45th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090273606 | REWIND-ENABLED HARDWARE ENCODER - Described herein are a number of approaches for implementing a video encoder with hardware-enabled rewind functionality. In several embodiments, rewind functionality can be implemented in hardware, in a manner which allows the transform engine of the encoder to reprocess video data, without requesting data from other stages in the encoder. Such rewind functionality is useful in implementing some video standards in a pipeline architecture, such as the H.264 standard. In one embodiment, a method of encoding video data is described, which involves obtaining a first portion of video data from a first location in a buffer, and performing an encoding operation on it. The second portion of video data is obtained from a second location in the buffer, and encoding operations begin on the second portion. The first portion of video data can be retrieved from the first location, in order to reprocess the first portion if necessary. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273607 | DISPLAY - A display device has a pixel that is defined by a plurality of sub-pixels. The sub-pixels include a red sub-pixel representing red, a green sub-pixel representing green, a blue sub-pixel representing blue and a yellow sub-pixel representing yellow. When the pixel represents white, the luminance of the red sub-pixel is lower than its luminance corresponding to the highest gray scale level. In one embodiment, when the pixel represents white, the luminance of the red sub-pixel is preferably in the range of 25% to 96% of its luminance corresponding to the highest gray scale level. Also, the color temperature of white represented by the pixel is preferably higher than 4200 K, more preferably higher than 5000 K. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273608 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS TO UNAMBIGUOUSLY OUTLINE A REGION OF INTEREST - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations a graphical object is generated around a mathematical boundary of a region of interest in an image. The graphical object has varying opacity in which a higher opacity in areas of the graphical object in close proximity to the boundary acts as a visual cue to indicate close proximity to the boundary, and lesser opacity in areas of the graphical object of more distant proximity to the boundary acts as a visual cue to indicate distant proximity to the boundary. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273609 | Color conversion apparatus, imaging apparatus, storage medium storing color conversion program, and storage medium storing imaging program - A predetermined display image is displayed on a display device, and a hue of the display image corresponding to an input position obtained from a pointing device is obtained. A predetermined range having the obtained hue at a center thereof is set as a conversion target range, and at least one of saturation, brightness, and hue is changed with respect to a pixel of the display image which has a hue within the conversion target range to display a resultant image on the display device. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273610 | VIRTUAL LESION QUANTIFICATION - A system and method for quantifying a region of interest in a medical image and in particular, a PET image. The system and method allow the clinician to make real time quantitative analysis of a region of interest. The system and method can be used to quantify small lesions within a region of interest by generating a set of virtual lesions for comparison with the actual lesion. Quantitative information, such as lesion size and tracer activity, or SUV, can be obtained to assist the clinician or physician in the diagnosis and treatment of the lesion. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273611 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus which converts a frame rate by dividing an input frame into subframes and outputting the subframes, comprises, a preprocessing unit adapted to perform preprocessing of replacing a pixel value of a pixel of interest with a minimum pixel value of peripheral pixels of the pixel of interest in an input frame, a low-pass filter processing unit adapted to generate a first subframe by performing a low-pass filtering process on the input frame having undergone the preprocessing, a generating unit adapted to generate a second subframe from the first subframe and the input frame, and a switching unit adapted to output the first subframe and the second subframe by switching the first subframe and the second subframe at a predetermined timing. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273612 | Test-wearing image producing method for personal products - A method for test-wearing image producing method for a personal product includes the steps of: posting a base image layer which contains an image of a wearer; defining a display area and a masking area on the base image layer in responsive to the personal product being physically worn by the wearer; selecting a product image layer containing an image of the personal product to locate on the base image layer; and creating a test-wearing image, wherein a portion of the image of the personal product within the display area is visibly shown on the image of the wearer while a portion of the image of the personal product within the masking area is invisibly hidden, such that the test-wearing image contains a virtual appearance of the wearer physically wearing the personal product. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273613 | Method and Apparatus for Presentation of Mosaic Theme - The present invention pertains to a method and apparatus for the display of an animated mosaic theme utilizing user images or video. In one embodiment, the method may include electing a mosaic template that includes a plurality of tile regions. The method may also include loading a source image from a memory. Furthermore, the method may include displaying a plurality of regions of the source image that correspond to the plurality of tile regions of the selected mosaic template to display a source image mosaic. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273614 | GAMUT MAPPING AND SUBPIXEL RENDERING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In a first embodiment, a display system comprises a display panel with 4 or more colored subpixels. The display system receives input image data specified in a first color space and outputs image data specified in a second color space. The display system further comprises a gamut mapping module for mapping the input image data specified in the first color space to image data specified in the second color space. The gamut mapping module clamps out-of-gamut colors using at least a first clamping system and a second clamping system. The first and second clamping systems yield first and second clamped values. A weighting module produces a resulting clamped value from the first and second clamped values. A final output image value is derived from the resulting clamped value. Other embodiments of the display system include pre-reduction modules and adjustable GMA modules. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273615 | Color conversion apparatus, imaging apparatus, storage medium storing color conversion program, and storage medium storing imaging program - A predetermined display image is displayed on a display device, and a hue of the display image corresponding to an input position obtained from a pointing device is obtained. A predetermined range having the obtained hue at a center thereof is set as a conversion target range, and at least one of saturation, brightness, and hue is changed with respect to a pixel of the display image which has a hue within the conversion target range to display a resultant image on the display device. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273616 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE HAVING A VARIABLE COLOR POINT - An electroluminescent device ( | 2009-11-05 |
