24th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120147045 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image display apparatus including a first storage means for storing at least one item of image data, correction condition data for correcting the image data, and corrected image data obtained after the image data is corrected on the basis of the correction condition data; an image processing means for producing the corrected image data; a display means comprising a screen for superimposing an original image based on the image data and a corrected image based on the corrected image data onto each other and displaying either the original image or the corrected image; an input means for selecting an image to be displayed on the display screen, and a display control means for switching between the images in response to an input from the input means, so that either the original image or the corrected image is displayed on the display screen. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147046 | Generating Graphic Object Collages - A regular mesh of rectangular cells ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120147047 | DISABLING AN AUTOMATIC ROTATION FUNCTION OF MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - Technology is generally described for disabling an automatic rotation function of mobile computing devices. The technology can detect a tilt angle of a display of the computing device in relation to a surface; and if the tilt angle is less than a specified threshold tilt angle, disable a rotation function. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147048 | Method and Input-Output Device for Rendering at least one of Audio, Video and Computer Graphics Content and Servicing Device for Delivering at least one of Pre-Rendered Audio, Pre-Rendered Video and Pre-Rendered Computer Graphics Content - A method and an input-output device are proposed for rendering content. Further, a servicing device is proposed for delivering pre-rendered content. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147049 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN OF MOBILE TERMINAL WITH TOUCH SCREEN - A method and apparatus for displaying a screen of a mobile terminal with a touch screen are provided. The method for displaying an edit screen of a mobile terminal with a touch screen, includes: displaying at least one item having the same size on an idle screen in an idle mode; receiving edit mode entry input for editing the at least one item; and setting sizes of respective items to different ones according to location of the items within the touch screen during an edit mode for display. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147050 | METHOD OF ENTERING A COMMAND FOR ZOOMING IMAGE SHOWN ON TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE READING SUCH COMMAND - A method for zooming image shown in a touch screen includes reading information of a continuous writing locus formed on the touch screen; selecting a first group of points and a second group of points in the writing locus formed in time sequence; dealing with the first group and second group of points and obtaining a first radius and a second radius; comparing the first radius and the second radius to define a zooming command; executing the zooming command. A touch screen reading such writing locus into zooming command is also provided. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147051 | IMAGE ENLARGEMENT DEVICE, IMAGE ENLARGEMENT PROGRAM AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided an image enlargement device including: an image enlargement filter that generates a first enlarged image by enlarging an input image; a wavelet transform portion that performs a wavelet transform on the first enlarged image; gain processing portions that perform gain processing on sub-band components including high-frequency components output from the wavelet transform portion; and an inverse wavelet transform portion that regards, as a wavelet transformed image, the input image and the sub-band components including high-frequency components which are output from the gain processing portion and on which the gain processing has been performed, and that generates a second enlarged image by performing an inverse wavelet transform. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147052 | OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An operation control device includes a contact detection unit for detecting contact of an operation body with a display surface of a display unit on which information is displayed, a pressure detection unit, provided on the display unit, for detecting a pressure at which the operation body presses the display surface of the display unit, and an operation control unit for changing a display state of the information displayed on the display unit in a forward or reverse direction on the basis of an amount of pressure detected by the pressure detection unit until the operation body makes contact with and is separated from the display surface of the display unit. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147053 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Evaluation and an area to which the evaluation is added are identified in an image, and the image is processed based on a rule for processing the image and the identified evaluation and area. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147054 | IDENTIFYING A RECTANGULAR AREA IN A MULTI-PROJECTOR SYSTEM - Determining a rectangular area with a given aspect ratio within a global boundary formed by multiple projectors. An iterated process is repeated at moved locations along the global boundary, until a stopping condition is met. According to the iterated process, a point at a location of the global boundary is selected, a minimum rectangle with the given aspect ratio is grown from identified directions, and the largest rectangle encountered is delivered when the stopping condition has been met. For each such direction, the minimum rectangle is grown in the direction from the selected point until it intersects with a boundary, the grown rectangle is grown in another direction responsive to a determination that the grown rectangle can grow in another direction. The largest rectangle encountered previously is replaced, responsive to a comparison which indicates that the grown rectangle is larger than the largest rectangle encountered previously. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147055 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING AND PRESENTING CONTENT ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for organizing new content on the user interface of an electronic device. Graphical representations (e.g., book or album covers or icons) representing the content that the user is most likely going to want to open next are presented on a virtual shelf on the user interface of the device. The graphical representations are preferably organized in receding order of likelihood of opening from left to right. As new items appear on the virtual shelf, older items are shifted to the right. A limited number of items (graphical representations) can be depicted at one time on the virtual shelf on the display of the device. The shelf can be scrolled left and right to view all of the items on the shelf. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147056 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus that displays an image on the basis of input image signals corresponding to sub-pixels forming one pixel includes a shift-amount storing unit that stores shift amounts of display positions of the sub-pixels relative to given reference positions in a display image, an image-signal correcting unit that corrects the input image signals according to the shift amounts, and an image display unit that displays an image on the basis of the image signals corrected by the image-signal correcting unit. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147057 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING SCREENS ON THE TOUCH SCREEN OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A method for displaying screens on the touch screen of a mobile device includes displaying, on a first screen, at least two or more object items and an object item group within which at least two or more object items are arranged at a first set interval and rearranging and displaying the object items included in the object item group at a second set interval when an input is received that displays the object item group. When a touch or drag gesture is applied to the group of object items displayed at the first set interval, the object items are then displayed at a second set interval on the screen of a mobile device. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147058 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An exemplary display area includes a scroll image display region for displaying a scroll target image. When at least either one of a result of a determination as to whether or not a touch position on the display area by a user has shifted in a first direction (scrolling direction) or a result of a determination as to whether or not the touch position on the display area by the user has shifted in a direction different from the first direction, is positive, the scroll target image displayed in the scroll image display region is scrolled and displayed in the first direction. