35th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110210963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A system and method for displaying three dimensional (3D) images projects a current image on a screen to obtain an original 3D image by a 3D projector, detects a movement of a user by a 3D camera at each time interval, and transfers coordinate alterations of the user to a computer. The computer adjusts a position of the current image on a display according to the coordinate alteration of the user, and transfers the adjusted current image to the 3D projector. Then, the 3D projector projects the adjusted current image on the screen, so as to obtain a new 3D image on the screen. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210964 | Stereoscopic flat panel display with synchronized backlight, polarization control panel, and liquid crystal display - An enhanced liquid crystal display design is provided having relatively fast response time particularly useful in high speed or highly intense applications, such as stereoscopic or autostereoscopic image display. The liquid crystal display device is configured to display stereoscopic images, and comprises an LCD panel and control electronics configured to drive the LCD panel to a desired 10 stereoscopic display state. The control electronics are configured to employ transient phase switching and overdrive the LCD panel to a desired state to enable relatively rapid display of stereoscopic images. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210965 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING VIDEO IMAGES - A method of generating a disparity map is described. The method is for an image sequence which is displayable on a screen defining a screen plane, wherein the image sequence includes a stereoscopically viewable first object perceivable by a viewer on an image plane different to the screen plane, the stereoscopically viewable object comprising a first image viewable by a viewer's eye and a second image viewable by the viewer's other eye, the method comprising:
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20110210966 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE DIMENSIONAL CONTENT IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for generating Three Dimensional (3D) contents in an electronic device are provided. The method includes extracting data having geometric information, generating two images having binocular disparity using the geometric information of the extracted data, and outputting the generated two images to a display unit. The generating of the two images having the binocular disparity includes rendering a first image using the geometric information of the extracted data, and generating a second image using depth information of an object in the first image. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210967 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a horizontal resolution converting unit that converts a horizontal resolution of input image data to output horizontal resolution-converted image data; a line memory for the left eye and a line memory for the right eye that store the horizontal resolution-converted image data; a line memory specifying unit that specifies the line memory to store the horizontal resolution-converted image data; a line memory reading unit that reads the horizontal resolution-converted image data from either of the line memory for the left eye and the line memory for the right eye; and a vertical resolution converting unit that converts a vertical resolution of the horizontal resolution-converted image data read by the line memory reading unit to generate output image data. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210968 | ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMING GUIDE - A method and apparatus of displaying visual guide for multimedia content. In one embodiment, the visual guide is constructed of a three dimensional environment, in which multimedia content information is displayed. A user may navigate the three dimensional environment to view additional or alternative information. In one or more arrangements, different surfaces of the three dimensional environment may correspond to different levels of preference or desirability. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210969 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A DEPTH MAP - The present invention relates to a device and method ( | 2011-09-01 |
20110210970 | DIGITAL MIRROR APPARATUS - A digital mirror apparatus that can reduce the uncomfortable feeling that the user who works while watching the displayed image feels in the horizontal direction and that can reduce the stress on the user. The digital mirror apparatus ( | 2011-09-01 |
20110210971 | GENERATING POINT CLOUDS - Presented are embodiments for the generation of point clouds on a surface. A surface is described by a mathematical function. The surface may be subdivided into a plurality of patches, a plurality of triangles, or a plurality of rectangles, inter alia. A plurality of points are calculated and distributed among the patches, triangles, or rectangles comprising the surface. Generation of such point clouds may be useful in rendering N-dimensional surfaces for display or output on computer display or output devices. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210972 | PERSISTING GRAPHICS STRUCTURES ACROSS RESOLUTION CHANGE IN GRAPHICS REMOTING ENVIRONMENT - A local system receives a graphics structure generated from an application hosted within the local system, where the application is accessed by a remote system. The graphics structure represents a display output from the application, where the graphics structure is generated in response to a change of display characteristics of the local system. A hash generator generates a first hash from the graphics structure according to a hash algorithm. It is determining whether there is an existing hash maintained by the local system that matches the first hash. The local system transmits the first hash to the remote system without sending the graphics structure if there is an existing hash matching the first hash. The first hash is used by the remote system to identify a graphics structure maintained by the remote system for rendering a display of the remote system. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210973 | METHOD TO MODEL VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AS RANDOM GEOMETRIC GRAPHS - A method for generating mathematical analysis of a communication protocol in a vehicular communications network. The method defines features of a vehicular network, which may include a graph of a street map within a geographic area. A random geometric graph with a plurality of parameters is generated. A plurality of communications protocols on the vehicular network are defined. A communication protocol over the random geometric graph is redefined. A communication protocol's basic properties and associated features on the random geometric graph are analyzed. Results of the analysis are generated. The results of the analysis based on the random geometric graph's parameters are translated into results based on the vehicular network features. The random geometric graph with the parameters are displayed. The parameters may include: a number of graph nodes; and a probability that any two nodes are communicably connected being expressed as a function of the vehicular network features. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210974 | Graphical Display with Integrated Recent Period Zoom and Historical Period Context Data - A system and method are provided for displaying a data series. In one embodiment, a graphical interface is provided including at least one axis that is divided into a plurality of axis regions. Preferably, each axis region uses a different linear scale, and the plurality of axis regions forms a continuous non-linear scale. The graphical interface also displays the data series in relation to the plurality of axis regions, and the data series is plotted in relation to each axis region based on a scale resolution corresponding to each respective axis region. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210975 | MULTI-SCREEN SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND MULTI-SCREEN SYSTEM - A multi-screen signal processing device includes a main graphics processor and a plurality of sub-graphics processors. The main graphics processor is electrically connected to the plurality of sub-graphics processors respectively. The main graphics processor is used for receiving an external image data, and capable of decoding the external image data and outputting a frame data. Each sub-graphics processor respectively captures a part of the frame data synchronously and outputs a broadcasting signal. The multi-screen signal processing device may be connected to multiple screens to play multiple images at the same time. Moreover, the decoding step using a single graphics processor enables easy synchronization of frames displayed on different screens and saves energy consumed by repeating the decoding step. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210976 | TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSFERRING GRAPHICS DATA FROM SYSTEM MEMORY TO A DISCRETE GPU - A method for transferring graphics data includes receiving graphics data in the system memory. The graphics data may be loaded into system memory by and application from a mass storage device. One or more graphics commands associated with the graphics data may also be received. The graphics commands may also be received from the application. The graphics data in system memory is compressed in response to receipt of the one or more graphics commands before the graphics data is transferred to a discrete graphics processing unit. The one or more received graphics commands are transferred to the discrete graphics processing unit. The one or more graphics commands include an operation to copy the compressed graphics data to the discrete graphics processing unit. The compressed graphics data is copied from the system memory to memory of the graphics processing. The compressed graphics data is then decompressed by the graphics processing unit. Thereafter, the discrete graphics processing unit may perform one or more graphics operations on the transferred graphics data. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210977 | Projector, projection display system, and corresponding method and recording medium - A method includes sending image related working status information representing image-related working status of a projector that projects images, to a client over a network in response to a request to provide the image-related working status of the projector. The image-related working status is related to display characteristic of the projected image. The method includes controlling the image-related working status of the projector based on the control information received from the client over the network in response to the sent image-related working status information. The image-related working status information is sent to the client with screen information from which the client can display a user interface that includes the image-related working status information. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210978 | DIGITAL METHOD FOR MATCHING STAINS - The present invention relates to color matching and, more specifically, an apparatus and method for preparing a stain to match a target color of a selected substrate (e.g., wood species). In one embodiment a system is provided that comprises (i) a computer (e.g., a stand-alone PC or a networked computer), (ii) hardware and/or software to store a database of stain records, (iii) hardware and/or software to create or load spectral data (e.g., a digital image) of a target sample, and (iv) hardware and/or software to display images and/or process spectral data. The system preferably facilitates the selection of a desired stain, and in preferred embodiments may also include hardware and/or software to dispense colorant agents and/or vehicles to create the desired stain. The system of the present invention may be used in a “manual” mode (whereby a human compares database and target images and makes a selection); an “automatic” mode (whereby the computer system uses spectral data to suggest a closest match based on the selected substrate); or a “combination” mode (whereby the computer system uses spectral data to suggest a closest match and the user can then compare the suggested match with various images to achieve a final selection). | 2011-09-01 |
20110210979 | CORRECTION INFORMATION CALCULATOR, IMAGE CORRECTION DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, CORRECTION INFORMATION CALCULATION METHOD - A correction information calculator in which a plurality of projectors each including an image forming element collaboratively displays one image on a projection surface, wherein based on predetermined correction information which is set in advance as a correspondence between the coordinates of pixels on the image forming element and the coordinates of pixels on a first effective projection region of the projection surface on which the image is presently displayed and a second correspondence which is a correspondence between the coordinates of the pixels on the first effective projection region and the coordinates of pixels on a second effective projection region of the projection surface, which is specified as a region on which the image is to be displayed, correction information representing a correspondence between the coordinates of pixels on the image forming element and the coordinates of pixels on the second effective projection region is calculated. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210980 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF TRANSACTION CARDS - A method for producing transaction cards corresponding to an account of a customer and bearing an image defined by said customer comprises associating an optically-readable identifier with a customer-defined image to be applied to the transaction card. The optical identifier can be read to reconcile it with a corresponding identifier related to customer account information to be applied to the transaction card. In this way a card may be produced bearing the image defined by the customer and the customer's account information. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210981 | Methods, Systems, And Computer Program Products For Presenting A Message On A Display Based On A Type Of Video Image Data For Presentation On The Display - Methods, systems, and computer program products for a message on a display based on a type of video image data for presentation on the display are described. An indication of one of a plurality of priority levels associated with a message for presentation on a display is received. Whether a type of a video image data for presentation on the display has a predetermined relationship to the priority level of the message is determined. The message is presented on the display based on the video image data type determination. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210982 | LOW LATENCY RENDERING OF OBJECTS - A system is disclosed for rendering low latency resource objects by providing the latest position data from a central processing unit for the low latency resource object right before a graphic processing unit is to render the low latency resource object. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210983 | UNIFIED VISUAL PRESENTER - The present document relates to the presentation of visual data that is stored on a mobile communication device, in particular to the presentation of sequences of images such as slideshows that may further include animation sequences as well as static images. A method for displaying data includes: transferring visual data from a mobile communication device ( | 2011-09-01 |
20110210984 | Showing Skin Lesion Information - Among other things, on a two-dimensional electronic display are shown simultaneously: (a) at least a partial body view of a surface of the human model on which a location of a skin lesion on a corresponding real human has been indicated, and (b) an image of the lesion area that corresponds to the partial body view of the human model. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210985 | CONTROLLING A DISPLAY DEVICE TO DISPLAY PORTIONS OF AN ENTIRE IMAGE IN A DISPLAY AREA - A computer-implemented method is for controlling display of an image, in a display area, by a display device. A plurality of elements of a sequence is determined based on operation of an input device. A position in the entire image is determined, associated with the determined one of the plurality of elements in the sequence. Based on the determined position in the entire image, a corresponding portion of the entire image is caused to be displayed in the display area. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210986 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING POSITIONING AND SIZING OF GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS - One aspect of the technology described herein relates to a configuration system for determining positioning and relative sizing of at least one graphical element to be rendered on a canvas portion of a display, with the at least one graphical element having a plurality of element borders. The configuration system comprises: a plurality of guidelines which are fixed relative to the canvas portion; and a first fixed link of a fixed number of measurement units in length linking a first element border to a first guideline of the plurality of guidelines. Upon the reconfiguration of the canvas portion, the system may be configured to determine the position of the element borders. In doing so, the system may need to reposition the first guideline. The guidelines may be horizontal or vertical oriented. In some embodiments, at least one horizontal guideline may be placed at a point corresponding to a fixed fraction of the height of the canvas portion; and at least one vertical guideline may be placed at a point corresponding to a fixed fraction of the width of the canvas portion. In other embodiments, the guidelines may include a border guideline fixed to a border of the canvas portion. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210987 | CORRECTION INFORMATION CALCULATING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE CORRECTING METHOD - A correction information calculating device includes: a position information acquiring unit that acquires position information representing a position corresponding to a first diagram located inside a first photographed image; a second diagram position detecting unit that detects a position of a second diagram, that is different from the first diagram in at least one of a shape and a size, inside a second photographed image; and a correction information calculating unit that calculates correction information representing a correspondence relationship between a position of a pixel on the projection surface and a position of a pixel of an image forming element of a projector by comparing the position of the second diagram inside the second photographed image that is detected by the second diagram position detecting unit and the position of the second diagram on an original data of the second measurement image. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210988 | Liquid crystal display device - In a liquid crystal display device, both of the brightness characteristic and the chromaticity characteristic are set to optimum values. In the liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal display panel, a data driver, a scanning driver and a display control circuit, the display control circuit includes a first circuit which generates insertion display data which differs from the image display data and inserts the display data into the data driver, and a second circuit which sets a first time at which the scanning signal for displaying the display data and a second time at which the scanning signal for displaying the insertion display data are outputted. The first circuit generates display data of one chromatic color and, at the same time, sets gradations of chromatic color for every frame period. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210989 | System and Method for Optical Frequency Conversion - A system and method for optical frequency conversion having asymmetric output include a coherent light apparatus. The coherent light apparatus includes a coherent light source that produces a first coherent light, a frequency converter optically coupled to the coherent light source, and a coupling optic optically coupled between the coherent light source and the frequency converter. The frequency converter converts the first coherent light to a second coherent light at a second frequency and includes an asymmetric frequency converter (AFC) that nonlinearly converts the first coherent light to the second coherent light with the frequency conversion being more efficient in a first direction than in a second direction. A resonant cavity formed about the AFC circulates the first coherent light and transmits the second coherent light propagating in the first direction. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210990 | LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A light emitting display including data lines for transmitting data voltages, scan lines for selecting select signals, and pixel circuits. The pixel circuit is coupled to a data line and a scan line. The pixel circuit includes a transistor including first, second, and third electrodes, wherein the third electrode outputs a current corresponding to a voltage between the first and second electrodes. A light emitting element coupled to the third electrode emits light corresponding to the current outputted by the third electrode. A first switch transmits a data voltage in response to a select signal from the scan line. A voltage compensator receives the data voltage transmitted by the first switch and a second power supply voltage and applies a compensated data voltage based on the data voltage, a first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage to the first electrode of the transistor. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210991 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD - Display luminance is uniformized and the brightness is enhanced. A plasma display device has image signal processing circuit including loading correction part. The loading correction part has: number of lit cells calculator for calculating the number of discharge cells to be lit in each display electrode pair, in each subfield; load value calculator for calculating a load value of each discharge cell, according to the calculation result in number of lit cells calculator; correction gain calculator for calculating a correction gain of each discharge cell, according to the position of the discharge cell and the calculation result in load value calculator, such that the correction gain is smaller in the central portion than in the peripheral portion on the plasma display panel's image display surface; and corrector for subtracting the multiplication result of the output from correction gain calculator and an input image signal, from the input image signal. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210992 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD - The image display quality is improved by uniforming the display luminance. For that purpose, the plasma display device has a plasma display panel, and image signal processing circuit. Image signal processing circuit includes loading correcting section. Section includes number-of-lit-cells calculating section for calculating the number of discharge cells to be lit for each display electrode pair in each subfield, load value calculating section for calculating the load value of each discharge cell based on the calculation result by number-of-lit-cells calculating section, correction gain calculating section for calculating the correction gain of each discharge cell based on the calculation result by load value calculating section and the positions of the discharge cells, and correcting section for subtracting, from an input image signal, the result derived by multiplying the input image signal by the output from correction gain calculating section. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210993 | LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet discharging apparatus includes a pair of workpiece stages, a workpiece moving table configured to move the two workpiece stages, a head moving table configured to move a functional liquid droplet discharging head, a pair of workpiece exchanging mechanisms arranged in two workpiece exchange areas, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to execute control to move the workpiece stages alternately between the image formation area and the workpiece exchange areas such that one of the workpiece stages moves between the image formation area and one of the workpiece exchange areas and the other of the workpiece stages moves between the image formation area and the other of the workpiece exchange areas. Furthermore, the control unit executes control such that image forming operations and exchanges of workpieces are executed alternately with respect each of the workpiece stages. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210994 | ESTABLISHING INK USAGE OF PROCESS CHANNELS - Systems and methods for establishing ink usage of process channels are provided. Separation curves are generated that determine how multiple ink channels are used to render a corresponding process channel of an image. The separation curves are generated using process values and density measurements or estimations. A PVR curve is established to identify target densities. When a combination of ink channels are used, the model is accessed based on one of the ink channels to determine a contribution of the other ink channel to achieve the target density. Each ink channel has a corresponding curve and all of the curves collectively provide a smooth and predictable progression from zero coverage to full coverage for the ink channels. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210995 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A setting unit that can set the start time when a user starts using a apparatus and a control unit that can make the apparatus enter a non-operation state in either first standby mode or second standby mode where the apparatus can be actuated from the non-operation state in a shorter time than in the first standby mode are provided. The control unit performs control to determine to which of the first standby mode and the second standby mode when the apparatus enters the non-operation state, based on the time difference between a time when an instruction to turn off the apparatus is issued and the start time set with the setting unit. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210996 | DROPLET EJECTION DEVICE THAT APPLIES TREATING AGENT TO RECORDING MEDIUM - A droplet ejection device includes a head that ejects droplets onto a recording medium so as to form an image, an extract unit that extracts a part of the image as a specific image portion, and a control unit that controls a treating-agent application member to apply treating agent to a first section and a second section of the recording medium. The specific image portion is formed in the first section, and at least a part of a non-specific image portion of the image is formed in the second section. When a remaining amount of the treating agent is less than a first amount, the treating-agent application member applies the treating agent to the second section by an amount less than an amount of the treating agent that is applied to the second section when the remaining amount is not less than the first amount. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210997 | INKJET PRINTHEAD SUBSTRATE, INKJET PRINTHEAD, AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - An inkjet printhead substrate comprises: a pair of individual conductive layers configured to supply electrical power to a heat generation element; a first common conductive layer configured to be connected to one of the pair of individual conductive layers; a second common conductive layer configured to be connected to the other of the pair of individual conductive layers; and an isolation layer configured to be provided between the one of the pair of individual conductive layers and the first common conductive layer, and between the other of the pair of individual conductive layers and the second common conductive layer, wherein the isolation layer is formed from a conductive material which has a lower solubility in ink than a material used for the pairs of individual conductive layers, the first common conductive layer and the second common conductive layer. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210998 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - An ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method are provided that are capable of implementing an overcoating in which an interference color of a particular wavelength is not generated, without consuming more clear ink than necessary to overcoat the image. For this, a first application step is provided that prints clear ink during the printing of the image on the print medium using color ink, or after the printing step has been completed, and after taking time for the applied clear ink to fix, a second application step is provided that prints clear ink again. Accordingly, raised portions are formed by the clear ink drops applied at the second application step, on the uniform layer of clear ink formed at the first application step, and it is possible to cause light of various wavelengths (colors) to be included in the light reflected off of the print object. | 2011-09-01 |
20110210999 | DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE OF ACTUATOR AND INKJET PRINTER PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - There is provided a drive control device including: a wiring board connected to an actuator; two driver ICs each having a plurality of common signal input terminals and selection signal input terminals arranged in one direction; and a control section transmitting a plurality of types of common signals and selection signals to the two driver ICs, respectively, in which the two driver ICs are disposed to face to each other on the wiring board so that the common signal input terminals in the respective driver ICs are each arranged in reverse directions to each other, and the paired common signal input terminals that are disposed in the one direction in the same order when counted from one side are wired respectively. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211000 | Inkjet Recording Head And Inkjet Recording Apparatus Having The Same - An inkjet recording head includes a passage communicating with a discharge port for discharging ink, a discharging heater provided in the passage for generating energy to discharge ink from the discharge port, and a detecting unit provided in the passage for detecting a temperature of ink that changes in accordance with heat energy generated by the detecting unit and a flow of ink in the passage. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211001 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A control apparatus includes a discharge control unit, wherein the discharge control unit controls liquid so that, before a start of printing of which the printing is performed on a printing medium by ejecting a liquid, which is filled and heated within flow passages, from a nozzle opening, the liquid within the flow passages of the liquid ejecting head is discharged from the nozzle opening, and, after the liquid ejecting head is heated to a printing temperature by the heated liquid and the liquid ejecting head reaches the printing temperature, discharging of the liquid from the nozzle opening is stopped. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211002 | DROPLET PROPELLING DEVICE - A drive pulse P | 2011-09-01 |
20110211003 | PRINTING APPARATUS - Images are sequentially printed on a first surface of a sheet, and identification information for identifying an image is formed each time an image is printed. When printing is interrupted by the error and before resuming printing, the identification information formed on the first surface of the sheet fed from the reverse unit again is read by the reader, and an image to be printed on the second surface when resuming printing is specified based on the read identification information. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211004 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - One of the two flow passages branches from one of two ink cartridges to one of the two discharging portions and one of the two individual discharging portions. The other flow passage branches from the other ink cartridge to the other discharging portion and the other individual discharging portion. A ratio of frequency of use of each of the discharging portions, Ra, and frequency of use of each of the individual discharging portions, Rb, satisfies Ra:Rb=1:½. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211005 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A printer includes first and second ejecting sections of which positions of nozzles are different from each other in a sub scanning direction, and an ejecting section group. The ejecting section group includes first and second individual ejecting sections of which the positions of the nozzles are same in the sub scanning direction. When a frequency of ejecting the liquid using the first and second ejecting sections and the first and second individual ejecting sections are Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd, the first mode in which Ra:Rb:Rc:Rd is 1:1:1:0, a second mode in which Ra:Rb:Rc:Rd is 1:1:0:1 and a third mode in which Ra:Rb:Rc:Rd is 1:1:0.5:0.5 are selected on the basis of the residual amounts of the ink. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211006 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND PRINT APPARATUS - A reference mark is recorded in an area between one image and the next image sequentially printed on a first surface of a continuous sheet. In a print on a second surface of the sheet, the recorded reference mark is read, and a print position of the image on a second surface of the sheet is set. A plurality of images are sequentially printed on the second surface on the basis of this setting. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211007 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND JAM RESTORATION METHOD IN PRINTING APPARATUS - In the event that occurrence of a jam has been detected during conveyance of a sheet, the sheet is cut at a cutter unit, and a user is prompted to perform manual jam restoration processing according to the location where the jam has occurred. If the jam has occurred upstream from the cutter unit, the cut sheets left downstream from the cutter unit are discharged as completed articles. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211008 | PRINT APPARATUS - A first reading unit that reads a pattern or an image formed on a sheet by a print unit for recognizing a print unit state, a second reading unit that reads a cut mark formed on the sheet on a downstream thereof, a cutter that cuts the sheet on a downstream thereof, and a reverse unit that reverses the sheet fed to the print unit again are provided. In duplex printing, the sheet where images are sequentially printed on a first surface is led to the reverse unit, the front and rear faces are reversed, and the sheet is fed to the print unit again. The sheet where images and cut marks are sequentially printed on a second surface is cut by the cutter for each piece and discharged. The sheet is cut on the basis of a reading of the cut mark by the second reading unit. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211009 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - Whether a continuous sheet usable for printing on the basis of first print data and a continuous sheet usable for printing on the basis of second print data are the same or not is determined. If it is determined that they are the same, an image based on the first print data and an image based on the second print data are printed continuously on a continuous sheet. When an image based on the second print data is arranged at an end of a continuous sheet, the second print data is assigned to the beginning of print data to be printed on another continuous sheet. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211010 | Apparatus For Controlled Freezing Of Melted Solid Ink In A Solid Ink Printer - An apparatus controls dissipation of heat from melted ink within a component storing melted ink within a solid ink imaging device. The apparatus includes a housing, a passage within the housing that is configured to store melted ink, and a temperature control connector mechanically coupled to the housing and passage, the temperature control connector being configured to mitigate void formation in melted ink as the melted ink cools in the passage. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211011 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to an image forming apparatus including a supply unit configured to supply a sheet, a recording unit configured to perform recording by discharging a plurality of colors of inks onto the sheet, a reading unit configured to read out an image of the sheet, a drying unit configured to dry the sheet on which recording is provided by the recording unit, and a control unit configured to perform control so as to record an inspection pattern onto the sheet by the recording unit and so as to readout the inspection pattern of the sheet by the reading unit after the sheet on which the inspection pattern is recorded passes through the drying unit in order to acquire inspection data of the inspection pattern of the sheet. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211012 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method includes: applying an ink composition including a pigment having a volume average particle diameter of 70 nm to 130 nm, a polymerizable compound, and water, onto a recording medium using an inkjet under a condition that a maximum application amount of the ink composition is 15 ml/m | 2011-09-01 |