20090273617 | Display apparatus and display-apparatus driving method - Disclosed herein is a driving method for driving a, display apparatus, the display apparatus including: N×M light emitting units; M scan lines; N data lines; a driving circuit provided for each of the light emitting units to serve as a circuit having a signal writing transistor, a device driving transistor, a capacitor and a first switch circuit; and a light emitting device. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273618 | Digital-to-analog converter circuit, data driver, and display device using the digital-to-analog converter circuit - A data driver having a positive-polarity reference voltage generation circuit, a positive-polarity decoder, a first amplifier that outputs a positive-polarity gray scale voltage, a negative-polarity reference voltage generation circuit that generates a plurality of negative-polarity reference voltages, a negative-polarity decoder that outputs first to nth negative-polarity reference voltages from among the negative-polarity reference voltages, a negative-polarity amplifier that receives the selected first to nth negative-polarity reference voltages and outputs a negative-polarity gray scale voltage, and an output switch circuit that switches and controls whether to directly connect the first output terminal and the second output terminal to first and second data lines, respectively, or to cross-connect the first output terminal and the second output terminal to the second data line and the first data line, respectively, based on a control signal. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273619 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes at least one liquid ejecting head having a nozzle surface formed with a nozzle array which is operable to eject liquid toward a target medium and extends in a first direction, a reference surface perpendicular to the nozzle surface, and two correctors arranged side by side with a predetermined distance and brought into contact with the reference surface. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273620 | Drop Detector System And Method With Light Collector - One aspect is a drop detection arrangement including a light source for projecting a light beam for scattering light off of an ejected drop. The arrangement includes a light collector configured to collect the scattered light off the ejected drop and a light detector coupled to the light collector and configured to process scattered light into an output signal. The arrangement includes a controller configured to receive the output signal from the light detector. The output signal is indicative of the condition of the ejected drop. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273621 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING OR RECOVERING NOZZLE FUNCTION FOR AN INKJET PRINTHEAD - A transducer capable of generating vibrational energy is positioned relative to an inkjet cartridge to impart a vibrational force to simultaneously vibrate at least a portion of each of a plurality of ink fluidic columns associated with a plurality of nozzles in a printhead of the inkjet cartridge to maintain or recover nozzle function. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273622 | Printhead Integrated Circuit With Low Operating Power - An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. When printing 100% coverage at full print rate, each of the actuators has an average power consumption less than 1.5 mW. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273623 | Printhead With Low Power Actuators - An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. When printing, each of the actuators has an average power consumption less than 150 mW during activation. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273624 | Head Driving Device, Inkjet Printer Comprising the Same, and Data Processing Method Thereof - A head driving device, an inkjet printer comprising the same and data processing method of an ink jet printer are provided, in which a nozzle driving unit turns on/off a plurality of thermal elements that correspond to a plurality of nozzles and heat ink discharged from the nozzles, a data processing unit processes printing data and outputs a nozzle select signal corresponding to an image to the nozzle driving unit; and a head logic unit receives the printing data externally, divides the printing data of one address group into a plurality of data groups, transmits the plurality of data groups to the data processing unit via different data buses corresponding to the plurality of data groups, respectively, and controls the data processing unit to process the divided printing data. Accordingly, an EMI characteristic between signals can be improved by lowering the data buses density in one area, and a data processing speed can be adjusted by dividedly processing printing data. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273625 | LIQUID JET APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A liquid jet apparatus according to the present invention includes a drive circuit adapted to apply a drive signal to an actuator of a liquid jet head, and a power supply voltage control circuit adapted to control a power supply voltage to the drive signal to be a waveform voltage set previously based on a reference signal obtained from one of the drive signal and a signal in a generation stage of the drive signal. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273626 | INKJET RECORDING HEAD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording head includes a connection-state output circuit provided on the recording element substrate of a recording head, where the connection-state output circuit externally transmits data of the connection state of each of input signal ends. An output from the connection-state output circuit is activated when the same logic as that used when signals are pulled up and/or pulled down is used. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273627 | LIQUID APPLICATOR AND LIQUID SUPPLY METHOD TO BE USED IN LIQUID APPLICATOR - A liquid applicator suitable for manufacturing probe arrays comprises a liquid ejection section having a plurality of sets of a liquid ejecting nozzle adapted to eject liquid onto a medium, a liquid containing section communicating with the liquid ejecting nozzle and a supply port for supplying liquid to the liquid containing section, a liquid supply section having a liquid supply member arranged therein to store liquid to be applied and adapted to supply liquid to the liquid ejection section by way of the supply ports, an information recording body arranged at the liquid ejection section and/or the liquid supply member of the liquid supply section and an information reading device adapted to read information recorded in the information recording body. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273628 | Clock Signal Extracting During Printing - A mobile device for printing onto a print medium, the print medium including a linear-encoded data track extending in an intended direction of printing, the mobile device including: a sensor configured to sense the data track during printing; a printhead for printing onto the print medium in response to a fire control signal; and fire control means connected to generate the fire control signal based on the sensed data track. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273629 | RECORDING ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, RECORDING HEAD, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING THE RECORDING HEAD - Measurement accuracy in temperature of a substrate for an ink jet head is improved. A substrate for an ink jet head includes diode sensors and aluminum sensors and as plural kinds of substrate temperature sensing elements, each of which has an output voltage property different from each other. The diode sensors and have a property that the output voltage thereof decreases as temperature increases when a constant current is applied to the corresponding sensor. The aluminum sensors and have a property that the output voltage thereof increases as temperature increases when the constant current is applied to the corresponding sensor. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273630 | Cleaning device for ink wiper - A cleaning device for ink wiper is disclosed. The cleaning device is arranged in a position adjacent to the ink wiper. The cleaning device includes a stand and an ink-absorbing unit disposed on the stand. The ink-absorbing unit is constantly in contact with at least one face of the wiper. In the reciprocation travel of the wiper, the ink-absorbing unit serves to clean off the ink stagnating on the wiper. Therefore, the wiper is prevented from being stained with the ink so as not to affect the ink-wiping effect of the wiper. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273631 | Liquid ejecting apparatus - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first head having a first nozzle group in which nozzles from which a first liquid is ejected are aligned in a nozzle-row direction at a predetermined pitch and a second nozzle group in which nozzles from which a second liquid is ejected are aligned in the nozzle-row direction at the predetermined pitch, the nozzles in the first nozzle group being positioned between the nozzles in the second nozzle group in the nozzle-row direction; a second head having a third nozzle group in which nozzles from which the first liquid is ejected are aligned in the nozzle-row direction at the predetermined pitch and a fourth nozzle group in which nozzles from which the second liquid is ejected are aligned in the nozzle-row direction at the predetermined pitch, the nozzles in the third nozzle group being positioned between the nozzles in the fourth nozzle group in the nozzle-row direction; and a moving mechanism that moves the first head and the second head relative to a medium in a direction intersecting the nozzle-row direction. In the nozzle-row direction, the nozzles in the third nozzle group are positioned between the nozzles in the first nozzle group, and the nozzles in the fourth nozzle group are positioned between the nozzles in the second nozzle group. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273632 | Printhead Integrated Circuit With Large Nozzle Array - An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a single printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The array has more than 2000 droplet ejectors and all the nozzle apertures are formed in a printhead surface layer on one face of the printhead IC. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273633 | Printhead Integrated Circuit With High Density Nozzle Array - An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a single printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The array has a nozzle aperture density of more than 100 nozzle apertures per square millimetre and all the nozzle apertures are formed in a printhead surface layer on one face of the printhead IC. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273634 | Printhead Integrated Circuit With Thin Nozzle Layer - An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The array has a nozzle aperture density of more than 100 nozzle apertures per square millimetre and all the nozzle apertures are formed in a printhead surface layer on one face of the printhead IC. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273635 | Printhead Integrated Circuit For Low Volume Droplet Ejection - An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture and is configured to eject droplets with a volume less than 3 pico-litres each. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273636 | Electro-Thermal Inkjet Printer With High Speed Media Feed - An inkjet printer that has a printhead mounted adjacent a media feed path, the printhead having an array of droplet ejectors for ejecting ink droplets on to a media substrate. Each of the droplet ejectors having an electro-thermal actuator. The printer also having a media feed drive for moving the media substrate relative to the array of droplet ejectors at a speed greater than 0.1 m/s. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273637 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A print head that ejects ink supplied through an ink supply port can prevent the size of satellites from being reduced while inhibiting an increase in resistance to an ink flow. In the print head, ink supply ports are arranged on both sides of a plurality of channels. A predetermined number of ink supply ports are arranged at least at one side of the ink channel all over the range of the arrangement of the channels. One side of each of the plurality of channels is connected via the common liquid chamber to the liquid supply port located so as to extend in a direction in which the channels are arranged. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273638 | Printhead Integrated Circuit With More Than Two Metal Layer CMOS - An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a single printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The printhead IC also has drive circuitry for providing the actuators with power, the drive circuitry having patterned layers of metal separated by interleaved layers of dielectric material. The layers of metal being interconnected by conductive vias, wherein the drive circuitry has more than two of the metal layers and each of the metal layers are less than 2 microns thick. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273639 | Printhead Integrated Circuit With Actuators Proximate Exterior Surface - An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The actuator in each of the droplet ejectors is configured to generate a pressure pulse in a quantity of ink adjacent the nozzle aperture, the pressure pulse being directed towards the nozzles aperture such that the droplet of ink is ejected through the nozzle aperture. The actuator is positioned in the droplet ejector such that it is less than 30 microns from an exterior surface of the printhead surface layer. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273640 | Printhead Integrated Circuit With Small Nozzle Apertures - An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The nozzle apertures each have an area less than 600 microns squared. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273641 | Printhead IC With Ink Supply Channel For Multiple Nozzle Rows - An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The array of droplet ejectors is arranged in a plurality of rows and an ink supply channel extending parallel to the plurality of rows, and an inlet conduit extending from the supply channel to an opposing surface of the printhead IC. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273642 | Printhead IC With Low Velocity Droplet Ejection - An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The droplet ejectors are configured to eject ink droplets at a velocity less than 4.5 m/s. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273643 | Printhead Integrated Circuit With Ink Supply Through Wafer Thickness - An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on one face of a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The printhead IC having a printhead surface layer on one face which defines all the nozzle apertures on the array. The printhead IC also having a back face that is opposite said one face on which the printhead surface layer is formed, and at least one supply conduit extending from the back face to the array of droplet ejectors. The at least one supply conduit is in fluid communication with a plurality of the droplet ejectors in the array. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273644 | Modular Printer With Printheads Proximate Feed Roller Nip - A modular printer which has a pair of opposed printhead assemblies for duplexed printing. Print media is fed along a print media path extending between the printhead assemblies. Each printhead assembly has pinch rollers to feed the print media along the print media path. Each printhead assembly also includes a printhead module configured to eject ink onto the print media. The printhead module defines a curved end portion in which the pinch rollers are received. The printhead is located at the end of the curved end portion proximal to the nip of the pinch roller. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273645 | INKJET PRINTHEAD HAVING PROPORTIONAL EJECTION PORTS AND ARMS - An inkjet printhead is provided having ink chambers, ink ejection ports defined in the chambers, and cantilevered ejection arms positioned in the chambers. Each arm has a displacement area that acts on ink in the respective chamber through cantilevered movement of the arm to eject ink via the respective port. Each displacement area is greater than half an area of the respective port but less than twice the area of that port. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273646 | THERMAL BEND ACTUATOR COMPRISING BENT ACTIVE BEAM HAVING RESISTIVE HEATING BARS - A thermal bend actuator comprising: (a) a pair of electrical contacts positioned at one end of the actuator; (b) an active beam connected to the electrical contacts and extending longitudinally away from the contacts, the active beam defining a bent current flow path between the contacts; and (c) a passive beam fused to the active beam. When a current is passed through the active beam, the active beam heats and expands relative to the passive beam, resulting in bending of the actuator. The active beam comprises a resistive heating bar having a relatively smaller cross-sectional area than any other part of the current flow path. Heating of the active beam is concentrated in the heating bar. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273647 | INKJET PRINT HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An inkjet print head includes a substrate formed with a feed hole through which ink is transferred, and a notch prevention layer covering an area on the substrate where the feed hole is to be formed. Plasma electrons flown into the feed hole while the hole is formed on the substrate through dry etching can move through the notch prevention layer. As a result, corrosion of the substrate around the feed hole by the electrons can be prevented, thereby achieving a uniform width of the feed hole. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273648 | INKJET PRINTHEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An inkjet printhead and a manufacturing method thereof. In the manufacturing method, a chip and a porous material are provided. A heating layer is formed on the chip. A conductive layer is formed on the heating layer, and includes a notch therein to define a heating area. A chamber for storing liquid is formed on the heating area, and includes a first side and a second side. The first side faces the heating area, and the second side is connected to the first side. The chamber is formed with an exit, from which the liquid is dispensed, on the second side. The porous material is disposed on the chamber, and the liquid flows to the chamber through the porous material. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273649 | Inkjet Printhead With Nozzle Layer Defining Etchant Holes - The current invention provides for an inkjet printhead for an inkjet printer. The inkjet printhead includes a wafer substrate defining an ink supply channel. Side wall portions extend away from one surface of the wafer substrate, and a nozzle layer supported on the side wall portions and extending parallel to said one surface of the wafer substrate. The nozzle layer and the side wall portions define an array of nozzle chambers for receiving ink. The nozzle layer defines ink ejection ports and etchant holes. The etchant holes are of sufficient diameter to retain ink in the nozzle chamber by surface tension. Each nozzle chamber has a thermal actuators cantilevered on the wafer substrate. The actuator partitions the nozzle chamber and has a heater layer which produces thermal expansion of said actuator upon activation. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273650 | Printhead With Columns Extending Across Chamber Inlet - An inkjet printhead for a printer that prints via an array of ink ejection devices. Each ink ejection device has a chamber for holding a quantity of ink. The chamber is partially defined by at least one sidewall and has an inlet in fluid communication with the chamber. The inlet defines a flow path into the chamber and has a series of columns extending across the flow path. The series of chambers form a barrier structure that creates a flow constriction that traps contaminants in the ink flow. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273651 | LIQUID JET HEAD AND A PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid jet head has a channel-forming substrate composed of a crystal substrate having a pressure-generating chamber linked to a nozzle opening as well as a piezoelectric element composed of a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode and formed on the channel-forming substrate so that the pressure in the pressure-generating chamber can be changed, with the piezoelectric layer having a thickness equal to or smaller than 5 μm, made of a perovskite-type crystal, and formed so that the interval between the X-ray diffraction peak position derived from the (220) plane of the channel-forming substrate and the X-ray diffraction peak position derived from the (111) plane of the piezoelectric layer falls within the range 2θ=9.059±0.1°. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273652 | LIQUID JET HEAD AND A PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid jet head includes a passage-forming substrate composed of a crystal substrate provided with pressure-generating chambers communicating with nozzle orifices and piezoelectric elements disposed on the passage-forming substrate and each composed of a lower electrode, a piezoelectric material layer, and an upper electrode to cause a change of pressure in the pressure-generating chamber. The piezoelectric material layer has a thickness of 5 μm or less and is made of a perovskite-type crystal and is configured such that the distance between an X-ray diffraction peak position derived from the (220) plane of the passage-forming substrate and an X-ray diffraction peak position derived from the (110) plane of the piezoelectric material layer is within a range of 2θ=16.262±0.1 degrees. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273653 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: a flow passage forming substrate which is provided with a plurality of liquid passages each having a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle opening for ejecting a liquid and a communication section communicating with the plurality of liquid passages; an elastic film which is formed on one surface of the flow passage forming substrate and has an opening in an area opposed to the communication section; a pressure generating unit which applies pressure to the inside of the pressure generating chambers; and a reservoir forming substrate which is adhered onto the surface of the flow passage forming substrate on a side of the pressure generating unit and is provided with a reservoir section communicating with the communication section to form a part of a reservoir. An intermediate layer patterned inward from the opening of the elastic film is formed in an area which is a periphery of the communication section on the elastic film and corresponds to the liquid passages, and the flow passage forming substrate and the reservoir forming substrate are adhered to each other through the intermediate layer. An end portion of the intermediate layer on a side of the opening of the elastic film is formed as a tapered portion of which a thickness is gradually smaller, and a cross-section shape in a direction in which the thickness of the tapered portion is gradually smaller is a concavely curved plane. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273654 | LIQUID JET HEAD AND AN ACTUATOR APPARATUS - A liquid jet head includes a flow passage forming substrate formed of a crystal substrate provided with a pressure generating chamber communicating with nozzle openings, and a piezoelectric element including a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode, which are provided on the flow passage forming substrate to change pressure in the pressure generating chamber. The piezoelectric layer has a thickness of 5 μm or less and is formed of perovskite type crystals, and the distance between a diffraction peak position A of an X-ray derived from a surface ( | 2009-11-05 |
20090273655 | INK RESERVOIR FOR INKJET PRINT SYSTEM - A replaceable ink reservoir adapted to an inkjet print system is provided. Since the inkjet print system of the conventional arts drives an air pump to inject air into the ink reservoir to discharge the ink stored in the ink storage pack to a printer cartridge, serious noise may be generated when the air pump is driven. In addition, in order to discharge the ink through the injection of the air, the ink reservoir should be one integrated body having a hermetically sealed structure, therefore, a user cannot visually check an ink storage level in the ink storage pack from the exterior of the ink reservoir. Further, since a nozzle connecting pipe is always connected to an ink outlet port connected to a front end of the ink storage pack, it is difficult to uniformly maintain discharge pressure of the ink, thereby causing an error image to be formed on a recording medium. Therefore, the present invention provides an ink reservoir for an inkjet print system, which is visually checkable an ink discharge amount in an ink storage pack and refilling the ink in the ink storage pack received in the ink reservoir by constituting the ink reservoir using transparent assemblies, discharges the ink in the ink storage pack received in the ink reservoir using inherent expansion of an expansion member, and includes a dual safety device and a dual cover installed at front ends of the ink storage pack and the ink outlet port to block ink discharged from the ink storage pack when a print operation is completed, thereby preventing unnecessary consumption of the ink. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273656 | INK CARTRIDGE - An ink cartridge having a container for storing ink therein and having an ink supply port formed at a leading end side in an insertion direction of the container, a memory device disposed on a first of two opposite surfaces parallel to the insertion direction of the container, the memory device having an electrode for electrical connection to the recording device; a retaining member disposed on the first surface and located at a trailing end side relative to the memory device in the insertion direction, the retaining member serving to selectively engage with the recording device; and another retaining member disposed on the second surface and which also serves to selectively engage with the recording device. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273657 | Rapid Response One-Way Valve for High Speed Solid Ink Delivery - A valve assembly is provided for a high-speed phase change ink image producing machine between a first storage reservoir for receiving and holding a first volume of melted ink from a source and a second storage reservoir for holding a second volume of melted ink to be delivered under pressure to a printhead system. The valve assembly includes a passive valve disc movable from the closed position in which said disc abuts a valve seat in sealed contact, and an open position in which said valve disc is supported by an angled surface. An upper portion of the valve disc is unsupported and a flow director surface behind the disc directs fluid flow against the upper portion to assist in closing the valve. The surface characteristics of the valve seat are controlled to improve the “crack” time of the valve disc when opening. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273658 | Heated Ink Delivery System - An ink umbilical provides different colors of heated ink to multiple print heads in an integrated structure. The ink umbilical includes a first and a second plurality of conduits, each conduit in the first and the second plurality of conduits having a flat surface between a first end and a second end of the conduit, and a heater having a first side and a second side, the flat surfaces of the conduits in the first plurality of conduits being coupled to the first side of the heater and the flat surfaces of the conduits in the second plurality of conduits being coupled to the second side of the heater to enable the heater to heat ink being carried between the first and the second ends of the conduits in the first and in the second plurality of conduits. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273659 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIDEO CALL THEREOF - A mobile terminal including an input unit configured to receive an instruction from a first user to perform a video call communication with at least a second user, a display unit, a voice recognition module configured to recognize input voice statements conducted during the video call communication between the first and second users, and a controller configured to perform the video call communication between the first and second users based on the instruction from the first user, to control the display unit to display images of the first and second users, to detect a voice statement from the first user designating the second user by examining the voice statements recognized by the voice recognition module, and to emphatically display the image of the second user compared with the image of the first user based on the detected voice statement from the first user. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273660 | Electronic Frame for a Flat-Screen Television - A television frame for a flat-screen television has a length dimension, a width dimension and a frame depth such that the frame fitted onto the flat-screen television frames the screen of the television in a symmetric fashion, and a control module with a wireless transceiver affixed to the frame for enabling wireless communication with a personal computer including the transmission of media from the personal computer to the television, the control module including input ports and output ports for functionally integrating the television and the frame. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273661 | METHOD OF LIGHTING - In one embodiment, a method of lighting is disclosed which includes apportioning a video display screen into a content portion and at least one light portion. The content portion displays video content and the light portion provides auxiliary lighting when energized to illuminate a subject adjacent the video display screen. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273662 | Systems and Methods for Calibrating a Hogel 3D Display - Methods and systems for calibrating a hogel display are disclosed including generating calibration hogel data corresponding to a calibration pattern; generating a hogel light field from the calibration hogel data; detecting the hogel light field; and determining calibration data by analyzing a set of hogel properties in response to detecting the hogel light field. The methods and systems may further include generating a calibrated hogel light field by generating calibrated hogel data using the calibration data. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273663 | IMAGE FILE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FILE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FILE WORKING/EDITING APPARATUS - The present invention is provided with: a stereo image data generation unit for generating stereo image data indicating multiple monocular images obtained with a predetermined parallax between the images for a same subject; a metadata generation unit for generating metadata about the stereo image data; an image characteristic information generation unit for generating image characteristic information showing characteristics of an image indicated on the basis of the stereo image data; and an image file generation unit for synthesizing the stereo image data generated by the stereo image data generation unit and the metadata generated by the metadata generation unit to generate an image file; wherein the image file generation unit adds the image characteristic information generated by the image characteristic information generation unit to the metadata generated by the metadata generation unit. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273664 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCANNING AN OBJECT - A scanner has a plurality of cameras positioned around an object to be scanned. The object is illuminated by unstructured light and the object is covered by a textured surface. The cameras can be arranged as pairs and each camera pair is supported on a single support. The scanned object can be a foot, among other things, and the scanner is positioned at a predetermined incline so that the foot is evenly supported. Method for attaching the camera pairs on the support, method for calibrating the camera pairs and method of scanning the foot to provide shoe sizes and shoe lasts are also disclosed. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273665 | Viewing System for the Manipulation of an Object - Viewing device used in the field of stereoscopy to allow a user to manipulate in his close environment a real or virtual object situated a greater or lesser distance from the user. The user can then view the manipulation spaces as well as the real and virtual spaces in the viewing device. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273666 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE PROVIDED WITH IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM - An imaging optical system includes a spherical or nearly spherical viewing port, an objective lens that includes an aspheric surface and is formed as a single lens element, and a solid-state image sensor that receives an image formed by the imaging optical system. Specified conditions are satisfied by the imaging optical system and the objective lens so that an in-focus image having low distortion, sufficient contrast, and formed by light rays of restricted angles of incidence is formed even for an object in contact with the viewing port. The specified conditions relate to features of the imaging optical system such as focal length and f-number of the imaging optical system, astigmatism and distortion of the imaging optical system, and pixel pitch of the solid-state image sensor. An endoscope that includes the imaging optical system is also disclosed. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273667 | Electronic Camera - An electronic camera includes an image pickup device that takes a subject image, a face detecting section, an inferential section, and an image processing section. The face detecting section not only detects a face area in a shooting image plane based on the output of the image pickup device but also extracts a feature amount of the face of the subject from the face area. The inferential section performs inferential processing relating to either of the age and gender of the subject based on the feature amount. The image processing section makes at least one of an exposure correction, a soft focus correction, a skin smoothing correction to adjust color saturation of the color of the skin, and a correction to make a person look slim, on a recording-purpose image taken by the image pickup device based on the inference result of the inferential section. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273668 | METHOD FOR SETTING PARAMETERS OF A VISION DETECTOR USING PRODUCTION LINE INFORMATION - Disclosed are systems and methods for setting various operating parameters of a vision detector from production line information that can be supplied by a manufacturing technician who is not skilled in the art of the invention. These operating parameters include shutter time, video gain, idle time, frame count, and locator search range. The production line information includes line speed, field of view size, direction of motion, and object spacing. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273669 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CRITICAL DEFECTS - A system and method for evaluating a criticality of a defect. The method may include: obtaining information indicative of at least one spatial relationship between at least one inspected pattern of a layer of a micro-electronic device and an inspected defect; and determining a criticality of the detected defect in response to the obtained information and in response to at least one rule that associates between a criticality of a defect and a spatial relationship between the defect and at least one edge of at least one pattern of a layer of a micro-electronic device. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273670 | Door cam security - A remote viewing system is disclosed for providing video surveillance of an entry or doorway of a building. A video camera is positioned to obtain video images of the entryway or doorway and to transmit them to a remote viewing station. Video data can be transmitted from the driver to any of a variety of electronic devices, including PCs, PDAs, cell phones, and the like. The video information can also be stored for future reference. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273671 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCAPSULATING DIGITAL AERIAL SURVEILLANCE VIDEO ON ANALOG VIDEO SIGNAL - An aerial surveillance apparatus for processing an analog video signal is described. The aerial surveillance apparatus includes a first input configured to receive an analog video signal from a video camera, a processor coupled with the analog video signal and configured to filter and digitize the analog video signal to form a de-emphasized digital signal, an output configured to couple to an FM video transmitter and to communicate the de-emphasized digital signal to the FM video transmitter. The filtering of the processor decreases amplitudes of higher frequencies within a band of frequencies more than amplitudes of lower frequencies within the band of frequencies, and the FM video transmitter filters the de-emphasized digital signal using a pre-emphasis filter that counteracts the filtering of the de-emphasis filter. The aerial surveillance apparatus may further include a second input configured to receive a digital data signal, the processor combines the digitized video signal and the digital data signal prior to the filtering to form a combined signal, and the processor filters the combined signal to form the de-emphasized digital signal. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273672 | VEHICLE RECORDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle recording system for providing vehicle data, including video data, of conditions surrounding road and parking events. In response to a triggering event, the system stores the vehicle data from a previous time interval and a subsequent time interval in a memory device. In some embodiments, the system may change the frequency at which data is captured based on information from proximity sensors and/or the vehicle ignition. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273673 | PERSONAL VEHICLE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a personal vehicle surveillance system comprising cameras and microphones positioned such that they can record the type of events that happen to individuals rather than governmental vehicles. In addition, it provides for secure recording of events such that they are tamper resistant and can then be used during situations of problems with the vehicle or around the vehicle. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273674 | Method of Producing a Total Image of the Environment Surrounding a Motor Vehicle - A method of producing a total image of the surrounding environment of a motor vehicle uses an image sensor device connected with the motor vehicle, which supplies image data in a first acquisition range of the vehicle environment. At least a first image part of the total image is based on image data of the image sensor device from the first acquisition range. In addition to the image sensor device, a distance sensor device connected with the motor vehicle is used which supplies distance data in a second acquisition range of the vehicle environment, the second acquisition range covering an additional range of the vehicle environment which is not covered by the first acquisition range. At least a second image part of the total image, which is at least partially situated outside the first image part, is based on the distance data of the distance sensor device from the additional range. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273675 | IR CAMERA AND METHOD FOR USE WITH IR CAMERA - An infrared camera is arranged to compensate for temperature variations of the camera by | 2009-11-05 |
20090273676 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BLOCKINESS IN VIDEO IMAGES - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for processing images, in particular for determining the degree of blockiness in coded images. The invention comprises apparatus and methods for determining a degree of blockiness in a digital image comprising blocks each block comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of pixels each pixel having a value by performing the steps of: for each block determining an intra block measure in dependence upon the values of a set of pixels within said block; and determining said measure in dependence upon a plurality of said intra block measures corresponding to each block. Method and apparatus for generating a quality measure in dependence upon the measure of blockiness are also provided. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273677 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE SIGNAL NORMALISATION - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for normalisation of an image signal, particularly for use in perceptual video and still image quality measurement when the quality measurement is achieved by making a comparison between a reference signal and a decoded signal. The invention provides a method for normalising a decoded image signal in relation to a reference image signal to generate a normalised image signal comprising the steps of: generating a non-linear transformation vector in dependence upon at least one component of the decoded image signal and at least one component of the reference image signal; and applying said non-linear transformation vector to at least one component of the decoded image signal to generate a normalised image signal. Methods and apparatus for perceptual video and still image quality measurement using said method are also provided. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273678 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATION OF A VIDEO QUALITY PARAMETER - This invention provides a parameter for use in assessing video quality based on temporal frame freezing for use in an apparatus and method for perceptual video quality measurement. The invention provides a method of generating a freeze frame parameter relating to the perceptual impact of frozen frames in a video signal comprising the steps of: identifying frozen frames; identifying a freeze event comprising a plurality of consecutive frozen frames, the freeze event having a duration in dependence upon the number of frozen frames in said sequence; defining a set of duration ranges; and generating a freeze frame parameter in dependence upon the number of freeze events having a duration falling within each duration range. Methods and apparatus for perceptual video quality measurement using the method are also provided. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273679 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES - An apparatus and method are disclosed for calibrating image capture devices, such as the type used in electronic devices. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include at least one array of pixels and a memory coupled to the at least one array of pixels. The electronic device may further include a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the memory and at least one color filter optically coupled to the at least one array of pixels. The memory may further include one or more storage locations that include a response of the at least one color filter to one or more predetermined wavelengths from a target test source, as well as, one or more storage locations that include a response of one or more baseline color filters. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273680 | AUTOMATIC FOCUS SYSTEM CALIBRATION FOR IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEMS - Imaging systems and methods for calibrating imaging systems are provided. The imaging system has a body, a scene image capture system that captures images using a taking lens system that can be set to a plurality of different focus distances, and a rangefinder that is capable of determining a distance between the imaging system and at least one portion of a field of view of the talking lens system. The method comprises: automatically capturing a first calibration image of a first field of view through the taking lens system with the taking lens system set to a first focus distance setting; identifying a portion of the first calibration image having a predetermined degree of focus; using the rangefinder to determine a first calibration distance from the imaging device to the identified portion. A focus correlation is determined based upon the first calibration distance and the first focus distance setting. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273681 | AUTOMATIC FOCUS SYSTEM CALIBRATION FOR IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEMS - Imaging systems and methods for calibrating imaging systems are provided. The imaging system has a body, a scene image capture system that captures images using a taking lens system that can be set to a plurality of different focus distances, and a rangefinder that is capable of determining a distance between the imaging system and at least one portion of a field of view of the taking lens system. The method comprises: automatically capturing a first calibration image of a first field of view through the taking lens system with the taking lens system set to a first focus distance setting; identifying a portion of the first calibration image having a predetermined degree of focus; using the rangefinder to determine a first calibration distance from the imaging device to the identified portion. A focus correlation is determined based upon the first calibration distance and the first focus distance setting. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273682 | Systems And Methods For A Recorder User Interface - An incident recorder records original and supplemental incident information using a simplified user interface. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273683 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING BLUR CORRECTION FUNCTION - Disclosed is an imaging device connected to an external display device. The imaging device includes a decoder that, based on an instruction to reproduce coded moving image data recorded in any one of a internal recorder, a memory card M and an external recording device, decodes the data and sequentially obtains a plurality of frames in a predetermined order, a blur estimator that sequentially obtains a total motion vector of each frame corresponding to an obtaining speed and a predetermined order of frames, a blur correction processor that sequentially corrects the blur of the frames based on respective total motion vectors, and a second display processor that sequentially outputs the blur corrected frames to the external display. Blur correction processing for moving images output to the external display is performed suitably. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273684 | IMAGE SHOOTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An apparatus which concurrently shoots a movie and a still image, comprises an image sensing unit which generates movie data and still image data; a storage unit which stores the generated still image data in a temporary memory area at predetermined time intervals; a detection unit which detects at least one of feature information, audio information and operation information; an analyzing unit which analyzes the detected information; a control unit which outputs, based on an analysis result, an instruction used as a trigger for selecting still image data among the still image data stored in the temporary memory area; an image processing unit which performs image processing on the selected still image data selected in accordance with the instruction used as the trigger; and a recording unit which records the processed still image data. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273685 | Foreground/Background Segmentation in Digital Images - An implementation efficient method of distinguishing between foreground and background regions of a digital image of a scene includes capturing two images of nominally the same scene and storing the captured images in DCT-coded format. The first image is taken with the foreground more in focus than the background and the second image is taken with the background more in focus than the foreground. Regions of the first image are assigned as foreground or background according to whether the sum of selected higher order DCT coefficients decreases or increases for the equivalent regions of the second image. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273686 | Methods, computer program products and apparatus providing improved image capturing - The exemplary embodiments of the invention allow for parallel operations within a digital image capturing system. For example, raw image data can be processed while a subsequent image is being captured. In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method includes: executing at least one foreground operation within a digital image capturing device; and executing at least one background operation within the digital image capturing device, wherein the at least one foreground operation includes: capturing raw image data via at least one sensor, storing the captured raw image data as an intermediate file, and activating a digital viewfinder, wherein the at least one background operation includes: accessing the intermediate file, performing image processing on the raw image data of the intermediate file to obtain processed image data, and storing the processed image data, wherein the at least one background operation is executed independently of the at least one foreground operation. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273687 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided an image processing apparatus for performing a stable attention condition determination, regardless of the shape and surrounding environment of an object of interest and regardless that the object is unknown or known. The image processing apparatus comprises a direction detector, a displacement detector, and an attention condition determiner. The direction detector detects, from a certain image including a person image, the direction information in two body regions of a person represented by the person image. The displacement detector calculates, from the two direction information, a displacement ratio that is the ratio between the two direction displacements. The attention condition determiner determines, according to a first and a second displacement ratio, how much the person pays attention to a certain object. The first displacement ratio is calculated in the displacement detector by using first direction information detected by the direction detector from a first certain image including a first person image, and the second displacement ratio is calculated in the displacement detector by using second direction information detected by the direction detector from a second certain image including the first person image. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273688 | IMAGE RECORDING AND PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND IMAGE RECORDING AND PLAYBACK METHOD - An image processing device of the present invention comprises a storage section for storing first image data obtained by imaging in front of the imaging device body or using a telephoto lens, and second image data obtained by imaging behind the imaging device body or using a wide-angle lens; a movement pattern detection section for processing the first image data to detect a movement pattern of the first image represented by the first image data; a movement pattern determination section determining whether or not the movement pattern of the first image is unstable movement; and an image processing section for rewriting a part of the first image data, for which it has been determined by the movement pattern determination section that the movement pattern of the first image is unstable, using the second image data. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273689 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - It is determined whether or not there is inconsistency between image sensing mode data, which is set by an operator with respect to a scene including an object of shooting, and attribute data, e.g., focal length data or the like, that accompanies an obtained image. When it is determined that there is inconsistency between the image sensing mode data and attribute data, a caution is given to the operator that it is necessary to maintain consistency. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273690 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus capable of suppressing color fringing in a color image further effectively by image processing. A determination unit determines a region in which signal levels for a color plane in a color image produced by photoelectric conversion of an optical image of a subject exhibit a monotonic increase or a monotonic decrease, as a color fringing region in which color fringing occurs. An estimation unit estimates an intensity of the color fringing in the color fringing region determined by the determination unit. A removal unit deducts an estimate value of the intensity of the color fringing estimated by the estimation unit from the intensity of the color fringing in the color fringing region. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273691 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING ANALOG ROW NOISE CORRECTION AND HOT PIXEL FILTERING - An imaging device and method for operating the device. The imaging device comprises a pixel array that comprises a plurality of imaging pixels and dark reference pixels arranged in columns and rows. The dark reference pixels produce a noise signal that is subtracted from a pixel signal produced by the imaging pixels to correct row noise. In addition, the imaging device may comprise a hot pixel filtering circuit that blocks the output from hot pixels. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273692 | REFERENCE DATA ENCODING IN IMAGE SENSORS - Data is encoded on an image sensor that has a plurality of pixels including one or more bio-sensing pixels and one or more data encoding pixels. The method includes applying a covering material selectively to the data encoding pixels depending on the data to be encoded, the covering material having a detectable difference in opacity relative to having no covering material present. The method includes reading the data encoding pixels, in the presence of light, and decoding data according to a pre-determined scheme depending on the presence of the covering material on the data encoding pixel. As bio-reagents are typically applied after manufacture of the image sensor, the image sensor can have information encoded for electronic detection subsequent to manufacture. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273693 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is a solid-state imaging apparatus which is capable of radiating heat generated in the solid-state imaging element by shifting a position of the solid-state imaging element. Also, a mechanism which suppresses an image blur caused by the shaking of a user's hand is provided therein. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes: an x-direction moving stage onto which a solid-state imaging element chip is fixed and is disposed via a x-direction movable member so as to move only in the x-direction; a y-direction moving stage disposed via a y-direction movable member so as to move only in the y-direction; and a plurality of metal spheres disposed in two-dimension is interposed between the x-direction moving stage and a heat conducting plate which is fixed onto a solid-state imaging apparatus case. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273694 | IMAGE SENSORS AND METHODS WITH COLUMN READOUT CIRCUITS - An image sensor includes a pixel array, a plurality of column readout lines, and a plurality of column readout circuits. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Each of the plurality of column readout lines is connected to a corresponding at least two pixels of the plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of column readout circuits is connected to a corresponding column readout line of the plurality of column readout lines and includes an amplifier, a first capacitor connected between the corresponding column readout line and an input of the amplifier, and a second capacitor connected between the corresponding column readout line and the input of the amplifier. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273695 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, DRIVE METHOD FOR THE SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - In a solid-state image pickup apparatus having a pixel array unit composed by two-dimensionally arranging pixels for detecting a physical quantity in a row-column manner, pixel signals of a plurality of systems having different sensitivities are read from the pixel array unit in an analog manner, the pixel signals of the plurality of systems are amplified at respective basis amplification rates when a gain setting of the analog pixel signals is lower than a predetermined gain, and a pixel signal of at least one system having a high sensitivity among the plurality of systems is amplified at a plurality of amplification rates including an amplification rate higher than a basis amplification rate of the system having the high sensitivity when the gain setting is equal to or higher than the predetermined gain. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273696 | IMAGE SENSORS AND METHODS WITH ANTIBLOOMING CHANNELS AND TWO SIDE DRIVING OF CONTROL SIGNALS - An image sensor of various embodiments includes a pixel array. The pixel array includes a pixel having a photodiode and a transfer gate. The pixel array in various embodiments further includes an antiblooming channel extending from the photodiode to either (i) a pixel output area, or (ii) a drain of a source follower transistor. A method of some embodiments includes (i) driving from a first row driver one or more control signals over one or more control lines to one or more pixels, and (ii) driving from a second row driver the one or more control signals over the one or more control lines to the one or more pixels. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273697 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus includes an A/D conversion circuit in each column, wherein a connecting unit is provided for connecting a register circuit in a certain column to a register circuit in another column, and an operation is performed for holding, in register circuits through the connecting unit, digital signals obtained by performing A/D conversions of analog electric signals at different timings in one horizontal synchronizing period. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273698 | Image-sensing chip package module for reducing its whole thickness - An image-sensing chip package module for reducing its whole thickness can fix an image-sensing unit under a substrate unit via an adhesive body disposed between the substrate unit and the image-sensing unit, so that the image-sensing unit can be firmly fixed under a bottom area (the bottom area is a receiving space formed by using a plurality of first conductive protruding bodies to support the substrate unit up relative to a main PCB) of the substrate unit. In other words, the image-sensing unit is received in the receiving space formed by using the first conductive protruding bodies to support the substrate unit up relative to the main PCB, so that the whole thickness of the image-sensing chip package module can be reduced. Therefore, it is easy for designer to integrate the image-sensing chip package module into any portable electronic devices such as mobile phone or notebook. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273699 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - An image processing method, an electronic device thereof, and a recording medium thereof are provided, which are applicable for processing an image captured by an electronic device. In this method, a default direction is defined first, and a current usage direction of the electronic device is obtained then. If the usage direction is not consistent with the default direction, the image is adjusted to a correct direction according to both the usage direction and the default direction. Finally, the adjusted image is recorded. Therefore, regardless of the direction along which the user holds the electronic device when capturing the image, the recorded image is always in the correct direction. The rotation operations performed to the images that are not in the correct direction can be omitted when browsing the images, so as to greatly increase the convenience and smoothness in browsing images. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273700 | LENS ASSEMBLY, LENS MOVING DEVICE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD - A lens assembly in a digital still camera has a lens housing. First and second movable lenses/lens groups are contained in the lens housing, and supported in respectively first and second lens holders. A guide rod guides movement of the first and second lenses/lens groups in an optical axis direction with the lens holders. A shutter unit is disposed between the lens holders. A shutter actuator drives the shutter unit. A containing chamber in the lens housing contains the shutter actuator. A first motor is disposed between the guide rod and an inner surface of the lens housing and near to a first surface of the shutter unit, and moves the first lens holder. A second motor is disposed between the guide rod and the containing chamber and near to a second surface of the shutter unit, and moves the second lens holder. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273701 | LENS ASSEMBLY, LENS MOVING DEVICE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD - A lens assembly in a digital still camera has a lens housing. First and second movable lenses/lens groups are contained in the lens housing, and supported in respectively first and second lens holders. A guide rod guides movement of the first and second lenses/lens groups in an optical axis direction with the lens holders. A shutter unit is disposed between the lens holders. A shutter actuator drives the shutter unit. A containing chamber in the lens housing contains the shutter actuator. A first motor is disposed between the guide rod and an inner surface of the lens housing and near to a first surface of the shutter unit, and moves the first lens holder. A second motor is disposed between the guide rod and the containing chamber and near to a second surface of the shutter unit, and moves the second lens holder. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273702 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE CONTROL METHOD - An image pickup apparatus which is capable of optimizing the responsiveness of linear changes in focus to operations of a ring member without sacrificing the operability of the ring member, while using a small-sized, low-cost ring member for manual operations. The rotating operation state of a focus ring 600 is detected by ring rotation sensors 603, 604. A camera microcomputer 116 causes a focus lens 105 to be moved and stopped in an optical axis direction thereof based on results of the detection by the ring rotation sensors 603, 604. The camera microcomputer 116 controls the responsiveness of linear changes in focus to the rotating operation state of the ring member detected by the ring rotation sensors 603, 604 in accordance with at least the depth of focus. | 2009-11-05 |
20090273703 | AUTO-FOCUSING DEVICE - It is intended to provide an auto-focusing device capable of attaining focus on a subject in a short time even in the case where the lens is defocused to a large extent during zooming. There are provided a camera lens having a zoom lens and a focus lens; an image input portion for taking an optical image of a subject through the camera lens and outputting an image signal; an evaluation value calculating portion for calculating an evaluation value on the basis of high-frequency components of the image signal; and a control portion for executing, during zooming of the zoom lens, a first process (step S | 2009-11-05 |
20090273704 | Method and Apparatus for Motion Detection in Auto-Focus Applications | 2009-11-05 |
20090273705 | Television Broadcast Display Apparatus - In a television broadcast display apparatus, a mobile device is configured so that images can be displayed on a second screen when audio signals are outputted from the mobile device. A control unit switches between television output status and mobile device output status according to a user operation inputted to a remote-control transmitter. The mobile device output status is a state where audio corresponding to the audio signals received from the mobile device attached is output from speakers. A mobile device holder supports the attached mobile device detachably in such a position that when a user views from an expected viewpoint where a first screen is visible, the second screen is also visible, and the second screen is located adjacent to the first screen. | 2009-11-05 |