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147059 | DISPLAY WITH DIMENSION SWITCHABLE FUNCTION - A display with dimension switchable function is introduced herein. The display can selectively display 3D images or 2D images in a part of or entire of a display area of display. The display at least includes a collimated backlight module, an image display device, a light guiding module, and a switching unit. The light guiding module and the switching unit are disposed between the collimated backlight module and the image display module, and positions thereof can be exchanged according to different design requirements. The light from the collimated backlight module is directed to different viewing zones after passing through the light guiding module. By controlling diffusion states of the switching unit, the 3D images or the 2D images are selectively displayed in a part of or entire of the display area of the image display module, as required. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147060 | PIXEL, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes: a display unit including pixels coupled to scan lines for transmitting scan signals, data lines for transmitting data signals, and light emission control lines for transmitting light emission control signals; a scan driver; a data driver; and a light emission driver. Each pixel includes: an OLED; a driving transistor to transmit a driving current corresponding to a data signal to the OLED; a first transistor to transmit the data signal to the driving transistor according to a first scan signal; a second transistor to apply a first power source voltage to a first electrode of the driving transistor according to a second scan signal, during an initialization period for initializing a gate electrode voltage of the driving transistor; and a capacitor including a first electrode coupled to a gate electrode of the driving transistor and a second electrode coupled to a first power source supply. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147061 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TUNING COLOR TEMPERATURE IN DIGITAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to method and device for tuning a color temperature in a digital display device, in which variation of color temperatures and color feelings between gradients is reduced for improving a picture quality. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147062 | Liquid Crystal Display and Scanning Back Light Driving Method Thereof - A liquid crystal display includes a scanning backlight controller, that calculates a turn-on duty ratio of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal for controlling turn-on and turn-off operations of light sources, and a light source driver, that synchronizes a frequency of the PWM signal with a frame frequency or synchronizes the frequency of the PWM signal with the frame frequency, changes the calculated turn-on duty ratio of the PWM signal to a maximum value, and adjusts an amplitude of the PWM signal based on a changed degree of the turn-on duty ratio of the PWM signal, based on the result of a comparison between the turn-on duty ratio of the PWM signal and a previously determined critical value, and then sequentially drive the light sources along a data scanning direction of the liquid crystal display panel. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147063 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a display device which facilitates to display an image with the same color as an external border (external case) of a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, or to display an image satisfying a user's taste during a no-signal period, and a method for driving the display device, wherein the display device comprises a video controller which outputs interior data in accordance with a preset mode during a no-signal period; a timing controller which arranges the interior data, supplied from the video controller, in a frame unit, and outputs the arranged interior data; a data driver which converts the interior data of the frame unit, supplied from the timing controller, into analog video data, and outputs the analog video data; and a liquid crystal display panel which displays an image by the use of analog video data based on the interior data during the no-signal period. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147064 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes light emitting elements, wherein when an input gray-scale signal is lower than a certain gray-scale level, a light emitting element is caused to emit light upon receiving a first brightness signal higher than a brightness given based on the input gray-scale signal and a second brightness signal lower than the brightness given based on the input gray-scale signal during a former and a latter half of a light-emission period, and wherein when the input gray-scale signal is higher than the certain gray-scale level, the light emitting element is caused to emit light upon receiving the third brightness signal corresponding to the brightness given based on the input gray-scale signal during the former and the latter half of the light-emission period. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147065 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for driving an organic light emitting display device. The driving apparatus includes a display panel, a data converter, a timing controller, and a panel driver. The data converter gamma-corrects three-color input data having red, green, and blue, performs color coordinate conversion based on the gamma-corrected blue data to generate three-color conversion data and a color gamut determination signal, inversely gamma-corrects the three-color conversion data, and generates four-color image data to be supplied to a unit pixel according to the color gamut determination signal on the basis of the three-color input data and the inversely gamma-corrected three-color conversion data. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147066 | DRIVER DEVICE, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a backlight unit ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120147067 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - In an image display device of at least one embodiment, a regional maximum detection section detects an areal maximum pixel luminance (regional maximum) on the basis of an input image. A regional mean calculation section calculates an areal mean pixel luminance (regional mean) on the basis of the input image. A data comparison section compares a control determination threshold retained in a control determination threshold storage section with the regional maximum for each area, and outputs a comparison result for that area. An LED output value calculation section sets a value corresponding to the regional maximum as an LED output value for each area with the regional maximum greater than the control determination threshold, and sets a value corresponding to the regional mean as an LED output value for each area with the regional maximum less than or equal to the control determination threshold. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147068 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes an illuminance sensor for detecting an illuminance in a surrounding environment, an input average luminance detection circuit for detecting an average luminance of input images, a frame insertion control circuit for producing a gray image frame and inserting the produced gray image frame into between an input image frame and its subsequently input image frame input, and an insertion luminance level generation circuit for determining a luminance of the gray image frame according to the illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor and the average luminance of the input images detected by the input average luminance detection circuit. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147069 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING PANEL THEREOF - A liquid crystal display and a method for driving a liquid crystal display panel thereof are provided. The method includes sequentially generating a plurality of first scan signals to first ends of a plurality of scan lines in the liquid crystal display panel; sequentially generating a plurality of second scan signals to second ends of the scan lines; and coordinating with the generation of each of the first scan signals or the generation of each of the second scan signals to correspondingly generate a plurality of data signals to a plurality of data lines in the liquid crystal display panel. The i | 2012-06-14 |