20110211013 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - An ink composition includes a colorant particle, a water-soluble polymerizable compound having an acrylamide structure in a molecule thereof, colloidal silica, and water. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211014 | INKJET IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An inkjet image forming method includes: applying, onto a recording medium which is held by suction on a support base, an ink composition including a pigment and a polymerizable compound using an inkjet; applying, onto the recording medium, a treatment liquid that includes an aggregating agent that is capable of aggregating components in the ink composition and that has a viscosity of 2 mPa·s to 5 mPa·s at 20° C. and a surface tension of 25 mN/m to 45 mN/m at 25° C.; and irradiating the ink composition applied to the recording medium with an active energy ray, thereby performing polymerization. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211015 | FULL FUNCTION MAINTENANCE STATION - An apparatus and method of operating a maintenance station in a printer are provided. The method includes providing a feed roller shaft including an end, the feed roller shaft being connected to a motor; providing a maintenance station disposed near the end of the feed roller shaft, the maintenance station comprising a first pinion; a second pinion; and a maintenance sled including a rack with the rack including teeth positioned along a length dimension of the rack to provide a travel path for the maintenance sled; and using the motor that is connected to the feed roller shaft to cause the maintenance sled to travel back and forth along the travel path by separately engaging the first and second pinions, respectively, with the rack teeth. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211016 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING MATERIALS IN A 3-D PRINTER - The present invention is directed towards methods and apparatus for handling powder in a 3D printer. The invention includes a means of transporting powder from multiple sources to a powder dispensing apparatus with minimal user intervention, thus reducing contamination of the 3D printer and surrounding area with loose powder, while also providing a means of improving the recycling of powder for re-use. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211017 | DECORATIVE PRINTING METHOD - The present invention is used for a printing target having a non-flat surface portion in at least a portion of a printing surface. To form a decorative printing film on the printing surface of a base material, ink droplets of the same color as the color of the printing film are ejected from nozzles of an inkjet printer onto the printing surface. The distance from the nozzles to the printing surface is represented by X (mm). The droplet amount of the ink is represented by Y (pl). When the maximum value of the distance X is greater than 5 mm, the droplets are ejected from the nozzles each by an amount greater than the droplet amount Y represented by the equation: Y=0.9X | 2011-09-01 |
20110211018 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IT - In order to efficiently perform preliminary ejection of ink at a bend of an ink circulation passage, the number of preliminary ejections of a nozzle group located on the outer side of the bend is set larger than the number of preliminary ejections of a nozzle group located in the middle of the bend. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211019 | Pressure independent droplet generation - The invention relates to an apparatus for ejecting droplets of a fluid material, comprising: a reservoir for storing the material, a channel connected with the reservoir, which is provided with at least one outflow opening from which, in use, flows a jet of the material breaking up into droplets, a pump for pressurizing the fluid material in the reservoir, so as to pass the material under pressure through the channel in the direction of the outflow opening, and a movable member provided in the reservoir, the member formed by a plurality of surfaces shaped to induce a pressure variation in the fluid material upstream of the outflow opening, for the purpose of obtaining the jet breaking up into droplets; the movable member mounted to have each opposed surface receiving identical hydrostatic pressure, to generate a net resulting zero force exerted on the movable member by the hydrostatic pressure. Accordingly, a simple mechanism is provided for providing multiple printing nozzles. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211020 | PRINTHEAD MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT WITH MOTION-TRANSMITTING STRUCTURE - A micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement for a printhead integrated circuit the nozzle arrangement includes a nozzle chamber bounded by a distal sidewall and a proximal sidewall, and capped by a roof defining an ink ejection port; a paddle located in the nozzle chamber below the ink ejection port; an actuator arm positioned outside of the nozzle chamber in the vicinity of the proximal sidewall, the actuator arm having a fixed end fixed to a substrate of the nozzle arrangement and a working end displaceable towards and away from the substrate; and a motion transmitting structure interconnecting the working end of the actuator arm and the paddle. The motion transmitting structure defines part of the proximal sidewall. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211021 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed liquid discharge head includes plural nozzles configured to discharge droplets; plural chambers in communication with the respective nozzles; a vibration plate member having a deformable vibration area configured to form a part of a wall surface of the chambers, a first projection in the deformable vibration area, and a second projection in a part corresponding to a partition wall between the chambers; and a piezoelectric member having a drive pillar bonded to the first projection and a non-drive pillar bonded to the second projection. A width of a base of the first projection is greater than a width of a base of the second projection, and a width of the drive pillar is less than a width of the non-drive pillar. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211022 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A contraction portion of a vibration pulse includes a first contraction element which occurs subsequent to an expansion portion, a contraction maintaining element which follows the first contraction element, and a second contraction element which follows the contraction maintaining element, and when a time from a start point time of the expansion portion to an end point time of the expansion portion is set as t | 2011-09-01 |
