| 10th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
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| 20120056937 | PRINT APPARATUS AND PRINT METHOD - A print apparatus includes a color ink ejecting portion that ejects color ink and a metal ink ejecting portion that ejects metal ink, and prints an image using both color print data that is created based on color image data indicating a color image and specifies pixels to which the color ink is ejected and pixels to which the color ink is not ejected, and metallic print data that is created based on metallic image data indicating a metallic image and specifies pixels to which the metal ink is ejected and pixels to which the metallic ink is not ejected. When there exists an overlap portion of the color image and the metallic image, the pixels to which the color ink is ejected in the color print data and the pixels to which the metal ink is ejected in the metallic print data do not overlap each other. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056938 | TANK UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING SYSTEM HAVING TANK UNIT - A tank unit includes two or more liquid accommodating containers disposed in a row. Each of the liquid accommodating containers includes a main body having a concave shape defining a side opening and a film that blocks the side opening. The main body and the film at least partially define a liquid accommodating chamber for accommodating a liquid. The main body includes a facing wall that faces the film across the liquid accommodating chamber and has a wall larger than the side opening. The liquid accommodating containers are disposed such that the film of at least one of the liquid accommodating containers is covered by the facing wall of an adjacent one of the liquid accommodating containers. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056939 | ADAPTER ON JET PRINTER AND ITS CORRESPONDING INK CARTRIDGE - The present invention relates to an adapter on jet printer and its corresponding ink cartridge. The adapter comprises a chamber for accommodating the ink cartridge and a chip set on the adapter. The contact surface of the chip and the printer is set with an information contact that is electrically connected with the printer and two detecting contacts. The opposite back surface of the chip with two detecting contacts is set with a non-contact trigger switch. The non-contact trigger switch is electrically connected with two detection contacts respectively. The non-contact trigger switch is triggered to become disconnected at least once by the non-contact trigger mechanism on the ink cartridge when the ink cartridge is inserted into the printer, after which it is not triggered by the non-contact trigger mechanism so as to go to the connected status. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056940 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - A power supply-heater wiring and a heater-driving circuit wiring for a heater located on the right side of a supply port can be laid out utilizing a beam portion configured to separate supply ports from each other. Furthermore, a plurality of supply ports are provided to supply ink to channels and pressure chambers and separated from one another by beam portions. Thus, an ejection structure such as an ejection opening can be located on both sides of each of the supply ports. Even if the ejection structures are relatively densely arranged, the heaters and the like can have necessary and sufficient sizes and locations without being restricted by the arrangement. A wiring connecting the heater to the power supply wiring or driving circuit is also laid out on the beam portion serving as a partition wall for the supply ports. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056941 | PRINTHEAD HAVING FLUID SUPPLY THROUGH SEALING FILM - A printhead is provided having a printhead integrated circuit having ejection nozzles and fluid channels for supplying fluid to the nozzles, a support structure supporting the integrated circuit, the support structure having conduits for supplying fluid to the channels, and a sealing film fixing the integrated circuit to the support structure. The sealing film has apertures providing sealed fluid communication between the conduits and the channels. The channels are divided into isolated channel sections by walls. Each aperture of the sealing film is positioned at one of the walls so as to provide fluid communication to both of the channel sections either side of the respective wall. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056942 | EJECTION NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT HAVING DYNAMIC STRUCTURE - An ejection nozzle arrangement is provided having a fluid chamber, an arm extending through an aperture in the chamber, and a dynamic structure cantilevered from the chamber adjacent the aperture. The arm is connected to the dynamic structure at a point distal from the aperture such that thermal expansion of the dynamic structure moves the arm upwards in the chamber to eject fluid from the chamber. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056943 | FLUID-EJECTION PRINTHEAD DIE HAVING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - A fluid-ejection printhead die includes a fluid-ejection firing element and an electrochemical cell. The fluid-ejection firing element is to cause droplets of fluid to be ejected from the fluid-ejection printhead die. The electrochemical cell is to measure an electrical property of the fluid. The fluid-ejection firing element and the electrochemical cell are both part of the fluid-ejection printhead die. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056944 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A first lead electrode containing nickel and chromium contacts a second upper electrode containing titanium. Here, since a difference between the normal electrode potential of nickel and chromium and the normal electrode potential of titanium is smaller than a difference between the normal electrode potential of nickel and chromium and the normal electrode potential of iridium, electric corrosion can be made difficult to occur as compared with the case where the first lead electrode containing nickel and chromium contacts a first upper electrode containing iridium. Therefore, a piezoelectric element can be obtained in which an increase in resistance due to the narrowing of the contact area between an upper electrode and a lead electrode for upper electrode or the separation of the lead electrode for upper electrode can be suppressed and which can be driven by a given voltage. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056945 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element according to an embodiment of the invention includes a first electrode containing a noble metal, a first multilayer composite disposed on the first electrode, a second multilayer composite disposed on the first electrode with a distance from the first multilayer composite, an oxide film partly disposed on the surface of the first electrode between the first multilayer composite and the second multilayer composite, and a covering layer. The covering layer covers the side surfaces of the first and second multilayer composites, and the oxide film and the surface of the first electrode between the first multilayer composite and the second multilayer composite. The first multilayer composite and the second multilayer composite each include a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode over the piezoelectric layer. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056946 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A piezoelectric element, a liquid ejecting head and a liquid ejecting apparatus that have improved reliability are provided. Methods for the manufacture thereof are also provided. A piezoelectric element includes a vibration plate having a recess in a first surface, a first electrode formed in the recess, a piezoelectric layer formed on the vibration plate and the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer, wherein an upper surface of the first electrode forms a continuous flat surface together with the first surface. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056947 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An inkjet head including: a nozzle plate including: a nozzle configured to eject ink; a first electrode formed to surround the nozzle; a piezoelectric film provided to surround the nozzle and in contact with the first electrode; and a second electrode formed in contact with the piezoelectric film and made of a metal material forming the nozzle; and an ink supply path for supplying the ink to the nozzle. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056948 | Solution storage tank and inkjet printer head assembly with the same - Disclosed herein is an inkjet printer head assembly. The inkjet printer head assembly according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes: a storage unit having an inner space in which a solution is stored; a fluid supplier supplying fluid to the storage unit; and an agitator provided in the storage unit and driven by the fluid supplied to the storage unit from the fluid supplier to agitate the solution. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056949 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIQUID JETTING SYSTEM - A liquid supply device | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056950 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID EJECTING RECORDING HEAD - A liquid ejecting recording head using a flow duct material which includes an oxetane resin composition that contains, as necessary components, an oxetane compound having at least one oxetanyl group in a molecule, and a cationic photopolymerization initiator. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056951 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING INK DISTRIBUTION ASSEMBLY - A printhead assembly includes an ink distribution assembly including an ink distribution molding, the ink distribution molding including a plurality of first ducts; at least one printhead integrated circuit in fluid communication with the ink distribution assembly; and a rotary platen having at least three surface, each surface for providing one of a platen surface, capping portion, and a blotting portion. The ink distribution assembly further includes a plurality of second ducts acutely angled with respect to the plurality of first ducts, a plurality of transfer ports facilitating fluid communication between the plurality of first ducts and the plurality of second ducts, and a plurality of ink inlet ports facilitating fluid communication between an ink cassette and the plurality of first ducts. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056952 | PRINTHEAD WITH FLUID FLOW CONTROL - A printhead is provided having a plurality of ejection nozzles defined on a substrate, each nozzle having a fluid chamber and ejection port, a plurality of supply channels defined through the substrate, a plurality of feed channels connecting the supply channels to the chambers thereby supplying fluid from the supply channels to the chambers, and a plurality of ejection actuators positioned in respective ones of the chambers for causing ejection of the supplied fluid from the ejection ports. Each feed channel is long and narrow relative to the dimensions of the ejection nozzles such that the fluid in the chamber is restricted from flowing into the feed channels during fluid ejection by viscous drag generated in the feed channels. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056953 | LIQUID CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid container includes a container main unit, an air release passage, and an air release mechanism. The passage communicates with an interior of the main unit. The air release mechanism is connected to the passage to open and close the passage. The air release mechanism includes a hollow cylindrical member, a valve seat, a valve body, a movable member, an elastic cover member, and a second communication channel. The movable member has an outer circumferential surface slidable over an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical member and forms a first communication channel to communicate with outside air. The second communication channel has a filter structure to remove foreign substances, is formed within the cylindrical member, and is connected to a space between the cylindrical member and the cover member to communicate the first communication channel with outside air via the space and the second communication channel. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056954 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING MATERIAL CARTRIDGE, ADAPTOR FOR PRINTING MATERIAL CONTAINER, AND CIRCUIT BOARD - A printing material cartridge comprises: a memory device; a plurality of first terminals through which a power source voltage and signals for operating the memory device are supplied from a printing apparatus; and a plurality of second terminals to be used for detecting attachment conditions of the printing material cartridge in a cartridge attachment unit. The plurality of first terminals have a plurality of first contact portions that get in contact with corresponding apparatus-side terminals when the printing material container is properly attached to the cartridge attachment unit. The plurality of second terminals have a plurality of second contact portions that get in contact with corresponding apparatus-side terminals when the printing material container is properly attached to the cartridge attachment unit. The plurality of first and second contact portions are arranged so as to form a first row and a second row. Four contact portions among the plurality of second contact portions are placed at both ends of the first and second rows, respectively. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056955 | PRINTING MATERIAL CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A printing apparatus has a cartridge attachment section including a terminal block having apparatus-side terminals disposed on its inclined surface, and a printing material supply pipe. Among the apparatus-side terminals, one apparatus-side ground terminal located on their center in Y direction is protruded to a greater height than the other plural apparatus-side terminals. A printing material cartridge has a circuit board, a printing material supply port, and a board mount portion that is inclined at an acute angle relative to a plane extended from an opening face of the printing material supply port. The circuit board is arranged such that one cartridge-side terminal on the circuit board comes into contact with the apparatus-side ground terminal prior to the other cartridge-side terminals in the process of attachment of the printing material cartridge to the cartridge attachment section. This arrangement enables the printing material cartridge to be attached in an adequate correct orientation or alignment to the printing apparatus. This arrangement also reduces the possibility of failure caused by application of a high voltage to the circuitry of the printing material cartridge. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056956 | LIQUID ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - An improved liquid accommodating container that can be attached to or detached from a liquid ejecting apparatus while restricting undesired movement is provided herein. In an exemplary embodiment, the liquid accommodating container includes a container main body having a first wall that becomes a bottom surface when mounted, a second wall connected to the first wall, and a third wall connected to the first wall and faces the second wall; a liquid supply port; a terminal group having a plurality of terminals; and a first restriction portion provided in the second wall in a position closer to the first wall than the terminal group, which cooperates with a first apparatus side restriction portion of the liquid ejecting apparatus to restrict at least the movement of the liquid accommodating container in a width direction. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056957 | ADAPTER AND AN INK CARTRIDGE MOUNTED ON AN INK-JET PRINTER - The invention relates to an adapter and an ink cartridge mounted on an ink-jet printer. An adapter comprises an inner chamber for accommodating the ink cartridge and a chip set on the adapter, wherein the said chip has a contact surface with the printer, the contact surface provided with an information contact and two electrical detecting contacts; a non-contact trigger switch is set on the back surface of the said chip opposite to the two electrical detecting contacts; the said non-contact trigger switch is electrically connected with two electrical detecting contacts respectively; the said non-contact trigger switch is triggered to become disconnected at least once by the non-contact trigger mechanism on the ink cartridge when the ink cartridge is being inserted into the printer and is not triggered by the non-contact trigger mechanism so as to keep the connected status after the ink cartridge is inserted into the printer. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056958 | HOLDER, LIQUID ACCOMMODATION CONTAINER THAT IS ATTACHABLE TO AND DETACHABLE FROM HOLDER, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a holder to which a liquid accommodation container can be attached or detached. The holder includes an apparatus side engagement portion, and an opposite wall surface portion. The opposite wall surface portion has a hole portion for inserting a protrusion portion provided in the back surface portion, and a guide groove for guiding the protrusion portion to the hole portion while restricting the movement of the protrusion portion relative to the width direction of the liquid accommodation container when the liquid accommodation container is mounted, the guide groove being extended upward from the hole portion in a usage posture of the holder. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056959 | System and Method For Transporting Solid Ink Pellets - A molten ink supply for a solid ink printing machine includes a container for storing solid ink pellets and a withdrawal tube having an inlet end disposed within the container. A vacuum generator is disposed at the outlet end of the withdrawal tube operable to draw a vacuum within the tube. A feed conduit is connected to the outlet end for receiving solid ink pellets drawn therein by said vacuum generator and conveying the pellets to a melting station operable to melt the solid ink pellets. An assist tube is provided within the container with a discharge nozzle disposed within the withdrawal tube at the inlet end and operable to provide a flow of air into the withdrawal tube to agitate solid ink pellets and facilitate withdrawal of the pellets by the vacuum generator. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056960 | Two-Piece Hinged Housing and Frame for a Printer - The present invention discloses a two piece hinged housing and frame for a printer. The two housing members are pivotally hinged together. The first housing member is statically attached to the frame and the base of the printer while the second housing member can be fully removed from the printer. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056961 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE - An optical writing device is provided with a pixel information acquiring unit that acquires multilevel pixel information in which one pixel is expressed in multilevel scales, a line pixel information storing unit that stores the multilevel pixel information for each main scanning line, a light emission control unit that optically exposes the photosensitive element by controlling the binary light source on the basis of the multilevel pixel information. The photosensitive element is exposed to the binary light source with a period corresponding to N-fold in a sub scanning direction resolution of the multilevel pixel information, wherein N is a positive integer, so that the N times exposures corresponds to an exposure for one pixel in the original resolution. The switch on/off statuses of the binary light source are controlled in the N times exposures for each pixel, on the basis of lighting rate information for converting the multilevel scales into a lighting rate in the N times exposures. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056962 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image erasing apparatus decolors an image printed on a paper sheet using an ink containing at least a leuco dye, a developer, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a surfactant. The image erasing apparatus includes a heating unit, a feedback mechanism, and a control unit. The heating unit heats the paper sheet. The feedback mechanism supplies the paper sheet heated by the heating unit to the heating unit again. The control unit causes the feedback mechanism to supply the paper sheet to the heating unit a plurality of times so as to heat the paper sheet a plurality of times. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056963 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A printing apparatus includes an ink ribbon on which a plurality of color inks are arranged frame-sequentially, a printing unit configured to be able to print by a predetermined length by transferring the plurality of color inks onto roll paper by one cycle of the ink ribbon, and a print control unit configured to control the printing apparatus to successively print two calendar sheets in case that the printing apparatus is instructed to print a calendar sheet having a length larger than the predetermined length. The calendar sheet includes an image area corresponding to the predetermined length and a date area having a length not larger than substantially 0.5 times of the predetermined length. The print control unit controls the printing apparatus to rotate, through 180°, one of the two calendar sheets to be successively printed, and print. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056964 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports a recording medium; a thermal transfer sheet that has an ink layer, and a protective material layer thermally transferred onto the recording medium to form a protective layer; a reforming sheet that has a printing opening portion for causing the ink layer and the protective material layer to come into contact with a surface of the recording medium, and a surface property reforming portion for reforming surface properties of the protective layer; and a thermal head that heats and causes the surface property reforming portion to come into pressing contact with the recording medium through the thermally transferred protective material layer, wherein a temperature limitation area is set in an outer peripheral portion of an area where the surface properties are reformed, and heating of the surface property reforming portion in the temperature limitation area is restricted. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056965 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit conveying a medium to be recorded in a predetermined direction, a thermal transfer sheet including an ink layer thermally transferred onto the medium to form a printing layer, and a protective material layer thermally transferred onto the medium to form a protection layer, a transfer sheet traveling unit causing the thermal transfer sheet to travel, a reforming sheet including a printing opening for bringing the ink layer and the protective material layer into contact with a surface of the medium, and a surface property reforming unit reforming the surface property of the protection layer, a reforming sheet traveling unit causing the reforming sheet to travel, and a thermal head pressing the surface property reforming unit on the medium through the protective material layer having been thermally transferred to thereby heat the pressed surface property reforming unit. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056966 | THERMAL PAPER ROLL, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A thermal paper roll includes a paper core, a thermal paper wound on the paper core, a flange attached to at least one end surface of the paper core, and a contacted surface formed on a plane intersecting a roll axis of the paper core at a side opposite to the paper core side of the flange in order to detect or identify a state of the thermal paper roll. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056967 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a speed range showing image forming capability per unit time that is determined in advance, and is settable to either a model set at a relatively low-speed range or a model set at a relatively high-speed range. Then, the arrangement of the laser elements is differentiated between a low-speed machine and a high-speed machine each other. Even when timing of writing for the high-speed machine is applied to the arrangement of the laser elements for the low-speed machine to write in an image, the image is not able to be written successfully, and resulting in an image which is displaced vertically. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056968 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an optical scanning device including: a plurality of light sources; an optical deflector that includes reflection surfaces that deflect different light beams toward opposite sides of the optical deflector; and a light-shielding member provided in an area between incident light beams emitted from the plurality of light sources. The light-shielding member is positioned such that a portion of the light-shielding member is in a light-shield area surrounded by a circumscribed circle of the optical deflector, a line tangent to the circumscribed circle and orthogonal to a Y direction, and the incident light beam, the Y direction being a direction parallel to a main scanning direction and passing through a rotation center of the optical deflector, the main scanning direction being a direction, in which surfaces of image carriers are scanned. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056969 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A light source device includes: a semiconductor laser; a coupling lens; a holder; a sheet-metal member and a photopolymerizable resin. The coupling lens converts laser light from the semiconductor laser to a light flux. The coupling lens has an optical axis. The sheet-metal member holds the semiconductor laser and the coupling lens. The photopolymerizable rein is cured to fix the coupling lens on the sheet-metal member. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056970 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - An image formation device is configured such that a length of a sheet feed path from a sheet accommodation unit to a sheet detection unit is greater than the sheet distance for a predetermined type sheet that has substantially the same sheet length as a maximum size sheet employable in the image formation unit. A sheet length of the sheet fed by the sheet feed mechanism is measured. If the sheet length of a firstly fed sheet, which is fed in response to an image formation instruction and measured by the measuring unit, is equal to the sheet length of the predetermined type of sheet, the control unit feeds a subsequent sheet with the sheet distance corresponding for the maximum size sheet between a trailing end of the previously fed sheet and the leading end of the subsequent sheet. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056971 | Virtual Presence Via Mobile - Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for connecting a plurality of mobile devices in a videoconference over a cellular network via a videoconferencing server. At least one of the mobile devices includes a camera to capture a video of a participant in the videoconference. The video is transmitted to the videoconferencing server on the cellular network. The videoconferencing server edits the video and sends the edited video to receiving mobile devices in real-time. The receiving mobile devices output the video as a projection by using an internal mobile projector or transmit the video to an external display device. A sending mobile device may also act as a receiving mobile device, such that each of the participants may view video of other participants in his/her own background/environment while communicating with the other participants. In some variations, the videoconferencing server removes the background from the video and may replace the background such that the images of participants are placed in front of a new background or in each other's background. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056972 | PREMIUM COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - Communication systems and methods for providing premium multiparty communication sessions between a plurality of callers. The plurality of callers may comprise an initiating caller who initiates the premium multiparty communication session but who does not have a status in the communication system which is recognized by an operator of the communication system for allowing the premium multiparty communication session to proceed; and a premium multiparty caller who has a status in the communication system which is recognized by the operator of the communication system such that the operator allows the premium multiparty communication session to proceed, wherein the premium multiparty caller is a different caller to the initiating caller. The premium multiparty caller funding the premium multiparty communication session may be transferred and assigned during communication sessions. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056973 | HOUSING FOR CONFERENCE DEVICE AND CONFERENCE DEVICE HAVING SUCH HOUSING - A housing for a conference device, and the conference device including such housing, are disclosed. The housing includes a top surface, a front side surface, and a back side surface provided opposite of the front side surface. The cross-sectional width of the housing is generally made smaller from the front side surface to the back side surface so as to make the top surface to have a trapezoid like shape or a triangle like shape. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056974 | REMOTE USER SIGNAL IDENTIFICATION METHOD, REMOTE CONFERENCE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A method for identifying user signals in remote presentation conferences includes: obtaining user sign-in information and/or sign-out information from remote presentation conference halls, and identifying present user areas and absent user areas according to the user sign-in information and/or sign-out information; and determining that signals from the absent user areas are invalid signals and that signals from the present user areas are valid signals. In the remote presentation application scenario, attendance information in each user area can be identified through the user registration apparatus arranged on the terminal side. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056975 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING ENCODED IMAGE DATA, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - A communication terminal or system is provided with a processor that calculates a transmission data size that is suitable to a detected state of a network, and analyzes contents of image data for transmission to determine an image parameter that should be prioritized. The communication terminal or system encodes the image data for transmission into encoded image data, based on the calculated transmission data size and the image parameter that should be prioritized. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056976 | WIDE ANGLE LENS SYSTEM AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A wide angle lens system includes a first lens group having a negative refractive power and a second lens group having a positive refractive power arranged from an object side. The first lens group includes a first lens of a meniscus shape having a convex surface toward the object side, a second lens having a concave surface toward the object side, and a third lens having a convex surface toward the object side, and the second lens group includes a fourth lens having a convex surface toward the object side, a fifth lens having a concave surface toward the object side, and a sixth lens of a meniscus shape having a concave surface toward the object side. A photographing apparatus includes the wide angle lens system. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056977 | METHOD FOR GENERATING PANORAMIC IMAGE - A processing apparatus capable of generating a panoramic image from a plurality of captured images acquired by a plurality of times of imaging includes an input unit configured to input a superimposition parameter for determining a superimposition position of a predetermined image on the captured image, a generation unit configured to generate the panoramic image from the plurality of the captured images by transformation processing of coordinate values of the plurality of the captured images acquired by the plurality of times of imaging, and a determination unit configured to determine the superimposition position of the predetermined image on the panoramic image according to position information on the panoramic image in which transformation processing of the coordinate values is performed by the generation unit and the superimposition parameter for determining the superimposition position of the predetermined image on the captured image. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056978 | WIDE ANGLE LENS AND IMAGING DEVICE - A wide angle lens whose field angle exceeds 160 degrees, includes a front group, an aperture stop, and a rear group arranged in this order from an object-side toward an image-side. The front group includes a first lens (negative meniscus) whose convex surface faces the object, a second lens (negative), a third lens (negative), and a fourth lens (positive), arranged in this order from the object-side toward the image-side. The rear group includes a fifth lens (positive), a sixth lens (negative), and a seventh lens (positive), arranged in this order from an aperture-side toward the image-side. The fifth and sixth lenses are combined, forming a cemented lens having positive refractive power. The fifth and sixth lenses are made of materials having Abbe numbers of greater than or equal to 50 and less than or equal to 30, respectively. A surface of the seventh lens facing the image is aspheric. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056979 | System and method for capturing adjacent images by utilizing a panorama mode - A system and method for capturing adjacent images includes an imaging device with a panorama manager that performs various procedures to manipulate one or more image parameters that correspond to adjacent frames of captured image data. An image-stitching software program may then produce a cohesive combined panorama image from the adjacent frames of image data by utilizing the manipulated image parameters. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056980 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DYNAMICALLY ADJUST AN IMAGE ON A DISPLAY MONITOR REPRESENTED IN A VIDEO FEED - According to some embodiments, information about dynamic adjustments being made to a video feed may be received from an instrumented video camera, the video feed including a representation of a display monitor. An image to be displayed on the display monitor represented in the video feed may also be received. The image to be displayed on the display monitor may then be automatically adjusted based on the information received about dynamic adjustments to the video feed. The adjusted image may then be output to the display monitor. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056981 | INTER-LAYER DEPENDENCY INFORMATION FOR 3DV - Various implementations are directed to providing inter-layer dependency information. In one implementation, syntax elements are generated that indicate an inter-layer dependency structure among three-dimensional video (3DV) layers. Based on the inter-layer dependency structure, an inter-layer reference is identified for a picture from a layer of the 3DV layers. The picture is encoded based, at least in part, on the inter-layer reference. Corresponding decoding implementations are also provided. Additionally, in another implementation, a transmission priority and an indication of network congestion are used to determine whether to transmit data for a particular 3DV layer. The transmission priority is based on an inter-layer dependency structure among multiple 3DV layers. Another implementation is directed to a network abstraction layer unit that can explicitly identify and convey inter-layer references and corresponding dependencies. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056982 | DEPTH CAMERA BASED ON STRUCTURED LIGHT AND STEREO VISION - A depth camera system uses a structured light illuminator and multiple sensors such as infrared light detectors, such as in a system which tracks the Motion of a user in a field of view. One sensor can be optimized for shorter range detection while another sensor is optimized for longer range detection. The sensors can have a different baseline distance from the illuminator, as well as a different spatial resolution, exposure time and sensitivity. In one approach, depth values are obtained from each sensor by matching to the structured light pattern, and the depth values are merged to obtain a final depth map which is provided as an input to an application. The merging can involve unweighted averaging, weighted averaging, accuracy measures and/or confidence measures. In another approach, additional depth values which are included in the merging are obtained using stereoscopic matching among pixel data of the sensors. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056983 | Electronic Apparatus and Image Processing Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a data extraction module, a mode setup module, a first video signal generation module, a second video signal generation module, and a mixing module. The data extraction module is configured to extract first and second video data from video content data. The mode setup module is configured to set a display mode in which the video content data is displayed as 3D video. The first video signal generation module is configured to generate, when the display mode is set, a first video signal for 2D video or a second video signal for 3D video, according to whether the second video data is extracted or not. The second video signal generation module is configured to generate a third video signal corresponding to the second video data. The mixing module is configured to mix the first video signal with the third video signal. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056984 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING 2-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE INTO 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE BY ADJUSTING DEPTH OF THE 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - Provided are an apparatus and method for converting a two-dimensional (2D) image into a three-dimensional (3D) image. The method includes generating a first depth map by estimating depth information of an input image, wherein the input image is a 2D image; analyzing characteristics of the input image; predicting an error of the first depth map; determining a parameter for adjusting the first depth map based on the analyzed characteristics of the input image and the predicted error of the first depth map; adjusting the first depth map based on the determined parameter; and generating a 3D image of the input image based on the adjusted first depth map. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056985 | DIGITAL BROADCAST TRANSMITTER AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER FOR 3D BROADCASTING, AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING STREAM THEREOF - A digital broadcast transmitter and a digital broadcast receiver for 3-dimensional (3D) broadcasting, and methods for processing a steam thereof. The digital broadcast transmitter includes: a stream processor which processes first and second data parts of an input signal differently from each other, wherein the first data part is to constitute a 2-dimensional (2D) image, and the second data part is to constitute a 3D image; and a transmitter which transmits a transport stream (TR) including the first and second data parts processed by the stream processor. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056986 | REAL-TIME DEPTH ESTIMATION FROM MONOCULAR ENDOSCOPE IMAGES - An endoscopic surgical method involves an advancement of an endoscope ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056987 | 3D CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for generating 3D images comprising a plurality of fully-adjustable optical elements arranged in pyramidical configurations on parallel planes such that the cameras have different convergent points and focal points. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056988 | 3-D CAMERA - A 3-D camera is disclosed. The 3-D camera includes an optical system, a front-end block, and a processor. The front-end block further includes a combined image sensor to generate an image, which includes color information and near infra-red information of a captured object and a near infra-red projector to generate one or more patterns. The processor is to generate a color image and a near infra-red image from the image and then generate a depth map using the near infra-red image and the one or more patterns from a near infra-red projector. The processor is to further generate a full three dimensional color model based on the color image and the depth map, which may be aligned with each other. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056989 | IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, OPERATION DETERMINING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An object is to enable an accurate determination of an operation. An operator uses a relative relation between a virtual operation screen determined from an image or a position of an operator photographed by the aforementioned video camera and the operator to determine that the operation starts when a part of the operator comes on this side of the operation screen as viewed from the video camera, and from a configuration or a movement of each portion, it is determined which out of operations in advance estimated the configuration or the movement corresponds to. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056990 | IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image reproduction apparatus includes: a reproduction unit that reproduces a stereo image; a mode setting unit that sets one mode from a plurality of modes which include a first mode and a second mode; an adjustment unit that adjusts a maximum value of a disparity between an image for left eye and an image for right eye of the stereo image according to the mode that has been set by the mode setting unit; and a generation unit that generates a stereo image from the image for left eye and the image for right eye for which the disparity has been adjusted by the adjustment unit and outputs the generated stereo image, wherein the adjustment unit makes a maximum value of the disparity in the second mode less than a maximum value of the disparity in the first mode. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056991 | IMAGE SENSOR, VIDEO CAMERA, AND MICROSCOPE - An image sensor ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056992 | IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image generation system includes a captured image acquisition section that acquires a captured image captured by an imaging section, a depth information acquisition section that acquires depth information about a photographic object observed within the captured image, an object processing section that performs a process that determines a positional relationship between the photographic object and a virtual object in a depth direction based on the acquired depth information, and synthesizes the virtual object with the captured image, and an image generation section that generates an image in which the virtual object is synthesized with the captured image. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056993 | Dental Field Visualization System with Improved Ergonomics - A dentist's field visualization system for acquiring, processing and displaying images and full-motion video from an intraoral camera on a heads-up display. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056994 | SINGLE-SHOT PHOTOMETRIC STEREO BY SPECTRAL MULTIPLEXING - Single-shot photometric stereo techniques are disclosed in which chromaticity is assumed to be a variable. Scene illumination includes three or more spectrally distinct light sources. A scene image is taken with a camera system configured to measure five or more different bands, or channels, of the visible light spectrum. The light sources can include narrow-band colored LED lights, possibly combined with color filters to refine the spectral distributions. In each configuration, a beam splitter assembly is used to align two or more color cameras having different color filters placed over their lenses. By use of such techniques, a single multispectral photograph of a subject provides enough information to recover both the full-color reflectance and the surface normals on a per-pixel basis. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056995 | Method and Apparatus for Stereo-Based Proximity Warning System for Vehicle Safety - A method and apparatus for stereo-based proximity warning system for vehicle safety. The method comprising capturing a right and a left image utilizing the right and left of stereo cameras, performing stereo analysis and depth computation for comparing and determining the depth deviation between the current depth image with the depth model, updating the depth model when there is minimal or no deviation, otherwise, performing morphological operations for clean-up and connected components analysis, and determining if the object is too close to be safe utilizing the component analysis, and generating a warning when the object is too close. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056996 | SPECIAL-ILLUMINATION SURGICAL VIDEO STEREOMICROSCOPE - A special-illumination surgical video stereomicroscope having at least one light source for illuminating an in-situ specimen, at least one video imaging unit ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056997 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE HAVING APPROPRIATE BRIGHTNESS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital photographing apparatus capable of generating a normal 3D image having an appropriate brightness, and a method of controlling the same. A 3D image is generated by performing time-division photographing to correspond to an exposure time that is appropriate for a low illumination level, and combining first and second images input through first and second image input units. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056998 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a 3D or stereoscopic image can be generated to considerably relive an observer from visual fatigue. The present invention includes a first camera and a second camera configured to take a 3D image, a display unit displaying an image taken by at least one of the first and second cameras, and a controller controlling the first camera, the second camera and the display unit, wherein the controller sets a plurality of divisional sections on a left eye image taken by the first camera and a right eye image taken by the second camera and then generates the 3D image based on a depth value of each of a plurality of the divisional sections. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056999 | IMAGE MEASURING DEVICE AND IMAGE MEASURING METHOD - An image measuring device comprises an imaging unit; and an processing unit operative to treat image information obtained at the imaging unit by imaging a measurement object and compute coordinate information on the measurement object from the image information. The processing unit includes an error correcting unit operative to apply the error information inherent in the imaging unit to correct the image information obtained at the imaging unit by imaging the measurement object, thereby obtaining corrected image information, and a coordinate computing unit operative to compute coordinate information on the measurement object from the corrected image information. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057000 | MONOCULAR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING - A three-dimensional imaging system uses a single primary optical lens along with various configurations of apertures, refocusing facilities, and the like to obtain three offset optical channels each of which can be separately captured with an optical sensor. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057001 | Image Processing Apparatus and Method, and Program - The present invention relates to image processing apparatus and method, and a program which can display a stereoscopic image that provides more natural depth perception. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057002 | Viewpoint Navigation - Viewer interaction herein triggers switching from a first view point to a second view point and thereby controls presentation of video sequences. Each video sequence comprises a sequence of images of one and the same subject and is associated with a respective view point. Images are obtained from a first video sequence associated with a first view point and are provided for presentation. Viewer input information is received that indicates a desire to present a second view point. In response, a start position within a second video sequence associated with the second view point is determined, and the obtaining of images from the first video sequence is discontinued as of the determined start position. Images are then obtained from the second video sequence associated with the second view point, starting from the determined start position, and are then provided for presentation. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057003 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, GLASSES FOR IMAGE OBSERVATION, IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A normal three-dimensional image is presented to a person who is wearing glasses for three-dimensional image observation, and additional information including a message, disturbance information, or the like is presented to a person who is not wearing glasses for three-dimensional image observation. An image display apparatus displays, on a display unit, an image frame sequence in which additional information image frame including additional information is added between an image frame for the left eye and an image frame for the right eye. At a display timing of the additional information image frame for the display unit, the image display apparatus outputs a control signal that sets shutters for both the left and right eyes of glasses for three-dimensional image observation worn by an observer to a closed state. With this configuration, an observer who is wearing glasses for three-dimensional image observation can observe a normal three-dimensional image, and a person who is not wearing the glasses can observe additional information such as a message prompting the person to wear the glasses. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057004 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, SHUTTER GLASSES AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display apparatus to display a three-dimensional image (3D) and a method of controlling the same, shutter glasses and a method of controlling the same, and a display system are provided. The shutter glasses include a lens which allows selective light transmission; a signal receiver which receives a first signal; a synchronization signal reconstruction unit which reconstructs a synchronization signal corresponding to a 3D display of the display apparatus through a correlation analysis on the received first signal; and a shutter driver which operates the lens corresponding to the synchronization signal reconstructed by the synchronization signal reconstruction unit. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057005 | NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, SHUTTER GLASSES, NOTIFICATION METHOD - In one embodiment, there is provided a notification system. The system includes: a display apparatus; and one or more pairs of shutter glasses. The display apparatus includes: a display module configured to display a 3D picture; and a transmitter configured to transmit a control data to each of the pairs of shutter glasses, wherein the control data contains a shutter control data for controlling shutters of each of the pairs of shutter glasses. Each of the pairs of shutter glasses includes: a receiver configured to receive the control data containing shutter control data; a shutter controller configured to open and close the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter, based on the shutter control data; and a notification module configured to notify a warning when a specific period of time has elapsed after the receiver receives the control data. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057006 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - An autostereoscopy apparatus that typically includes a passive autostereoscopic panel such as a lenticular poster. The panel has a front surface, a back surface, and a plurality of static images. Dining use, the autostereoscopic panel is configured or designed to reflect light to generate, passively or without power, a three dimensional (3D) display of images based on the static images. The apparatus includes an image source selectively operating to project two dimensional (2D) images onto the back surface of the autostereoscopic panel, which is non-opaque such that the two dimensional images are projected outward from the front surface within the 3D display, e.g., the 2D images are inserted or injected into the volumetric display so as to also appear to have depth and dimensions. The two dimensional images may be video images precision masked based on at least one of the static images. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057007 | Simplified Visual Screening Check on Television - A television based visual screening method involves sequentially presenting a plurality of numbers of varying size on a television display; receiving a plurality of signals from a remote controller as a result of a user input from a keypad of the remote controller; determining if the signals received from the remote controller match the displayed numbers; deriving a measure of the user's vision from the matching of the received signals with the displayed numbers; and displaying a result indicative of the measure of the user's vision from the measure. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057008 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE HAVING GAME FUNCTION, AND METHOD OF EXECUTING GAME - A photographing device having a game function which determines win/loss of photographing devices based on information regarding image files, is provided with a first parameter obtaining unit configured to obtain a first parameter regarding a first image file which was generated by the photographing device, a second parameter obtaining unit configured to obtain a second parameter regarding a second image file which is stored in another photographing device, a score calculating unit configured to calculate scores regarding the first image file and the second image file based on the first parameter and the second parameter, respectively, a win/loss determining unit configured to determine win/loss of the photographing device and the other photographing device, and generate win/loss information, a recording unit configured to store the win/loss information, in accumulated manner, as intrinsic information which is intrinsic to the photographing device, and a notifying unit configured to output the accumulated win/loss information. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057009 | Wireless Endoscope Apparatus - A wireless endoscope apparatus mainly comprises an endoscope main body, a receiving host, a supporting stand and a power connecting wire. The receiving host is electrically connected to the endoscope main body through the power connecting wire. The receiving host can be supported and positioned on an application surface through the supporting stand. Moreover, a captured image is wirelessly transmitted by the signal transmitter of the endoscope main body to the receiving host. The image captured by the image pickup lens then is displayed by a display of the receiving host to avoid the restriction of transmission wires so that fields and explorations, such as medical care, house remodeling, transportation and maintenance, mechanical maintaining and research observation and so on, applied by the invention can be fast and convenient. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057010 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes an insertion tube including a flexible tube portion, a bending system, and an image pickup device, the bending system including a plurality of actuators which are provided in the flexible tube portion. The endoscope apparatus further includes a drum around which the insertion tube is wound. The plurality of actuators in the endoscope apparatus are positioned such that when the insertion tube is pulled out from the drum by a first length, a single symmetrical direction movement is enabled, and when the insertion tube is pulled out from the drum by a second length, a double symmetrical direction movement is enabled. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057011 | FINGER VEIN RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention discloses a finger vein recognition system comprising an image catching module, an image preprocess module, a feature points calculating module, a feature database, a first comparing module and a second comparing module. The feature points calculating module is connected to the image preprocess module for calculating a set of distances among a plurality of feature points. The first comparing module is connected to the feature points calculating module and the feature database for comparing the set of distances and generating a compared result of feature points. The second comparing module is connected to the image preprocess module, the feature database and the first comparing module for catching a set of vein shape and comparing the set of vein shape with the feature database for generating a compared result of shape similarity. Wherein, the second comparing module combines the compared result of feature points and the compared result of shape similarity for generating a recognized result of the finger vein. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057012 | ELECTRONIC MUSIC STAND PERFORMER SUBSYSTEMS AND MUSIC COMMUNICATION METHODOLOGIES - An electronic music stand system and methodologies relating thereto are presented. The electronic music stand system is comprised of a performer subsystem comprising a processing subsystem, librarian logic, performance logic, and communications management logic. The communications management logic provides management of communication via the communications interface with external apparatus responsive to the performance logic and the librarian logic. The user input apparatus and the display apparatus can be integrated into a touch-screen input display. The user input apparatus can alternatively be at least one of a touch-tablet, a stylus-based writing tablet, a mouse, a keyboard, a joystick, a game controller, and a switch. In a preferred embodiment, the librarian logic, the performance logic and the communications management logic are defined by program data stored in the data storage apparatus, and the processor is responsive to the program data for managing data formatting, displaying music, and management of communications of data with the external apparatus. In one embodiment, two Performer subsystems are operable alternatively as one of a single appliance as a linked set a linked mode and as two independent appliances a stand-alone mode, wherein in the linked mode each of the two Performer subsystems operate cooperatively with each other as a linked set to provide a two page display on the video presentation, and wherein in the stand alone mode each of the two Performer subsystems operates independently and mutually exclusive of the other to provide two independent and mutually exclusive single page displays on the video presentation. The present invention also relates to a method for providing for video display of music responsive to the music data stored in a music database. The method is comprised of defining a page of music image data from the music database; defining ordered logical sections; storing the mapping in a memory for selective retrieval; and providing for the video display of the music responsive to the mapping and the storing. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057013 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZING PHASE OBJECT - A visualization apparatus includes a light source, an illumination optical system configured to guide light from the light source to an observation target object, an image forming optical system configured to form an optical image of the observation target object on an image plane, an image pickup element arranged on the image plane, a calculation device configured to calculate a plurality of first electronic images of the observation target object obtained from the image pickup element to generate a second electronic image, and an oblique illumination control section configured to control an illumination direction of oblique illumination provided by the illumination optical system. The plurality of first electronic images include first electronic images of the observation target object illuminated from different illumination directions by the oblique illumination control section. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057014 | IMAGING APPARATUS - A plurality of image sensors are arranged so that each of odd rows is constituted by image sensors lined up in the X direction, and each of even rows is constituted by image sensors, more than that of the odd row by 1, lined up in the X direction at the same pitch as the odd row with a 1/2 phase shift with respect to the odd row. Light receiving areas of image sensors on both ends of the even row include both ends in the X direction of an imaging target area image respectively, and a length in the Y direction of an area covering the light receiving areas of the image sensors on the first row to the light receiving areas of the image sensors on the last row is longer than a length in the Y direction of the imaging target area image. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057015 | SCAN METHOD - In general, in one aspect, the disclosure features a method and system for imaging of samples, for example, imaging samples with charged particles. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057016 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL WORKING PLATFORM FOR THE PROCESS OF AN IMAGE SENSOR MODULE - A multifunctional working platform for the process of an image sensor module includes a rotary disc, an electronic controlling component, a positioning device, a focusing device, a dispensing device and a solidifying device. The positioning device includes a supporting bracket and a video camera. The focusing device includes a focusing unit and a stepper motor component. The focusing unit includes a mounting base, a supporting board, a focusing wheel mechanism and a first motor. The first motor controls the focusing wheel mechanism to vertically move. The stepper motor component controls the focusing wheel mechanism to horizontally move. The dispensing device includes a mounting frame, a driving mechanism and a dispensing tube. The solidifying device includes a supporting post and a solidifying tube. The multifunctional working platform gathers functions of positioning, focusing, dispensing and solidifying as a whole thereby improving the focusing precision, the automation level and the working efficiency. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057017 | FAULT DETECTION SYSTEM WITH REDUNDANT PRODUCT TEACH VERIFICATION - Some embodiments for a fault detection apparatus may include one or more monitors to detect at least three operating states of a sensor, such as pass, fail, and inoperative so as to enable a manufacturing facility to differentiate between situations in which a container does not have the appropriate machine readable label and situations wherein the sensor is actually inoperative. The fail state may be indicative of an object on a conveyor system not matching a predetermined description, identity or characteristic. The pass state may be indicative of an object on a conveyor system matching the predetermined description, identity or characteristic. The inoperative state may be indicative of a sensor output associated with a malfunction in the sensor itself. The fault detection apparatus may also include a fail-to-safe controller configured to detect these operating states. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057018 | USING THERMAL IMAGING FOR CONTROL OF A MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A thermal imaging camera monitors the temperature different zones in a pharmaceutical process such as ribbon compaction, coating, spray drying, fluid bed drying, high shear wet granulation, crystallization, lyophilization, precipitation, fermentation, and low dosage dispensing of a pharmaceutically active liquid. The thermal imaging camera can be used to produce a visual display of a temperature profile, or a spray pattern. In addition, feedback from the thermal imaging camera is used to control one or more processing parameters. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057019 | Dynamic In-Situ Feature Imager Apparatus and Method - An optical scanning apparatus and method confocally image comparatively small features such as particles or bubbles in a relatively large volume. The main components of the apparatus include an illumination source and focusing optics, whose light is scattered to an optical sensor, typically an imager such as a camera, focal plane array, or the like. The illumination beam is focused such that its height is much less than its width, thus creating an almost planar or rectangular parallelepiped illuminated object space. The optical imager is positioned with its object-space focal plane parallel to the illumination beam such that the illumination beam passes through the in-focus object space of the imager. Images are collected while a fluid stream containing features of interest passes through imaging volume defined by the intersection of the in-focus object space and the illuminated object space. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057020 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes: an imaging device including an imaging area including a plurality of pixel blocks each of which includes a plurality of pixels; an image formation lens forming an image on an image formation plane by using light from a subject; an aperture unit including a plurality of aperture elements provided to associate with the plurality of pixel blocks, each of the aperture elements having an aperture portion and a shield portion, light from the image formation lens being filtered by each aperture element; a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses provided to associate with the plurality of aperture elements, each of the microlenses forming an image in the imaging area by using light filtered by an associated aperture element; and a signal processing circuit configured to process a signal of an image taken in the imaging area and estimates a distance to the subject. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057021 | Measuring Method And Measuring Device - The invention provides a measuring device, comprising a distance measuring unit | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057022 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING AN IMAGE OF A PALLET LOAD - An apparatus for acquiring an image of a pallet load comprises operating a linescan camera arranged for movement in a movement plane to acquire the image. A method of acquiring an image of a pallet load is also provided. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057023 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A distance measurement method comprising: projecting a light beam having a speckle pattern to at least one reference plane to show a plurality of images with the speckle pattern on the at least one reference plane. The speckle pattern has a plurality of speckles, so as to capture the image with the speckle pattern on the reference plane to obtain a plurality of reference image information. When the object enters the area illuminated by a light source module, an image with the speckle pattern on a surface of an object is captured to obtain an object image information. Then, a plurality of brightness relationships among each of the speckles with adjacent speckles rounding each speckle are computed according to the reference image and the object image information to obtain relative brightness information of each speckle, which is used to compute position of the object. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057024 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING COMPONENT WEAR - A system for monitoring a moving component includes an input device directed at the moving component. The input device generates a signal reflective of a position of the moving component. A processor in communication with the input device receives the signal from the input device and generates a graph reflective of the position of the moving component. A method for monitoring a moving component includes recording the moving component as it moves and graphing locations of the moving component. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057025 | Multi-view Video Camera System for Windsurfing - A multi-view video camera system ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057026 | MONITORING SYSTEM - A monitoring system includes a monitoring apparatus, a television, and a number of cameras. The monitoring apparatus includes an image analog-to-digital (A/D) converting unit to receive images from the cameras and convert the received analog images to digital images. A microcontroller receives the digital images from the image A/D converting unit, and compresses the received digital images and stores the compressed digital images in the storage unit. An image digital-to-analog (D/A) converting unit receives the digital images from the microcontroller and converts the received digital images to analog images. When the microcontroller receives the control signal from the television, the microcontroller outputs the received digital images to the image D/A converting unit, to convert the received digital images to analog images and output the analog images to the television. The microcontroller compresses the received digital images and stores the compressed digital images in a storage unit. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057027 | INFRARED CAMERA WITH ROTATABLE CORE ASSEMBLY - An infrared camera with a rotatable core assembly, the infrared camera having; a main body including a body shell and a signal processor installed in the body shell; a core assembly including a core assembly housing, an infrared lens provided at the front end of the core assembly housing, and a sensing unit installed in the core assembly housing; a handle connected to the main body; and a LCD display used to display a picture and rotatably installed on one side of the main body, wherein the core assembly is rotatably connected to the front end of the body shell. The infrared camera according to the present application can switch its shooting modes among horizontal type, gun type and upright type according to the requirements of the observation by a user. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057028 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND PIXEL SIGNAL READOUT METHOD - An imaging system is provided that includes a target detector, a readout area determiner and a readout processor. The target detector detects a target subject from an effective pixel area of an image sensor. The readout area determiner defines a readout area within the effective pixel area, the readout area corresponding to a detected target. The readout processor reads out only pixel signals within the readout area. A partial area within the readout area is redefined as the readout area when the size of the original readout area is greater than a predetermined size. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057029 | CAPTURE OF VIDEO WITH MOTION-SPEED DETERMINATION AND VARIABLE CAPTURE RATE - A method of capturing a video of a scene depending on the speed of motion in the scene, includes capturing a video of the scene; determining the relative speed of motion within a first region of the video of the scene with respect to the speed of motion within a second region of the video of the scene; and causing a capture rate of the first region of the video of the scene to be greater than a capture rate of the second region of the video of the scene, or causing an exposure time of the first region to be less than exposure time of the second region. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057030 | ROBUST SENSING OF DVB-T/H TRANSMISSIONS - A method and system is provided for detecting the presence of a DVB (digital video broadcasting) transmission. The method includes receiving an RF (radio frequency) signal in a selected channel ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057031 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AUDIOVISUAL SYNCHRONISATION - There is provided a method of measuring audiovisual synchronisation between at least one encoded audio stream and at least one encoded video stream, comprising measuring the time of input into an audio encoder of source audio data to be encoded into said encoded audio stream, measuring the time of input into a video encoder of source video data to be encoded into said encoded video stream, determining a Presentation Time Stamp value, indicative of a time of presentation, for each of the respective at least one encoded audio stream and at least one encoded video stream, and transmitting a measured audio input time, a measured video input time and presentation time stamp values to a downstream component. There is also provided an apparatus and system for measuring audiovisual synchronisation between at least one encoded audio stream and at least one encoded video stream. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057032 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USING OBJECT LIST - An apparatus to provide augmented reality includes an image acquisition unit to acquire an image including a target object, a supplementary information acquisition unit to acquire supplementary information, an object recognition unit to recognize the target object from the acquired image, and a candidate nomination unit to generate candidate objects based on the supplementary information. A method for providing augmented reality includes transmitting, at a terminal, an image including a target object or supplementary information of the target object, and location information of the terminal to a server; and determining, at the server, whether the target object is recognized, and generating a list of candidate objects based on the supplementary information, if the target object is not recognized. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057033 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image capture device has a first image transfer method for storing a captured digital image on a storage medium and transferring the digital image to a communication device, and a second image transfer method for storing the digital image on the storage medium, reading the digital image from the storage medium and then transferring the digital image to the communication device. The first image transfer method or the second image transfer method is manually or automatically set. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057034 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND PIXEL SIGNAL READOUT METHOD - An imaging system is provided that includes an area determiner and readout processor. The area determiner defines an area used in an auto focus operation within an effective pixel area of an image sensor. The readout processor reads out only pixel signals within the defined area. The size of the area is determined according to at least one of a focal length or a magnitude of camera shake. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057035 | FORCE COMPENSATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A positioning system and method are disclosed. The system includes an external force sensor configured to measure a magnitude of at least one external force acting upon a movable object disposed within a camera and to generate a force signal that is indicative of the magnitude of the at least one external force. The system also includes a positioning motor configured to control a physical location of the movable object in response to a positioning signal. The system further includes a position controller configured to generate the positioning signal at a magnitude that is adjusted in response to the force signal to substantially compensate for the at least one external force in controlling the physical location of the movable object. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057036 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image capture device of the present invention includes: a plurality of image sensors ( | 2012-03-08 |
