07th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150042682 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT IN MEDIA ASSETS - Methods and systems are provided herein for presenting supplemental content in media assets, which may be presented only to particular users, irrespective of whether or not other users are viewing the same media asset on the same device. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA RENDERING, COMPOSITION, AND USER-INTERACTIVITY - An interactive video/multimedia application (IVM application) may specify one or more media assets for playback. The IVM application may define the rendering, composition, and interactivity of one or more the assets, such as video. Video multimedia application data (IVMA data may) be used to define the behavior of the IVM application. The IVMA data may be embodied as a standalone file in a text or binary, compressed format. Alternatively, the IVMA data may be embedded within other media content. A video asset used in the IVM application may include embedded, content-aware metadata that is tightly coupled to the asset. The IVM application may reference the content-aware metadata embedded within the asset to define the rendering and composition of application display elements and user-interactivity features. The interactive video/multimedia application (defined by the video and multimedia application data) may be presented to a viewer in a player application. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042684 | PROJECTION METHODS AND PROJECTION DEVICES - The present disclosure discloses a projection method and an electronic device, belong to an image processing field. The method comprises: obtaining a first image, and obtaining an adjustment instruction, wherein the first image corresponds to first content; adjusting the first image to a second image according to the adjustment instruction, the second image comprising a target image corresponding to the first content; and projecting the second image; wherein when the second image is projected onto intersected planes formed by at least two planes, if an edge of the target image is intersected with an intersection line of the intersected planes, the edge of the target image is or is approximately perpendicular to the intersection line of the intersection planes. The present disclosure adjusts the first image to the second image, and projects the second image, so that when the second image projects onto the intersected planes formed by at least two planes, if the edge of the target image included in the second image is intersected with the intersection line of the intersected plane, the edge of the target image is or is approximately perpendicular to the intersection line of the intersection planes. Thus, the target image may be normally displayed and deformation may not occur. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042685 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a determination unit, an operator change unit, and an image change unit. The determination unit determines whether or not an image displayed on a display unit of a portable information processing apparatus has been rotated. The operator change unit changes an operator of the information processing apparatus, when the determination unit determines that the image has been rotated. The image change unit changes the image displayed on the display unit of the information processing apparatus on the basis of the operator who has been changed by the operator change unit. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042686 | Method Applied to a Display for Displaying a Sub-frame - A method applied to a display for displaying a sub-frame, which includes calculating a horizontal proportion and a vertical proportion of a first sub-frame window to a first input sub-frame. When the horizontal proportion is greater than the vertical proportion, the first input sub-frame is horizontally and vertically scaled by the vertical proportion for generating a second input sub-frame. Horizontal dimension of the first sub-frame window is adjusted to be the same as the second input sub-frame for generating a second sub-frame window, so as to display the second input sub-frame. When the horizontal proportion is smaller than the vertical proportion, the first input sub-frame is horizontally and vertically scaled by the horizontal proportion for generating the second input sub-frame. Vertical dimension of the first sub-frame window is adjusted to be the same as the second input sub-frame for generating the second sub-frame window, so as to display the second input sub-frame. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042687 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus displays, together with an image on a display unit, items related to a plurality of objects in the image. At this time, for the plurality of objects in the image, the display control apparatus displays items related to the respective objects at display positions having a predetermined relative positional relationship with the objects. The display control apparatus decides the order of priority of the plurality of objects. In case that the area of a main object having a highest decided priority level and the display position having the predetermined relative positional relationship for an item related to another object overlap each other, the display control apparatus adjusts the display position of the item related to the other object to eliminate the overlapping, and displays the item related to the other object. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042688 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a plurality of pixels, a luminance measuring unit, a current measuring unit, and a compensation data generator. The luminance measuring unit measures the luminance of each pixel and generates luminance information corresponding to the measured luminances. The current measuring unit measures the current output from each pixel and generates current information corresponding to the measured currents. The compensation data generator generates compensation data including a compensation value for each pixel based on the luminance information and/or the current information. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042689 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A gate driving circuit and a display apparatus having the gate driving circuit, in which the gate driving circuit includes a voltage adjusting part using a low clock signal to increase the reliability of the gate driving circuit, thereby extending the lifetime of the gate driving circuit. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042690 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and including an intrinsic poly-semiconductor part and a doped poly-semiconductor part, a gate insulating layer covering the semiconductor layer, a scan line disposed on the gate insulating layer and transmitting a scan signal, a data line insulated from and intersecting the scan line and transmitting a data signal, a thin film transistor connected to the scan line and the data line, and an organic light emitting diode connected to the thin film transistor, where the intrinsic poly-semiconductor part is positioned at a region near the scan line. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042691 | PIXEL DRIVING METHOD AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A pixel driving method is adapted for a liquid crystal display. Each pixel includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, in which the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel each includes a first display region and a second display region. The pixel driving method includes providing a first voltage to the first displaying region of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel; providing a second voltage to the second displaying region of the first sub-pixel and a third voltage to the second displaying region of the second sub-pixel; and when the provided first voltage is larger than a predetermined voltage, providing the second voltage so that the provided second voltage is smaller than the provided third voltage. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042692 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An apparatus includes a controller to generate at least one pulse width modulated (PWM) signal to control a switch connected to a pixel circuit of a display device. The at least one PWM signal controls coupling of a current source or a current sink through the switch to the pixel circuit. When the PWM signal is applied during a first period, the PWM signal has a width sufficient to discharge a pixel capacitor. When the PWM signal is applied during a second period, the PWM signal has a width which is based on a data signal. The pixel circuit controls emission of light with a certain gray scale value based on the data signal. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042693 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - A liquid crystal display device of the present invention employs a liquid crystal panel of CS control pixel division, and is configured such that two adjacent pixel rows share one retention capacitor wire, and two adjacent scanning signal lines are simultaneously selected. In a case where two pixels ((Pn+1) and (Pn+2)) which are adjacent along a scanning direction but are not simultaneously selected are to have an identical predetermined luminance in two frames, a first signal potential is written to one pixel (Pn+1) in one of the two frames and a second signal potential having a polarity identical to that of the first signal potential is written to the other pixel (Pn+2) in the other of the two frames, the first and second signal potentials are different from each other. The present invention makes it possible to suppress transverse lines of display unevenness which occur in the liquid crystal display device. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042694 | LUMINANCE COMPENSATION APPARATUS FOR ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PANEL - Disclosed is a luminance compensation apparatus of an organic light emitting diode panel including a reference pixel element unit that is installed at an outer peripheral portion of a display area on an organic light emitting diode panel and operate corresponding to a pixel element aligned in the display area, and a driving chip that is provided in an area including the reference pixel element unit of the outer peripheral portion of the display area, compares a luminance value of light incident from the reference pixel element unit with a reference luminance value to calculate a luminance deviation value based on a comparison result, controls driving of pixel elements aligned in the display area according to the luminance deviation value, and allows light, luminance deviation of which has been compensated, to be irradiated. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042695 | DISPLAY ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - In a display element ( | 2015-02-12 |
