19th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090115792 | BIDIRECTIONAL SHIFT REGISTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A device, in which circuit size is small and operation is stable, comprises a plurality of serially connected unit registers (shift registers) in which transfer is controlled by any of three or more clock signals each having a different phase, and a setting signal which determines shift direction; and a selection circuit (switch array) which can select at least one clock signal from the three or more clock signals in accordance with the setting signal; wherein the unit registers are put in a reset state by one clock signal selected by the selection circuit, corresponding to each of the unit registers | 2009-05-07 |
20090115793 | ENHANCED ALPHA BLENDING - A system including storage comprising a first graphical pixel and a second graphical pixel. Each of the first and second graphical pixels is associated with binary codes having red, green and blue sub-codes. The system also comprises processing logic coupled to the storage and adapted to alpha-blend the first and second graphical pixels to produce a blended pixel. The processing logic performs this alpha-blend using the binary codes having red, green and blue sub-codes in concatenated form and without operating on the sub-codes individually. The processing logic displays the blended pixel. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115794 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a calculation unit, a recalculation unit, a correction unit and a generating unit. The acquisition unit acquires data from plural slices in an object by rotating a zonary region in frequency space by every repetition time. The calculation unit calculates correction parameters for motion correction. The recalculation unit recalculates at least a part of the correction parameters based on relationship between values of the correction parameters and at least one of real-spatial positions and times at which the data is acquired. The correction unit corrects the data using correction parameters including recalculated correction parameters. The generating unit generates image data based on corrected data. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115795 | INCREMENTAL BRIGHTNESS COMPENSATION SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY (OLED) - An Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED) includes an array of OLED devices and an incremental OLED brightness compensation system/method. The incremental OLED brightness compensation system/method is configured to incrementally change an electrical supply of the array of OLED devices in response to monitoring a measure of variation between an actual brightness and a desired brightness of the array of OLED devices, so as to cause the OLED to incrementally attain the desired brightness. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115796 | PRIORI INFORMATION ENCODING FOR MANUAL ADAPTATION OF GEOMETRIC MODELS - The invention relates to the adaptation method ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090115797 | Image Drawing Method, Portable Terminal, and Computer Program - An image drawing method for drawing an image on an input screen of a portable terminal having input keys arranged in an N×M matrix includes the steps of: determining a size of an input window formed of grid squares arranged in an N×M matrix; determining a position of the input window on the input screen; displaying the input window of the size determined in the input window size determination at the position of the input screen, the position being determined in the input window position determination; and in response to user input being performed on one of the input keys arranged in the N×M matrix, performing a drawing process at the grid square corresponding to the position in the N×M matrix at which the user input has been performed. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115798 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus that displays, on a display region having a first number of pixels, an image represented by gigantic image data that is recorded in a recording medium and has a second number of pixels that is significantly greater than the first number of pixels, including: a reproducing unit configured to read image data from the recording medium; an output unit configured to output the image data, which is read by the reproducing unit from the recording medium, in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal; and a control unit configured to control the reproducing unit and the output unit. The control unit performs control to extract and read a region corresponding to the display region from the gigantic image data recorded in the recording medium. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115799 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A method for displaying images is provided. First, an image viewing function is activated. Then, an image information file which stores image information corresponding to a plurality of images is read. Properties and effects of the images are adjusted based on the obtained image information. Finally, the adjusted image is displayed. Accordingly, the images can be adjusted, displayed, and sorted quickly without modifying original files of the images. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115800 | MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-view display device ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090115801 | ELECTRON EMISSION DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An electron emission display adapted to reduce or prevent non-uniformity of brightness between pixels and distortion of the white balance. The electron emission display includes a display region, a data driver, and a compensation unit. The display region has a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising a plurality of sub-pixels. The data driver is coupled to the display region, and is configured to generate a data signal for driving the pixels to display an image. The compensation unit receives brightness data and image data, compensates the image data for a pixel, and outputs compensated image data to the data driver. To this end, the compensation unit includes a first compensation coefficient estimator and a second compensation coefficient estimator. The first compensation coefficient estimator receives brightness data of respective sub-pixels and estimates a plurality of first compensation coefficients such that the sub-pixels would emit the same brightness in response to the same data. The second compensation coefficient estimator estimates a second compensation coefficient commonly applied to the sub-pixels of the single pixel. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115802 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A display device includes: a first detection section configured to detect the light intensity around a display area; a second detection section configured to detect the dark current when light is shielded; and a comparator configured to compare the difference output between the first and second detection section against a given reference value. The display device controls the light intensity supplied to the display area according to the comparison result of the comparator. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115803 | OPTIMAL BACKLIGHTING DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - To have an optimal use of a display for displaying particular, e.g. chromatically biased, image content, described is a method of calculating an optimal first and second backlight driving level, for a color display having a backlight which can be controlled to produce a first amount of light with a first spectrum in accordance with the first backlight driving level and a second amount of light with a second spectrum in accordance with the second backlight driving level, and the color display having a first and second light transmission valve plus color filter combination, arranged to create from the backlight spectra a respective first and second color primary light output, the chromaticity of at least one of the color primaries depending on the first and second backlight driving level, wherein the first and second backlight driving levels are determined so that a gamut of at least a part of a picture to be displayed is optimally covered by the gamut realizable by the display with the first and second backlight driving level. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115804 | Ink Identification and Detection System With Ink For Use Therewith - An ink identification and detection system includes an imaging apparatus. An ink tank is mounted to the imaging apparatus. The ink tank has a transparent portion. An ink is contained in the ink tank. The ink includes a fluorescing material. An ink detection device is communicatively coupled to a controller. The ink detection device is configured to emit light in a non-visible spectrum of light through the transparent portion to the ink, and is configured to detect light in a visible or near-infrared spectrum of light emitted through the transparent portion by the fluorescing material in the ink. The ink detection device supplies a signal representing the detected light to the controller for identifying the ink. