23rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100141618 | ACTIVE-MATRIX DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An active-matrix device includes a substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes provided on a first surface of the substrate; a plurality of switching elements provided to correspond to each of the pixel electrodes, each of the switching elements including a fixed electrode connected to the each pixel electrode, a movable electrode mainly made of silicon and displaceably provided so as to contact with and separate from the fixed electrode, and a driving electrode provided to oppose the movable electrode via an electrostatic gap; a first wiring connected to the movable electrode; and a second wiring connected to the driving electrode, wherein a voltage is applied between the movable electrode and the driving electrode to generate an electrostatic attraction between the movable electrode and the driving electrode so as to displace the movable electrode such that the movable electrode contacts with the fixed electrode to electrically connect the first wiring to the pixel electrode. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141619 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device including a substrate having a unit pixel area, a fixed member formed on the substrate to receive a ground voltage, an insulating layer formed on the fixed member, a fixed electrode formed on the insulating layer to receive a common voltage, and a plurality of movable members partially fixed on the insulating layer. The movable members are spaced apart from the fixed electrode at regular intervals, and the plurality of movable members and the fixed electrode are placed within the unit pixel area. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141623 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device is provided and includes a first photosensor that detects the light amount of ambient light of a display area, a second photosensor that detects dark current arising when light is blocked, and changeover switches that select the first photosensor and the second photosensor. The display device further includes a comparator that compares the output of the selected first photosensor or second photosensor with a predetermined reference value, and control means that calculates the difference between the comparison result by the comparator with the first photosensor and the comparison result by the comparator with the second photosensor and controls the amount of light supplied to the display area corresponding to the calculation result. This configuration suppresses the influence of a detection error due to variation in the performance between the photosensors applied to the display device to thereby accurately adjust the amount of light supplied to the display area. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141624 | ADAPTIVE METHOD FOR ACQUIRING COLOR MEASUREMENTS - A system and method for measuring a color parameter values of a display for calibration purposes. An initial measurement of the color parameter value from the display is performed. Next, a number of additional measurements is determined in response to the value of the initial color parameter value. The color parameter value of the display is measured by the number of additional measurements in order to determine an average color parameter value of the display which will be used for calibration purposes. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141626 | Display device, driving method for display device, and electronic apparatus - A display device includes a pixel array unit including pixels arranged in a matrix, the pixels each including an electrooptical element, a writing transistor for writing an image signal, a storage capacitor for storing the image signal, and a driving transistor for driving the electrooptical element in accordance with the image signal, the pixels each having a threshold correction process function for, before light emission of the electrooptical element, changing a source potential of the driving transistor to a potential obtained by subtracting a threshold voltage of the driving transistor from an initial gate potential of the driving transistor; and a power supply unit configured to set, as a power supply potential of a power supply line for supplying a current to the driving transistor, different potential values for a threshold correction period for execution of the threshold correction process and a light-emission period for the electrooptical element. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141627 | Method of driving organic electroluminescence display apparatus - A display apparatus includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, a driving circuit disposed in each of the plurality of light emitting elements, scanning lines, emission control lines, and data lines. Here, each driving circuit includes a driving transistor supplying current to the corresponding light-emitting element, changes the emission control signal from a first voltage value to a second voltage value to make the light-emitting element be in a non-emission state, and changes the emission control signal from the second voltage value to the first voltage value to correct the threshold voltage of the driving transistor, and the emission control signal has the first voltage value in a period other than a period of the second voltage value for correcting the threshold voltage of the driving transistor in a subsequent non-emission period. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141630 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE DISPLAY DEVICE AND THE METHOD - An object is to reduce degradation of display quality due to variation in luminance of light-emitting elements, which is caused by variation in voltage because of wiring resistance of current supply lines, and to improve the display quality. In a voltage program period, a terminal serving as a source of a transistor for driving an EL element is electrically connected to a first wiring to which a first potential is supplied. In a light-emitting period, the terminal serving as the source of the driving transistor is electrically connected to a second wiring to which a second potential is supplied. Accordingly, voltage between a gate terminal and the source terminal of the driving transistor can be held without being adversely affected by wiring resistance of the current supply lines. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141631 | DUAL CONVERSION GAIN GATE AND CAPACITOR COMBINATION - A pixel cell array architecture having a dual conversion gain. A dual conversion gain element is coupled between a floating diffusion region and a respective storage capacitor. The dual conversion gain element having a control gate switches in the capacitance of the capacitor to change the conversion gain of the floating diffusion region from a first conversion gain to a second conversion gain. In order to increase the efficient use of space, the dual conversion gain element gate also functions as the bottom plate of the capacitor. In one particular embodiment of the invention, a high dynamic range transistor is used in conjunction with a pixel cell having a capacitor-DCG gate combination; in another embodiment, adjacent pixels share pixel components, including the capacitor-DCG combination. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141633 | Embedded Display Power Management - An integrated circuit is disclosed that includes a display management circuitry configured to control the operation of a display panel in combination with a power management circuitry configured to control the power consumption of a panel backlight. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141637 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - The plasma display panel driving method is a method of driving a panel provided with a plurality of discharge cells, each having a scan electrode and a sustain electrode, and includes forming one-field period by arranging a plurality of sub-fields including an initializing period, address period, and sustain period, wherein sustain pulse is either a first sustain pulse for generating emission having one peak at the discharge cell or a second sustain pulse for generating emission having two peaks at the discharge cell, and rise time of second sustain pulse applied to the scan electrode and rise time of second sustain pulse applied to the sustain electrode are individually set in accordance with ratios of discharge cells for emitting light in the sustain period of the sub-field. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141640 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND AGING METHOD - The display device according to the present invention is provided with a thin film transistor (first transistor) for aging which directly connects an organic EL element to a power supply line, and furthermore, an aging control line and a thin film transistor (second transistor) for switching aging control signals are provided in order to control the thin film transistor for aging, and thus the aging period is shorter. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141661 | CONTENT GENERATION SYSTEM, CONTENT GENERATION DEVICE, AND CONTENT GENERATION PROGRAM - A content generation system includes a host terminal and an encode terminal. The host terminal has: a lecture material display unit for displaying a lecture material on a desk top; and a desk top image transmission unit for transmitting a desk top image. The encode terminal has: a lecturer imaging data generation unit which generates lecturer imaging data by capturing a lecture performed by the lecturer; an animation data generation unit which generates animation data from the image on the desk top received from the host terminal in synchronization with the lecturer imaging data; and a content data transmission unit which transmits content data containing the lecturer imaging data and the animation data. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141662 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND DEVICES FOR TEXT TO SPEECH AND TEXT TO FACIAL ANIMATION CONVERSION - A communication system comprises a sending device, a receiving device and a network which connects the sending device to the receiving device. The sending device comprises at least one user operable input for entering a sequence of textual characters. as a message and transmission means for sending the message across the network. The receiving device comprises a memory which stores a plurality of head images, each one being associated with a different sending device and comprising an image of a head viewed from the front, receiver means for receiving the message comprising the sequence of textual characters, text to speech converting means for converting the text characters of the message into an audio message corresponding to the sequence of text characters and animating means for generating an animated partial 3D image of a head from the head image stored in the memory which is associated with the sender of the message. The animating means animates at least one facial feature of the head, the animation corresponding the movements made by the head when reading the message. A display displays the animated partial 3D head; and a loudspeaker outputs the audio message in synchronisation with the displayed head. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141663 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY INJECTING EXPRESSION INFORMATION INTO AN ANIMATED FACIAL MESH - A system and method for modifying facial animations to include expression and microexpression information is disclosed. Particularly, a system and method for applying actor-generated expression data to a facial animation, either in realtime or in storage is disclosed. Present embodiments may also be incorporated into a larger training program, designed to train users to recognize various expressions and microexpressions. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141666 | Method and Apparatus for Spatial Binning on a GPU and Global Path Planning to Avoid Spatially Binned Objects - A method and apparatus for sorting data into spatial bins or buckets using a graphics processing unit (GPU). The method takes unsorted point data as input and scatters the points, in sorted order, into a set of bins. This key operation enables construction of a spatial data structure that is useful for applications such as particle simulation or collision detection. The disclosed method achieves better performance scaling than previous methods by exploiting geometry shaders to progressively trim the size of a working set. The method also leverages predicated rendering functionality to allow early termination without CPU/GPU synchronization. Furthermore, unlike previous techniques, the method can guarantee sorted output without requiring sorted input. This allows the method to be used to implement a form of bucket sort using the GPU. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141668 | ADDRESS CALCULATION UNIT - The invention relates to a address calculation unit ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100141671 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLOR ENHANCEMENT WITH COLOR VOLUME ADJUSTMENT AND VARIABLE SHIFT ALONG LUMINANCE AXIS - Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a system and process for enhancing the display of color in a graphical display. In one embodiment, a process is provided for color enhancement using a detection volume and a shift volume. In one embodiment, input from pixels, as color data, is compared to a detection volume. If the color data of an input is detected in the detection volume, the color data is modified to a corresponding position in the shift volume, the modification consisting of an enhancement to the original color. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141674 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The disclosed invention provides a display device for performing a gradation display, using a plurality of subframes of image into which one frame of image is divided, and a display method that reduces dynamic false contour noises occurring when the image is displayed and is suitable for plasma display panels and the like. Dynamic false contour noise reduction is performed by detecting luminance on/off state change (carry up/carry down) in a region where a smooth tone level change occurs and interchanging the tone values of pixels in the region. The reduction processing is controlled, based on an amount of motion of an original image and a display load ratio, so that dynamic false contour noise reduction is performed favorably. By carrying out different ways of processing for each frame, noise reduction in the time domain is performed. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141676 | SYSTEM FOR REGIONAL DATA ASSOCIATION AND PRESENTATION AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A database methodology that concerns the mapping of any arbitrary object into a plurality of regions, enabling the assignment of multiple region-specific attributes thereto and facilitating the concurrent, graphical presentation of any assigned attributes. Attribute storage, manipulation, and presentation are driven by the individual regions and characteristics of the object. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141677 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-SAMPLING PRIMITIVES TO REDUCE ALIASING - A method and system for performing multi-sample, antialiased rendering of images by performing multi-sample antialiasing at the primitive level. Geometric primitives used to represent a graphics environment are set-up, and then shifted by a sub-pixel offset and rendered to generate values for pixels of an intermediate image. The shifting and rendering is repeated for the geometric primitive, each time generating values for pixels of another intermediate image. The values for the pixels of the intermediate images are combined to produce values for the respective pixels of the resulting image. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141678 | COMMAND REMOTING - Various techniques for remoting graphics are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141701 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - A control unit sets a head drive shortest cycle depending on a print mode, measures an encoder signal cycle, determines whether or not a measured encoder signal cycle is shorter than a head drive shortest cycle set in advance, switches a record synchronization signal to the head drive shortest cycle when it is determined that the measured encoder signal cycle is shorter (in YES), in No, corrects the position of superposed color dots and aligns record dots by a downstream recording unit to a dot position shift by an upstream recording unit when it is determined that the measured encoder signal cycle is longer (in NO), calculates and stores an amount of shift from an equal interval reference position by shifts of the head record synchronization signal and the measured encoder signal, and records an image in synchronization with a corrected record synchronization signal. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141702 | CMOS-CONTROLLED PRINTHEAD SENSE CIRCUIT IN INKJET PRINTER - A CMOS-controlled printhead sense circuit includes a CMOS control circuit module operable as a transmission gate switchable between first and second signal levels and a CMOS sense circuit module operable in a printhead sense mode in response to the CMOS control circuit module being switched to the first level and in a transparent mode in response to the control circuit module being switch to the second level. The CMOS control circuit module includes a combination of PMOS and NMOS FETs which define a CMOS switchable transmission gate. The CMOS sense circuit module includes a combination of PMOS and NMOS FETs which define respectively a switch device switchable between high and low states corresponding to the sense and transparent modes and a load enhancement device for the switch device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141703 | METHOD FOR LASER DRILLING FLUID PORTS IN MULTIPLE LAYERS - A method includes attaching multiple layers to a back side of at least a portion of a fluid dispensing subassembly having at least one inlet port to form a fluid dispensing assembly, aligning a laser to a region of the fluid dispensing assembly, the region corresponding to the inlet port, and forming at least one hole in the region using a laser, the hole completing a path through the layers to the inlet port. A fluid dispensing assembly has a fluid dispensing subassembly having at least one inlet port, a fluid manifold having at least one outlet, at least two layers between the fluid dispensing subassembly and the manifold, and a fluid path in the at least two layers between the outlet and the inlet port, the fluid path having smooth walls and substantially uniform width. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141705 | COMPACT WASTE INK ABSORBER FACILITATING FLUID EVAPORATION - A waste ink absorber and evaporator for an inkjet printing system includes a body of porous capillary medium that wicks liquid ink to an outer surface having several corrugations that form an evaporative outer surface area of the body of porous capillary medium. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141706 | NON-CONTACT METHOD OF MAINTAINING INKJET PRINTHEAD - A method of maintaining an ink ejection face of a pagewidth printhead. The method includes the steps of: flooding the face with ink; positioning a transfer roller adjacent the face and without contacting the face; rotating the transfer roller and simultaneously transferring flooded ink from the ink ejection face onto the transfer roller; and removing ink from the transfer roller. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141710 | Nozzle Device With Expansive Chamber-Defining Layer - A nozzle device for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate assembly defining an ink supply; a chamber-defining layer defining a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with a nozzle opening and the ink supply; and an actuating arm coupled to the substrate assembly and terminating in a paddle separating the ink supply and nozzle chamber, the arm including a thermal bend portion proximal to the substrate assembly and configured to bend during actuation so that the paddle moves and causes ink within the nozzle chamber to be ejected out through the nozzle opening. A portion of the chamber-defining layer is supported by the thermal bend portion and the substrate assembly. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141733 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a surveillance system comprising an image recording unit for recording optically distorted images and a transmission unit for transmitting the image information from the image recording unit to a reproduction unit that reproduces the images previously recorded as optically distorted images as undistorted images. According to the invention, the transmission unit is configured to transmit image details of distorted images and to transmit at the same time additional information allowing restitution of the image details, thereby allowing a restitution in the reproduction unit. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141736 | METHOD OF OBTAINING GEOGRAPHICALLY RELATED IMAGES USING A VEHICLE - The method employs a computer interconnected with a GPS transceiver and a distance measurement means and operatively interconnected with a digital camera, all provided on a moving vehicle, in order to acquire a plurality of geographic location related images. A first geographic position is obtained from the GPS transceiver and a plurality of distance measurements are then received before a second geographic position is taken. A photo request is generated after a pre-determined distance has been traveled and is transmitted to the digital camera. The camera takes a photo based on the request and the photos, photo requests, first and second positions and distance measurements are stored for post-processing. The post-processing determines a path traveled by the vehicle using the positions and distance measurements and assigns an accurate geographic location and orientation to each photo. The method is useful in building a database of geographically related images. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141737 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME PROMPTING STITCHING DEGREE OF PANORAMIC IMAGE - A method for real-time prompting a stitching degree of a panoramic image applied to a digital image pickup device. At first, a boundary band of a first image is captured to obtain an boundary image, and a second image is detected. Next, the boundary image and a local image of the second image are merged, and an association value of the boundary image and the local image of the second image is calculated. Then, the second image after being merged with the boundary image and a prompt signal corresponding to the association value are displayed on a screen. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141739 | STEREO VIDEO MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A stereo video microscope system ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100141740 | Device and Method for Non-Contact Recording of Spatial Coordinates of a Surface - A device and a method for non-contact recording of spatial coordinates of a surface includes a sensor head and a controller connected to the sensor head. The sensor head is designed as a portable hand-held device, a projector and two cameras. The controller is also designed as a portable device, with an electrochemical energy source housed in the controller or in the sensor head for power supply to the sensor head and the controller and no cable connection of the sensor head or the controller is provided to further stationary components of the device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141741 | 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided are a 3-dimensional image display apparatus and a control method thereof, the apparatus including: a video signal receiving unit which receives a video signal containing plane image data or stereoscopic image data from an external signal source; a liquid crystal module which includes a liquid crystal display panel to selectively display the plane image data and the stereoscopic image data, and a backlight unit provided in a rear portion of the liquid crystal display panel; a power supply which supplies power to the liquid crystal module; and a controller which determines whether the received video signal contains the plane image data or the stereoscopic image data, and if the video signal receiving unit contains the stereoscopic image data, the controller controls the power supply such that the backlight unit operates in a power saving mode while the stereoscopic image data is scanned to the liquid crystal display panel. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141744 | Wireless Camera Coupling - A system for wirelessly powering various devices positioned on an endoscope, including, for example, a light source, various electronics including an imager and/or a memory device. The system is further provided such that video signal processing parameters are automatically set for an endoscopic video camera system based upon characteristics of an attached endoscope, with reduced EMI and improved inventory tracking, maintenance and quality assurance, and reducing the necessity for adjustment and alignment of the endoscope and camera to achieve the data transfer. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141746 | SCANNING ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSOR, AND SCANNING ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - A scanning endoscope processor, comprising a signal generator, an extractor, a first memory, a second memory, a first connector, and a second connector, is provided. The signal generator generates a pixel signal at a constant cycle according to an amount of reflected light or fluorescence. The extractor extracts extracted pixel signals from the pixel signals that are generated by the signal generator. The first memory stores a first image signal. The second memory stores a second image signal. The first connector can be connected to a first apparatus. The first apparatus is able to receive the first image signal. The second connector can be connected to the monitor. The second image signal stored in the second memory is transmitted to the monitor via the second connector. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141747 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A narrow-band observation image and a spectral estimation image are automatically switched based on the type of a subject. In an endoscopic image obtained by a scope, judgment is made as to whether the endoscopic image was obtained by close-up imaging or by distant-view imaging. When it is judged that the endoscopic image was obtained by distant-view imaging, white light is output from a light source unit and a spectral estimation image is output. When it is judged that the endoscopic image was obtained by close-up imaging, narrow-band light is output from the light source unit and a narrow-band observation image that has been obtained when the narrow-band light was output is output. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141749 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING - According to one of embodiments, a system of facial information processing being captured facial image data of a user, and a feature point of a face of the user is extracted from this facial image data and encoded. The facial image data is associated with a unique identifier and/or the encoded feature point to be registered in an address management table. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141771 | Multi-Spectrum Sensing Device And Manufacturing Methods Thereof - A multi-spectrum sensing device comprises a top layer and a bottom layer. The top layer comprises sensing pixels for sensing a first group of colors. The bottom layer comprises sensing pixels for sensing a second group of colors. At least one of the layers comprises sensing pixels having at least two or more than two spectra. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141773 | DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING MOTION AND METHOD OF RECOGNIZING MOTION USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a device for recognizing a motion. The device for recognizing a motion includes: an input device that includes a light source and an inertial sensor; and a motion recognition mechanism that extracts the trajectory of a user's motion by detecting position change of the light source for a user's motion section that is determined in response to a sensing signal of the inertial sensor. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141775 | Calibration of a surveying instrument - A method for calibrating a surveying instrument is disclosed, the survey instrument comprising a base element and a camera with an image sensor, the camera being rotatable about a vertical axis fixed with respect to said base element and being rotatable about a tilting axis, the tilting axis being rotated about the vertical axis with rotation of the camera about the vertical axis. In the method, data associated with calibration points and images of the calibration points on the image sensor captured in different faces are used, the data for each of said calibration points comprising distance data and the data for each of the images of each said calibration point comprising image position data and orientation data. Further, on the basis of the distance data for each of the calibration points and the image position and orientation data for each of the images of the calibration points the surveying instrument is calibrated simultaneously taking into account at least one optical property of the camera and at least one of the relative orientation of the vertical axis and the tilting axis and the orientation of the camera relative to one of the base element, the vertical axis and the tilting axis. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141780 | View Projection Matrix Based High Performance Low Latency Display Pipeline - A projection system uses a transformation matrix to transform a projection image p in such a manner so as to compensate for surface irregularities on a projection surface. The transformation matrix makes use of properties of light transport relating a projector to a camera. A display pipeline of user-supplied image modification processing modules are reduced by first representing the processing modules as multiple, individual matrix operations. All the matrix operations are then combined with, i.e., multiplied to, the transformation matrix to create a modified transformation matrix. The created transformation matrix is then used in place of the original transformation matrix to simultaneously achieve both image transformation and any pre and post image processing defined by the image modification processing modules. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141781 | Image capturing device with automatic object position indication and method thereof - An image capturing device with automatic object position indication and the method thereof is provided. The subject invention includes a position indicating module selecting an image-taken position on a display interface of the device. An image recognizing module is included to recognize a displayed position of the image of an object shown on the display interface. Further a processing unit is used to determine a positional difference between the image-taken position and the displayed position, and send a control signal according to the difference to indicate a movement direction that compensates the positional difference. Further an instructing unit is included to output a notice to the object according to the control signal. So that the person can follow the indication and movement toward the predetermined image-taken position and take a perfect photo. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141782 | Noise reduction filter processing circuit, image processing circuit, imaging device, and storage medium storing noise reduction program - A noise reduction filter processing circuit includes a first operating part calculating first saturation information indicative of a saturation of an input image, a nonlinear processing part performing nonlinear processing on the input image, a second operating part calculating second saturation information indicative of a saturation of the input image subjected to the nonlinear processing, and a correction operating part performing a correction operation on the input image subjected to the nonlinear processing using the first saturation information and the second saturation information. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141783 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100141785 | CONTACT DEVICE, PLASMA DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A method of driving a plasma display is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes dividing one screen into a plurality of areas, wherein each area corresponds to at least one of the plurality of discharge cells, and wherein the plurality of areas form a detection pattern. The method also includes displaying the detection pattern in the plasma display and receiving a detection image which has been previously detected or captured, wherein detection image corresponds to at least one of the plurality of areas. The method further includes comparing the received detection image with the detection pattern and determining a position of the detected or captured area based on the comparison. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141790 | IMAGING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING NOISE SIGNAL AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SIGNAL - An imaging apparatus includes a pixel unit having a photoelectric conversion section and an amplifying device for amplifying a signal from the photoelectric conversion section and outputting the signal, a reading unit having a first mode in which a signal obtained by resetting an input section of the amplifying device is sampled a plurality of times via the amplifying device and a second mode in which a photoelectric conversion signal generated in the photoelectric conversion section is sampled a plurality of times via the amplifying device; a mixing unit for generating a first mixing signal by mixing the signals that are sampled in the first mode, outputting the first mixing signal, generating a second mixing signal by mixing the signals that are sampled in the second mode, and outputting the second mixing signal; and a difference processing unit for performing difference processing between the first mixing signal and the second mixing signal. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141793 | IMAGING DEVICE - There is provided an imaging device including a first processor having a list creating unit for, when a group is specified and a creation process of a data list is requested for data divided to one or a plurality of groups, creating a data list related to data of the specified group, and a list transmission unit for transmitting a data list created by the list creating unit through a first line when a transmission request of the data list based on the PTP is acquired through the first line; and a second processor having a list creation requesting unit for specifying the group and requesting for the creation process of the data list with respect to the first processor through a second line different from the first line, and a list transmission requesting unit for transmitting the transmission request of the data list to the first processor. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141794 | PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE ALLOWING STORAGE OF INFORMATION FOR IDENTIFYING USER - When setting that a situation permits photographing is made, a CPU causes a first image obtained by photographing of a field by an image pick-up portion to be stored as an input image in association with prescribed information. In contrast, when setting that a situation does not permit photographing is made, the CPU accepts user's drawing input onto an input portion and causes a second image in accordance with the drawing input to be stored as the input image in association with the prescribed information. Thus, an image of a type appropriate for a condition of use can be stored in association with the prescribed information. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141795 | METHOD FOR GEOTAGGING OF PICTURES AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Provided are a method and an apparatus for tagging a photograph with information. The method of tagging a photograph with information, which calculates a shooting position of an input image from reference images having shooting position information to tag the shooting position information, includes: selecting a plurality of reference images; calculating a relative shooting position of the input image to the shooting positions of the reference images; calculating the shooting position of the input image on the basis of the calculation result of the calculating; and storing the shooting position and shooting direction information on the input image in an exchangeable image file format (EXIF) tag of the input image. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141797 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING LUMINANCE, AND DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided are a method and apparatus for displaying luminance. The method includes displaying luminance information corresponding to horizontal and vertical axes of an image. Accordingly, the total luminance of the image and luminance information on positions and regions of the image can be detected intuitively. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141798 | Detection and Removal of Blemishes in Digital Images Utilizing Original Images of Defocused Scenes - A method automatically corrects dust artifact within image acquired by a system including a digital acquisition device including a lens assembly and a translucent lens cap. Multiple original digital images are acquired with the digital acquisition device. Probabilities that certain pixels correspond to dust artifact regions within the images are determined based at least in part on a comparison of suspected dust artifact regions within two or more of the images. Probable dust artifact regions are associated with extracted parameter values relating to the lens assembly when the images were acquired, A statistical dust map is formed including mapped dust regions based on the determining and associating. Pixels corresponding to correlated dust artifact regions are corrected within further digitally-acquired images based on the associated statistical dust map. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141800 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND ZOOM CONTROL METHOD - An imaging apparatus calculates a depth of field, and when the calculated result is shallower than a set depth of field, the zoom operation at the telescopic side is switched to the electronic zoom. In addition, when face recognition may not be possible, the zoom is switched to the electronic zoom. Furthermore, when face recognition has become impossible, the optical zoom is returned to the wide angle side until faces can be recognized. When the number of faces that can be recognized has decreased, the optical zoom is returned to the wide angle side until the number of faces that can be recognized is restored. In addition, when subsequently carrying out zooming at the telescopic side, the zooming switches to the electronic zoom. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141813 | IMAGING DEVICE CAMERA SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - An imaging device including: a pixel array part in which a plurality of pixels with different characteristics of spectral sensitivity are arranged in an array and which converts light transmitted through the pixel into an electric signal. The pixel array part has a plurality of color pixels and at least one clear pixel, the plurality of color pixels including (i) a first color filter pixel having a peak of spectral sensitivity characteristics in red, (ii) a second color filter pixel having a peak in blue, and (iii) a third color filter pixel having a peak in green. At least a portion of the plurality of color filter pixels is arranged in an oblique pixel array system and at least one clear pixel having a high transmittance is arranged in the oblique pixel array system at a given position of a given row and a given column with respect to the first color filter pixel, the second color filter pixel, and the third color filter pixel; and a first read channel is exclusively coupled to the at least one clear pixel and a second read channel is exclusively coupled to the plurality of color filter pixels. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141815 | SEMICONDUCTOR IMAGE SENSOR MODULE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AS WELL AS CAMERA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor image sensor module and a method for manufacturing thereof as well as a camera and a method for manufacturing thereof are provided in which a semiconductor image sensor chip and an image signal processing chip are connected with a minimum parasitic resistance and parasitic capacity and efficient heat dissipation of the image signal processing chip and shielding of light are simultaneously obtained. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141816 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND CAMERA - A solid-state imaging device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, light being incident on the second surface side; a wiring layer disposed on the first surface side; a photodetector formed in the substrate and including a first region of a first conductivity type; a transfer gate disposed on the first surface of the substrate and adjacent to the photodetector, the transfer gate transferring a signal charge accumulated in the photodetector; and at least one control gate disposed on the first surface of the substrate and superposed on the photodetector, the control gate controlling the potential of the photodetector in the vicinity of the first surface. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141818 | SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND CAMERA - A solid-state image pickup device wherein, in order to obtain an output of large amplitude from a low-contrast object without using a bottom detecting circuit to thereby increase a capturing rate, an accumulation end is determined when a maximum value signal in a photosensor array reaches a predetermined accumulation end level, and an amplifier circuit unit is provided for amplifying a signal, which is outputted from each of the pixels of the photosensor array, with reference to the maximum value signal of the photosensor array and for outputting the signal. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141820 | IMAGE SENSOR HAVING CUT-OFF CORNERS, WITH A MULTIPLEXER BETWEEN TWO ADJACENT ROWS OF PIXELS - The invention relates to matrix image sensors. It applies most particularly to intraoral dental radiology sensors. The invention provides a sensor architecture comprising a column decoder controlling select conductors of a column, and a row decoder controlling select conductors of a row. The pixels of a column are connected to a signal conductor that extends along the column and goes toward an analog multiplexer extending within the pixel matrix between two rows of pixels of the matrix. The multiplexer is controlled via the column select conductors coming from the decoder and it transmits the signal from a signal conductor of a selected column to an output conductor extending parallel to the rows. A signal sampling circuit common to all the columns is connected at the end of the output conductor of the multiplexer. An increase in matrix area is achieved by in practice losing only a single image row. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141822 | ANALOG MULTIPLEXER CONFIGURED TO REDUCE KICKBACK PERTURBATION IN IMAGE SENSOR READOUT - An analog multiplexer is configured to multiplex a plurality of input analog signal channels into a single output analog signal channel. The analog multiplexer comprises a plurality of input sampling circuits associated with respective ones of the input analog signal channels and an amplifier having an input controllably connectable in turn to each of the input sampling circuits. The analog multiplexer is further configured to connect at least a given one of the input analog signal channels to a sampling element of its corresponding input sampling circuit at a predetermined time prior to connecting the sampling element of that input sampling circuit to the input of the amplifier. The predetermined time is less than a full clock cycle of a sampling clock of the amplifier. The analog multiplexer may be implemented in readout circuitry coupled to a pixel array in an image sensor. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141823 | Image Processing Apparatus And Electronic Appliance - An output-image processing portion outputs an output image for display that contains a super-resolution-effect image indicating super-resolution effect—effect obtained when super-resolution processing is applied to an input image. Thus, having checked the output image for display, the user can recognize the degree of super-resolution effect. Accordingly, it is possible to easily judge whether or not the super-resolution processing is required. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141826 | Camera System with Touch Focus and Method - Techniques for focusing a camera assembly on a moving object may include generating a preview video signal of a scene containing the object and analyzing the video signal to track movement of the moving object. As part of the analysis, a touch area for a touch sensitive electronic viewfinder of the camera assembly may be established. The touch area corresponds to the moving object and remains active in a former position of the object. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141827 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVE MECHANISM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An image pickup apparatus including a lens barrel with a bending optical system, in which a reflection optical element is movable between a storage state and a photographing state. When a rotary cylinder that retains a lens group to which light beams from an object are incident is being driven by a drive source to advance and retreat between a storage state and a photographing state, the coupling between a cam mechanism for rotary cylinder operation and a driving force transmission gear train for optical element operation is automatically established and released, whereby the operation for moving the reflection optical element between the storage state and the photographing state can be achieved by a single drive source. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141829 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY AMPLIFIED IMAGING - An apparatus and method for ultrafast real-time optical imaging that can be used for imaging dynamic events such as microfluidics or laser surgery is provided. The apparatus and methods encode spatial information from a sample into a back reflection of a two-dimensional spectral brush that is generated with a two-dimensional disperser and a light source that is mapped in to the time domain with a temporal disperser. The temporal waveform is preferably captured by an optical detector, converted to an electrical signal that is digitized and processed to provide two dimensional and three dimensional images. The produced signals can be optically or electronically amplified. Detection may be improved with correlation matching against a database in the time domain or the spatial domain. Embodiments for endoscopy, microscopy and simultaneous imaging and laser ablation with a single fiber are illustrated. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141842 | METHOD OF VIEWING A DATA BROADCAST AND A RECEIVER FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A device for receiving broadcast signal is disclosed. More specifically, the device includes an user interface ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100141843 | PROMOTIONAL LABELLING OF A TELEVISION APPARATUS - For the purpose of promotional labelling, a television apparatus modifies the video signal supplied to the display device to superimpose promotional graphics that indicate technical information about the television apparatus onto the video image that is displayed. This avoids the need for adhesive labels, thereby reducing cost and avoiding damage caused removal of adhesive labels. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141845 | AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE CONNECTABLE WITH PLURALITY OF DEVICES AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - In a television device (audio output device), audio output performance information of the television device is pre-stored in an EDID-ROM. When an AV amplifier is connected to the television device, a control unit rewrites “2ch” audio output performance information of the television device stored in the EDID-ROM of an HDMI port which is different from the HDMI port to which the AV amplifier is connected, to “5.1ch” audio output performance information of the AV amplifier. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141848 | POWER SAVING DEVICE - A power saving device is described that is disposed in use between a further device and a mains power supply for supplying power to the further device. The power saving device includes: a communications channel input connected in operation to a communications channel output of the further device. The communications channel input is operable to receive control instructions from the further device. The power saving device also includes: a switch for disconnecting the further device from the mains power supply in response to the control instructions received from the further device; and an internal power source operable to provide power to the power saving device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141872 | FLEXIBLE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A flexible liquid crystal display device includes a first flexible substrate having a display region and a non-display region at a periphery of the display region; an organic electroluminescent diode including a first electrode on the first flexible substrate, an organic emitting layer on the first electrode and a second electrode on the organic emitting layer, wherein each of the first electrode, the organic emitting layer and the second electrode covering an entire surface of the display region; a buffer layer on the organic electroluminescent diode; a gate line on the buffer layer; a data line over the buffer layer and crossing the gate line to define a pixel region at the display region; a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a second flexible substrate facing the first flexible substrate; a common electrode on the second flexible substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the pixel and common electrodes. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141873 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid crystal display panel having a high contrast ratio in a front direction. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141874 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device having a non-rectangular display panel includes an active area which is defined by a peripheral shield layer. A plurality of pixels are formed in the active area in a matrix and typically each pixel includes a plurality of sub-pixels to display respective different colors. The pixels include a first pixel arranged in the peripheral region of the active area and a second pixel arranged at an inner region. A part of the first pixel located in a peripheral region of the active area is covered with the peripheral shield layer. The thickness of the color filter layer arranged in the first pixel where the peripheral shield layer overlaps with the first pixel is smaller than that of a same color filter arranged in the second pixel having a larger effective display area than that of the first pixel area. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141875 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, PANEL THEREFOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display panel includes a substrate, a partition formed on the substrate and defining a plurality of openings, a plurality of color filters formed in the openings and having a substantially uniform thickness within each respective opening, and a spacer formed on the partition. The color filters and the spacer are formed through inkjet printing. The color filters have the substantially uniform thickness by the partition having a height which is greater than the thickness of the color filters during the inkjet printing. The height of the partition may be in a range of about 1.5 to about 2 times the thickness of the color filter. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141877 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, MULTI-VIEW LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME THEREOF - A color filter substrate for multi-view displaying including a substrate, a light shielding-layer, and a color filter layer is provided. The substrate has a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of concaves. The first surface is opposite to the second surface. The concaves are located at the first surface. The light-shielding layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate defines a plurality of light-transparent openings. The color filter layer has a plurality of sub-pixel areas including at least one first sub-pixel area and at least one second sub-pixel area. A first light is transmitted to a first viewer by passing through one of the light-transparent openings and one of the at least one first sub-pixel area, and simultaneously, a second light is transmitted to a second viewer by passing through the same one of the light-transparent openings and one of the at least one second sub-pixel area. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141878 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLOR FILTER, COLOR FILTER, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND PRODUCING APPARATUS - Exfoliation of an etching stopper is prevented. A color filter of the present invention includes an inorganic protection film (etching stopper) composed mainly of SnO | 2010-06-10 |
20100141892 | DISPLAY FOR MOUNTING ON A PAIR OF EYEGLASSES - The invention relates to a display ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100141894 | VISION EXERCISING APPARATUS - A vision exercising apparatus including a visual display device ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100141898 | PROJECTION UNIT HAVING SPECKLE SUPPRESSION DEVICE BASED ON PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATING - A projection unit comprising a coherent light source such as a laser diode and a beam shaping element forming a light beam which is directed towards a display, characterized in that it comprises a laser speckle suppression device which is positioned between the laser source and the display and wherein the laser speckle suppression device is a diffusing element actuated randomly by a piezoelectric vibrating structure. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141900 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A lamp unit configuring a light source device capable of efficiently cooling a light source by a simple structure includes a light source and a plurality of air outlets for discharging the cooling air for cooling the light source. The plurality of air outlets include a first air outlet for discharging the cooling air in a first direction and a second air outlet for discharging the cooling air in a second direction. The cooling air discharged through the first air outlet is different in airflow rate from the cooling air discharged through the second air outlet, and the first direction is different from the second direction when viewed in the direction of the optical axis of the light source. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141921 | Optical system, exposure system, and exposure method - An optical system is able to achieve a substantially azimuthal polarization state in a lens aperture while suppressing loss of light quantity, based on a simple configuration. The optical system of the present invention is provided with a birefringent element for achieving a substantially circumferential distribution or a substantially radial distribution as a fast axis distribution in a lens aperture, and an optical rotator located behind the birefringent element and adapted to rotate a polarization state in the lens aperture. The birefringent element has an optically transparent member which is made of a uniaxial crystal material and a crystallographic axis of which is arranged substantially in parallel with an optical axis of the optical system. A light beam of substantially spherical waves in a substantially circular polarization state is incident to the optically transparent member. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141922 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - There is disclosed a illumination optical apparatus for illuminating a second surface optically conjugate with a first surface via a reflection type original plate which can be arranged on the first surface, the illumination optical apparatus comprising: a first partial field stop arranged to define a first outer edge of a illumination region which is to be formed on the second surface, in order to limit a light beam traveling toward the first surface; and a second partial field stop arranged to define a second outer edge of the illumination region, in order to limit a light beam reflecting from the reflection type original plate which can be arranged on the first surface, wherein a first distance between the first partial field stop and the first surface is set to be larger than a second distance between the second partial field stop and the first surface. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141927 | PHOTODETECTOR AND SPATIAL INFORMATION DETECTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A photodetector capable of improving dynamic range for input signals is provided. This photodetector includes a photoelectric converting portion, a charge separating portion, a charge accumulating portion, a barrier electrode formed the charge separating portion and the charge accumulating portion, and a barrier-height adjusting portion electrically connected to the barrier electrode. Undesired electric charges such as generated when environment light is incident on the photoelectric converting portion are removed by the charge separating portion. A potential barrier with an appropriate height is formed under the barrier electrode by applying a voltage to the barrier electrode according to an electric charge amount supplied from the charge separating portion to the barrier-height adjusting portion. Electric charges flowing from the charge separating portion into the charge accumulating portion over the potential barrier are provided as an output of the photodetector. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141928 | Continuous Index of Refraction Compensation Method for Measurements in a Medium - Described herein are devices and methods for making extremely accurate measurements in a medium by continuously measuring the index of refraction of the medium such as water or biological tissue. Also described herein is a device for constantly measuring the index of refraction, and using the index of refraction data to constantly calibrate the optical measurement device. In addition, a primary measurement device (a ladar) that is optimized for data collection in a volume backscattering medium such as water or biological tissue is described, along with data results from the lab. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141931 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR QUANTITATIVELY DETERMINING THE SURFACE OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A REFERENCE OBJECT COMPRISED BY A PLURALITY OF OPTICALLY DIFFERENTIABLE LAYERS - A method and device to determine quantitatively the surface optical characteristics of an object of reference made up of a plurality of optically differentiable layers. The device includes lighting and image capture means, connected to analysing means which execute the method to obtain the parameters of the repair material components best fitting the optical characteristics of the dental environment of the subject under treatment. The result of the analysis through the method in the invention consists mainly in the identification of each one of the various materials which should constitute the different layers, as well as their respective thicknesses, and which are to lead to a dental repair with optimum optical characteristics. It is thus achieved that the repair be visually imperceptible, both under natural light and under ultraviolet light. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141932 | Controlling A Projected Pattern - Systems and methods to control projection of a pattern are provided. A particular method includes receiving first three-dimensional coordinates that specify one or more locations on a surface of a workpiece where the one or more locations correspond to a part definition to be projected onto the surface. The method also includes computing scan angles for a scanning system based on the first three-dimensional coordinates. The scan angles specify angles used by the scanning system to direct a beam of light to project the part definition onto the surface. The method also includes sending control signals to the scanning system based on the scan angles. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141934 | Inspection Tip for a Fiber Optic Inspection Probe - An inspection probe is disclosed for use with a fiber optic adapter. The inspection probe can inspect a terminated end of an optical fiber within the fiber optic adapter. The fiber optic adapter can include a ferrule receiver located between first and second ports. The inspection probe is inserted into the first port of the fiber optic adapter and a coupling feature of the inspection probe engages and aligns with the ferrule receiver. A fiber optic connector is inserted into the second port of the fiber optic adapter and a ferrule of the fiber optic connector aligns with the ferrule receiver. The ferrule holds the terminated end of the optical fiber and thereby positions the terminated end within the ferrule receiver. An image capturing end of the inspection probe is thereby positioned proximal the terminated end of the optical fiber and can inspect the terminated end and/or the ferrule. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141935 | Light amount measuring apparatus - A light amount measuring apparatus including a light amount measuring circuit and a power supply for supplying power to the light amount measuring circuit; wherein the light amount measuring circuit includes a light receiving device for receiving light and outputting an electric signal corresponding to light amount of the received light; a first switch for switching between electrical connection and disconnection between the light receiving device and the power supply; and a drive controller for controlling the first switch so that the first switch electrically connects the light receiving device to the power supply when the light receiving device is set to an activated state and electrically disconnects the light receiving device from the power supply when the light receiving device is set to a deactivated state. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141936 | OPTICAL DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS - A laser beam oscillated from a laser source is folded in its path by first and second plane mirrors and enters a beam expander. The surface of each plane mirror is deteriorated with illumination by the laser beam and the reflectance is reduced. To avoid a light quantity of the laser beam entering the beam expander from being reduced below a reference value, when the laser beam is illuminated over a certain time, a position on each of the first and second plane mirrors at which the laser beam is illuminated is changed by a structure for rotating and/or translating a reflecting surface of each plane mirror on a plane, which includes the plane mirror, while an optical axis is kept same. Thus, the useful life of each plane mirror can be prolonged without displacing the optical axis. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141939 | METHODS OF POLARIZATION ENGINEERING AND THEIR APPLICATIONS - Special polarization states are generated that have unique focusing properties that may be used to create extremely strong longitudinal fields. Combined with surface plasmon excitation, these polarization states can be used in apertureless near-field scanning optical microscopy systems. A radially polarized beam is directed into a plasmon-generating optical fiber comprising a metal coated, tapered, apertureless tip. The apertureless tip excites surface plasmon waves and direct the surface plasmon waves to the tip when a radially polarized beam propagates along the plasmon-generating optical fiber. An objective lens collects the near field optical signals from a sample positioned adjacent to the apertureless. Potential spatial resolution of the apertureless NSOM could reach beyond 10 nm. Such strong field enhancement allows the development of a reliable nano-Raman system that can measure mechanical as well as chemical compositions of samples with resolution beyond 10 nm. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141940 | Sensor for Identifying at Least One Particle by Means of Raman-Spectroscopy - A sensor for identifying at least one particle by means of Raman-spectroscopy, comprising an optical trapping system for the at least one particle, including a laser-beam source, acting further as a Raman excitation source for the at least one particle, and a Raman-spectrometer for measuring the spectrally modified light scattered by the at least one particle and for identifying same, wherein the optical trapping system comprises a photonic crystal directly linked with the laser-beam source, which photonic crystal has multiple cavities at predetermined positions, and wherein the laser-beam source in use resonantly excites one or more predetermined electromagnetic modes of the cavities at said positions for trapping and Raman-exciting the at least one particle. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141962 | TEST APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD HAVING A PLURALITY OF COMBINATIONS OF OBJECT DISTANCES - One embodiment of the invention provides an test apparatus having a plurality of combinations of object distances and being used for testing an optical device. The test apparatus comprises at least one reflector, at least one first target module and at least one second target module. The first target module is for forming a first patterned light beam being shed on the optical device. The second target module is for forming a second patterned light beam being reflected by the reflector and then shed on the optical device. The third target module is for forming a quasi-parallel third patterned light beam being shed on the optical device. The distance between the first target module and the optical device is smaller than the distance between the second target module and the optical device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141963 | Sensing System and Locating Method thereof - A sensing system includes a frame having a first boundary, a second boundary, a third boundary and a fourth boundary and defining a sensing area therein, a light source module for providing light to the sensing area, a first image sensor, a second image sensor, a third image sensor and a mirror component. The first image sensor is disposed between two neighboring ends of the first and second boundaries. The second image sensor is disposed between two neighboring ends of the second and third boundaries. The third image sensor is disposed between two neighboring ends of the first and fourth boundaries. The mirror component is disposed at the fourth boundary. A locating method of the sensing system can determine a location of a pointer accurately and avoid a problem of a blind zone. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141965 | Method and a device for measuring the edge of optical lenses - A method for determining the coordinates K of at least one point P | 2010-06-10 |