20150042696 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - The video signal processing circuit which analyzes video signals inputted from outside, performs conversion processing for image quality adjustment on the video signals based on a result of analysis, transmits those towards a video display unit includes: a feature value/maximum value calculation module which calculates a feature value that is a numerical value showing a degree of brightness of the video signals; a gradation conversion threshold value calculation module which calculates a threshold value regarding conversion of the gradation based on a threshold value calculation expression that is formed based on the feature value and a conversion coefficient set in advance; and a gradation conversion module which performs gradation conversion based on a linear function that increases linearly by taking a region of the gradation equal to or higher than the threshold value among the video signals as a target. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042697 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING LUMINANCE OF THE SAME - A method of adjusting luminance of an organic light emitting display device is provided. By the method, initial compensation data are derived from optical images of a plurality of pixels, a look-up table (LUT) is generated using the initial compensation data, compensation data are derived by measuring deterioration degrees of the pixels, the LUT is updated by applying a filter for redistributing the compensation data among the pixels, an operation for adjusting the luminance are performed with image data of the pixels and the compensation data stored in the LUT, and driving data that are calculated by the operation for adjusting the luminance are outputted. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042698 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display portion, an illuminance sensor and a controller. The display portion has a display screen. The illuminance sensor measures an ambient brightness of the display screen at a first interval. The controller shifts the illuminance sensor to a state in which the illuminance sensor measures the ambient brightness at a second interval which is longer than the first interval when a change of the brightness is relatively small. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042699 | AMOLED DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An emission control circuit for controlling emission of R, G, B EL elements and method for driving an organic light emitting diode display using the same. An emission control signal generating circuit of a flat panel display includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a plurality of EL elements, and emission of the elements is controlled by emission control signals. The circuit includes a first signal generating device for generating one of the emission control signals, and a plurality of second signal generating devices for generating other ones of the emission control signals using an output signal of the first signal generating device and an external control signal. The first signal generating device may include a shift register. Each of the plurality of second signal generating devices may include a NAND gate using the external signal and the external control signal, or an inverted signal thereof, as two inputs. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042700 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING AN IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS PERFORMING THE METHOD - A display apparatus includes a light source configured to generate lights having a plurality of colors, the light source configured to be driven in a field sequential color driving method; and a display panel configured to receive the lights to display an image, display the colors at a first area in a first order, and display the colors at a second area different from the first area in a second order different from the first order. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042701 | IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE - An image projection device includes: a drive control unit that generates colors sequentially; a setting unit that sets a color of an illumination image; an image capturing control unit that receives, from the drive control unit, a synchronization signal that specifies a timing at which light of a color closest to the set color of the illumination image is not projected and causes an image of a projection surface to be captured in accordance with the timing that is specified by the synchronization signal; an illumination image detection unit that detects, from captured image data, an illumination image that is produced by illuminating the projection surface by an illuminating device; and an illumination image generation unit that generates projection image data obtained by combining given image data at a position at which the illumination image is detected. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042702 | NANO-MEDIA INFORMATION CARRIER BASED ON PIXELATED NANO-STRUCTURES COMBINED WITH AN INTENSITY CONTROL LAYER - A display media including a pixel layer containing subpixels for different optical bands composed of nano-scale structures and an intensity control layer that can pattern the luminance of the subpixels. The display media includes a substrate layer, a sub-wavelength substrate supported by the substrate layer and including subpixels, each subpixel defined by at least one sub-wavelength structure having at least one specific optical property including a specific optical band, at least two of the subpixels having a different specific optical property, and an intensity control layer to individually control an amount of luminance of each individual subpixel in a pattern. Some of the subpixels may have colors that define a color space, while some other subpixels may have an invisible radiation spectrum band. For example, the display media can allow both overt information (color images) and covert information to be embedded together with high density. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042703 | COMPENSATION ACCURACY - A system uses image data, representing images to be displayed in successive frames, to drive a display having pixels that include a drive transistor and an organic light emitting device by dividing each frame into at least first and second sub-frames, supplying the image data during one of the sub-frames, supplying compensation data during the other of the sub-frames, compensating image data based on the compensation data, and supplying each pixel with a drive current that is based on the compensated image data during each frame. The compensated image data may be supplied from a driver having a preselected data resolution, and the system determines whether the compensated image data is greater than the data resolution of the driver, and if the compensated image data is greater than the data resolution of the driver, transfers the excess compensated image data to a different sub-frame. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042704 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH DIFFUSE AND SPECULAR REFLECTIVE MODES - A display system which includes a first image display; a second image display; a reflective polariser disposed between the first image display and the second image display, with the second image display disposed on a viewing side of the display system; and a controller for addressing image data to the first image display and the second image display, wherein the controller, the first image display and second image display are configured to selectively operate in accordance with: a first display function in which the first image display is visible to a viewer through the second image display and the second image display appears substantially transparent to the first image display; a second display function in which the display system is in a reflective mode that conveys information to a user; and a third display function in which images are addressed to both the first image display and the second image display. The second display function may be generated by utilizing a diffusively reflective element such that the display system appears as a patterned diffuse reflection to the view. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042705 | INKJET PRINTER - A printer includes a recording head that ejects ink toward a recording medium, a first driving mechanism that moves the recording head in main scanning directions; a second driving mechanism that moves the recording head and the recording medium with respect to each other in sub scanning directions perpendicular to the main scanning directions; an input device that allows a user to input thereto printing information about printing time and image quality; and a control device that controls the recording head, the first driving mechanism and the second driving mechanism based on the printing information input to the input device. The printing information includes at least information about a pass number of the recording head. The input device allows the pass number to be changed continuously. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042706 | INK JET PRINTING MACHINE - An improved ink jet printing machine ( | 2015-02-12 |