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115805 | Liquid ejecting apparatus and image forming method - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit, a movement mechanism, and a control section. The head unit has along a first direction a plurality of heads, in which a plurality of nozzles that eject a liquid onto a medium are lined up in the first direction, and the head unit forms a single raster line by ejecting the liquid while performing m number of movements relative to the medium in a second direction, which intersects the first direction. A width of the head unit in the first direction is greater than a width of the medium in the first direction. The movement mechanism causes the head unit to perform a plurality of movements relative to the medium alternately in the second direction and the first direction. The control section forms an image having a resolution that is n times a pitch of the nozzles, by forming a plurality of the raster lines by the plurality of relative movements of the head unit. Further, the control section sets a total movement amount of the head unit in the first direction when the head unit performs the plurality of relative movements, larger than an effective nozzle width of one of the heads in the first direction multiplied by (m×n−1), and smaller than the effective nozzle width×(m×n). Furthermore, the control section forms the image by setting respective movement amounts of the head unit in the first direction when the head unit performs the plurality of relative movements, larger than the effective nozzle width. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115806 | BOUNDARY VALUE TABLE OPTIMIZING DEVICE, BOUNDARY VALUE TABLE SETTING DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - In a method of substantially correcting gradation values in a gradation correcting unit, the number of reproducible gradations is substantially reduced. Selection information of a boundary value table for multi-value error diffusion is stored, by ejection condition, in an information storing unit of a liquid ejecting head that can represent one pixel with a large number of liquid droplets. When the liquid ejecting head is mounted, selection information matching an ejection condition is read out and a boundary value table corresponding to the selection information is set for reference by a half toning unit. Consequently, the boundary value table is optimized to correct a gradation characteristic without substantially reducing the number of reproducible gradations. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115807 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A liquid ejecting device includes a nozzle group formed by aligning nozzles that eject a liquid, and a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquids from the nozzles based on ejection serial data that represents ejection or non-ejection of each nozzle of the nozzle group. The liquid ejecting head ejects a liquid to a landing target while the liquid ejecting head and the landing target are relatively moved in a second direction that is perpendicular to a first direction in which the nozzles are aligned. The liquid ejecting device further includes a meandering correction pattern forming unit that forms a meandering correction pattern along the second direction in a margin outside the regulated landing area of the landing target and a meandering correction pattern detecting unit that detects the meandering correction pattern formed in the landing target by the meandering correction pattern forming unit. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115808 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A liquid ejecting device includes a head unit group in which head units are arranged in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction in which a head unit having a nozzle group formed by aligning nozzles that eject liquids and a landing target relatively move with each other. The liquids are ejected based on ejection serial data that represents ejection or non-ejection of each of the nozzles, and the nozzle group includes a preliminary nozzle corresponding to an area outside a regulated landing area of the landing target. The liquid ejecting device further includes a meandering correction pattern forming unit that forms a meandering correction pattern along the first direction in a margin outside the regulated landing area of the landing target and a meandering correction pattern detecting unit that detects the meandering correction pattern formed in the landing target by the meandering correction pattern forming unit. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115809 | LIQUID EJECTION CONTROL METHOD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - It is an object of the invention to achieve a liquid ejection control method and the like that allows the amount of consumed liquid to be reduced. The liquid ejection control method controls the ejection of liquid, from nozzles for ejecting liquid, onto a medium that is fed in a predetermined feed direction, and has a step of detecting a portion of the medium that is positioned on an upstream side in said feed direction, and a step of not ejecting liquid from nozzles of a plurality of nozzles that are located on the upstream side in the feed direction based on the results of the detection. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115810 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECOVERY CONTROL METHOD - A control method at the time of preliminary ejection of ink is changed between a recording area in which a nozzle used for recording is not switched every recording scanning and a recording area in which the nozzle for recording is switched every recording scanning, whereby the preliminary ejection is performed at an appropriate frequency in any recording area. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115811 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The image forming method for forming an image on a recording medium, wherein the image is divided into a plurality of regions, the method comprising: a droplet deposition rate calculation step; a dot arrangement specification step of specifying a dot arrangement pattern from the droplet deposition rate; and a droplet deposition control step of controlling droplet deposition operation in such a manner that the dot arrangement pattern specified in the dot arrangement specification step is achieved, wherein, in at least one of the plurality of the regions where the droplet deposition rate is lower than a maximum droplet deposition rate and is higher than a prescribed reference value, a dot line in a main scanning direction substantially perpendicular to the relative conveyance direction is formed in which the dots are continuously aligned so as to mutually overlap by a prescribed overlap ratio, in accordance with the droplet deposition rate. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115812 | LIQUID-DISCHARGE-FAILURE DETECTING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid-discharge-failure detecting apparatus includes a light-emitting unit, a light-receiving unit, and a light-trapping unit. The light-emitting unit emits a detection beam. The light-receiving unit is located at a position offset from an optical axis of the detection beam, and receives a scattered light generated by scattering of the detection beam by a droplet of ink (liquid). The light-trapping unit traps a detection beam that travels straight without striking the droplet so that the detection beam does not enter the light-receiving unit as a stray light. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115813 | HAND-HELD PRINTER WITH CAPPING DEVICE - A hand-held printer comprises an elongate body defining an ink ejection slot through which ink is ejected; an ink cartridge received in the body and defining a plurality of ink reservoirs storing respective types of ink; a movement sensor for sensing movement of the printhead module along print media; a printhead module in fluid communication with respective ink reservoirs, the printhead module including a printhead for ejecting ink through the ink ejection slot in accordance with the movement sensed by the movement sensor; and a capping device movable to expose or cover the printhead, the capping device including an elastomeric pad at an end thereof positioned to be in contact with nozzles of the printhead when the capping device covers the printhead. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115814 | Fluid-dispensing Devices And Methods - An embodiment includes determining a temperature change of a fluid-ejecting substrate, and determining a mass of fluid ejected from the fluid-ejecting substrate from the temperature change of the fluid-ejecting substrate. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115815 | METHOD FOR FILLING FUNCTIONAL LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION HEAD WITH FUNCTIONAL LIQUID, FUNCTIONAL LIQUID SUPPLYING DEVICE AND LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS - Provided herein is a method for filling a functional liquid droplet ejection head with functional liquid. The method includes: initially filling functional liquid channels and intrahead channels included in the functional liquid droplet ejection head with a functional liquid by introducing functional liquid from a functional liquid tank through the functional liquid channels to the functional liquid droplet ejection head used in an inkjet mode; and passing cleaning liquid into the functional liquid channels and the intrahead channel included in the functional liquid droplet ejection head prior to the initially filling. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115816 | INK JET WRITING HEAD - The invention relates to an ink jet writing head comprising a pressurised ink chamber ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090115817 | DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DROPLET DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A droplet discharge head includes a nozzle substrate having a nozzle opening for discharging a liquid as a droplet; a flow path substrate having a flow path for the liquid, the flow path communicating with the nozzle opening; and a diaphragm constituting a wall surface of the flow path. The nozzle substrate, the flow path substrate, and the diaphragm are bonded together in layers using an adhesive, and a liquid-resistant film resistant to the liquid is continuously formed on surfaces of the nozzle substrate, the flow path substrate, and the diaphragm, the surfaces being in contact with the liquid. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115818 | DROPLET EJECTION HEAD AND DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS - A droplet ejection head comprises: a substrate having first through-holes forming reservoir chambers, a second through-hole forming a supply chamber, and a bonding film on one surface; a nozzle plate having nozzles for ejecting ejection liquid and one surface contacting the bonding film, the nozzle plate is bonded to the substrate through the bonding film to cover the first through-holes and the second through-hole; a sealing plate on another surface of the substrate covering the first through-holes, one surface of the sealing plate contacting the substrate's another surface; and piezoelectric means on another surface of the sealing plate for driving the droplet ejection head. The bonding film containing an Si-skeleton constituted of constituent atoms containing silicon atoms, with siloxane (Si—O) bonds and elimination groups bonded to the silicon atoms, the constituent atoms being randomly bonded together, and the elimination groups existing near a surface of the bonding film. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115819 | MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL FLUID EJECTION MECHANISM HAVING A SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATOR - Provided is a micro-electromechanical fluid ejection mechanism. The mechanism includes a substrate defining an ink passage in fluid communication with a tapered ink chamber having an ink ejection port, as well as a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator arranged within the chamber. The actuator is configured to straighten when heated and to return to a bent state upon subsequent cooling to facilitate ejection of ink via the ejection port. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115820 | Inkjet recording apparatus - An inkjet recording apparatus includes: an ink holding chamber having a through hole to jet ink, and holding the ink; and a head unit jetting the ink held in the ink holding chamber from the through hole. The head unit includes an ultrasonic wave generation member, an ultrasonic wave focusing member focusing the ultrasonic waves generated at the ultrasonic wave generation member in a vicinity of the through hole, an ultrasonic wave propagation portion propagateting the ultrasonic waves leaving the ultrasonic wave focusing member, and a container portion containing the ultrasonic wave generation member, the ultrasonic wave focusing member, and the ultrasonic wave propagation portion. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115821 | METHOD OF DRIVING PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A method of driving a piezoelectric actuator which is constituted of a lower electrode film, a piezoelectric film and an upper electrode film that are layered successively onto a diaphragm, includes the step of: applying an electric field to the piezoelectric film in a direction opposite to the orientation direction of the piezoelectric film while continuously changing an intensity of the electric field from a first electric field intensity to a second electric field intensity, the first electric field intensity being smaller than a coercive electric field of the piezoelectric film, the second electric field intensity being larger than the coercive electric field of the piezoelectric film. The piezoelectric film is oriented in the orientation direction from the lower electrode film toward the upper electrode film. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115822 | Piezoelectric Actuator, Ink-Jet Head Provided with the Same, Ink-Jet Printer, and Method for Manufacturing Piezoelectric Actuator - A piezoelectric actuator includes a metallic vibration plate, an insulating layer, a plurality of individual electrodes, a piezoelectric layer and a common electrode. The insulating layer is formed on the top surface of the vibration plate. The individual electrodes are formed on the top surface of the insulating layer. The piezoelectric layer is formed on the top surfaces of the individual electrodes. The common electrode is formed on the top surface of the piezoelectric layer over the individual electrodes. A plurality of terminals and a plurality of wirings are formed on the top surface of the insulating layer. Each of the terminals is associated with one of the individual electrodes. Each of the wirings connects one of the individual electrodes and the associated terminal. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115823 | DROPLET EJECTION HEAD AND DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS - A droplet ejection head comprises: a substrate having first through-holes forming reservoir chambers, a second through-hole forming a supply chamber, and a bonding film on one surface; a nozzle plate having nozzles for ejecting ejection liquid and a second bonding film on one surface, the first and second films being bonded together to cover the first through-holes and the second through-hole; a sealing plate on another surface of the substrate covering the first through-holes, one surface of the sealing plate contacting the substrate's another surface; and piezoelectric means on another surface of the sealing plate for driving the droplet ejection head. The bonding films contain an Si-skeleton of constituent atoms containing silicon atoms, with siloxane (Si—O) bonds and elimination groups bonded to the silicon atoms, the constituent atoms being randomly bonded together, and the elimination groups existing near a surface of the bonding films. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115824 | Solid ink stick with transition indicating region - An ink stick comprises an ink stick body having a plurality of tracks formed in one or more side surfaces extending from a leading surface to a trailing surface substantially parallel to a feed direction of the ink loader. Each track forms a path corresponding to a track sensor in the ink loader and includes a leading sensor actuator and a trailing sensor actuator for actuating the respective track sensor. The leading sensor actuators and the trailing sensor actuators are configured to actuate the respective track sensors in an actuation sequence indicative of variable control/attribute information pertaining to the ink stick. A transition indicating region is formed between the leading sensor actuators and the trailing sensor actuators in the plurality of tracks. The transition indicating region is configured to interact with the track sensors to generate a signal indicative of a transition between the leading sensor actuators and the trailing sensor actuators. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115825 | DROPLET EJECTION DEVICE FOR A HIGHLY VISCOUS LIQUID - A droplet ejection device for a highly viscous liquid includes a micro flow channel filled with a highly viscous liquid and having an inlet and an outlet channel; at least a branch channel communicated with the outlet channel; a highly-viscous-liquid supply device connected to the inlet so as to supply the highly viscous liquid to the micro flow channel; a gas supply device connected to the branch channel so as to supply a gas to the outlet channel by way of the branch channel; and at least a control valve mounted between the branch channel and the gas supply device so as to control an intermittent supply of the gas from the branch channel to the outlet channel to interrupt the highly-viscous-liquid flow in the outlet channel and to prompt the highly viscous fluid to form a droplet to be ejected out of the micro flow channel. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115826 | INK SET FOR INK-JET RECORDING, INK-JET RECORDING METHOD, AND INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - A water-based ink set for ink-jet recording includes: the infrared absorptive ink that contains the antimony-tin composite oxide fine particles and water; and the color ink that contains the coloring agent and water. The water-based ink set for ink-jet recording is applicable to an ink-jet recording method for recording an image by ejecting the inks onto a recording medium to cause the inks to adhere to the recording medium. When an image having infrared absorptivity is recorded, at least the infrared absorptive ink is ejected onto a recording medium to cause the infrared absorptive ink to adhere to the recording medium. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115827 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head which discharges ultraviolet curing inks toward a recording sheet while reciprocally moving in a reciprocal movement direction M crossing a transportation direction S of the recording sheet; and an ultraviolet irradiation head which irradiates ultraviolet rays toward the ultraviolet curing inks discharged from the recording head and attached to the recorded medium. The recording head includes a going recording head and a returning recording head which are disposed at the front and the back of the reciprocal movement direction M with respect to a region in which the ultraviolet irradiation head irradiates the ultraviolet rays to the recording sheet. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115828 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an ink jet recording apparatus having an ultraviolet irradiation head having a discharge tube. Solving means include a recording head that reciprocates along the surface of recording paper and discharges ultraviolet curable ink toward the recording paper, a discharge tube that moves together with the recording head and outputs ultraviolet light, and a movable plane reflecting mirror that switches between two light paths through which ultraviolet light from the discharge tube is applied in front of and behind the recording head in the reciprocation direction M. The discharge tube may include an elliptic reflecting mirror that converges output ultraviolet light toward the surface of the recording paper. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115829 | Collapsing cover for printer and associated method - An integrated device enables a customer replaceable unit within an ink jet printer to be enclosed within an enclosing structure as the unit is removed from the printer. The enclosing structure traps debris that may disburse from the customer replaceable unit as it is removed from the printer. The integrated device includes a customer replaceable unit that is mountable within a printer, a handle mounted to and extending from one end of the customer replaceable unit; and an extendable cover having a first end and a second end, the first end of the extendable cover being coupled to the handle and the second end of the extendable cover being configured to couple to a stationary structure within the printer, the second end of the cover being configured to extend past the customer replaceable unit in response to the first end of the cover being moved away from the second end and to be proximate to the first end to expose the customer replaceable unit in response to the first end of the cover being moved towards the second end. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115830 | Thermal Print Head - A thermal printhead (A) includes an insulating substrate ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090115831 | Method of controlling electric conduction through thermal heat and thermal printer - A thermal printer detects an environmental temperature, and directly or indirectly detects a change in tension of an ink ribbon R. A correction value is read or calculated according to at least one of the detected environmental temperature and the detected change in the tension of the ink ribbon R. Thermal energy of each heating element in the thermal head is controlled based on the correction value so as to adjustably increase or reduce number of print lines on a print medium in a sub-scanning direction. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115832 | Printing apparatus and printing method - A printing apparatus includes a takeup reel driving motor which, after printing, takes up an ink ribbon to eliminate a slack in the ink ribbon. The printing apparatus includes a control device for comparing a distance (a) over which the ink ribbon R is taken up to eliminate the slack in the ink ribbon R with a distance (b) from a print end position to a print start position for a next color. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115833 | LIGHT EMITTING ARRAY FOR PRINTING OR COPYING - A light emitting head for use in copiers or printers, the light emitting head having an illuminated length, e.g. a print width or copy width, and including a rigid carrier structure provided from a bulk material that spans at least the illuminated length of the head, the bulk material having a coefficient of thermal conduction larger than 100 W/mK and a coefficient of thermal expansion; a plurality of blocks of light elements arranged in a longitudinal array, the blocks having a coefficient of thermal expansion, each of the blocks of light elements having a first and a second surface, each of the blocks of light elements including a plurality of light-emitting elements exposed on a first surface on the block, the plurality of blocks being physically attached to the carrier structure by a conductive adhesive at substantially the second surfaces, and wherein the bulk material has a coefficient of thermal expansion that differs from the thermal expansion coefficient of the block material by a maximum of 5*10 | 2009-05-07 |
20090115834 | Optical Scanning Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus - An optical scanning apparatus includes a housing that positions and holds a plurality of light sources emitting light beams, a deflection mirror that deflects the light beams to perform main scanning, and at least one of optical image forming elements closest to the deflection mirror to form images on respective image carriers. A plurality of reflectors guide the light beams exiting the housing to the respective image carriers. A pair of support members face each other to support the housing in a main scanning direction. A support mechanism supports the reflectors by bridging the reflectors between the support members and also couples the support members to each other. Relative positions of the reflectors are arranged in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to a main scanning direction between the support members. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115835 | Visually Enhancing a Conference - A method for visually enhancing a conference includes receiving a first request to enhance a first object. The method also includes establishing a visual conference between at least a local participant and a remote participant. The method additionally includes receiving a visual communication and detecting a reference to the first object in the visual communication. The method further includes, upon detecting the reference to the first object in the visual communication, enhancing for presentation the first object in the visual communication based on the first request. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115836 | REAL-TIME MOBILE CONFERENCING SOLUTION - A method of conferencing communication devices in a system having (i) a conference server, (ii) a voice interface unit (VIU), and (iii) at least one conference bridge, the method including, at a first communication device: (a) establishing a first connection between the VIU and the first communication device via the switching point, the switching point enabled to establish connections for the communication devices; (b) sending first validation data from the first communication device to the VIU for forwarding to the conference server for validating the first validation data, and, in response to the validating the first validation data: (b)(i) terminating the first connection; and (b)(ii) establishing a second connection between the at least one conference bridge and said first communication device, to establish a conferencing session. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115837 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING INTERNET VIDEO CONFERENCING USING STANDARD PHONE CALLS - A video conferencing system ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090115838 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH RESOLUTION VIDEOCONFERENCING - A system and method for high resolution video conferencing is shown and described. A transmitting station and a receiving station including video cameras or sensors, a plurality of microphones and speakers, video, audio and communication processing engines are disclosed. Video is processed and transferred through the system allowing for multiple video streams to be produced and audio is processed and transferred through the system allowing for sound to be played back with an indication of position in relation to the videoconferencing system. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115839 | IP TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION IN IP NETWORK, CLIENT TERMINAL AND CLIENT SERVER - A network communication system when a call is issued from one of said input/output terminal and said communication terminal, said call control means provided on the side of said server establishes the call connection between said input/output terminal and said communication terminal; and when the call connection between said input/output terminal and said communication terminal is established based upon the call control means on the side of said server, a communication of any one, or both said audio and video information can be performed via said network between said input/output terminal and said communication terminal. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115840 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal and panoramic photographing method for the same are provided. The panoramic photographing method includes displaying a preview image upon selection of a panoramic mode, successively capturing a first partial image and second partial image in response to input of a shooting start signal, setting a photographing direction through a comparison between the first partial image and second partial image, and producing a panoramic image in the set photographing direction. As a result, the user does not have to set the photographing direction to capture a panoramic image using a mobile terminal. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115841 | Controller For Photographing Apparatus And Photographing System - A picture photographed by a camera portion is sent to a video capturing portion of a computer. The picture is displayed in an operation area of a monitor. A panorama picture of which pictures in part or all moving range of a pan tiler are combined is displayed in a panorama operation area. A pan tilter portion sends positional information of pan and tilt to the computer through a mode controller. With a mouse, the operation area and the panorama operation area are operated so as to select an object. The computer obtains data for driving the pan tilter. Thus, the selected object is displayed at the center of the operation area. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115842 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The image display apparatus includes first and second display elements displaying partial images of a single image, and first and second optical elements each having first, second, and third surfaces. The first and second optical elements respectively allow light fluxes from the first and second display elements to enter the first and second optical elements through the first surface, and then respectively causing the light fluxes to be reflected by the second and third surfaces to emerge from the first and second optical elements through the second surface toward an exit pupil. The second surface of the second optical element has an overlap area facing or contacting the third surface of the first optical element. The second optical element causes the light flux from the second display element to emerge toward the exit pupil through a non-overlap area in the second surface. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115843 | Interactive Television System and Method - A system and method for simulating a user's participation at an event. The system and method including providing a virtual queue or line for meeting and obtaining an autograph of a celebrity, attending a live event and/or for purchasing an item. The system and method include providing video and audio content to a remote user device, such as a television or a computer, for display on the monitor. A plurality of video cameras positioned in and around a line for obtaining an autograph provide a respective plurality of video and audio feeds that are broadcast to users of the system. An interface selectively changes the feed shown on the user's device to simulate movement in the line toward the celebrity until the user is able to view the celebrity autograph an item specifically designated for the user. The item can be merchandise, such as a CD, DVD, photograph or poster, selected by the user. The system mails the autographed item to the viewer and can also provide a recording of the autograph session. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115844 | UNDERWATER DIGITAL CAMERA - An underwater digital camera includes an image capturing unit, an underwater conditions sensing unit, a memory, and a processor. The image capturing unit is used for capturing images. The underwater condition sensing unit is used for sensing underwater conditions. The processor is used for writing the underwater conditions into the memory together with an image currently captured by image capturing unit while underwater. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115845 | Method and System for Inverse Telecine and Scene Change Detection of Progressive Video - Certain aspects of a method and system for inverse telecine and scene change detection of progressive video may include determining a cadence, for example, 3:2 or 2:2 pulldown, and phase of received progressive input pictures. A difference between two or more consecutive received progressive input pictures may be determined. The motion compensation of a plurality of output pictures may be controlled based on the determined cadence, phase and difference between two or more consecutive received progressive input pictures. The system may be enabled to determine repeated pictures and scene changes. The motion compensation of output pictures may be stopped during detected scene changes. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115846 | Mounting construction for a facial image photographic camera - A facial image photographic device for vehicle mounting includes a facial image photographic camera which photographs the face of a driver of a vehicle while the vehicle is running, and a changeover device. The changeover device changes over a utilization environment of the facial image photographic camera between a position in which, when performing photography, the facial image photographic camera can be exposed to direct insolation by sunlight, and a position in which, when not performing photography, at least a part of the facial image photographic camera is not to be exposed to direct insolation by sunlight than when performing photography. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115847 | ELECTRONIC AUTOMOBILE PROXIMITY VIEWER - An electronic automobile proximity viewer for with a viewscreen mounted on a dashboard of an automobile, and one or more digital camera units mounted at peripheral locations of an automobile. From the view screen the use can select which image from which camera unit to view, and can direct the selected camera unit to zoom in on an object near the automobile, including zooming in to regions of the selected image which are not in the center of the image. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115848 | MULTIDIRECTIONAL TRAFFIC IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC POLICE SYSTEM - This invention relates to a multidirectional traffic image capturing method and an electronic police system. This method adopts forward direction camera and side direction camera to capture images of the traffic condition and can obtain qualified images through regularly adjusting the direction of side direction camera with main control unit. This system is made up of main control unit, forward control unit, forward camera, and side control unit and side camera. The main control unit will analyze, judge if there is a disobeying of traffic lights through lights signal and traffic condition, meanwhile control forward direction camera and side direction camera to capture images. This invention adopts multidirectional image capturing method to obtain the images of violated vehicles, which overcomes the long standing issue of red light glaring, guarantees the quality of the images and is mainly used in the supervision and management of the traffic. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115849 | Controlling A Point Of Sale ('POS') Terminal Using Surveillance Video - Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for controlling a Point Of Sale (‘POS’) terminal using surveillance video that include: receiving, by a surveillance module, a digital surveillance video of a region adjacent to a POS terminal, the digital surveillance video captured by a digital surveillance camera; identifying, by the surveillance module in dependence upon the digital surveillance video, operator characteristics for an operator captured on the digital surveillance video in the region adjacent to a POS terminal; and administering, by the surveillance module, the POS terminal in dependence upon the operator characteristics. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115850 | MOBILE OBJECT IMAGE TRACKING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A mobile object image tracking apparatus includes at least one unit rotating about at least one axis, a camera sensor photographing a mobile object to acquire image data, a unit detecting a tracking error as a tracking error detection value, a unit detecting an angle of the rotary unit, a unit estimating the tracking error as a tracking error estimation value, a unit selecting the tracking error detection value when the mobile object falls within the field of view, and selecting the tracking error estimation value when the mobile object falls outside the field of view, a unit computing an angular velocity instruction value used to drive the rotating unit to track the mobile object, a unit detecting an angular velocity of the rotary unit, and a unit controlling the rotating unit to make zero a difference between the angular velocity instruction value and the angular velocity. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115851 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE MOTION IN IMAGE PROCESSING - A method is described for selecting a motion vector for a first image block of an image of an image sequence from a number of test vectors, wherein at least one of these test vectors is a motion vector of a further image block that is arranged temporally and/or spatially adjacent to the first image block, or a vector formed by modification of this motion vector, and wherein the method covers: | 2009-05-07 |