20120147070 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display includes preparing a substrate including pixels. The pixels each include a drive transistor and a capacitor. The capacitor of a subject pixel is caused to hold a voltage which corresponds to a threshold voltage of the drive transistor, and the voltage is read. A first signal voltage is obtained by adding a first correction parameter of the subject pixel to a second signal voltage corresponding to a single gradation level belonging to an intermediate gradation region or a high gradation region of representative voltage-luminance characteristics. The first signal voltage is applied to the driver of the subject pixel, and a luminance emitted by the subject pixel is measured. A second correction parameter with which the luminance emitted by the subject pixel becomes a standard luminance is calculated. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147071 | MODULAR PRINTING APPARATUS WITH A REMOVABLE, BOX-SHAPED MODULE - A modular printing apparatus has a printing device with a movable print carriage with at least one inkjet print head, a control unit, a locking mechanism, a mechanical connection element that is integrally molded on a housing wall of a box-shaped module. In an operating mode, the box-shaped module is inserted into the printing apparatus and can be removed from the printing apparatus in a service mode, and a triggering mechanism acts on the locking mechanism with first and second force components. The first and second force component couple the locking mechanism and the mechanical connection element to one another in the operating mode in order to lock the box-shaped module inserted into a bay of the printing apparatus at the printing apparatus. By the second force component acting opposite the z-direction in the service mode, the locking mechanism and the mechanical connection element are disengaged in order to unlock the box-shaped module inserted into the printing apparatus before said box-shaped module can be removed from the printing apparatus. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147072 | METHOD OF PRINTING MARKS ON AN OPTICAL ARTICLE - A method of printing comprising, placing a plurality of optically detectable marks on an optical article using a ink-jet printing method, wherein a mark of the plurality of marks has a thickness of less than or equal to about 1 micrometer, and wherein the plurality of optically detectable marks have uniform thickness. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147073 | METHOD FOR PRINTING IN A PRINTER HAVING AN INOPERABLE INK RESERVOIR - A method for operating a printer includes supplying liquid ink from two ink reservoirs to a printhead to enable the printhead to eject ink drops onto an image receiving substrate. A substrate transport moves the substrate past the printhead at a first speed. In response to detecting an interruption in the supply of liquid ink from one of the two ink reservoirs, the substrate transport moves the image receiving substrate at a slower second speed past the printhead. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147074 | DROPLET DISCHARGE DEVICE AND DROPLET DISCHARGE METHOD - A printer comprises: a vacuum table for supporting a jig which holds a medium; a printer head for discharging droplets; and a relative movement means for moving the printer head relative to the medium; a registration mark detection unit and barcode detection unit for acquiring holding platform information and support position information for the jig; and a controller for controlling the movement of the printer head by the relative movement means and controlling the discharge of droplets from the printer head on the basis of the holding platform information, the support position information and information pertaining to the desired pattern. As a result of this configuration, it is possible to generate image data without aligning the jig with a reference position on the vacuum table. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147075 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, DRIVE CIRCUIT THEREOF, AND DRIVE METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a direct current voltage which has positive and negative potentials relative to a ground potential interposed therebetween is used as a drive voltage for electric charging/discharging to/from an actuator. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147076 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head unit including a plurality of liquid ejecting heads in a parallel arrangement. Each liquid ejecting head ejects a liquid from nozzles formed in a nozzle face toward an ejection target object in accordance with a drive signal from a controller. Each liquid ejecting head has an individual two-dimensional code that includes at least a portion of information related to the liquid ejecting head. The liquid ejecting head unit includes a collective two-dimensional code that includes arrangement information of the liquid ejecting heads in the liquid ejecting head unit and collective information related to the information included in the individual two-dimensional codes. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147077 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND FLUID EJECTING METHOD - A fluid ejecting apparatus repeats an ejecting operation which ejects a fluid from nozzles while a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row move in a movement direction with respect to a medium and a relative movement operation in which the first nozzle row, the second nozzle row and the medium relatively move to the nozzle row direction, and repeatedly performs the ejecting operation so as to include the ejecting operation which does not perform a control which changes the movement distance in the movement direction of the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row according to a position of an end in the movement direction of the image when a main image and a background image are formed to be overlapped on the medium at different ejecting operations. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147078 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An ink-jet image forming apparatus for scanning a recording medium in a main scanning direction by an ink-jet head, and conveying the recording medium in a sub scanning direction so that a printing area formed at every scan by the recording head overlaps with an adjacent printing area at their boundary area. The apparatus includes a distribution determining unit that determines a dot distribution at every scan in the overlapped boundary area, a nozzle determining unit that determines an alternative nozzle capable of forming dots instead of an non-ejectable nozzle in the overlapped boundary area, and a dot determining unit that determines a dot size or a dot density from the alternative nozzle, on the basis of a printing position by the alternative nozzle and the dot distribution determined by the dot distribution determining unit. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147079 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes a first detecting unit, a recording unit, and a control unit. The first detecting unit detects a position of a perforation pre-formed in a recording sheet. The recording unit records an image on the recording sheet based on printing data. The control unit is configured to imaginarily divide the recording sheet into a first region including a portion where the perforation is pre-formed, and a second region excluding the first region based on the position of the perforation detected by the first detecting unit. The control unit prohibits the recording unit from recording the image on the first region and controls the recording unit to record the image at least partially on the second region. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147080 | INKJET PRINTER - Disclosed is an inkjet printer. The inkjet printer comprises a carriage that has a print head that discharges ink; a carriage-moving mechanism that moves the carriage relatively along the surface to be printed of the printing medium that is supported by a platen; a print heater that heats the platen to adjust the heat of the printing medium; a non-contact temperature sensor that is attached to the carriage opposite the surface to be printed and that, along with the relative motion due to the carriage, detects the surface temperature of the printing medium along the direction of the abovementioned relative motion; and a temperature control unit of a control unit and an SSR that perform adjustment control of the surface temperature of the printing medium to a predetermined set temperature by means of driving the print heater on the basis of the detected temperature from the non-contact temperature sensor. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147081 | FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, DROPLET DISCHARGING DEVICE, AND DROPLET DISCHARGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a foreign object detection device includes a signal generator, a transmitter, a receiver, a storage section, and a detection section. A signal generator configured to generate an electrical signal. A transmitter configured to convert the electrical signal from the signal generator and to generate a pressure wave in a liquid. A receiver configured to receive a reflection wave from the liquid and to convert it to an electrical signal. A storage section configured to store information on a state of absence of a foreign object in the liquid. A detection section configured to detect at least one of presence or absence of the foreign object and size of the foreign object based on difference between the electrical signal converted from the reflection wave and an electrical signal based on the stored information. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147082 | Image Forming Apparatus, Method of Processing Image, And Computer-Readable Recording Medium - An image forming apparatus includes a joint head in which a plurality of heads, each having a plurality of nozzles, are arranged in a nozzle arranging direction, and end portions of the heads adjacent to each other overlap, an overlap processing unit that distributes recording dot pattern data used for forming dots by using nozzles of an overlapping portion of the heads out of recording dot pattern data to the nozzles of the recording head adjacent to each other, a first tone correcting unit that performs tone correction, by a first correction characteristic, on recording dot pattern data using the nozzles other than the overlapping portion, and a second tone correcting unit that performs tone correction by a second correction characteristic on recording dot pattern data by using the nozzles of the overlapping portion. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147083 | SYNTHESIS METHOD FOR SELF-DISPERSIBLE PIGMENT, SELF-DISPERSIBLE PIGMENT, INK JET INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - Provided is a synthesis method for a self-dispersible pigment, including performing ring-opening addition of a lactone-based compound to an acidic group bonded to a surface of a pigment particle directly or via another atomic group to bond a functional group including an ester group to the surface of the pigment particle. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147084 | INK COMPOSTION, RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME AND RECORDED MATERIAL - Disclosed are an ink composition at least containing a porphyrazine compound or a salt thereof and an aromatic compound having a carboxy group and/or a salt thereof, an ink jet recording method using the ink composition and a recorded material recorded by the recording method. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147085 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND RECORD - An ink jet recording method includes forming a first image by applying by an ink jet method a glitter ink in which a glitter pigment is dispersed to a first region of a recording medium in which the glitter first image is to be formed, and forming a second image by applying by an ink jet method a color ink containing a coloring material to a second region of the recording medium in which the colored second image is to be formed, the amount per unit area of the glitter ink ejected in an overlapping region in which the first region overlaps the second region being smaller than the amount per unit area of the glitter ink ejected in the first region excluding the overlapping region. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147086 | HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERIC DISPERSANTS AND NON-AQUEOUS PIGMENT DISPERSIONS - A polymeric dispersant having a hyperbranched polyurethane architecture obtained by reacting a polyisocyanate core with a mixture of: | 2012-06-14 |
20120147087 | THERMAL INK JET INK COMPOSITION - A thermal ink jet ink composition includes one or more volatile organic solvents, one or more humectants, one or more binder resins, one or more dyes, and one or both of a surfactant and a plasticizer. The one or more volatile organic solvents are selected from C | 2012-06-14 |
20120147088 | INKJET DEVICE AND SEALING METHOD FOR THE INKJET DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an inkjet device includes: an inkjet head; an armor section configured to surround the periphery of the inkjet head; a first gap formed over the entire periphery in the peripheral direction in a plurality of the armor sections; and a seal body for forming a surface tension seal by fluid in a second gap arranged in the first gap to form a gap narrower than the first gap. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147089 | CAP DEVICE, MAINTENANCE DEVICE, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - In a clutch mechanism | 2012-06-14 |
20120147090 | CAP DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A cam roller is engaged with a first engaged surface facing downward in a lifting and lowering direction of a cap and moves so as to follow the rotation trajectory about a shaft in the upward direction approaching a liquid ejecting head and in the downward direction separating from the liquid ejecting head. In addition, in the lifting and lowering direction of the cap, the cam roller is engaged from above with a second engaged surface which faces upward at a position lower than the first engaged surface and the first engaged surface has a plane portion as a non-overlapped area which does not overlap the second engaged surface in a direction perpendicular to both of the lifting and lowering direction and the direction of the shaft in a range that the cam roller follows the rotation trajectory about the shaft. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147091 | INKJET HEAD MAINTENANCE DEVICE - An inkjet head maintenance device includes a power gear and a sliding seat. The sliding seat includes a rack, a first one-way gear and a second one-way gear. The first one-way gear and the second one-way gear are arranged at two ends of the rack, respectively. The power gear is engaged with the rack. In addition, through the first one-way gear and the second one-way gear, the sliding seat is driven by the power gear to move between a standby position and a maintenance position in a reciprocating manner. When the sliding seat is driven by the power gear to move to the maintenance position, the power gear is engaged with the second one-way gear, so that the sliding seat is stayed in the maintenance position to the clean an inkjet head. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147092 | PRINT GROUP FOR AN INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - In a print group for an inkjet printing apparatus a printing unit is provided comprising a housing with print bars having print heads. A transport unit is provided for a printing substrate. Drive and guidance units are arranged per print bar which move the print bars independently of one another in a perpendicular direction from a printing position into a transport position and back. In a park unit racks are provided for protective cap bars. A protective cap bar is provided per print bar which when coupled to said print bar seals it. Print bars in an operating position not provided for printing are in the transport position and are coupled with associated protective cap bars. Print bars in said operating position for printing are in the printing position and their associated protective cap bars are arranged in the park unit racks. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147093 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head unit includes a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle forming surface provided with nozzle rows consisting of several rows of nozzles for ejecting liquid; and a head fixing member to which the liquid ejecting head is fixed with an intermediate member therebetween. The liquid ejecting head has an intermediate-member fixing portion to which the intermediate member is fixed. The intermediate member has a head-fixing-member bonding surface to be securely bonded to an intermediate-member bonding surface of the head fixing member with adhesive. The head-fixing-member bonding surface has a chamfered portion along at least a portion of an outer edge thereof, the chamfered portion being provided such that the distance from the intermediate-member bonding surface gradually increases from the inner side toward the outer side of the head-fixing-member bonding surface. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147094 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A sub-carriage includes a first head mounting portion and a second head mounting portion. The second head mounting portion includes at least a portion of constitution members of an adjustment mechanism which adjusts a position of the second head, a first recording head of one side of the same set is fixed in a state of being positioned to the first head mounting portion so that the nozzles are disposed in a defined position, and a second recording head of the other side is fixed to the second head mounting portion in a state where the relative position to the first recording head is defined by the adjustment mechanism based on a landing position in a recording medium of ink ejected from predetermined nozzles of the second recording head with respect to a landing position in a recording medium of ink ejected from predetermined nozzles of the first head. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147095 | INK COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET CURABLE INK JETS, INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, INK JET RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME, AND INK SET - An ink composition for ultraviolet curable ink jets including monomer A represented by a general formula (I): | 2012-06-14 |