20150042707 | METHOD OF DRIVING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - [Object] To provide a method of driving a liquid ejection head capable of reducing liquid ejection characteristic variations when a driving signal is delayed and then driven and a recording apparatus. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042708 | BIAS CURRENT REDUCTION FOR PRINT NOZZLE AMPLIFIER - An apparatus includes an amplifier that employs a bias current to drive a print nozzle. A current reduction module can be employed to offset the bias current and to reduce a portion of the bias current from appearing in a subsequent stage to the amplifier in order to mitigate power in the subsequent stage. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042709 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first piezo-electric element; a first cavity; a first nozzle; a second piezo-electric element; a second cavity; a second nozzle; a drive signal generating section which generates a drive signal causing the first piezo-electric element or the second piezo-electric element to be displaced; a drive signal transmission path through which the drive signal is transmitted from the drive signal generating section to the first piezo-electric element or the second piezo-electric element; and a cable that forms at least a portion of the drive signal transmission path, the cable includes a drive signal transmitting wire which forms at least a portion of the drive signal transmission path and a shield wire in which potentials are fixed, and the drive signal transmitting wire has a characteristic impedance in a predetermined range. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042710 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A drive signal includes a first drive pulse that causes liquid droplets to be ejected from nozzles and a second drive pulse that causes liquid droplets of a different size from those of the first drive pulse to be ejected from the nozzles. The drive pulses have expansion elements that expand a pressure chamber, contraction elements that contract a pressure chamber, and vibration control elements. An initiation potential of the contraction element of the first drive pulse and an initiation potential of the contraction element of the second drive pulse are the same. The differential voltage between the standard potential and the contraction potential is set to between 40% 50% or less of the potential between the initiation potential of the contraction element and the contraction potential. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042711 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - The present invention addresses the problem of improving the quality of recorded images in ink jet recording technologies in which a plurality of nozzle lines that discharge ink of the same color are used. As a solution, nozzle lines ( | 2015-02-12 |
20150042712 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes a substrate and a flow path forming member. Energy generating elements that generate energy with which a liquid is ejected are formed on the substrate. The flow path forming member is disposed on the substrate and a flow path which encloses the energy generating elements is formed using the flow path forming member. Plural ejection ports that are in communication with the flow path are formed in the flow path forming member. A groove portion extending obliquely with respect to an X direction in which adjoining ejection ports are arranged is formed between the adjoining ejection ports in the flow path forming member. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042713 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD - A recording apparatus to record an image to a recording medium includes a recording head having nozzles arranged in a predetermined direction in a nozzle array, scanning, recording control, obtaining, determining, and adjusting units. The scanning unit scans the recording head to the recording medium in a crossing direction. The recording control unit causes the recording head to record an adjusting pattern and a detecting pattern by discharging ink from a nozzle group. The obtaining unit obtains an information regarding number of defective discharge nozzles in the nozzle group based on the detecting pattern. The determining unit determines an adjusting value based on the recorded adjusting pattern where the indicated number is smaller than a threshold value, and not based on the adjusting pattern where the indicated number is larger than the threshold value. The adjusting unit adjusts the recording head recording position based on the determined adjusting value. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042714 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE DISTORTION REDUCTION IN WEB PRINTING - Included are embodiments for image distortion reduction in web printing. Some embodiments are configured for determining an ink drop speed of ink from a printer and determining a web travel speed of a web of material, where the web of material engages with a folding board during printing that manipulates a plane of the web of material such that a projection of the web width is effectively reduced. Some embodiments may be configured for determining an altered web geometry of the web of material while engaging with the folding board, receiving a desired image for printing on the web of material, and calculating a pixel displacement of the plurality of pixels. Some embodiments may be configured for creating an altered image that utilizes the pixel displacement from the desired image and sending data related to the altered image for printing on the web of material. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042715 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - The present invention provides a printing apparatus including, a printhead; a preliminary discharge unit; a detecting unit detecting a size of a printing medium; and a scaling process unit. The scaling process unit scales an image to be formed on the printing medium in accordance with a detected size when a size of a printing medium indicated by size setting information and the detected size do not match each other. The preliminary discharge unit causes the printhead to perform preliminary discharge in accordance with a scaling result of the scaling process unit. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042716 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING AN OBJECT - A method prints an object, for example a vehicle and specifically the body thereof, wherein at least one area of the surface of the object is printed. The method includes: providing an image; three-dimensionally measuring at least the area; generating a number of spatial points in correspondence with the area; generating a three-dimensional net corresponding with the area; generating path data, i.e. a three-dimensional path for moving a robot for an inkjet printer head; generating raster data, i.e. a raster matrix, in particular a three-dimensional or higher raster matrix, for actuating the inkjet printer head; moving the robot, for example an articulated arm robot, utilizing the path data; and printing the image by the inkjet printer head utilizing the raster data. The method permits multi-color printing of any image onto so-called 3D surfaces of any shape. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042717 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - An image processing method includes: applying mask processing to an abnormal recording element based on abnormal recording element information; converting input image data such that a pixel to be formed by the abnormal recording element is excluded; applying quantization processing that converts the converted input image data to image data having a gradation number less than a gradation number of the converted input image data; and assigning each pixel forming image data after quantization processing to a normal recording element. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042718 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink jet printing apparatus includes a first fixing member including a first coupling portion coupled to a cap-side end of a first pump tube and a second coupling portion coupled to a waste ink storage portion-side end of a second pump tube. The distance from a reference surface of a pump base to the first coupling portion is different from the distance from the reference surface of the pump base to the second coupling portion. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042719 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid ejecting head that includes a manifold which communicates with a plurality of nozzle openings through which liquid is ejected, a compliance portion which constitutes a part of the manifold and is constituted by a film having flexibility, a fixing plate which is fixed to a surface side of the film, which is a side opposite to the manifold, and has an opening formed in an area which constitutes the compliance portion, and a cap member which is fixed to a surface side of the fixing plate, which is a side opposite to the compliance portion, and covers the opening, in which a protrusion portion which regulates adhering of the film to the cap member is provided, in a state where the protrusion portion is not fixed to the fixing plate, in a space formed in a portion between the compliance portion and the cap member. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042720 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An inkjet printing apparatus comprises a cleaning unit configured to perform a cleaning operation of moving at least one of a printhead and a wiper, and wiping an orifice face including an orifice array of the printhead by the wiper; a detection unit configured to detect relative positions of the printhead and the wiper during the cleaning operation; and a control unit configured to switch between first control of controlling a speed to be constant when the printhead and the wiper are moved, and second control of controlling a driving force to be constant when the printhead and the wiper are moved in accordance with the relative positions detected by the detection unit. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042721 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection unit including a nozzle formation surface in which an opening of a nozzle for ejecting liquid is formed; a wiper disposed so that the wiper can come in contact with the nozzle formation surface; and a liquid collection portion, which is capable of collecting liquid adhered to the wiper, disposed on an end side of the nozzle formation surface of the liquid ejection unit so as to be spaced apart from the nozzle formation surface in a wiping direction. The liquid collection portion includes a scraper having a scraping surface that scrapes off the liquid adhered to the wiper by coming in contact with the wiper, and a liquid absorbing material disposed at a position that does not come in contact with the wiper and at a position that comes in contact with an end portion of the scraping surface. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042722 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head is disclosed. The liquid ejecting head includes a liquid inlet which is provided on one surface of the liquid ejecting head and to which a liquid maintaining portion that maintains liquid is connected, a recessed portion in which the liquid inlet is provided on an inner side and which is open to the one surface, a groove portion which is continuously provided across a vicinity of the recessed portion on an outer side of the recessed portion, and open to the one surface, and a communication path which communicates with a side surface where the groove portion and the one surface intersect with each other, or with a surface opposite to the one surface. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042723 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - By appropriately defining a flow path capacity from an opening of an ink supply path to a nozzle in a pressure chamber, a progress of thickening ink toward the pressure chamber is suppressed. In other words, by setting the individual flow path capacity to be large, specifically, to 4400 pl or higher, desirably 6210 pl or higher, it is possible to suppress the progress of the thickening of the ink even in a small-sized liquid ejecting head of which the shortest formation pitch between each of the nozzles is 1/300 inches. More specifically, a nozzle communication opening is provided between the pressure chamber and the nozzle, and a total capacity of the nozzle communication opening and the pressure chamber is configured to be 4400 pl or higher, desirably 6210 pl or higher. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042724 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a head chip in which two or more nozzle groups are disposed, a first inlet that communicates with one of the nozzle groups and a second inlet that communicates with the other nozzle group a wiring member that is disposed between the first second inlets, a first connection flow path that is connected to the first inlet, a second connection flow path that is connected to the second inlet, and a wiring substrate to which the wiring member is connected between the first connection flow path and the second connection flow path. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042725 | INKJET PRINT HEAD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DRAWING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - Provided are a manufacturing method of an inkjet print head, the inkjet print head and a drawing apparatus equipped with the inkjet print head. The manufacturing method includes: forming a separation assisting layer on a substrate; forming heating resistors, thin-film transistors and nozzles for ejecting liquid, on the separation assisting layer; separating the separation assisting layer from the substrate; forming a first heat-conductive layer on the opposite surface of the separation assisting layer from the nozzles; and forming an ink supply port for supplying ink to the nozzles from a first heat-conductive layer side of the inkjet print head. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042726 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a liquid discharge unit that has a pressure generating chamber group which communicates with a nozzle disposed on a nozzle surface and is formed from a plurality of pressure generating chambers disposed in a first direction, and a case member which communicates with the pressure generating chamber group and holds a liquid, in which the case member has at least one liquid inlet on the side opposite to the liquid discharge direction and at a position between the pressure generating chambers at both ends in the first direction in a plan view of the pressure generating chamber group from the opposite side, and a first liquid discharge unit and a second liquid discharge unit are arranged at positions where the first directions of the first liquid discharge unit and the second liquid discharge unit are substantially parallel to each other in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and positions of the liquid inlets of the case member respectively corresponding to the first liquid discharge unit and the second liquid discharge unit do not overlap in the second direction. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042727 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - In a liquid ejecting head, a vibration plate includes an effective displacement portion provided for each pressure chamber and an island-shaped part which is provided in the effective displacement portion at a position on the opposite side to the pressure chamber and to which one end portion of a piezoelectric vibrator is bonded; the piezoelectric vibrator has a laminate structure in which electrodes and piezoelectric material are alternately laminated; a layer at an end of one side of the piezoelectric vibrator in the laminating direction is formed of an external electrode, while a layer at an end of the other side thereof in the same direction is formed of a piezoelectric material; and the piezoelectric vibrator is disposed so as to be shifted toward the other side in the laminating direction with respect to the effective displacement portion. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042728 | ACTUATOR, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - An actuator includes a vibration plate, a first conductive layer formed on an upper surface of the vibration plate and extending in a predetermined direction, a piezoelectric layer covering the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer formed on an upper surface of the piezoelectric layer, a metal layer formed on the upper surface of the vibration plate and on an upper surface of the second conductive layer, and an electrode electrically connected to the metal layer. The first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, and the piezoelectric layer interposed between the first and second conductive layers form a driving unit. A plurality of the driving units are disposed in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction. The metal layer intersects a plurality of the second conductive layers so as to electrically connect the plurality of second conductive layers. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042729 | FLOW PATH UNIT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLOW PATH UNIT - Provided is a first flow path substrate where a first flow path out of a liquid flow path is formed, a second flow path substrate where a second flow path which communicates with the first flow path is formed, and a third flow path substrate where a pressure chamber which communicates with the second flow path is formed. The second flow path substrate has a first surface which is bonded to oppose the third flow path substrate and a second surface which is bonded to oppose the first flow path substrate; the first surface of the second flow path substrate is bonded with the third flow path substrate via a film of paraxylene; and the second surface of the second flow path substrate is bonded by an adhesive of a material which is different from that of the film of paraxylene. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042730 | VENT THROUGH A PRINTHEAD SUPPORT STRUCTURE - In one example, a structure for supporting a printhead includes: a substrate having a first side and a second side: an inlet tower through which liquid may be introduced into the structure; an opening through the substrate near the inlet tower; and an air channel along the substrate connecting the opening in the substrate to the atmosphere. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042731 | NON-AQUEOUS PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE INKJET INK AND INK CARTRIDGE - A non-aqueous photopolymerizable inkjet ink, including as a photopolymerizable monomer: (a) ethylene glycol dimethacrylate; and (b) caprolactone-modified dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate or ethylene oxide-modified trimethylolpropane tri-methacrylate, or both thereof, wherein the ink includes the (a) component by 10% by mass to 95% by mass with respect to the entire photopolymerizable monomer, and the ink includes the (b) component by 5% by mass to 90% by mass with respect to the entire photopolymerizable monomer, and wherein the ink does not include a diluting solvent. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042732 | Polymeric Dispersants, Dispersions, Processes for Preparing Dispersions and the Use of Polymeric Dispersants - A polymeric dispersant obtained or obtainable by copolymerising a monomer composition comprising at least the components: i) benzyl (meth)acrylate; ii) propylene glycol (meth)acrylate; wherein the weight ratio of component i) to component ii) is greater than 10:1. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042733 | Water-Based Ink for Ink-Jet Recording, Ink Cartridge, and Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes a pigment; water; 1,2-alkanediol; a compound including an isothiazoline ring; and a surfactant represented by a general formula (1): | 2015-02-12 |