20100141968 | DIGITAL CAMERA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF OUTPUTTING IMAGE - Even when a part of a subject image is cut down after imaging, an image of good image quality is obtained. When a subject is imaged, divisional photometry (divided brightness measuring) is performed. Image data representing an image of the subject and a divisional photometry values are recorded on a memory card in correspondence with photometry sections obtained by division. At the time of reproduction (playback), image data is read out of the memory card, to display the subject image. A desired part of the displayed subject image is cut out (trimmed). Correction is made such that the brightness of the trimmed image is proper using the divisional photometry values corresponding to the trimmed image. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141981 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH USER AUTHENTICATION - An image forming apparatus spools normal print requests received from external equipment as normal print jobs which are sequentially executed by a printer, spools a private print request received from an external equipment in a spooler as a private print job executed by a printer in response to an instruction by a user who has requested the private print, and changes a normal print job in an execution waiting state of the user which is spooled in the spooler to a private print job of the user in response to a request from the user authenticated by a user authenticating portion. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141982 | DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR COPYING OR BACKUP - When conditions for copying are satisfied while an image sensing apparatus is connected to a PC, copying is executed by only operating the copy button of the image sensing apparatus, and the progress of copying operation can be notified on the image sensing apparatus side. For this purpose, a program monitoring whether a digital video camera is connected is resident in a memory of the PC. When the digital video camera is connected to the PC, it is determined whether a writable optical disk is set, i.e., whether conditions for copying are satisfied. If the PC is ready for copying operation, the program notifies it to the digital video camera. Upon reception of this, the digital video camera turns on a copy button incorporating an LED. When this button is pressed, corresponding information is notified as response data to the PC, thereby starting copying operation. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141983 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORKED PRINT MANAGEMENT - A system, method, and apparatus for networked print management without the presence of print servers. The system, method, and apparatus allow a user to submit documents to a multifunction device for printing. The multifunction device (MFD) is in communication with one or more other MFDs over an application server. The application server acts as a request broker to allow one MFD to print a document on another MFD. The user accesses the MFD to view the submitted documents. The one or more other MFDs send any additional documents to the accessed MFD. The user selects one or more of the user's documents for printing by the accessed MFD. The user can also select the user's documents on the accessed MFD and forward them to a second MFD for printing. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141989 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus includes a host controller that serves as a wireless USB host, one or more information processing units that have the function of a wireless USB device that can perform wireless communication with the host controller, a communication unit that can communicate with another electronic apparatus, and a control unit that acquires from the host controller connection information that is information on whether or not the host controller and the information processing unit requested for connection are connected to each other and whether or not the connection can be cut off when a connection request for one information processing unit out of the one or more information processing units is received from the another electronic apparatus through the communication unit, permits connection of the another electronic apparatus and the information processing unit requested to be connected to through wireless communication in a case where the host controller and the information processing unit requested for connection are not connected to each other. | 2010-06-10 |
20100141990 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes: an execution unit that executes a processing request accepted by an acceptance unit and stored in a storage unit; a setting unit which, when the processing request is accepted, sets the stored processing request as a queued processing request if another processing request is executed, and which sets the stored processing request as a permitted processing request if no processing request is executed; a notification unit that notifies a current user that there exists a queued processing request; an instruction unit which, when instructed by the current user, instructs whether or not to permit execution of the queued processing request; and an interrupt control unit which, when the current user instructs to permit the execution of the queued processing request through the instruction unit, controls the execution unit to interrupt the execution of the permitted processing request and execute the instructed queued processing request. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142001 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set application conditions relating to exception setting contents for a document file according to a user's instruction if at least one exception setting is set for a plurality of setting objects included in the document file, a registration unit configured to register the exception setting contents and the application conditions set by the setting unit as a template, a selection unit configured to enable a user to select a template to be applied to a document file, which serves as an editing object, from templates registered in the registration unit, and an application unit configured to apply the exception setting contents contained in the template selected by the selection unit to a setting object satisfying the application conditions included in the template selected by the selection unit. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142003 | WATERMARK ENCODING AND DETECTION USING NARROW BAND ILLUMINATION - A system is employed to reveal a watermark in a document. A watermark generator is utilized to select the placement and at least one colorant combination of an image and at least one colorant combination for a watermark on a document, where the at least one colorant combination of the image and the watermark form a metameric pair. A printing system receives data from the watermark generator and places the image and the watermark on the document. A decoder comprising a narrow band illumination element is selected or tuned to a wavelength corresponding to the colorant combinations utilized by the printing system to reveal the watermark placed thereon. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142005 | VISUAL CRYPTOGRAPHY AND VOTING TECHNOLOGY - In some embodiments, techniques for voting and visual cryptography may include various enhancements. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142006 | ORIGINAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An original scanning apparatus is described that scans an original placed on an original placing plane line by line by moving a scanning unit including a plurality of light-receiving elements that are arranged in a prescribed direction in a direction perpendicular to the prescribed direction. The original scanning apparatus includes: a pattern unit that is provided in a vicinity of a side of the rectangular original placing plane extending along a moving direction of the scanning unit; a control unit configured to calculate drive information in the moving direction per line-scanning cycle of the scanning unit based on a result of scanning the pattern unit; and a driving circuit configured to feed back the calculated drive information so as to control the scanning unit to thereby drive the scanning unit in the moving direction. | 2010-06-10 |