20110211023 | PRINTHEAD EJECTION NOZZLE - A printhead ejection nozzle is provided having a substrate defining a supply passage for ejection fluid, a chamber in fluid communication with the supply passage and an ejection port, an ejection member disposed between the supply passage and the ejection port, and a heater element coupled to the ejection member for causing ejection of the ejection fluid supplied via the supply passage from the ejection port. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211024 | RECORDING HEAD - A recording head includes: a recording element substrate having a plurality of discharge ports discharging a liquid and an energy generating element generating energy used to discharge the liquid from the discharge ports; an electrical wiring substrate having an opening portion in which the recording element substrate is provided and applies a driving signal to the recording element substrate; an electrical connection portion in which an electrode portion of the recording element substrate and an electrode portion of the electrical wiring substrate are electrically connected to each other by a wire; and a sealing material covering and sealing the electrical connection portion, wherein the electrical connection portion is provided with a reference member as a reference of at least one of an upper limit position and a lower limit position of the height of the surface of the sealing material with respect to thickness direction of the recording element substrate. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211025 | PRINTHEAD NOZZLE HAVING HEATER OF HIGHER RESISTANCE THAN CONTACTS - A printhead nozzle is provided having a plurality of electrodes, a heater having contacts abutting the electrodes, a heater element for heating a quantity of fluid and sloped side portions extending between the heater element and the contacts, and a nozzle spaced from the heater such that the heated fluid is ejected through the nozzle. The heater element has higher electrical resistance than the contacts and the sloped side portions. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211026 | PRINT HEAD, PRINTER - Vibration is prevented from being transmitted via a common ink chamber or a fixed substrate. A porous member is disposed between the common ink chamber and a pressure generation chamber so that a discharge liquid passes through the interior of the porous member to move from the common ink chamber to the pressure generation chamber. Vibration generated in one pressure generation chamber is attenuated through the porous member when the vibration is transmitted to another pressure generation chamber via the common ink chamber; and thus, no cross-talk is generated. Furthermore, when piezoelectric vibrators having different lengths are mounted on the same fixed substrate and have the resonance frequencies different from each other, vibration is not transmitted to another pressure generation chamber via the fixed substrate and the piezoelectric vibrator; and therefore, the cross-talk is much less likely to be generated. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211027 | PRINT HEAD, PRINTER - Vibration is prevented from being transmitted via a fixed substrate. In order to set the resonance frequencies of the vibration of piezoelectric vibrators to be different from each other, the piezoelectric vibrators having different lengths are attached to the same fixed substrate. Even if residual vibration of a pressure generation chamber, which is expanded/contracted by a piezoelectric vibrator to which a voltage is applied, is transmitted to the fixed substrate; and even if the vibration is transmitted to another piezoelectric vibrator via the fixed substrate; another piezoelectric vibrator does not vibrate because the resonance frequencies between the piezoelectric vibrators are different from each other. Consequently, the pressure generation chamber in contact with the piezoelectric vibrator is not expanded or contracted by the vibration. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211028 | INK JET CARTRIDGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF INK JET CARTRIDGE - The ink jet cartridge includes a tank case that has a space having a opening, a lid that closes the opening, an ink accommodating section that is formed with the space of the tank case and the lid, and an ink absorber that is accommodated in the ink accommodating section. Also, an atmosphere communication port that passes through the lid and a projection section that projects to the space of the tank case are provided in the lid. The ink absorber consists of a fiber aggregate, and a welding section in which the fibers are combined to each other and an unwelded section in which the fibers are not combined to each other are provided on a surface that faces the lid. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211029 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid storage unit for collecting a liquid supplied to an ejecting head is provided. The liquid is supplied to a plurality of ejecting heads via a pressure regulating valve, and the liquid is suctioned from the plurality of ejecting heads by a circulation pump, and then is discharged to the liquid storage unit. In this way, since the liquid is suctioned from each of the ejecting heads, the passage resistance is decreased, so that the ink can be appropriately circulated. In addition, since the ejecting head is supplied with the liquid at an appropriate pressure from the liquid storage unit via the pressure adjusting valve, the liquid can be appropriately ejected. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211030 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - An apparatus for performing duplex printing having a sheet feeding unit, a printing unit, a cutter unit, a drying unit, and a reverse unit. In the duplex printing, the printing unit prints a plurality of images on a first surface of a sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit. The sheet is a continuous sheet. The sheet printed on the first surface passes through the drying unit and is led to the reverse unit. The reverse unit feeds the reversed sheet to the printing unit and the printing unit prints a plurality of images on a second surface that is a back of the first surface of the sheet fed from the reverse unit. The cutter unit cuts the sheet printed on the second surface into a plurality of cut sheets each having the image printed thereon. The cut sheets pass through the drying unit and are ejected. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211031 | ROLL PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, INKJET PRINTER, AND ROLL PAPER CONVEYING METHOD - A movable member encoder is used to detect the position of a movable member, and a correction value calculator calculates a correction value corresponding to the amount of displacement of the movable member from a reference position and the integration of the amount of displacement. The correction value calculated by the correction value calculator is then used in correcting a voltage instruction value output from a feed motor controller to a feed motor. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211032 | PRINTER WITH FORCE TRANSMITTING PATH SELECTING MECHANISM - A printer has a carriage being movable between a first end and a second end of a reciprocating path; and a driving force transmitting path selecting mechanism provided at the second end of the reciprocating path. The selecting mechanism has: a common driving force outputting member; a plurality of force receiving members; a selecting member; and a position retainer for keeping the position of the selecting member. The selecting member connects the force outputting member to one of the plurality of force receiving members, and moves in association with the carriage when the carriage moves in a vicinity of the second end in a first direction extending from the first end to the second end. The position retainer keeps the position of the selecting member when the carriage moves in a second direction extending from the second end to the first end. The force receiving member connected to the force outputting member via the selecting member is selected in accordance with a movement of the carriage along the reciprocating path. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211033 | ERASING APPARATUS, PAPER POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING AND ERASING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD IN THE ERASING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment of the present invention, an erasing apparatus includes a used sheet stacking tray, an image erasing unit, a stand-by tray, a stand-by tray driving unit, and an erased sheet stacking tray. The used sheet stacking tray stacks thereon a used sheet on which an image is formed using an erasable colorant of which a color is erased by a predetermined heating process. The image erasing unit performs the heating for the used sheet which is received one by one from the used sheet stacking tray and discharges an erased sheet from which the image formed on the used sheet is erased. The stand-by tray has a mechanism which can be driven in a predetermined direction and places thereon the erased sheet discharged by the image erasing unit. The stand-by tray driving unit drives the stand-by tray and enables the erased sheet to free-drop. The erased sheet stacking tray is disposed under the stand-by tray and stacks thereon the erased sheet which free-drops from the stand-by tray. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211034 | LINERLESS LABEL ROLL-UP PREVENTING DEVICE OF THERMAL PRINTER - A linerless label roll-up preventing device for a thermal printer that prevents roll-up of the linerless label | 2011-09-01 |