20150042734 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING DEVICE - A cartridge is adapted to be used in a printing apparatus having a mounting section provided with a lever and a terminal group. The cartridge includes a front surface, a rear surface, an upper surface, a lower surface, a circuit board, and a first convex section. The upper surface includes a concave section configured and arranged to allow a regulating section of the lever to be inserted in the concave section. The circuit board is electrically connected with the terminal group. The first convex section is configured and arranged to be guided in a groove provided in the mounting section. The circuit board, the first convex section, and the concave section are disposed in the upper surface in a plan view of the upper surface. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042735 | DUAL CHAMBER RESERVOIR PRINT HEAD - The disclosed print head has a two-chamber main reservoir that decouples wasted ink and purge volume in print heads. The two-chamber structure of the print head allows for varying flow of ink through the print head's internal manifolds without varying the wasted ink out of the jet stack. The main reservoir of the print head includes a recirculation chamber and an incoming ink chamber. A vacuum is applied to a vent in the recirculation chamber and a pressure can also be applied to a vent in the incoming ink chamber to cause bubbles in the jet stack to move into the recirculation chamber and be removed through the recirculation chamber vent. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042736 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A DIGITAL PRINTING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention relate to control apparatus and methods for a printing system, for example, comprising an intermediate transfer member (ITM). Some embodiments relate to regulation of a velocity and/or tension and/or length of the ITM. Some embodiments relate to regulation of deposition of ink on the moving ITM. Some embodiments regulate to apparatus configured to alert a user of one or more events related to operation of the ITM. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042737 | RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDED MATTER, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE MEDIUM AND THE MATTER - A recording medium, including: an ink-receiving layer configured to receive an ink for inkjet recording; and a transparent sheet having a total luminous transmittance of 50% or more, wherein the recoding medium has a layered structure in which the transparent sheet and the ink-receiving layer are sequentially stacked, and the ink-receiving layer includes a gap-absorption-type ink-receiving layer including a composition including at least inorganic fine particles and polyvinyl alcohol having a weight-average polymerization degree of 2,000 or more and 5,000 or less and a saponification degree of 70 mol % or more and 90 mol % or less. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042738 | OPTICAL WRITING CONTROLLER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL WRITING CONTROL METHOD - An optical writing controller that controls a light source to expose a photoconductor and forms an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor calculates a correction value for correcting a superimposing position where the developed images for different colors developing each of the electrostatic latent images formed on each of the multiple photoconductors are superimposed based on the detection signal output by a pattern detection sensor that detects a pattern for correcting the superimposing position, controls the multiple light sources to draw a predetermined pattern repeatedly in the sub-scanning direction so that stepwise patterns whose width in the main scanning direction varies with repetition are formed, and determines the width in the main scanning direction of the patterns for correcting based on the strength of the detection signal output by the pattern detection sensor. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042739 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes multiple light emitting elements (LDs) as a light source, controls the light source such that laser beams emitted from LD | 2015-02-12 |
20150042740 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method includes: exposing a surface of an image carrier with a light based on an image pattern including an image portion and a non-image portion to form an electrostatic latent image corresponding to the image pattern. The image portion is made up of a plurality of pixels. Some of the pixels that make up the image portion are exposed with light of a first output value that is higher than a prescribed optical output value when the entire pixels corresponding to the image portion are exposed over a prescribed time period. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042741 | Printer, Printing Processing Method, and Recording Medium - The disclosure discloses a printer including a first memory, a color detecting portion, a color identification information determining portion, and a transmitting portion. The first memory stores color correlations between a plurality of color types and a plurality of color identification information. The color detecting portion detects first color information of a print-receiving tape and second color information of an ink ribbon, of a tape cartridge mounted to a cartridge holder. The color identification information determining portion determines first color identification information of a color type corresponding to the first color information, and second color identification information of a color type corresponding to the second color information, by referring to color correlations. The transmitting portion transmits the first color identification information and the second color identification information to an operation terminal comprising substantially the same color correlations as the color correlations. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042742 | OPENING/CLOSING APPARATUS AND PRINTER HAVING OPENING/CLOSING APPARATUS - A two-way-openable printer includes a hinge portion for connecting an upper unit and a lower unit, provided at the rear of the printer, and a paper ejection opening of the printer at the front. The hinge portion has a lower hinge bracket connected to the lower unit, an upper hinge bracket connected to the lower hinge bracket with a pivot pin and pivotable about the pivot pin, and a bracket cover for the upper hinge bracket. The upper unit has a portion which allows the upper unit to pivot about the bracket cover. The upper unit has a first opening mode in which it is opened at the front ejection opening side, and a second opening mode in which it is fully opened by pivoting at the hinge portion so that a first side surface of the upper unit faces downward and an opposite side surface faces upward. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042743 | HYBRID VISUAL COMMUNICATION - Exemplary embodiments for visual communication between a first device and a second device, comprising: using data from a camera system to create a 3D mesh model of a first device user, wherein the 3D mesh model is made available for storage on the second device for subsequent display on the second device; during the visual communication session between the first device and the second device, receiving sensor data from a sensor array, including image data capturing changing facial expressions and motion of the first device user; using the image data to determine 3D mesh model updates; transmitting the 3D mesh model updates to the second device for the second device to update display of the 3D mesh model of the first device user; and receiving from the second device for display on the first device at least one of a 2D video stream or updates to a 3D mesh model of a second device user. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042744 | System & Method for Real-Time Video Communications - Systems and methods for video communication services are presented herein. In particular, systems and methods in which multiple participants can simultaneously create and share video in real-time are presented herein. Other systems and methods are also presented herein. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042745 | FILE OPERATION METHOD AND FILE OPERATION APPARATUS FOR USE IN NETWORK VIDEO CONFERENCE SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a file operation method and a file operation apparatus for use in a network video conference system. The method comprises: acquiring a user image in real time; identifying a user's limb; judging whether or not the user's limb is associated with a file; and if the user's limb is associated with the file, matching a limb action of the user with a predetermined action set, so as to operate the file. When using the network video conference system, users can operate the file on a desktop through the limb actions, so as to facilitate the communication between the users and improve the user experience. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042746 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS LIVE RECORDING THROUGH AND PROJECTING LIVE VIDEO IMAGES ONTO AN INTERACTIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A system and method for point to point video enable communication and the provisioning of at least one commodity. The communication between two remote devices may include both video and audio and may be activated by use of at least one touch screen associated with a device for provisioning the at least one commodity, such as, for example, a vending machine. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042747 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electronic device and a method of controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a communication unit configured to receive image data and a controller configured to obtain identification information of a participant from the received image data, to obtain personal information of a plurality of candidates, to identify an attendee among the candidates based on the identification information of the participant and the personal information of the candidates, to sort non-attendees other than the attendee among the candidates based on a predetermined time, and to transmit an alarm to other electronic devices corresponding to the non-attendees. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042748 | Generating and Rendering Synthesized Views with Multiple Video Streams in Telepresence Video Conference Sessions - Techniques are provided for establishing a videoconference session between participants at different endpoints, where each endpoint includes at least one computing device and one or more displays. A plurality of video streams is received at an endpoint, and each video stream is classified as at least one of a people view and a data view. The classified views are analyzed to determine one or more regions of interest for each of the classified views, where at least one region of interest has a size smaller than a size of the classified view. Synthesized views of at least some of the video streams are generated, wherein the synthesized views include at least one view including a region of interest, and views including the synthesized views are rendered at one or more displays of an endpoint device. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042749 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device is located at a second spot and communicates with another information processing device located at a first spot. The information processing device includes an acquisition unit for acquiring first motion information of a user of the other information processing device at the first spot; a specification unit for specifying first meaning information indicating a meaning of the first motion information at the first spot and second meaning information indicating a meaning of the first meaning information at the second spot; a correction unit for correcting the first motion information based on a difference between the first and second meaning information, such that the first motion information indicates the first meaning information at the second spot; and a generation unit for generating an object of the user of the other information processing device at the first spot, based on the corrected first motion information. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042750 | MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE ENDPOINT TRANSFER SYSTEM - A system for providing a trusted peer-based information verification system may include one or more processors and a memory. The one or more processors may provide a multimedia conference to participant devices, and may receive a request to transfer a session of the multimedia conference of a participant device that is characterized by a first multimedia conference capability. The one or more processors may provide a list of target devices associated with the participant device to the participant device, and may receive an indication of a target device from the participant device. The one or more processors may transfer the session of the multimedia conference from the participant device to the target device, wherein the target device is characterized by a second multimedia conference capability that is different than the first multimedia conference capability of the participant device. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042751 | PANORAMA PROJECTION UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A panorama projection unit is disclosed which concentrates the projected images in a front area of the motor vehicle and temporarily or locally shades the projection beams between projection units and the display surfaces. The panorama projection unit includes a three-dimensional panoramic screen, a plurality of projectors which project images onto a rear side of the panoramic screen, and a central control unit which controls the projectors in such a way that the projected images are mapped without distortion on the three-dimensional panoramic screen. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042752 | OBJECTIVE 3D VIDEO QUALITY ASSESSMENT MODEL - There is provided a method of determining the quality of a three dimensional (3D) video stream, wherein the 3D video comprises at least one 3D view composition, each 3D view composition defining a plurality of two dimensional (2D) views. The method comprises determining a characteristic of each of a plurality of 2D views. The method further comprises calculating a variation in the characteristic, the variation calculated between the 2D views corresponding to the same 3D view composition. The method further still comprises calculating a quality score for the 3D video sequence, the quality score based upon the calculated variation. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042753 | ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD - The present technology relates to an encoding device and an encoding method, and a decoding device and a decoding method configured to reduce an encoding amount of the encoded stream when information regarding a depth image is included in the encoded stream. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042754 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) VIDEO SIGNAL AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method for processing a 3D video signal and a digital broadcast receiver for performing the processing method are disclosed. A method for receiving a 3D broadcast signal includes receiving signaling information of at least one stream for a 3 Dimension TeleVision (3DTV) service and a two dimensional (2D) video stream, demultiplexing at least one stream for the 3DTV service and the 2D video stream based on the signaling information, decoding at least one demultiplexed stream for the 3DTV service and the demultiplexed 2D video stream, and outputting a 3D video signal by formatting at least one decoded stream for the 3DTV service and the decoded 2D video stream. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042755 | METHOD FOR INSTRUCTING A 3DPRINTING SYSTEM COMPRISING A 3D PRINTER AND 3D PRINTING SYSTEM - A method for instructing a 3D printing system that includes a 3D printer provided with a printing coordinate system to print at least one first object onto an existing second object comprises providing or receiving at least one image representing at least a part of the existing second object, determining or receiving an alignment between at least part of the at least one first object and at least part of the existing second object, determining a pose of the existing second object relative to the printing coordinate system according to the at least one image, and providing the 3D printing system with the pose and the alignment for the 3D printer to print at least part of the at least one first object onto the existing second object according to the pose and the alignment. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042756 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In the related art, it was difficult to compare lengths of a plurality of objects which were present at different places. However, it is possible to easily compare lengths of photographed objects using an image capturing device which displays a length of an object which is calculated based on parallax information, by obtaining an image in which the object is photographed and the parallax information corresponding to the image as inputs, the device including an object extraction unit which extracts an image of an object using the parallax information from the photographed image; a comparison data maintaining unit which maintains the image of the object and the length of the object; an object comparison unit which compares the length of the object which is extracted using the object extraction unit to a length of comparison data which is extracted from the comparison data maintaining unit; and an image composition unit which combines a comparison result with the photographed image, and outputs the image. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042757 | LASER SCANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A three-dimensional scanner uses a rotatable mounting structure to secure a laser line source in a manner that permits rotation of a projected laser line about an axis of the laser, along with movement of the laser through an arc in order to conveniently position and orient the resulting laser line. Where the laser scanner uses a turntable or the like, a progressive calibration scheme may be employed with a calibration fixture to calibrate a camera, a turntable, and a laser for coordinated use as a three-dimensional scanner. Finally, parameters for a scan may be automatically created to control, e.g., laser intensity and camera exposure based on characteristics of a scan subject such as surface characteristics or color gradient. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042758 | LASER SCANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A three-dimensional scanner uses a rotatable mounting structure to secure a laser line source in a manner that permits rotation of a projected laser line about an axis of the laser, along with movement of the laser through an arc in order to conveniently position and orient the resulting laser line. Where the laser scanner uses a turntable or the like, a progressive calibration scheme may be employed with a calibration fixture to calibrate a camera, a turntable, and a laser for coordinated use as a three-dimensional scanner. Finally, parameters for a scan may be automatically created to control, e.g., laser intensity and camera exposure based on characteristics of a scan subject such as surface characteristics or color gradient. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042759 | DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY SCANNING AND MEASURING AN ENVIRONMENT - A device for optically scanning and measuring an environment is provided. The device includes a movable scanner having at least one first projector for producing at least one uncoded first pattern on an object in the environment. The scanner includes at least one camera for recording images of the object provided with the pattern and a controller coupled to the first projector and the camera. The device further includes at least one second projector which projects a stationary uncoded second pattern on the object while the scanner is moved. Wherein the controller has a processor configured to determine a set of three-dimensional coordinates of points on a surface of the object from a set of images acquired by the camera based at least in part on the first pattern. The controller is further configured to register the set of images relative based in part on the stationary second pattern. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042760 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS AND SYSTEMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPTH INFORMATION - Image processing methods and systems in accordance with depth information are provided. At least one image with depth information is obtained. The image is displayed on a display unit of an electronic device. A selection of an ROI (Region Of Interest) in the image is received via a user interface. A first depth value corresponding to the selected ROI is obtained from the depth information, and the first depth value is mapped to a first effect level of an image effect, wherein the image effect has a plurality of effect levels. The image effect is applied to the image according to the depth information of the image, wherein the selected ROI is applied with the image effect in the first effect level. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042761 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STEREO CAMERA FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE LIGHTNESS - The present invention relates to a technology of controlling image brightness, and more particularly to an apparatus and a method for controlling brightness of an image, capable of reducing a brightness error between two images photographed by a stereo camera, and the stereo camera for obtaining two images having the brightness error. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042762 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKEUP MASK - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for making a special effects makeup mask, which can overcome discomfort and resistance to the use of plaster while maintaining the precision of making existing special effects makeup masks. The apparatus includes a 3D model creation unit for creating a 3D face model based on captured face images, and creating a 3D special effects makeup face model based on the 3D face model. A 3D mold part output unit outputs a mold part of the 3D face model and a mold part of the 3D special effects makeup face model corresponding to the 3D face model and the 3D special effects makeup face model, respectively. A special effects makeup mask making unit makes a special effects makeup mask using the mold part of the 3D face model and the mold part of the 3D special effects makeup face model. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042764 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A method is provided for constructing a three-dimensional hyperspectral image using compressive sensing. The method includes: configuring on/off state of each mirror in an array of micromirrors in accordance with a pattern; capturing image data of a scene from a first point of view using a first photodetector; and capturing image data of the scene from second point of view using a second photodetector, where second point of view differs from the first point of view. The steps are repeated to obtain a series of measurement samples, where the array of micromirrors is configured in accordance with a pattern that differs amongst each measurement samples. By choosing different photodetectors with different band gap nanomaterials, the first and second photodetectors detects photons in the electromagnetic spectrum. As a result, the three-dimensional image also carry the spectrum information of the scene. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042765 | 3D Camera and Method of Detecting Three-Dimensional Image Data - A 3D camera ( | 2015-02-12 |
20150042766 | System and Methods for Measuring Depth Using an Array Camera Employing a Bayer Filter - Systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention can perform parallax detection and correction in images captured using array cameras. Due to the different viewpoints of the cameras, parallax results in variations in the position of objects within the captured images of the scene. Methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention provide an accurate account of the pixel disparity due to parallax between the different cameras in the array, so that appropriate scene-dependent geometric shifts can be applied to the pixels of the captured images when performing super-resolution processing. In a number of embodiments, generating depth estimates considers the similarity of pixels in multiple spectral channels. In certain embodiments, generating depth estimates involves generating a confidence map indicating the reliability of depth estimates. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042767 | Systems and Methods for Measuring Depth Based Upon Occlusion Patterns in Images - Systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention can perform parallax detection and correction in images captured using array cameras. Due to the different viewpoints of the cameras, parallax results in variations in the position of objects within the captured images of the scene. Methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention provide an accurate account of the pixel disparity due to parallax between the different cameras in the array, so that appropriate scene-dependent geometric shifts can be applied to the pixels of the captured images when performing super-resolution processing. In a number of embodiments, generating depth estimates considers the similarity of pixels in multiple spectral channels. In certain embodiments, generating depth estimates involves generating a confidence map indicating the reliability of depth estimates. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042768 | Time of Flight Camera Unit and Optical Surveillance System - A time of flight, TOF, camera unit for an optical surveillance system and an optical surveillance system comprising such a TOF camera is disclosed. The TOF camera unit comprises a radiation emitting unit for illuminating a surveillance area defined by a first plane, a radiation detecting unit for receiving radiation reflected from said surveillance area and for generating a three-dimensional image from said detected radiation, and at least one mirror for at least partly deflecting said emitted radiation into at least one second plane extending across to said first plane and for deflecting the radiation reflected from said second plane to the radiation detecting unit. The TOF camera and the at least one mirror may be arranged on a common carrier element. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042769 | IMAGE PROCESSING FOR PRIVACY AND WIDE-VIEW USING ERROR DIFFUSION - A display device includes control electronics and a pixellated liquid crystal (LC) panel. The control electronics receives inputs of main image data for a main image and side image data for a side image. The control electronics outputs combined image data combining the main and side images such that an on-axis viewer perceives from the combined image the main image, and an off-axis viewer perceives from the combined image the side image. The output image data comprises data values chosen from a set of available output data values for the pixels selected from multiple sets of available data values depending on at least on the side image data. For a pixel currently being processed, the output data value is chosen from the selected set of available output data values for which a resulting luminance value is closest to a target luminance value for the current pixel. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042770 | DISPLAY PROCESSOR FOR 3D DISPLAY - Display processor ( | 2015-02-12 |
