20th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150130825 | Shared Memory Eigensolver - A method for computing eigenvectors and eigenvalues of a square matrix in a high performance computer involves dynamically reallocating the computer's computing cores for various phases of the computation process. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130826 | LAND GRID ARRAY SOCKET FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULES - For a given texture address, a texture sampler fetches and reduces texture data with a filter accumulator suitable for providing a weighted average over a variety of filter footprints. A multi-mode texture sampler is configurable to provide both a wide variety of footprints in either a separable or non-separable filter modes and allow for a filter footprint significantly wider than the bi-linear (2×2 texel) footprint. In embodiments, sub-sample addresses are generated by the texture sampler logic to accommodate a desired footprint. The sub-sample addresses may be generated and sequenced by multi-texel units, such as 2×2 texel quads, for efficient filtering. In embodiments, filter coefficients are cached from coefficient tables stored in memory. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130827 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display section that includes a light source and displays a displayed image based on image data and an image correction section that corrects the image data based on correction data. The image correction section corrects a color in the image by switching the correction data between first correction data which enables correction in which a displayed color in the displayed image conforms to a reference color and second correction data which enables correction in which a displayed color in the displayed image conforms to a color within an allowable range set in advance. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130828 | IMAGE FILE GENERATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An image file generation device comprises a first image data acquisition device that acquires N-bit first image data, a second image data generation device that generates M (M2015-05-14 | |
20150130829 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes a parameter estimation unit that estimates a first parameter for aligning first output image data with original image data and a second parameter for aligning second output image data with the original image data, a pixel value mapping unit that generates first pixel value mapping data associating color components of a pixel of the first output image data with color components of a corresponding pixel of the original image data and second pixel value mapping data associating color components of a pixel of the second output image data with color components of a corresponding pixel of the original image data, a map estimation unit that obtains a first map and a second map based on the first and second pixel value mapping data, and a conversion unit that converts a pixel value of the original image data based on the first and second maps. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130830 | MEASUREMENT INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - A measurement information display system includes a measuring apparatus that measures biological and/or behavioral information of a user, and the measurement information display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display unit with a screen; a communication unit that communications with the measuring apparatus to acquire the information, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to display a plurality of graphs on the screen, where the graphs represent the information. The graphs include a first graph located on a first portion of the screen and a second graph located on a second portion of the screen overlapping the first portion. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130831 | DISTORTION OF DIGITAL IMAGES USING SPATIAL OFFSETS FROM IMAGE REFERENCE POINTS - A method for distorting a digital image comprising receiving the coordinates of one or more than one image reference point defined by a user within the digital image, receiving one or more than one spatial offset assigned by the user and associated with the coordinates of the one or more than one defined image reference point, providing a mixing function algorithm embodied on a computer-readable medium for distorting the digital image, calculating an offset matrix by applying the mixing function algorithm based on the one or more than one spatial offset and the coordinates of the one or more than one defined image reference point; and distorting the digital image by application of the offset matrix. A graphic tag may be associated with each of the defined image reference points and displayed over the digital image, and the assignment of the spatial offset may be accomplished by movement of the graphic tag with the pointing device. Abstract image reference points may be used to limit distortion. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130832 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR MOBILE TERMINAL-BASED IMAGE DISPLAY - A mobile terminal-based image display method, system, and a mobile terminal are described. The method may include acquiring, by a mobile terminal, a material image and fusing a background image and the material image. The mobile terminal may display the fused images together. Further, the mobile terminal may monitor a shake state, and, based on the shake state, control a movement of the material image against the background image. Application of embodiments of the method, system and mobile terminal may effectively improve image interaction success rates, and increase eCPM values. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130833 | MAP SUPERPOSITION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to electronic technology and provide a map superposition method and an electronic device, capable of solving the problem associated with low positioning accuracy and limited information available for users due to lack of detailed map information on a small area. A first image is obtained. First identification information contained in the first image and second identification information contained in a first map are adjusted and compared. The first image is superimposed on the first map to obtain a second map when the comparison indicates that a predetermined condition is satisfied. Operations associated with a map application are performed based on the second map. The embodiments of the present disclosure solves the problem associated with low positioning accuracy and limited information available due to lack of detailed map information on a small area and improves the user experience. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130834 | INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED REALITY FOR MEMORY DIMM INSTALLATION - Digital images are captured of uninstalled memory modules, an identifying portion of a target computer system, and empty memory module sockets within the target computer system. The captured digital images are analyzed to identify each of the uninstalled memory modules and the number and type of empty memory module sockets. A predetermined set of installation rules associated with the target computer system are used to determine a memory module configuration that identifies the uninstalled memory modules to be installed in the empty memory module sockets. Real-time digital video of a user installing each of the memory modules in one of the empty memory module sockets is captured and displayed on a display device. The displayed digital video is augmented with a computer generated graphic element or audio identifying which empty memory module socket should receive a particular memory module. Other pluggable components may be similarly configured and installed. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130835 | INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED REALITY FOR MEMORY DIMM INSTALLATION - Digital images are captured of uninstalled memory modules, an identifying portion of a target computer system, and empty memory module sockets within the target computer system. The captured digital images are analyzed to identify each of the uninstalled memory modules and the number and type of empty memory module sockets. A predetermined set of installation rules associated with the target computer system are used to determine a memory module configuration that identifies the uninstalled memory modules to be installed in the empty memory module sockets. Real-time digital video of a user installing each of the memory modules in one of the empty memory module sockets is captured and displayed on a display device. The displayed digital video is augmented with a computer generated graphic element or audio identifying which empty memory module socket should receive a particular memory module. Other pluggable components may be similarly configured and installed. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130836 | ADAPTING CONTENT TO AUGMENTED REALITY VIRTUAL OBJECTS - Technologies for adapting content to augmented reality virtual objects include a content consumption device to render selected content and a mobile computing device to render a virtual object within the physical environment of the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device may transfer the virtual object to the content consumption device. The content consumption device may adapt the content based on the transferred virtual object, and render the adapted content. The adapted content may be selected from a number of pre-defined scenes, or may be generated to include the virtual object. The adapted content may include other characters or objects that react to the transferred virtual object. The virtual object may be transferred back to the mobile computing device with updated attributes. The content may be streamed from a content source over a network. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130837 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted display includes a display unit, a detector, and a first control unit. The display unit is mountable on a head of a user and configured to be capable of providing the user with a field of view of a real space. The detector detects an azimuth of the display unit around at least one axis. The first control unit includes a region limiter, a storage unit, and a display control unit. The region limiter is capable of limiting a display region of the field of view along a direction of the one axis in three-dimensional coordinates surrounding the display unit. The storage unit stores images including information relating to a predetermined target present in the field of view with the images being made corresponding to the three-dimensional coordinates. The display control unit is configured to display, based on an output of the detector, an image in the three-dimensional coordinates, which corresponds to the azimuth, in the field of view. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130838 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display control device including an image acquiring section configured to acquire a moving image shot from a viewpoint changing from moment to moment, a spatial position specifying section configured to specify a spatial position in a first frame of the moving image, and a display control section configured to display the moving image, in such a manner to maintain the spatial position in a predetermined state in a second frame after the first frame. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130839 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display control device including a matching section configured to match a first image or sensor data output from a first imaging device or a sensor worn on a head of a first user, to a second image output from a second imaging device worn on a part other than the head of the first user, a sight estimation section configured to estimate a region corresponding to a sight of the first user in the second image, on the basis of a result of the matching, and a display control section configured to generate an image expressing the sight of the first user using the second image on the basis of a result of the estimation of the sight, and display the image expressing the sight of the first user toward a second user that is different from the first user. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING EVENTS - Disclosed is a system for reporting changes to a network in case of an event. The system includes a survey unit adapted to be located at a site of the network using data from a positioning sensor of the survey unit. The survey unit is configured to request from a control unit an augmented view related to the location of the site of the network and displays the augmented view in a display of the survey unit on top of a current view of the site. The survey unit is adapted to capture a photograph on the display and to communicate the photograph to the control unit. The control unit is configured to determine changes in the network by comparing the current view as shown in the photograph with the augmented view, and to create an event report including a catalog of the changes to the network. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130841 | METHODS AND COMPUTING DEVICES TO MEASURE MUSCULOSKELETAL MOVEMENT DEFICIENCIES - Methods and computing devices for measuring a range of motion of a musculoskeletal joint in a human or animal patient are provided. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130842 | MIRRORING GRAPHICS CONTENT TO AN EXTERNAL DISPLAY - A data processing system composites graphics content, generated by an application program running on the data processing system, to generate image data. The data processing system stores the image data in a first framebuffer and displays an image generated from the image data in the first framebuffer on an internal display device of the data processing system. A scaler in the data processing system performs scaling operations on the image data in the first framebuffer, stores the scaled image data in a second framebuffer and displays an image generated from the scaled image data in the second framebuffer on an external display device coupled to the data processing system. The scaler performs the scaling operations asynchronously with respect to the compositing of the graphics content. The data processing system automatically mirrors the image on the external display device unless the application program is publishing additional graphics content for display on the external display device. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130843 | LENS VIEW FOR MAP - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for providing a lens view associated with a map canvas. The map canvas may depict an area comprising one or more locations associated with imagery of such locations (e.g., a map of a shopping district may comprise a toy store associated with imagery of the toy store). Accordingly, the map canvas may be populated with a lens view depicting a location within the map canvas (e.g., depicting imagery of the toy store). A correspondence between a lens heading of the lens view and a map heading of the map canvas may be maintained. For example, responsive to rotation of the map canvas changing a current map heading of the map canvas to a rotated map heading, a current lens heading of the lens view maybe modified to a rotated lens heading corresponding to the rotated map heading. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130844 | COMPUTER-BASED METHOD FOR CROPPING USING A TRANSPARENCY OVERLAY / IMAGE OVERLAY SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a method for cropping one or more files in freeform using transparent or non-transparent layers. Specifically, the embodiments allow a user to crop a file with irregular/freeform boundaries while using a plurality of transparent or non-transparent layers that overlay the original file. The transparent layers overlap the image data for cropping, so that the finalized cropped image may be copied, pasted, or imported into another document while leaving the original file unaltered. The cropped portion of the image may also be sent or emailed by the user. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130845 | OUT-OF-VIEWPOINT INDICATORS FOR RELEVANT MAP FEATURES - A graphics or image rendering system, such as a map image rendering system, renders an indicator of an out-of-view map feature that is generated based on a user context, including a selection of a map feature or a search for a set of map features. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130846 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a receiver and a display controller. The receiver is configured to receive an image acquired by a camera. The display controller is configured to display an image received by the receiver at a first display magnification, and to display, if a first image received by the receiver comprises both an image of a hand and an image of a region in a face, the first image at a second display magnification higher than the first display magnification. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130847 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY TERMINAL, DISPLAY METHOD OF DISPLAY TERMINAL, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - Since a display device is used in a relatively large room, it often displays images on a large screen. On the other hand, a display terminal often displays images on a small screen. Therefore, when the same image is displayed on the display device and the display terminal, the displayed image on the display terminal is so small that the viewer has difficulty in discerning details of the image, which poses a problem that the display terminal is disadvantageous. In a display system including a display terminal and a display device, the display device detects position coordinates optically pointed out by a pointer on a displayed image, and displays a given pointer mark at the detected position coordinates. The display terminal displays a magnified version of the displayed image approximately around received position coordinates serving as a center thereof, and displays a given pointer mark at the position coordinates. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130848 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A technique to output map information to appropriately match imaged images is to be provided. An information processing device includes an input unit that inputs image information acquired by imaging; an output unit that outputs map information; and a control unit that controls the input unit and the output unit, wherein the control unit performs control, according to depth distance information acquired from the image information, to vary the downscale ratio of the map information outputted from the output unit. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130849 | APPARATUS FOR IMAGE MANIPULATION AND ANALYSIS ON PAIRED IMAGES IN FIBER OPTIC TEST - An optical fiber inspection apparatus including a memory configured to store a pair of images of ends of optical fibers, a display, and a processor coupled to the memory and the display, wherein the processor controls the display to display the pair of images simultaneously. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130850 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE A LOWER POWER USER INTERFACE ON AN LCD PANEL THROUGH LOCALIZED BACKLIGHT CONTROL - A system and method are provided for displaying a lower power user interface on an liquid crystal display (LCD) panel using localized backlight control. The method includes the step of identifying a subset of light emitting elements included in a backlight for the LCD panel, where the backlight includes a plurality of light emitting elements. The subset of light emitting elements consumes less power when operated individually or in combination with other subsets of light emitting elements than the total backlight with all light emitting elements simultaneously active. The method also includes the steps of activating the subset of light emitting elements to at least partially illuminate the LCD panel while at least one light emitting element is not activated, adjusting an image for a user interface based on a compensation map corresponding to the subset of light emitting elements, and displaying the adjusted image on the LCD panel. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130851 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of division areas; a data driver configured to apply a data signal corresponding to image data to the display unit, and to control a slew rate of the data signal, based on a bias voltage; and a bias controller configured to control the data driver so that the slew rate of the data signal is changed for each division area, based on a luminance variation of the image data corresponding to each of the division areas. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130852 | GAMMA VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present disclosure relates to a gamma voltage generating circuit, a controlling method thereof and a liquid crystal display. The gamma voltage generating circuit comprises an output end, a first reference voltage input end, a second reference voltage input end, a pre-stage voltage-dividing circuit, and a post-stage voltage-dividing circuit. A first pre-stage output end of the pre-stage voltage-dividing circuit is coupled to a first post-stage input end, and a second pre-stage output end is coupled to a second post-stage input end, so as to divide reference voltages input from the first and second reference voltage input ends, thereby to generate a primary gamma voltage. A post-stage output end of the post-stage voltage-dividing circuit is coupled to the output end of the gamma voltage generating circuit, so as to divide the primary gamma voltage, thereby to generate a secondary gamma voltage. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130853 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - Provided is a display device for a vehicle such that the life of display elements can be made long even when used in a high temperature environment and, further, unpleasant sensations due to changes in brightness of display images can be prevented. A control unit ( | 2015-05-14 |
20150130854 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - An objective of the present invention is to implement a liquid crystal display device which is capable of a three dimensional display, with which it is possible to alleviate image quality degradation caused by crosstalk when a difference in gradation between a left eye image and a right eye image is large. Provided is a liquid-crystal display device that is capable of a three dimensional display, in which a panel drive control circuit alternately performs writing of a right-eye image and writing of a left-eye image for each frame period in order from one end to another end of a liquid crystal panel, and performs writing of either a near-black image or a black image in order from the one end to the other end of the liquid crystal panel in a vertical blanking period during each of the frame periods. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130855 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION DEVICE THEREOF - An image display system and a signal synchronization device are provided. The image display system includes an image source, an image projection device and a liquid crystal shutter device. The image source is configured to provide an image signal and a first clock signal. The image projection device is connected to the image source and configured to generate an image projection light signal and a second clock signal according to the image signal and the first clock signal. The liquid crystal shutter device is disposed on a path of the image projection light signal and connected to the image source or the image projection device. The liquid crystal shutter device includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and is configured to control a light shading rate of the liquid crystal molecules according to phase changes of the first clock signal or the second clock signal. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130856 | SIGNAL GENERATION APPARATUS, SIGNAL GENERATION PROGRAM, SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided a signal generation apparatus for generating an output video signal based on an input video signal provided corresponding to an image to be displayed, the output video signal being a signal for driving an image display section including a display area, the display area including a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix. At a change of the input video signal from low-brightness display to high-brightness display for a portion of the display area including one or more of the pixels, during a period for the signal change, the output video signal being generated for each of the one or more of the pixels in the portion of the display area to obtain a higher brightness than usual for the portion of the display area. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130857 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - The present invention solves the motion blur of moving images in hold-type display devices. An amount of a moving image is detected from image data included in frames and an image at the intermediate state between an image of the current frame and an image of the next frame is made as an interpolation image. Thus, the movement of the image can follow the movement of human eyes and the luminance of the interpolation image is changed, and thus, display can be made close to pseudo impulse type display. In this manner, hold-type display devices without motion blur and methods of driving the hold-type display devices can be provided. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130858 | RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME - A device is provided that includes a subtraction portion that outputs a difference value between a target totalizing value, obtained by accumulating a luminance value of a target pixel up to a current frame, and a reference totalizing value corresponding to a luminance value of a reference pixel, adjacent the target pixel, accumulated up to the current frame; a quantization portion that quantizes the difference value and outputs a quantization value; and a quantization error correction portion that corrects the quantization value at a correction frame selected based on a quantization step of the quantization value and a quantization error of the quantization value. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130859 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display includes pixels, a scan driver configured to supply a scan signal to a specific scan line during a third period of the sensing frame, and configured to sequentially supply scan signals to the scan lines during a sixth period of the sensing frame, a data driver configured to supply, to the data lines, a previous data signal corresponding to a gray scale according to the scan signal supplied to the specific scan line during the third period, and configured to supply a current data signal to the data lines to be synchronized with the scan signals supplied during the sixth period, and a compensation unit configured to extract the threshold voltage and mobility information of the driving transistor from pixels at a specific horizontal line and coupled to the specific scan line before the scan signal is supplied during the third period. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130860 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING IMAGE TO BE DISPLAYED ON DISPLAY PANEL - A method of compensating an image to be display on a display panel is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes receiving a first input image and adjusting a contrast sensitivity of the first input image. The method also includes calculating a first derivative of luminance of a pixel included in the adjusted image, calculating a second derivative of the luminance of the pixel, and accumulating the first and second derivatives. The method further includes determining a burn-in causing boundary based at least in part on the accumulated first and second derivatives, receiving a second input image, and comparing the burn-in causing boundary to a boundary of the second input image to determine whether to apply burn-in compensation. The method finally includes compensating a portion of the second input image corresponding to the burn-in causing boundary based at least in part on an unsharpening filter. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130861 | DRIVING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus including: a display; a driver including an amplifier configured to detect a current of the display and to generate a constant current control signal, and a transistor configured to adjust the current supplied to the display in accordance an output voltage of the amplifier; and a controller configured to monitor the current of the display and a dropout voltage of the transistor, and control the amplifier so that a pulse width modulation (PWM) duty ratio is decreased in response to the dropout voltage being equal to or higher than a reference voltage. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130862 | DISPLAY DRIVER, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND MICROCOMPUTER - Low power consumption is realized focusing on the refresh interval of a low leakage display panel. Display systems and microcomputers are described herein. One embodiment of a display system includes a display driver. The driver receives an enable signal from the outside, stops the display operation of an internal circuit in an inactive state of the enable signal, and resumes the display operation of the internal circuit in an active state. Instead of the enable signal, a command supplied from the outside may be used. When resuming the display operation, the display driver performs control to make the start timing of the display operation earlier for a circuit that requires a long time for activation. A microcomputer that outputs an enable signal or a command controls the output or the output stop of display data according to the state of the enable signal or the command. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130863 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A storage unit stores first adjustment information which characterizes the correspondence between adjustment parameters which are capable of being set and adjustment amounts of the emission brightness of each of two light emitting elements of the three light emitting elements. A setting unit sets the adjustment parameter. An adjustment unit adjusts the emission brightness of the two light emitting elements based on the adjustment parameter set via the setting unit and the first adjustment information stored by the storage unit. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130864 | METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a display panel includes outputting a data voltage of three-dimensional (“3D”) image data included in a left-eye data frame and a right-eye data frame to the display panel along a scanning direction of a first direction during a first period, blocking the data voltage from being provided to the display panel during a second period and outputting a black data voltage to the display panel during a third period that is less than the first period. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130865 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to an organic light emitting display device that changes a reference voltage commonly applied to a driving transistor in all pixels, based on a characteristic value sensed according to each pixel. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130866 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and method for driving the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a plurality of pixels and a compensation unit configured to receive first image data including a gray scale value for each pixel. The compensation unit accumulates the first image data to generate accumulated data, selects a data compensation method for each pixel based at least in part on the accumulated data, and compensates the gray scale value included in the first image data for each pixel based at least in part on the selected data compensation method to generate second image data. The OLED display also includes a data driver configured to convert the second image data into data signals and apply the data signals to the pixels. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130867 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER - An electronic device for adjusting voltages for each pixel includes an image processing unit to process a gray level corresponding to an image data, a gray data processing unit to determine voltages applied to each pixel of a display unit by using the gray level, and a power controller to control the voltage applied to each pixel of the display unit based on the determined voltage. Other embodiments including a method for adjusting voltages for each pixel are also disclosed. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130868 | PIXEL ARRAY, DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR RENDERING IMAGE ON A DISPLAY - The present disclosure relates to a pixel array, a display and a method for rendering image on the display. The pixel array composed of a plurality of basic pixel units arranged in row and column directions, wherein, each of the basic pixel units comprises: a first sub-pixel group composed of two adjacent first type sub-pixels having a first color, with a distance therebetween smaller than a first predetermined value; a second sub-pixel group composed of two adjacent second type sub-pixels having a second color, with a distance therebetween smaller than the first predetermined value; and two third sub-pixel groups, each of which is composed of two adjacent third type sub-pixels having a third color, with a distance therebetween smaller than the first predetermined value. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130869 | INDIVIDUAL CONTROL OF BACKLIGHT LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES - In one embodiment, a method includes, by software of a computing device, dynamically identifying a particular region of a display of the computing device. The method also includes, by the software and through a device driver of the computing device, dynamically adjusting one or more particular ones of a plurality of backlighting components of the display associated with the particular region. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130870 | Control Method of a Serial Printer, and Serial Printer - A control method of a serial printer enables easily removing the printing paper when a paper jam occurs, and can prevent or suppress damage to the printhead when removing the printing paper. A serial printer | 2015-05-14 |
20150130871 | PERFORATED MATERIALS FOR PRINTING - Print media products comprise a top layer of a printing material comprising a plurality of holes distributed on the surface area thereof, and a bottom layer of a printing material comprising a plurality of holes distributed on the surface area thereof, the top layer being overlayed on and removably attached to the bottom layer such that an ink-receiving side of the top layer is exposed and an ink-receiving side of the bottom layer is in contact with the top layer, and such that the holes of the top layer are at least in part overlapped with print material of the bottom layer. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130872 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting section in which a nozzle capable of ejecting liquid is provided; a supply flow path that supplies the liquid to the nozzle; a pressurizing mechanism that discharges the liquid from the nozzle by pressurizing the liquid inside the supply flow path; and a pressure reducing mechanism that discharges the liquid from the nozzle by reducing a pressure of a space communicating with a side opposite to a side of the supply flow path of the nozzle. In a maintenance operation discharging the liquid from the nozzle by driving at least one of the pressurizing mechanism and the pressure reducing mechanism, the last discharging operation of the maintenance operation is performed by driving the pressurizing mechanism from a state where the negative pressure is caused to act on the inside of the nozzle by driving the pressure reducing mechanism. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130873 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A liquid ejection head, including a recording element substrate for ejecting liquid in response to an externally supplied electrical signal; an electrical wiring board having a first and second part mutually joined via a bent portion, the first part having an electrical joint portion for supplying the signal to the substrate, the second part having an electrical signal input portion into which the signal is input and to which the joint portion is connected; and a housing having a first and second surface mutually adjoining, the first and second surfaces respectively supporting the first and second parts. The second part is fixed to the second surface at plural first fixing positions around the input portion. The second surface has a depressed portion formed closer to the bent portion than the first fixing positions. The second part is fixed to the housing at a second fixing position inside the depressed portion. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130874 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a substrate for a liquid ejection head including an ejection port forming member which has formed therein ejection ports, includes the steps of: forming a first layer by using a first layer forming member; forming a second layer on the first layer by using a second layer forming member; and hardening a partial region of each of the first layer and the second layer and removing a region different from the partial region so as to form the ejection ports, resulting in that the first layer and the second layer constitute the ejection port forming member, and a member containing a solvent to dissolve the first layer forming member and a photo-acid-generating agent having an acid strength weaker than an acid strength of the photo-acid-generating agent contained in the first layer forming member is used as the second layer forming member. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130875 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of first support members, a second support member that is jointed to the first support members and is provided with openings, a plurality of printing element substrates that are each positioned in the opening and are jointed on the first support members to discharge liquid, and an electrical wiring substrate that is jointed on the second support member and is provided with wiring for applying electrical signals on each of printing elements of the plurality of printing element substrates, wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the second support member is lower than that of the electrical wiring substrate. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130876 | MEMS ACTUATOR PRESSURE COMPENSATION STRUCTURE FOR DECREASING HUMIDITY - A printhead including a venting system and an actuator array, wherein each actuator may include an actuator air chamber. The venting system includes an air path that vents each actuator air chamber to the atmosphere. The printhead further includes a dryer configured to remove moisture from air within the air path. The dryer may include a passive desiccant, an active resistive heater, or both. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130877 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus is provided with an actuator substrate on which a piezoelectric actuator that generates a pressure change in a pressure generation chamber, which is in communication with a nozzle opening that ejects a liquid, is provided. The liquid ejecting head is provided with lead-out wiring that is led out from the piezoelectric actuator to the top of the actuator substrate, the lead-out wiring is provided with an adhesive layer that is provided on an actuator substrate side, and a conductive layer that is provided on a side of the adhesive layer which is opposite the actuator substrate, and the adhesive layer has a width that is narrower than the conductive layer in at least a parallel arrangement direction of the lead-out wiring. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130878 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE INKJET INK, INK CONTAINER, AND INKJET DISCHARGING DEVICE - Provided is an active energy ray-curable inkjet ink containing at least photopolymerizable compounds. The photopolymerizable compounds include: at least one monofunctional monomer selected from the group consisting of a monofunctional monomer of which homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 90° C. or higher, a monofunctional monomer having a ring structure, and a monofunctional monomer of which homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 90° C. or higher and that has a ring structure; and urethane (meth)acrylate. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130879 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet type printer including: a printing function section, a liquid ejecting head that is supported on a carriage movably disposed in the printing function section and performs recording by ejecting ink with respect to a paper sheet, and an ink supply tube that guides the ink of a main tank in which the ink is stored to the liquid ejecting head and has a deformation movable section capable of being deformed following movement of the carriage. The printing function section is provided with a filling port for filling the ink and the filling port and the main tank are connected through a connection pipe, a sub-tank, and an ink communication pipe. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130880 | LIGHTING UNIT WITH REFLECTOR - A lamp is provided including a first module ( | 2015-05-14 |
20150130881 | INK JET INK COMPOSITION FOR SUBLIMATION TRANSFER, INK SET, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DYED PRODUCT - An ink jet ink composition for sublimation transfer includes dye A and a dye B, in which the dye A is a disperse dye which has a molecular weight of 380 or less and an anthraquinone skeleton having a water-soluble group in a molecule, the dye B is a disperse dye which has a molecular weight of 400 or greater, and in the ink jet ink composition for sublimation transfer, dye solubility of the dye A is greater than dye solubility of the dye B. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130882 | RECORDING DEVICE - To suppress cleaning fluid from remaining on a conveyor belt and dirtying of a medium to be recorded by the cleaning fluid when applying the cleaning fluid to clean the conveyor belt. This is equipped with a conveyor belt | 2015-05-14 |
20150130883 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which is configured to expose a photosensitive member to light beams emitted from a plurality of light emitting elements, generates a plurality of BD signals by a plurality of laser light beams, and controls timings at which the plurality of light emitting elements emits the light beams based on a difference between timings at which the BD signals are generated. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130884 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: a photosensitive member; a light source configured to emit a light beam; a deflecting unit configured to deflect the light beam to scan the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image and having a rotary polygon mirror and a motor configured to rotate the rotary polygon mirror; a housing provided with the photosensitive member, the light source, and the deflecting unit; a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a temperature; and a control unit configured to pre-rotate the rotary polygon mirror before a start signal for image formation and to rotate, after the start signal, the rotary polygon mirror at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed for pre-rotation of the rotary polygon mirror, wherein the control unit sets a target value of the rotation speed for the pre-rotation based on a result of detection by the temperature detecting unit. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130885 | MARKING APPARATUS AND COLOR ERASING APPARATUS - In accordance with an embodiment, the marking apparatus comprises a marking section configured to print, with a color erasable material, a mark in the margin area of a sheet and a marking control section configured to overprint, using the marking section, a mark at a specific position of the sheet every time an image is formed in the image printing area of the sheet with a color erasable material. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130886 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a charging member; a transfer member; a setting portion for setting a positive-side discharge start voltage when a positive-side voltage relative to a reference potential is applied to the transfer member after a voltage is applied to the charging member so that a surface of the image bearing member is charged to the reference potential by the charging member and for setting a negative-side discharge start voltage when a negative-side voltage relative to the reference potential is applied to the transfer member after the voltage is applied; a calculating portion for calculating a correction amount for correcting a light portion surface potential, of the image bearing member, calculated by the calculating portion on the basis of the positive-side and negative-side discharge start voltages; and a correcting portion for correcting the light portion surface potential by using the correction amount. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130887 | VIDEO ENDPOINTS AND RELATED METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING STORED TEXT TO OTHER VIDEO ENDPOINTS - A video endpoint and related methods are disclosed. A video endpoint includes a control circuit configured to provide a user interface configured to enable a user to communicate with another user of another video endpoint with text during video communications with the other user. The user interface is also configured to enable the user to select from text strings stored in a database. A method of operating the video endpoint includes transmitting data corresponding to a selected one of the text strings stored in the database to the other video endpoint during the video communications responsive to the user selecting the selected one of the text strings. A method of transforming a computing device into a video endpoint includes storing computer-readable instructions directed to performing the functions of the control circuit on one or more servers, and transmitting the computer-readable instructions to the computing device. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130888 | Video Conference Control System and Method - A local video conference system executing a video conference application, that lacks an ability or functionality to control a remote camera of a remote video conference system, can display video from the remote video conference system. The local video conference system can also execute a controller application that can provide the local video conference system control of the remote camera. The controller application can receive user input that selects a region of multiple regions of a display window of the video conference application indicating a camera action for the remote camera, can determine a camera action based on the user input and the selected region, and can provide the camera action to the remote video conference system via a network. The remote video conference system can pan, tilt, and/or zoom the remote camera based on the camera action received from the controller application of the local video conference system. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130889 | Mixing of Encoded Video Streams - Describe is a video stream mixer ( | 2015-05-14 |
20150130890 | TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROGRAM - A transmission management system receives, when a terminal and a relay device is connected, domain information that indicates a management system capable of executing control associated with start of communication using the relay device. The management system can allow another management system to execute control based on the domain information even if the management system cannot execute the control. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130891 | TWO-WAY AUDIO AND VIDEO COMMUNICATION UTILIZING SEGMENT-BASED ADAPTIVE STREAMING TECHNIQUES - A participation device in a multiparty conference call may act as a server device and/or a client device for two-way audio and video (AV) streaming. A server device may encode a requested AV stream into a set of different encoding profiles that may be dynamically determined based on the varying channel conditions and device capacities of the client devices. At least a portion of differently encoded AV streams is selected and dynamically communicated to the client devices for display. Session parameters are determined according to the varying channel conditions and the device capacities of the client devices to create intended sessions. The selected encoded AV streams are communicated utilizing segment-based adaptive streaming techniques such as HTTP. A client device may access to a HTTP session to download an expected AV stream from the server device. The downloaded AV stream may be decoded into different decoding profiles for display as needed. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130892 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO CONFERENCE SNAPSHOT PRESENCE - Disclosed is a system and method for providing low-frame rate continuous presence for all video participants to a video conference. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130893 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display image generation section configured to generate display image data by performing a display projection process in a case where panorama image data to be a display target is judged to be a full circumference panorama image. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130894 | ANALYSIS AND MANIPULATION OF PANORAMIC SURROUND VIEWS - Various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for analyzing and manipulating images and video. According to particular embodiments, the spatial relationship between multiple images and video is analyzed together with location information data, for purposes of creating a representation referred to herein as a surround view. In particular embodiments, a surround view can be generated by combining a panoramic view of an object with a panoramic view of a distant scene, such that the object panorama is placed in a foreground position relative to the distant scene panorama. Such combined panoramas can enhance the interactive and immersive viewing experience of the surround view. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130895 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CAPTURING PANORAMIC IMAGE - A digital camera includes an image capturing unit, an image composition unit, and a display control unit. The image capturing unit captures frames at predetermined time intervals. The image composition unit sequentially combines at least a part of image data from image data of a plurality of frames sequentially captured by the image capturing unit at predetermined time intervals. The display control unit performs control to sequentially display image data combined by the image composition unit while the image data of the frames are captured by the image capturing unit at predetermined time intervals. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130896 | LIGHT REDIRECTION HOLOGRAM FOR REFLECTIVE DISPLAYS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for enhancing the brightness and/or contrast ratio of display devices. In one aspect, the display devices can include a light redirector that is optically coupled with a diffuser. The light redirector includes a plurality of holographic features that can receive near-collimated light at non-normal angles with respect to a normal to a surface of the light redirector and redirects the received light along a direction that is substantially normal to the surface. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130897 | METHOD FOR GENERATING, TRANSPORTING AND RECONSTRUCTING A STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO STREAM - A method for generating a stereoscopic video stream (84) having composite frames (C), the composite frames including information about a left image (L) and a right image (R) for three-dimensional display of a scene, wherein the pixels of said left image (L) and right image (R) are selected and the selected pixels are entered into the composite frame (C) of the stereoscopic video stream, wherein one of the images (L,R) is captured at a time instant which is delayed with respect to that of the other image (R,L) by a substantially constant and predetermined interval ( | 2015-05-14 |
20150130898 | VIEW SYNTHESIS USING LOW RESOLUTION DEPTH MAPS - View synthesis is performed based on obtained texture data and a depth map. The resolution of the depth map is lower than that of the texture data by a ratio dw in the x direction and by a ratio dh in the y direction. Texture pixel positions x, y are transformed into non-integer depth map pixel positions by performing divisions x/dw and y/dh and these non-integer depth map pixel positions are rounded to integer depth map pixel positions, and a view is synthesized based at least on the obtained texture data and depth map values at the integer depth map pixel positions and/or adjacent positions. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130899 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus (projector) includes an evaluating section (image analysis section) that evaluates the type of 3D format in accordance with which an inputted image signal is formatted, an OSD data storage section (OSD memory) that stores OSD data, an OSD data dividing section (OSD processing section) that divides the OSD data stored in the OSD data storage section into columns or rows, a determining section (control unit | 2015-05-14 |
