| 14th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
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| 20110080392 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REINITIALIZING A SCREEN CONTROLLER OF AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A system for and method of reinitializing a screen controller of an electronic display device, such as an electrophoretic display, are disclosed. The system may comprise at least one computer processor associated with a screen controller of an electrophoretic display device, where the at least one computer processor may be configured to initialize screen controller registers, loading a waveform into the screen controller of the electrophoretic display device, copying previously stored screen image data stored in direct memory access to current storage of the screen controller; and executing an update process to efficiently reinitialize the screen controller of the electrophoretic display after panel power to the electrophoretic display is provided by at least one power source of the electrophoretic display. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080393 | Driver and organic light emitting diode display using the same - A driver comprises odd-numbered stages configured to be driven by first and second clock signals and even-numbered stages configured to be driven by the second and third clock signals. Each stage is coupled to a corresponding emission control line, and includes a first driver, a second driver, and a third driver. In a first stage, the first and second drivers receive first and second start pulses and output first and second output signals, respectively. In each stage except the first stage, the first and second driver receives first and second output signals of a previous stage and outputs first and second output signals of each stage, respectively. In each stage, a third driver receives the first and second output signals of each stage and outputs an emission control signal to be transmitted to an emission control line coupled to each stage. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080394 | DRIVER FOR PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - There is provided a driver for a plasma display panel that can perform power transmission by setting different paths for an address period and a sustain period. The driver for a plasma display panel may include: a power supply part converting commercial AC power into predetermined driving power; a driving part switching the driving power from the power supply part during the sustain period to supply the switched driving power to the plasma display panel; and a path setting part setting a path through which the driving power from the power supply part is transmitted to the driving part during the sustain period and setting a charging path through which a capacitor is charged with the driving power from the power supply part during the address period. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080395 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, ORGANIC ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE PIXEL CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE APPARATUS - An organic electroluminescent display apparatus including a pixel circuit and a method of driving the organic electroluminescent display apparatus are provided. Embodiments of the present invention may solve problems where the luminance of light is changed due to a change of a voltage of an anode of an organic electro-light emitting device such that an image quality is deteriorated when N-type transistors are used to form the organic electroluminescent display apparatus. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080396 | DRIVING METHOD FOR REDUCING IMAGE STICKING - A driving method with reducing image sticking effect is disclosed. The driving method includes applying a voltage on the data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect, and applying different asymmetric waveforms to different data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080397 | BACKLIGHT DRIVE APPARATUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS - A backlight drive apparatus for current driving a plurality of strings has a period in which at least one of the strings is a current driven idly during a liquid crystal OFF period, in addition to a current driving period in which video information is displayed via liquid crystals. A failure detection section can monitor stabilized detection voltages in the period when current driven idly and detects failure state of the backlight panel. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080398 | WRITING SYSTEM - In a writing device, a controller controls an authentication communication unit so as to transmit authentication data to a display device, prior to writing main data into the display device, in order to specify the display device into which the main data is to be written. After carrying out the authentication, the controller controls a main communication unit so as to transmit the main data stored in a memory to the display device into which the main data is to be written, by wireless communication. In the display device, a controller controls an authentication communication unit so as to receive the authentication data from the writing device. The controller controls a main communication unit so as to receive the main data from the writing device by wireless communication after the completion of the authentication. Therefore, when the main data is written into the display device from the writing device, it is possible to avoid wiring problems, and provide the display device with an improved appearance. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080399 | System and Method for Creating a Three-Dimensional Virtual Environment - A system for providing a three-dimensional virtual or fantasy environment comprises a viewing device having anaglyph lenses to provide a three-dimensional viewing effect. The viewing device can be a pair of eyeglasses having anaglyph lenses. The system includes a backdrop that may include a support for attaching to a desired structure such as a wall, floor and/or ceiling. The backdrop has themed or scenic artistry from two or more colors superimposed and offset to provide a desired depth effect The backdrop has a central image with a perceived depth different from a surrounding environment. The backdrop can include a light source to provide further visual enhancement for play. The backdrop may be a two-dimensional image on paper, plastic, fabric, or other suitable material. Multiple viewing devices can be provided to permit play by multiple uses at once. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080400 | Pseudo 3D image creation apparatus and display system - A plurality of basic depth models indicate depth values of a plurality of basic scene structures. Statistical amounts of pixel values in predetermined areas in a non-3D image are calculated to generate first evaluation values. A statistical amount of pixel values in a whole of the non-3D image is calculated to generate a second evaluation value. The basic depth models are combined into a combination result according to a combination ratio depending on the generated first evaluation values. Depth estimation data is generated from the combination result and the non-3D image. A texture of the non-3D image is shifted in response to the generated depth estimation data and the generated second evaluation value to generate a different-viewpoint picture signal. The generated different-viewpoint picture signal and a picture signal representative of the non-3D image make a stereo pair representing a pseudo 3D image. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080401 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING OR ELIMINATING PERCEIVED GHOSTING IN DISPLAYED STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - Methods and systems for reducing or eliminating perceived ghosting in stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) image display are described. A stereoscopic image that includes image content can be received. Display system parameters can be received. A local region of the stereoscopic image can be identified using the image content. The local region can include ghosting. Psychovisual factors can be selected using the image content. A modified stereoscopic image can be generated from the stereoscopic image by reducing or eliminating the ghosting of the local region using the psychovisual factors and the display system parameters. The modified stereoscopic image can be outputted for display. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080402 | Method of Localizing Landmark Points in Images - A method of localizing landmark points and fitting appearance based models to image data. Image products are computed efficiently which improves the computational cost and improves performance of fitting algorithms for such models. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080403 | MEMORY EFFICIENT RAY TRACING WITH HIERARCHICAL MESH QUANTIZATION - Compression methods and systems that encode the bounding volume hierarchy (BVH) and the triangles of a scene in one compact data structure. Efficient on-the-fly decompression is performed and may be used in interactive ray tracing. Quantized vertices and triangle strips may be stored in BVH leaf nodes. The local vertex positions and vertex indices may use a small number of bits that are encoded in bit strings. During traversal, the geometry may be decoded by an optimized algorithm allowing for random access with minimal overhead. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080404 | Redistribution Of Generated Geometric Primitives - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for redistributing geometric primitives generated by tessellation and geometry shaders for per-vertex by multiple graphics pipelines. Geometric primitives that are generated in a first processing stage are collected and redistributed more evenly and in smaller batches to the multiple graphics pipelines for vertex processing in a second processing stage. The smaller batches do not exceed the resource limits of a graphics pipeline and the per-vertex processing workloads of the graphics pipelines in the second stage are balanced. Therefore, the performance of the tessellation and geometry shaders is improved. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080405 | HERMITE GREGORY PATCH FOR WATERTIGHT TESSELLATION - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth technique for watertight tessellation in a displaced subdivision surface. A subdivision surface is represented as a novel parametric quad patch that is continuous with respect to position (C0) and partial derivatives (C1) along boundaries as well as interior regions. The novel parametric quad patch is referred to herein as a Hermite Gregory patch and comprises a Hermite patch augmented to include a pair of twist vector parameters per vertex. Each pair of twist vectors is combined into one twist vector during evaluation, according to weights based on proximity to parametric boundaries. Evaluation yields an approximation mesh comprising a position for each vertex and a corresponding normal vector for the vertex. Displacement is performed based on the approximation mesh and a displacement map to generate a displaced approximation mesh that is reflective of the displaced subdivision surface. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080406 | CALCULATION OF PLANE EQUATIONS AFTER DETERMINATION OF Z-BUFFER VISIBILITY - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for computing plane equations for primitive shading after non-visible pixels are removed by z culling operations and pixel coverage has been determined. The z plane equations are computed before the plane equations for non-z primitive attributes are computed. The z plane equations are then used to perform screen-space z culling of primitives during and following rasterization. Culling of primitives is also performed based on pixel sample coverage. Consequently, primitives that have visible pixels after z culling operations reach the primitive shading unit. The non-z plane equations are only computed for geometry that is visible after the z culling operations. The primitive shading unit does not need to fetch vertex attributes from memory and does not need to compute non-z plane equations for the culled primitives. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080407 | PIXEL SHADER OUTPUT MAP - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for storing only the enabled components for each enabled vector and writing only enabled components to one or more specified render targets. A shader program header (SPH) file provides per-component mask bits for each render target. Each enabled mask bit indicates that the pixel shader generates the corresponding component as an output to the raster operations unit. In the hardware, the per-component mask bits are combined with the applications programming interface (API)-level per-component write masks to determine the components that are updated by the shader program. The combined mask is used as the write enable bits for components in one or more render targets. One advantage of the combined mask is that the components that are not updated are not forwarded from the pixel shader to the ROP, thereby saving bandwidth between those processing units. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080408 | DYNAMIC GENERATION OF CONTEXTUAL CHARTS BASED ON PERSONALIZED VISUALIZATION PREFERENCES - A system and method for dynamic generation of contextual charts for reports based on personalized visualization preferences are described. In one embodiment, a system of an embodiment creates a chart for a report based on an analysis of past user preferences. In one embodiment, a system of the embodiment saves user behavior and preferences over time. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080409 | FORMULA INPUT METHOD USING A COMPUTING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a formula input method using a computing medium, which displays only a corresponding formula in automatic mode in response to a key input, which facilitates formula input as well as creation, editing, revision and deletion of a formula with the aid of an input device such as short-cut keys or a mouse and by providing elements in a formula in the form of independent characters, the elements comprising math symbols, superscripts/subscripts attached to the math symbols, individual characters that belong to the math symbols in a formula and special characters, and which offers management based on the same characteristics of letters, characters and documents within the same field or fields as normal letters to increase user convenience and allow users to express and create a formula with ease. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080410 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING EMOTION BASED DIGITAL STORYBOARD - A system and a method for generating a digital storyboard in which characters with various emotions are produced. The digital storyboard generating system includes an emotion-expressing character producing unit to produce an emotion-based emotion-expressing character, and a storyboard generating unit to generate storyboard data using the emotion-expressing character. Optionally, cartoon-rendering is performed on the storyboard data to generate an image, where the image is output to the user. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080411 | SIMULATED RESOLUTION OF STOPWATCH - There is described a mobile device comprising a display screen for displaying an image of a clock having a resolution of at least a first digit representing a tenth of a second and a second digit representing a hundredth of a second; and a processor having an internal clock, the processor adapted to update at least the first digit of the image of the clock on the display screen with true elapsed time, and to update the second digit with a non-true number. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080412 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING CUTTING SIMULATION, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CUTTING SIMULATION, AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING CUTTING SIMULATION - In order to reduce the amount of computation required for ray tracing and facilitate simulating of changes in workpiece shape even on an inexpensive, low-performance computer, a device for displaying a cutting simulation includes: a rendered workpiece image update section for updating by ray tracing a portion of a rendered workpiece image buffer and a rendered workpiece depth buffer, the portion being associated with a rendering region corresponding to a change in the shape of the workpiece; a rendered tool image creation section for rendering a tool image by ray tracing for the current tool rendering region; and an image transfer section for transferring a partial image of the previous tool rendering region and the current workpiece rendering region to be updated from the rendered workpiece image buffer to a display frame buffer as well as transferring the current tool rendering image to the display frame buffer. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080413 | OVERCOMING A DISPLAY UNIT RESOLUTION LIMIT IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - A method includes preventing a filtering of a display attribute outside a range of values of a native display attribute compatible with a display unit of a computing device during loading of a display driver of the display unit on the computing device. The method also includes rendering a multimedia application having a display attribute outside the range of values of the native display attribute on the display unit. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080414 | LOW POWER MULTI-CORE DECODER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A portable data terminal including a multi-core processor having at least a first core and a second core, at least one illumination assembly and at least one imaging assembly and data storage means configured to store a plurality of program instructions, the program instructions including at least one one-dimensional decoder and at least one two-dimensional decoder. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080415 | INTER-SHADER ATTRIBUTE BUFFER OPTIMIZATION - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for reducing the amount of memory required to store vertex data processed within a processing pipeline that includes a plurality of shading engines. The method includes determining a first active shading engine and a second active shading engine included within the processing pipeline, wherein the second active shading engine receives vertex data output by the first active shading engine. An output map is received and indicates one or more attributes that are included in the vertex data and output by the first active shading engine. An input map is received and indicates one or more attributes that are included in the vertex data and received by the second active shading engine from the first active shading engine. Then, a buffer map is generated based on the input map, the output map, and a pre-defined set of rules that includes rule data associated with both the first shading engine and the second shading engine, wherein the buffer map indicates one or more attributes that are included in the vertex data and stored in a memory that is accessible by both the first active shading engine and the second active shading engine. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080416 | Methods to Facilitate Primitive Batching - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for splitting a set of vertices into a plurality of batches for processing. The method includes receiving one or more primitives each containing an associated set of vertices. For each of the one or more primitives, one or more vertices are gathered from the set of vertices, the vertices are arranged into one or more batches, the batch is routed to a processing pipeline line to process each batch as a separate primitive, and the one or more batches are processed to produce results identical to those of processing the entire primitive as a single entity. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080417 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN AN ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY AND A VIDEO DISPLAY - Systems and methods for switching between an electronic paper display and a video display are provided. Control circuitry in an electronic device can analyze visual content to determine one or more features of the visual content. For example, the control circuitry can analyze visual content to determine the rate of change and/or color composition of the visual content. Based on the one or more features, the control circuitry can selectively enable the device's electronic paper display or the device's video display. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080418 | PAGE TRANSITIONS ON ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAYS - A page transition file creation system and a method for creating a page transition file in a file format suitable for displaying transitions quickly on an electronic paper display. The page transition file creation system creates a page transition file with page transition blocks representing transition between two or more pages. The page transition file creation system encodes the high order color bit from each pixel for a given page. Each transition block in the page transition file covers a set of consecutive pages that overlaps with pages covered by the previous block and the next block for pseudo double buffering. A page transition display system uses page transition files to display page transitions. The page transition display system determines the appropriate page transition file and waveform lookup table for displaying page transitions. The page transition display system uses the determined page transition file and waveform lookup table for displaying the transitions. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080419 | Methods of and apparatus for controlling the reading of arrays of data from memory - A display controller reads blocks of data from a frame buffer and stores them in a local memory buffer of the display controller before outputting the blocks of data to a display. The display controller uses similarity meta-data associated with the output frame in the frame buffer to determine whether a new block of data to be processed for display is similar to a block of data already stored in the local memory of the display controller or not. If it is determined that the data block to be processed is similar to a data block already stored in the local buffer of the display controller, the display controller does not read a new data block from the frame buffer but instead provides the existing data block in its buffer to the display. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080420 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CALCULATING STATISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH A SURFACE TO BE RENDERED UTILIZING A GRAPHICS PROCESSOR - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for calculating statistics associated with a surface to be rendered utilizing a graphics processor. In use, w-values are identified using a graphics processor. Additionally, the graphics processor is utilized for calculating statistics associated with at least one surface to be rendered using the w-values. Furthermore, the statistics are stored. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080421 | TECHNIQUES FOR ADAPTIVE BRIGHTNESS CONTROL OF A DISPLAY - Techniques for adaptive brightness control of a display are described. A apparatus may comprise a display and a display control module communicatively coupled to the display. The display control module may be arranged to modify brightness levels for the display based on ambient light level measurements and changes in pupil size of a human eye. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080422 | AUTOMATIC BRIGHTNESS CONTROL - In an example embedment disclosed herein is an apparatus, comprising a battery, a display, and logic coupled to the battery and display. The logic is configured to determine an amount of remaining energy in the battery, and a current power consumption rate of the apparatus. The logic determines whether the amount of remaining energy is sufficient to operate the apparatus for the duration of the predetermined time period based on the current power consumption rate of the apparatus. The logic is configured to adjust the brightness of the display to enable the device to operate for the duration of the predetermined time period responsive to determining the amount of remaining energy in the battery is insufficient to operate the apparatus for the duration of the predetermined time period based on the current power consumption of the apparatus. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080423 | Temporal color liquid crystal display - A temporal based system for reducing the color artifacts of a field sequential color based liquid crystal display. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080424 | IMAGE PROCESSING - A method of processing a plurality of images comprises receiving a plurality of images, defining a set of images for processing, from the plurality of images, aligning one or more components within the set of images, transforming one or more of the aligned images by cropping, resizing and/or rotating the image(s) to create a series of transformed images, and creating an output comprising the series of transformed images, the output comprising either a stop motion video sequence or a single image. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080425 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MULTI-ANGLE BROADCASTING SERVICE - Provided is a system for providing a multi-angle broadcasting service. A transmission apparatus may transmit, to a reception apparatus, a plurality of source images photographed at a plurality of angles and a multi-screen image including the plurality of source images. The reception apparatus may receive the multi-screen image and decode a source image based on a user selection. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080426 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, CORRECTED DISPLAY INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A display control system includes: a display information acquisition section that acquires display information by using given account information; and a corrected display information creation section that, based on first display information acquired by the display information acquisition section using first account information and second display information acquired by the display information acquisition section using second account information different from the first account information, determines whether the display contents shown by the first display information are included in display contents shown by the second display information or not, selects part or all of the display contents shown by the first display information in accordance with a result of the determination, and creates corrected display information which includes the selected part of the display contents shown by the first display information. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080427 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an image processing device having a display section and an image pickup section, the image processing device including: an operating section configured to generating an operating signal on a basis of contact of a user with the display section; a bulletin board display controlling section configured to display a bulletin board for posting an image message on the display section, and display an image message generated in advance on the bulletin board; a picked-up image display controlling section configured to display an image being picked up by the image pickup section on the bulletin board when an operating element for transition to an image pickup mode, the operating element being displayed within the bulletin board, is operated; and an image message generating section configured to subject the displayed the image to a predetermined edit, and generate an image message. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080428 | IMAGE ROTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided is an image rotation method and apparatus for rotating an original image of 2 | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080429 | OVERCOMING A DISPLAY UNIT RESOLUTION LIMIT IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - A method includes preventing a filtering of a display attribute outside a range of values of a native display attribute compatible with a display unit of a computing device during loading of a display driver of the display unit on the computing device. The method also includes rendering a multimedia application having a display attribute outside the range of values of the native display attribute on the display unit. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080430 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Information Processing Program - An apparatus for controlling a display screen including a touch-sensitive panel generating position signals representing a set of positions of a single continuous touch activation between a first time and a second time; and a processor coupled to the panel. The processor configured to: process the signals to detect first and second characteristics of the set; and generate output signals causing a display screen to initiate first and second operations corresponding to the first and second characteristics. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080431 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a display configured to have a backlight; a driver configured to drive the backlight; first and second temperature measurement modules, configured to measure temperatures of the display device, disposed in different positions in the display; a first comparison module configured to compare the temperature measured in the first temperature measurement module with a first threshold value; a second comparison module configured to compare the temperature measured in the second temperature measurement module with a second threshold value different from the first threshold value; and a controller controlling an output current value of the driver based on a comparison result in the first comparison module and the second comparison module. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080432 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVE CIRCUIT - A plurality of LEDs are connected in series, and an FET that functions as a constant current source is provided for one end of the serially connected LEDs. Switches are connected in parallel with the LEDs. A switch control circuit controls on and off of the switches independently using switch control signals Xa to Xe, and changes all of the switches from an OFF state to an ON state at the same timing. A drive control circuit may control a gate voltage of the FET to be at low level according to the timing at which the switches change to the ON state. With this, it is possible to adjust luminance of the light emitting devices (LEDs) independently, and to prevent an overcurrent from flowing through the light emitting devices. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080433 | Driver ic and organic light emitting diode display using the same - A driver IC comprises a voltage detector configured to detect an input voltage to the driver IC, a charge pump configured to generate a regulator driving voltage by amplifying the input voltage and output the regulator driving voltage, a regulator configured to receive the regulator driving voltage and output a regulator voltage, a gamma circuit configured to generate a gray scale voltage using the regulator voltage, and a voltage controller configured to generate a command signal corresponding to the input voltage. An OLED display comprises a pixel unit configured to display an image in response to a data signal, a scan signal, a light emitting control signal, first and second voltages, the driver IC, a scan driving unit, and a power supply unit configured to adjust levels of the first and second voltages in response to the input voltage, and transmit the first and second voltages to the pixel unit. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080434 | SELF-LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE PANEL, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND PASSIVE DRIVING METHOD OF SELF-LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES - A self-light emitting device panel includes: a pixel array in which pixel trios each including a set of three light emitting devices which emit light of three primary colors respectively are arranged in matrix in a row direction and a column direction; a plurality of column lines extending in the column direction of the pixel array, arranged in a cyclic manner in different proportions according to corresponding colors in the row direction, which are connected to one ends of plural light emitting devices emitting light of corresponding colors in the column of the pixel trios arranged in the same column; and a plurality of row-scanning lines extending in the row direction of the pixel array, arranged so as to be separated between at least two colors, which are connected to the other ends of the light emitting devices emitting light of corresponding colors. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080435 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - An image display apparatus includes: a rear plate provided with a plurality of electron-emitting devices; a face plate having a plurality of pixels in each of which there is arranged a phosphor that emits light by being irradiated with electrons emitted by the electron-emitting devices; and a drive circuit that receives an image signal and drives the electron-emitting devices. The phosphor is a phosphor represented by general formula (I): MBO | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080436 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a first display unit of which brightness is adjustable, a second display unit which can illuminate a display surface, an operation member configured to be operated by a user, and a control unit configured to display a screen for adjusting brightness of the first display unit on the first display unit and to turn on or turn off an illumination of the second display unit by operating the operation member when both of the first display unit and the second display unit are in a display state. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080437 | Display device, driving method of display device, and electronic apparatus - A display device includes: first dummy pixels including a self-emission element emitting first color light corresponding to emission colors of pixels in a display area; second dummy pixels including a self-emission element emitting the first color light and a self-emission element emitting second color light and causing both self-emission elements to emit light at the same time; a deterioration degree calculating unit calculating a deterioration degree in brightness of the self-emission element emitting the first color light on the basis of a brightness detection result of the first dummy pixels and calculating a deterioration degree in current flowing in the self-emission element emitting the first color light on the basis of brightness detection results of the first and second dummy pixels; and a correction unit correcting the brightness of effective pixels contributing to an image display on the basis of the deterioration degree in brightness and the deterioration degree in current calculated by the deterioration degree calculating unit. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080438 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a device and a method for controlling a liquid crystal display. The device comprises a luminance weighting value processor, an overdrive value generator, and an outputting unit. The luminance weighting value processor generates a weighting value according to a luminance value of a current pixel of a current frame of a video signal and a luminance value of a previous pixel of a previous frame of the video signal. The overdrive value generator generates an overdrive value according to a current pixel value of the current pixel and a previous pixel value of the previous pixel. The outputting unit generates an output pixel value according to the weighting value, the overdrive value and the current pixel value. Using the device and the method for driving a liquid crystal display according to the present invention, noise due to overdrive process can be reduced. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080439 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A display device ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080440 | DISPLAY DEVICE APPARATUS, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An apparatus for driving a display device includes a timing controller and a data driver. The timing controller encodes first gray scale data of a present frame, decodes encoded second gray scale data of a previous frame, compares the first gray scale data with the second gray scale data, and generates compensated gray scale data based on a result of comparing the first gray scale data with the second gray scale data. The data driver generates data signal based on the compensated gray scale data to provide the data lines with the data signal. The gray scale data are encoded so that the toggle number between adjacent data pins into which the gray scale data are output may be reduce. The encoded gray scale data are stored in a memory. Thus, the power consumption is reduced, and the EMI may be reduced. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080441 | METHOD OF DRIVING AN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (OLED) PIXEL, A SYSTEM FOR DRIVING AN OLED PIXEL AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A new drive scheme is provided for OLED displays that uses a pulsed drive mode. The pulsed drive mode results in a reduced duty cycle for pixel operation. The peak OLED current is increased correspondingly to maintain a constant average luminance over the frame period so that there is no brightness loss. The method, system and computer-readable medium according to the present innovation uses a blanking signal to set the OLED pixel to black by discharging a capacitive element prior to re-programming the OLED pixel during a next synchronization cycle. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) pixel system is provided. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions is provided. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080442 | SYSTEM FOR COLOR SHIFT COMPENSATION IN AN OLED DISPLAY USING A LOOK-UP TABLE, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A light emitting system is provided that includes an OLED pixel including at least two OLED sub-pixels having different associated color outputs, and at least one digitally accessible look-up table including energizing signal values for the at least two sub-pixels as a function of a desired color and a desired luminance intensity of the OLED pixel when energized. The light emitting system also includes a drive circuit adapted to access the at least one look-up table and able to independently energize the at least two OLED sub-pixels based on the energizing signal values obtained from the at least one look-up table. A method is provided for energizing an organic light emitting diode (OLED) pixel. A computer-readable medium is provided that stores a digitally accessible look-up table accessible by a drive circuit and for operating an organic light emitting diode (OLED) pixel. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080443 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head, a driving signal generating section, a drive control section, and a sealing section. The liquid ejecting head includes a continuous liquid path and a pressure generating section. The liquid path contains a pressure space and a nozzle opening. The driving signal generating section generates a driving signal containing a driving pulse that drives the pressure generating section. The driving pulse includes a first pulse for causing discharge of droplets and a second pulse that is generated to the pressure generating section at a generation interval T set in a range represented by the following expression: (n−1/4)Tc| 2011-04-07 | |
