction differences of respective pixels in color or grayscale to display a direction difference image, or rendering the correlation lengths of respective pixels in an edge direction image in color or grayscale to display a bundle width image, or determining the curvatures of the respective pixels in the edge direction image to form a curvature image. This makes it possible to display directions straying from a flow, bundles of hairs in the same flow, and the state of curls in hair styling clearly, and to facilitate evaluations of the hair styling. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026718 | DETAIL-IN-CONTEXT LENSES FOR DIGITAL IMAGE CROPPING, MEASUREMENT AND ONLINE MAPS - In one or more implementations, a signal is received selecting a geographic location in an original image of a digital map for display on a display. The original image is distorted to give an appearance of a lens being applied to the digital map for display on the display, the appearance of the lens including a focal region that includes a magnification of the geographic location and a base region that surrounds the focal region. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026719 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a display unit displaying an image; an operation input receiving unit receiving a user's operation performed on the display unit; and a display control unit carrying out display control when the operation input receiving unit receives a predetermined operation, the display control allowing the state of the display on the display unit to transit from one of a first state of display in which an image is displayed as the front side of a card and a second state of display in which an additional information image including one or more pieces of additional information associated with the image is displayed as the rear side of the card to the other. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026720 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE, VIEW ANGLE CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile phone ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026721 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN ENLARGED TARGET REGION OF A REPRODUCED IMAGE - An apparatus and a method for selecting and displaying a particular region in a displayed image. A user selects a target region in an image displayed on an image reproduction apparatus, an image of the selected target region is enlarged and displayed in a window, which the user can adjust a generation position, a size, a zoom magnification, and a resolution thereof. The image reproduction apparatus tracks a target object in the target region, and enables the user to continuously view the target object in the window. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026722 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a display control apparatus, a display control method, and a program that allow checking of an image. A signal processing unit | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026723 | Image magnification system for computer interface - One embodiment of the invention includes a computer interface system. The system comprises a user interface screen configured to display visual content and an input system configured to detect a presence of an input object within a threshold distance along a normal axis of the user interface screen. The system further comprises a graphical controller configured to magnify a portion of the visual content that is located at an approximate location of a base of the normal axis on the user interface screen. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026724 | Display Apparatus - A display apparatus comprises: a display unit in which each pixel is formed from a self-luminous element, and a controller that reduces a luminance of a pixel which has not changed for a predetermined period of time or more. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026725 | Display Drive Systems - This invention generally relates to methods, apparatus and computer program code for improved OLED (organic light emitting diode) display drive systems, in particular to compensate for burn-in. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026726 | IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM BY MEANS OF DIRECT CURRENT TYPE HIGH VOLTAGE DISCHARGE - The image projection system is capable of freely adjusting a tone to suit user preferences. The system has a synchronization signal generating device that generates a synchronization signal composed of a plurality of on-off patterns in synchronism with rotation of a color filter and outputs each of predetermined power levels corresponding one-to-one with the on-off patterns to the high-pressure discharge lamp at fixed timing. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026727 | OPTICAL LOSS STRUCTURE INTEGRATED IN AN ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - Various embodiments of a display device described herein include an optical propagation region, at least one optical loss structure, an optical isolation layer, and a plurality of display elements. The propagation region includes a light guide in which light is guided via total internal reflection and turning features configured to redirect the light out of the propagation region. The loss structure would disrupt the total internal reflection of at least some of the light guided within the propagation region if disposed directly adjacent thereto. The optical isolation layer includes a non-gaseous material between the propagation region and the loss structure, and is configured to increase an amount of light that is totally internal reflected in the propagation region. The plurality of display elements are positioned to receive the light redirected out of the propagation region. The loss structure is positioned between the plurality of display elements and the propagation region. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026728 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND SIGNAL CONVERTING DEVICE - A display device includes a multi-primary-color display panel with subpixels arranged in a matrix pattern of columns and rows; and a signal converter arranged to convert a video signal, having values that represent the colors of pixels with a matrix pattern, into a multi-primary-color signal for use in the multi-primary-color display panel. The signal converter associates a value of the video signal representing the color of at least one of pixels on a p | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026729 | Active-matrix display apparatus driving method of the same and electronic instruments - Disclosed herein is an active-matrix display apparatus, wherein if any particular one of N light emitting sub-devices pertaining to any specific one of pixel circuits is defective, the particular light emitting sub-device is electrically disconnected from the specific pixel circuit and the magnitude of a driving current supplied to the (N−1) remaining light emitting sub-devices pertaining to the specific pixel circuit is adjusted so that the (N−1) remaining light emitting sub-devices receive a driving current from a device driving transistor with a magnitude suppressed to a value equal to ((N−1)/N) times the magnitude of a driving current which is supplied to a normal pixel circuit not including a defective light emitting sub-device. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026730 | Display device and driver - A driver of a display device has an output buffer, a frame control circuit outputting a frame switch signal with respect to each frame, and an offset compensation control circuit outputting an offset compensation control signal to the output buffer in response to the frame switch signal. One frame includes a display period and a non-display period. In normal processing, the frame control circuit receives a first vertical synchronizing in one frame and outputs the frame switch signal from the receipt of the first vertical synchronizing signal to before the non-display period within the same frame. In special processing, the frame control circuit further receives a second vertical synchronizing signal in the non-display period in one frame, and further outputs the frame switch signal for a time from the receipt of the second vertical synchronizing signal to before the non-display period in the next frame. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026731 | Image processing circuit and image display apparatus - An image processing circuit includes: a detecting unit detecting pixel regions where luminance levels of image signals exceed a given luminance threshold; and a correcting unit applying basic gamma correction to image signals in regions other than the pixel regions detected, and applying luminance increasing gamma correction to image signals in the pixel regions detected. The luminance increasing gamma correction allows the luminance levels to be increased. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026732 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE SIGNAL, PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE SIGNAL - Provided are an apparatus and method for processing an image signal. The apparatus includes a first correction value derivation unit deriving a first correction value for correcting an input image signal for each pixel of a line in a horizontal direction based on the input image signal, a second correction derivation unit deriving a second correction value for correcting the input image signal for each pixel of a line in a vertical direction based on the input image signal, a third correction value derivation unit deriving a third correction value for correcting the input image signal for each pixel forming a display screen which displays an image, based on the first correction value and the second correction value, and a signal correction unit correcting the input image signal based on the third correction value. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026733 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel having a plurality of discharge cells each having a data electrode, a data electrode driving circuit for driving the data electrodes, and an image signal processing circuit for performing a signal processing on an image signal and supplying the processed image signal to the data electrode driving circuit. The image signal processing circuit performs a first signal processing on an image signal to be displayed in a central region of an image region of the plasma display panel, and performs a second signal processing on an image signal to be displayed in a peripheral region of the image region. The second signal processing outputs the image signal which needs less power consumption of the data electrode driving circuit than the first signal processing. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026734 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING LIGHT RADIATION - A system suitable for backlighting is provided. The system comprises a monitor unit configured to monitor an information signal, and to generate a first signal based at least partly on the information comprised in the information signal, a control unit configured to control the reaction time of at least one illumination area capable of emitting properties of light and comprised in the system, based on the first signal, wherein the first signal may comprise scene change information. The system provides for a more peaceful backlighting effect while still being able to stress actions, such as scene changes, happening in the presented information signal. A method and computer-readable medium are also provided. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026735 | LUMINANCE SUPPRESSION POWER CONSERVATION - Described herein are systems and methods that reduce power consumption for an electronics device including a display. The systems and methods alter video information in a display area and reduce power for a display device when a graphics item is enlarged and the enlargement threatens to increase perceived luminance for the graphics item or increase aggregate luminance for the display area. Altering the video information reduces the luminance of video information in at least the graphics item when enlarged. This may offset perceived luminance gained by human visual processing when an item increases in size. If the graphics item is smaller than the display area after enlargement, then other video information in the display area may also be altered to conserve power. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026736 | LUMINANCE SUPPRESSION POWER CONSERVATION - Described herein are systems and methods that reduce power consumption for an electronics device including a display. The systems and methods alter video information in a display area and reduce power for a display device when a graphics item is enlarged and the enlargement threatens to increase perceived luminance for the graphics item or increase aggregate luminance for the display area. Altering the video information reduces the luminance of video information in at least the graphics item when enlarged. This may offset perceived luminance gained by human visual processing when an item increases in size. If the graphics item is smaller than the display area after enlargement, then other video information in the display area may also be altered to conserve power. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026737 | Video Display Device - According to one embodiment, a video display device includes a super resolution converter, a moving-image improving module, and a demonstration mode controller. The super resolution converter performs, on receipt of a first video signal with first resolution, super resolution conversion on the first video signal to obtain a second video signal with second resolution that is higher than the first resolution. The moving-image improving module performs moving-image improvement on the second video signal to double the frames of video per second. The demonstration mode controller controls activation of first demonstration mode for displaying, on a display module, demonstration related to the super resolution conversion and second demonstration mode for displaying demonstration related to the moving-image improvement. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026738 | PAPER WIDTH DETECTION METHOD FOR A LABEL PRINTER, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD FOR A LABEL PRINTER, AND A LABEL PRINTER - When a label printer detects the paper width, the paper width detection operation scans the transportation path in the paper width direction by the paper width detector not once but twice, and conveys the recording medium transportation distance L, which is longer than the gap length of the gap between labels and is shorter than the label length of each label, between the first and second paper width detection operations. Of the two positions detected as the left edge of the recording medium in the first and second detection operations, the position that is farthest left is used. Likewise, of the two positions detected as the right edge of the recording medium in the first and second detection operations, the position that is farthest right is used. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026739 | LIQUID SUPPLYING DEVICE, LIQUID DISCHARGING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID DISCHARGING DEVICE - A liquid supplying device includes a liquid tank storing liquid that is supplied to a consumption object that consumes the liquid, a transfer pump for transferring the liquid stored in the liquid tank, an auxiliary tank temporarily storing the liquid transferred by the transfer pump before supplying the liquid to the consumption object, and a return pipe disposed so as to return the liquid to the liquid tank from the auxiliary tank when an amount of the liquid stored in the auxiliary tank becomes greater than or equal to a certain amount. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026740 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - Provided is a print control apparatus for controlling a printing apparatus that is able to perform color printing by using coloring agents of a plurality of colors. The print control apparatus includes: a residual amount acquisition section that acquires residual amounts of the coloring agents; a print instruction receiving section that receives instruction for printing an image; a required amount information acquisition section that acquires information on required amounts of the coloring agents required for the image instructed to be printed; and a control section that performs a residual amount precedence print control for controlling the printing apparatus to preferentially perform printing of the image, among a plurality of images instructed to be printed, which requires the smaller amount of the coloring agent having the smallest residual amount on the basis of the acquired information on the required amount and the residual amounts of the coloring agents. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026741 | USER ADAPTABLE INK STATUS CONVEYANCE SYSTEM - An ink status conveyance system comprises a maximum monitored ink level sensor operable with respect to an ink source for holding a supply of ink and delivering the ink to a printhead. The ink level sensor is configured to detect when an available amount of ink in the ink source corresponds to an ample ink level. A notification controller is configured to track the available amount of ink in the ink source between an ample ink level and an ink out level. A user interface is configured to enable a user to designate a low ink notification set point for the ink source at any ink level between the ample ink level and the ink out level. The notification controller is configured to compare the user designated low ink notification set point to the available ink volume value to generate a low ink notification when the available ink volume value corresponds to the user designated low ink notification set point. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026742 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING LIQUID FOR FORMING IMAGES - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a sub-tank, a main tank, a supply unit, a memory, and a controller. The sub-tank includes an ink storage container, a flexible member, an elastic member, and an atmosphere-communicable unit. The ink storage container has an opening sealed by the flexible member biased by the elastic member. The main tank stores ink to be supplied to the sub-tank. The controller controls an ink dispensing operation depending on image forming conditions. The controller determines whether a gas bubble intrudes in the sub-tank. The controller executes the ink dispensing operation from the recording head using a dispensable ink volume when an ink supply from the main tank to the sub-tank is unable to be continued. The controller variably sets the dispensable ink volume. The controller determines that an ink end condition occurs when the recording head dispenses the dispensable ink volume from the sub-tank. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026743 | INKJET PRINTING METHODS AND INK SETS - An inkjet printing method includes, in order, the steps of | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026744 | Printhead Diagnostic Plot - Among various embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for diagnosing printhead status are shown. The printhead status can be diagnosed by detecting which of a number of nozzles in a first printhead fire ink; and printing with visible ink a diagnostic plot using a second printhead that maps which nozzles fire ink in the first printhead. The number of nozzles in the first printhead which fire ink is determined by visually identifying the nozzles that fire ink in the second printhead as indicated by the placement of the visible ink on the diagnostic plot. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026745 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head including: a first nozzle column where nozzles ejecting a first liquid are aligned in a predetermined direction at a predetermined interval; a second nozzle column where nozzles ejecting the first liquid are aligned in the predetermined direction at the predetermined interval; a third nozzle column where nozzles ejecting a second liquid are aligned in the predetermined direction at the predetermined interval; and a fourth nozzle column where nozzles ejecting the second liquid are aligned in the predetermined direction at the predetermined interval, wherein the first nozzle column is disposed off of the second nozzle column in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction, and the interval between a nozzle at an end portion of the first nozzle column and a nozzle at an end portion of the second nozzle column is the predetermined interval in the predetermined direction, wherein the fourth nozzle column is disposed off the third nozzle column in the direction intersecting the predetermined direction, and the interval between a nozzle at an end portion of the third nozzle column and a nozzle at an end portion of the fourth nozzle column is the predetermined interval in the predetermined direction, wherein the second nozzle column and the third nozzle column are disposed to be aligned in the predetermined direction, and wherein the liquids are ejected from the second nozzle column and the third nozzle column according to a common driving signal. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026746 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In a multipass printing that performs a plurality of printing scans over a unit area of a print medium by using a leading head and a follower head, the multivalued image data for the leading head is distributed according to the print volume information for up to the preceding printing scan. Then, the multivalued image data for the leading head is subjected to the grayscale level reduction operation to generate binary data. Based on the binary data, the print volume information is updated, after which the multivalued image data for the follower head is distributed according to the print volume information. This causes a plurality of printing scans or a plurality of print heads, that print the same unit area, to have a correlation among them, with the result that dots on a plurality of planes when overlapped have an excellent scattering characteristic. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026747 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING NOZZLE ARRAY - A printing apparatus includes: a first nozzle array with nozzles aligned in a predetermined direction for ejecting liquid on a medium; a second nozzle array with nozzles aligned in the predetermined direction for ejecting liquid on the medium, the second nozzle array being aligned in a direction cross to the predetermined direction of the first nozzle array; and a moving mechanism for relatively moving the first nozzle array, the second nozzle array, and the medium in the moving direction. Here, when a plurality of dot arrays disposed along the moving direction is formed in a direction cross to the moving direction with a predetermined interval therebetween by using the nozzles belonging to the first nozzle array, and a plurality of dot arrays disposed along the moving direction is formed in a direction cross to the moving direction with a predetermined interval therebetween by using the nozzles belonging to the second nozzle array, the dot arrays are formed by a specific first nozzle among the nozzles belonging to the first nozzle array and a specific second nozzle among the nozzles belonging to the second nozzle array, and have a length different from the dot arrays formed by the other nozzles. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026748 | PRINTHEAD AND METHOD OF PRINTING - A printhead for a printer in which a print medium advances in a media advance direction, said printhead being static when printing and having an adjustable length in a width direction that is perpendicular to said media advance direction, such that the length of the printhead in said width direction can be adjusted to the width of the image to be printed. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026749 | RECORDING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING DEVICE, AND OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM - A recording device forming a printed image by discharging droplets of an image forming solution from a nozzle and attaching the droplets on recording media, which includes a recording head provided with a specific nozzle which is selectively filled with the image forming solution and a solution preventing the nozzle from being clogged, and a controller that controls the performance of switching from a first filled state in which the specific nozzle is filled with the image forming solution to a second filled state in which the specific nozzle is filled with the solution preventing the nozzle from clogging in accordance with a predetermined condition. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026750 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF MOVABLE SENSORS FOR A PLURALITY OF FEATURES DETECTION - A printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a movable head that performs recording on a medium using ink; a first sensor that can move together with said head and that detects regular reflection light from said medium; and a second sensor that is provided separately from said first sensor, that can move together with said head and that detects diffuse reflection light from said medium. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026751 | RECORDING METHOD, RECORDED MATTER, INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD - A recording method, includes: discharging droplets of an ink composition, and adhering the droplets to a recording medium to form a first dot group using an ink jet recording apparatus; and adhering a lustrous ink composition containing a color material containing plate-like particles at least onto the first dot group to form a second dot group. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026752 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting head where a head body is fixed in a frame, the head body having a plurality of nozzle rows in which a plurality of nozzles is disposed in rows. The method includes forming the nozzle rows by performing multiple times a process for forming the nozzles by punches while relatively moving the punches and a workpiece on which the nozzles are formed, and performing relative alignment of each of the plural head bodies on the basis of predetermined nozzles selected from among the nozzle rows in accordance with the forming sequence, when the head body is attached to the frame. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026753 | Fluid Droplet Discharge Device And A Head Cleaning Control Method For A Fluid Droplet Discharge Device - A fluid droplet discharge device executes a head cleaning process to quickly remove bubbles that have entered the fluid supply path when it is likely that bubbles have entered in a flushing process. If the ink cartridge cover | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026754 | Ink Jet Recording Device - An ink jet recording device comprises a main body equipped with an ink container, an ink supply pump ink, an ink recovery pump, and a control unit. A printing head equipped with a nozzle emits ink supplied from the main body as ink particles. An electrification electrode electrifies the ink particles and a deflection electrode deflects the electrified ink particles. A gutter collects ink particles which are not used for printing. An exhaust circulation path connects the ink container and the gutter. The gutter comprises two members of an ink flow path block in which ink flows and an exhaust flow path block in which exhaust solvent vapor flows. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026755 | Liquid Droplet Jetting Apparatus - A liquid droplet jetting apparatus is capable of carrying out selectively a first purge mode and a second purge mode. In the first purge mode, a first air discharge purge of discharging air in an ink storage chamber is carried out while maintaining a meniscus of the ink. In the second purge mode, a second air discharge purge of discharging air inside the ink storage chamber is carried out while destroying the meniscus of the ink. Accordingly, there is provided a liquid droplet jetting apparatus in which it is possible to discharge a gas inside a liquid supply channel from an upstream side of the nozzle, and also, when the degree of thickening of the liquid inside the nozzle is extreme, it is possible to discharge the thickened liquid assuredly from the nozzle. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026756 | DEVICE FOR CLEANING WIPING ELEMENTS FOR AN INK PRINT HEAD - A device cleans wiping elements for an ink print head of an ink dispensing apparatus that has a print carriage on whose base plate a stripper element is integrally formed, an immovably situated wiping lip mount that supports wiping lips that are cleaned by the stripper element. At least one ink absorber is situated in a holder, close to the rear side of a cowling carriage of the ink printing apparatus. The stripper element of the print carriage is located opposite the at least one ink absorber during the maintenance interval, in a position that is reached when a segment of the stripper element of the print carriage comes to abut the entraining hook of the cowling carriage. The at least one ink absorber designed for cleaning the stripper element is pushed partially over the stripper element by movement of the cowling carriage. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026757 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD UNIT, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD MODULE, AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head unit has a carriage, a liquid ejection head for discharging liquid droplets through a nozzle opening of a nozzle formation surface, and a wiping member. The liquid ejection head and wiping member are moved relative to each other to allow the wiping member to come in contact and slide across the nozzle formation surface of the liquid ejection head so as to wipe the nozzle formation surface. An adhesion prevention plate is provided in the carriage on the downstream side in the wiping direction of the liquid ejection head. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026758 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING CARRIAGE WITH IMAGE FORMING UNIT MOUNTED THEREON - An image forming apparatus includes a carriage, an image forming unit, a storage unit, a vibration absorber, and a controller. The carriage reciprocally moves in a main scan direction. The image forming unit is mounted on the carriage. The storage unit stores a speed profile of the carriage. The vibration absorber has controllable vibration reduction characteristics to reduce vibration. The controller controls the vibration reduction characteristics of the vibration absorber in accordance with the speed profile. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026759 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: a head body that includes a plurality of nozzles and ejects liquid drops from the nozzles; a frame that supports the head body; a fixation plate by means of which the head body is fixed to the frame; and a holding plate that applies holding pressure to the fixation plate toward the frame so that the fixation plate is fixed to the frame. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026760 | NOZZLE PLATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NOZZLE PLATE, DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD, AND DROPLET DISCHARGE DEVICE - A nozzle plate includes: a nozzle for discharging a liquid as droplets; a liquid-repellent film suppressing attachment of the droplets on one surface of the nozzle plate; and a first bonding film formed on the other surface of the nozzle plate and bonded with a substrate. In the nozzle plate, the liquid-repellent film includes a first plasma polymerized film having a Si skeleton, which includes a siloxane (Si—O) bond and has a random atomic structure, and an elimination group bonded with the Si skeleton. Further, the elimination group existing around a surface of the first plasma polymerized film is eliminated from the Si skeleton by applying energy to a region of at least a part of the first plasma polymerized film so as to generate reactivity, on the region of the first plasma polymerized film, with a coupling agent having liquid repellency with respect to the droplets, and the first plasma polymerized film is bonded with the coupling agent by the reactivity so as to form the liquid-repellent film. The first bonding film is a second plasma polymerized film having a Si skeleton, which includes a siloxane (Si—O) bond and has a random atomic structure, and an elimination group bonded with the Si skeleton. The elimination group existing around a surface of the second plasma polymerized film constituting the first bonding film is eliminated from the Si skeleton by applying energy to a region of at least a part of the second polymerized film, so as to develop in the region of the surface of the second polymerized film adhesiveness with respect to the substrate. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026761 | Micro-Fluidic Device Having Reduced Mechanical Cross-Talk and Method for Making the Micro-Fluidic Device - A method processes electrical connections in a micro-fluidic device to reduce mechanical cross-talk and improve actuator performance. The method includes applying conductive adhesive to an electrode overlying a piezoelectric material, contacting the conductive adhesive with an electrical contact pad mounted to a support member to cover the electrode and piezoelectric material with the support member, and removing a portion of the support member that covers the electrical contact pad, the electrode, and the actuator. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026762 | RECORDING HEAD - A recording head includes a substrate provided with a recording element that generates energy for ejecting liquid and electrical wiring that supplies power to the recording element; and a passage-forming member provided in contact with one face of the substrate and having a nozzle for ejecting the liquid and a passage for supplying the liquid to the nozzle. A groove formed by a through-hole provided in the passage-forming member is disposed such that a bottom face of the groove is located along and above the electrical wiring and positioned so as not to overlap an edge of the electrical wiring. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026763 | PRINTHEAD HAVING CMOS DRIVE CIRCUITRY - A printhead is provided having a plurality of integrated circuits defining an elongate printing zone of at least 914 mm, each integrated circuit having a plurality of ejection nozzles, and CMOS drive circuitry operatively connected to the integrated circuits to drive operation thereof. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026764 | DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD AND DROPLET DISCHARGING UNIT INCORPORATING THE SAME - A droplet discharge head includes: a liquid reservoir which holds a liquid; a channel through which the liquid is guided to the liquid reservoir; and a driving element which changes the pressure in the liquid reservoir so as to discharge droplets of the liquid contained in the liquid reservoir through a nozzle, in which wall surfaces of the liquid reservoir and of the nozzle are arranged in a continuous line at a side opposite the channel with respect to the center of the nozzle as seen in a cross-sectional view through a central axis of the nozzle. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026765 | Inkjet Printhead With Narrow Printing Zone - An inkjet printhead includes a supporting wafer substrate; an array of drop ejection apparatuses formed in a first side of the supporting wafer substrate, the array of drop ejection apparatuses configured as pairs of rows of drop ejection apparatuses, each drop ejection apparatus including a chamber with a nozzle, and an actuator extending into the nozzle; and a common ink channel extending between each pair of rows of drop ejection apparatuses. Each chamber has a sidewall adjacent to the common ink channel, the side wall provided with a grill portion for facilitating an in-flow of ink from the common ink channel into the chamber, the grill portion adapted to further filter the ink flowing therethrough. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026766 | LIQUID JET RECORDING HEAD - A liquid jet recording head includes a substrate on which are formed recording elements that generate energy for ejecting liquid, and a flow passage forming member that is in contact with the substrate and in which are formed ejection ports that eject liquid and flow passages that supply liquid to the ejection ports. The flow passage forming member has a groove formed along the longitudinal direction of the flow passage forming member, and each end of the groove is located nearer to the middle in the width direction of the flow passage forming member than the other part of the groove is. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026767 | Methods and Devices For Remanufacturing An Imaging Cartridge - The present application is directed to methods and devices for remanufacturing imaging cartridges. An installation handle for positioning an electronic circuit on the imaging cartridge includes a first end, and an adhesive is releasably attached to the first end. The installation handle is adapted for positioning an electronic circuit on a surface of the imaging cartridge while the electronic circuit is releasably secured to the installation handle by the adhesive. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026768 | INK LOADER WITH ADJUSTABLE INSERTION OPENINGS - A system for use with a solid ink delivery system of a phase change ink imaging device comprises an insertion opening configured to enable insertion of ink sticks therethrough and into the ink delivery system. An insertion key is movably supported adjacent the insertion opening such that a portion of the insertion key protrudes into the insertion opening. The portion of the insertion key has a shape that is complementary to a key contour on a first ink stick and a second ink stick. A key positioner is operably coupled to the insertion key to move the insertion key between at least two different predetermined positions on the perimeter of the insertion opening. The predetermined positions include a first position that is complementary to a position of the key contour of the first ink stick and a second position that is complementary to a position of the key contour of the second ink stick. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026769 | Melt Plate For Use In A Solid Ink Jet Printer - A melt plate for use in a solid ink printer is formed with a drip plate to provide controlled flow of melted ink from the melt plate to a drip point. The melt plate includes a first portion having a perimeter, a second portion having a perimeter, the second planar portion angling from the first portion along a transition boundary at a first angle, a first rim extending around the perimeter of the first portion except along the transition boundary, the first rim angling from the first portion at a second angle, and a second rim extending around the perimeter of the second portion except along the transition boundary and a drip point, the second rim angling from the second portion at a third angle, the third angle being different than the second angle. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026770 | Ink Jet Recording Device - An ink jet recording device comprises a main body equipped with an ink container, an ink supply pump ink, an ink recovery pump, and a control unit. A printing head equipped with a nozzle emits ink supplied from the main body as ink particles. An electrification electrode electrifies the ink particles and a deflection electrode deflects the electrified ink particles. A gutter collects ink particles which are not used for printing. An exhaust circulation path connects the ink container and the gutter. The gutter comprises two members of an ink flow path block in which ink flows and an exhaust flow path block in which exhaust solvent vapor flows. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026771 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD, INKJET RECORDING SYSTEM, AND PRINTED MATERIAL - An inkjet recording method is provided that includes a step of discharging onto a recording medium an ink composition containing a vinyl ether compound, an oxirane compound and/or oxetane compound, a cationic photopolymerization initiator, and a colorant, and a step of curing the discharged ink composition by irradiation with UV rays by UV irradiation means having an aperture type hot cathode fluorescent tube having a getter in the interior thereof. There are also provided an inkjet recording system that includes recording medium transport means, an inkjet head for discharging an ink composition containing a vinyl ether compound, an oxirane compound and/or oxetane compound, a cationic photopolymerization initiator, and a colorant to thus form an image on a recording medium, and UV irradiation means for curing the ink composition discharged onto the recording medium by irradiation with UV rays, the UV irradiation means having as a UV light source an aperture type hot cathode fluorescent tube having a getter in the interior thereof, a printed material obtained by the inkjet recording method, and a printed material obtained using the inkjet recording system. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026772 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to jet liquid droplets; and a sheet supporting unit configured to support a sheet that is conveyed facing the recording head, in such a manner that a predetermined gap is provided between the sheet and the recording head, the sheet supporting unit including fixed ribs and movable ribs, wherein the movable ribs are movable within a range such that a top edge of each of the movable ribs supporting the sheet does not exceed a top edge of each of the fixed ribs supporting the sheet. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026773 | INKJET RECORDING MEDIA WITH CATIONICALLY-MODIFIED CLAY PARTICLES - An inkjet printing system, comprises an inkjet printer, an ink composition, and an inkjet recording media comprising a support, and coated on the support in order from the support, a porous base layer, a porous intermediate layer, and a porous uppermost layer, each with particular limitations. The inkjet recording media and printer system is manufacturable using low-cost materials in an efficient process requiring only a single coating and drying step and that gives images with excellent gloss, color density and image quality. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026774 | INK HOUSING CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A present invention provides an ink housing container inhibiting a resin used to form a layer located outside the innermost layer from flowing into a position other than a predetermined one. In an ink tank having an ink container and a cover member, the ink container is formed by a plurality of layers by means of molding. A flow-in preventing portion is formed at a cover member-side end of a side wall of an inner layer one of a plurality of layers forming the ink container. The flow-in preventing portion is formed so as to project from the cover member-side end. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026775 | Simultaneous Negative Cast and Shell Fabrication for Custom Hearing Aids - In a method to create a hearing aid housing shell and a negative cast for a hearing aid to be fitted to a patient's ear canal, a 3D jet printer apparatus is provided able to build a 3D part by injecting both the soft material and a hard material with the soft material serving as a support for the hard material. The 3D file is input to the 3D jet printer apparatus to build the hearing aid shell with the hard material and the combined negative cast with the soft material. The negative cast is used to check a quality of the hearing aid shell and to add external features to the shell by fitting the shell into the negative cast. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026776 | THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE, ELECTRICALLY ISOLATED PEEL MEMBER ASSEMBLY - A thermal printer having reduced electrical charge built at point of separation of a donor web and a receiver web, includes at least one thermal printhead and at least one platen roller with a nip is formed between the at least one thermal printhead and the at least one platen roller through which the donor web and the receiver web are drawn. A heat sink is attached to the at least one thermal printhead and a peel member is located downstream of the nip. The peel member is substantially electrically isolated from ground. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026777 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH - An optical scanning device is disclosed, including: a light deflection part, an imaging optical element, a variable focus optical element, and a focal point control device. The light deflection part repeatedly deflects and scans a light flux emitted from a light source on a scan surface. The imaging optical element forms an image in a vicinity of the scan surface with the light flux. The focal point control device changes a focal distance of the variable focus optical element, which is arranged in an optical path from the light source to the light deflection part, in executing each of deflection scans, and correct an image misalignment on the scan surface due to an optical path difference for each scan angle. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026778 | DRAWING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A drawing device ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026779 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMBER, SEMICONDUCTOR ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND LED ARRAY USING THE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A novel semiconductor article manufacturing method and the like are provided. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor article having a compound semiconductor multilayer film formed on a semiconductor substrate includes: preparing a member including an etching sacrificial layer ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026780 | Electronic device directional audio capture - Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing, electronic circuitry, and an audio-visual source tracking system. The electronic circuitry is in the housing. The audio-visual source tracking system includes a first video camera and an array of microphones. The first video camera and the array of microphones are attached to the housing. The audio-visual source tracking system is configured to receive video information from the first video camera. The audio-visual source tracking system is configured to capture audio information from the array of microphones at least partially in response to the video information. The audio-visual source tracking system might include a second video camera that is attached to the housing, wherein the first and second video cameras together estimate the beam orientation of the array of microphones. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026781 | VIDEO REGION OF INTEREST FEATURES - Embodiments are configured to provide video conferencing functionality including using region of interest (ROI) features to provide a video signal, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, components of a video conferencing system can operate to provide a video signal using pixel data associated with a ROI. In one embodiment, a video conference device can include a detector that can be used to detect human flesh tone regions in a video scene as part of providing a video stream to one or more conference participants. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026782 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE VISUAL EFFECTS COMPOSITING - There is provided a system for acquiring video data ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026783 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENCODE AND DECODE STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO DATA - A method and apparatus for encoding or tagging a video frame provides a way to indicate, to a receiver, for example, whether the video content is 3-D content or 2-D content. A method and apparatus for decoding an encoded or tagged video frame provides a way, for a receiver, for example, to determine whether the video content is 3-D content or 2-D content. 3-D video data may be encoded by replacing lines of at least one video frame with a specific color or pattern. When a decoder detects the presence of the colored or patterned lines in an image frame, it may interpret them as an indicator that 3-D video data is present. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026784 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CONVERT 2D VIDEO INTO 3D VIDEO - 2D/3D video conversion using a method for providing an estimation of visual depth for a video sequence, the method comprises an audio scene classification ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026785 | High resolution digital video colposcope with built-in polarized LED illumination and computerized clinical data management system - This invention uses LEDs and cross-polarization to produce bright, high-resolution digital images, both with and without glint (which adversely affects the clarity of standard colposcopic images), as well as streaming video at lower resolution. The invention allows for deeper layers of the tissue to be more efficiently visualized at multiple magnifications, thereby enhancing the invention's diagnostic capabilities, and it includes a focusing subsystem and a computerized data management system to archive and annotate still image data. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026786 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A SPATIAL VOLUME AS WELL AS CALIBRATION METHOD - It is customary to produce a three-dimensional image using a camera pair in order to ensure that people are isolated in a lock for separating people and to check that no more than one person at a time passes through the lock for separating people. It is an object of the invention to improve known systems and to accelerate them. To this end, a plurality of camera pairs are used according to the invention, which monitor a spatial volume which is to be monitored from several spatial directions at the same time. To this end, each camera pair monitors the space, determines a height profile and supplements shadowed points in the height profile with data of other camera pairs. Monitoring of a spatial volume, for example a passage lock. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026787 | HEAD MOUNTED IMAGE-SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMPOSITE IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - The invention provides a head mounted image-sensing display device including a pair of image-sensing units ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026788 | METHOD FOR GENERATING FREE VIEWPOINT VIDEO IMAGE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOVEMENT AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a method for generating free viewpoint video image in three-dimensional movement capable of synthesizing the free viewpoint video image from a viewpoint which looks down on an object from above. This method includes a process of taking multi-viewpoint video images using a plurality of cameras located on an identical plane and a camera not located on the identical plane, a process of generating video image at a viewpoint having the same azimuth as a desired viewpoint and located on the plane from the multi-viewpoint video images of the cameras on the plane, and a process of generating video image at the desired viewpoint from video image of the camera not located on the plane and video image at the viewpoint having the same azimuth as the desired viewpoint and located on the plane. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026789 | Moveable console for holding an image acquisition or medical device, in particular for the purpose of brain surgical interventions, a method for 3d scanning, in particular, of parts of the human body, and for the electronic recording and reconstruction of information regarding the scanned object surface - A moveable console for holding an image acquisition or medical device, in particular for the purpose of brain surgical interventions. A method for the 3D scanning of, in particular, approached parts of the human body, and the electronic recording and reconstruction of information regarding the scanned object surface. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026790 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD OF RECEPTION DEVICE - A game machine | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026791 | IMAGE DISPLAY - To provide an image display device in which reflection of an image on one display surface onto another display surface is suppressed. In an image display device where an image is displayed on a screen combining the display surfaces of two or more image display elements, a polarizing plate is arranged on the display surface on conditions that extinction takes place between the display surfaces of the image display elements. The extinction conditions are set such that the light entering from a display surface to which the polarizing plate is fixed is passed through and the light entering from other than the above display surface is absorbed by intersecting the polarization directions of the polarizing plates perpendicularly. | 2010-02-04 |