20150130900 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes: a video signal acquisition portion that images an object to acquire a video signal by a stereo optical system; a video signal processing portion that processes the video signal to generate a display video signal; a measurement processing portion that performs measurement on the basis of the video signal; and a display portion that displays the display video signal. The video signal processing portion generates the display video signal by extracting one image from the video signal including a plurality of images from the stereo optical system, and the display portion displays the display video signal including the one image extracted by the video signal processing portion during a period regarding measurement. The measurement processing portion calculates a matching degree between the plurality of images at a position corresponding to the measuring position. The display portion displays the matching degree together with the display video signal. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130901 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED STRUCTURAL VISUALIZATION BY TEMPORAL COMPOUNDING OF SPECKLE TRACKED 3D ULTRASOUND DATA - An ultrasound device acquires ultrasound image data corresponding to a plurality of volume frames of an object and applies morphing or motion compensation to the acquired ultrasound image data to track a particular region of the object. The ultrasound device compounds the motion compensated ultrasound image data that corresponds to the tracked particular region of the object within the plurality of volume frames of the object. The ultrasound device generates a stationary single three dimensional (3D) volume of the tracked particular region of the object. The ultrasound device acquires the ultrasound image data over at least a portion of a movement cycle. The ultrasound device generates motion tracking information and speckle tracking information from the acquired ultrasound image data for the tracked particular region of the object and group pixels corresponding to the tracked particular region of the object based on the generated motion tracking and speckle tracking information. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130902 | DISTANCE SENSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A pixel of a distance sensor includes a photosensor that generates photocharges corresponding to light incident in a first direction. The photosensor includes a plurality of first layers having a cross-sectional area increasing along the first direction after a first depth and at least one transfer gate which receives a transfer control signal for transferring the photocharges to a floating diffusion node. A strong electric field is formed in the direction in which the photocharges move horizontally or vertically in the pixel, thereby accelerating the photocharges, allowing for increased sensitivity and demodulation contrast. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130903 | POWER EFFICIENT LASER DIODE DRIVER CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A voltage mode laser diode driver selectively turns on and off a laser diode. An output stage has an output node configured to be connected to one of the terminals of the laser diode. Depending upon implementation, an active swing controller drives the output stage in a manner that substantially prevents inductive kickback from causing the output node voltage to swinging above the voltage level at the voltage output of the power supply, or swing below ground. The output stage provides a discharge path around the laser diode to shunt current associated with the inductive kickback, and substantially eliminates ringing on the output node of the output stage while the laser diode is off. A power supply controller adjusts the voltage level of the voltage output of the power supply so that current through the laser diode when on and emitting light is substantially equal to a predetermined desired current. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130904 | Depth Sensor and Method of Operating the Same - A method of operating a depth sensor includes generating a first photo gate signal and second through fourth photo gate signals respectively having 90-, 180- and 270-degree phase differences from the first photo gate signal, applying the first photo gate signal and the third photo gate signal to a first row of a pixel array and the second photo gate signal and the fourth photo gate signal to a second row adjacent to the first row in a first frame using a first clock signal, and applying the first photo gate signal and the third photo gate signal to a first column of the pixel array and the second photo gate signal and the fourth photo gate signal to a second column adjacent to the first column in a second frame using a second clock signal. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130905 | 3D SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - Provided is a 3D shape measurement apparatus that can obtain a phase delay distribution image of an object to be measured from a single image and has simple optics. The 3D shape measurement apparatus | 2015-05-14 |
20150130906 | ARTICULATED ARM COORDINATE MEASUREMENT MACHINE HAVING A 2D CAMERA AND METHOD OF OBTAINING 3D REPRESENTATIONS - A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine includes a noncontact 3D measuring device that has a projector configured to emit a first pattern of light onto an object, a scanner camera arranged to receive the first pattern of light reflected from the surface of the object, an edge-detecting camera arranged to receive light reflected from an edge feature of the object, and a processor configured to determine first 3D coordinates of an edge point of the edge feature based on electrical signals received from the scanner camera and the edge-detecting camera. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130907 | PLENOPTIC CAMERA DEVICE AND SHADING CORRECTION METHOD FOR THE CAMERA DEVICE - A plenoptic camera device and a shading correction method thereof are provided. The plenoptic camera device includes a processor including a shading correction block configured to determine a four-dimensional axis with respect in a raw image, generate a four-dimensional profile by applying a polynomial fit with respect to the plurality of pixels in the raw image based on the four-dimensional axis, and calculate a gain using the four-dimensional profile and a non-volatile memory device configured to store the gain. Accordingly, the plenoptic camera device can remove a vignetting effect using the gain. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130908 | DIGITAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a digital device capable of obtaining both a color image and a depth image and a method of processing a three dimensional image using the same. The method can include the steps of switching a resolution of a light-receiving unit from a first resolution to a second resolution which is lower than the first resolution, sensing a visible light and an infrared light from a prescribed subject, extracting color image information from the visible light sensed by a first sensing unit of the light-receiving unit during a first time, extracting depth image information from the infrared light sensed by a second sensing unit of the light-receiving unit during a second time, determining whether extraction of both the color image information and the depth image information for the subject is completed and if the extraction of the color image information and the extraction of the depth image information for the subject are completed, implementing a 3D image of the subject based on the extracted color image information and the depth image information. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130909 | METHOD AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE FOR TAKING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING THE METHOD - In a method for taking three-dimensional (3D) images, a camera unit of an electrical device is utilized to shoot a same scene with a same lens focal length and focusing on different distances respectively to generate several pictures. Depth-map information of several blocks on the scene is calculated according to levels of clarity on the blocks. Offsets of the blocks of the pictures are respectively adjusted for right and left eyes according to the depth-map information of the blocks to generate at least one 3D image. The present invention also discloses an electrical device for taking 3D images and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing the method for taking a 3D image. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130910 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A three-dimensional image display device and a method for displaying a three-dimensional image, and particularly relates to a three-dimensional image display device improving movement degradation and a method for displaying a three-dimensional image. A three-dimensional image display device includes: a display panel; a movement determining unit determining whether an object of a 3D image moved in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the display panel based on image information; a hole-filling unit filling a hole generated according to the movement of the object with an edge region of the object to compensate a movement degradation when it is determined that the object moved in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the display panel; and a 3D input image signal generator generating a 3D input image signal based on the image information compensated with the movement degradation. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130911 | STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO OBSERVATION DEVICE AND TRANSMITTANCE CONTROL METHOD - In a stereoscopic video observation device | 2015-05-14 |