20120147096 | INKJET HEAD - An inkjet head includes: an ink ejecting section including an ink chamber to which ink is supplied, a driving element provided in the ink chamber, a nozzle opened to the ink chamber, and a wire connected to the driving element, the ink ejecting section being configured to eject the ink in the ink chamber from the nozzle using the driving element; an ink passage section attached to the ink ejecting section and including a supply passage, which is connected to the ink chamber and through which the ink supplied to the ink chamber passes, and a discharge passage, which is connected to the ink chamber and through which the ink discharged from the ink chamber passes; and an IC electrically connected to the driving element via the wire and thermally connected to the ink passage section. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147097 | MICRO-EJECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided a micro-ejector and a method of manufacturing the same. The micro-ejector includes an upper substrate including an inlet into which a fluid is drawn from the outside and a chamber groove; a lower substrate including a reservoir groove to provide a reservoir storing the fluid drawn through the inlet; a piezoelectric actuator formed on the upper substrate and supplying a driving force for fluid ejection to a chamber; and at least one support protruding from a bottom of the reservoir groove so as to support the upper substrate. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147098 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element has a first electrode containing platinum, a piezoelectric layer formed above the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is composed of an oxide containing potassium, sodium, niobium, bismuth, and iron. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147099 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric layer, and an electrode provided to the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is configured of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure containing potassium, sodium, and bismuth, niobium, iron, and chromium. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147100 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC - A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle aperture, and a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and electrodes that apply a voltage to the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure. The piezoelectric layer contains bismuth, barium, iron and titanium. The piezoelectric layer has an intensity ratio of a (111) orientation intensity to a (100) orientation intensity of 3 or more. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147101 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element comprises a silicon oxide layer, an intermediate layer provided above the silicon oxide layer, a first electrode provided above the intermediate layer, a piezoelectric layer provided above the intermediate layer, and a second electrode provided above the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is configured of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure and containing at least bismuth and iron. The intermediate layer contains magnesium oxide and/or aluminum oxide. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147102 | CARTRIDGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A cartridge includes: a liquid container adapted to contain a liquid; a filler port provided to fill the liquid into the liquid container; a supply port connected with a liquid supply tube provided in the printing device; a connection port provided to communicate with the liquid container; a liquid detection chamber adapted to vary volume according to inflow or non-inflow of the liquid through the connection port; a flow path arranged to connect the liquid detection chamber with the supply port; and a member provided to have the filler port, the supply port, the liquid detection chamber and the connection port arranged on one identical surface. The surface of the member has the supply port and the filler port arranged on one direction side relative to center of the surface, and the connection port arranged on an opposite direction side to the one direction side relative to the center. The liquid detection chamber is located between the connection port and the supply port. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147103 | ULTRAVIOLET CROSSLINKING INKJET INK, INK CARTRIDGE CONTAINING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING SAME - An ultraviolet crosslinking inkjet ink including a radically polymerizable monomer including a methacrylate and no acrylate; and a photoradical generator. An ink cartridge including the ultraviolet crosslinking inkjet ink and a container containing the ultraviolet crosslinking inkjet ink therein. An image forming method including ejecting droplets of the ultraviolet crosslinking inkjet ink toward a recording material to form an image on the recording material; and irradiating the image with ultraviolet light to crosslink the image. An image forming apparatus including a recording device to eject droplets of the ultraviolet crosslinking inkjet ink toward a recording material to form an image on the recording material; and an ultraviolet irradiator to irradiate the image with ultraviolet light to crosslink the image. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147104 | Cartridge for Inkjet Printer - A cartridge for inkjet printer includes housing and an ink storage tank defined inside the housing. An ink outlet is defined in the bottom portion of the housing, while an air inlet and ink inlet are formed on the top portion of the housing. All of the ink outlet, air inlet and ink inlet are communicated with the ink storage tank. A filtration chamber is defined in the ink storage tank. A filtration core is provided in the filtration chamber. The chamber is communicated with a flow guiding slot disposed at one side of the ink storage tank through a filtration hole. The other end of the flow guiding slot is communicated with the ink outlet. Advantageously, bubbles genreated during operation of the cartridge can be stored in the bubble chamber of the housing, thus eliminating bad effect of the bubbles on the normal flow of the ink out of the ink outlet. On the other hand, when the ink storage tank is full of ink, the longitudinal and horizontal separation plates, pressure reduction chamber and filtration hole can effectively reduce liquid pressure, thus keeping ink pressure at the ink outlet substantailly constant, making supply of the ink more evenly, and extending the life of the cartridge. Additionally, better printing quality can be realized. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147105 | Inductive Heater for A Solid Ink Reservoir - A container for storing phase-change ink includes a housing that is comprised primarily of a thermally insulating material and an inductive heater element positioned within the housing. The inductive heater element is formed in a manner that increases the surface area of the heater and enables frozen ink in the vicinity of a reservoir outlet to melt quickly to enable printing operations. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147106 | INK-JET PRINTING METHOD - The present invention relates to [1] an ink-jet printing method including the steps of applying an ink (A) having a static surface tension of from 23 to 70 mN/m and containing a poly(N-acylalkylene imine)-modified silicone and a cationic polymer onto a recording medium, and then applying by ink-jet printing, a water-based ink (B) onto the recording medium; [2] a recording paper for ink-jet printing which is obtainable by applying an ink (A) having a static surface tension of from 23 to 70 mN/m and containing a poly(N-acylalkylene imine)-modified silicone and a cationic polymer onto a recording medium; and [3] a water-based ink set including an ink (A) having a static surface tension of from 23 to 70 mN/m and containing a poly(N-acylalkylene imine)-modified silicone and a cationic polymer, and a water-based ink (B) containing an anionic colorant. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147107 | NAIL PRINT APPARATUS - Disclosed is a nail print apparatus including: a nail print apparatus including: a print finger inserting section to insert a finger with a nail to be printed as a print finger; a non-print finger inserting section to insert a finger on which printing is not performed as a non-print finger; a grabbing section which is provided between the print finger inserting section and the non-print finger inserting section and which can be pinched with the print finger and the non-print finger; and a printing section which performs printing on a nail of the print finger, wherein the grabbing section includes a first finger positioning section to position the four fingers when printing is performed by the printing section; and a second finger positioning section to position the thumb of the second hand when printing is performed by the printing section. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147108 | INK-JET INK PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An ink-jet ink printing method and associated system can comprise a printer including an ink-jet ink. The ink comprises an aqueous liquid vehicle, 1 wt % to 5 wt % pigment, 1 wt % to 5 wt % acrylic polymer particles, 0.3 wt % to 3 wt % urethane polymer particles, and is formulated to print on a vinyl medium. The system also includes a heating device. Upon applying heat to the ink-jet ink printed on the vinyl medium, the polymer particles in the printed ink fuse, and form a film encapsulating at least a portion of the pigment on the vinyl print medium. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147109 | INKJET PRINTER AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - Disclosed is a printing method whereby a glossy image free of running can be printed by an inkjet printer. An inkjet head ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120147110 | INK JET RECORDING MEDIUM WITH LENTICULAR LENSES - Disclosed is a recording medium with a lenticular lens for ink jet recording. The recording medium includes: a lenticular lens layer having a convex part surface, on which a plurality of semicylindrical or arcuate and elongated convexes are arranged in parallel, and a backside surface; and an ink absorptive layer provided on the backside surface of the lenticular lens layer. In the recording medium, an ink permeable layer for avoiding the stay of ink droplets on a recorded face after printing, or an adhesive layer for rendering the recording medium easily fixable to a wall, a mount and the like, or a temporarily applicable part is further provided. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147111 | Pressure And Transfix Rollers For A Solid Ink Jet Printing Apparatus - A printing machine for transferring a phase change ink onto a print medium includes a component for applying a phase change ink in an image, an imaging member for accepting the image and transferring the image from the imaging member to the print medium and a pressure member positioned in association with the imaging member to form a nip through which the print medium passes. The pressure member includes an outer layer with a tailored electrical conductivity to eliminate ghosting in duplex printing modes. The outer layer comprises a composite of a polymer and carbon nanotubes and/or graphenes. A similar outer layer may be implemented on a pressure roller in a direct-to-paper printing machine. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147112 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including an image forming device to form an ink image on a recording sheet, a discharger to discharge the sheet bearing the ink image in a face-down manner, and a stacker to stack the discharged sheet thereon. The stacker includes a first surface to deform a rear end portion of the sheet, and a second surface which has a surface to press a front end portion of the sheet and is slanting so as to rise in the sheet discharging direction. The first and second surfaces are arranged such that the first surface or an extended surface thereof intersects at an angle with the second surface or an extended surface thereof to form an intersection line and such that when the front edge of the recording sheet reaches the second surface, the rear edge of the recording sheet has not yet been discharged by the discharger. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147113 | NAIL PRINT APPARATUS - Disclosed is a nail print apparatus including a printing finger fixation section which fixes a printing finger and a printing section, and the printing finger fixation section includes at least on finger insertion member which is provided so as to slide along a finger inserting direction according to a length of the printing finger when the printing finger is inserted, and the finger insertion member includes a nail portion exposure window which is provided for exposing the nail portion in a side of the printing section, a finger pressing section for pressing a vicinity of a base of the nail portion from above when the printing finger is inserted, and an abutment member which is arranged in a back side in the finger inserting direction than the nail portion exposure window so that a tip portion of the printing finger abuts when the printing finger is inserted. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147114 | LIGHT EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, LIGHT EMISSION CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light emission control device images an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive element by a plurality of light emitting elements corresponding to a line in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction which is a rotational direction the photosensitive element. The light emission control device includes: a detecting unit that detects a rotational position of the photosensitive element, in the first direction, corresponding to a line in the second direction; an acquiring unit that acquires a distance between the light emitting elements and the rotational position of the photosensitive element in the first direction detected by the detecting unit; and a control unit that controls light emission by the light emitting elements according to the distance acquired by the acquiring unit and corrects a fluctuation in a density of a visible image converted from the electrostatic latent image. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147115 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including; an exposure section provided with, a light emitting element, a polygon mirror to receive light beams from the light emitting element, and to expose an image carrier using light beam via the polygon minor based on image data; an image processing section to adjust image magnification by image processing of the image data; and, a control section configured to select at least either of a first magnification adjustment to change a rotation speed of the polygon mirror and a second magnification adjustment to carry out image processing of the image data by the image processing section, based on comparison results between a paper interval time during recording paper conveyance in image formation and the first magnification adjustment time required to stabilize polygon mirror rotation in the first magnification adjustment, when adjusting image magnification with respect to recording paper. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147116 | LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL CIRCUIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL CIRCUIT - An optical writing device forms an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive element by a connected light source controlled by a light source control circuit that includes: a pixel data output unit; a pixel data correcting unit that corrects a skew between main scanning line of electrostatic latent image and photosensitive element and a local deviation of the electrostatic latent image on the main scanning line, and outputs pixel data; a pattern generating unit that outputs pixel data for forming a predetermined pattern in an electrostatic latent image; a first light source control unit for causing a first light source, that needs correction of the local deviation, to emit light; a second light source control unit for causing a second light source, that does not need correction of the local deviation, to emit light; and a switch that switches between a first transmission status and a second transmission status. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147117 | Detecting Print Line Loss - Printers and methods of printer operation are disclosed for detecting print line loss. Embodiments include at least one stable frame element and a print head that is moveable with respect to the stable frame element; and at least two optical elements mounted on one or more of the stable frame element and the print head, the optical elements oriented with respect to one another so as to detect motion of the print head. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147118 | THERMAL PRINT HEAD - A thermal print head includes a substrate, an electrode layer supported on the substrate and provided with a plurality of mutually spaced-apart portions, a resistor layer provided with a plurality of heating portions arranged along a primary scanning direction, the heating portions lying across the spaced-apart portions, and a protective layer configured to cover the resistor layer, the protective layer including a first layer made of glass matrix and a plurality of alumina grains mixed into the glass matrix. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147119 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A controller which causes a light emitting element to continuously perform minute emission for a plurality of dots in a level in which toner is not attached to a non-image section on an image bearing member is provided. The controller controls a first driving current for an image section and controls a second driving current used to perform the minute emission by the light emitting element in the non-image section several times in one job. In the image section, a driving current obtained by adding the first driving current to the second driving current is supplied so that the light emitting element emits light. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147120 | LASER-MARKABLE COMPOSITIONS - A laser-markable composition comprises a pigment, a solvent and a conductive polymer that absorbs IR radiation. This can be used to mark a substrate, using a low-energy laser. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147121 | Method and system for audio-video communications - A terminal for audio-video communications comprising an IP enabled video phone and a video processor component coupled to the IP enabled video phone and including a module for correcting images from the video camera to render a camera-facing image for transmission to remote viewer. The correcting images may include use of calibrated images for a particular user and may replace background images with neutral images. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147122 | Video data receiving and sending systems for videophone and video data processing method thereof - The present disclosure discloses a video data receiving system for a videophone, comprising a video pre-decoding module, a key-frame requesting module and a video receiving module; wherein the video pre-decoding module pre-decodes received video data and determines whether the video data are damaged, the key-frame requesting module discards the damaged offset-frame data in the video data and sends a key-frame request signal to the videophone at the opposite end when the number of the continuously discarded offset-frame data reaches a preset value, and the video receiving module receives the coded data from the opposite end. The present to disclosure also correspondingly discloses a video data sending system for the videophone and a video data processing method thereof. In the present disclosure, error offset-frames are discarded through pre-decoding, and key-frame request signals are sent to reacquire key-frame data when the number of the damaged offset-frame data reaches a preset value so as to reduce mosaic appearing during video receiving and improve the quality of images. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147123 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes monitoring a plurality of inputs associated with end users involved in a video session in which a plurality of displays are used. At least one of the inputs is associated with a frequency of speech of the end users. The method also includes determining a participation level for each of the end users based on the inputs, and determining which image data associated with the end users is to be rendered on a selected one of the plurality of displays based on the participation levels. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147124 | PROPAGATING USER STATUS INFORMATION ACROSS COMPUTING RESOURCES - The subject matter of this disclosure can be implemented in, among other things, a device that includes processors, means for receiving a voicemail greeting template having a default portion and a placeholder portion, wherein the default portion is included in voicemail greetings generated based on the voicemail greeting template, and a user status propagation module executable by the one or more processors. In these examples, the user status propagation module receives status information for a user or a device, wherein the status information includes a state of the user or a state of the device, and replaces the placeholder portion of the voicemail greeting template with the received status information to generate a personalized voicemail greeting of the user that includes the default portion and the received status information, wherein output of the personalized voicemail greeting is initiated in response to an incoming phone call. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIDEO DATA TO BE RENDERED IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes establishing a video session in which a plurality of displays are used for rendering video data, and evaluating a presentation element in order to identify a control element that includes control data. The control element is included in the presentation element. The method further includes communicating at least a portion of the control data such that it can be used to determine which video data is to be rendered on the plurality of displays. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147126 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MULTIUSER COMMUNICATION - A moderator terminal device ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120147127 | Video Conference System and Method - A method includes receiving a registration message at a video control point (VCP) device, the registration message requesting set up of a video conference between endpoint devices. The video conference is set up to enable a first endpoint device to send media to a second endpoint device without the media passing through the VCP device en route. A communication profile associated with each endpoint device is determined. Configuration settings associated with at least one endpoint device is determined based on the communication profiles. The configuration settings are sent to at least one computing device that is adapted to modify the media based on the configuration settings to generate modified media. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147128 | Unification of Rosters in a Communication System - In one embodiment, a method for unifying rosters is provided. A client receives an escalation request associated with a first roster and responds to the escalation request. The client subscribes to the first roster as a participant in response to accepting the escalation request or subscribes to the first roster as an observer in response to denying the escalation request. The client identifies a second roster within the first roster that the client is not subscribed to and subscribes to the first roster as an observer. The client updates an entry associated with the client in the second roster to indicate that the client is subscribed to the first roster as one of a participant or an observer. The client additionally updates an entry associated with the client in the first roster to indicate that the client is subscribed to the second roster as an observer. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147129 | SECURE CONTROL FOR DESKTOP SECURE VIDEO TELECONFERENCING - Method, system, and computer program product example embodiments of the invention are disclosed to provide multi-network secure video teleconferencing (VTC) for VTC endpoints. The embodiments of the invention include a sequencer that controls the sequence of operations when moving a video teleconferencing terminal between secure networks. The sequencer receives commands to initiate the operation from an initiator, such as a user-initiated button press from a control console or a user-initiated request from an Internet interface, or for a scheduled operation from a scheduling interface. The sequencer then issues commands to a secure database of terminal configuration data and a control isolator to both transfer a video teleconferencing terminal to a new secure network to begin a conference and to remove a video teleconferencing terminal from a secure network to end a conference. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147130 | Appearance Matching for Videoconferencing - Methods and systems for presenting video images generated by multiple endpoints in a videoconference such that the displayed images have consistent appearance, for example consistent brightness levels are disclosed. Sampling methods and algorithms are used to calculate an appropriate amount of correction for each video image and the images are adjusted accordingly. Brightness correction may implement one or more brightness sampling and analyzing logical modules (BSAM) and one or more transforming logical module (TLM). The brightness matching methods may be implemented in centralized architecture, for example, as part of a multipoint control unit (MCU). Alternatively, the methods may be implemented using a distributed architecture. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147131 | VIDEO COMMUNICATING APPARATUS HAVING EYE-TO-EYE COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a video communication apparatus having an eye-to-eye communication function that enables video communication users to communicate with each other in an eye-to-eye state, and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a video of a video communication partner, the display unit including a plurality of cameras activated according to a selection control signal; a video processor configured to encode a captured video from the activated camera, and to decode a video from the video communication partner and identify a position of the video communication partner's eyes from the video; a camera selector configured to activate a camera installed in a position corresponding to the position among the plurality of cameras; and a transceiver configured to transmit the encoded video from the video processor to the video communication partner and provide the video from the video communication partner to the video processor. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147132 | Method and System for Producing Panoramic Image - A method and a system for producing a panoramic image are provided. The method comprises the following steps. A plurality of original images are obtained. A plurality of pixel blocks corresponding to a plurality of view angles are captured from each of the original images, wherein the number of the view angles is larger than or equal to 2. Part of the pixel blocks which are corresponding to one of the view angles are connected along a connecting direction to result in a single-view panoramic image, wherein the step of connecting part of the pixel blocks are performed repeatedly to result in a plurality of single-view panoramic images. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147133 | Apparatus for Rendering Surroundings and Vehicle Having Such an Apparatus for Rendering Surroundings and Method for Depicting Panoramic Image - An apparatus for rendering surroundings includes an image source, image signal processing device, and image reproduction device. The image source feeds input image signals to the image signal processing device to create output image signals for a panoramic image that are forwarded to the image reproduction device for displaying the panoramic image. The image signal processing device processes the input image signals such that a first region of the panoramic image is reproduced undistorted or compressed in a first compression and a second region of the panoramic image is reproduced compressed in a second compression. The image signal processing device is configured such that the portion of the regions reproduced undistorted or compressed is variably selectable, the compression of the regions reproduced compressed is selectable, and these changes in the region reproduced compressed may occur during the operation of the apparatus for rendering surroundings. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147134 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING A HOLOGRAM - An apparatus and method for reconstructing a hologram are disclosed. An illuminator emits a reference beam, a hologram display driver displays an interference pattern based on a video signal, a lens unit adjusts a magnification and a focus of a hologram reproduced by projecting the emitted reference beam onto the displayed interference pattern, and a scanning unit scans the adjusted hologram to pixels of a screen by controlling a direction of the adjusted hologram. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147135 | Stereoscopic Video Display Apparatus and Method Therefor - According to one embodiment, the stereoscopic video display apparatus includes a 3D processing module and a message insertion module. The 3D processing module converts a 3D video display signal of the twin type into the 3D video display signal of a glasses-less type. The message insertion module outputs a notification message making a notification that stereoscopic video of the glasses-less type is different from the stereoscopic video of the twin type. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147136 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS OF MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus of a mobile terminal generates a three-dimensional (3D) image based on images captured by a camera, and transmit and/or display the generated 3D image to allow a user to easily, conveniently view the 3D image, and a method thereof are provided. The image processing apparatus of a mobile terminal receives images captured by at least a pair of cameras installed in the mobile terminal, converts the received images into a 3D image, and transmit the 3D image. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A MULTIVIEW VIDEO SIGNAL - A method of processing a multiview video stream is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving the multiview video stream including a random access picture, the random access picture including a random access slice, the random access slice indicating a slice referring to a slice existing at a same time in a different view only, receiving an identification information indicating that the received multiview video stream is a stereo video bitstream, obtaining a flag information indicating whether the random access picture is used for inter-view prediction based on the flag information, determining an initialization information of a reference picture list of the random access picture based on the flag information, initializing the reference picture list of the random access picture using the initialization information, determining a prediction value of a macroblock in the random access picture based on the initialized reference picture list, and decoding the macroblock using the prediction value of the macroblock. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147138 | STEROSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE WITH PATTERNED RETARDER AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic display device includes a 3D formatter for aligning a left eye image data and a right eye image data received from an outside of the stereoscopic display device in an interlaced method and forwarding the same, a data compensating unit for selecting a compensation data on the left eye image data and the right eye image data received from the 3D formatter from a compensation look-up table having the compensating data on the left eye image data and the right eye image data on each gray scale preset thereon, and compensating the left eye image data and the right eye image data, and a panel driving unit for displaying the left eye image data and the right eye image data from the data compensating unit on a display unit alternately in lines. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147139 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE ALIGNING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE ALIGNING METHOD, AND PROGRAM OF THE SAME - A stereoscopic image aligning apparatus ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120147140 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A video image data encoder comprises an input to receive stereoscopic image data. The stereoscopic image data includes first and second image data having chronological correspondence. An error correction encoding unit combines portions of the first image data and corresponding portions of the second image data from the input unit into a common encoding matrix. An error correcting code derived from the combined portions is added to the encoding matrix. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147141 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A pair of main-view and sub-view video streams and a graphics stream are recorded on a BD-ROM disc. Metadata is provided in each GOP in the sub-view video stream. The metadata includes offset information. The offset information specifies offset control for a plurality of pictures constituting a GOP. Offset control is to provide a left offset and right offset for the horizontal coordinates in a graphics plane to generate a pair of graphics planes, and to combine them separately with main-view and sub-view video planes. The sub-view video stream is packetized and multiplexed in a transport stream. A header of each TS packet includes a TS priority flag. TS packets containing the metadata have a different value of TS priority flag from TS packets containing sub-view pictures. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147142 | IMAGE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE RECEIVING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an image transmitting apparatus and method, and an image receiving apparatus and method. The image transmitting apparatus includes: a video processor which converts a first video signal, including a left-eye image and a right-eye image corresponding to a frame of a three-dimensional (3D) image, into a second video signal by increasing a number of data bits per pixel of a first video signal and merging two pieces of pixel information respectively corresponding to the left-eye image and the right-eye image into one piece of pixel information; and a video output unit which transmits the second video signal. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147143 | OPTICAL SYSTEM HAVING INTEGRATED ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEMS, AND 3D IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system including integrated illumination and imaging optical systems, and a 3-dimensional (3D) image acquisition apparatus including the optical system. In the optical system of the 3D image acquisition apparatus, the illumination optical system and the imaging optical system are integrated to have a coaxial optical path. Accordingly, there is no parallax between the illumination optical system and the imaging optical system, so that depth information about an object acquired using illumination light may reflect actual distances between the object and the 3D image acquisition apparatus. Consequently, the depth information about the object may be more precise. The zero parallax between the illumination optical system and the imaging optical system may improve utilization efficiency of the illumination light. As a result, a greater amount of light may be incident on the 3D image acquisition apparatus, which ensures to acquire further precise depth information about the object. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147144 | TRAJECTORY PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A trajectory processing apparatus comprises a trajectory database configured to store a position coordinate of a movable body detected from a camera image in association with data that specifies the camera image from which the movable body is detected, and a camera image database configured to store the camera image. A control section fetches the position coordinate of the movable body and the specifying data for the camera image from which the movable body is detected from the trajectory database. Further, the position coordinate of the movable body fetched from the trajectory database is displayed in a display section as a trajectory of the movable body. Furthermore, the control section acquires from the camera image database the camera image specified by the specifying data fetched from the trajectory database. Moreover, this camera image is displayed in the display section. | 2012-06-14 |