24th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140160174 | CROSSTALK COMPENSATION METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a crosstalk compensation method and a display apparatus using the same. The method includes: configuring a compensation range with the compensation range set between the maximum gray level and the minimum gray level; establishing a look-up table to record compensation values for each gray level in the compensation range; determining whether the gray level of a first color sub-pixel on the display panel is set within the compensating range. When determines that the gray level of the first color sub-pixel is set within the compensation range selects a compensating value for configuring an initial gray level of an adjacent second color sub-pixel to a correction gray level. When determines that the gray level of the first color sub-pixel set outside the compensation range, maintains the gray level of the second color sub-pixel at the initial gray level. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160175 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a backlight; a display panel configured to transmit light from the backlight at a transmittance based on an input image signal; a backlight sensor configured to detect light from the backlight; a external light sensor configured to detect external light of the display apparatus; and a control unit configured to control an amount of luminescence of the backlight based on a detection value of the backlight sensor and a detection value of the external light sensor. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160176 | DISPLAY DEVICE IN WHICH FEATURE DATA ARE EXCHANGED BETWEEN DRIVERS - A display device includes a display panel including a display region and first and second drivers. Feature data indicating feature values of first and second images displayed on first and second portions of the display region are exchanged between the first and second drivers, and the first and second drivers drive the first and second portions of the display region in response to the feature data. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160177 | DISPLAY - A display comprises independently addressable pixels, a pixel comprising first and second electrodes ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140160178 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method for driving the same, are capable of achieving an enhancement in response characteristics of OLEDs and an enhancement in display picture quality through application of an overdriving (or accelerated driving) method taking into consideration intrinsic response characteristics of OLEDs. The OLED display device includes an image display panel including a plurality of pixel regions, and a driving integrated circuit for converting digital image data into an analog image signal, generating a plurality of gamma voltage levels through modulation, for overdriving or accelerated driving of the analog image signal, and modulating gray levels of the digital image data such that the modulated gray levels correspond to the modulated gamma voltage levels, for display of an image according to the modulated image data on the image display panel. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160179 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel circuit is provided which includes a light-emitting element; a driving transistor configured to control an amount of current supplied from a first power line to the light-emitting element according to a pixel voltage; a capacitor having one end connected to a second power line and the other end connected to a gate of the driving transistor and configured to hold the pixel voltage; a first switch transistor configured to selectively switch the pixel voltage provided through a data signal line into the capacitor; and a second switch transistor configured to selectively connect the first power line and the second power line. The first and second power lines are separated during a period where the capacitor is charged by the pixel voltage, and are shorted during a period where the driving transistor operates according to the pixel voltage. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160180 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS - Light leakage and black float are reduced in dark ambient while a perception of high contrast is achieved when a backlight is divided into a plurality of areas and backlight brightness is controlled depending on a video signal corresponding to each area. An area active control portion ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140160181 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention effectively suppresses not only occurrences of halos but also degradation of the black level. This image display device has a liquid crystal panel ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140160182 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a display panel including a gate line, a data line, and a pixel connected to the gate line and the data line, a data driver connected to the data line, a gate driver connected to the gate line, and a signal controller controlling the data driver and the gate driver, wherein a circuits powering power source voltage that is normally used for driving the data driver is selectively not applied during a new-image blanking time when the signal controller is not supplying image data to the data driver. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160183 | TIMING SCRAMBLING METHOD AND TIMING CONTROL CIRCUIT THEREOF - A timing scrambling method, for a timing control device corresponding to a plurality of source driving devices, includes adjusting a selecting signal according to a clock signal; selecting one of a plurality of scrambling generating units according to the selecting signal to generate a timing scrambling signal; and generating scrambling data for the plurality of source driving devices according to the timing scrambling signal. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160184 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display driving circuit comprising N gate driving units for being connected to N gate lines on an array substrate respectively, as well as a timing control unit, n pre-charging units and n scanning control units, the N gate driving units, the n pre-charging units and the n scanning control units are all connected to the timing control unit. Further provided is a display driving method, and a display apparatus. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a time period for liquid crystal molecule being deflected to accurate positions corresponding to desired grayscale will be reduced when a voltage to be charged is supplied on the liquid crystal molecule, thereby accommodating a higher refresh frequency. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160185 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING PIXEL CIRCUIT THEREOF - A display device includes a pixel circuit having a driving transistor for driving a light-emitting element based on a gradation voltage held by a holding capacitor. The display device performs a first writing of gradation data using a first initialization voltage and a second writing of the gradation data using a second initialization voltage. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160186 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device and a method of driving the same, which prevent image-quality defects due to charge variation. In the method of driving the liquid crystal display device including a pixel consisting of first to third sub-pixels which share one data line and are connected to first to third gate lines, one sub-pixel is turned off on a per frame basis, another sub-pixel is charged with a polarity inverted data voltage for a first charge time including a charge time of the turned-off sub-pixel, and the other sub-pixel is charged with a data voltage having the same polarity as a previous data voltage for a second charge time less than the first charge time. The turned-off sub-pixel, the sub-pixel charged with the polarity inverted data voltage, and the sub-pixel charged with the polarity maintained data voltage alternately vary on a per frame basis. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160187 | Digital video display employing minimal visual conveyance - Select areas and specific pixels of a digital video display screen may be updated at video frame rate while other areas or pixels are not updated at video frame rate. Further, select pixels may be updated more than once within the normal update timing of a single video frame. Selective updating may be accomplished by indicating data video processing requirements. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160188 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device, wherein the image recording device is provided with a support member for supporting a recording medium, a print head for recording an image at a first position facing the support member, and a maintenance unit arranged at a position different from that of the support member in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the direction in which the print head and the support member face each other in the first position. The image recording device is further provided with a guide mechanism for guiding movement of the print head between a first position, a second position in which the print head faces the maintenance unit, and a third position which is a different position from those of the support member and the maintenance unit in an orthogonal direction, and a space allowing for a manual task on the print head is present at the facing position of the print head at the third position. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160189 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHODS THEREOF - Image forming apparatus and methods are disclosed which include identifying a first ink density of ink in an ink tank by a density sensor unit disposed in the ink tank. The image forming apparatus and methods also include identifying an ink weight of ink in an intermediate reservoir by a weight sensor unit. The image forming apparatus and methods also include determining a second ink density of the ink in the intermediate reservoir based at least on the identified first ink density by the density sensor unit and the identified ink weight of the ink in the intermediate reservoir by the weight sensor unit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160190 | Print Process For Duplex Printing With Alternate Imaging Order - A method for performing duplex printing with improved throughput has been developed. The method includes forming an image of a back side of a first duplex page and an image of a front side of a second duplex page on an image receiving member. Two recording media sheets are serially passed through a nip to transfer the image of the first duplex page back side to a bare side of a recording media sheet that also bears the image of the front side of the first duplex page on an obverse side and to transfer the image of the second duplex page to a bare side of a recording media sheet that has not been previously printed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160191 | METHOD FOR PRINTING CONTIGUOUS SWATHS - A method for printing an image on an image receiving member is provided, in which a print head having an array of print elements moves in a scanning direction to print image lines and the image receiving member is advanced in a transport direction after printing a swath. In order to obtain various contiguous swaths of print lines without a light or dark line between the swaths, the position of a prior swath printed preceding to a current swath is determined during the printing of the current swath. A digital mask is applied to the print data that is associated with the print elements at the to the prior swath adjoining edge of the current swath in dependence on the determination of the position of the prior swath. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITING FILMS - The disclosure relates to a method for depositing films on a substrate which may form part of an LED or other types of display. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus for depositing ink on a substrate. The apparatus includes a chamber for receiving ink; a discharge nozzle having an inlet port and an outlet port, the discharge nozzle receiving a quantity of ink from the chamber at the inlet port and dispensing the quantity of ink from the outlet port; and a dispenser for metering the quantity of ink from the chamber to the inlet port of the discharge nozzle; wherein the chamber receives ink in liquid form having a plurality of suspended particles and the quantity of ink is pulsatingly metered from the chamber to the discharge nozzle; and the discharge nozzle evaporates the carrier liquid and deposits the solid particles on the substrate. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160193 | DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A droplet ejecting apparatus includes a recording head including nozzles, liquid chambers communicating with the respective nozzles and storing ink, and actuators for applying pressure to the respective liquid chambers; and a print control unit configured to generate drive signals for driving the respective actuators to eject droplets from the nozzles. The drive signal includes a first contracting waveform component for ejecting a droplet and a second contracting waveform component for further contracting the liquid chamber after application of the first contracting waveform component but not ejecting a droplet. The second contracting waveform component is output at oscillation-damping timing at which a pressure wave generated by the first contracting waveform component is damped, in a condition where an environmental temperature is high, and is output at resonating timing at which resonance with the generated pressure wave occurs, in a condition where the environmental temperature is low. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160194 | DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF INKJET HEAD - There is provided a controller which sets electrodes which are respectively disposed on wall surfaces of a plurality of ink chambers which are arranged in parallel so as to be separated from each other by partitions made of a piezoelectric material, to a high impedance state. In addition, at a timing when an identical potential is applied to the electrodes of at least three ink chambers which are arranged in parallel so as to be separated from each other by mutually adjacent partitions, the controller sets electrodes of ink chambers other than ink chambers located on both sides to a high impedance state. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160195 | PULSE GENERATOR - A pulse generator forms, from setting data respectively stored in an ejection relevant waveform setting register and a first high impedance setting register, an ejection relevant driving pulse for setting an electrode of an ink chamber communicating with an ejection relevant nozzle to a high impedance state for a predetermined period. The pulse generator forms, from setting data respectively stored in an ejection both-side waveform setting register and a second high impedance setting register, an ejection both-side driving pulse for setting electrodes of ink chambers communicating with ejection both-side nozzles to the high impedance state for the predetermined period. The pulse generator outputs signals of the formed driving pulses to an inkjet head. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160196 | METHOD TO EXECUTE A PAUSE FUNCTION DURING THE PRINTING OPERATION GIVEN AN INK PRINTING APPARATUS - In a method to execute a pause in an ink printing system printing operation in which a printing substrate web is printed with print bars having print heads, with aid of a take-up roller moving the printing substrate web at printing speed past the print bars in a transfer printing zone in order to generate print images. Upon triggering the pause, a strain state of the printing substrate web is measured at a beginning of the pause and stored as a desired strain state. During the pause, the strain state of the printing substrate web is measured as a real strain state at selectable points in time, and the real strain state is compared with desired strain state. Given a deviation of the real strain state from the desired strain state, at the selectable points in time the take-up roller is controlled so that the strain state of the printing substrate web assumes the desired strain state at the beginning of the pause. After an end of the pause, the printing substrate web is transported with the take-up roller at the printing speed again. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160197 | PRINTING APPARATUS, TREATMENT OBJECT MODIFYING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTED MATERIAL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a plasma treatment unit that performs plasma treatment on a surface of a treatment object to acidify at least the surface of the treatment object, a recording unit that performs an inkjet recording process on the surface of the treatment object subjected to the plasma treatment by the plasma treatment unit, and a control unit that adjusts plasma energy for the plasma treatment according to a type of an ink used in the inkjet recording process. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160198 | PRINTING FLUID CARTRIDGE, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND USE OF PRINTING FLUID CARTRIDGE - A printing fluid cartridge includes at least one electrical interface configured to be electrically connected to at least one contact, and a light attenuating portion configured to attenuate light. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160199 | CAP OF LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - The invention provides a cap of a liquid discharge head that discharges liquid from nozzle holes, can come in contact with a nozzle hole surface, and has an opposite surface opposite the nozzle hole surface, in which the opposite surface has protrusions. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160200 | INKJET PRINT HEAD - There is provided an inkjet print head, including: a first pressure chamber connected to a first channel and including a first nozzle formed therein; and a second pressure chamber connected to a second channel and including a second nozzle formed therein, the second nozzle being connected to the first pressure chamber. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160201 | HEAD ALIGNMENT ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is a head alignment assembly in which a deviation of the head can be aligned conveniently with simple operation from the outside of the printer head section. The head alignment assembly includes a base plate to which at least one head unit is fixed to be exposed downward by a first head support block and a second head support block; a first fine adjustment section configured to shift the first head support block in a longitudinal direction of the head unit; and a second fine adjustment section configured to shift the second head support block in a transverse direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the head unit. The first fine adjustment section includes a first push rod supported by fixed guides which are fixed on the base plate to press the first head support block; and a first handle fixed to one end of the first push rod to move the first push rod in the longitudinal direction. The second fine adjustment section includes a second push block configured to press the second head support block in the transverse direction; a second push rod supported by a plurality of fixed guides which are fixed on the base plate; and a second handle fixed to one end of the second push rod to move the second push rod in the axial direction. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160202 | PAGEWIDTH PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING INK DISTRIBUTION MEMBER - A pagewidth printhead assembly for an inkjet printer includes: a plurality of channels for distributing the ink along a length of the printhead assembly; a plurality of printhead integrated circuits; and an ink distribution member upon which the printhead integrated circuits are fixed and which distributes ink from the channels to the printhead integrated circuits. The ink distribution member has a plurality of ink supply holes and a plurality of ink supply conduits defined in a surface thereof and the printhead integrated circuits are fixed to the ink distribution member via a bonding film. The bonding film includes a plurality of through-holes coinciding with the ink supply holes and end portions of the ink supply conduits. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160203 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUSES, INKJET NOZZLES, AND METHODS OF FORMING INKJET NOZZLES - Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus. The inkjet printing apparatus includes a nozzle. The nozzle includes at least two nozzle parts. A first of the at least two nozzle parts has a first tapered shape, and a second of the at least two nozzle parts has a second tapered shape and extends from the first nozzle part. The first and second tapered shapes have a same taper direction. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160204 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle plate, a flow path forming substrate, and a communication plate between the nozzle plate and the substrate and having a communication hole connecting a nozzle and a first opening of a pressure chamber. The first opening extends in a direction perpendicular to an arrangement direction of the pressure chambers. The first opening has a narrowed portion close to the communication hole. The communication hole has at least three edge lines which extend in a penetration direction. The communication plate is bonded to the substrate such that the ends of the edge lines at a surface close to the substrate are covered with the substrate that defines the narrowed portion on a surface close to the communication plate. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160205 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head including a liquid ejection substrate, an electric wiring member, and a supporting member having a first supporting surface and a second supporting surface, including: positioning an outer peripheral portion of the electric wiring member disposed on the side of the second supporting surface outside of the second supporting surface; providing the supporting member with the first depression at a position facing one part of the outer peripheral portion of the electric wiring member and the second depression connected to the first depression at a position facing another part of the outer peripheral portion having a width smaller than that of the first depression, and applying an adhesive agent in the first depression to cause part of the adhesive agent to flow into the second depression, so that the outer peripheral portion of the electric wiring member is adhered to the supporting member. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160206 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a first member including a communication flow path communicating with a pressure chamber, and a second member joined to the first member and including a nozzle communicating with the communication flow path. The communication flow path includes a first flow path section adjacent to the pressure chamber, a second flow path section adjacent to the nozzle and wider than the first flow path section, and an intermediate flow path section including a sloped surface formed between the first flow path section and the second flow path section. An equation “H−Wtan(π/4−θ/2)≧0” is satisfied in which H represents a length of the second flow path section, W represents a maximum width of the second flow path, and θ represents an angle between an imaginary plane parallel to the bottom face of the communication flow path and the sloped surface. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160207 | Hybrid-Type Apparatus for Injecting Ink - Provided herein is an apparatus for jetting ink where the upper side of a nozzle is open and a physical actuator is provided, and a physical actuator is driven by an electrode provided on the upper and lower side to form an electric field, thereby becoming capable of easily jetting fine-diameter ink. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160208 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INKJET HEAD - An inkjet head according to an embodiment includes a base portion, a driving element, a wire, a protection portion, and a boundary portion. The base portion includes a mounting surface. The driving element is mounted on the base portion. The wire is formed on the mounting surface and connected to the driving element. The protection portion is formed on the mounting surface, covering a portion of the driving element and the wire, and possesses an insulation property. The boundary portion is provided at an end of the protection portion contacting the wire that is exposed. The boundary portion is thinner than the protection portion and possesses an insulation property. Thus, an inkjet head in which stripping of an insulating portion can be restrained is provided. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160209 | LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet discharging apparatus includes an ink tank configured to retain ink, a head configured to discharge the ink, an ink supply path configured to supply the ink from the ink tank to the head, and a shape changing section configured to change a shape of the ink supply path such that differences in elevation are formed in a direction of gravity in the ink supply path. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160210 | LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER MOUNTED ON LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid storage container which is mounted on a printer ejecting a liquid includes a liquid storage chamber that stores the liquid therein, a liquid supply portion that supplies the liquid to the ejecting head, a device chamber that is provided in a pathway supplying the liquid from liquid storage chamber to the liquid supply portion and includes a device in the inner portion thereof, and an air chamber that is provided in a pathway supplying air from the outside to the liquid storage chamber according to a decrease of the liquid in the liquid storage chamber, is filled with air in the inner portion, and prevents the liquid from being leaked to the outside by trapping the liquid when the liquid flows backward from the liquid storage chamber. In addition, among walls which surround the device chamber, at least one wall is adjacent to the air chamber. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160211 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, AND RECORDING DEVICE - An ink jet recording method for forming an image by adhering water-based ink to a non-absorbing or low-absorbing medium, including: forming an image while heating the medium, in which the water-based ink contains a first solvent having a boiling point of 210° C. to 280° C., a second solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. to 280° C., a water-insoluble colorant, a water-soluble resin, thermoplastic resin particles, a silicon surfactant, and water, and the surface tension when the first solvent is formed into an aqueous solution is lower than the surface tension when the second solvent is formed into an aqueous solution. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160212 | INKJET INKS AND INK SETS - The present disclosure pertains to an aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment as colorant, a polymeric binder, an anionic surfactant and a 1-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone co-solvent. The present disclosure further pertains to an ink set containing this aqueous inkjet ink, as well as to methods of printing with this ink and ink set on a variety of substrates, and particularly hydrophobic substrates and nonporous media. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160213 | MOVEABLE PLATEN CART FOR HANDLING SHEETS OF SUBSTRATE MEDIA IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a moveable platen cart for handling sheets of substrate media in a printing system. The platen cart includes a cart frame, a media platen, a vacuum port and a valve. The cart frame is configured to translate along a process track. The media platen is secured to the cart frame. The media platen has a foraminous upper surface for receiving a substrate media sheet thereon. The media platen has a subsurface cavity in fluid communication with the foraminous upper surface. The vacuum port is for evacuating air from the cavity. The valve is for selectively closing and opening the vacuum port. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160214 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing method and system include a printhead configured to eject a fixer fluid. A controller is operatively connected to the printhead and configured to control the printhead so as to apply the fixer fluid to a print area in a pattern to form cells having a predetermined area without the fixer fluid. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160215 | ACTIVE-ENERGY-RAY-CURABLE INKJET RECORDING INK COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE - An active-energy-ray-curable inkjet recording ink composition is provided, in which a polymerizable compound having an active-energy-ray-polymerizable group and a polymerizable compound having at least two active-energy-ray-polymerizable groups are used in amounts of 60 to 95 mass % and 5 to 40 mass % relative to the total amount of the active-energy-ray-polymerizable compound, respectively; the polymerizable compound having an active-energy-ray-polymerizable group includes N-vinyl-2-caprolactam and isobornyl acrylate in amounts of 1 to 15 mass % and 1 to 25 mass % relative to the total amount of the active-energy-ray-polymerizable compound, respectively; and the polymerizable compound having at least two active-energy-ray-polymerizable groups includes a polymerizable compound having a vinyl ether group. Furthermore, a method for forming an image is provided. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160216 | SCANNING OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REFLECTION MEMBER - A scanning optical apparatus includes: a deflection unit configured to deflect a light flux from a light source in a main scanning direction; an incident optical system configured to introduce the light flux from the light source to the deflection unit; a condensing optical system configured to condense the light flux from the deflection unit onto a scanned surface; and a reflection member arranged in a light path of the light flux deflected in the main scanning direction by the deflection unit and configured to reflect a part of the deflected light flux. The reflection member has a reflection surface configured to reflect the deflected light flux, a first end surface formed in the main scanning direction, and a second end surface formed in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction, and the second end surface has a higher degree of corrosion resistance than the first end surface. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160217 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND SUPPORT MEMBER FOR AN OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS - Provided is an optical scanning apparatus, including: an optical deflector having a polygon mirror reflecting a light flux emitted from a light source to carry out scanning, a drive unit rotating the polygon mirror about a rotation shaft, and a board supporting the drive unit; an optical box to which the board is fixed; two holes provided in the optical box, through which two screws fixing the board are inserted, respectively; two bearing surfaces provided on the optical box at positions around the two holes, respectively, the two bearing surfaces supporting the board; and an abutment portion provided on the optical box and abutting against a portion that is prevented from being pressed by the two screws in the board which is sandwiched between the two screws and the two bearing surfaces so as to be fixed to the optical box. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160218 | OPTICAL PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical print head, including: a light emitting substrate which includes a light emitting element on a base; a rod lens array which focuses light emitted from the light emitting element onto an image carrier, the rod lens array having a larger linear expansion coefficient than the base of the light emitting substrate; and expansion suppressing members which are attached to both lateral surfaces of the rod lens array in a direction that is perpendicular to an optical axis direction and is a shorter direction, each of the expansion suppressing members having a smaller linear expansion coefficient than the rod lens array. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160219 | THERMAL PRINTER WITH SINGLE LATCH, ADJUSTABLE MEDIA STORAGE AND CENTERING ASSEMBLIES AND PRINT ASSEMBLY - A direct thermal printer including a latch assembly, a media storage assembly, a media centering assembly, a print assembly, and a temperature sensing member. The latch assembly includes a single latch lever in mechanical communication with latch tabs disposed in the cover of the printer that are received by openings in the base of the printer to engage and disengage the cover from the base. The media storage assembly includes media guides with removable tabs having more than one available position to provide storage of different size media. The media centering assembly includes pulley assemblies that bias the media guides towards each other to secure media between the media guides. The print assembly includes a platen disposed in the base of the printer having cams on each end that are rotatable and positioned to adjust printing characteristic of a printhead disposed in the cover. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160220 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING COLOR IMAGES ON SUBSTRATES CONTAINING COLOR BODIES AND PRODUCTS PRODUCED THEREBY - What is described is a method for producing a sign, pattern, symbol and/or image ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140160221 | AN INKLESS PRINTING METHOD - The present invention relates to a method of marking a substrate that comprises a color forming material, comprising the steps of: activating a region of the substrate so as to transform it from an inactive, low reactive state to an active, high reactive state; irradiating a part of the activated region with an initial color changing radiation to effect an initial color change to a first color; and irradiating a part of the substrate that has been changed to the first color with a high power density beam of visible electromagnetic radiation to effect a further color change of the irradiated region to a second color. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160222 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCREENING AND PROCESSING APPLICANTS - Disclosed are systems and methods for performing efficient job applicant screening. In particular, a network-based system is established for gathering applicant information from an applicant remotely. Analysis of the received information is performed and evaluated pursuant to a first level of screening that can be done without excessive use of resources. Upon passing the first level screening, background checks and/or interviews, which require substantial resources, are further conducted. Applicants who pass the first level of screening are scheduled for interviews, including the optional initiation of personal interviews via video chat. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160223 | Call-in Participation for a Live Video Broadcast - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for call-in participation for a live video broadcast. A method includes, in a server residing in a network of interconnected computers, alerting a media player of a call-in feature during a live streaming broadcast, receiving an indication from a viewer of the media player to participate in the live streaming broadcast, receiving audio/video device specifications from the media player, and dispatching an active participant stream to be used in conjunction with the live streaming broadcast. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160224 | TRACKING PARTICIPATION IN A SHARED MEDIA SESSION - A system, method, and computer program product for tracking user participation in a shared media session. A shared media session is connected to, where the shared media session includes a plurality of participants. A first identity is determined for a first participant with a first confidence level. The first participant is identified as the first identity if the first confidence level is above a first threshold. An amount of participation is tracked for the first identity. The amount of participation by the first identity is displayed on an electronic calendar for the shared media session to the plurality of participants. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160225 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO CONFERENCE AND PC USER EXPERIENCE INTEGRATION - Disclosed is a system and method for integrating a user computer with a Codec device so that operation of input devices to a computer is transferred to a display associated with the Codec. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160226 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A technique of enabling each communication device to share an image including the same image content in real time is disclosed. In a communication system including a plurality of communication devices for performing transmission and reception of content data with each other, where an instruction to acquire an image from specific video information included in the content data being transmitted or received and store the image has been input by a user, the communication device to which the image storage instruction has been input by the user transmits the image storage instruction to the plurality of communication devices in the communication system. Thus, each of the plurality of communication devices acquires the image from the specific video information being transmitted or received and stores the image based on the image storage instruction. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160227 | RATE CONTROL FOR A COMMUNICATION - Methods and systems for communicating with rate control. A communication is sent and received from a first device to a second device over a network, wherein the communication comprises at least one audio stream and a second communication stream. A capacity of the network is probed at the first device for the sending and receiving the communication. A presence of a voice in the at least one audio stream is detected at the first device via a voice activity detection of the at least one audio stream. A rate limit is set for the sending and receiving the communication at the first device based on the capacity of the network and the detection of the presence of the at least one audio stream. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160228 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MODULATING IMAGES FOR VIDEOTELEPHONY - A videotelephony image modulation apparatus and method detects an event having a possibility of information leakage by analyzing an image and provides a secured calling mode of masking all or a part of the image and transmitting a masked image obtained through the masking. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160229 | Methods, Systems and Robots For Processing Omni-Directional Image Data - Methods, systems, and robots for processing omni-directional image data are disclosed. A method includes receiving omni-directional image data representative of a panoramic field of view and segmenting, by one or more processors, the omni-directional image data into a plurality of image slices. Each image slice of the plurality of image slices is representative of at least a portion of the panoramic field of view of the omni-directional image data. The method further includes calculating a slice descriptor for each image slice of the plurality of image slices and generating a current sequence of slice descriptors. The current sequence of slice descriptors includes the calculated slice descriptor for each image slice of the plurality of image slices. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160230 | Multi Channel and Wide-Angle Observation System - A multi channel and wide-angle observation system includes at least two lens modules, at least two polarization units, at least two polarization control units, at least two transmittance control units and a spectroscope to form a multiple structure, which utilizes the light polarization characteristics to control the light propagation, to control switching different channel to form an optical image in accordance with the timing control unit, and then to synthesize the images by an image processing unit. Since each channel of the system has different visual angles for capturing images, a wide-angle image can be got via the image synthesis and a light transmittance adjustment cab be processed via the transmission rate control module, so as to adjust the light intensity from different incident directions to balance the vision lightness of the wide-angle image. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160231 | MULTI-FOCAL IMAGE CAPTURE AND DISPLAY - Various embodiments are directed to using two or more image sensors in tandem, one configured with a narrower field of view that overlaps a portion of a wider field of view of another. An device includes a first image sensor to capture a first image of a scene with a first field of view, a second image sensor to capture a second image of the scene with a second narrower and substantially overlapping field of view, a processor circuit and a storage storing instructions causing the processor circuit to operate the first image sensor to capture a first image of the scene, and operate the second image sensor substantially in unison with the first image sensor to capture a second image of the scene that overlaps the first image. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160232 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCANNING AND RECOGNIZING - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for scanning and recognizing characters. The apparatus of scanning and recognizing characters comprises: an optical sensor for capturing images, which optical sensor carries out continuous shooting of the scanned characters in order to obtain a image frame sequence containing the scanned characters, and the content of an image frame partly overlaps the content of the previous image frame in the image frame sequence; and a control module used for processing the images and recognizing the characters. The control module divides the image frames in the image frame sequence into group of image frames including reference frames, skip frames and predictive frames according to the overlapping contents, and combines the standard frames and the predictive frames into a panorama image, taking an group of image frames as a unit, and carries out character recognition after performing skew correction based on the panorama image, so as to obtain the character codes of the scanned characters. Since the skip frames in the group of image frames can be skipped directly, the splicing speed of the image frame sequence is increased. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160233 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including an operation receiving unit and a display control unit. The operation receiving unit is configured to receive, when a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of areas of a horizontally long image is displayed on a display unit, a predetermined operation with respect to at least one of the plurality of images. The display control unit is configured to subject, when the predetermined operation is received, each of the plurality of images to image processing according to the predetermined operation and controls the display unit to display the images subjected to the image processing. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160234 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a photography unit that captures a moving image and a still image, a transmitter that transmits the images captured by the photography unit to another electronic apparatus, a receiver that receives images captured by the other electronic apparatus from the other electronic apparatus, a common portion detector that detects a common portion between the images captured by the photography unit and the images received by the receiver, a combined moving image generation unit that generates a combined moving image that displays a positional relationship between the electronic apparatus and the other electronic apparatus, a display unit that displays the generated combined moving image, and a panorama image generation unit that generates the panorama image by overlapping and combining the still image captured by the photography unit, the still image captured by the other electronic apparatus, and the common portion, according to the positional relationship. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160235 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AT LEAST ONE OBSERVATION AREA - System for monitoring at least one observation area including at least one camera for providing panorama pictures of the at least one area, where the camera is arranges on a rotating platform in the at least one area to be monitored; at least one video camera for providing real time video and which is arranged on a stationary platform in the at least one area to be monitored; a processing device connected to the camera and the video camera for capturing, processing and coordinating signals. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160236 | LENSFREE HOLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY USING WETTING FILMS - A method of imaging a sample includes forming a monolayer wetting layer over a sample containing objects therein. A plurality of lower resolution images are obtained of the sample interposed between an illumination source and an image sensor, wherein each lower resolution image is obtained at discrete spatial locations. The plurality of lower resolution images of the sample are converted into a higher resolution image. One or more of an amplitude image and a phase image are reconstructed of the objects contained within the sample. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160237 | VIDEO SIGNAL CONTROL DEVICE, VIDEO SIGNAL CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A black line inserting section ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140160238 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D SERVICE USING THE CONTENT AND ADDITIONAL IMAGE SEPERATELY TRANSMITTED WITH THE REFERENCE IMAGE TRANSMITTED IN REAL TIME - According to the present invention, a transmission apparatus and method and a reception method and apparatus for providing a 3D service are disclosed. The transmission method for providing the 3D service while making a reference image transmitted in real-time interwork with an additional image transmitted separately from the reference image includes a real-time reference image stream generating step of generating a real-time reference image stream based on the reference image and transmitting the generated real-time reference image stream to a receiving side in real-time and an additional image transmitting step of transmitting the additional image providing the 3D service in interworking with the reference image to the receiving side separately from the reference image stream, wherein the real-time reference image stream includes a linkage information, which is information relating to the additional image to be interworking with the reference image and synchronization information for synchronization with the reference image and the additional image and content. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160239 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPTH-GUIDED FILTERING IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes generating a depth map that corresponds to a video image and filtering the depth map with the video image to create a filtered depth map. The video image can be filtered with the filtered depth map to create an image. In one example implementation, the video image is filtered using extended depth-guided filtering that is incorporated into a video encoding-decoding loop. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160240 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OFFERING BOUNDARY INFORMATION, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING VIDEO - A boundary information providing apparatus may include a boundary information generation unit to generate boundary information of a video, the boundary information through which a switching point between a 2D video and a 3D video is recognized, based on a switching mode between the 2D video and the 3D video, and a stream transmission unit to transmit a stream including the boundary information to a video receiving apparatus. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160241 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING A BITSTREAM FOR A 3D MODEL HAVING REPETITIVE STRUCTURE - Typically, 3D meshes are represented by three types of data: connectivity data, geometry data and property data. An encoded 3D mesh model can be represented, transmitted and/or stored as a bitstream. While the bitstream embeds all the transformation data, it is efficient and may address several applications, where sometimes either bitstream size or decoding efficiency or error resilience matters the most. Therefore, two mode options are disclosed for how to put the transformation data of one instance, i.e. its position, orientation and scaling factor, in the bitstream. In the first mode, the position, orientation and possible scaling factor of one instance are packed together in the bitstream. In the second mode, transformation data types, for example, the positions, orientations or possible scaling factors of all instances are packed together according to the data type in the bitstream. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160242 | Adapter and corresponding methods for adding 3D function to a 2D digital camera - A combination of a 3D optical adapter and corresponding digital process methods attached and updated to a conventional 2D digital camera so the digital camera can capture, save and transfer 3D stereoscopic digital images as well. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160243 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An exposure amount of at least one or more first patterns used to determine positions at the time of triangulation is set to be larger than that of other patterns, so as to reduce the influence of shot noise in the first patterns, to improve precision, and to reduce power consumption as a whole. To this end, a three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus, which measures a three-dimensional shape of an object to be measured by projecting pattern light of a plurality of types of patterns onto the object to be measured, and capturing images of the object to be measured, controls a projector unit and image capture unit to set an exposure amount of the first patterns to be larger than that of patterns other than the first patterns. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160244 | MONOCULAR CUED DETECTION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES FROM DEPTH IMAGES - Detection of three dimensional obstacles using a system mountable in a host vehicle including a camera connectible to a processor. Multiple image frames are captured in the field of view of the camera. In the image frames, an imaged feature is detected of an object in the environment of the vehicle. The image frames are portioned locally around the imaged feature to produce imaged portions of the image frames including the imaged feature. The image frames are processed to compute a depth map locally around the detected imaged feature in the image portions. Responsive to the depth map, it is determined if the object is an obstacle to the motion of the vehicle. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160245 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEREOSCOPIC FOCUS CONTROL OF STEREO CAMERA - A stereoscopic control method includes: establishing a specific mapping relation between a specific disparity value and a specific set of a first focal setting value of a first sensor of a stereo camera and a second focal setting value of a second sensor of the stereo camera; and controlling stereoscopic focus of the stereo camera according to the specific mapping relation. Besides, a stereoscopic control apparatus includes a mapping unit and a focus control unit. The mapping unit is arranged for establishing at least a specific mapping relation between a specific disparity value and a specific set of a first focal setting value of a first sensor of a stereo camera and a second focal setting value of a second sensor of the stereo camera. The focus control unit is arranged for controlling stereoscopic focus of the stereo camera according to the specific mapping relation. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160246 | TECHNIQUES FOR RECTIFICATION OF CAMERA ARRAYS - Techniques for rectification of camera arrays are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and an imaging management module, and the imaging management module may be operable on the processor circuit to determine a composite rotation matrix for a camera array comprising a plurality of cameras, determine a composite intrinsic parameter matrix for the camera array, and compute one or more rectification maps for the camera array based on the composite rotation matrix and the composite intrinsic parameter matrix, each of the one or more rectification maps corresponding to one of the plurality of cameras. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160247 | TECHNIQUES FOR WAVELET-BASED IMAGE DISPARITY ESTIMATION - Various embodiments are generally directed to repeated use of wavelet filters with different directional orientations each time to detect distances to edges in different directions in deriving a disparity map from multiple image bitmaps. A method includes subjecting an image bitmap to a first-order wavelet filter a selected number of times, an orientation of the first-order wavelet filter altered each time to create a first set of intermediate maps; and subjecting the first image bitmap to a second-order wavelet filter the selected number of times, an orientation of the second-order wavelet filter altered each time to create a second set of intermediate maps; the first-order and second-order wavelet filters, as well as their orientations, selected to be mathematically related such that the first-order wavelet filter approximates a sine function and the second-order wavelet filter approximates a related cosine function, both masked by a Gaussian. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160248 | HEAD MOUNTABLE CAMERA SYSTEM - Head mountable camera devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160249 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display system includes a line-of-sight tracking camera to detect an eyeball of a driver, first and second stereo cameras, a controlling unit, and a storing unit. The first and second stereo camera photographs a range corresponding to a field-of-view based on stereo camera-based line-of-sight information that is changed based on line-of-sight tracking camera-based line-of-sight information, and provide a photographed image. The controlling unit converts the line-of-sight tracking camera-based line-of-sight information into first and second stereo camera-based line-of-sight information based on pre-stored position and rotation information of the tracking camera and the first and second stereo cameras, and project the converted information onto the first and second stereo cameras, such that a three-dimensional line-of-sight coordinate is calculated. The storing unit stores information related to a system as well as the position and rotation information of the tracking camera and the first and second stereo cameras. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160250 | HEAD MOUNTABLE CAMERA SYSTEM - Head mountable camera devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160251 | LIVE STREAMING VIDEO OVER 3D - A video monitoring system and method comprises a first camera at a first camera location configured to video record a first monitored area, wherein a georeference location of the first monitored area is known, and a virtual 3D model of the monitored zone that includes the first camera location and the first monitored area, wherein the virtual 3D model is georeferenced to a physical location. The system further comprises a processor configured to receive the video recording of the first monitored area and to overlay the video recording of the first monitored area onto a part of the virtual 3D model that corresponds to the georeference location of the first monitored area. A display is also connected to the processor and configured to display the virtual 3D model of the monitored zone overlaid with the video recording of the first monitored area. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160252 | REDUNDANT OBJECT DETECTION FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS - A device for redundant object detection includes a stereo camera having two image sensors, a first processor for detecting objects by stereo image evaluation of image data from the two image sensors, and a second processor for classifying the detected objects by evaluation of image data from at least one of the two image sensors. A method and a program for such object detection and classification are also provided. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160253 | HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGER - A hyperspectral imager includes a sensor array and a filter array. The sensor array is an array of individually addressable sensor elements, each element responsive to radiant energy received thereon. The filter array is arranged to filter the radiant energy en route to the sensor array. It includes an inhomogeneous tiling of first and second filter elements, with the first filter element transmitting radiant energy of an invisible wavelength band and rejecting radiant energy of a visible wavelength band. The second filter element transmits radiant energy of the visible wavelength band and rejects radiant energy of the invisible wavelength band. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160254 | GATED 3D CAMERA - A camera for determining distances to a scene, the camera comprising: a light source comprising a VCSEL controllable to illuminate the scene with a train of pulses of light having a characteristic spectrum; a photosurface; optics for imaging light reflected from the light pulses by the scene on the photosurface; and a shutter operable to gate the photosurface selectively on and off for light in the spectrum. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160255 | Single Camera Device And Method For 3D Video Imaging Using A Refracting Lens Array - An embodiment of the present invention may include an apparatus that captures 3D images having a lens barrel. The lens barrel may include a lens disposed at the first end of the lens barrel, an image capture element at the second end of the lens barrel, and a pair of refracting lenses positioned along the optical axis of the lens barrel. The first and second refracting lenses may be mounted to a first set and second set of positioning elements. The image capture element may capture images continuously at a predetermined frame rate, and the first and second set of positioning elements may continuously change the position of the first and second refracting lenses among a series of predetermined correlated positions based on the predetermined frame rate. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160256 | APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE VARIABLE DEPTH DISPLAY - A device may include a processor circuit and a screen depth modifier component for execution on the processor circuit to vary an image displacement between a first image and second image for presentation simultaneously with the first image, the image displacement varying from a first image displacement to a second image displacement different from the first image displacement. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160257 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A video signal processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional video image parallax detector, a superimposed video image parallax setter, a superimposed video image parallax giver, and a video signal synthesis processor. The three-dimensional video image parallax detector detects the parallax in three-dimensional video images from a left-eye and right-eye three-dimensional video signal. The superimposed video image parallax setter sets the parallax in a three-dimensional superimposed video image to be superimposed upon three-dimensional video images to a parallax greater than the three-dimensional video image parallax. The superimposed video image parallax giver generates a left-eye superimposed video signal and a right-eye superimposed video signal from the superimposed video signal so as to have the set superimposed video image parallax. The video signal synthesis processor generates a left-eye and right-eye synthesized video signal generated by synthesizing the left-eye and right-eye three-dimensional video signal and the left-eye and right-eye superimposed video signal. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160258 | 3 DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A 3D image display device includes a display device including a plurality of pixels and displaying each of a left-eye image and a right-eye image. The display device inserts an insertion image between the left-eye image and the right-eye image such that the left-eye image is displayed for part of four frames and the insertion image is displayed for the remaining frames and the right-eye image is displayed for part of four other frames and the insertion image is displayed for the remaining other frames. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160259 | CAMERA SYSTEM WITH MINIMAL AREA MONOLITHIC CMOS IMAGE SENSOR - The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for digitally imaging with area limited image sensors, such as within a lumen of an endoscope. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160260 | WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE USING MONOCHROMATIC SENSOR - The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for widening dynamic range within an image in a light deficient environment. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160261 | VISUALIZATION INSTRUMENT - A visualization instrument comprising a camera assembly and a wireless arrangement, the camera assembly providing digital images to a display device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160262 | LENSLESS RETINAL CAMERA APPARATUS AND METHOD - Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can provide a retinal camera. The exemplary camera can include a body, at least one optical sensor which is (i) provided on the body, and (ii) configured to receive light directly from a lens of an eye, and a processing arrangement configured to generate an image based on the light received directly from the lens of the eye. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160263 | DATA VISUALIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS UTILIZING RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS - A system and method for presenting experimentally-determined data relating to a region of interest on a medical patient to a user. A computer memory stores a ROC analysis of historical data for a region of interest of a plurality of different subjects. A computer processor is programmed to compare the experimentally-determined data to historical data based on the ROC analysis of the historical data and identify the experimentally-determined data to be utilized in reaching an at least preliminary conclusion regarding the medical patient. A display device is operatively connected to the computer processor to present a visible display graphically depicting a result of the comparison performed by the processor. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160264 | AUGMENTED FIELD OF VIEW IMAGING SYSTEM - An augmented field of view imaging system includes a microscope, an image sensor system arranged to receive images of a plurality of fields of view from the microscope as the microscope is moved across an object being viewed and to provide corresponding image signals, an image processing and data storage system configured to communicate with the image sensor system to receive the image signals and to provide augmented image signals, and at least one of an image injection system or an image display system configured to communicate with the image processing and data storage system to receive the augmented image signals and display an augmented field of view image. The image processing and data storage system is configured to track the plurality of fields of view in real time and register the plurality of fields of view to calculate a mosaic image. The augmented image signals from the image processing and data storage system provide the augmented image such that a live field of view from the microscope is composited with the mosaic image. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160265 | Switchable microscope arrangement with multiple detectors - The invention relates to a microscope arrangement provided with: a microscope ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140160266 | SINGLE IMAGE SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY AND TELESCOPE SYSTEMS - Image resolution enhancement techniques are implemented using a single image an unstructured broadband illumination. By placing an axicon and a convex lens pair in an optical path of a microscope, telescope, or the object system, between the system and an image capture pickup device (e.g., a camera) the maximum resolution of the system may be increased through the formation of an interference pattern at the image capture device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160267 | Image Pickup Apparatus - An image pickup apparatus includes a measuring section configured to measure a surface shape of an object, an image pickup section configured to obtain images of different areas of the object on an image plane of an image pickup optical system by image pickup elements, a focal-position detecting unit configured to detect a focal position of the object where a focal-position detecting point is focused on the image plane, and a focal-position determining unit configured to determine a focal position of the object at a point different from the focal-position detecting point on the basis of detection of the focal-position detecting unit and measurement of the measuring section. The image pickup section takes the images of the different areas on the basis of determination of the focal-position determining unit while the images are focused on the image pickup elements. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160268 | VISUAL INSPECTION DEVICE - A visual inspection device includes a body having a support portion and a grip portion extending from the support portion. The device also includes a flexible cable having a first end portion coupled to the body and a second end portion, and a camera assembly coupled to the second end portion of the flexible cable. The camera assembly includes an image sensor operable to transmit image data through the flexible cable. The device further includes a display supported by the support portion of the body. The display is electrically connected to the flexible cable to display image date from the image sensor. The device is powered by a rechargeable battery pack removably coupled to the body. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160269 | INTERPOSER TESTING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure provides an interposer testing device for testing an interposer and a method thereof which includes a heat source, a thermal image capturing device and a comparing device. The heat source is adapted for heating an area to be tested on the interposer. The thermal image capturing device is adapted for capturing a thermal image of the interposer after the interposer is heated. The comparing device is adapted for comparing the thermal image with a standard thermal image to output a comparison result. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160270 | CORRECTION APPARATUS, PROBE APPARATUS, AND TEST APPARATUS - In order to decrease the time needed to correct misalignment when holding an object with positional accuracy and transport the object, provided is a correction apparatus that corrects misalignment of a transported object at a transport destination, comprising a first sensor that is secured to a transporting section transporting the object; and a correction control section that detects a first offset between the transporting section and the first sensor, while the object transported to the transport destination is positioned at the transport destination, by using the first sensor to detect a position of a first reference point provided to correspond to a target position at the transport destination. Also provided is a probe apparatus and a test apparatus. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160271 | DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A detection system and method for detecting if of a plurality of electrical elements on a printed circuit board (PCB) is loaded inversely are provided. The system includes a setting module to receive a standard image of a standard PCB and select one or more of the electrical elements from the standard image by a user. A storage module stores a reference image. A capturing module captures an image of the PCB to be detected. A comparison module compares the image with the reference image to determine if any of the electrical elements having polarities is inversely loaded. A processing module reads a comparison result of the comparison module and makes a determination. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160272 | RECOGNITION APPARATUS, RECOGNITION METHOD, MOUNTING APPARATUS, AND MOUNTING METHOD - The recognition and mounting apparatus including a zoom lens capable of changing imaging magnification, a chip camera, having a plurality of imaging pixels, capable of capturing an image an IC chip having a plurality of bumps arranged at at least one interval, through the zoom lens, a storage unit for storing shape information of the IC chip including at least information indicating an arrangement interval between the plurality of bumps, and a signal processor adjusting imaging magnification of the zoom lens based on a length of the imaging pixel and the information indicating the arrangement interval stored in the storage unit, and recognizing a position of the bump based on a plurality of pixel values in the image captured by the chip camera may be provided. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160273 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TOOL - A method for controlling a tool, including the steps: providing a reference matrix including reference points and a centering matrix including centering points in a material processing plane; imaging the material processing plane through a camera as a camera image in a size of a camera image field; de-skewing the camera image of the material processing plane by aligning with the reference matrix; scaling a pixel size of the camera image through aligning with the reference matrix; centering the camera image through aligning with the centering points; projecting a processing contour onto the de-skewed and scaled camera image of a workpiece; and aligning the processing contour on the camera image of the work piece and starting the processing, wherein the processing of the work piece is performed though the tool along the processing contour. | 2014-06-12 |