20150130912 | PROJECTOR FOR USE WITH TELEVISION DISPLAY - A display system used with a television display. An image projector is supplied with image information that differs from but is related to the television content displayed by the television display. Image information is decoded from the content information supplied to the display system and supplied to the image projector. As a result, the image projector projects an image on a surface separate and apart from the display screen of the television display. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130913 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a parallax acquiring unit configured to acquire a parallax of each of a plurality of stereoscopic pictures in a moving picture including the plurality of stereoscopic pictures chronologically as a moving picture parallax, and a parallax generating unit configured to generate a parallax causing a position in front of all of the plurality of stereoscopic pictures corresponding to the moving picture parallax acquired in a certain period of time to be a display position of a user interface picture as a user interface parallax. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130914 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided an image processing device including an analysis unit configured to analyze contrast according to a spatial frequency of an input image, a parallax transition information acquisition unit configured to acquire a relation of a crosstalk aggravation amount and a parallax transition corresponding to the contrast according to the spatial frequency of the input image with reference to a database in which the relation of the crosstalk aggravation amount and the parallax transition is stored in association with contrast according to spatial frequencies of various images, and a parallax computation unit configured to compute parallax corresponding to a predetermined threshold value set for the crosstalk aggravation amount in the acquired relation of the crosstalk aggravation amount and the parallax transition. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130915 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF DEPTH FOR STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO CONTENT - An apparatus and system are provided for adjusting the depth of stereoscopic video content. The apparatus comprises a frame that supports a first lens and a second lens. The first lens is associated with a first image in a stereoscopic image pair and the second lens is associated with a second image in the stereoscopic image pair. An interface for controlling a parameter associated with the stereoscopic image pair is integrated into the frame of the apparatus. The system includes a display device configured to display stereoscopic video content and coupled to the apparatus for controlling the stereoscopic video content. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130916 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An autostereoscopic 3D image display device includes: a display panel that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; and a view point divider that divides a three-dimensional image displayed by the display panel into n view points, where n is a natural number>=two, and includes a plurality of view point division units. Each view point division unit is inclined with an inclination angle with reference to a column direction of the display panel. The inclination angle satisfies | 2015-05-14 |
20150130917 | MINIATURE CONTACTLESS FINGERPRINTING DEVICE - A handheld apparatus for contactless acquisition of a fingerprint image is disclosed. One such apparatus includes an enclosure and at least three digital image capture devices housed within the enclosure and arranged along an arc. The enclosure includes a hollow finger receiving area, sized and shaped to receive a finger. Each of the digital image capture devices is positioned along the arc at substantially a same distance from the finger receiving area and positioned along the arc to have a respective optical axis that lies at about 45° to another of the digital image capture devices. The optical axes intersect within the enclosure. Each digital image capture device is operable to acquire a partial fingerprint image of the finger in a contactless manner. Each partial fingerprint image corresponds to a different side of the finger. The acquired fingerprint images combine to produce a nail-to-nail fingerprint image. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130918 | PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A DEVICE - The invention relates to an authentication device ( | 2015-05-14 |
20150130919 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGISTERING ADVERTISEMENT VIEWING - An apparatus for identifying active access, by a viewer, of a source containing an advertisement includes a video capture device for recording user interaction in an area and a video processor electrically coupled to the video capture device. The video processor is configured to analyze the video obtained by the video capture device. The video process analysis includes identification of active access, by the viewer, of the source containing the advertisement. The source is electrically decoupled from the video capture device. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130920 | REAL-TIME FOCUSING IN LINE SCAN IMAGING - Systems and methods for capturing a digital image of a slide using an imaging line sensor and a focusing line sensor. In an embodiment, a beam-splitter is optically coupled to an objective lens and configured to receive one or more images of a portion of a sample through the objective lens. The beam-splitter simultaneously provides a first portion of the one or more images to the focusing sensor and a second portion of the one or more images to the imaging sensor. A processor controls the stage and/or objective lens such that each portion of the one or more images is received by the focusing sensor prior to it being received by the imaging sensor. In this manner, a focus of the objective lens can be controlled using data received from the focusing sensor prior to capturing an image of a portion of the sample using the imaging sensor. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130921 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, a visual field information generation unit, and a display controller. The image acquisition unit is configured to acquire an input image having a first resolution, the input image being generated by capturing an observation image of an observation target of a user. The visual field information generation unit is configured to compare a specimen image with the input image, the specimen image including an image of the observation target and having a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution, to generate visual field information for identifying a visual field range corresponding to the input image in the specimen image. The display controller is configured to acquire information corresponding to the visual field range in the specimen image, based on the visual field information, and output a signal for displaying the information. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130922 | OBJECTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS - The objective optical system includes a first optical system configured to collimate a divergent light flux from an object, a second optical system configured to converge the light flux from the first optical system, a beam splitter disposed between the first optical system and the second optical system, a reflector disposed on a side where the light flux from the second optical system is condensed and configured to reflect the light flux, and a third optical system configured to converge the light flux reflected by the reflector and then passing through the second optical system and the beam splitter. When a direction in which the light flux travels in the objective optical system is defined as an optical axis direction, positions of respective portions of the reflector in the optician axis direction are each changeable. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130923 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - Microscope images are easily browsed even with a terminal, such as a tablet terminal, whose transmission speed is low. Provided is a microscope system that includes: a microscope that acquires a plurality of microscope images of a specimen; a system main unit provided with a storage section that sequentially stores the microscope images acquired by the microscope; and a terminal that is connected to the system main unit via a network, in which the system main unit delivers the microscope images stored in the storage section, via the network, in response to a request from the terminal; and the terminal sequentially displays the microscope images delivered from the system main unit. | 2015-05-14 |
20150130924 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR HOSE ATTACHMENT TO ENHANCE VISIBILITY AND SAFETY AND METHOD THEREFOR - An illumination device for attachment to a hose has a housing coupled to the hose. The housing allows a substance from the hose to flow through the housing. An electronic circuit is stored in an interior of the housing to illuminate an area in front of the hose and to transmit data to and from the illumination device. | 2015-05-14 |