20090115852 | Shared image devices - A device comprising a first shared image device that captures at least one image representation. The first shared image device receives a request to share the at least one image representation to an at least one other shared image device. The first shared image device and the at least one other shared image device are each capable of capturing image representations. The first shared image device transmits the at least one image representation. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115853 | Image Processing System and Electronic Camera - The image processing system is an image processing system including an electronic camera and an image output device, in which the electronic camera includes an image pickup unit capturing an object image by an image sensor and outputting raw data of a digital format, a recording unit recording the raw data, a conversion unit reading the raw data from the recording unit to convert the raw data to a data format which can be handled by the image output device, and a transfer unit transferring the converted raw data, and in which the image output device includes a receiving unit receiving the raw data transferred by the transfer unit, an image processing unit performing image processing for output on the raw data, and an image output unit outputting the raw data as an image, thereby shortening the processing time and improving the operability. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115854 | Information display apparatus, information display method, imaging apparatus, and image data sending method for use with imaging apparatus - Disclosed herein is an information display apparatus including a wireless reception section configured to receive image data and position information acquired and sent by a plurality of imaging apparatuses constituting a wireless network; an image display section configured to display images; and a display control section configured to display on the image display section thumbnails derived from the acquired image data received by the wireless reception section, a map covering the positions of the imaging apparatuses, and icons indicating the imaging apparatuses as they are positioned on the map based on the position information received by the wireless reception section. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115855 | PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A photography apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and acquire photographed image data; a display unit configured to perform an image display; and a control unit; wherein the control unit executes reading processing for reading out, from a storage medium which stores template information arranged to fit and display photographed image data imaged by the imaging unit into a target region within display screen data according to a predetermined display format, the template information, wherein instruction information for instructing what sort of image should be photographed as the photographed image data to be fit and displayed in the target region is correlated therewith, and instruction information display control processing for controlling the display unit so as to display the instruction information in a correlated manner with the target region, in accordance with the template information. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115856 | CAMERA AND METHOD - A camera which can obtain an image without image blur is disclosed. The camera which obtains a synthesized image whose exposure has been corrected by synthesizing a plurality of images obtained through successive image-taking, comprising: a detection unit which detects, with respect to a reference image, amounts of displacement on other images; a coordinate conversion unit which applies coordinate conversion to the other images based on the results of detection of the detection unit; and a synthesis unit which synthesizes the other images subjected to coordinate conversion and the reference image. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115857 | Image capturing apparatus providing image blur information and method thereof - A method for providing image blur information is applied to a photographing mode of image capturing apparatus of which a shooting shutter speed is greater than a safe shutter speed, the method comprising the steps of: capturing a long exposure image in the shooting shutter speed and a short exposure image which is smaller than or equal to the safe shutter speed, in order to search correspondingly a plurality of characteristic positions in the long exposure image and the short exposure image, and then comparing the characteristics on the relative characteristic positions between the long exposure image and the short exposure image to produce a comparing result upon which a further operation is performed to define a degree of image blur. Thus, the present invention can achieve the purpose of providing image blur information for the long exposure image when the image capturing apparatus captures the long exposure image. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115858 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL IMAGE STABILIZATION USING OBJECT TRACKING - Apparatus for digital image stabilization using object tracking can produce a digital still image free of an image blurring phenomenon caused by shaky hands without separate hardware and can produce an image that is bright, clear, and noise free. The apparatus includes an image signal processing unit that outputs a first digital image obtained under a first exposure value condition and a plurality of second digital images obtained under a second exposure value condition. The apparatus also includes a shaky hand compensating unit that compensates for motion in comparative second digital images relative to a reference second digital image using object tracking. The compensating unit then generates a shaky hand compensated image by overlapping each compensated comparative image with the reference image. The apparatus further includes an image property correcting unit that corrects a property of the shaky hand compensated image based on a property of the first digital image. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115859 | APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL IMAGE STABILIZATION USING OBJECT TRACKING AND METHOD THEREOF - Apparatus for digital image stabilization using object tracking includes an image signal processing unit that outputs a first digital image obtained under a first exposure value condition and a plurality of second digital images obtained under a second exposure value condition. The apparatus also includes a shaky hand compensating unit that compensates for motion in comparative second digital images relative to a reference second digital image by tracking an object in either a binary image or a reverse binary image of a respective second digital image that has the most objects (i.e., in the binary or reverse image). The compensating unit then generates a shaky hand compensated image by overlapping the motion-compensated images with the reference image. The apparatus further includes an image property correcting unit that corrects a property of the shaky hand compensated image based on a property of the first digital image. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115860 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - The present invention provides an image pickup device which is lower in production cost and smaller in size than the conventional image pickup device. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115861 | RECORDING APPARATUS - Still image data generated in response to an instruction for starting the recording of movie data is recorded in such a manner as to be associated with the movie data, and information indicating that the still image data associated with the movie data has been recorded is displayed in response to an instruction for predetermined processing on the movie data. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115862 | GEO-TAGGING OF MOVING PICTURES - Image acquisition equipment for moving images comprising a sensing unit for registering moving images; a positioning receiver for receiving data indicative of the geographical position of the image acquisition equipment; a processing unit for calculating the current geographical position of the image acquisition equipment from the data received by the positioning receiver and for recording of moving images registered by the sensing unit; where processing unit is adapted for calculating the geographical position of the image acquisition equipment during the recording of moving images and for associating the current calculated geographical position with the current time of recording of the moving images. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115863 | PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE THEREIN - A portable terminal having a touch screen and a method for processing an image therein are provided. The portable terminal includes a camera unit for photographing an image, a touch screen for displaying the photographed image, a controller for generating, if a substantially continuous drawing motion is detected on the touch screen, a partial area in the displayed image according to the drawing motion, and a memory unit for storing the partial area of the displayed image. Accordingly, the portable terminal may more easily perform image photographing and editing, thereby increasing user convenience. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115864 | IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes the following elements. An operation acceptance unit accepts an operation input to specify an attribute associated with a predetermined object. An imaging unit converts incoming light from a subject into a captured image. An object detection unit detects one or more objects included in the captured image. An attribute determination unit determines an attribute of each detected object. A priority object determination unit determines at least one of the detected objects as a priority object on the basis of the specified attribute and the determined attribute. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115865 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC IMAGE-CAPTURING CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An automatic image-capturing apparatus including an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject so as to obtain captured image data; an automatic captured-image obtaining unit configured to automatically obtain the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing unit without being based on an operation of a user; an inclination detection unit configured to detect an inclination in at least one of a pan direction and a tilt direction; and a control unit configured to control the obtaining operation performed by the automatic captured-image obtaining unit on the basis of information on the inclination in the pan direction or in the tilt direction, the inclination being detected by the inclination detection unit. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115866 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a moving image generating unit configured to generate moving image data, an instructions providing unit configured to set a frame rate of the moving image data and provide instructions to change a frame rate to the set frame rate, a control unit configured to control the moving image generating unit to generate moving image data of the frame rate set by the instructions providing unit, an additional information generating unit configured to generate additional information indicating a change of the frame rate of the moving image data in response to the instructions to change the frame rate, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the moving image data generated by the moving image generating unit and the additional information. The transmitting unit transmits the additional information before a frame rate change point in the moving image data. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115867 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus generating a thin line binary image and extracting vectors includes: a vector extracting unit configured to raster-scan the thin line binary image by using a pixel matrix including a plurality of pixels to extract a vector to which contour point information is added in accordance with a predetermined pattern of black and white pixels in the pixel matrix; and a coordinate correcting unit configured to detect that the vector has been extracted from a set of black pixels in 2 pixels×2 pixels in the pixel matrix by referring to the contour point information added to the vector and correct a coordinate of a core-line vector in accordance with coordinate correction information included in the contour point information, the core-line vector being produced by reducing the vector to a core line. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115868 | Photographing device and method of controlling the same - A photographing device for photographing a subject is provided. The photographing device includes a face recognition unit recognizing a face included in an image of the subject; a distance calculation unit calculating a distance between each of a plurality of faces when the plurality of faces are recognized by the face recognition unit; and a distance comparison unit comparing the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit with a pre-set reference distance. A of controlling the photographing device is also provided. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115869 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - Disclosed is a photographing apparatus of interlace transferring type comprising a photographing device which carries out transfer of electrification of all pixels stored in the photographing device by dividing into a plurality of fields when transferring the electrification, which has a plurality of color filters and which includes a color signal of at least RGB or YeCyMgG in the transfer data of each field for transferring the electrification, an extraction unit for extracting characteristic data of an image from transferred data before processing for the image is started, a generating unit for generating control value carrying out correction of image based on the extracted characteristic data, and a photographing processing unit for processing the image by use of a control value formed by said characteristic data. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115870 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: interpolation G calculating units that calculate a plurality of types of G interpolation candidates G | 2009-05-07 |
20090115871 | Camera device and method and program for starting the camera device - A camera device comprises an optical system driven to a predetermined position upon initialization when a photographing mode has been set, a memory including an area for storing lens information inherent to the optical system, an area for storing a file management program, and a management area which is managed by using the file management program, the area for storing the lens information differing from the management area, and a controller which controls the initialization of the optical system based on the lens information stored in the memory. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGES CAPTURED USING CAMERA-EQUIPPED MOBILE DEVICES - A system and method for processing images on a camera-equipped mobile device. Upon direction from the user that a picture is to be taken with the camera of the mobile device, an image is initially captured and temporarily stored at a first resolution (e.g. a maximum resolution). This may be, for example, the highest resolution setting that might be specified by a user of the camera. The user is then queried for a specific second resolution at which the image is to be subsequently stored, for example, in a non-volatile memory on the mobile device. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115873 | Method Of Controlling Digital Camera For Testing Pictures, And Digital Camera Using The Method - A method of controlling a digital camera, and a digital camera using the method, the method being capable of ensuring that an appropriate storage space of a memory is provided so as to store images taken in a predetermined mode at all times. The method includes: (a) setting a mode of the digital camera to a first mode for testing performance of the digital camera; (b) comparing an available capacity of the memory with a predetermined value that is set in the digital camera; and (c) deleting data stored in the memory when the available capacity of the memory is less than the predetermined value. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115874 | Image sensors, color filter arrays included in the image sensors, and image pickup apparatuses including the image sensors - A color filter array may include two or more yellow filter pixels, one or more green filter pixels, and one or more cyan filter pixels. The two or more yellow filter pixels may be disposed in a first row or rows in a first direction. The one or more green filter pixels and the one or more cyan filter pixels may be disposed in a second row or rows in the first direction. The first row or rows and the second row or rows may alternate in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. In the second direction, either the one or more green filter pixels and at least one of the two or more yellow filter pixels alternate or the one or more cyan filter pixels and at least one of the two or more yellow filter pixels alternate. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115875 | IMAGE SENSOR MODULE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - An image sensor module having a sensor chip closely adhered on a concave surface and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The image sensor module includes at least one sensor chip, at least one sensor chip-mounting structure comprising a substrate and a polymer layer formed on the substrate, the polymer layer having an concave surface formed on an upper part thereof by a polymer molding method, so that the sensor chip is bent and bonded on the concave surface, and at least one lens fixed on the at least one sensor chip-mounting structure above the sensor chip. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115876 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, CAMERA, AND COPIER - A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of pixels having mutually different color components and a first selecting unit outputting one of the signals from the plurality of pixels selectively. The unit cells are classified into groups. The solid-state imaging apparatus further includes holding units, each provided to each of the unit cells and holding the signal output from the first selecting unit, a plurality of common output lines for outputting signals of mutually different color components, and second selecting units, each selecting one of the plurality of common output lines to output the signals held in the holding unit to the selected common output line. The first selecting units severally output a signal of a different color component from each of the unit cell groups. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115877 | METHOD FOR READING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATRIX OF PIXELS AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD - The invention relates to a method for reading a two-dimensional matrix ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090115878 | Method, system and apparatus to boost pixel floating diffusion node voltage - A method, apparatus and system providing a pixel within an imaging device in which a separate power source is used for resetting a floating diffusion node from a power source used for pixel operating power. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115879 | Information management method and digital camera - An information management method and digital camera which can reduce the burden on a user in terms of information management, while ensuring security, are provided. The invention provides a digital camera including an image-acquisition unit for acquiring image information; an ID reading unit for reading identification information of a wireless IC tag built into personal belongings that an image-acquiring person carries; a recording unit for associating and recording the read identification information and image information; a display unit for displaying the image information; and a control unit. At the time of a display request for the image information, the control unit displays the image information on the display unit when the identification information read by the ID reading unit matches the identification information associated with the image information which is the subject of the display request. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115880 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - An image pickup apparatus capable of improving operability in the video light mode. The image pickup apparatus images an object and comprises a first display unit adapted to display a video of the imaged object or solid white, a second display unit adapted to display a video of the imaged object, a selection unit adapted to select a video light mode of using the first display unit as a video light, and a display controlling unit adapted to change over the first display unit so as to display white and turn on the second display unit if the video light mode is selected. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115881 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal, comprises: a terminal body provided with a display unit to output visual information relating to a capturing mode, and having wireless communication functions; a touch input unit provided at the display unit, and configured to input information when at least one of the visual information is touched; a camera body arranged at the terminal body in a longitudinal direction, and rotatably coupled to the terminal body so that a direction of a camera mounted therein rotates in a perpendicular direction to the longitudinal direction of the terminal body; and camera manipulation units disposed on the camera body, and receiving input manipulations relating to an operation of the camera. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115882 | IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS - The image-pickup apparatus includes an image-pickup element including first type pixels photoelectrically converting an object image formed by a light flux from an optical system and second type pixels photoelectrically converting plural images formed by plural light fluxes divided from the light flux from the optical system, a controller performing contrast detection focus control using signals from pixels in a contrast evaluation area among the first type pixels, and a detector detecting phase differences of respective pairs of images of the plural images using signals from the second type pixels, the pairs of images being respectively formed in plural phase difference detection areas in the contrast evaluation area, and calculating information on an in-focus position of the optical system or object distance for each phase difference detection area based on each phase difference. The controller changes the contrast evaluation area based on the information calculated for the respective phase difference detection areas. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115883 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus includes an optical system which forms an image of a subject. An image sensor converts the image formed by the optical system into a video signal. A focus operating unit changes the focusing status produced by the optical system according to a manual operation. An autofocus unit adjusts the focus of the optical system so as to be able to obtain the best in-focus condition according to the video signal from the image sensor. The autofocus unit is adapted to adjust the focus of the optical system within the focusing range determined according to a characteristic of the optical system after a change of the focusing status by the focus operating unit. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115884 | VARIABLE POWER OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGING LENS DEVICE AND DIGITAL APPARATUS - There is provided a zoom optical system having lens elements produced with less difficulty i.e. with substantially the same skill level as the conventional arrangement, with sufficient miniaturization. The zoom optical system includes a first lens group having a negative optical power, and a second lens group having a positive optical power in the order from the object side, the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group being decreased in zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end The first lens group is constituted of a negative lens element and a positive meniscus lens element. The second lens group is constituted of a biconvex positive lens element and a negative meniscus lens element. Assuming that D1 represents a thickness of the first lens group on the optical axis AX from a forwardmost lens surface to a rearmost lens surface, fw represents a composite focal length of the entirety of the optical system at the wide angle end, and f2 represents a composite focal length of the second lens group, the zoom optical system satisfies the following relation: | 2009-05-07 |
20090115885 | Imaging system with improved image quality and associated methods - An image capturing device may include a detector including a plurality of sensing pixels, and an optical system adapted to project a distorted image of an object within a field of view onto the sensing pixels, wherein the optical system expands the image in a center of the field of view and compresses the image in a periphery of the field of view, wherein a first number of sensing pixels required to realize a maximal zoom magnification {circumflex over (Z)} at a minimum resolution of the image capturing device is less than a square of the maximal zoom magnification times a second number of sensing pixels required for the minimum resolution. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115886 | AUTO-FOCUS METHOD AND DIGITAL CAMERA - An auto-focus method for camera is provided. First, a digital signal processor sets a first parameter p and a second parameter q. An image capture unit captures an only image. Then, the digital signal processor utilizes the only image, the first parameter p and the second parameter q to compute an object distance. Then, an optical focusing device utilizes the object distance to regulate a focal position. Therefore, the present invention substantially shortens the time for regulating the focal position. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115887 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - If an aperture of the objective-imaging is the same as an aperture when a state has turned into a focused state with autofocus before the objective-imaging or if an F value of the objective-imaging is equal to or greater than an F value when a state has turned into a focused state with autofocus before the objective-imaging, the focused state is maintained and the focusing of the objective-imaging is skipped. Even in other cases, a in-focus position is detected near the in-focus position before the objective-imaging. Alternatively, if the user selects a speed priority, the in-focus position is detected in a narrow range near the in-focus position before the objective-imaging. This enables to achieve both enough speed and focus accuracy of the main-photographing. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115888 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus according to this invention comprises a detector configured to obliquely project detection light to a surface of a substrate and to detect a position of the surface based on the detection by the detector, and exposes the substrate to radiant energy based on the calculated position of the light. The controller is configured to correct, to obtain the calculated position of the surface, a position of the surface calculated based on the detection by the detector, in accordance with a period before the detection, during the period the detector being in a dark state in which the detection light is not incident on the detector. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115889 | Multi-angle mirror - Multi-angle mirror methods and related systems. | 2009-05-07 |
20090115890 | Protection case for cameras which are capable of transmitting a video signal - A protection case ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090115891 | CAMERA MODULE - Provided is a camera module providing EMS shielding, so that electromagnetic waves generated in the camera module are prevented from radiating to the outside and external electromagnetic waves or noise are prevented from flowing into the camera module. The camera module includes: a lens unit comprising at least one lens; an image sensor package including an image sensor chip having an image area where an image is formed in response to light passing through the lens unit; a housing surrounding the lens unit and the image sensor package, wherein the housing is electrically connected to the image sensor package and is formed of a conductive material; and a connection terminal disposed below the image sensor package and electrically connecting the image sensor package and a main board of an electronic device including the camera module. | 2009-05-07 |