| 20110080444 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle that ejects liquid and a pressure chamber in communication with the nozzle. A pressure generator causes pressure fluctuation in the liquid retained in the pressure chamber. The liquid ejecting head is capable of ejecting the liquid from the nozzle as a result of operation of the pressure generator. A driving signal generating section generates a driving signal having an ejection pulse for driving the pressure generator to eject the liquid from the nozzle. The ejection pulse is a voltage waveform four waveform portions having, respectively, voltage levels V | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080445 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that has a nozzle forming surface on which nozzles for ejecting liquid are opened and which is provided so as to be inclined, a cleaning unit that executes a cleaning process of discharging liquid through the nozzles on the nozzle forming surface, and an absorbing member that is capable of absorbing the liquid and is arranged on a side position of the liquid ejecting head which is lower in the gravity direction in a direction of inclination of the nozzle forming surface. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080446 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including: a fluid ejecting head which includes a plurality of nozzle rows formed of arranged nozzles ejecting a fluid onto a medium; linear fluid absorbing members which extend along the nozzle row, which are fewer in number than the nozzle rows, and which are disposed between the medium and the fluid ejecting head so as to absorb the fluid; and a movement mechanism which moves the fluid absorbing member to a position opposite the nozzle row by moving the fluid absorbing member relative to the fluid ejecting head. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080447 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including: a fluid ejecting head which includes a nozzle row formed of a plurality of nozzles ejecting a fluid; a linear fluid absorbing member which extends along the nozzle row, and is movable between a position of receiving the fluid ejected from the nozzles and a position retreating from a flying path of the fluid; and a vibration suppressing member which damps vibration of the fluid absorbing member. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080448 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including: a fluid ejecting head which includes a nozzle row formed of a plurality of nozzles ejecting a fluid; a transportation device which transports a medium; and a linear fluid absorbing member which extends along the nozzle row and is relatively movable between a flushing position receiving the fluid ejected from the nozzles and a retreat position retreating from a flying path of the fluid, wherein the fluid absorbing member is disposed between the fluid ejecting head and the medium at the flushing position and the retreat position, and wherein the fluid absorbing member is inclined at the retreat position with respect to an upstream end of the transportation direction of the medium onto which the fluid is ejected. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080449 | Non-wetting Coating on Die Mount - Printing devices are described that have a printing die with a coplanar adjacent layer. The coplanar adjacent layer is sufficiently non-wetting to fluids that the layer can be easily wiped clean of fluid that is inadvertently deposited thereon. A non-stick surface is optionally applied to the adjacent layer which can withstand both mechanical and chemical abrasion that can be caused by corrosive ejection fluids or wiping mechanisms. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080450 | FLUID EJECTION ASSEMBLY HAVING A MOUNTING SUBSTRATE - The present invention relates to a fluid ejection assembly that includes an injection-molded mounting substrate that is formed by a two-shot injection molding process, wherein a housing portion of the mounting substrate is formed by a first shot molding, and a die-attach portion of the mounting substrate is formed within the housing portion by a second shot molding. The die-attach portion is made of a material having a low coefficient of thermal expansion along a direction that is parallel to a fluid passageway in the die attach portion. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080451 | INK VISIBLE UNDER NARROW BAND UV RADIATION - An ink can be substantially invisible under most lighting conditions, and only visible when excited by UV energy having a wavelength specific to the colorant. The ink can include a liquid vehicle and a fluorescent colorant. The fluorescent colorant can have an average particle size of less than about 200 nm. Such ink can be configured as an ink-jet ink. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080452 | Inkjet Printing of Nanoparticulate Functional Inks - Apparatus for depositing ink on a substrate includes a nozzle defining an outlet for the ink, with at least a portion of the nozzle being electrically conductive. A first voltage source applies a first potential to the outlet nozzle. One or more auxiliary electrodes are located adjacent the outlet nozzle, and a second voltage source applies a second potential to the auxiliary electrodes. The apparatus includes a piezo-electric or thermal actuator for expelling ink from the nozzle towards a target zone on a substrate, the ink comprising a liquid vehicle and pigment particles dispersed in the vehicle. At least the pigment particles are electrically charged, typically due to the applied potentials. In one embodiment, an auxiliary electrode is disposed coaxially around the electrode formed by the nozzle. In another embodiment, an auxiliary electrode located beyond the nozzle, on a common axis with the electrode formed by the nozzle. The configuration of the nozzle, the auxiliary electrodes, and the values of the first and second potentials are selected to cause pigment particles to be concentrated in the target zone, so that a quantity of the pigment particles is deposited in the target zone having a higher concentration than the concentration of the pigment particles in the ink. The invention extends to a method of depositing ink on a substrate. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080453 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The liquid ejection head comprises: a nozzle from which liquid is ejected; a pressure chamber which accommodates the liquid to be ejected from the nozzle; a pressurizing device which deforms to pressurize the liquid in the pressure chamber to eject the liquid from the nozzle; and a nozzle flow channel through which the pressurized liquid flows from the pressure chamber to the nozzle, the nozzle flow channel having at least a portion in which forces acting toward an axis of the nozzle flow channel onto the liquid flowing inside the nozzle flow channel are not uniform within a cross-section perpendicular to the axis. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080454 | Firing Cell - A system is provided that includes first means for pre-charging a node to a first potential where the node coupled to a switch configured to control current through a firing resistor and second means for selectively discharging the node to a second potential across a path that has only one transistor between the node and the second potential. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080455 | FLUID COUPLING - A fluid coupling for establishing a sealed connection between a first conduit and a second conduit. The second conduit has a seal seat and a compression member. The compression member is movable relative to the seal seat. A seal is positioned in the seal seat. An engagement mechanism moves the compression member toward the seal seat to compress the seal to form a sealed fluid connection. The engagement mechanism has an input arm hinged to the compression member at a hinge connection. The input arm has a compression lever fixed at an angle to the longitudinal extent of the input arm. The input arm is arranged to push against the compression member as the input arm rotates about the hinge connection to the compression member. The compression member in turn pushes against the second conduit to move the second conduit relative to the first conduit, until the input arm reaches a predetermined angle about the hinge where the compression lever engages the second conduit such that further rotation of the input arm moves the compression member relative to the second conduit to compress the seal. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080456 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - The inkjet recording apparatus includes: a supply manifold having an inlet port to which a first main flow channel is connected, the liquid supplied from a tank through the first main flow channel being stored in the supply manifold, the supply manifold being connected to supply ports of head modules; a collection manifold having an outlet port to which a second main flow channel is connected, the liquid to be collected to the tank through the second main flow channel being stored in the collection manifold, the collection manifold being connected to discharge ports of the head modules; and a first bypass flow channel which connects the supply manifold to the collection manifold, wherein an end of the first bypass flow channel is connected to an upper side of an end of the supply manifold on a side opposite to a side where the inlet port is arranged. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080457 | INKJET PRINTER AND FILTER FOR AN INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer is provided having a filter that is replaceable efficiently and quickly and capable of reducing the possibility of contamination of an operator's hands and ambient surroundings. The filter includes a pipe connecting port which is connected in a channel through which ink or solvent flows and communicates with a primary side and a secondary side of an element of the filter. A channel block is provided with a housing cavity. A filter case is accommodated in the housing cavity and holds the filter element. The filter case is not connected with a pipe to the channel block. The filter case is detachable from the channel block, and a securing unit secures the filter case to the channel block. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080458 | NOVEL DYES AND USE THEREOF IN IMAGING MEMBERS AND METHODS - There are described novel rhodamine dye compounds and imaging members and imaging methods, including thermal imaging members and imaging methods, utilizing the compounds. The dye compounds exhibit a first color when in the crystalline form and a second color, different from the first color, when in the liquid, amorphous form. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080459 | Domestic Animal Telephone - A phone for pets and pet owners is taught which allows the owner to call the house and “talk” to the pet. The owner can then see a video image of the pet in front of the pet phone to verify presence and happiness. The device can also present the owner's scent to the pet and deliver treats on remote command. In some embodiments, the pet can initiate the phone call. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080460 | Open propagation service platform using video call and service method thereof - An open propagation service platform using a video call and a service method thereof are described. The open propagation service platform includes an information service providing side, a service platform, and a video call service network. The information service providing side is used for providing various types of information. The service platform includes a data receiving and storing module for receiving and storing the information provided by the information service providing side, a data transmission module for transmitting the information in the data receiving and storing module, and a microprocessor for managing the service platform. The video call service network is connected with the service platform and provides a specific telephone number, so as to enable a user side to enter the service platform through the video call service network when dialing the telephone number using a video call, and receive and read the information transmitted by the data transmission module in the service platform. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080461 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image signal processing apparatus that supplies entire-circumference viewpoint images including plural viewpoint images respectively corresponding to plural viewpoints provided on a circumference around a subject to an image display apparatus that displays a stereoscopic image of the subject seen from an entire circumference, includes: buffering means for buffering the input entire-circumference viewpoint images; generating means for arranging the buffered entire-circumference viewpoint images on a frame of arbitrary video standards to generate the frame of the arbitrary video standards; and replacing means for replacing pixel values of a pixel in a predetermined position on the generated frame by control data for controlling the image display apparatus and outputting the control data as video signals of the arbitrary video standards. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080462 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO PLAYBACK - Inconsistency between a left-view video image and a right-view video image possibly occurs in a playback device having a function of switching between a monoscopic playback mode for monoscopically playing back video images and a stereoscopic playback mode for stereoscopically playing back video images. The present invention aims to prevent such inconsistency when switching from the monoscopic playback mode to the stereoscopic playback mode. Specifically, the present invention prevents the inconsistency by invalidating a rendering request which is Graphics#drawImage, copying a content stored in the left-view graphics plane to a right-view graphics plane, switching a graphics plane setting after the copying, and then removing prohibition of a rendering request which is StereoGraphics#drawImage. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080463 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing method executed in an apparatus, includes steps of: inputting a left-viewpoint image and a right-viewpoint image therebetween to the apparatus; searching for a corresponding point in the right-viewpoint image with respect to the left-viewpoint image, generating a first corresponding-point map based on a result of the searching, and generating a first intermediate-viewpoint image based on the left-viewpoint image; searching for a corresponding point in the left-viewpoint image with respect to the right-viewpoint image, generating a second corresponding-point map based on a result of the searching, and generating a second intermediate-viewpoint image based on the right-viewpoint image; extracting missing portions of pixels in the first and second intermediate-viewpoint images; determining whether a missing portion extracted is a missing portion to be interpolated or not; interpolating the missing portion to be interpolated based on a result of determination; and generating a third intermediate-viewpoint image based on the intermediate-viewpoint images. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080464 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR FILLING OCCLUDED AREAS OF A DEPTH OR DISPARITY MAP ESTIMATED FROM AT LEAST TWO IMAGES - A method of filling occluded areas of a depth or disparity map estimated from at least two images and consisting of a matrix of pixels forming a set of lines and columns, each pixel of the map being associated with a depth or disparity value (pixel value) and any pixel of an occluded area (invalid pixel) being associated with a pixel value identifiable as being invalid. This method comprises a step of processing each line of the map pixel by pixel in a predefined direction and assigning each invalid pixel Pi encountered on a current line a value determined as a function of the values associated with the pixels in a predefined vicinity around the first valid pixel P | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080465 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING UNCOMPRESSED THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DATA VIA DIGITAL DATA INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving video data via a digital data interface are provided. The video data transmission method includes: inserting three-dimensional (3D) video data into a video data period in a video frame; inserting information regarding a 3D image format of the 3D video data into a data island period in the video frame; and transmitting the video frame via the digital data interface. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080466 | AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF ALIGNED AND NON-ALIGNED IMAGES FOR CREATING TWO-VIEW AND MULTI-VIEW STEREOSCOPIC 3D IMAGES - A system for creation of stereoscopic 3D images, including a disparity map initializer, for deriving one or more initial disparity maps represented as vector fields of translations between aligned left and right images of a scene, a disparity map generator, coupled with the disparity map initializer, for deriving disparity maps for the aligned left and right images, from the initial disparity maps, and a view renderer, coupled with the disparity map generator, for rendering stereoscopic 3D images, from the aligned left and right images, and from the disparity maps. A method for creating stereoscopic 3D images is also described and claimed. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080467 | A METHOD OF GENERATING A PROFILE OF THE PATH TAKEN BY AN OBJECT TRAVELLING OVER A 3-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE - The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products and computing-system implemented methods, for providing two-dimensional path profiles of three-dimensional spaces or surfaces. In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may capture a moving image including one or more golf strokes. The correlation process may generate information defining the path taken by the object over a space or surface as defined by a map. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080468 | HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL DISK FOR RECORDING STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO, OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DISK RECORDING DEVICE - An optical disk for recording stereoscopic videos and high-quality video signals and a system for reproducing the videos and signals from the optical disk are made compatible with the conventional video reproducing system. A reproducing device which is used for reproducing stereoscopic videos and high-quality videos obtains stereoscopic video or high-quality videos by reproducing both first and second interleaved blocks on the optical disk in which first and second video signals are alternately recorded on the left and right sides by dividing the first and second video signals into frame groups of one GOP or more and a reproducing device which is not used for reproducing the stereoscopic videos and high-quality videos obtains ordinary videos by only reproducing either the first or second interleaved block by jumping tracks. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080469 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image signal processing apparatus that supplies entire circumferential viewpoint images including plural viewpoint images respectively corresponding to plural viewpoints provided on a circumference around a subject to an image display apparatus that displays a stereoscopic image of the subject seen from an entire circumference, includes: arranging means for arranging the input entire circumferential viewpoint images in a time-series sequence by regarding corresponding differences in viewpoints as differences in an imaging sequence; and encoding means for treating the respective viewpoint images arranged in the time-series sequence by regarding the differences in viewpoints as differences in the imaging sequence as single frames and encoding the viewpoint images using an encoding method including at least inter-frame prediction to generate video encoded signals. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080470 | VIDEO REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND VIDEO REPRODUCTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video reproduction apparatus includes an image generator, a motion recognizer, a marker generator and an image synthesizer. The image generator is configured to generate a first pair of images with a difference in visual field for an operational object. The motion recognizer is configured to recognize three-dimensional gesture of a user. The marker generator is configured to identify three-dimensional designated coordinates based on the gesture recognized by the motion recognizer, and generate a second pair of images with a difference in visual field for a marker corresponding to the designated coordinates. The image synthesizer is configured to synthesize the first pair of images with the second pair of images to generate a third pair of images. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080471 | Hybrid method for 3D shape measurement - A method for three-dimensional shape measurement provides for generating sinusoidal fringe patterns by defocusing binary patterns. A method for three-dimensional shape measurement may include (a) projecting a plurality of binary patterns onto at least one object; (b) projecting three phase-shifted fringe patterns onto the at least one object; (c) capturing images of the at least one object with the binary patterns and the phase-shifted fringe patterns; (d) obtaining codewords from the binary patterns; (e) calculating a wrapped phase map from the phase-shifted fringe patterns; (f) applying the codewords to the wrapped phase map to produce an unwrapped phase map; and (g) computing coordinates using the unwrapped phase map for use in the three-dimensional shape measurement of the at least one object. A system for performing the method is also provided. The high-speed real-time 3D shape measurement may be used in numerous applications including medical science, biometrics, and entertainment. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080472 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC STATUS DISPLAY - A system and method for autostereoscopically displaying status of a computer-based device are disclosed herein. A computer includes a display configured to provide autostereoscopic viewing of computer status. The computer generates and provides to the display data configured for three-dimensional display. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080473 | DISPLAY PANEL FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND 3-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - A display panel for a 3-dimensional display device is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of unit pixels arranged in a matrix form having a row and column with each unit pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels. Further, the plurality of unit pixels form each of a plurality of pixels alternately arranged with each other for a viewer's left eye and pixels for the viewer's right eye. In addition, at least one unit pixel has a different arrangement of sub-pixels than another unit pixel. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080474 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP UNIT, AND ENDOSCOPE - An image pickup device according to the present invention including an image pickup device main body having a semiconductor substrate provided with a light-receiving section and a wiring layer laminated on the semiconductor substrate, has a first surface which causes light to enter the light-receiving section and positioned on the image pickup device main body on the side of the wiring layer and a second surface which causes light to enter the light-receiving section and positioned on the image pickup device main body on the side of the semiconductor substrate so as to oppose the first surface. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080475 | Methods And Systems For Determining And Tracking Extremities Of A Target - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. A grid of voxels may then be generated based on the depth image such that the depth image may be downsampled. A background included in the grid of voxels may also be removed to isolate one or more voxels associated with a foreground object such as a human target. A location or position of one or more extremities of the isolated human target may then be determined. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080476 | High Performance Vision System for Part Registration - An embodiment describes a vision system capable of inspecting large areas with high accuracy and speed. According to embodiments, a more sophisticated system is used that allows the camera to see the entire workpiece surface. Prior art devices used cameras with a fixed field-of-view. This causes problems with finding parts accurately all over the field, especially when their locations are not known or they exist outside of the fixed field-of-view of a camera. An embodiment uses our scanner scheme described in detail above that can find fiducial marks accurately over the entire workpiece.) A calibration is used to correct for perspective distortions that occur from viewing the fiducial marks from the skewed angles. The calibration also corrects for various errors in several possible optical configurations. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080477 | METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT SCANNING USING A TOTAL STATION - System and method for scanning an object using a surveying instrument is provided. The method includes designating an area associated with an object to be scanned. Defining one or more sections within the area associated with the object. Scanning a portion of the area associated with the object corresponding to a first section of the area associated with the object and designating one or more sections adjacent to the first section if scan results indicate presence of an object. Designating one or more sections adjacent to the first section for not scanning if the scan results of the portion of the area associated with the object corresponding to the first section do not indicate presence of an object. A remote control device is provided that can control the surveying instrument, receive the scan results, and analyze the scan results for subsequent use. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080478 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a reproduction section which acquires reproduction data corresponding to a reproduction position of content data by reproducing the content data, an output section which causes the reproduction data acquired by the reproduction section to be output from a region of an output device, the region corresponding to the information processing apparatus, a control signal acquisition section which acquires a control signal generated and output by a control device based on a predetermined input recognized by a recognition device, and an output control section which controls output of the reproduction data to the output device performed by the output section in accordance with the control signal acquired by the control signal acquisition section. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080479 | VIDEO SURVEILLANCE CAMERA REFOCUS - A method of refocusing a video surveillance camera includes performing a first focusing operation of a camera at a first time, sensing a first temperature of the camera at the first time, sensing a second temperature of the camera at a second time, determining if a change in temperature between the first temperature and the second temperature is greater than a predetermined temperature change, sensing a level of light in a field of view of the camera at the second time, determining if the level of light sensed in the field of view of the camera at the second time is within a predetermined light level range, determining if a period of time between the first time and second time is greater than a predetermined period of time, and performing a focus operation if the change in temperature between the first temperature and the second temperature is greater than the predetermined temperature change, the level of light sensed in the field of view of the camera at the second time is within the predetermined light level range, and the period of time between the first and second time is greater than a predetermined period of time. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080480 | Method of Detecting an Object in a Scene Comprising Artifacts - A method for detecting an object in a scene situated in a sector and capable of comprising one or more artifacts, includes_a step of scanning the sector at an angular velocity θ′, a step of acquiring digital images of the scene at a rate f by means of a matrix detector, these images comprising pixels and covering an instantaneous field of angular width “a”. It comprises the following steps of processing the acquired images, in batches of N consecutive images where N=af/θ′: dividing the N images into P groups of images; for each group p, accumulating the images of the group so as to obtain an accumulated image I | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080481 | Automobile Rear View Mirror Assembly for Housing a Camera System and a Retractable Universal Mount - A rear view mirror assembly comprises a body having cameras for viewing and recording images out the front windshield and the rear window of the vehicle. The rear-facing cameras can be used to record the activities of the driver while driving and the activities of any rear-seated passengers. The cameras are connected to a camera system that may comprise means for camera control, power and recording and may be included in the body. The body may also have a GPS receiver. The body further includes a retractable universal mounting bracket used for mounting portable electronic devices having display screens. The display screen can be used to display images recorded by the cameras and GPS data such as street maps and vehicle location. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080482 | MONITOR-DISPLAYED DEVICE FOR CAR REAR VISION - The present invention provides a monitor-displayed device for car rear vision. It is to install monitors on a dashboard in the car or the car frame on two sides of the front windscreen. The traditional two rear vision mirrors of the car are replaced by the monitors. Image data taken by an image receiver can be displayed synchronously. Rear side image data can be provided to the driver with a broader viewing angle. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080483 | INFRA-RED IMAGER - An infrared (IR) imaging system is presented. The system comprises a cooling chamber associated with a cooler generating a certain temperature condition inside the chamber. The cooling chamber has an optical window, and comprises thereinside an IR detector and a cold shield both thermally coupled to said cooler, and an imaging optical assembly comprising one or more imaging lenses defining a certain fixed focus of the imaging assembly and being enclosed by the cold shield in between the detector and the optical window. The imaging optical assembly and the detector are therefore under the same cooling temperature thereby reducing thermal noise in the detected image. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080484 | DISTORTION MEASURING METHOD - A method for measuring distortion is provided. In one embodiment, the method for measuring distortion of a current block, used to estimate motion by estimating high-frequency and low-frequency components of the current block, comprises: calculating the sum of distortion values of the high-frequency component of the current block; calculating the sum of first distortion values of the low-frequency component of the current block; calculating a second distortion value of the low-frequency component of the current block; and adding the sum of the distortion values of the high-frequency component and the second distortion value of the low-frequency component of the current block. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080485 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a communication unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with an external apparatus via communication lines that conform to HDMI standard. The first determination unit determines whether the first data indicating that the external apparatus displays video data transmitted from the communication unit to the external apparatus is detected by the communication unit has received via a CEC line. The second determination unit determines whether a second data indicating that the external apparatus displays video data transmitted from the communication unit to the external apparatus is detected by the communication via a TMDS line. The control unit determines whether to transmit video data to the external apparatus based on at least one of a determination result obtained by the first determination unit and a determination result obtained by the second determination unit. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080486 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a communication module, an input module, a capturing module, a storing module, a path register module, and a transmission module. The communication module is configured to make a close-proximity wireless transfer. The capturing module is configured to capture an image displayed on a screen of a display according to an input from the input module. The storing module is configured to store an image file corresponding to the captured image in a storage. The path register module is configured to register, in a transmission tray, path data indicating a path of the image file stored in the storage. The transmission module is configured to transmit the image file indicated by the path data registered in the transmission tray to an external device by the close-proximity wireless transfer when a connection is established between the communication module and the external device. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080487 | CAPTURING AND PROCESSING OF IMAGES USING MONOLITHIC CAMERA ARRAY WITH HETEROGENEOUS IMAGERS - Systems and methods for implementing array cameras configured to perform super-resolution processing to generate higher resolution super-resolved images using a plurality of captured images and lens stack arrays that can be utilized in array cameras are disclosed. An imaging device in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes at least one imager array, and each imager in the array comprises a plurality of light sensing elements and a lens stack including at least one lens surface, where the lens stack is configured to form an image on the light sensing elements, control circuitry configured to capture images formed on the light sensing elements of each of the imagers, and a super-resolution processing module configured to generate at least one higher resolution super-resolved image using a plurality of the captured images. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080488 | CAMERA SYSTEM - The camera body includes a synchronizing signal generator that generates a synchronizing signal, a body controller that controls the camera body and generates a command to control the interchangeable lens. The body controller performs control to send the interchangeable lens a command to set the interchangeable lens to a synchronous mode in which operation of the interchangeable lens is controlled in synchronization with the synchronizing signal and a command to set the interchangeable lens to an asynchronous mode which is a mode other than the synchronous mode. The interchangeable lens includes a lens controller that controls the operation of the interchangeable lens. The lens controller controls the operation of the interchangeable lens in the synchronous mode or the asynchronous mode according to the command received from the camera body. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080489 | PORTRAIT PHOTO ASSISTANT - The present invention describes an image capturing device and a method for image capturing in an auto-portrait situation, where the image capturing device determines whether the face of the user who is making the auto-portrait is positioned in desired way a preferred area of the image capturing device. In order for the auto-portrait to be satisfactory criteria regarding the distance and the size of the user's face in the preferred area have to be fulfilled. A processing unit in the image capturing device gives feedback to the user based on how far or how near the face of the user is to the desired position and size in relation to the preferred area on the image capturing device. Once the criteria of the user's face regarding distance and size are fulfilled, the processing unit instructs a control unit in the image capturing device to freeze the feedback to the user. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080490 | PROXIMITY OBJECT TRACKER - Object tracking technology, in which controlling an illumination source is controlled to illuminate while a camera is capturing an image to define an intersection region within the image captured by the camera. The image captured by the camera is analyzed to detect an object within the intersection region. User input is determined based on the object detected within the intersection region and an application is controlled based on the determined user input. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080491 | Multi-image capture system with improved depth image resolution - The multi-image capture system comprises an imaging lens, a beamsplitter directing a first portion of light on an array of micro-imaging elements and a first photodetector array divided into a plurality of macropixels providing a set of depth images, and another portion of light on a second photodetector array | 2011-04-07 |
