| 09th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 79 |
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| 20160065728 | NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICES HAVING EXTERNAL DEMARCATION POINTS - A method of providing a telecommunications service using a network interface device (NID) is provided. The method includes connecting a provider line to one or more protector assemblies connected to a ground bar and configured to conduct current surges from the NID to ground. The one or more protector assemblies are electrically connected to an insulation displacement connector (IDC) module. An outgoing jack module wire is connected to the IDC module by inserting the outgoing jack module wire into a wire insertion hole of the IDC module to receive signals from the provider line. The outgoing jack module wire is electrically connected to a jack module outside the NID thereby providing a demarcation point. An incoming jack module wire is electrically connected to the jack module for carrying signals back to the NID. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065729 | DUAL-SOURCE HYBRID CANCELLATION SCHEME - Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and apparatuses for performing hybrid rejection that overcome various shortcomings of the prior art. In one embodiment, the transformer's receive winding is stacked on top of the transmit winding, the two being wired in series and in phase. Z2 is scaled by approximately half so as to maintain the same receive gain. In another embodiment, rather than stacking the receive and transmit windings for series summation, they are each used as independent sources into the summing junction of the receive amp. If Z2 and Z3 are equal, then an equal proportion of V1 and V2 are summed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065730 | Unified Services Platform Using A Telephone Number As A Common Subscriber Identifier - A system and method for enabling the telephone number as a platform for the association of IP-enabled services with legacy telephone service. A unified services enabler platform may be utilized to associate a customer and their telephone number with a variety of services and applications from multiple different ecosystems. The customer can continue to use their existing telephone service and in addition can utilize new IP-enabled features that are associated with their telephone number as the common ID. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065731 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CALL INFORMATION THEREOF - A method for displaying call information in an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving speech from a user of the electronic device and speech from a call counterpart, extracting data from the received speech from the user and the received speech from the call counterpart, determining a topic of a call conversation, based on the extracted data, and displaying information about the determined topic of the call conversation together with a call history of the user of the electronic device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065732 | CONTACT CENTER ANTI-FRAUD MONITORING, DETECTION AND PREVENTION SOLUTION - A method of fraud detection is disclosed. The method includes determining that a first agent at a first workstation of a contact center is not on a call at a first time. The contact center includes a plurality of workstations attended to by a plurality of agents. The method includes determining that the first agent is accessing a client based resource at the first time, wherein the resource is associated with a client. The method includes collecting electronic evidence of the first workstation. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065733 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CALL DISCONNECTION MESSAGE OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF - In one aspect of this disclosure, a method and an electronic apparatus executing a method, the method including detecting a disconnection of a call with an external electronic apparatus, when the disconnection is detected, generating and storing a call disconnection message including a notifier indicating a cause for the disconnection, and transmitting the stored call disconnection message to the external electronic apparatus according to a communication receptivity condition. In another aspect of this disclosure, a method and an electronic apparatus comprising a communication module executing a call with an external electronic apparatus, and a processor executing the method, including detecting disconnection of the call with the external electronic apparatus, when the disconnection is detected, generating and store a call disconnection message including a notifier indicating a cause for the disconnection, and transmitting the stored call disconnection message to the external electronic apparatus according to a communication receptivity condition. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065734 | DIALING METHOD AND DEVICE - A dialing method for a calling party includes determining a plurality of phone number groups to be dialed in a simultaneous or sequential ringing mode, each of the groups including at least one phone number; and transmitting the plurality of phone number groups and a dialing flag to a calling server. The dialing flag including a simultaneous or sequential ringing flag indicating that the plurality of phone number groups are to be dialed in the simultaneous or sequential ringing mode. The calling party can freely custom multiple phone numbers expected to be rung simultaneously or sequentially and transmit them to a calling server, without registering in the calling server in advance. Thus, the trouble of the user registering the numbers in the calling server may be avoided and the calling server does not need to maintain a large-scale database for storing the multiple numbers at a large cost. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065735 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A CALLBACK TELECOMMUNICATION CONNECTION - The invention concerns a method for establishing a telecommunication connection between a calling subscriber ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065736 | AUTOMATED INCIDENT MANAGEMENT INTERROGATION ENGINE - Methods, devices, and non-transitory storage media to receive ticket information of a ticket that indicates a problem in providing a service to a customer; receive event information that indicates an action performed by at least one of a device or a person to resolve the ticket; select a filter, among multiple filters, to filter the event information based on the action indicated in the event information; select a criteria rule, from among multiple criteria rules, based on filtered event information and parameters included in the criteria rule, wherein each criteria rule includes parameters and values for each parameter; select an output result rule, from among multiple output result rules, that maps to the criteria rule; generate a message that provides an update to a status of the ticket based on the filtered event information and the output result rule; and transmit the message to the customer. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065737 | EMERGENCY MOBILE NOTIFICATION HANDLING - Systems and methods for handling emergency notification messages. In an example scenario, a call center identifies a text-based message sent from a mobile communication device, detects that the text-based message is an emergency notification message, determines the geographical location of the mobile communication device, and sends at least some of the information contained in the text-based message to one or more other communication devices in proximity to the geographical location of the mobile communication device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065738 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IMPROVE SELF-SERVICE EXPERIENCE AND OPTIMIZE CONTACT CENTER RESOURCES - System and method to improve self-service operation in a contact center, the method including: monitoring progress of a self-service customer support session for a customer of the contact center; monitoring surplus status of agents in the contact center; determining a system state related to the customer by use of the monitored progress and the monitored surplus status; setting an indicator signal to a first state if the system state is in an agent-support domain, otherwise setting the indicator signal to a second state if the system state is in an self-support domain; and assigning the customer to an agent-supported session if the indicator signal is in the first state. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065739 | ENTERPRISE-WIDE SPLIT FUNCTION IVR CALLBACK SYSTEM - A system related to connecting customers to agents of a business includes an inbound (INB) interactive voice response (IVR) computer, an outbound (OUTB) IVR, and a computer telephony interface (CTI) computer. The INB IVR computer receives an inbound call from a customer and determines that there is a delay in a call queue of a call center. The OUTB IVR places an agent outbound call (on behalf of the customer) to the INB IVR which is then placed into the queue of the call center in response to the customer selecting a call-back option. The CTI computer then monitors the call center, and sends a notification to the OUTB IVR processor in response to the agent outbound call connecting to the available agent. Responsive to the notification, the OUTB IVR computer places a customer outbound call to the customer to connect the customer to the available agent. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065740 | CUSTOMER CONTROLLED INTERACTION MANAGEMENT - A system and method for managing interactions of a customer contact center. A contact center processor receives a request to reserve a contact center resource for handling an interaction. The processor also receives data about the interaction. The processor identifies a routing point for routing the interaction based on the received data. The routing point is associated with routing logic controlled by a customer instead of the contact center. The processor routes the interaction to the identified routing point for giving the customer control of the routing of the interaction. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065741 | SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATED AGENT ROUTING - A system and method for interacting with a contact center system. A processor in the apparatus transmits, over a data channel to the contact center system, a message relating to a product a service. The processor receives, from the contact center system, identification of first and second agents with skills for handling inquiries relating to the product or service. The processor receives, from the contact center system, availability of the first and second agents for engaging in an interaction. In response to receipt of the identification of the first and second agents, the processor retrieves ratings for the first and second agents, where the rating of the first agent is higher than the rating of the second agent. The processor launches an interaction with the first agent. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065742 | CONFERENCE CALL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A conference call may be implemented between multiple user devices via a conference call server. A user may use a graphical interface of the user device to communicate with the conference call server and control the conference call in various ways. For instance, the user may add a user device to the conference call, drop a user device from the conference call, organize the user devices into conference call groups, record one or more user devices within the conference call, prevent a user device from hearing the audio input of another user device, filter out background noise from the conference call, and receive a call from outside the conference call without having to leave the conference call. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065743 | STEREO ECHO SUPPRESSING DEVICE, ECHO SUPPRESSING DEVICE, STEREO ECHO SUPPRESSING METHOD, AND NON TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING STEREO ECHO SUPPRESSING PROGRAM - According to the embodiment of the present invention, the stereo echo suppressing device that suppresses an acoustic echo signal based on a near-end input signal and far-end signals of two channels as a stereo signal includes: first and second far-end signal amplitude spectrum calculating units for calculating amplitude spectrums of a first far-end signal and a second far-end signal; a near-end input signal amplitude spectrum calculating unit for calculating an amplitude spectrum of the near-end input signal; first and second estimation echo signal estimating units for estimating amplitude spectrums of a first estimation echo signal and a second estimation echo signal; first and second echo suppressing units for suppressing the acoustic echo signal; first and second echo path characteristic updating unit for calculating and updating echo path characteristics of the first far-end signal and the second far-end signal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065744 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL LEARNING AUDIO PROGRAMMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A process and system for generating three dimensional audio for television broadcast includes generating a virtual map of participants with a plurality of positions, each participant selecting one of the positions, determining a direction from each position to each other position on the map and to predetermined listener position, receiving sound from each participant, converting the received sound according to the direction of the speaking participant to the listener, mixing the converted sounds, transforming the mixed sound into binaural audio, and directing the binaural audio sound for transmission to a television viewer. The result is a clarified sound that gives to the television viewer a sense of where the speaking participant is positioned relative to the listening television viewer. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065745 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPLETING A CIRCUIT SWITCHED SERVICE CALL IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK - A method and an apparatus for completing a circuit switched service call in an Internet Protocol network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a session request and queries an tElephone NUmbering Mapping server for a called party, and determines if at least one Naming Authority Pointer resource record associated with the called party is received from the ENUM server. The method determines if a Session Initiation Protocol Universal Resource Identifier is returned, if the at least one NAPTR resource record associated with the called party is received, and processing the session request using the SIP URI, if the SIP URI is returned. The method determines if the processing of the session request using the SIP URI resulted in a successful call completion and processes the session request using a telephone URI, if the processing of the session request using the SIP URI resulted in an unsuccessful call completion. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065746 | PEER-TO-PEER, INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEPHONE SYSTEM WITH PROXY INTERFACE FOR CONFIGURATION DATA - Various embodiments provide a Peer-to-Peer (P2P, Internet Protocol (IP) telephone system. The telephone system includes a plurality of terminals coupled together via an IP network. The terminals cooperate with one another to provide telephony features without a dedicated central controller such as a PBX and/or a KSU controller. The terminals may further receive requests for configuration data residing on other terminals, relay the requests to such other terminals to obtain the request configuration, and return the requested configuration data to the requesting device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065747 | A METHOD OF RESOLVING A PORTED TELEPHONE NUMBER INTO A NETWORK RESOURCE IDENTIFIER - A method of resolving by an original network/domain of a telephone number of a called party, belonging to a recipient network/domain. The method includes: a) a calling party, belonging to the original domain dispatches a message using the telephone number of the called party as routing identifier; b) a server of the original domain in charge of routing the message, or a DNS server, produces an interrogation key dependent on the telephone number and on a penultimate domain name; c) a DNS request is sent to a DNS server associated with the penultimate domain; d) the DNS server associated with the penultimate domain performs, by using the interrogation key, a search in a database ENUM associated therewith; e) the search provides at least one record containing a return network/domain including the recipient domain; and f) a DNS request is sent to the return domain. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065748 | CALLING BACK A DEVICE THAT MADE A CALL - A device may receive a first call associated with a virtual phone number associated with a first user device and a second user device. The device may determine, and may store information indicating, that the first call was made using the first user device. The device may receive a second call directed to the virtual phone number and may determine whether the second call comprises a call back associated with the first call. The device may selectively send the second call to the first user device or to the first and second user devices based on determining whether the second call comprises the call back. The second call may be sent to the first and second user devices when the second call does not comprise the call back and may be sent to the first user device when the second call comprises the call back. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065749 | COMMUNICATION CONTROLLING METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for controlling wireless internet connection of an electronic device is provided. The electronic device tracks the habits of a user of starting or ending the application and adjusts itself to match the habits, the application is based on the Internet. The electronic device automatically disconnects a communication link between the electronic device and the network of mobile Internet when the current time is an idle usage time of the application. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065750 | MOBILE POWER DEVICE HAVING BORDER CASING - A mobile power device includes a mobile power source and a border casing. The mobile power source includes a housing, and the housing has a top plate and an annular plate. The border casing encloses the annular plate. An inner circumference of the border casing has a surrounding block surroundingly disposed around the top plate. The surrounding block protrudes beyond the top plate, and a gap is formed between the surrounding block and the top plate. Therefore, the surrounding block can restrict a position of a portable electronic product, so that the portable electronic product is securely disposed corresponding to the mobile power source to enhance the convenience in using the mobile power device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065751 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM SUPPORTING PULL PRINTING BY USING MOBILE TERMINAL, AND METHOD OF PERFORMING PULL PRINTING BY USING MOBILE TERMINAL - A computing device supports pull printing by using a mobile terminal. The computing device may include a user interface unit configured to receive an input selecting a print job and a printing method; a communication unit configured to transmit or receive data; a mobile search management unit configured to search for an available mobile terminal if pull printing by using a mobile terminal is selected as the printing method; a printer driver configured to render print data corresponding to the selected print job into a printable format file; a data transmission management unit configured to transmit the rendered print data to a found mobile terminal by using the communication unit; and a controller. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065752 | Device Management Apparatus, Device Management System, Recording Medium, and Device Management Method That Reduce Obstruction When Solving Failure Caused by Skill of Operator - A device management apparatus includes a communication processing circuit and a service support processing circuit. The communication processing circuit receives device state information transmitted from a first operator. The device state information indicates device state information of the electronic device. The first operator performs solution work to a failure of the electronic device. The service support processing circuit determines a category into which the device state information is classified from the received device state information. The service support processing unit searches a database for a second operator or a candidate for the second operator. The second operator has solved a failure belonging to the determined category. The database stores operator information including a solution result of a failure of each operator. The service support processing unit decides the searched second operator or the searched candidate for the second operator to assist or complement the solution work by the first operator. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065753 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Control in consideration of the type of a sheet to be used as a cover sheet in a case where a book bound product is generated by switching back sheets each having an image printed, inverting the sheets and folding the inverted sheets. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065754 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A white reference plate includes in addition to a rectangular portion disposed at an optical adjustment position, white reference portions between an optical adjustment position and a document size detection position outside a document reading region (i.e., outside contact glass) in a main scanning direction. In response to an opening and closing detecting section detecting opening and closing of a document conveyance unit during optical adjustment, a drive section moves a scanning section from the optical adjustment position to the document size detection position. The white reference portions are disposed at locations above respective opposite end parts of the scanning section in a main scanning direction, so that optical adjustment can be performed using an output value that the scanning section obtains by reading the white reference portions without interruption even during or after the movement. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065755 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An image reading device includes transparent plate member, reading portion, support member, and adjustment mechanism. The transparent plate member is an elongated plate extending in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction, and is in contact with a reading surface of a document sheet when the document sheet is moved in the first direction during an automatic document sheet reading. The reading portion is disposed below the transparent plate member. The support member supports a lower surface of the transparent plate member at two support points separated in the second direction. The adjustment mechanism biases an extension end portion, extending outward from one of the support points, of the support member in a downward direction opposite to the supporting direction of the support member, and adjusts a distance between the transparent plate member and the reading portion by changing a biasing force applied to the extension end portion. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065756 | EQUIPMENT UNIT, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An equipment unit includes: a first processing unit which provides a request for displaying a constituting element of a screen; and a first communication unit which accepts the request and designates information identifying the constituting element to transmit a displaying request for the constituting element to the information processing terminal. The operation unit includes a second communication unit which receives a displaying request and a second processing unit which causes the constituting element related to the identifying information designated for the displaying request received by the second communication unit to be displayed in a form different from a form designated for the request accepted by the first communication unit. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065757 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a read section configured to read a plurality of data items as well as date and time information related to the data items; a slider configured to generate a first operation signal on accepting the input of an operation of a movable knob part of the slider by a user to a position corresponding to the length of a time period; a grouping section configured to divide the plurality of data items into groups based on the time period determined from the first operation signal as well as on the read date and time information; and a display control section configured to display a list of representative pictures representing the data items in each of the groups, on a screen of a display portion. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065758 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS BY USING WEARABLE DEVICE - Provided is a method of controlling an operation of an image forming apparatus by using a wearable device, the method including operations of converting a task performance request related to a task, which is transmitted from the wearable device, into an execution instruction of a first application that controls the operation of the image forming apparatus; requesting, as the first application is executed based on the execution instruction, the image forming apparatus to perform the task; and receiving, as the task is performed by the image forming apparatus, information indicating a task performance result related to the task from the image forming apparatus. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065759 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REMOTE OPERATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an NFC control unit that performs proximity wireless communication with an information processing apparatus, a network control unit that performs communication with the information processing apparatus through a network, and an RUI control unit that accepts remote operation from the information processing apparatus. When a unique ID of an NFC tag of the information processing apparatus acquired by the NFC control unit, and an IP address of the information processing apparatus acquired by the network control unit identify the same information processing apparatus, the RUI control unit performs control so as to enable remote operation by the external device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065760 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus connected to a managing apparatus that manages display information via a network, the information processing apparatus comprises: a communication unit that transmits apparatus identification information and apparatus information to the managing apparatus and receives the display information and the apparatus information from the managing apparatus; a reading unit that reads user identification information from a storage medium; an authenticating unit that authenticates a user by the user identification information; a display controller that, when the user is authenticated, displays publicly-available first display information among the received display information on a display unit; and a determining unit that determines whether the storage medium is within a certain distance, wherein the display controller, when the storage medium is determined to be present within the certain distance, displays, on the display unit, second display information available to a specific user including an authenticated user among the received display information. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065761 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes: a housing accommodating a plurality of component devices serving functions provided in the information processing apparatus; a plurality of tags mounted to individual locations on the housing relating to the respective associated component devices, each of the tags being embedded with a piece of device type information indicating the component device associated with the tag; a storage section configured to store a plurality of component device information sets indicating respective sets of information about the component devices; a communication section configured to send and receive data to and from a mobile terminal; and a communication control section configured to allow the communication section to receive data sent from the mobile terminal and allow the communication section to send back to the mobile terminal the component device information set about the component device indicated by the piece of device type information contained in the received data. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065762 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - An information processing system includes a first web server and a second web server that communicate with each other via a browser, wherein the first web server includes a first web page generating unit, and a first communicating unit, the second web server includes a second web page generating unit, and a second communicating unit, the first web server allows the browser to execute a first script, in which state the browser functions as a web page acquiring unit, a first data input/output control unit, and a first server communication control unit, the second web server allows the browser to execute a second script, in which state the browser functions as the second data input/output control unit, and a second server communication control unit, and the first web server and the second web server transmit and receive data to and from the opposite server via the browser. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065763 | DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD - A display processing device includes a display section, a touch location acquiring section, a magnification determining section, and an enlarging and displaying section. The display section has a display surface and displays a preview image based on image data. The touch location acquiring section acquires a touch location where a user touches the display surface. The magnification determining section determines a magnification based on the touch location. The enlarging and displaying section enlarges the preview image at the magnification to obtain an enlarged preview image and causes the display section to display a portion of the enlarged preview image. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065764 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THROUGH USER TERMINAL, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND USER TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of controlling an image forming apparatus using a user terminal includes displaying a popup window corresponding to an event generated in the image forming apparatus, determining whether at least one user terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus, and applying a previously set timeout to the popup window according to the connection of the user terminal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065765 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of, when a function provided in the image forming apparatus is executed, easily selecting a function desired by a user from among functions provided in the apparatus to try to improve operability as well as eliminating erroneous copy. In the image forming apparatus provided with an operation unit including a display panel for displaying a function selecting portion and an operation unit side control portion, as the function selecting portion, a first function selecting portion in which selectable function items are displayed corresponding to an operation mode and a second function selecting portion in which other function items which are selectable at the same time other than functions of the first function selecting portion are provided, the first function selecting portion and the second function selecting portion are displayed at the same time on the display panel, so that functions of the first function selecting portion and functions of the second function selecting portion are selectable at the same time. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065766 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a display portion that displays a setting screen, a communication portion that receives, from an information processing apparatus, an information package including a setting history and configuration information of another image forming apparatus chosen in advance, a storage portion that stores the received information package, and a control portion that extracts, based on information included in the information package, a recommended value of a setting value settable based on a setting screen currently displayed at the display portion, and that makes the display portion display one or a plurality of extracted recommended values within a recommended-value display area. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065767 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus includes a main unit having a document support surface configured to support a document on the document support surface, a reading unit accommodated in the main unit and configured to read an image of the document supported on the document support surface, and an openable unit coupled to the main unit and configured to pivot about a pivot axis between a closed position where the document support surface of the main unit is covered and a released position where the document support surface of the main unit is exposed. The pivot axis of the openable unit is located, in the main unit, below the document support surface and at a rear of the document support surface. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065768 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image reading device includes a light source arranged below a document table glass and irradiating light to a document on the document table glass, a carriage that holds the light source and is movable in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to a main scanning direction, a photoelectric conversion unit that receives the light irradiated by the light source and reflected from the document, a pair of rail members that extend in the sub-scanning direction while being arranged spaced apart from each other in the main scanning direction and support the carriage so as to be movable in the sub-scanning direction, a rotatable shaft, and an eccentric cam that is fixed to the shaft, has a peripheral surface abutting at least one predetermined place of the pair of rail members, and rotates together with the shaft to displace the predetermined place of the rail members in a vertical direction. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065769 | Image Reading Apparatus and Method of Manufacturing Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus includes a main unit, an openable unit, a cable connected to the openable unit and routed in the main unit, and a holding member attached to the main unit. The holding member includes a first guide portion configured to hold a first specified portion of the cable. The holding member, with the first guide portion holding the first specified portion of the cable, is configured to move from a first position to a second position. When the holding member is in the first position, the cable has no slack in a second specified portion of the cable, the second specified portion being closer to an end of the cable disposed in the openable unit than the first specified portion. When the holding member is in the second position, the cable has slack in a second specified portion of the cable routed in the main unit. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065770 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image reading device includes a scanner casing fixed to an upper side of a body frame of an image forming apparatus body, a document pressing member that covers an upper surface of the scanner casing, a leg part provided to be movable with respect to the scanner casing in a vertical direction, a stationary part fixed to an upper end of the leg part, a rotating part connected rotatably to the stationary part via a hinge shaft and supporting the document pressing member, a holding mechanism to hold an opening angle of the document pressing member, and cylindrical parts, passing through the scanner casing in the vertical direction, and having lower end portions fixed to the body frame. The leg part is inserted into the cylindrical part from an upper end opening of the cylindrical part and inclined to a side of the document pressing member. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065771 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes a decoloring unit for performing decoloring processing on an image formed on a sheet using decolorable material. An image forming unit forms an image on the sheet using decolorable material. A reuse tray receives a sheet provided by a user. A processor determines whether a sheet is provided on the reuse tray based on the signal from the sensor. When it is determined that a sheet is provided on the reuse tray, the decoloring unit performs the decoloring processing on the sheet, and the image forming unit forms an image on the sheet that was subject to the decoloring processing. When the image forming unit forms an image on the sheet that was subject to decoloring processing, a rewards account of the user is updated. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065772 | PREVENTION OF EMPTY MEDIA TRAYS IN A PRINT SYSTEM - System and methods for prevention of empty media trays in a print system. In one embodiment, a system includes a print controller configured to receive a print job, and to initiate collection of media from a media tray based on information in the print job. The system also includes a supply detection module configured to detect a low supply of the media in the media tray, and to generate an error responsive to detection of the low supply before the media tray is empty. The print controller is configured to stop the collection of the media based on the error signal so that at least one sheet of the media remains in the media tray. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065773 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD - Provided is an image forming apparatus that converts a manuscript into an electronic file except for a blank page. A blank paper elimination processing part reads a manuscript, determines whether or not a blank paper for each page, and converts the manuscript into an electronic file except for a blank paper determining page determined to be a blank paper. An insertion page receiving part receives designation of the page inserted in the electronic file when there is restoration instruction for the blank paper determining page. Blank paper restoration processing part, when the page received by the insertion page receiving part is the blank paper determining page, as corresponded to the page number of the manuscript of the received page, the manuscript of the received page is converted into electronic file form and inserts between the pages of the electronic file. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065774 | IMAGE FORMING APPRATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD CAPABLE OF PREVENTING PRINTED MATTER FROM BEING TAKEN AWAY BY OTHER USERS - Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of preventing a printed matter from being inadvertently taken away by other users. The image forming apparatus mainly includes a first determination part, a second determination part, and a job control part. The first determination part determines whether there exists a second printing job to be executed subsequent to the first printing job. The second determination part determines whether the time measured by the timer part has passed a predetermined period if it is determined that there exists the second printing job. The job control part performs interval control for causing the printing part to execute the second printing job after the predetermined period has passed if it is determined that the predetermined period has not yet passed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065775 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus has: a data communication portion for communicating with a first image forming apparatus holding an authentic prime key within the same local network, and a second image forming apparatus within the same local network; a storage portion for storing a key generation program for issuing an activation key based on the prime key; and a control portion for acquiring the prime key from the first image forming apparatus on receiving an activation request from the second image forming apparatus, generating the activation key for use on the second image forming apparatus, and transmitting the activation key to the second image forming apparatus. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065776 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus that can reliably associate a device driver with an application even without updating the device driver itself. To achieve this, the information processing apparatus is provided with a registration unit capable of registering and updating association information between information for managing a device and a predetermined application regardless of whether a device driver is installed. This allows management by separating installation of a device driver from registration processing of an application. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065777 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus having functions installed thereon includes a job input portion that inputs a first job, a job storage that stores the first job, a job output portion that outputs the first job, a memory that allows allocating memory areas to the functions and reallocating the memory areas, a first judgment portion that judges whether or not the memory areas were reallocated after input but before output of the first job, a second judgment portion that judges whether or not output of the first job requires any unavailable function, a third judgment portion that judges whether or not the unavailable function will be available by restricting operations related to a second job and by adjusting the memory areas, and an operation restriction portion restricts operations related to the second job and adjusts the memory areas, wherein the first job is output while restrictions on the operations are effective. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065778 | Image Reader, and Method and Computer-Readable Medium for the Same - An image reader including a document table having a reference point, a first region of a sheet having a predetermined size when a vertex of the sheet is positioned on the reference point, and a second region, a changing mechanism changing a reading position in a sub scanning direction, and a controller configured to control the changing mechanism to change the reading position to a first position such that a distance in the sub scanning direction between the reference point and the first position corresponds to a length of the predetermined sheet size in the sub scanning direction, acquire specific digital data of the second region through image reading in the first position with a light source turned off, compare a particular value of the specific digital data with a criterion value within the second region, and determine a state of a document cover based on the comparison. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065779 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image reading device includes a contact image sensor that extends in a main scanning direction at a rear surface side of a document table glass and optically reads an image of a document placed on the document table glass, a carriage that holds the contact image sensor, a rail member that extends in a sub-scanning direction and supports the carriage so as to be movable in the sub-scanning direction, and a driving unit that drives the carriage along the rail member. The image reading device includes a shaft arranged at the rear surface side of the document table glass, having a shaft line vertical to the document table glass, and being rotatable around the shaft line, and an eccentric cam eccentrically connected to the shaft and having a peripheral surface abutting an intermediate part of the rail member in the sub-scanning direction. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065780 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PRINTING SHEETS SCANNED FROM A BOOK - An image forming apparatus includes a printer, an image reader configured to scan and generate image data of a first page and a second page of an opened book, and a processor. The processor is configure to set a magnification so that an image size of the image data generated by the image reader becomes a size of a sheet among a plurality of sheets to be printed, correlate the image data of each page with portions of the plurality of sheets to be printed, respectively, and control the printer to print images corresponding to the image data on the respective correlated portions of the plurality of sheets so that the images corresponding to the image data are arranged on the portions of the plurality of sheets in a scanned order when the plurality of sheets are bound in a bookbinding state. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065781 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) FUNCTION, AND METHOD OF PREVIEWING SCAN DATA OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS ON MOBILE TERMINAL - An image forming apparatus supporting a near-field communication (NFC) function generates scan data by scanning a document, transmits the scan data to a server, receives access information for accessing a preview image of the scan data stored in the server, tags a mobile terminal on which the preview image is to be displayed through NFC, and transmits the access information to the tagged mobile terminal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065782 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided with an information processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The apparatus sets a naming rule for an image file and determines whether or not the set naming rule satisfies a predetermined condition. If it is determined that the naming rule does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the information processing apparatus warns a user. On the other hand, if it is determined that the naming rule satisfies the predetermined condition, the information processing apparatus generates a file name of the image file in accordance with the set naming rule, and stores the image file with the file name. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065783 | IMAGE READING DEVICE - This image reading device includes a determination unit and a control unit. The determination unit determines whether the total data size of all pages, which is a sum total of image data sizes of all the pages calculated based on the image data sizes accepted page by page by an acceptance unit, exceeds an allowable data size stored in a storage unit. If the determination unit determines that the total data size of all the pages, which is calculated based on the image data sizes accepted page by page by the acceptance unit, does not exceed the allowable data size stored in the storage unit, the control unit causes a reading unit to reread the images of the pages at the image data sizes accepted by the acceptance unit and causes an image data generation unit to generate image data of the images. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065784 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a stored data acquiring unit configured to acquire stored data that is stored in a predetermined storage location of an output apparatus that is connected to the information processing apparatus via a network. The stored data is acquired from the predetermined storage location based on destination information of input data. The information processing apparatus further includes an editing unit configured to execute editing operations of combining the input data and the stored data acquired by the stored data acquiring unit to generate one single set of output data, and a delivery control unit configured to control delivery of the output data generated by the editing unit such that the output data is delivered, based on the destination information, to the predetermined storage location from which the stored data has been acquired. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065785 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR GENERATING PHOTOGRAPH - A method for generating a photograph is provided. The method includes: acquiring n frames of images, wherein n≧2; identifying a moving object and one or more background regions included in the n frames of images; and generating a target photograph based on the moving object and the one or more background regions, wherein the target photograph includes at least two images of the moving object located in a same background region, and the at least two images of the moving object include at least two different motion states of the moving object. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065786 | INVERSE HALFTONING USING INVERSE PROJECTION OF PREDICTED ERRORS FOR MULTI-BIT IMAGES - In systems and methods, an original image was previously converted to a lower bit count per pixel. The resulting image included pixel error based on the lower bit count per pixel. The conversion used an error weighting matrix (which diffuses the pixel error of each pixel to adjacent pixels). Methods and systems produce an output image from the lower bit count per pixel image using the error weighting matrix to determine, for each pixel, the amount of error added because of the adjacent pixels during the conversion process. Then, such methods and systems remove, from each pixel, the amount of error that was previously added based on the adjacent pixels. After removing the amount of error added based on the adjacent pixels from all pixels in the input image, an output image is reconstructed using a filter, such as a low pass filter. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065787 | Read Image Capturing System That Captures Read Image in Association with User, Read Image Capturing Device, and Recording Medium - A read image capturing system includes a reading device, a read image capturing circuit, and a signature managing circuit. The reading device reads an image from an original document. The read image capturing circuit captures the read image read by the reading device. The signature managing circuit manages a signature image for causing the read image capturing circuit to capture the read image as a signature capturing image for each user. The read image capturing circuit that captures the read image in association with a user who is associated with the signature capturing image by the signature managing circuit, the signature capturing image having a similarity degree with the signature image included in the read image equal to or more than a similarity degree for capture. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065788 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an installation unit configured to install an application, a setting unit configured to perform setting of whether user authentication is to be executed for each of a plurality of applications including the application installed by the installation unit, and a determination unit configured to determine whether user authentication is to be executed based on the setting performed by the setting unit when an application is selected from among the plurality of applications. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065789 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus for processing image data in which color data and attribute data of each pixel are arranged in a dot sequential format, includes an arrangement converting section which separates the color data and the attribute data in the image data and converts arrangement into a face sequential format of a color data group and an attribute data group; and a compressing section which lossily compresses the color data group and losslessly compresses the attribute data group. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065790 | PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing control device performs control to convert an input image with reference to a color conversion table that specifies a correspondence relationship between an input coordinate value and an amount of printing coloring material used, and to print an output image after the conversion. The printing control device includes a list printing control unit which performs control to print a list of images based on the input image for adjusting the color conversion table with reference to a list printing color conversion table that has a structure different from the color conversion table. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065791 | SOUND IMAGE PLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A sound image play method and apparatus, which relate to the field of multimedia, and can reproduce original stereo effects of any quantity of sound images corresponding to an image. A specific solution is: acquiring image position information; acquiring a sound channel information set according to the image position information; and playing a sound image in accordance with the sound channel information set. The embodiments of the present invention are used for sound image play. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065792 | Scene-Change Detection Using Video Stream Pairs - A scene change is determined using a first and a second video signal, each representing the same scene or content, but at a different color grade (such as dynamic range). A set of prediction coefficients is generated to generate prediction signals approximating the first signal based on the second signal and a prediction model. A set of prediction error signals is generated based on the prediction signals and the first signal. Then, a scene change is detected based on the characteristics of the prediction error signals. Alternatively, a set of entropy values of the difference signals between the first and second video signals are computed, and a scene change is detected based on the characteristics of the entropy values. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065793 | GAMMA APPLIED DATA GENERATING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Gamma applied data generating circuit includes motion vector extractor, gamma pattern generator, first gamma applier, second gamma applier, and output converter. Motion vector extractor extracts motion vector of object. Gamma pattern generator generates first gamma pattern corresponding to first motion vector value and second gamma pattern corresponding to second motion vector value from first time point. Value of motion vector is changed from first motion vector value to second motion vector value at first time point. First and second gamma appliers generate first and second data by applying first and second gamma pattern to input data, respectively. Output converter outputs sum of first data times first weight and second data times second weight as gamma applied data. From first time point to second time point, output converter converts first weight from 1 to 0 and converts second weight from 0 to 1. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065794 | Multi-Band YCbCr Noise Modeling And Noise Reduction Based On Scene Metadata - Image enhancement is achieved by separating image signals, e.g. YCbCr image signals, into a series of frequency bands and performing noise reduction on bands below a given frequency but not on bands above that frequency. The bands are summed to develop the image enhanced signals. The YCbCr, multi-band approach to denoising is able to operate independently—and in an optimized fashion—on both luma and chroma channels. Noise reduction is done based on models developed for both luma and chroma channels by measurements taken for multiple frequency bands, in multiple patches on the ColorChecker chart, and at multiple gain levels, in order to develop a simple yet robust set of models that may be tuned off-line a single time for each camera and then applied to images taken by such cameras in real-time without excessive processing requirements and with satisfactory results across illuminant types and lighting conditions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065795 | Multi-Band YCbCr Locally-Adaptive Noise Modeling And Noise Reduction Based On Scene Metadata - Image enhancement is achieved by separating image signals, e.g. YCbCr image signals, into a series of frequency bands and performing locally-adaptive noise reduction on bands below a given frequency but not on bands above that frequency. The bands are summed to develop the image enhanced signals. The YCbCr, multi-band locally-adaptive approach to denoising is able to operate independently—and in an optimized fashion—on both luma and chroma channels. Noise reduction is done based on models developed for both luma and chroma channels by measurements taken for multiple frequency bands, in multiple patches on the ColorChecker chart, and at multiple gain levels, in order to develop a simple yet robust set of models that may be tuned off-line a single time for each camera and then applied to images taken by such cameras in real-time without excessive processing requirements and with satisfactory results across illuminant types and lighting conditions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065796 | VEHICLE CAMERA ASSEMBLY - A vehicle includes a vehicle body structure and a video camera assembly. The video camera assembly includes a base member, a video camera, a video display and an image processor. The base member is fixedly mounted to a side surface of the vehicle. The video camera is moveably supported to the base member for movement between a retracted orientation adjacent to the side surface and an extended orientation extended outward away from the side surface to capture a video image of an area outside the vehicle. The video display is supported within the vehicle such that the video display is visible within a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The image processor is operatively coupled to the video camera and the video display to process the video image captured by the video camera and to stream a video view to the video display. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065797 | BIOMETRIC CAMERA MOUNT SYSTEM - A system for reducing the substantially vertical extent of a wide-area biometric system and for reducing the cost and complexity of installation while maintaining high biometric performance, using a substantially horizontally configuration of cameras, preferably with an attention mechanism, and using a precision calibration system that can be used by an unskilled technician and that does not require an accurate site survey or additional materials or equipment. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065798 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A THREE DIMENSIONAL MAP OF A TARGET OBJECT - The image capture apparatus includes an outer stationary support structure and an inner rotatable frame which rotates around a vertical rotation axis relative to a target object. An image capture device, such as a camera, is provided on the rotatable frame to capture an image or other data relating to the target object. The camera is mounted on the rotatable frame such that, whilst it is rotated around the target object, data collected from the camera is transmitted to a computer for further processing. The data collected therefore allows a three dimensional digital map of the target object to be created. A method of capturing an image of a target object by rotating an inner frame around the target object on a vertical rotation axis, and then constructing a three dimensional map of the target object is also provided. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065799 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A SUPPLEMENTAL DEVICE COMPRISING A CAMERA MODULE FOR AN INJECTION PEN AND SAID SUPPLEMENTAL DEVICE - A method of assembling an apparatus for use in performing pattern recognition, the method involves placing a module and a housing relative to one another, the housing being supported relative to an object having an optical marker, and the module comprising a camera for generating a camera output indicative of a scene in the field-of-view of the camera, using the camera output to determine the position of the marker in the field-of-view of the camera, moving the module and the housing relative to one another until the marker is at a predetermined location in the field-of-view of the camera and then fixing the position of the module relative to the housing. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065800 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF TIERS OF ROTATION OPERATION MEMBERS - A mechanism that achieves size reduction of an electronic apparatus by reducing the axial size of a plurality of tiers of rotation operation members that can be rotationally operated independently of each other. An electronic apparatus includes a holder fixed to an exterior member thereof, a mode dial rotatably supported by the holder, and an exposure correction dial disposed in a manner axially opposed to the mode dial and rotatably supported by the holder. A first click mechanism generates a click force when the mode dial is rotated, and a second click mechanism generates a click force when the exposure correction dial is rotated. The first click mechanism and the second click mechanism are arranged in a space in which the mode dial and the exposure correction dial are axially opposed to each other. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065801 | Electronic Device Having Camera Module Protection Structure - An electronic device having a camera module. The electronic device comprises: a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) located on a surface of the camera module; a lens module mounted on a first area of the PCB; fixing maintaining components mounted on a second area of the PCB; and a third area located between the first area and the second area, and having at least one opening. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065802 | MECHANICALLY ISOLATED EXTERNAL CONNECTOR - An imaging system includes a housing, circuitry within the housing, and a connector coupled to the circuitry and extending from the housing for electrical and mechanical connection with a personal electronic device. The connector can be secured to the housing using a connector support that is resilient and flexible. The connector can be electrically coupled to a main printed circuit board assembly using a flexible circuit. The resilient connector support can be configured to allow movement of the connector relative to the housing. The flexible circuit is configured to maintain electrical connection to the main printed circuit board assembly when the connector moves relative to the housing. The imaging system can be a thermal imaging system and may include an infrared camera core. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065803 | Television Display Device - A television display device for covering and decorating the borders of a television. The device includes a rear panel having one or more sidewalls, wherein the panel can be disposed on a wall, behind a television. The device further includes a frame that can be disposed over a television and removably attached to the rear panel by fasteners disposed on one or more sidewalls of the frame. The sidewalls of the frame are used to cover the borders of the television, wherein the panel can conceal a television wall mount and accompanying wires. The device can protect the exterior of a television and provide surface area suitable for advertisements, logos, and various designs. The fastener allows a user to conveniently interchange one frame for another. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065804 | PENDANT HOUSING FOR A CAMERA - A pendant housing for a camera. The housing comprises a substantially cylindrical casing. The substantially cylindrical casing further includes a top end portion that may be removeably mounted to a tube without a tool, a dome structure that may house at least a lens portion of a camera, a bottom end portion that may be removeably mounted to the dome structure without a tool, and a waterproof seal positioned between the bottom end portion and the dome structure. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065805 | CONTAINER WITH CAMERA AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A first cavity in an exterior wall of a hollow container body has first contours and a second cavity in the exterior wall of the hollow container body has second contours. A camera is disposed within the first cavity, the camera having a shape that conforms to the first contours of the first cavity. An electronic device comprising a display is disposed within the second cavity, the electronic device having a shape that conforms to the second contours of the second cavity. The camera is to generate pictures of objects external to the hollow container body, store the pictures in a memory, and provide the pictures to the electronic device. The electronic device has a connection to the camera and is to receive the pictures from the camera via the connection and to display the pictures that are received from the camera on the display. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065806 | CONTROL FLAP - An apparatus can include a processor; memory; a touchscreen display; a network interface; a camera that includes a lens; an operating system executable by the processor to establish an operating system environment; applications that execute within the operating system environment to establish corresponding application states where the applications include a camera application to establish a camera state; a housing that houses at least the processor and the camera and that includes a surface where the surface includes an opening for the lens of the camera; a cover that includes a flap where the flap includes a closed orientation with respect to the opening and an open orientation with respect to the opening; and circuitry that switches from an existing application state to the camera state responsive to a transition of the flap from the closed orientation to the open orientation. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065807 | PANORAMIC IMAGING SYSTEMS USING EXTERNAL ROTATING DEVICES - Panoramic imaging systems and methods for manufacturing and arranging the same are disclosed. A panoramic imaging system includes a mounting frame, an image sensor coupled to the mounting frame, and an optical de-rotation device arranged in an optical path of the image sensor. The optical de-rotation device and the image sensor are oriented such that the optical de-rotation device and the image sensor are in the same plane. The optical de-rotation device removes motion-related blur that would be observed by the image sensor when a rotational movement external to the panoramic imaging system causes the panoramic imaging system to rotate. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065808 | CAMERA WITH A REFLECTIVE ELEMENT - A hand-held device comprises two bodies that are connected to each other. The first body and the second body have two predefined positions, an open position and a closed position. In an embodiment, the first and the second body are connected by a hinge that may comprise one or more arms, enabling different embodiments for the open and closed positions. The first body comprises a camera that has different functions in the open and closed positions. In the closed position the second body may cover the camera, thus providing protection to the camera in the first body. The second body has a reflective element, such as a mirror that reflects an image to the camera in the open position. An imaging device may enable one camera and one flash unit for two-directional imaging purposes and introduce multiple imaging modes. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065809 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera able to filter out infrared light or receive infrared light as user requires includes a sensor and a base. The base includes a first receiving groove, the first receiving groove includes a bottom surface defining a first through slot, the first through slot being used for receiving the sensor. A filter bracket is set on the bottom surface, the filter bracket includes a first through hole and a second through hole corresponding to the first through slot. A visible light filter is set on the filter bracket and covers the first through hole and an infrared light filter covers the second through hole. A driver device moves the filter bracket from a first position to a second position as the user requires. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065810 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE LENSES - An image capture device includes a base, a zoom module, a wide-angle module, and a telemeter module. The wide-angle module captures a background image. The telemeter module detects a distance between a target to be captured and the image capture device. The zoom module is rotatably disposed on the base, and the wide-angle module and the telemeter module are rotatably disposed on the zoom module. The zoom module adjusts focus to capture the target according to the distance and captures a main image. The image capture device combines the main images captured by the zoom module and the background images captured by the wide-angle module to form a series of combination images. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065811 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - There is provided an optical system including: a first lens having negative refractive power and having a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power and having a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power and having a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex, wherein the first to fifth lens are sequentially disposed from an object side, whereby an aberration improvement effect, a wide field of view and a high degree of resolution may be realized. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065812 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system includes a first lens having negative refractive power, of which an object-side surface is convex, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, of which an object-side surface is concave, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, of which an image-side surface is convex, and a fifth lens having negative refractive power and having a meniscus shape in which an object-side surface thereof is convex. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side. An aberration improvement effect may be increased and high resolution and a wide angle may be implemented. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065813 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - There is provided an optical system including: a first lens having negative refractive power and having a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; and a fourth lens having positive refractive power and having a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex, wherein the first to fourth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side, whereby an aberration improvement effect, a wide field of view and a high degree of resolution may be realized. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065814 | COLOR FILTER ARRAY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME - A color filter array, a method of manufacturing the same, and an image sensor including the same are provided. The color filter array includes: a color filter arrangement including a plurality of color filters on a substrate; and an isolation wall which isolates each of the color filters and includes a solid including a plurality of air spaces. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065815 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lens barrel which is capable of securing excellent impact resistance of a lens barrel without increasing the lens barrel in size. A fixed barrel has a plurality of first projection or follower portions on an outer peripheral part thereof and having a flange portion on an object side-outer peripheral end thereof. A stopper member is fixedly arranged coaxially with the fixed barrel and has a plurality of second projection or follower portions. A cam barrel rotatingly moves in the optical axis direction. In an area where the cam barrel is extended to the object side and is close to the flange portion of the fixed barrel, side walls of the plurality of the second cam grooves with which the plurality of the second projection or follower portions are engaged, respectively, are open on the image surface side of the plurality of the second cam grooves. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065816 | RANGE FINDER CASE - A case for a photographic device with a primary visual interface comprising a screen is disclosed. The case comprises a body, an optical viewfinder assembly having a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion being recessed into the body, and the top portion configured to slide between a closed position, where a top plane of the top portion is substantially flush with a top of the body, and an open position where the top portion is above the top of the body, thereby exposing an aperture in the viewfinder assembly; and a track and a track guide in mechanical communication, wherein one of the track and the track guide is attached to the optical viewfinder, to permit the top portion of the optical viewfinder assembly to slide between the closed position and the open position. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065817 | MICROPHONE AND CAMERA DISRUPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus for use with an electronic device having a microphone and a camera. The apparatus comprises a structure configured to detachably couple to the device, and a shutter supported by the structure and comprising a lens shutter configured to obscure a lens of the camera when in an engaged position. A generator is supported by the structure and configured to generate a force that acts on the microphone and renders the microphone unresponsive to voice sounds. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065818 | Electronic Device Flash Shutter - An electronic device may have a camera module for acquiring still and video digital images of a subject. A light source such as a light-emitting diode may serve as a flash for the camera module. A shutter may be mounted above the light-emitting diode. When the light-emitting diode is not being used to produce a flash of light for illuminating the subject, the shutter may be closed to block the light-emitting diode from view by a user. During image acquisition operations in which it is desired to illuminate the subject, the shutter may be opened to allow light from the light-emitting diode to exit the electronic device. The electronic device may have a touch screen display with an active region and an inactive region. The camera module and light source may be mounted under a portion of the inactive region of the display. The shutter may include a filter structure. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065819 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECTING DATA CAPTURE DEVICES IN A MOBILE UNIT WITH A SINGLE OPERATION - In a single operation executed by a mobile device, operation is executed on at least two data capture devices housed in the mobile device with a single trigger operation. The mobile device receives information captured by at least one of a first data capture device and a second data capture device; instructs adjustment of the other of the first data capture device and the second data capture device based on the received information and receives information captured by at least one of the first data capture device and the second data capture device subsequent to the adjustment. The mobile device analyzes the received information, repeats instructing adjustment until appropriated details are retrieved from the received information; and directs data capture and/or an image capture by at least one of the first data capture device and the second data capture device in accordance with the retrieved details. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065820 | STRUCTURE FOR ADJUSTING EXPOSURE OF IMAGING DEVICE - An image-capturing apparatus for capturing an image includes an imaging device, configured to obtain an image signal, a light-intensity estimator, configured to estimate a light intensity outside a shutter that limits an image capturing area of the imaging device in a state where the shutter is closed, and an exposure adjustor, configured to adjust an exposure of the imaging device located inside the shutter according to the estimated light intensity. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065821 | IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURING IMAGE DATA AT HIGH SCAN RATES - An imaging system may include a rolling shutter image sensor, data rate reduction circuitry, and image processing circuitry. The image sensor may output image data to the data rate reduction circuitry at a first high speed data rate. The data rate reduction circuitry may store the image data at the first data rate and may output the stored image data at a second reduced speed data rate. The image processing circuitry may receive the image data at the second data rate and may perform image processing operations at the second data rate. The data rate reduction circuitry may generate accumulated image frames by accumulating image frames received from the image sensor at the first data rate and may provide the accumulated frames to the image processing circuitry at the second data rate. The image processing circuitry may perform image processing operations on the accumulated frames at the second data rate. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065822 | IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE SENSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS INCLUDING IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor operates in a base mode according to a first sampling rate and a first pixel exposure time and includes a light condition detector that extracts illuminance information from a pixel signal received from pixels in a pixel array, and generates a low-illuminance information signal upon detecting that a value of the illuminance information falls within a first range, a sampling controller that changes the first sampling rate to a second sampling rate in response to the low-illuminance information signal, and an exposure time controller that changes the first pixel exposure time to a second pixel exposure time in response to the low-illuminance information signal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065823 | IMAGING DEVICE AND SCENE DETERMINATION METHOD - An imaging unit is configured to capture images of a subject. A sensor is configured to detect brightness. A first detector is configured to detect whether or not a period during which a predetermined brightness has been detected by the sensor continues for a first period of time. A second detector is configured to detect whether or not a period during which the predetermined brightness has been detected by the sensor continues for a second period of time shorter than the first period of time. A determiner is configured to determine a circumstance where the imaging unit captures images of the subject in a daytime in a specific state where light is temporarily cut off, based on a first detection result by the first detector and a second detection result by the second detector. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065824 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE SENSOR - An image processing system has a sensor array with a plurality of pixels. A distinct circuit is associated with each pixel in the sensor array. The circuits are designed such that across the plurality of circuits, there are a plurality of distinct sensitivities to irradiance from a scene to be captured which are spatially pseudo-randomly ordered relative to each other. The image processing system also comprises an image reconstruction algorithm. A method is also disclosed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065825 | CONTROLLING METHOD FOR IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A controlling method, suitable for a first camera unit and a second camera unit, is disclosed herein. The controlling method include following steps. The first camera unit is triggered to generate a first media data by shooting a first image or recording a first video. In response to the first media data is generated, the second camera unit is automatically triggered to generate a second media data by shooting a second image or recording a second video. The first media data and the second media data are configured to be integrated into a third media data. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065826 | Device and Method for Photographic Synchronization - The invention provides a method and a device for synchronizing a flash unit with a camera. The method comprises steps of communicating a first encoded signal from the camera to a trigger; decoding the first encoded signal by the trigger to form a first decoded data; encoding the first decoded data to form a second encoded signal, and communicating the second encoded signal to the flash; wherein the first and the second encoded signals are of different system-specific formats. The device comprises an input for communicating a first encoded signal with the camera; a first decoder for decoding the first encoded signal to form a first decoded data; a first encoder for encoding the first decoded data to form a second encoded signal; and an output for communicating the second encoded signal with the flash; wherein the first and the second encoded signals are of different system-specific formats. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160065827 | REMOTE CAMERA USER INTERFACE - At an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, a remote camera control user interface may be displayed. In some examples, a user may provide input through a gesture at a location corresponding to the touch-sensitive display and/or through a rotation of a rotatable input mechanism to control a camera of an external device. Camera control may include control of the external device's camera features, including image capture, zoom settings, focus settings, flash settings, and timer settings, for example, and may also include access to the external device's library of previously captured images. | 2016-03-03 |