20150042771 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT IN MEDIA ASSETS - Methods and systems are provided herein for presenting supplemental content in media assets, which may be presented only to particular users, irrespective of whether or not other users are viewing the same media asset on the same device. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042772 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PROVIDING A 3D IMAGE - A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes an image processor configured to extract a main object from an image frame so as to generate a 2D image frame in a region of the extracted main object in order to generate a 3D image frame in regions other than the main object in the image frame; a display panel configured to alternately output the 2D image frame having a predetermined first resolution and the 3D image frame having a predetermined second resolution; and a controller configured to control a polarization direction of light output from the display panel in synchronization with outputs of the 2D image frame and the 3D image frame. Thus, the display apparatus may provide a high-resolution 3D image and improved depth. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042773 | Endoscopic Objective Optical System and Imaging Apparatus - To allow placement of optical members by providing a long back focus, make aberrations less subject to manufacturing errors, and reduce variations in aberrations during focusing. An endoscopic objective optical system includes, in order from an object side, a front group with negative refractive power, a focusing lens, and a rear group with positive refractive power, wherein: the endoscopic objective optical system satisfies conditional expressions (1) to (4) below: | 2015-02-12 |
20150042774 | Image Pickup Device and Image Pickup Method - Provided is an image pickup device capable of facilitating distinction between a normal area and a specific area for a camera for medical or industrial use. The image pickup device for picking up images in a plurality of wavelength bands includes a first image pickup part for picking up an optical image in a near-infrared band, a second image pickup part for picking up an optical image in a visible-light band, an image processing part for performing processing for extracting necessary information from a near-infrared image acquired by the first image pickup part, and a synthesized-image generating part for adding a visible image acquired by the second image pickup part and an image obtained by the image processing part at a predetermined ratio to generate a synthetized image. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042775 | Efficient Image Demosaicing and Local Contrast Enhancement - An efficient demosaicing method includes reconstructing missing green pixels after estimating green-red color difference signals and green-blue color difference signals that are used in the reconstruction, and then constructing missing red and blue pixels using the color difference signals. This method creates a full resolution frame of red, green and blue pixels. The full resolution frame of pixels is sent to a display unit for display. In an efficient demosaicing process that includes local contrast enhancement, image contrast is enhanced to build and boost a brightness component from the green pixels, and to build chromatic components from all of the red, green, and blue pixels. Color difference signals are used in place of the red and blue pixels in building the chromatic components. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042776 | Systems And Methods For Detecting A Specular Reflection Pattern For Biometric Analysis - Embodiments provide rapid detection of specular reflection patterns in eye images, which can then be analyzed to determine the quality of the image for biometric analysis. For example, systems and methods receive at least one image of an eye from an image capture system. The image capture system includes a camera and one or more illuminators that direct light at the eye while the camera captures the at least one image. The eye reflects the light from the illuminators to create a specular reflection pattern in the at least one image. The specular reflection pattern is located/identified and a quality of the at least one image of the eye, e.g., a focus measure, is determined based on the specular reflection pattern. A location of iris texture in the at least one image may be identified according to a location of the specular reflection pattern and analyzed for a focus measure. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042777 | PERUSING DETERMINATION DEVICE AND PERUSING DETERMINATION METHOD - A perusing determination device includes, a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, detecting a movement direction of line-of-sight of a user who reads a document; counting a first number of times in which the movement direction of the line-of-sight is reversed from a direction in which the document is to be read; and determining whether or not the user peruses the document, based on the first number and a second number of times in which the movement direction of the line-of-sight is reversed that is to be satisfied at a time of perusing and is defined based on a feature of the document. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042778 | METHOD AND OPTICAL DEVICE FOR SUPER-RESOLUTION LOCALIZATION OF A PARTICLE - A super-resolution microscopy method includes forming an image of an emitting particle in a detection plane of a detector by a microscopy imaging system and correcting, by a wavefront-modulating device, at least some of the optical defects present between the emitting particle and the detection plane. The method further includes introducing, via the wavefront-modulating device, a deformation of the wavefront emitted by the emitting particle, of variable amplitude, allowing a bijective relationship to be formed between the shape of the image of the emitting particle in the detection plane and the axial position of the emitting particle relative to an object plane that is optically conjugated with the detection plane by the microscopy imaging system. The method further includes controlling the amplitude of the deformation of the wavefront by controlling the wavefront-modulating device, as a function of the given range of values of the axial position of the particle. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042779 | DISK SCANNING APPARATUS AND MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A disk scanning apparatus is used in combination with an imaging optical system and an imaging apparatus. The disk scanning apparatus includes a rotating disk and a relay optical system. In the rotating disk, a disk surface including a shielding part and a transmitting part is placed so as to be positioned on a focal plane of the imaging optical system. The relay optical system performs relaying of an optical image of a sample to the imaging apparatus. The relay optical system includes a front group having a positive power and a rear group having a positive power, in this order from the rotating disk side, and is configured so that a luminous flux between the front group and the rear group becomes an afocal luminous flux. The disk scanning apparatus further includes a structure configured to make the distance between the front group and the rear group variable. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042780 | 4F-BASED OPTICAL PHASE IMAGING SYSTEM - The invention relates to 4F-based optical phase imaging system and in particular to reconstructing quantitative phase information of an object when using such systems. The invention applies a two-dimensional, complex spatial light modulator (SLM) to impress a complex spatial synthesized modulation in addition to the complex spatial modulation impressed by the object. This SLM is arranged so that the synthesized modulation is superimposed with the object modulation and is thus placed at an input plane to the phase imaging system. By evaluating output images from the phase imaging system, the synthesized modulation is selected to optimize parameters in the output image which improves the reconstruction of qualitative and quantitative object phase information from the resulting output images. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042781 | NON-VECTOR SPACE SENSING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO RATE IMAGING AND MANIPULATION - Compressive sensing based video rate imaging techniques are presented. Rather than scan the entire image, the imaging system only scans part of the topography of the sample as a compressed scan. After the data has been collected, an algorithm for image reconstruction is applied for recovering the image. Because compressive sensing is used, the imaging rate is increased from several minutes per frame to seconds per frame. Non-vector space control techniques are also presented. No-vector space control use image or compressive data as the input and feedback to generate a closed-loop motion control. Compressive sensing technique provides an efficient data reduction method to retain the essential information in the original image. The non-vector space control method can be used as motion control method with compressive feedback without or with noise. | 2015-02-12 |
20150042782 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquiring unit that acquires an image signal of a monochromatic image acquired by imaging a subject and an image signal of a color image acquired by imaging the subject, the color image having at least a plurality of pieces of color information; and an interpolation processing unit that generates an interpolated image by interpolating color information missing at each pixel forming the color image, based on a signal value of each pixel forming the monochromatic image. | 2015-02-12 |