20110211035 | VOICE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND VOICE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture a face image of a user; a contour extraction unit configured to extract a face contour from the face image captured by the image capturing unit; an ear position estimation unit configured to estimate positions of ears of the user on the basis of the extracted face contour; a distance estimation unit configured to estimate a distance between the communication apparatus and the user on the basis of the extracted face contour; a sound output unit configured to output sound having a directivity; and a control unit configured to control an output range of sound output from the sound output unit on the basis of the positions of ears of the user estimated by the ear position estimation unit and the distance between the communication apparatus and the user estimated by the distance estimation unit. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211036 | HIGH DEFINITION PERSONAL COMPUTER (PC) CAM - A video system includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphic processing unit (GPU) including a plurality of processors therein. The system also includes a high definition (HD) imager; a serial bus controller coupled to the imager, the CPU and the GPU to communicate data between the HD imager and the CPU or the GPU over a serial bus having a transmit differential signal pair, a receive differential pair and a compatibility differential signal pair for interoperability with another serial bus version; and computer code executable by the processors in the GPU to encode in parallel the video transmitted over the serial bus controller and to minimize high definition encoding workload on the CPU. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211037 | Conferencing System With A Database Of Mode Definitions - The present invention is embodied in an audio conferencing system for a computer system, including a database storing a plurality of mode definitions each indicative of a video conference session configuration ( | 2011-09-01 |
20110211038 | IMAGE COMPOSING APPARATUS - An image composing apparatus includes a first accumulator which repeatedly accumulates a moving amount of an imaging surface in one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. A first determiner repeatedly determines whether or not a movement of the imaging surface in another of the horizontal direction and the vertical direction satisfies a taking condition, in a period during which an accumulated value of the first accumulator belongs to a predetermined range. A second determiner repeatedly determines whether or not the accumulated value of the first accumulator reaches an upper limit of the predetermined range. A taker takes, for image composing, a scene image produced on the imaging surface corresponding to updating from a negative result to a positive result on a determined result of the first determiner and/or the second determiner. A restarter restarts the first accumulator in association with a taking process of the taker. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211039 | Systems And Methods For Panoramic Imaging - Systems and methods for panoramic imaging are disclosed herein. An exemplary system of the disclosed subject matter for panoramic imaging includes a fisheye lens, a mirror optically coupled to the fisheye lens, and a detector for capturing light incident on the fisheye lens and reflected from the mirror. In some embodiments, the mirror is a spherical mirror. In some embodiments, the mirror is positioned coaxially with regard to the fisheye lens. In some embodiments, the system is further configured to satisfy the following conditions that the upper angle of a desired field of view is equal to the upper angle of a field of view of the fisheye lens, the lower angle of the desired field of view is less than or equal to the lower angle of a field of view of the mirror, and the angle of overlap between the field of view of the mirror and the field of view of the fisheye lens is equal to the difference between the lower angle of the field of view of the fisheye lens and the upper angle of the field of view of the mirror. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211040 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING INTERACTIVE PANORAMIC WALK-THROUGH APPLICATIONS - System and method of the invention provides for creating, storing and broadcasting interactive panoramic walk-through applications. The combination of images is determined by the user's choice of direction of displacement at each intersection point and from each view point or geographical coordinate, in order to provide a complete view from a first person's point of view. The system provides a visual perspective comparable to a human visual experience. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211041 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus in which images that can be comfortably viewed by a viewer with less eyestrain can be displayed on a display device. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211042 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO IMAGES - A method of cutting between a first image sequence and a second image sequence displayable on a screen which defines a screen plane, wherein the first image sequence includes a stereoscopically viewable object perceivable by a viewer on a first image plane different to the screen plane and the second image sequence including a second object perceivable on a second image plane different to the first image plane, the stereoscopically viewable object comprising a first image at a first screen plane position and a second image at a second screen plane position, the method comprising: identifying the first screen plane position of the first image and the second screen plane position of the second image; inserting into a first post-cut frame of the second image sequence a first copy of the second object substantially at the first screen plane position and inserting a second copy of the second object substantially at the second screen plane position, and inserting the first copy of the second object and the second copy of the second object into a predetermined number of subsequent frames at positions on the screen which are closer to the screen position required to view the second object at the second image plane, than the first and second screen plane position. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211043 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING A 3D IMAGE SIGNAL, ENCODED 3D IMAGE SIGNAL, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECODING A 3D IMAGE SIGNAL - In a method for encoding a 3D signal comprising layered-depth images, the viewing area of further layers are (background layers) made to differ in size and/or shape from the viewing area of a reference view (foreground layers) and the 3D image signal is provided this with appropriate scaling data expressing the relation between the reference view viewing area and the one or more further layer's viewing area. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211044 | Non-Uniform Spatial Resource Allocation for Depth Mapping - A method for depth mapping includes providing depth mapping resources including an illumination module, which is configured to project patterned optical radiation into a volume of interest containing the object, and an image capture module, which is configured to capture an image of the pattern reflected from the object. A depth map of the object is generated using the resources while applying at least one of the resources non-uniformly over the volume of interest. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211045 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING MULTI-VIEW 3D VISUAL CONTENTS - A method for producing 3D multi-view visual contents including capturing a visual scene from at least one first point of view for generating a first bidimensional image of the scene and a corresponding first depth map indicative of a distance of different parts of the scene from the first point of view. The method further includes capturing the visual scene from at least one second point of view for generating a second bidimensional image; processing the first bidimensional image to derive at least one predicted second bidimensional image predicting the visual scene captured from the at least one second point of view; deriving at least one predicted second depth map predictive of a distance of different parts of the scene from the at least one second point of view by processing the first depth map, the at least one predicted second bidimensional image and the second bidimensional image. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211046 | MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CALIBRATING THE SAME - In a method for calibrating a multi-camera system having at least two cameras spaced at a distance from one another, the cameras are aligned with one another with respect to their optical axes. The cameras are used for supplying three-dimensional image information, and the multi-camera system is situated on a vehicle. The position of the cameras relative to one another, in particular the alignment of their optical axes relative to one another, is retained unchanged before, during and after the calibration, and the cameras are calibrated by electronic processing of image information from at least one of the cameras. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211047 | Methods and Systems for Imaging and Modeling Skin Using Polarized Lighting - A method for imaging skin includes illuminating a subject with at least one light source of one or more light sources. The method includes acquiring a first image of the subject in a first polarization with a respective photodetector of one or more photodetectors configured to acquire images of the subject as illuminated by the at least one light source, and acquiring a second image of the subject in a second polarization with the respective photodetector. The method also includes generating a subtraction image by subtracting at least a portion of the first image from a corresponding portion of the second image, and providing at least a portion of the subtraction image for display. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211048 | DIGITAL CAMERA HAVING IMAGE PROCESSOR AND PRINTER - A digital camera is provided having an image sensor for imaging a scene, a processor for processing the imaged scene in accordance with a programmable scene transformation requirement, and a printer having a consumables cartridge and a printhead for printing the processed scene directly from the processor onto print media of the cartridge. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211049 | Methods and Systems for Presenting Three-Dimensional Video Content - An exemplary method includes receiving, by a three-dimensional (“3D”) adapter subsystem separate from and communicatively coupled to a display device, a 3D video content stream comprising data representative of 3D video content, directing, by the 3D adapter subsystem, the display device to generate and display the 3D video content in accordance with the 3D video content stream, and calibrating, by the 3D adapter subsystem, the display of the 3D video content in accordance with one or more attributes of the display device. Corresponding methods and systems are also described. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211050 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY OF AN IMAGE - In a method of creating an autostereoscopic display of an image, a plurality of images are received at a spatial-resolution-to-angular-resolution-converter. The plurality of images each have differing incident angles with respect to the spatial-resolution-to-angular-resolution-converter. An autostereoscopically displayed image is created from the plurality of images using the spatial-resolution-to-angular-resolution-converter. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211051 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device is provided. The display device includes a signal receiving unit which receives an image signal including a left image and a right image; a signal processing unit which processes the image signal received by the signal receiving unit; a display unit which displays a three-dimensional image based on the image signal processed by the signal processing unit; a user input unit which receives user input regarding an operation mode of the three-dimensional glasses; a synchronizing signal output unit which outputs a synchronizing signal to open and close the left shutter and the right shutter of the three-dimensional glasses corresponding to the left image and the right image, respectively; and a controller which controls the synchronizing signal output unit to output the synchronizing signal based on the operation mode of the three-dimensional glasses obtained from the received user input. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211052 | ENDOSCOPE DEVICE, CAMERA DEVICE FOR ENDOSCOPE, AND DEFOGGING METHOD - An endoscope apparatus ( | 2011-09-01 |
20110211053 | SOLID IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A solid image pickup apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a device chip including a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a CMOS device and an electrode portion being formed on the first principal surface; a holding block including a joining surface joined to the second principal surface and an inclined surface inclined inward at a predetermined angle relative to the joining surface; a wiring board including a distal end portion including a connection portion connected to the electrode portion on the first principal surface, an extending portion that is in contact with the inclined surface, the extending portion being joined to the inclined surface via a bonding layer; and a flexure portion flexed at the predetermined angle between the distal end portion and the extending portion. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211054 | Mirror system and method for acquiring biometric data - A system and method for obtaining biometric imagery such as iris imagery from large capture volumes is disclosed wherein a substantially rotationally symmetric mirror such as a cone or sphere is rotated at a constant velocity about a central axis. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211055 | DUAL-IMAGER BIOMETRIC SENSOR - Embodiments disclose a two imager biometric sensor. In some embodiments, the two imagers can include a direct imager and a TIR imager. In some embodiments, multispectral light sources can be used to illuminate target tissue imaged by two imagers. In some embodiments, composite images can be created from images detected using both imagers. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211056 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPATIALLY CONTROLLED SCENE ILLUMINATION - A scene illumination system is provided that produces spatially uniform or controlled brightness levels for machine vision applications. The system includes a camera, multiple light sources that preferentially illuminate different regions within the camera's field-of-view, and a processing unit coupled to the camera and light sources. Focal regions of the light sources within the camera's field-of-view are sampled to determine average regional brightness and compared to target brightness levels. The processing unit controls the light/sources to increase or decrease illumination levels to converge toward the target brightness levels within the field-of-view. This modulation of the light sources may be repeated with successive video images until target brightness levels are achieved. Once achieved, the iterative feedback control may be locked-in for some applications, while for others, the iterative process may continue periodically or continuously to account for different scenes or changes in lighting conditions. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211057 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing unit obtains information indicating continuity of tomograms of a subject's eye, and a determining unit determines the image capturing state of the subject's eye on the basis of the information obtained by the image processing unit. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211058 | COMPACT AUTOMATED CELL COUNTER - Biological cells in a liquid suspension are counted in an automated cell counter that focuses an image of the suspension on a digital imaging sensor that contains at least 4,000,000 pixels each having an area of 2×2 μm or less and that images a field of view of at least 3 mm | 2011-09-01 |
20110211059 | CONTACT MICROSCOPE USING POINT SOURCE ILLUMINATION - An apparatus and a method of locating a specimen with a microscope, the microscope including two point light sources, a transparent specimen holder, a digital imaging device, a processor and a display. The method includes sequentially illuminating the two point light sources through the transparent specimen holder and across the specimen and onto the digital imaging device to create shadows associated with each of the two point light sources. Optical images of the specimen are received on the digital imaging device associated with each shadow from the two point light sources, and a disparity signal is output containing a horizontal position, a vertical position and a depth position of the specimen in the transparent specimen holder relative to the digital imaging device. A location of the specimen is determined relative to the microscope based on the disparity signal, where the transparent specimen holder intersects a unidirectional path of light from each point light source of the two point light sources to the digital imaging device and allows the specimen to move freely throughout the transparent specimen holder. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211060 | WAFER INSPECTION DATA HANDLING AND DEFECT REVIEW TOOL - A defect detected by a wafer inspection tool is reliably captured by a defect review tool. A defect review condition in the defect review tool is varied depending on defect attributes provided by the wafer inspection tool so as to optimize the review process. For example, review magnification is varied depending on the size of the defect, or the frame addition number is varied depending on the maximum gray level difference. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211061 | SEALED, WATERPROOF DIGITAL ELECTRONIC CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME - A hermetically sealed digital electronic camera that is designed to operate both on land and underwater to great depths, and method of making same. The present invention is a camera which is hermetically sealed by being totally encapsulated, preferably by being cast in plastic, with no seals, holes, joints, penetrating pins, wires or other objects. Wireless means are used for communicating information, electrical power and control signals. The invention is impervious to atmospheric contamination and absolutely incapable of leaking under water to great depths and pressures. In an alternate embodiment camera optics are not encapsulated but are immersed in water when the encapsulated digital camera is placed in water. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211062 | MODULAR IMAGE DETECTION UNIT - The invention relates to an image detection system ( | 2011-09-01 |