| 18th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
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| 20100110097 | DRIVING DEVICE OF A LIGHT SOURCE MODULE, LIGHT SOURCE MODULE HAVING THE DRIVING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF THE LIGHT SOURCE MODULE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE DRIVING DEVICE - A light source module includes a plurality of light-emitting blocks. A local-dimming driver drives the light-emitting blocks based on a received clock signal (first reference clock) and received dimming levels. The clock signal is input to a liquid crystal display panel and is also input to the local-dimming driver but is delayed within the local-dimming driver by fixed propagation delay. A delay modeling part performs modeling of the fixed propagation delay amount. The clock signal input to the local-dimming driver is first phase-compensated (delayed) by a phase compensation amount to synchronize the driving signals output by the local-dimming driver with the clock signal. The sum of the modeled propagation delay amount and the phase compensation amount is equal to an integral multiple of the period of the clock signal. The driving signal of the light-emitting blocks are synchronized and in phase with the clock signal. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110098 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR POOR UNIFORMITY OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING NON-UNIFORM BACKLIGHT AND DISPLAY THAT EXHIBITS NON-UNIFORMITY COMPENSATING FUNCTION - The invention relates to a method for compensating for poor uniformity of a liquid crystal display having a non-uniform backlight. By virtue of selecting a standard color that all cells can achieve to serve as a virtually primary color, the invention measures to give the relationship between the tri-stimulus values of the virtually primary color and those presented by the respective cells and records the resultant values to serve as compensation data. During operation of a display, the input image data are computed based on the compensation data for respective cells in accordance with the cell locations and converted into compensated image signals. As such, all of the cells are able to present the same chromaticity and brightness upon receiving the same image signal, thereby performing uniform chromaticity and brightness across the entire display. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110099 | DYNAMIC SEARCH RESULT HIGHLIGHTING - A dynamic highlighting system initially applies a high-level highlight to occurrences of one or more keywords in a search result that fades to a low-level highlight effect. The system receives search results from a search engine and identifies occurrences of keywords in the search results. The system applies a first highlight effect to identified occurrences of the keywords and displays the search results incorporating the highlighted keywords. Upon detecting the occurrence of a highlighting change event, such as the expiration of a timer, the system applies a second highlight effect to the displayed search results. The second highlight effect may include removing the highlight or displaying a muted highlight effect. Thus, the dynamic highlighting system provides an initial noticeable highlight that fades to a level that is still noticeable but is less likely to distract the user from other elements of the user interface. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110100 | Method and System For Extracting and Applying Colour Schemes Across Domains - A method and system for applying a colour scheme from a source domain to an application domain, wherein the source domain is graphically different from the application domain. The method comprises mapping colours present in the source domain onto a reference colour space; mapping colours present in an object displayable in the application domain onto the reference colour space; defining two or more discontinuous source regions in the reference colour space, the discontinuous source regions approximating a distribution of colours present in the source domain in the reference colour space; defining two or more discontinuous application regions in the reference colour space, the discontinuous application regions approximating a distribution of colours present in the object in the reference colour space; selecting one or more colours from the reference colour space which represent the respective discontinuous source and application regions; varying the colours representing the discontinuous application regions based on the colours representing the discontinuous source regions; and displaying the first object in the application domain utilising the varied colours representing the discontinuous application regions. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110101 | USER INTERFACE COLOR SCHEME CUSTOMIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In certain exemplary embodiments, data representative of a color scheme including a plurality of colors is maintained, a parameter for each of the colors is shifted by a same offset to generate another color scheme, and the other color scheme is associated with a graphical user interface. In certain embodiments, the shifting preserves at least one of a hue relationship and a contrast relationship between the colors in the color scheme. In certain embodiments, at least one user interface tool configured to facilitate a user selection of one of the colors included in the color scheme and a change to be applied to the color, and the same offset is determined based on the user selection. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110102 | Methods of and apparatus for processing computer graphics - In a graphics processing system, when a 16× sampling mask is used for sampling the image to be displayed, fragments are generated and rendered to generate rendered fragment data for each covered sampling position. However, the 16× sampling mask ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110103 | Multidimensional Particle Analysis Data Cluster Reconstruction - Systems and methods for multidimensional particle analysis data cluster mapping and reconstruction are provided. In one embodiment, a method for reconstructing multidimensional particle analysis data clusters is provided. The method includes obtaining a set of segmented two-dimensional projections corresponding to multidimensional particle analysis data associated with a biological sample of particles. Each segmented two-dimensional projection has two-dimensional clusters associated with particle populations in the biological sample. The method also includes reconstructing one or more multidimensional clusters based on the two-dimensional clusters in the segmented two-dimensional projections. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110104 | EFFECTS APPLIED TO IMAGES IN A BROWSER - Methods, apparatus, computer program products and systems are provided for editing an image in a browser. One method includes receiving crop data at a server including information defining a crop size and location associated with a cropping operation to be applied to an image in accordance with user instructions received at a client device and transmitting from the server to the client device a modified image, the modified image having a uniform resource locator (URL) and being cropped in accordance with the crop data. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110105 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING SYNCHRONIZED NAVIGATION - An apparatus for providing synchronized navigation may include a processor. The processor may be configured to provide for concurrent display of information related to a space dimension on a background layer and information related to a linear dimension on a foreground layer, wherein the foreground layer is provided as an overlay over at least a portion of the background layer. The processor may be additionally configured to provide for synchronized navigation of the foreground layer and the background layer. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110106 | VIDEO AND GRAPHICS SYSTEM WITH PARALLEL PROCESSING OF GRAPHICS WINDOWS - A display engine of a video and graphics system includes one or more processing elements and receives graphics from a memory. The graphics data define multiple graphics layers, and the processing elements process two or more graphics layers in parallel to generate blended graphics. Alpha values may be used while blending graphics. The processing elements may be integrated on an integrated circuit chip with an input for receiving the graphics data and other video and graphics components. The display engine may also include a graphics controller for receiving two or more graphics layers in parallel, for arranging the graphics layers in an order suitable for parallel processing, and for providing the arranged graphics layers to the processing elements. The blended graphics may be blended with HDTV video or SDTV video, which may be extracted from compressed data streams such as an MPEG Transport stream. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110107 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING IMAGE ORIENTATION - A method and apparatus for automatically deciding on the orientation of image. The method includes computing average and standard deviation of luminance of the top region of a portion of the image, of the bottom region of a portion of the image, of the left region of a portion of the image, and of the right region of a portion of the image, computing average luminance of the image, computing, in the digital signal processor, consolidated luminance difference and uniformity of top and bottom regions, and left and right regions, utilizing the computed average and standard deviation of at least one of the bottom region, the left region or the right region andutilizing portrait orientation if difLR−difTB>t | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110108 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING AN IMAGE DISPLAYED ON A SCREEN - A method and electronic device is provided for optimizing an image displayed on a screen on the electronic device. The size of the image is maximized in relation to the size of the screen and readability of the text in the image is determined by using graphic parameters. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110109 | Method, Device and System for Transmitting Image Data Over Serial Signals - Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include methods, devices and/or systems to transfer data over serial signals, for example, a method of transferring over serial signals data representing an image to be reproduced, the method including generating a set of one or more data signals including image data received at an image data rate, and generating a transmission clock signal having a clock cycle during which the set of image data signals includes image data of more than one pixel of the image to be reproduced. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110110 | DRIVING CIRCUIT - The present invention provides a driving circuit. The driving circuit comprises: a plurality of signal output terminals, a data signal generating module, a gray level reference voltage generating module, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a first multiplex output module, an output buffer, a second multiplex output module, and a switch module. The driving circuit of the present invention can reduce the amount of required output buffers, so as to reduce area of the driving circuit efficiently and lower the production cost. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110111 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A light source device includes; a light source module including a plurality of light-emitting blocks, a local dimming driving part, which drives the plurality of light-emitting blocks on the basis of a dimming level of a over light-emitting block, by controlling a dimming level of the over light-emitting block and dimming levels of peripheral light-emitting blocks disposed adjacent to the over light-emitting block to drive the plurality of light-emitting blocks. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110112 | BACKLIGHT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The backlight apparatus allows brightness control with minimum image quality deterioration. This apparatus ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110113 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - When a resistance load inverter is used to control lighting/non-lighting of a pixel, in accordance with characteristic variations of a transistor forming the resistance load inverter, variations occur in light emission of each pixel. As an inverter in a pixel, an N channel transistor and a P channel transistor are used to apply a CMOS inverter. Even when characteristics of the transistor forming the CMOS inverter vary and inverter transfer characteristics vary, there is little effect on controlling lighting/non-lighting of the pixel, therefore, light emission variations of each pixel can be eliminated. Further, a signal potential of a scan line is used as one power source of a potential of the inverter, therefore, an aperture ratio of the pixel can be increased. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110114 | Liquid crystal display device and method of driving thereof - A liquid crystal display device has: a liquid crystal panel having liquid crystal cells arranged at respective intersections of data lines and scanning lines; and a data line driver circuit. Six kinds of data signals include: a first data signal of positive polarity associated with a first color image data; a second data signal of negative polarity associated with the first color image data; a third data signal of positive polarity associated with a second color image data; a fourth data signal of negative polarity associated with the second color image data; a fifth data signal of positive polarity associated with a third color image data; and a sixth data signal of negative polarity associated with the third color image data. The data line driver circuit supplies each of the six kinds of data signals for the same number of times during a predetermined period with respect to each data line. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110115 | Frame Rate Control Method and Display Device Using the Same - A frame rate control (FRC) method is provided for driving a number of pixels according to a number of pixels data. The pixels include a number of first color sub-pixels. In this method, the dithering process is performed to the pixels data in two frames according to two basic matrixes respectively. In one of the two frames, the numbers of the first color sub-pixels, driven by the positive pixel voltages and the negative pixel voltages and to which the dithering process has been performed, are the same in substantiality. Further, in the other of the two frames, the numbers of the first color sub-pixels, driven by the positive pixel voltages and the negative pixel voltages and to which the dithering process has been performed, are also the same in substantiality. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110116 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device including a feeder and a recorder with dot forming elements aligned in a predetermined direction at intervals of a predetermined pitch. When determining that a first whole length of an image group to be printed in the predetermined direction is more than a second whole length of the dot forming elements in the predetermined direction, the image recording device records the image group with the recorder while feeding a recording medium with the feeder by a first feed distance more than the predetermined pitch each printing operation to be repeated. When determining that the first whole length is equal to or less than the second whole length, the image recording device records the image group with the recorder while feeding the recording medium with the feeder by a second feed distance equal to or less than the predetermined pitch each printing operation to be repeated. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110117 | Ink Conductivity Recovery Method for An Imaging Device - A method for restoring ink conductivity of ink in an ink reservoir comprises detecting an ink conductivity of an ink volume in an ink reservoir, and comparing the detected ink conductivity to a predetermined ink conductivity operational range. A flush routine is performed in response to the measured ink conductivity being outside of the predetermined ink conductivity operational range. The flush routine includes: disabling ink supply operations to the ink reservoir; emptying the ink reservoir of ink; refilling the ink reservoir with ink; measuring an ink conductivity of an ink volume in the refilled ink reservoir; and comparing the detected ink conductivity to the predetermined ink conductivity operational range. The imaging device is returned to a normal operating mode in response to the measured ink conductivity being within the predetermined ink conductivity operational range after a flush routine has been performed. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110118 | INK DISCHARGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE INK DISCHARGING DEVICE - An ink discharging device may comprise a head that is configured to print an image by discharging black ink and ink other than the black ink onto a print medium. The ink discharging device may further comprise a print controller that is configured to control the head such that the image is printed on the print medium on the basis of print data. The print controller may be configured to control the head such that flushing of the ink other than the black ink is performed at a black-color print area on the print medium onto which the head discharges the black ink on the basis of the print data. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110119 | FLUID SUPPLY DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CLEANING A PRINTING DEVICE - A fluid supply device, a printing device, and a method of cleaning a printing device are disclosed. A fluid supply device includes a main tank, a fluid chamber, a fluid-discharging head, a movable carriage, an expansion mechanism that expands the fluid chamber to draw fluid from the main tank, a suction mechanism, a remaining fluid detection unit, a comparison unit that compares the remaining fluid volume in the main tank with a specified value, and a setting unit that sets a cleaning mode. The expansion mechanism is actuated via a movement of the movable carriage. The setting unit sets a first cleaning mode in which a first amount of fluid is vacuumed from the nozzle or a second cleaning mode in which a second amount of fluid is vacuumed from the nozzle that is less than the first amount. The cleaning mode is selected in response to the amount of fluid remaining in the main tank. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110120 | Liquid Jetting Apparatus - A liquid jetting apparatus includes a head having a nozzle which jets a liquid; a drive mechanism which reciprocately moves the head in a vertical direction to move the nozzle in the vertical direction; a nozzle protective member which is arranged in a moving area for the head and which protects the nozzle of the head; a controller which controls the drive mechanism to stop the head at a standby position which faces the nozzle protective member; a liquid container which contains the liquid; and a liquid tube which supplies the liquid to the head, and the liquid container is arranged such that, when the liquid container is filled with the liquid at a maximum capacity thereof, a liquid level of the liquid in the liquid container is same as or lower than a lowermost point of the nozzle in the head stopped at the standby position. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110121 | Inkjet ink and printing method using the same - An inkjet ink and a method for printing on hydrophobic media such as offset coated media, using the inkjet ink, including an inkjet containing a pigment, water, a surfactant and 40 to 75 weight % of a polar non-protic solvent with a molecular weight of 40 to 130 which has permeability to a hydrophobic surface such as the coating of an offset coated medium. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110122 | Inkjet ink and printing method using the same - A inkjet ink and a method for printing on hydrophobic media such as offset coated media using the inkjet ink. An inkjet contains a pigment, water, a surfactant and 40 to 75 weight % of a polar non-protic solvent with a molecular weight of 40 to 130 which has permeability to a hydrophobic surface such as the coating of an offset coated medium. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110123 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS, INK-JET COPIER AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A containing member contains a recording medium which has a base member and granular material coated on both sides of the base member, and roughness of the surfaces of the coated granular material is smaller than the roughness of the base member. A printing unit includes an ink-jet recording head which jets recording liquid onto the recording medium. A conveyance unit and a conveyance path convey the recording medium, one side of which has been already printed, into the printing unit again in order to print image onto the other side thereof. A unit is provided for enabling the printing unit to print image on the recording medium such that the vertical orientations of the images printed both sides of the recording medium are coincide with each other. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110124 | Method Of Ejection From Nozzles Of Printhead - A method of ejection from nozzles of a printhead is provided. Each nozzle has a chamber having an ejection port and heater element which has a bubble nucleation section of a smaller cross section than the rest of that heater element. In the method, for each nozzle, actuation energy of less than 500 nJ is applied to the heater element so that the temperature of the bubble nucleation section is heated to above a boiling point of printing fluid within the chamber before the rest of the heater element thereby forming a gas bubble in the printing fluid which causes ejection of printing fluid from the ejection port. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110125 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO MARKING AND/OR CODING - The invention provides a marking and/or coding apparatus which allows print resolution to be adjusted by multiplying or dividing encoder inputs generated from a conveyor on which goods to be coded or marked are transported to a marking station. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110126 | METHOD FOR DRIVING DROPLET EJECTING HEAD AND DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE - A method for driving a droplet ejecting head that includes a liquid pressure chamber communicating with a nozzle hole, and a pressure application unit applying pressure on liquid stored in the liquid pressure chamber for ejecting a droplet from the nozzle hole, includes applying on the liquid stored in the liquid pressure chamber pressure having a waveform whose phase is delayed by 90 degrees from a waveform of a residual vibration of the liquid by the pressure application unit after an ejection of the droplet from the nozzle hole. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110127 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus And Control Method Of Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A maintenance drive pulse group FL has a plurality of drive pulses DP | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110128 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a pressure chamber that communicates with a liquid supply section and a nozzle; an element that changes a pressure of liquid within the pressure chamber; and an ejection pulse generation section that generates an ejection pulse for operating the element in order to eject the liquid from the nozzle. In the apparatus, the viscosity of the liquid is not less than 8 millipascal seconds. The nozzle has a first portion in which a liquid ejection side thereof has a smaller opening area than a pressure chamber side thereof, and a second portion which communicates with an ejection side end portion of the first portion. In addition, the ejection pulse has a depressurizing portion for depressurizing the liquid in order to attract a meniscus positioned on the second portion to the first portion, and a pressurizing portion for pressurizing the liquid in order to eject the liquid before the meniscus attracted to the first portion returns to the second portion. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110129 | INKJET PRINTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHS - A photo printer that prints 6″×4″ photos that has a stationary printhead. The printhead has a plurality of color channels, each color channel comprising at least one nozzle row extending along the length of said printhead, each nozzle in a color channel ejecting the same colored ink. The photo printer also has means for continuously moving 6″×4″ paper sheets past the printhead and during use, all firing nozzles of each color channel selected for one line of printing are fired within about 200 microseconds. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110130 | Printer System For Providing Pre-Heat Signal To Printhead - A printer system for providing a pre-heat signal to a printhead. The system includes a printhead having a plurality of nozzles and a print engine controller for generating drive signals in accordance with print data defining a print job for the printhead. The system is configured for selectively providing nozzles actuators with a pre-heat signal derived from a combination of signals. One of the signals in the combination is the drive signal from the print engine controller. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110131 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - The present invention is intended to prevent appearance of streaks in head scanning direction at the joint of print data of the image to be printed. Print data composed of a multiplicity of dot information is supplied to a printing head having a plurality of dot forming elements arrayed along a sub-scanning direction. The printing head and the printing medium relatively move in main scanning direction and sub-scanning direction each other, and an image is printed on the surface of the printing medium. In the print data supplied by every main scanning action of the printing head, a deformed data portion of concave and convex shapes of waveform are formed, for example, so that dots may not be arrayed in parallel continuously in the main scanning direction of the printing head, at the joint of the ends of the sub-scanning direction. The undulation profile of this waveform is set in an ambiguous state, and the ambiguous state of the profile is not a state of a continuous profile line when the printed profile is observed visually. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110132 | DROPLET SIZE IN INKJET PRINTING - A printer control unit ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110133 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE THAT PERFORMS BI-DIRECTIONAL PRINTING WHILE CALIBRATING CONVEYING AMOUNT OF RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming device includes a print head that performs a bi-directional printing including a forward print and a reverse print, and a convey-amount determining unit that determines a conveying amount based on a value relating to an amount of offset between a first position on the recording medium at which a first test image is formed in the forward print and a second position at which a second test image is formed in the reverse print. The recording medium is conveyed the conveying amount prior to one of the forward print and the reverse print. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110134 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feed conveying unit having an outlet for a recording medium on one side; at least one image forming unit having an inlet for the recording medium on one side and an outlet for the recording medium on the other side; and a sheet eject conveying unit having an inlet for the recording medium on one side, wherein the sheet feed conveying unit, the image forming unit, and the sheet eject conveying unit are arranged along a conveying direction of the recording medium; the outlet of the sheet feed conveying unit matches the inlet of the image forming unit; the outlet of the image forming unit matches the inlet of the sheet eject conveying unit; and the sheet feed conveying unit, the image forming unit, and the sheet eject conveying unit are connected to each other in a separable manner. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110135 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE CALIBRATING RELATIVE TILT OFFSET - In an image forming device, the print head performs a bi-directional printing including a first print while being moved in the first direction and a second print while being moved in the second direction. The conveying mechanism conveys the recording medium a first amount prior to the first print and a second amount prior to the second print. The relative tilt offset amount indicates an offset between tilts of the print head when the print head is moved in the first direction and when the print head is moved in the second direction. The tilt calibration value is determined based on the relative tilt offset amount. The conveying amount setting unit sets the first amount to a calibrated amount obtained by calibrating a prescribed amount based the relative tilt offset amount or the relative tilt calibration value prior to the first print and that sets the second amount to the prescribed amount prior to the second print. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110136 | DROPLET DEPOSITION APPARATUS - Droplet deposition apparatus including at least one droplet ejection unit having a plurality of fluid channels disposed side by side in a row, an actuator, and a plurality of nozzles, said actuator being actuable to eject a droplet of fluid from a fluid channel through a respective nozzle, a support member for said at least one droplet ejection unit, a first conduit extending along said row and to one side of both said support member and said at least one droplet ejection unit for conveying droplet fluid to each of the fluid channels of said at least one droplet ejection unit; and a second conduit extending along said row and to the other side of both said support member and said at least one droplet ejection unit for receiving droplet fluid from each of the fluid channels of said at least one droplet ejection unit. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110137 | USE OF VCSEL TO DETECT PAPER IN A PRINTER - A method of detecting the properties of a printing target in a printing apparatus capable of performing a recording process on the printing target. The method uses a vertical cavity surface emitting laser disposed in the printing apparatus and comprises transporting the printing target through the printing apparatus, emitting a wavelength modulated optical signal toward the printing target using the vertical cavity surface emitting laser, receiving a reflection of the wavelength modulated optical signal, and analyzing the reflected optical signal to identify a property of the printing target. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110138 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a recording apparatus including a colorimeter unit. The colorimeter unit includes a colorimeter including a color-measuring device that acquires colorimetric data from a recording surface of a recording medium; a first member that is a frame that supports the colorimeter; and a second member that is a frame fastened to the first member using a fastening device. The fastening device has an elastic member and fastens the first member and the second member together relatively movably against the elastic force of the elastic member. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110139 | Mobile Device With A Printhead And A Capper Actuated By Contact With The Media To Be Printed - A mobile device that as (a) an inkjet printhead, (b) a print media feed path extending past the printhead, (c) a capping mechanism with a capper moveable between a capping position, in which the capper is urged into a capping relationship with the printhead, and an uncapped position, where the capper is spaced from the printhead, and (d) a locking mechanism configured to move the capper to the uncapped position in response to engagement with the media such that the capper returns to the capped position upon disengagement with the media. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110140 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head mounted on a carriage movable along a recording material, a guide member for guiding the carriage, a bearing member which is mounted to the carriage so as to be movable relative to the carriage in a vertical direction, and a slidable member mounted slidably in a carriage movement direction between the carriage and the bearing member. The slidable member is slid in the carriage movement direction to switch a height position of the carriage with respect to the guide member, whereby a gap between the recording head and the recording material is switched. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110141 | Inkjet Printhead With Matched Number Of Color Channels And Printhead Modules - An inkjet printhead having a plurality of color channels extending longitudinally along a length of the printhead. Each color channel comprises at least one row of nozzles and each nozzle in a same color channel ejects the same colored ink. The printhead has a plurality of printhead modules and the number of color channels is equal to the number of printhead modules. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110142 | INKJET PRINTHEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Inkjet printheads and methods of manufacturing the inkjet printhead are disclosed. The inkjet printhead may include a glue layer disposed between the substrate and a chamber layer. The glue layer may contain a crosslink inhibitor that inhibits cross linkage of a photosensitive resin during an exposing process. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110143 | Liquid Discharge Apparatus - A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head which reciprocates in a first direction on a predetermined plane, which discharges liquids, and which has connecting ports arranged in a second direction; liquid supply sources which store the liquids; and flexible tubes which are arranged in a state of being bent and each of which constructs a part of a liquid flow passage, and first ends of the tubes are connected to the connecting ports; the tubes are arranged in a third direction intersecting the predetermined plane at fixed portions of the tubes; and each of the tubes has an external shape of which cross section perpendicular to an extending direction of the tube is elliptical; and at least at one of the first end and the fixed portion, a major axis direction of the cross section is the third direction. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110144 | Applying a Layer to a Nozzle Outlet - A nozzle layer is described that has a semiconductor body having a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a nozzle formed through the body connecting the first and second surfaces, wherein the nozzle being configured to eject fluid through a nozzle outlet on the second surface, and a metal layer around the outlet on the second surface and at least partially inside the nozzle, the metal layer inside the nozzle being completely exposed. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110145 | HEATER STACK AND METHOD FOR MAKING HEATER STACK WITH HEATER ELEMENT DECOUPLED FROM SUBSTRATE - A heater stack includes first strata configured to support and form a fluid heater element responsive to repetitive electrical activation and deactivation to produce cycles of fluid ejection and second strata overlying the first strata to protect the heater element. A decomposed sacrificial layer of a preselected polymer between the substrate and a heater substrata containing the heater element provides a decoupled relationship between them which, during a heat-up period of each cycle, results in the heater element buckling out of physical contact with substrate enabling the heater element to transfer heat energy for producing fluid ejection into the fluid without transferring any into the substrate whereas the decoupled relationship, during the next following cool-down period of each cycle, results in the heater element de-buckling back into physical contact with the substrate enabling the heater element transfer residual heat energy to the substrate. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110146 | HEATER STACK AND METHOD FOR MAKING HEATER STACK WITH CAVITY BETWEEN HEATER ELEMENT AND SUBSTRATE - A heater stack includes first strata configured to support and form a fluid heater element responsive to repetitive electrical activation and deactivation to produce repetitive cycles of fluid ejection from an ejection chamber above the heater element and second strata overlying the first strata and contiguous with the ejection chamber to protect the heater element. The first strata includes a substrate with a cavity formed either in or above the substrate, a heater substrata overlying the cavity and substrate, and a decomposed layer of material between the substrate and heater substrata and processed to provide the cavity substantially empty of the layer of material such that the cavity provides a means which, during repetitive electrical activation, enables the heater element to transfer heat energy into the fluid in the ejection chamber for producing ejection of fluid therefrom substantially without transferring heat energy into the substrate. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110147 | Inkjet Nozzle Assembly With Thermal Bend Actuator Defining Part Of Nozzle Chamber Roof - An inkjet nozzle assembly includes a nozzle chamber having a floor and a roof, wherein moving portion of the roof is moveable towards the floor for ejection of ink. A thermal bend actuator defines part of the moving portion of the roof, and an active beam of the actuator defines an upper layer of the moving portion. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110148 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric film containing lead (Pb), zirconium (Zr), and titanium (Ti). The piezoelectric film has a composition satisfying the relationship of Zr/(Ti+Zr)>Ti/(Ti+Zr) and has a polarization-electric field hysteresis loop having a Pm/2Pr of 1.95 or more and a Vc(−) of −1.75 V or more, wherein Pm denotes saturation polarization, Pr denotes remanent polarization, and Vc(−) denotes a negative coercive electric field intensity. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110149 | DEFLECTION DEVICE INCLUDING GAS FLOW RESTRICTION DEVICE - A continuous inkjet printhead includes a jetting module including a nozzle operable to eject a continuous stream of fluid through the nozzle, a stimulation device operable to break the stream of fluid into first and second droplets having first and second volumes, wherein the droplet volumes travel along a first path, and a drop deflection mechanism that includes a gas flow path, a first flow path restriction positioned within the flow path, and a second flow path restriction positioned within the flow path, the second flow path restriction being non-parallel relative to the first flow path restriction, the drop deflection mechanism providing a gas flow which interacts with the first and second droplets to cause at least one of the first and second droplets to begin traveling along a second path. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110150 | PRINTHEAD HAVING IMPROVED GAS FLOW DEFLECTION SYSTEM - A printhead includes a drop generator configured to selectively form a large volume drop and a small volume drop from liquid emitted through a nozzle associated with the drop generator, the large volume drop and the small volume drop traveling along an initial drop trajectory, and a gas flow deflection system including a gas flow that interacts with the large volume drop and the small volume drop in a drop deflection zone such that at least the small volume drop is deflected from the initial drop trajectory, the gas flow being provided by a gas flow source connected in fluid communication with a gas flow duct, the gas flow deflection system including a gas flow pressure oscillation dampening structure located between the gas flow source and the drop deflection zone. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110151 | DEFLECTION DEVICE INCLUDING EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION REGIONS - A method of printing and a printhead are provided. The printhead includes a nozzle array having a width; a gas flow source; and a gas flow duct in fluid communication with the gas flow source. The gas flow duct includes an expansion region and a compression region. The expansion region of the gas flow duct gradually expands along its cross sectional length to at least the width of the nozzle array. The compression region of the gas flow duct gradually contracts along its cross sectional length. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110152 | Liquid Discharge Apparatus - A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head which reciprocates in a first direction on a predetermined plane and which discharges the liquids; liquid supply sources which store the liquids; flexible tubes which are arranged in a state of being bent and separated from each other and each of which constructs a part of a liquid flow passage; and a regulating member which is arranged on an outer circumferential side of the bent tubes and which regulates movement of the tubes, and connecting ports of the liquid discharge head, to which first ends of the flexible tubes are connected, are arranged in a second direction on the plane; the tubes are arranged in a third direction intersecting the predetermined plane at fixed portion of the tubes; and the regulating member has accommodating sections which accommodate the flexible tubes respectively. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110153 | INK UNIT INCLUDING INK AND INK-WETTED MEMBER - An ink unit comprising an ink utilized for an inkjet recorder; and a wetted member that contacts with the ink, wherein the ink comprises a pigment dispersedly held in a medium, and the pigment contains particles having a size of 200 nm or larger in 2 volume percent or less, and wherein a principal component of the ink-wetted member is a polyolefin produced by addition of a phenolic anitoxidant. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110154 | LIQUID SUPPLY APPARATUSES AND LIQUID CONTAINERS - A liquid supply apparatus includes a container mounting portion and a liquid container. The liquid container includes a case configured to store liquid therein, and a movable member positioned in the case. The movable member and the case comprise a pair of magnetic materials on which a magnetic force acts, such that the pair of magnetic materials attracts each other. When the liquid container is not mounted to the container mounting portion, the movable member is in a fixed state in which the movable member is fixed to the case by the magnetic force acting between the pair of magnetic materials. The container mounting portion includes a release member configured to release the movable member from the fixed state by generating a magnetic force acting between the pair of magnetic materials, such that the pair of magnetic materials separates away from each other. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110155 | Ink supply system and method of operating an ink supply system of an inkjet printer - The invention relates to an ink supply system ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110156 | DRYING APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRYING TARGET - A drying apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a target in a form of a cut sheet, on which a recording process has been performed through the attachment of liquid, from an upstream side to a downstream side of a transport direction. A drying unit performs a drying process on the transported target by blowing air toward a liquid attachment surface of the target. The drying unit is provided with a blowing port which allows air to blow toward an end portion of the target at the downstream side of the transport direction in a first direction from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport direction, and allows air to blow toward an end portion of the target at the upstream side of the transport direction in a second direction from the downstream side to the upstream side of the transport direction. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110157 | TRANSFER METHOD OF FUNCTIONAL REGION, LED ARRAY, LED PRINTER HEAD, AND LED PRINTER - A method includes arranging a first bonding layer on a first functional region on a first substrate, or a region on a second substrate, bonding the first functional region to the second substrate through the first bonding layer, subjecting a first release layer to a first process to separate the first substrate from the first functional region at the first release layer, arranging a second bonding layer on a second functional region on the first substrate, or a region on a third substrate, bonding the second functional region to the second or third substrate through the second bonding layer, and subjecting a second release layer to a second process to separate the first substrate from the second functional region at the second release layer. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110158 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A printing apparatus is provided which uses, as a print head, a thermal head having heating elements arrayed in a line perpendicular to the traveling direction of a printing medium. Correspondingly pixel data, at either end, or near the end, of each line of image data going to be printed, data on heat storage in the thermal head ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110159 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device having a recessed part which is located at a backward end with respect to a home-position of an image reading unit and extending downwardly with respect to a flat surface. When the image reading unit is located in the home-position, the recessed part receives a bent part of a flexible flat cable. With the image reading device, an upward pushing force applied to the image reading unit because of a repulsive force generated by the flexible flat cable trying to straighten itself is reduced. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110160 | Videoconferencing Community with Live Images - Indicating availability of users for videoconferencing using current images. A plurality of images may be provided on a display. Each image may indicate availability of a respective user for a videoconference. At least a subset of the images may be current images of the respective user. User input may be received which initiates a videoconference between a plurality of users represented by images in the plurality of images on the display. Accordingly, videoconferencing may be performed between the plurality of users in response to the user input. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110161 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Extending Wireless Personal Area Networks Using Conferencing Connection - A system, method, and apparatus are disclosed whereby a wireless Personal Area Network such as a Bluetooth piconet may be extended to a remote location beyond the normal range by means of a conferencing connection. The conferencing connection may comprise, for example, one or more ISDN lines or an IP connection between two or more conference endpoints. The broadband connection may include a video channel, an audio channel, a control channel, and a Bluetooth channel. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110162 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING 3D STILL IMAGE SERVICE OVER DIGITAL BROADCASTING - A method and apparatus for providing 3D still image service in a specific time interval during audio-visual service of digital broadcast are provided. The method includes receiving a reference image and a 3D supplement image, which construct a 3D still image, through a data channel or a video channel together with a 2D image; restoring the reference image and the 3D supplement image to the 3D still image; and displaying the 3D still image in a specific interval during digital audio-visual broadcast using the 2D image according to display information which includes a play time and a play mode. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110163 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING A VIDEO DATA SIGNAL, ENCODED VIDEO DATA SIGNAL, METHOD AND SYTEM FOR DECODING A VIDEO DATA SIGNAL - Video data signals are encoded such that the encoded video data signal comprises at least a primary and at least a secondary video data signal. The primary and secondary video data signal are jointly compressed. The primary video data signal is compressed in a self-contained manner, and the secondary video data signal is compressed using data from the primary video data signal. The jointly compressed video data signal is split (BSS) into separate bitstreams, at least a primary bitstream comprising data for the primary video data signal and at least a secondary bitstream comprising data for the secondary video data signal, whereafter the primary and secondary bitstreams are multiplexed into a multiplexed signal, and the primary and secondary signals are provided with separate codes (0x1B, 0x20). | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110164 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A three-dimensional image communication terminal can make communication in which there are a sense of being engaged on a place and a sense of reality by use of a three-dimensional image with naturalness and a high robust characteristic. A three-dimensional image communication terminal includes a three-dimensional image input section, a transmitting section that transmits an input image to a communication partner after image processing, a three-dimension image display section which monitor-displays a human image or an object image which was shot, and a telephone calling section which receives three-dimensional image information from a partner and communicates with the other end by voice. The three-dimensional image display section includes an integral photography type horizontal/vertical parallax display device. In the three-dimensional image input section, cameras | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110165 | DIVERGENCE RATIO DISTANCE MAPPING CAMERA - The present invention relates to a method and system for detecting and mapping three-dimensional information pertaining to one or more target objects. More particularly, the invention consists of selecting one or more target objects, illuminating the one or more target objects using a first light source and capturing an image of the one or more target objects, then, illuminating the same one or more target objects using a second light source and capturing an image of the one or more target objects and lastly calculating the distance at the midpoint between the two light sources and the one or more target objects based on the decay of intensities of light over distance by analyzing the ratio of the image intensities on a pixel by pixel basis. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110166 | PROJECTING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF FORMING 3D IMAGES AND RELATED METHOD - A projecting system includes a lens for projecting images to a screen, an image generating device for outputting a first image during a first period and a second image during a second period alternately wherein a first polarization angle of the first image is different from a second polarization angle of the second image, an optical control unit for reflecting the first image or the second image transmitted from the image generating device to the lens, a polarizing unit for outputting the first image when rotating to a first angle and for outputting the second image when rotating to a second angle wherein an angular difference between the first angle and the second angle is 90 degrees substantially, and a driving device for driving the polarizing unit to locate at the first angle or at the second angle. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110167 | NETWORK IMAGE-SYNTHESIS DISPLAY SYSTEM - Using a plurality of transmission units ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110168 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LIGHT CONTROL IN AN IN-VIVO IMAGING DEVICE - A device and method for example operating an in vivo imaging device wherein the illumination is operated at a certain rate or range of rates, and images are transmitted from the device. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110169 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION CAPTURE - A motion capture device provided for capturing motion of a limb having two sections, connected by a flexing joint. A sensor array is mounted to a first section of a limb, having at least one gyroscopic sensor element and at least one accelerometer. A sensor for attachment across the flexible joint is coupled to the sensor array and extends away from the sensor array across the flexing joint to a second section of the limb, where the location and motion of the limb is captured by a combination of data obtained from the at least one gyroscopic sensor element and at least one accelerometer of the sensor array and the sensor for said flexible joint. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110170 | Method and Equipment for the Identification of an Individual by Optical Capture of a Body Imprint Image - The invention relates to equipment for the identification of an individual by capture of body imprint images and of the underlying venous network, comprising: a prismatic optical element having: a large side for apposition of a body zone; a first inclined lateral side receiving a first radiation having a first wave length emitted by a first lighting means to light the large side with total reflection; a second inclined lateral side facing a first sensor receiving the first reflected radiation carrying an image of the body imprint; and a small side receiving a second radiation having a second wave length emitted by second lighting means, perpendicularly reaching the apposition zone and penetrating the body zone, and which faces a second sensor receiving the second reflected radiation carrying an image of the underlying venous network. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110171 | Ophthalmic photographing apparatus - An ophthalmic photographing apparatus having a photographing unit having a projection optical system having a light source and a scanner changing a reflection direction of light and scanning an eye portion in X,Y-directions with measurement light, and an optical system having photodetectors and making the reflected light enter the photodetectors, a unit controlling the photographing unit to scan the given portion plural times in a scanning region and obtain image information pieces based on a photodetector signal, and a unit dividing the region in the X,Y-directions of each information into regions and obtain information on deviation between the image information pieces for each divided region, obtain image information for each divided region, in which deviation has been corrected, with reference to one of the image information pieces based on the deviation information, add and average the image information pieces for each corresponding divided region to obtain image information. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110172 | Ophthalmic photographing apparatus - An ophthalmic photographing apparatus having a photographing unit having an optical system having a first light source and dividing light into measurement light and reference light, guiding reference light to an optical system and measurement light to an optical system scanning an eye portion, and combining reference and measurement light into interference light, and making interference light enter a photodetector to obtain a tomographic image, a unit having an optical system having a second light source and illuminating with illumination light, and an optical system making illumination light enter a photo-detector, and obtaining a front image, a unit controlling the photographing unit to scan an X-Y scanning region and obtain 3D image information, a unit obtaining a front image based on accumulation information in a depth direction or image information on a surface portion, and comparing the images to detect a positional deviation, and means displaying deviation information. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110173 | SHEET-LIKE PRODUCT INSPECTING METHOD AND DEVICE - Object: To provide an inspecting method and device which can distinguish black dirt, non-black dirt and a tear, without determining a pattern as a defect, in a defect inspection of dirt, a tear, a deformed shape, etc. in sheet-like products having differences in color reproducibility (such as variations, color unevenness and/or color fading). | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110174 | METHOD FOR DEVICE FOR DETECTING LOW-CONTRAST AND HIGH-CONTRAST DEFECTS IN TRANSPARENT OR TRANSLUCENT OBJECTS - The invention concerns an optical inspection method for the line inspection of transparent or translucent objects ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110175 | Video camera inspection system for roller hearth heat treating furnaces and the like - A heat treating furnace inspection system comprises a camera configured to move through the furnace chamber of the furnace. The system typically includes a carriage which carries the camera and is especially useful for inspecting a roller hearth furnace. Conveyor rolls or another conveyor mechanism of the furnace is operated to move the camera through the furnace chamber in order to photograph the interior of the chamber for the purposes of inspection. Images of the furnace chamber interior may be displayed on a display screen and merged with text which may communicate information related to inspection findings. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110176 | POSITION DETECTION METHOD AND POSITION DETECTION DEVICE - A position detection method and a position detection device for detecting with sufficient accuracy the position or the attitude of an object by using an image of the object captured by a single camera. The position detection method detects the position or the attitude of the object by using a measurement pixel position in images of multiple points on the object, which images are captured by the single camera and have a known positional relationship. The method has a step of acquiring, without consideration of non-pinhole camera properties of the camera and based on the positional relationship between the multiple points and on the measurement pixel position, a position matrix representing rotation and translation of the object, a step of obtaining, with consideration of the non-pinhole camera properties of the camera, a correction pixel position corresponding to the measurement pixel position, a step of adjusting the position matrix so that a difference between the correction pixel position and the measurement pixel position is within a permissible range, and a step of defining, as the estimated position of the object, the position corresponding to the adjusted position matrix. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110177 | PARTICLE MEASURING DEVICE AND PARTICLE SIZE MEASURE DEVICE - Particles flowed through a micro-channel are imaged by imaging means. Particle speed measuring means determines the particle speed from the image data. Particle counting means counts the particles flowed for a predetermined time. Particle size measuring means measures the size of the particles. The measurements of the particles flowed at a predetermined timing are managed by data associating means. With this, the speed, number and size of particles flowed through a micro-channel can be determined at a time, and associated data can be obtained. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110178 | IMAGE TAKING SYSTEM AND LENS APPARATUS - An image taking system comprises a distance calculator | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110179 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING EXTENDED DEPTH OF FOCUS, RANGE EXTRACTION AND SUPER RESOLVED IMAGING - An imaging system is presented for imaging objects within a field of view of the system. The imaging system comprises an imaging lens arrangement, a light detector unit at a certain distance from the imaging lens arrangement, and a control unit connectable to the output of the detection unit. The imaging lens arrangement comprises an imaging lens and an optical element located in the vicinity of the lens aperture, said optical element introducing aperture coding by an array of regions differently affecting a phase of light incident thereon which are randomly distributed within the lens aperture, thereby generating an axially-dependent randomized phase distribution in the Optical Transfer Function (OTF) of the imaging system resulting in an extended depth of focus of the imaging system. The control unit is configured to decode the sampled output of the detection unit by using the random aperture coding to thereby extract 3D information of the objects in the field of view of the light detector unit. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110180 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - This invention provides an image processing device capable of appropriately generating a synthetic image with an enlarged dynamic range even when a measuring article is moving. A work to be a reference (reference work) is imaged a plurality of times under an exposure condition same as that for generating a synthesized image, and specified regions are registered as reference images from a plurality of input images acquired in the respective imaging processes. In an operation mode, a plurality of input images is acquired by imaging a work a plurality of times under a plurality of exposure conditions, and search processes based on the reference images are executed on the respective input images. A partial image having a predetermined size is extracted from each of the plurality of input images based on each specified position, and an image synthesizing process is executed on the plurality of extracted partial images to generate a synthesized image. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110181 | Passive Positioning Information Of a Camera In large Studio Environment - In one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes locating at least one transmitter on at least one movable camera for transmitting a signal detectable by receivers located in fixed positions for distance measurements of the camera with respect to the receivers for location processing of the distance measurements. The method can further include detecting out of range measurements from collected range measurements based on receivers in known locations as an indication of the movement of a transmitter responsive to signals from the transmitter. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110182 | IMAGE TAKING SYSTEM AND LENS APPARATUS - An image taking system includes a lens apparatus | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110183 | AUTOMATICALLY CALIBRATING REGIONS OF INTEREST FOR VIDEO SURVEILLANCE - Techniques for automatically calibrating one or more regions of interest for video surveillance are provided. The techniques include at a user-defined frequency, determining if one or more regions of interest (ROIs) are present within a field of view of a camera, if one or more ROIs are present within the field of view of the camera, automatically calibrating the one or more ROIs within the field of view of the camera, and if one or more ROIs are not present within the field of view of the camera, sending an alert to a user. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110184 | ARTICLE MONITORING SYSTEM - By referring to the tracking result of an article location pinpointing section | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110185 | Method, system and apparatus for monitoring loading of a payload into a load carrying container - A method, apparatus and system for monitoring loading of a payload into a load carrying container is disclosed. The method involves acquiring at least one image of a load transfer container during operation of the load transfer container by a first operator to load the payload into the load carrying container, and wirelessly transmitting an image signal representing the at least one image. The method also involves receiving the image signal and producing a display signal for causing the at least one image to be displayed for viewing by a second operator to facilitate monitoring of the loading of the payload. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110186 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY MONITORING AND/OR VIEWING IMAGES FROM A CAMERA OR VIDEO DEVICE - A system and method are provided for remotely monitoring images from an image capturing device. Image data from an image capturing component is received where image data represents images of a scene in a field of view of the image capturing component. The image data may be analyzed to determine that the scene has changed. A determination may be made that the scene has changed. In response to this determination being made, a communication may be transmitted to a designated device, recipient or network location. The communication may be informative that a scene change or event occurred. The communication may be in the form of a notification or an actual image or series of images of the scene after the change or event. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110187 | COMPENSATION FOR OVERFLIGHT VELOCITY WHEN STABILIZING AN AIRBORNE CAMERA - A method and system for maintaining the line of sight of an airborne camera fixed on a target by compensating for overflight velocity of the aircraft. The compensation system automatically commands an angular velocity of the line of sight to maintain the camera pointing at the target being overflown. This angular velocity of the line of sight is computed based upon the aircraft overflight velocity and upon a vector from the aircraft to the target. This automatic compensation for aircraft overflight velocity causes the line of sight to remain fixed upon the target. The compensation system drives a gimbal system upon which the camera is mounted to perform this compensation automatically. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110188 | INVERTED VEHICLE FRONT VIEWING SYSTEM - A vehicle front viewing system useful in viewing an area in front of a vehicle has a camera and a support arm. The camera has a field of view. The support arm supports the camera and is attachable to the vehicle so that a field of view of the camera encompasses the area in front of the vehicle when the support arm is attached to the vehicle. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110189 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE - An object is to provide a vehicle periphery monitoring device wherein distortions in a captured image containing an edge of the vehicle body can be corrected so that parallel perception is the same as in actual space, and wherein images readily discernible to the driver can be displayed. The edge of the vehicle body is included in the image captured by a camera provided to the vehicle. A Y-axis along the edge of the vehicle body and an X-axis orthogonal to the Y-axis are set in the captured image. Distortions are corrected so that the X-axis is enlarged at a magnification ratio γ that increases in a nonlinear fashion that depends of the distance from the X-axis while the Y-axis is kept substantially fixed. The captured image thus corrected for distortion is displayed on an onboard monitor. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110190 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to an image processing apparatus and method which is capable of safely processing and storing image data detected by a camera in a car accident. The image processing apparatus has an advantage of more safely preserving the image data, which are detected in occurrence of external impact, even when the black box device is broken due to an external impact, by promptly storing the image data in the nonvolatile and highly impact-resistant detachable memory card. In addition, the image processing apparatus of the present invention has an advantage of effectively preserving emergency-related data even with less power, by supplying power to only devices required to preserve the image data at an emergency. Furthermore, the image processing apparatus of the present invention has an advantage of preventing wasteful power consumption, by setting the apparatus to be operable corresponding to surroundings of the vehicle and extracting only image data for unusual situations. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110191 | BIDIRECTIONAL WIRELESS TRANSMISSION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A bidirectional wireless transmission and communication system is disclosed, including a base station, a wireless microphone and an external control device. A bidirectional wireless transmission and communication may be performed between the wireless microphone and the base station. The external control device is connected to the wireless microphone wirelessly or via a cable for controlling the wireless microphone via at least one push button on the external control device. The external control device is also provided with at least one light-emitting element to show the function operating state of the wireless microphone. The wireless microphone is internally provided with a global positioning system and a G-sensor for locating the coordinates of the wireless microphone under different situations. When the wireless microphone is located beyond the wireless communication range, the wireless microphone emits a high-power pulsed radio frequency signal for the base station to locate the position of the wireless microphone. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110192 | Mobile Surveillance System - A mobile pan and tilt camera and display-control apparatus comprising a fully rotatable camera mounted to a vehicle for capturing images, a display-control box having an image display screen and control buttons for controlling said camera and its movement attached to an adjustable mount in said vehicle within an operator's view and reach, an image capture box for storage on various recording media or for transmission of said captured mobile images, said captured mobile images are sent by radio frequency transmission to a data storage server for a consumer to access. A preferred embodiment includes further comprising a mount that incorporates a quick disconnect mechanism along with a locking mechanical base and an electronic signal connector for easy camera installation and removal. A preferred embodiment includes further comprising a double locking mechanism where one mechanism is a security fastener. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110193 | LANE RECOGNITION DEVICE, VEHICLE, LANE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND LANE RECOGNITION PROGRAM - A lane recognition device recognizes a lane along which a vehicle travels by detecting a lane mark provided on the road to define the lane, from an image of the road acquired via an image acquisition device mounted on the vehicle. The lane recognition device is equipped with an object detection unit which detects an object other than the lane mark existing ahead of the vehicle, and a lane mark detection unit which detects the lane mark on the basis of the data from which the area corresponding to the object detected by the object detection unit is removed. By doing so, when recognizing the lane along which the vehicle travels by detecting the lane mark from the image of the road, the recognition accuracy of the lane is improved by appropriately removing influence of the object other than the lane mark captured in the image of the road. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110194 | Method For Automatically Calibrating A Virtual Camera System - A method for producing a time sequence of images of motor vehicle surroundings from a virtual elevated central perspective on a display wherein several cameras are used to record time sequences of subimage data records from a plurality of real perspectives differently offset and tilted with respect to the virtual perspective. Then, parameterized transformations are applied for obtaining sequences of transformed subimage data records and overall image data for an overall image from the virtual perspective is assembled. Finally, the sequence of the overall image data is displayed as an overall image. To compensate for positional and/or orientation deviations in the recording cameras a selection unit is proposed to recurrently apply a selection criterion for selecting a subimage data record from the sequence and to take this as a basis for redetermining the parameters of the transformations by an optimization method under a quality criterion for the overall image. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110195 | VIDEO IMAGERY DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system of apparatus arranged to display upon request video imagery stored in a video archive, the system comprising: (a) a plurality of cameras able to capture video images; (b) primary video compression means adapted to compress video images received from cameras (a); (c) video archiving programming means arranged to process video signals compressed by the compression means (b); (d) video archiving means arranged to store compressed said video signals; (e) secondary video compression means linked to the archiving means (d) and adapted to compress video imagery obtained from said archiving means (d) into a format selected from a mobile device format, web video format and TV video format; (f) server means adapted to said format and arranged to interrogate said archiving means (d), and capable of communication with (g) a remote mobile device, web browser or TV display controller and with (h) a gateway payment appropriate to said format, and in which archived video images are compressed and relayed to said server means (f) and subsequently to said mobile device, web browser or TV display controller (g) upon demand from said server means when triggered by a request from any of said remote mobile device, web browser or TV display controller (g) for specific video imagery once authorised by said payment means (h). A method of displaying video imagery upon a mobile device using apparatus as defined above, wherein (i) a text message comprising a unique identifier associated with specific video imagery to be displayed on said mobile device is relayed to server means adapted to mobile device format (f); (ii) the said server means (f) transfers a request to interrogate the video archiving means (d) and locate the required specific video imagery; (iii) the video archiving means (d) converts the specific video imagery to be compressed into a suitable format file for said mobile device; (iv) the compressed file obtained in step (iii) is relayed back to said server means (f); (v) payment for the specific video imagery requested is deducted from the mobile device user's account; (vi) indication of accepted payment is relayed to the said server means (f), and (vii) the requested specific video imagery is relayed to and displayed upon the said mobile device. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110196 | System and Method for Encoding Authentication - A system and method for encoding and authenticating documents and data storage discs uniquely is described which can provide a means to authenticate a document such as a passport or identification document or driving licence or contract or a music compact disc (CD) or data CD or DVD or holographic DVD or credit card. The documents each comprise an encoding formed from a unique number or pattern or datagram image, which is either printed so that it can be read directly by a viewing device, or the encoding is cut by laser to create a pattern or perforation matrix into the document thereby leaving the unique number or pattern or datagram as a matrix of small holes or perforations in the document through which light may pass. The authentication process thus involves viewing and decoding the encoding and generating a computed result using a stored decoding algorithm. Different levels of decoding may be linked to subscriber access privileges and these may be controlled by subscriber identity data and or a finger print capture and validation sensor. | 2010-05-06 |
