| 06th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
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| 20130033494 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM - An image generation device generates an output image based on a plurality of input images image-taken by a plurality of image-taking parts mounted to a body to be operated. A coordinates correspondence part causes coordinates on a columnar space model, which is arranged to surround the body to be operated and having a center axis and a side surface, to correspond to coordinates on a plurality of input image planes on which the input images are positioned, respectively. An output image generation part generates the output image by causing values of the coordinates on the input image planes to correspond to values of the coordinates on an output image plane on which the output image is positioned through coordinates on the space model. A distance between the center axis and the side surface of the columnar space model is determined in accordance with installation positions of the image-taking parts. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033495 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM - An image generation device generates an output image based on an image obtained by taking images by an image-taking part mounted to a body to be operated, which boy is capable of performing a turning operation. A coordinates correspondence part causes coordinates on a columnar space model, which is arranged to surround the body to be operated and has a center axis, to correspond to coordinates on an image plane on which the input image is positioned. An output image generation part generates the output image by causing values of the coordinates on the input image plane to correspond to values of the coordinates on an output image plane on which the output image is positioned through coordinates on the columnar space model. The columnar space model is arranged so that an optical axis of the image-taking part intersects with the center axis of said columnar space model. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033496 | CONTENT PROVISIONING FOR WIRELESS BACK CHANNEL - In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes, in an example, determining, by a source device, that display data rendered by the source device comprises one or more displayable graphical objects. The method also includes in response to determining an event, selecting, by the source device, a set of the one or more graphical objects for rendering at a sink device. The method also includes generating, by the source device, configuration data based at least in part on the set of the one or more graphical objects, wherein the configuration data is usable by the sink device to render representations of graphical objects in the set of one or more graphical objects based at least in part on one or more display parameters associated with the sink device. The method also includes sending, by the source device, the configuration data to the sink device. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033497 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT UTILIZE SCALABLE VECTOR GRAPHICS TO PROVIDE WEB-BASED VISUALIZATION OF A DEVICE - The present invention relates to systems and methods that employ scalable vector graphics (SVG) to view and effectuate an industrial device from a remote Web interface. The systems and methods can be utilized to retrieve an SVG XML markup language-based file associated with the device and execute the SVG file via basic ASCII drawing commands. Thus, a faceplate of an industrial device and/or other device-related information can be represented via SVG syntax and stored with the device. A user can employ a Web browser from a remote location (e.g., via a Web client) to retrieve the SVG file, wherein the file can be loaded within the Web browser and/or an open source software package. The SVG file can be executed to render an interactive graphical faceplate that can depict LEDs, alphanumeric displays, inputs/output, etc., trending mechanisms (e.g., graphs, charts, etc.), and capabilities to load parameters. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033498 | REDUCING FONT INSTRUCTIONS - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for reducing font execution instructions for a font, and thereby a file size for the font. The font execution instructions can be scanned (e.g., by examining tables) to identify one or more common instruction sets in the font execution instructions. A function can be defined for a common instruction set, and the instances or appearances of the common instruction set in the font execution instructions can be replaced with a call to the function. Because the call is generally smaller (e.g., comprises fewer lines of code) than the common instruction set it replaces, the number of execution instructions for the font is reduced. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033499 | STATIONARY OR MOBILE TERMINAL CONTROLLED BY A POINTING OR INPUT PERIPHERAL - A stationary or mobile terminal controlled by a pointing or input peripheral device is presented. The invention pertains to the field of man-machine interfaces (MMI) applied to digital reading. There is provided a stationary or mobile terminal that is capable of reproducing, when used, the sensation of reading paper on a screen, of developing novel modes of reading, and of enabling press groups to render the publications thereof paperless while doing away with the material and technical limitations of various reading terminals. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033500 | DYNAMIC COLLISION AVOIDANCE FOR CROWD SIMULATION OVER STRUCTURED PATHS THAT INTERSECT AT WAYPOINTS - One embodiment of the invention sets forth a technique for identifying and avoiding impending collisions between moving objects in an animation. Paths traversed by the moving objects intersect at pre-determined intersection points. As a moving object approaches an intersection point, a collision avoidance module determines whether the object is on course to collide with another moving object also approaching the intersection point. If a collision is detected, then the collision avoidance module modifies the speed of the moving object to avoid the collision. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033501 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANIMATING COLLISION-FREE SEQUENCES OF MOTIONS FOR OBJECTS PLACED ACROSS A SURFACE - Embodiments of the invention set forth a technique for animating objects placed across a surface of a graphics object. A CAD application receives a set of motions and initially applies a different motion in the set of motions to each object placed across the surface of the graphics object. The CAD application calculates bounding areas of each object according to the current motion applied thereto, which are subsequently used by the CAD application to identify collisions that are occurring or will occur between the objects. Identified collisions are cured by identifying valid motions in the set of motions that can be applied to a colliding object and then calculating bounding areas for the valid motions to select a valid motion that, when applied to the object, does not cause the object to collide with any other objects. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033502 | GENERATING DATA REPRESENTATIVE OF A FRAGMENTED DOCUMENT - Systems and methods to generate data representative of a fragmented document are provided. A particular method includes using motion of a moving film to move multiple pieces of a document that has been fragmented. The method also includes capturing images of the pieces as the pieces are moving, wherein each of the images includes at least one side of at least one of the pieces. The method further includes processing the images to generate a data file including at least a portion of the document, where the portion is determined based on image data associated with two or more of the pieces. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033503 | Smart Dual Display System - A secure display system for a movable object, such as an aircraft, includes: a screen comprising at least two independent matrices formed of pixels, each of the matrices being controlled by an independent graphic channel; a light box comprising at least two independent subassemblies, each backlighting each half-screen; two bypass functions, a bypass function being associated with a graphic channel, a bypass function being linked to an input of one of the matrices; a central module having a function of mixing the data originating from the two independent graphic channels, and a function of separating said data, said separation module being connected to said bypass functions; each graphic channel comprising image-generation means; and two power supply means. The display system may be used in an aeroplane. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033504 | Seamless Display Migration - Exemplary embodiments of methods, apparatuses, and systems for seamlessly migrating a user visible display stream sent to a display device from one rendered display stream to another rendered display stream are described. For one embodiment, mirror video display streams are received from both a first graphics processing unit (GPU) and a second GPU, and the video display stream sent to a display device is switched from the video display stream from the first GPU to the video display stream from the second GPU, wherein the switching occurs during a blanking interval for the first GPU that overlaps with a blanking interval for the second GPU. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033505 | System and Method for Processing Data Using a Network - Systems and methods are disclosed for video processing modules. More specifically a network is disclosed for processing data. The network comprises a register DMA controller adapted to support register access and at least one node adapted to the data. At least one link communicates with the node, and is adapted to transmit data and at least one network module communicates with at least the link, and is adapted to route data to at least the link. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033506 | MULTI-CONTEXT GRAPHICS PROCESSING - A method of managing multiple contexts for a single mode display includes receiving a plurality of tasks from one or more applications and determining respective contexts for each task, each context having a range of memory addresses. The method also includes selecting one context for output to the single mode display | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033507 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONSTRUCTING AN ACCELERATION STRUCTURE - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for constructing an acceleration structure. In use, a plurality of primitives associated with a scene is identified. Additionally, an acceleration structure is constructed, utilizing the primitives. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033508 | Hardware-Accelerated Graphics for Web Applications Using Native Code Modules - Some embodiments provide a system that executes a web application. During operation, the system loads the web application in a web browser and loads a native code module associated with the web application into a secure runtime environment. Next, the system writes a set of rendering commands to a command buffer using the native code module and concurrently reads the rendering commands from the command buffer. Finally, the system renders an image for use by the web application by executing the rendering commands using a graphics-processing unit (GPU). | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033509 | DISPLAY PANEL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A display panel is provided, including an image data storage capacitor, a capacitive element, and four switches. The image data storage capacitor stores an image data. The sample unit has a control terminal for receiving a sample control signal. The capacitive element has a first terminal coupled to a pixel electrode of the image data storage capacitor via the sample unit. The first refresh unit has a control terminal coupled to the first terminal. The second refresh unit has a control terminal for receiving a refresh control signal. The third and first refresh unites are serially coupled with each other between a corresponding source line and the image data storage capacitor for receiving a data signal. The shunt unit has a control terminal coupled to the pixel electrode, a data terminal coupled to the first terminal, and another data terminal for receiving a shunt control signal. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033510 | Techniques for Controlling Power Consumption of a System - A chipset can detect whether a relevant portion of the system frame buffer has been updated and can send an interrupt to the display driver to invoke a registered hardware watchpoint routine to inform display driver of the updating. If the display is currently in display self refresh (DSR) state, display driver wakes up display controller components and requests to transmit a MIPI compatible DCS command to request copying of the updated data from system frame buffer into an on-panel frame buffer or a frame buffer associated with the display. The display driver can power-down graphics system components and enter DSR state again to save power. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033511 | COMPOSING STEREO 3D WINDOWED CONTENT - A technique for generating content for a stereo 3D display buffer having both stereo 3D graphic objects and non-stereo 3D graphic objects that may be utilized to render stereo 3D content onto one or more windows of a display. The technique incorporates content from stereo 3D application frame buffers into a composition tree that represents the graphic objects in each window displayed on a computing device. At each refresh cycle, the composition tree is traversed to generate content for a stereo 3D display buffer that is then used to draw one or more windows onto a display. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033512 | Image Processing Device - When a display target determination unit determines image data to be displayed, a reproduction control unit identifies the type of the image data to be displayed. The reproduction control unit divides the region of a display buffer according to the identified type. While an image display control unit displays an image, on a display device, by using image data stored in a spare buffer, a decoding execution unit decodes said image data and stores the decoded image data in a divided region of the display buffer. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033513 | TEXTURE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION - Embodiments relate to compression and decompression of textures. A texel block ( | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033514 | FULL-SCENE ANTI-ALIASING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for performing full-scene anti-aliasing for an image through a technique of rotating and unrotating rasterization of a scene and rendering a resulting image. A scene is rasterized at a first angle relative to a first coordinate system to generate a plurality of pixels, which are then applied to a polygon surface that is rendered at a second angle equal to the inverse of the first angle. Thus, the resulting image is re-oriented with respect to the first coordinate system. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033515 | Image Display Apparatus and Image Display Method - When the degree of reliability of a motion vector is equal to or higher than a threshold, an interpolated image is generated, and the image of a frame of interest and the interpolated image are output to a panel in the order named. Every time the image is output, a backlight is turned on. When the degree of reliability is lower than the threshold, the image of the frame of interest is output twice to the panel. Every time the image is output, the backlight is controlled to alternately set its light amount to the first light amount and the second light amount smaller than the first light amount. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033516 | METHOD OF GENERATING A FINAL COLOUR VERSION OF A SOURCE IMAGE FROM A FIRST SET OF DIFFERENT INTERMEDIATE COLOUR VERSIONS - This method comprises the following steps:
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| 20130033517 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus, which adjusts a luminance value of an image, and a method for driving the same are disclosed. The display apparatus includes a first image conversion unit that converts first image data into a plurality of second image data each including a luminance value, a luminance analysis unit that determines quantities of luminance values of the second image data, and determines a distribution of the luminance values, and a luminance adjustment unit that adjusts the respective luminance values of the second image data based on the quantities. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033518 | APPARATUS FOR THE DISPLAY OF EMBEDDED INFORMATION - An apparatus for the electronic display of information, where the apparatus is a substrate incorporating a digital recording medium attached to or embedded within the substrate. The substrate further includes a flexible-substrate display located on an exposed surface of the substrate, where the display is a medium capable of selectively displaying one of at least two possible colors at each pixel location thereon in order to produce a substrate medium that may be modified in accordance with a user's selection. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033519 | INSPECTION IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, INSPECTION IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display switch section switches a display mode at a time of displaying inspection images stored in a storage device in which folders including a hierarchical structure are created by selecting the display mode from a predetermined display mode and a list display mode. A folder selecting section selects one folder to be an origin of list display when the list display mode is selected and a control section causes, in a list display region, each inspection image stored in each folder belonging to a folder group with the one folder as the origin to be list-displayed and causes to be displayed, in addition in the list display region, information which makes a folder in which a file of the inspection image is present and a folder in which the file of the inspection image is not present visually identifiable, in each folder belonging to the folder group. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033520 | IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an image generating device including: a section for acquiring an arrangement of elements constituting an object with respect to a frame to be processed; an arrangement correction section including a control section and plurality of partial correction sections, for correcting an arrangement of each of the elements; and an image rendering section for rendering an image based on the arrangement of the elements corrected by the arrangement correction step. The plurality of partial correction sections respectively correct the arrangement of at least one of the plurality of elements, and the control section provides control so that at least one of the plurality of partial correction section corrects the arrangement of the elements based on the control data, which associates a state of the object and at least two of the plurality of partial correction sections, and on the state of the object. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033521 | INTELLIGENT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - An intelligent data display system includes a complex data source for the storage and display on a visual display device of data of different types, an image channel for the extraction and transformation of image data, and for the provision of transformed image data as a formatted image data output; a text channel for the extraction and transformation of text data, and for the provision of transformed text as a formatted text data output; and an output for receiving the formatted data output and for redisplaying it on the display device. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033522 | PREPOPULATING APPLICATION FORMS USING REAL-TIME VIDEO ANALYSIS OF IDENTIFIED OBJECTS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and apparatuses for populating documents based on identification of objects in an augmented reality environment. The method includes capturing a video stream using a mobile computing device; determining, using a computing device processor, the object; identifying a document associated with the object; populating at least a portion of the document; and submitting the document. The method may also include presenting indicators associated with the user, the identified document, or a financial transaction associated with the document. The method may also include providing recommendations or suggestions to the user related to alternative offers associated with the document. Systems and computer program products for populating forms using video analysis of identified objects are also provided. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033523 | ORIENTATION-DEPENDENT PROCESSING OF INPUT FILES BY AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device may have a display screen usable in at least two orientations, such as landscape orientation and portrait orientation. Provided in this disclosure is selective rendering of a structured document according to the orientation of the display screen. A structured document such as as webpage is rendered (as a first rendered document) for display according to the document object model structure and optionally styles provided with the webpage. The same webpage is rendered (as a second rendered document) by removing or replacing selected objets in the document object model structure, or by applying different style directives than included in the originally received webpage. When the display screen is in a first orientation, the first rendered document is displayed. When a change in orientation of the display screen to the second orientation is detected, the second rendered document is displayed. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033524 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING DISPLAY CONTROL IN RESPONSE TO EYE ACTIVITIES OF A USER, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method for performing display control is provided, where the method is applied to an electronic device. The method includes: receiving image data of images of a user, wherein the images are captured by a camera module; and detecting eye activities of the user by analyzing the image data of the images, in order to determine whether to perform at least one scrolling operation. In particular, the step of detecting the eye activities of the user by analyzing the image data of the images in order to determine whether to perform the at least one scrolling operation further includes: when a specific eye activity is detected, performing a specific scrolling operation associated to the specific eye activity. An associated apparatus is also provided. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033525 | Cross-slide Gesture to Select and Rearrange - Cross slide gestures for touch displays are described. In at least some embodiments, cross slide gestures can be used on content that pans or scrolls in one direction, to enable additional actions, such as content selection, drag and drop operations, and the like. In one or more embodiments, a cross slide gesture can be performed by dragging an item or object in a direction that is different from a scrolling direction. The different-direction drag can be mapped to additional actions or functionality. In one or more embodiments, one or more thresholds can be utilized, such as a distance threshold, in combination with the different-direction drag, to map to additional actions or functionality. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033526 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PANEL AND ASSOCIATED DISPLAY CONTROLLER - A method for adjusting a uniformity of a panel is provided. The panel includes a plurality of blocks. The method includes: comparing whether a color display component of each of the blocks in response to a first input value matches a target component, comparing whether a color characteristic value of each of the blocks in response to a second input value matches a target characteristic value, and providing a corresponding modified second input component and a modified third input component for each of the blocks. The target component is determined according to a plurality of main display components of a plurality of display values corresponding to the blocks, and the target characteristic value is determined according to the plurality of color characteristic values corresponding to the blocks. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033527 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving apparatus for display and a driving method thereof are provided. The driving apparatus includes a display data detector, a power controller and a source driver. The display data detector is used for detecting a plurality of display data and generating a control signal according to a maximal value of the display data, in which the display data are corresponding to a plurality of gamma voltages. The power controller is for receiving the control signal and providing a driving power according to the control signal. The source driver is for receiving the driving power as an operation power and generating a driving voltage corresponding to each of the display data according to the driving power and each of the gamma voltages. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033528 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE TO ALLOW THE SAME PERCEPTION OF COLOURS OVER A LARGE VARIETY OF OBSERVERS - For each colour, the method comprises the following steps: —converting the first set of colour coordinates (R | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033529 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display device includes: a display screen displaying screen images; a required-brightness computation unit computing required brightnesses for each of the screen images; a brightness determination unit comparing the required brightnesses computed for each of the screen images, and determining the screen image corresponding to the required brightness having highest brightness to be a maximum-required-brightness image; and a brightness control unit performing light-source brightness control and performing image gradation control, the light-source brightness control controlling the brightness of the light source so as to make the brightness of the light source the set brightness for the maximum-required-brightness image, the image gradation control controlling a gradation of the image displayed on the liquid-crystal panel in accordance with the brightness of the light source, so as to make a brightness of each of the screen images other than the maximum-required-brightness image the set brightness specified for each of the screen images. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033530 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR DYNAMIC SEQUENTIAL DISPLAY UPDATE - A controller and method have been described for use in conjunction with a sequential display system including a display having a plurality of pixels. A series of update cycles is performed on the display to establish the grayscale value of each pixel for viewing on the display based on the pixel values for a video frame by selectively switching each pixel responsive to the update cycles such that a total number of the update cycles is less than the total number of pixel values of the frame. Statistical characterization of frame data can be the basis of the reduction of the number of update cycles. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033531 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes an image data comparator which receives first, second and third color image data, extracts first, second and third image data from the first, second and third color image date by comparing gray scale values of the first, second and third color image date such that each of grayscale values of the second and third image data is greater than or equal to a gray scale value of the first image data, and compares the gray scale value of the first image data with a predetermined gray scale value, a driving circuit which generates a gray scale signal based on a result of the comparison and generates first and second color signals based on the first, second or third image data, and a pixel including a first sub-pixel which receives the gray scale signal, second and third sub-pixels which receive the first and second color signals, respectively. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033532 | PRINTER HAVING ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - A printer includes an energy storage device and a charger for charging the energy storage device and for providing a first DC voltage. The printer includes a first DC-to-DC voltage converter for converting the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage. The printer includes first printer electronics powered by the second DC voltage. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033533 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes a head for ejecting liquid, a cap unit for sealing an ejection surface of the head, a humidified air supply mechanism including a storing part for storing humidifying liquid and for performing a humidifying operation, a discharge unit discharges liquid from the head, a control unit for controlling the humidifying operation and a liquid discharge operation, and a detection unit for detecting whether the humidifying liquid is stored in the storing part. When the detection unit detects that no humidifying liquid is stored in the storing part, the control unit controls the discharge unit such that a liquid discharge amount from the head in the liquid discharge operation is larger than that of a case where the detection unit detects that the humidifying liquid is stored in the storing part. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033534 | CONTROL METHOD OF AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A drive signal includes a first drive signal and a second drive signal. The first drive signal includes a prior pulse section including a first contraction element and a discharging pulse section including a first expansion element pulling in a meniscus and the second contraction element discharging a droplet of liquid from the nozzle orifice. The second drive signal includes the discharging pulse section and a vibration control pulse section including a second expansion element controlling a residual vibration of the meniscus. A piezoelectric element is driven with the first drive signal when viscosity of the liquid is equal to or more than a first set value and is driven with the second drive signal when the viscosity is equal to or less than a second set value. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033535 | System and Method for Dynamic Stretch Reflex Printing - A method of adjusting the operation of printheads in a printing system with a moving sheet carrying device has been developed. The method includes identifying a first amount of sheet carrying device displacement and second amount of sheet carrying device displacement as the sheet carrying device carries a media sheet past first and second printheads, respectively, for imaging of a predetermined location of the media sheet. A time for operating the second printhead is adjusted based on a difference between the first sheet carrying device offset and the second sheet carrying device offset to provide color registration between ink drops of the first printhead and second printhead on the media sheet. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033536 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING RECORDING HEAD - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid droplets; a recording head including a pressure generator to generate a pressure to cause the nozzles to discharge liquid droplets; a droplet discharge status sensor unit to detect a droplet discharging status from each nozzle; and a maintenance controller to control a maintenance operation by a dummy discharge of liquid droplets not contributing to image formation. In such an image forming apparatus, the droplet discharge status sensor unit compares a detection result of the droplet discharge status and a preset reference threshold and determines whether the nozzle discharges normally or defectively; and the maintenance controller outputs a dummy discharge drive waveform corresponding to a difference between the detected droplet discharge status and the reference threshold to the pressure generator of the nozzle determined to be defective to cause the nozzle to discharge droplets for dummy discharging. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033537 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a platen, and a conveyance unit. The printing unit discharges ink for printing. The platen supports a sheet in the printing unit. The conveyance unit includes a first roller and a second roller arranged on a downstream side of the first roller and conveys the sheet along a conveyance path including a route from a sheet feed unit to the printing unit. In a cleaning mode to clean the platen, the printing apparatus conveys a cleaning sheet fed from the sheet feed unit until a trailing edge of the cleaning sheet reaches at least a position downstream of a nip position of the first roller, and then to reciprocate the cleaning sheet at least once by the second roller with such a stroke as not to allow the trailing edge to return to the nip position of the first roller. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033538 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND NONTRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image recording apparatus, including: a first head for ejecting first liquid; a second head for ejecting second liquid; a second-liquid test-pattern recording command section configured to command recording of a test pattern of the second liquid on the recording medium; and an output controller configured to output recording data to the first bead and/or the second head. When the second-liquid test-pattern recording command section does not command the recording of the test pattern of the second liquid, the output controller outputs recording data representative of an image to be recorded, to the first head and the second head. When the second-liquid test-pattern recording command section commands the recording of the test pattern of the second liquid, the output controller outputs the recording data representative of the test pattern of the second liquid, not to the first head but to the second head. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033539 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: a head main body having a manifold in which ink is retained, a compliance section absorbing a pressure change inside the manifold and a compliance space provided opposite to the compliance section, and discharging liquid from nozzles communicating with the manifold; an air chamber communicating with the compliance space and outside; and a liquid reservoir communicating with a liquid flow path supplying liquid to the manifold and volume of which is larger than the manifold, wherein the air chamber and the ink reservoir are divided by a resin adhesive where water vapor is capable of penetrating. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033540 | LINER-FREE LABEL PRINTER WITH LABEL ADHESIVE ACTIVATION - An apparatus for printing and activating an adhesive upon labels with fluid activatable adhesive having a print head and a path along which a label travels to the print head for printing on a front surface of the label. The path after printing reverses the orientation of the label to present the back surface of the label to the print head for applying a fluid for activating a layer of adhesive material on back surface of the label prior to the label exiting the apparatus. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033541 | MOVABLE SPITTOON PLATFORM - Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods of handling ink using a movable spittoon platform. A frame defines at least a reservoir portion and a side wall protrusion adjacent the reservoir portion. A shuttle includes a platform slidably movable between a first position, in which the platform is biased to extend outwardly from an end portion of the shuttle, and a second position, in which the platform becomes retracted relative to the end portion of the shuttle. The shuttle is slidably movable relative to the frame toward the spittoon portion wherein, upon releasable contact of the platform against the protrusion, the platform moves from the first portion into the second portion to scrape ink off the platform into the reservoir portion below the shuttle. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033542 | LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS AND CAP MEMBER - A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a liquid jetting head which has a liquid jetting surface including a nozzle placement region at which a plurality of nozzles are open; a cap member which covers the nozzles and which includes a bottom wall and a loop-shaped lip portion provided upright on an outer peripheral portion of the bottom wall to come into close contact with the liquid jetting surface, the bottom wall having a first region which covers the nozzle placement region and a second region which extends out from the first region and does not face the nozzle placement region; a cap driving mechanism which moves the cap member to make contact with or separate from the liquid jetting surface; and a recovery mechanism which is connected to the cap member and performs a recovery operation in a state in which the cap member makes contact with the liquid jetting surface. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033543 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes a head for ejecting liquid, a cap unit for sealing an ejection surface of the head, a humidified air supply mechanism for performing a humidifying operation; a forcible discharge mechanism for performing a forcible discharge operation of forcibly discharging liquid from the ejection ports, a measuring unit for measuring a lapse time after a power supply becomes off and until the power supply becomes on, and a control unit for controlling the humidifying operation when the power supply becomes off, and controlling the forcible discharge operation when the power supply becomes on. When the power supply becomes on, the control unit controls the humidifying operation before performing the forcible discharge operation based on whether the lapse time measured by the measuring unit exceeds a predetermined time. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033544 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING SURFACES OF MATERIAL PANELS, ESPECIALLY WOOD PANELS, WITH A MULTI-COLOUR IMAGE - A printing device and method for printing surfaces of material panels, especially wood panels, with a multi-color image, including: means for holding a material panel in a oriented position; a printing unit for printing a surface of the material panel, the printing unit comprising a plurality of adjacently arranged printing heads, respectively for a plurality of colors, according to the width of the surface to be printed; means for moving the printing unit along an area of displacement over the surface of the material panel held in place; and means for preventing air turbulences in the area of displacement of the printing unit. Air turbulences in the path of displacement of the printing unit, along the edges of the material panel, are prevented by the passage of air guiding devices. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033545 | LIQUID DISCHARGING NOZZLE AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING WATER-REPELLENT LAYER OF THE LIQUID DISCHARGING NOZZLE - A liquid discharging nozzle of the present invention includes (i) a liquid reservoir for reserving a discharging liquid and (ii) a discharging tube connected to a bottom part of the liquid reservoir. A water-repellent layer is provided on an inner surface of the discharging tube, on an inner surface of the discharging tube, and on an inner surface of the liquid reservoir, and is a fluorinated water-repellent layer. An aluminum oxide layer and a silicon oxide layer are used as foundation layers of the fluorinated water-repellent layer. The aluminum oxide layer, the silicon oxide layer, and the fluorinated water-repellent layer, which are stacked together, have a combined thickness of not more than 25 nm. The fluorinated water-repellent layer alone has a thickness of 1 nm to 4 nm. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033546 | ACHIEVING ACCURATE PAGE YIELDS - A system for achieving accurate page yields includes a first droplet generator comprising a nozzle aperture with a first cross sectional area and a first passageway to an ink reservoir. A second droplet generator includes a nozzle aperture with a second cross sectional area that is larger than the first cross sectional area and a second passageway to the ink reservoir with minimum cross sectional area that is smaller than the second cross sectional area. A method for achieving accurate page yields is also provided. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033547 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - Provided is a liquid ejection head, including a substrate including an energy-generating element for generating energy to be used for ejecting a liquid, and a supply port that is a through-hole for supplying the liquid to the energy-generating element; and an orifice plate including an ejection orifice for ejecting the liquid. A plurality of the energy-generating elements are arranged in a first direction. The supply port is formed between the plurality of the energy-generating elements in the first direction, and the supply port is formed so as to be adjacent to the energy-generating element in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033548 | Print Head - Thermal inkjet print head, comprising a fluid feed channel for delivering fluid, fluid chambers arranged near the fluid feed channel for receiving fluid from the fluid feed channel, resistors for actuating the fluid in the chambers, arranged in a staggered pattern with respect to a fluid feed channel wall, and a cantilever extending over the fluid feed channel wall, having a staggered edge that follows the staggered pattern of the resistors. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033549 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR SPREADING RADIATION CURABLE GEL INK - A radiation curable gel ink spreading system includes a print head for jetting radiation curable gel ink onto a front side of a substrate, a heated re-flow drum for contacting a back side of the substrate to heat the gel ink and cause the ink to re-flow, and at least one radiation source that irradiates the heated ink to reduce or stop re-flow. A re-flow drum temperature, amount of radiation emission per unit time, radiation source location including a substrate wrap angle with respect to the re-flow drum and/or the radiation source, a distance between a re-flow zone start and the radiation source, and a gap distance between the radiation source and the substrate, and a process speed or substrate translation speed are adjustable for achieving desired spreading characteristics. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033550 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - In a passage unit of a recording head, a first ink introduction port of a first reservoir and a second ink introduction port of a second reservoir are formed between the first and second reservoirs. The first and second ink introduction ports are formed at different positions in a nozzle line direction perpendicular to a main scanning direction and are formed to overlap each other in the main scanning direction. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033551 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - A fluid ejection device includes a chamber, at least one fluid supply channel, and more than two fluid inlets disposed between the fluid channel and the chamber. An inkjet printing system includes a fluid ejection device having a chamber disposed along fluid supply channels within the fluid ejection device, where a first channel is disposed along a first side of the chamber and a second channel is disposed along a second side of the chamber. The chamber includes multiple fluid inlets, where a first plurality of fluid inlets is disposed between the chamber and the first channel and a second plurality of fluid inlets is disposed between the chamber and the second channel. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033552 | INK CARTRIDGE FOR INKJET PRINTER - The invention relates to an ink cartridge for an inkjet printer, which comprises a cartridge body, a detection mechanism and a tension generating component, wherein the cartridge body comprises an ink storage cavity and an ink outlet; the detection mechanism for detecting the ink cartridge and the ink level comprises a first detection component which is matched with a first sensor on the printer, a second detection component which is matched with a second sensor on the printer, and an offsetting component; the second detection component comprises a movable member and a shaft which is arranged inside the cartridge body; the movable member is connected with a rotating shaft of the cartridge body through the shaft; and the tension generating component generates a tensile force to drive the movable member to move towards the direction opposite to the ink cartridge installation direction. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033553 | INK-JET PRINTER AND MEDIUM TRANSFER METHOD - Provided are a ink-jet printer and a medium transfer method printer may include a placement section configured to attract a rolled medium, and to move in a direction parallel to a medium transferring direction, an ink discharging unit configured to move in a direction perpendicular to the medium transferring direction, an unwinding section configured to unwind the medium onto the placement section, and a winding section configured to wind the medium from the placement section. In addition, the ink discharging unit may be configured to discharge ink on the medium at the same time that the placement section moves in the direction of the medium transferring direction and while the placement section attracts the medium. Furthermore, the ink discharging unit also may be configured to discharge ink on the medium at the same time that the unwinding section unwinds the medium and the winding section winds the medium. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033554 | PRINT STATION SYSTEM - A print station system having a chassis for housing a modular print station; a power source in communication with the print station; a controller circuit card assembly in communication with the print station; a display panel in communication with the print station; a media rewind hub; a pair of adjustable media guides connected about a base of the print station; and at least one sensor affixed to the print station base and being operable for detecting the presence and position of media passing through a media feed path of the print station system. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033555 | PRINTER - A printer includes a thermal head including a line head in which heating elements are arranged in a straight line, a feed device being configured to feed a printing medium in a vertical scanning direction, and a control device being configured to control the feed device and the thermal head, the printer performing printing by forming a print dot by heating on the printing medium. Each iteration of the pulse application cycle is a time period from a main heating starting time to a next main heating starting time. The control device, in a case where the main heating is not performed on a second heating element adjacent in a main scanning direction to a first heating element, is configured to perform printing by using a first mode, in which applying of a first sub-pulse to the second heating element is performed starting from the main heating starting time. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033556 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system having a chassis for housing a modular print station; a power source in communication with the print station; a controller circuit card assembly encoded with at least one feature module and being in communication with the print station; a display panel in communication with the print station; a media rewind hub; a pair of adjustable media guides connected about a base of the print station; and at least one sensor affixed to the print station base and being operable for detecting the presence and position of media passing through a media feed path of the printing system. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033557 | LIGHT SCANNING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A light scanning unit and an image forming apparatus employing the same. The light scanning unit deflects light in a main scanning direction, irradiates the light on a photoconductive drum, and includes a beam detecting sensor to detect a horizontal synchronization signal by receiving a part of the light beam reflected and scanned by a beam deflector, and leads of terminals of the beam detecting sensor are not exposed to the light beam to be scanned. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033558 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE DESIGNING METHOD - An optical scanning device including a light source having multiple light emitters; an optical element to reflect and transmit the emitted light beams; a photodetector to receive the reflected light beams; an aperture having an opening to shape the transmitted light beams; a light deflector to deflect the transmitted light beams; and a scanning optics to guide the deflected light beams to a scanning surface. The quantity of each of the light beams received by the photodetector is not less than 0.01 mW, and the size of a light receiving surface of the photodetector is determined such that even when the full width at half maximum of the emitted light beams changes, the rate of change of the ratio of the quantity of the light beams detected by the photodetector to the quantity of the light beams passing through the opening of the aperture is not greater than 4%. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033559 | SURFACE-EMITTING LASER DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNER DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A surface-emitting laser device includes a lower reflector, a resonator structure having an active layer and an upper reflector on an inclined substrate, and an emission region emitting laser light enclosed by an electrode. The upper reflector includes a confinement structure having a current passing region enclosed by an oxide containing at least an oxide generated as a result of partial oxidation of a layer containing aluminum subject to selective oxidation, and a dielectric film formed within the emission region, the dielectric film at least enclosing a partial region including a center of the emission region. In viewing from a direction orthogonal to the emission region, a center of a region enclosed by the dielectric film is located at a position distant from the center of the emission region based on a size of the confinement structure relative to a direction orthogonal to an inclined axis of the inclined substrate. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033560 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDING CLOSED CAPTIONING TO VIDEO MAIL - A computer-implemented method of providing closed captioning for video mail is described herein. The method includes receiving video mail from a calling party directed to at least one called party at a video mail server. Video mail from the calling party for at least one called party may be recorded at the video mail server. Further, closed captioning content may be added to the video mail for at least one called party at the video mail server. The video mail with closed captioning content for at least one called party may be stored in a video mail database in communication with the video mail server. At some point in time, an alert may be sent to the called party indicating that video mail has arrived via the video mail server or a short message service center. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033561 | PORTABLE TELEVISION (TV) PHONE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION THEREOF - A TV phone is provided, which includes a TV module; an MRFU for demodulating an incoming call received through a forward channel, and modulating and transmitting a signal on a reverse channel; a TV control section for supplying a tuning signal to the TV module; an MSP for establishing a phone or TV mode; and a display unit for displaying synchronized signals on an image viewing screen. In a TV mode, the TV phone receives an incoming call, stops the TV module; switches off and on output of an audio signal of the selected TV broadcasting channel; displays a character message on the TV viewing screen; or superimposes a graphic image over the image on the TV viewing screen. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033562 | METHOD AND APPARATUS USING AN INTEGRATED FEMTOCELL AND RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY DEVICE - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method at a residential gateway device that registers at least one mobile phone number with the residential gateway device via a femtocell integrated with the residential gateway device when a mobile device associated with the at least one mobile phone number is within range of the femtocell, registers at least one voice over internet protocol phone number with the residential gateway device, and selectively receives and makes calls using one of a set top box registered with the residential gateway device, the mobile device registered with the femtocell, a voice over internet protocol phone corresponding to the at least one voice over internet protocol phone number. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033563 | MULTIPOINT CONFERENCE METHOD THAT DOES NOT USE A SERVER - Disclosed are different terminals involved in a conference and arranged in a tree topology. Each terminal stores a list of participating terminals, the types of media streams of each terminal, and a media diagram referring to the processing actions of the terminals, in order to allow the conference to be conducted without a server and in a self-organized manner, providing fault tolerance such that the conference as a whole can overcome the failure of any of the participating terminals, allowing the conference to be reconfigured when a user leaves the same, either because it ceases to respond owing to a problem in the terminal or because the user so desires. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033564 | PICTURE-IN-PICTURE PROCESSING FOR VIDEO TELEPHONY - The disclosure is directed to techniques for picture-in-picture (PIP) processing for video telephony (VT). According to the disclosed techniques, a local video communication device transmits PIP information to a remote video communication device. Using the PIP information, the remote video communication device applies preferential encoding to non-PIP regions of video transmitted to the local video communication device. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033565 | Three-coordinate Three Dimensional Television system in Cubic and Spherical configurations, with Domed Theater Display and other curved shapes - This invention provides a means to present television in full, actual space, not an illusionistic or stereoscopic type of viewer. The first camera and viewer was cubic in shape, and provided a distancing coordinate for a more conventional flat display This was first described and illustrated in a 1999 patent application for a overall system of television manufacture. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033566 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - One embodiment of an apparatus includes a reference position receiving unit configured to receive intermediate or end panorama reference position information input by a user, and a control unit configured to control an imaging device to begin generating a plurality of images to be used to generate a panoramic image based on the intermediate or end panorama reference position information input by the user after the reference position receiving unit receives the intermediate or end panorama reference position information. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033567 | METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING PANORAMIC IMAGE - Disclosed is a method for photographing a panoramic image. The method includes comparing an current image input with a previous image to obtain a motion information of a corresponding photographing apparatus, when photographing respective images forming the panoramic image, recognizing a degree of movement of the corresponding photographing apparatus at least based on the obtained motion information, and photographing corresponding image by a manual input or automatically when the recognized degree of movement is satisfied with a pre-set movement distance reference. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033568 | METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING PANORAMIC PICTURE - A method for photographing a panoramic picture includes the steps of checking motion of a corresponding photographing apparatus compares currently input images and previous images in real time through a motion estimation technique employing exposure compensation. Respective images constituting a panoramic picture are photographed, and image photography information is checked that includes focus distance and optical magnification to calculate actual photography range distance of the images. A pre-set threshold is set in consideration of a calculated actual photography range distance of the images. The checked motion is confirmed as to whether the pre-set threshold has been reached, and photography time points of the respective images are determined. The respective images are photographed according to a manual mode or an automatic mode at the photography time point of the respective images. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033569 | COMBINING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MESSAGE WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CONTENT - A 3D “pop-up” message is presented to users on a 3D television screen. The 3D message is formatted in such a way that it can be combined, in a post-production environment, with 3D video content. A “message mediator” receives both 3D video content and the 3D message. It also receives information from the 3D content provider about where and when within the 3D content to display the 3D message. The message mediator uses this information to combine the 3D message with the 3D video content and displays the result to the user. Any type of 3D message can be presented including advertisements, personal messages, public-service messages, reminders, and social-networking updates. Some 3D messages can be interactive, responding to user actions. The message mediator can set the transparency and depth of the 3D message to make it more compelling (the 3D message “pops out”) or less intrusive. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033570 | STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSOR WITH ENHANCED 3D EFFECT - An input stereoscopic video signal has a first frame sequence (S | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033571 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROPPING A 3-DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL DATASET - A method and gesture-based control system for manipulating a 3-dimensional medical dataset include translating a body part, detecting the translation of the body part with a camera system. The method and system include translating a crop plane in the 3-dimensional medical dataset based on the translating the body part. The method and system include cropping the 3-dimensional medical dataset at the location of the crop plane after translating the crop plane and displaying the cropped 3-dimensional medical dataset using volume rendering. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033572 | OPTIMIZING USAGE OF IMAGE SENSORS IN A STEREOSCOPIC ENVIRONMENT - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for optimizing usage of image sensors in a stereoscopic environment. The method includes: (a) providing a first image sensor, where the first image sensor is associated with a first image sensor area and a first imaging area; (b) determining a distance from the camera to an object to be captured; and (c) shifting the first imaging area along a length of the first image sensor area, where the amount of the shifting is based at least partially on the distance from the camera to the object, and where the first imaging area can shift along an entire length of the first image sensor area. The invention optimizes usage of an image sensor by permitting an increase in disparity control. Additionally, the invention reduces the closest permissible distance of an object to be captured using a stereoscopic camera. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033573 | OPTICAL PHASE EXTRACTION SYSTEM HAVING PHASE COMPENSATIONFUNCTION OF CLOSED LOOP TYPE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGEEXTRACTION METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an image extraction method of optical phase extraction system. The image extraction method may include checking whether a phase error due to an environmental disturbance of optical fiber occurs by monitoring an output signal obtained by interfering reflection optical signals reflected through two paths. When a phase error occurs, an error is compensated using a phase compensation control method of closed loop type through one of the two paths and an image is extracted by capturing an image of object in a state that the image of object is shifted by the set phase value when a phase error is compensated. According to the inventive concept, a phase error occurring in an optical fiber type interferometer due to an environmental disturbance is minimized or compensated. Also, since an interference image accurately shifted by the phase value set among arbitrary various phase values is obtained through a camera, reliability of three-dimensional phase information being extracted is guaranteed. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033574 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNVEILING HIDDEN DIELECTRIC OBJECT - The invention relates to the remote measurement of the dielectric permittivity of dielectrics. A 3D microwave and a 3D optical range images of an interrogated scene are recorded at the same time moment. The images are digitized and overlapped. A space between the microwave and optical image is measured, and a dielectric permittivity of the space between these images is determined. If the dielectric permittivity is about 3, then hidden explosive materials or components of thereof are suspected. The invention makes it possible to remotely determine the dielectric permittivity of a moving, irregularly-shaped dielectric objects. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033575 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an imaging element that photographs multiple viewing point images corresponding to images observed from different viewing points and an image processing unit separates an output signal of the imaging element, acquires the plurality of viewing point images corresponding to the images observed from the different viewing points, and generates a left eye image and a right eye image for three-dimensional image display, on the basis of the plurality of acquired viewing point images. The image processing unit generates parallax information on the basis of the plurality of viewing point images obtained from the imaging element and generates a left eye image and a right eye image for three-dimensional image display by 2D3D conversion processing using the generated parallax information. By this configuration, a plurality of viewing point images are acquired on the basis of one photographed image and images for three-dimensional image display are generated. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033576 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including capturing portions that respectively capture a first image and a second image that form an image for a right eye and an image for a left eye which can be stereoscopically viewed in three dimensions, a comparison portion that compares the first image and the second image captured by the capturing portions, a determination portion that determines, based on a comparison result of the comparison portion, which of the first image and the second image is the image for the right eye and which is the image for the left eye, and an output portion that outputs each of the first image and the second image, as the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye, based on a determination result of the determination portion. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033577 | MULTI-LENS CAMERA WITH A SINGLE IMAGE SENSOR - A multiple-lens camera has only one image sensor to capture a number of images at different viewing angles. Using a single image sensor, instead of a number of separate image sensors, to capture multiple images simultaneously, one can avoid the calibration process to calibrate the different image sensors to make sure that color balance and the gain are the same for all the image sensors used. The camera has an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the distance between the image lenses, and a processor to receive from the image sensor electronic signals indicative of image data of the captured of images. The camera has a connector to transfer the processed image data to an external device or to an image display. The image display device is configured to display one of said plurality of images. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033578 | PROCESSING MULTI-APERTURE IMAGE DATA - A method and a system for processing multi-aperture image data are described, wherein the method comprises: capturing image data associated with one or more objects by simultaneously exposing an image sensor in an imaging system to spectral energy associated with at least a first part of the electromagnetic spectrum using at least a first aperture and to spectral energy associated with at least a second part of the electromagnetic spectrum using at least a second and third aperture; generating first image data associated with said first part of the electromagnetic spectrum and second image data associated with said second part of the electromagnetic spectrum; and, generating depth information associated with said captured image on the basis displacement information in said second image data, preferably on the basis of displacement information in an auto-correlation function of the high-frequency image data associated with said second image data. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033579 | PROCESSING MULTI-APERTURE IMAGE DATA - A method and a system for processing multi-aperture image data is described wherein the method comprises: capturing image data associated of one or more objects by simultaneously exposing an image sensor in an imaging system to spectral energy associated with at least a first part of the electromagnetic spectrum using at least a first aperture and to spectral energy associated with at least a second part of the electromagnetic spectrum using at least a second aperture; generating first image data associated with said first part of the electromagnetic spectrum and second image data associated with said second part of the electro-magnetic spectrum; and, generating depth information associated with said captured image on the basis of first sharpness information in at least one area of said first image data and second sharpness information in at least one area of said second image data. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033580 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISION SENSOR - Enabling height recognition processing by setting a height of an arbitrary plane to zero for convenience of the recognition processing. A parameter for three-dimensional measurement is calculated and registered through calibration and, thereafter, an image pickup with a stereo camera is performed on a plane desired to be recognized as having a height of zero in actual recognition processing. Three-dimensional measurement using the registered parameter is performed on characteristic patterns (marks m | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033581 | 3D CAMERA ASSEMBLY AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - A 3D camera and a mobile terminal having the same include a plurality of cameras capturing a 3D image, a camera printed circuit board (PCB) to which the plurality of cameras are coupled, and a bracket coupled to at least one of the plurality of cameras and the camera PCB, and preventing movement of the plurality of cameras. The bracket has a coupling recess provided such that at least one other PCB is coupled thereto. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033582 | METHOD OF DEPTH-BASED IMAGING USING AN AUTOMATIC TRILATERAL FILTER FOR 3D STEREO IMAGERS - A system of stereo imagers, including image processing units and methods of blurring an image, is presented. The image is received from an image sensor. For each pixel of the image, a depth filter component is determined based on a focal area of the image and a depth map associated with the image. For each pixel of the image, a trilateral filter is generated that includes a spatial filter component, a range filter component and the depth filter component. The respective trilateral filter is applied to corresponding pixels of the image to blur the image outside of the focal area. A refocus area or position may be determined by imaging geometry or may be selected manually via a user interface. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033583 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An image display device and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a 3D stereoscopic image are more comfortably appreciated in consideration of appreciation environment. In a mobile terminal including a display unit configured to variably display a 2D (2-dimensional) image and a 3D stereoscopic image of a parallax barrier type, the present invention includes determining a play mode of a source image including a left eye image and a right eye image for implementation of the 3D stereoscopic image, if the determined play mode is a 3D play mode, determining a brightness of the source image, and enhancing an output brightness of the source image in accordance with an output brightness of the source image. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033584 | STEREO CAMERA MODULE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A stereo camera module includes a substrate provided with a plurality of installation brackets, a plurality of camera modules rotatably coupled to the installation brackets, a rotating part provided on the installation brackets so as to be rotatably coupled to a rotation coupling part provided on the camera modules, a driving unit provided on the installation brackets for rotatably driving the camera modules using magnetic force, and a control unit for adjusting the magnetic force generated by the driving unit by applying a current, which corresponds to inputted angle-adjustment data, to the driving unit to thereby control the rotation of the camera modules using the adjusted magnetic force. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033585 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLOR COMPENSATION IN MULTI-VIEW VIDEO - An apparatus and a method for color compensation in multi-view video is provided. Video sequences corresponding to a common scene of interest are captured and processed using the master and slave channels respectively. A compensation gain is calculated based on a set of global color ratio statistics obtained from the master and slave channels. The compensation gain is applied to the slave channel. An initial master color correction matrix is combined with a master color matching matrix to obtain a final master color correction matrix. The initial slave color correction matrix is combined with a slave color matching matrix to obtain a final slave color correction matrix. The master and gain-compensated slave channels are color-compensated by applying the final master and final slave color correction matrices to the master and gain-compensated slave channels, respectively. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033586 | System, Method and Apparatus for Generation, Transmission and Display of 3D Content - A method of and system and apparatus for, generating visual information from left and right (L/R) view information and depth information, comprising computing left and right projections of L/R view information in three-dimensional space, combining the occluded portions of the computed projections in three-dimensional space, and mapping the combined projections to two-dimensional space according to a desired projection point. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033587 | EYEWEAR DEVICE - The instant application discloses an eyewear device for assisting in viewing a stereoscopic video. The eyewear device includes a light amount adjuster which adjusts a light amount entering each of left and right eyes; and a controller which controls the light amount adjuster in response to a timing signal for notifying a timing of an increase period during which the transmission amount is increased. The controller includes a detector detecting a non-reception period in which the timing signal is not received; a storage portion storing period data which define a length of the increase period in the non-reception period; and a flywheel controller controlling the light amount adjuster in the non-reception period in response to the period data. If the non-reception period exceeds a threshold period which is defined for the non-reception period, the flywheel controller controls the light amount adjuster so that the increase period is shortened. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033588 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, DRIVING METHOD, DRIVING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROLLING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Pixels belong to any of a plurality of pixel groups. The pixel groups each include first pixels and second pixels. A three-dimensional image display apparatus polarizes light to be emitted from the first pixels into light having a first polarization characteristic and polarizes light to be emitted from the second pixels into light having a second polarization characteristic. The three-dimensional image display apparatus, sets luminance of at least one of luminance of a left-eye image or luminance of a right-eye image such that the luminance of a predefined first image of the left-eye image or the right-eye image is higher than the luminance of a second image of the images. The three-dimensional image display apparatus causes the first pixels to render the first image at the set luminance on a screen and causes the second pixels to render the second image at the set luminance on the screen. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033589 | SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION OF DIFFERING IMAGE TYPES - A system in one embodiment includes an image forming device for forming an image from an area of interest containing different image components; an illumination device for illuminating the area of interest with light containing multiple components; at least one light source coupled to the illumination device, the at least one light source providing light to the illumination device containing different components, each component having distinct spectral characteristics and relative intensity; an image analyzer coupled to the image forming device, the image analyzer decomposing the image formed by the image forming device into multiple component parts based on type of imaging; and multiple image capture devices, each image capture device receiving one of the component parts of the image. Additional systems and methods are presented. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033590 | Real-Time Skin Color Visualization and Classification Tool - The present invention makes use of a camera feed input to calculate in real time, and simultaneously display: the skin color of a subject, the most comparable colored item from a predetermined array of colored items, and the camera feed output. The simultaneous and real time feedback of the skin color and the selected colored item enable the user to adjust the camera until the closest match is identified. The user can at any point choose to view further details about a given item including purchasing a corresponding product online. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033591 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - In an embodiment, an image processing device includes: a first calculating unit; a selecting unit; an extracting unit; a second calculating unit; a determining unit; and a generating unit. The first calculating unit calculates posture information of a subject from a first image including the subject. The selecting unit selects a second image associated with the posture information from a plurality of second images including clothing. The extracting unit extracts a first feature of the subject from a first contour in the first image and extracts a second feature from a second contour in the second image. The second calculating unit calculates a first difference between the first feature and the second feature. The determining unit determines a transparency that is higher as the first difference is larger. The generating unit generates a composite image combining the first image and the second image with the determined transparency. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033592 | MANNER OF RANGING ITEMS ON THE COMPUTER MONITOR SCREEN SURFACE AND A METHOD OF VALUATION OF OBJECTS ON THE SURFACE OF A COMPUTER OF A COMPUTER MONITOR SCREEN - The manner of measuring the location of user's eyesight fixation point on the computer screen surface based on illuminating the eye surface, monitoring the eye with a camera and analyzing light reflecting from the pupil surface, and the method of valuation of objects on the surface of a computer monitor screen, especially key words for the needs of a web browser user, based on monitoring the eye by means of a video camera during successive light sources on and offs which are located in the axis of a video camera and in the corners of a computer monitor and/or nearby, and recording the constellations of reflections from the surface of the apple of the eye in the video camera image and processing the image by the computer and software. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130033593 | Portable Retinal Camera and Image Acquisition Method - A camera for capturing an image of an object, for example an eye. The camera has at least two light sources and an image-sensing system having two image sensors. A multiple branch optical system transmits outgoing light from the light sources to the object, and transmits incoming light from the object to the image-sensing system. The multiple branch optical system includes an autofocusing element such as a variable power optical element that varies the focus of the incoming light. There is also an image display. There is a controller that controls the operation of the light sources, controls acquisition of images by the image-sensing system, and controls the display of images on the image display. The controller activates an autofocus light source and uses the resulting captured image to automatically adjust the image exposure parameters. The controller automatically adjusts the autofocusing element to improve the image focus, and then activates the second light source and acquires one or more images of the object while the second light source is activated. | 2013-02-07 |
