47th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090284498 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW POWER HAPTIC FEEDBACK - Systems and methods for low power consumption haptic feedback are described. In one described system, a device comprises a manipulandum and a haptic effect generator in communication with the manipulandum. The actuator is operable to provide a first haptic profile associated with a first mechanical configuration and a second haptic profile associated with a second mechanical configuration. The device also comprises an actuator in communication with the haptic effect generator, which is operable to switch the haptic effect generator between the first haptic profile and the second haptic profile. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284499 | CONTROLLER BOARD, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A controller board includes a memory and a timing controller. The memory stores previous frame image data. The timing controller outputs driving image data based on current frame image data supplied from an external device and the previous frame image data. The timing controller disperses a frequency band of the current frame image data within a reference frequency range to generate dispersed current frame image data and transmits the dispersed current frame image data to the memory. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284500 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICES AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS USING THE SAME - The display device of the present invention includes a display area having a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, at least one source driving device providing power or electric charges for the pixels through source lines, at least one gate driving device controlling the pixels through gate lines, and a boundary switch separating the display area into a plurality of sub-display areas and placed between the sub-display areas to connect or disconnect the source lines and/or the gate lines. When the boundary switch disconnects the source lines and/or the gate lines, the sub-display area directly connecting with the source driving device or the gate driving device will be driven. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284501 | PIXEL DRIVER CIRCUIT AND PIXEL CIRCUIT HAVING THE PIXEL DRIVER CIRCUIT - A pixel driver circuit for driving a light-emitting element and a pixel circuit having the pixel driver circuit are provided. The pixel driver circuit includes a data line, address lines, switch thin film transistors, feedback thin film transistors and drive thin film transistors. The pixel circuit may include an organic light emitting diode, which is driven by the pixel driver circuit. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284502 | IMAGE SIGNAL DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE SIGNAL DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A video display area setting means | 2009-11-19 |
20090284503 | Semiconductor device, display panel and electronic apparatus - A semiconductor device, includes a plurality of thin film transistors of a single channel formed on an insulating substrate, and a buffer circuit including: an outputting stage; a first inputting stage; a second inputting stage; a second outputting stage; and a ninth thin film transistor. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284504 | MEMORY DEVICE WITH ONE-TIME PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION, AND DISPLAY DRIVER IC AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A display driver IC with a built-in memory device having a one-time programmable function is provided. The memory device includes: a cell array comprising a plurality of one-time programmable unit cells and configured to receive a writing voltage generated from an internal voltage generating unit to operate upon writing operation; a detecting unit configured to detect a change of the writing voltage; and a controlling unit configured to control the internal voltage generating unit and the unit cells according to an output signal of the detecting unit. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284505 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is provided and includes display cells each having a display circuit, light receiving cells each having a photosensor configured to receive light from an outside, and display signal lines. The display cells and the light receiving cells are arranged in a row direction perpendicular to the display signal lines and in a column direction parallel with the display signal lines. Also, the light receiving cells in each row are displaced in the row direction between every two adjacent rows in a column direction. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284506 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE DISPLAYING IMAGE BY APPLYING LASER LIGHT - A scanning position of laser light applied to a projection plane is detected, and based on the detected scanning position, a synchronization signal is generated to designate a scan timing. A correction region detection portion detects whether or not a part corresponding to a prescribe region of an image on the projection plane is scanned by laser light, based on the generated synchronization signal. When the part corresponding to the prescribed region is scanned, a correction amount derivation portion corrects a gradation signal based on the difference between the detected quantity of laser light and a prescribed quantity of light to be output from the laser for displaying the image in the prescribed region. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284507 | AMBIENT LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE - An ambient light detection device for use with a liquid crystal display having an array of liquid crystal cells, each liquid cell having at least one transistor for selectively connecting that liquid crystal cell to a signal line and each transistor having a gate connected to a gate line and having a gate supply line selectively connectable to the gate line for turning off the gates. The device includes a current measuring circuit configured to measure the current flowing in the gate supply line as a result of gate leakage current in the gates to which the gate supply line is connected and a controller connected to the measuring circuit and configured to calculate, from the measured current, the level of ambient light reaching the gates. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284508 | TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SOURCE DRIVER FOR USE IN A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A data driver for time-division multiplexing includes a first memory cell set having first memory cells, a second memory cell set having second memory cells, and a plurality of output lines. Each first memory cell is used for generating a first data signal in response to a first sampling control signal, and for outputting the first data signal in response to a first transmitting control signal. Each second memory cell is used for generating a second data signal in response to a second sampling control signal, and for outputting the second data signal in response to a second transmitting control signal. During a first line time period, the first sampling control signal is triggered while the second transmitting control signal is triggered. During a second line time period, the first transmitting control signal is triggered while the second sampling control signal is triggered. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284509 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CLOCK EMBEDDING METHOD - An image display device employs an interface protocol wherein integrated image plus control data is transmitted from a signal controller circuit to each of a plurality of master data driving circuits. The integrated image plus control data includes display control data as well as image-defining data. The signal controller circuit determines which of a plurality of data driving circuits is to function as a master data driving chip and which as a slave data driving chip. The signal controller circuit directly transmits respective integrated image plus control data signals to corresponding ones of the master data driving chips. Each master data driving chip then forwards part of the received integrated image plus control signal to its corresponding slave data driving chip. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284510 | AC PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD - In a method of driving an AC plasma display panel of the present invention, one field period is made of a plurality of sub-fields (SFs), each including an initializing period, writing period, and sustaining period, and a part of sustaining operation in the sustaining period in at least one of the plurality of SFs and a part of selective initializing operation in the initializing period in a SF following the at least one SF are performed at the same time. The method comprises making a pulse width of a top sustain pulse in one of the sustaining periods in the plurality of SFs different from that in another of the sustaining periods therein. This method limits the SFs in which any erroneous discharge occurs to lower order of SFs and can inhibit the brightness of the erroneous discharge. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284511 | Image Display Apparatus and Driving Method Thereof - Disclosed is an image display wherein luminance change due to change of the light-emitting device over time is compensated while suppressing affects of characteristics change in the drive transistor. Specifically disclosed is an image display comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel has a light-emitting device (OLED) which emits light when current is passed therethrough, a driver device (Td) for controlling light emission of the light-emitting device, and a control circuit (A) which is electrically connected to the light-emitting device and the driver device, and directly or indirectly detects the voltage applied to the light-emitting device at least during when the light-emitting device is emitting light and reflects the detection results to the driver device. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284512 | COMPACT LAYOUT STRUCTURE FOR DECODER WITH PRE-DECODING AND SOURCE DRIVING CIRCUIT USING THE SAME - Provided is a decoder for receiving a digital data and outputting an analog voltage. The decoder comprising a main switch array, a first pre-decoding switch array, and a second pre-decoding switch array. The main switch array receives the digital data and outputs a voltage if the digital data is in a first range. The first pre-decoding switch array is for receiving the digital data, pre-decoding a part of the digital data, and outputting a voltage if the digital data is in a second range. The second pre-decoding switch array is for receiving the digital data, pre-decoding the part of the digital data, and outputting a voltage if the digital data is in a third range. Combination of the main switch array, the first pre-decoding switch array, and the second pre-decoding switch array is in a substantially rectangular layout structure. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284513 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for adjusting a supply voltage provided by a power supply to a liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display having a glass panel, a power supply electrically connected to the liquid crystal display, the power supply configured to provide a supply voltage to the liquid crystal display, a temperature sensor configured to measure the temperature of the glass panel of the liquid crystal display and output a temperature output indicative of the temperature of the glass panel of the liquid crystal display, and a processor in communication with the power supply and the temperature sensor. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284514 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ITS DRIVE CIRCUIT - In a plasma display apparatus and its drive circuit, a period that capacitance Cxa formed between an address electrode and an X-discharge maintaining electrode and capacitance Cya formed between the address electrode and a Y-discharge maintaining electrode are charged is provided when the address electrode is driven so that the address electrode is set to high-impedance state during a discharge maintaining period to reduce apparent capacitance. Furthermore, the charge period is set in a power withdrawing period and thereafter the address electrode is set to high-impedance state to change final arrival potential for power withdrawal to a discharge maintaining voltage. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284515 | EL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided an EL display device having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix pattern, wherein the pixels each include an EL element and a drive transistor configured to define a current to be supplied to the EL element, and switches configured to supply a reset power to the drive transistors of the respective pixels are provided one each for a row of the pixels arranged in the matrix pattern. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284516 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVE CIRCUIT THEREOF - A liquid crystal display of this invention includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and pixels provided at each intersection of the plurality of scan lines and the plurality of data lines. The liquid crystal display further includes a plurality of pixel groups constituted of the pixels provided at each intersection of the consecutive plurality of data lines and one of the plurality of scan lines, in which signals of the same polarity are outputted to all data lines included in each of the plurality of pixel groups by a time-sharing drive that sequentially outputs signals, and reversed polarity signals are outputted to the plurality of pixel groups adjacent to each other, so that signals with polarities inverted after each frame are outputted to the data lines included in the pixel groups. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284517 | Display Apparatus - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display module, a plurality of driving modules, and a plurality of sensing modules. The display module has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The driving modules are respectively adjacent to the first and second sides and are electrically connected to the display module. The sensing modules are respectively adjacent to the first and second sides, in which the sensing modules are configured to sense an environment status surrounding the display apparatus to modulate the display module from the first status to the second status. One of the driving modules adjacent to the first side is substantially opposite to one of the sensing modules adjacent to the second side, with respect to the display module. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284518 | Liquid crystal display device, liquid crystal display method, and television receiver - A liquid crystal display device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a display controller for outputting an image to each panel independently so that the images displayed on a first panel and a second panel are stacked with each other to form one image corresponding to an image source. The display controller includes a luminance ratio adjusting section which adjusts the gray scales of the image outputted, to each liquid crystal panel so that a display response period becomes shorter than a standard predetermined display response period in combining the gray scales, when one combined gray scale is obtained by combining the gray scales of the image outputted to each panel. This allows enhancement in contrast and moving image performance so as to realize a liquid crystal display device having high quality in displaying not only still images but also moving images. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284519 | LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a light emitting display which can compensate for a threshold voltage of a driving switching element, and a method for driving the same. A light emitting display includes a pixel circuit that outputs a driving current corresponding to a data voltage from a data line using a scan signal, a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage; and a light emitting element that emits light by the driving current from the pixel circuit. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284520 | PLASMA DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A plasma display and a driving method thereof is provided. The plasma display includes a sustain electrode, a first switch coupling a first power source with a first voltage to the sustain electrode, a second switch coupling a second power source with a second voltage lower than the first voltage to the sustain electrode, an inductor, a power recovery capacitor, a third switch, and a fourth switch. The inductor is coupled to the sustain electrode. The power recovery capacitor is charged with a third voltage between the first and second voltages in a first subfield, and charged with a fourth voltage that is higher than the third voltage in a second subfield. The third and fourth switches couple the inductor to the power recovery capacitor, and are turned on in address periods of the first and second subfields to apply the third and fourth voltages, respectively, to the sustain electrode. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284521 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device of high luminous efficiency is provided. In a plasma display device for performing driving including at least an address period and a sustain-discharge period for emission display, the sustain-discharge period includes a pulse application period and an open period, a voltage of an electrode to which a relatively positive voltage is applied in a sustain-discharge electrode pair in a pulse application period immediately before the open period is set as Vsp, and the voltage of the other electrode is set as Vsn, Vsp-Vsn has a significantly negative value in the open period, and light is emitted by a discharge in the open period. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284522 | Electronic Device and Method of Driving the Same - To provide a novel driving method for driving an electronic device by using digital gray scale and time gray scale in combination, which secures high duty ratio, which can display an image normally even when a sustain period is shorter than an address period, and which is hardly affected by dulled signal waveform. In a sub-frame period ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090284523 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR ACCELERATING INTERSECTION TESTING IN RAY-TRACING RENDERING - For ray tracing scenes composed of primitives, systems and methods accelerate intersection testing by testing rays against elements of geometry acceleration data (GAD) arranged in a graph of nodes, where pairs of nodes are connected by edges, and each element bounds a varying granularity selection of the primitives. Upon detection of intersections between rays and elements, references to the rays are added to respective collections associated with the elements. Further processing of those rays is deferred until rays of a given collection are determined ready, and then rays from such a ready collection are tested for intersection with elements of GAD connected by edges to the element associated with the ready collection. When a primitive is bounded by no higher granularity GAD element, it is tested for intersection, and indications of intersection are output. Some examples encourage production of many secondary rays and collect such rays for parallelized testing, regardless of traversal order, camera ray association, or a time when each ray was spawned. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284524 | Optimized Graphical Calculation Performance by Removing Divide Requirements - By employing a scaled method for calculating the intersection of a ray with two bounding planes, divide operations may be avoided, which may result in fewer clock cycles and, possibly simplified processing logic. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284525 | HIGH FIDELTY ANAGLYPHS UTILIZING A FAR-RED PRIMARY COLOR - Four primary colors may be used to render anaglyphs with a full color gamut. The first image of a stereoscopic pair may be rendered in three primary colors while the second image of a stereoscopic pair may be rendered in a fourth primary color. The first image may be rendered in green and blue primary colors and a third primary color which may be a yellow, orange or red. The second image of the anaglyph may be rendered in a red or far-red primary color. A first color filter for viewing the first image may transmit light with wavelengths shorter than an edge wavelength λ | 2009-11-19 |
20090284526 | RENDERING MULTIPLE CLEAR RECTANGLES USING A PRE-RENDERED DEPTH BUFFER - According to some embodiments, systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code and means are provided to set a first depth value associated with a plurality of pixels of a video image comprising a plurality of planes, create a first clear rectangle with respect to the first depth value, color render the pixels that are not associated with the first clear rectangle, and render the plurality of planes. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284527 | VALIDATING USER GENERATED THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS - Three-dimensional model validation. As a part of the model validation, one or more three-dimensional models of a structure and at least one real world image of the structure is accessed. Features of the one or more three-dimensional models of the structure are combined with features of the at least one real world image of the structure to create a composite model of the structure. The composite model is projected into an imaging plane. The composite model of the structure is compared with at least one of the at least one real world images. Based on the results of the comparing, the accuracy of the one or more three-dimensional models of the structure is determined. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284528 | Software processing apparatus and method for creating three-dimensional topologically complete surface boundary representations from arbitrary polygon models - A software processing apparatus comprising a method for converting arbitrary three-dimensional polygon model data into a mathematically complete topological boundary representation with a determined interior volume such that is sufficiently specified for printing on a three-dimensional printer or similar apparatus without deformation concerning color and surface detail. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284529 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MOTION CAPTURE USING VIDEO IMAGING - A variety of methods, devices and storage mediums are implemented for creating digital representations of figures. According to one such computer implemented method, a volumetric representation of a figure is correlated with an image of the figure. Reference points are found that are common to each of two temporally distinct images of the figure, the reference points representing movement of the figure between the two images. A volumetric deformation is applied to the digital representation of the figure as a function of the reference points and the correlation of the volumetric representation of the figure. A fine deformation is applied as a function of the coarse/volumetric deformation. Responsive to the applied deformations, an updated digital representation of the figure is generated. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284530 | CAMPAIGN AWARENESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A campaign management system manages campaign data for one or more campaigns and geospatial data for areas in which the campaigns are directed. The system performs spatial queries, data queries, and/or geocode-based queries, generates maps geographically identifying where campaign events are occurring in the geographic area, and generates feature data for display. Campaign symbology, such as shading, color coding, patterns, icons, or other symbols identify one or more campaign events in the geographic area. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284531 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Program - An information processing apparatus includes a network structure generation unit that generates a network structure showing relations formed between registered users at a predetermined time based on user information containing attribute information showing attributes of the registered user registered with a social networking service (SNS) and registration time information showing a registration time of the registered user, and relation information containing relation formation information showing a relation formed between the registered users on the SNS, and relation formation time information showing a relation formation time, a network image generation unit that generates a network image representing the generated network structure with the registered user as a node and a relation formed between the registered users as an edge, and a network image display unit that chronologically displays the generated network images at a plurality of the predetermined times. Accordingly, a change of SNS operation conditions can efficiently be grasped. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284532 | CURSOR MOTION BLURRING - An electronic device for displaying a cursor with a trail is provided. The user may control electronic device operations by navigating the cursor on a display. To assist the user in identifying the current location of the cursor, the electronic device may define and display a trail indicating the prior positions of the cursor. For example, the electronic device may identify previous cursor positions and draw a curve, for example a spline, connecting the previous cursor positions and the current cursor position. The curve may have a varying width, thus forming a trail for which the wider portion is adjacent the cursor, and for which the narrower portion is adjacent the tip of the curve. The electronic device may instead or in addition modify the opacity of the curve, for example based on the instantaneous speed of the cursor. In some embodiments, other trail characteristics (e.g., size, color, opacity, path) may be modified based on prior cursor movements or cursor speed. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284533 | Method of rendering an image and a method of animating a graphics character - A computer implemented method of generating behavior of a graphics character within an environment including a selected graphics character and one or more graphics elements, the method comprising: generating an image of the environment from a perspective of the selected graphics character; processing the image using an artificial intelligence engine with one or more layers to determine an activation value for the graphics character wherein at least one of the layers is a fuzzy processing layer, and generating the behavior of the graphics character based on the activation value. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284534 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS - Some embodiments include a graphics processing with thermal management capabilities. The graphics processing unit may include a display controller, a microprocessing engine coupled to the display controller, and a clock circuit coupled to the display controller and the microprocessing engine. The clock circuit may further include a raw clock signal coupled to the display controller, a divider coupled to the raw clock signal, and a multiplexer coupled to the divider. The divider may generate a divided version of the raw clock signal, which may be coupled to the multiplexer along with the raw clock signal. The multiplexer may selectively provide the raw clock signal and/or the divided version of the clock signal to the microprocessing engine such that the microprocessing engine may receive a timing signal that is independent of operations of the graphics processing unit and result in fewer glitches. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284535 | SOFTWARE RASTERIZATION OPTIMIZATION - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for optimizing emulated fixed-function and programmable graphics operations are provided. Data comprising fixed function and programmable states for an image or scenario to be rendered is received. The data for the image is translated into operations. One or more optimizations are applied to the operations. The optimized operations are implemented to render the scenario. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284536 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display apparatus is provided that is capable of selecting an external device to which a CEC message is transmitted according to a user's operation to switch input as a device for operation, even when the device is not in an active state. A television apparatus | 2009-11-19 |
20090284537 | FRAMEWORK FOR PROCESSING AND RENDERING LARGE VOLUME DATA - Described herein is a system and method for facilitating large volume data processing and rendering. An exemplary system includes at least one processor coupled to a first memory, wherein the processor is configured to organize the large volume data in the first memory into one or more bricks. In addition, at least one graphics processing unit (GPU) is coupled to the processor and a second memory. The GPU is configured to process at least one or more bricks transferred from the first memory to the second memory to produce intermediate processing results, and to further render the intermediate processing results. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284538 | VIDEO STREAMING DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A video streaming data processing method is used in a video streaming data processing system including a central processing unit, a system memory, a graphic processing unit and a video random-access memory. After video streaming data are received, a video decoding operation is performed on the video streaming data by the central processing unit to produce image data and the image data are then stored into the system memory. Next, the image data are stored from the system memory to a texture buffer of the video random-access memory. Next, the image data that are stored in the texture buffer are read out and subject to a specific image processing algorithm by the graphic processing unit, and then stored back to the texture buffer. Afterwards, the image data are stored from the texture buffer to a video buffer of the video random-access memory. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284539 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DIGITAL IMAGE FILES - A digital image displaying system includes a DPF and an electronic device communicating with the DPF. The DPF has identification information. The electronic device includes a DPF detecting submodule, a image storing submodule for storing digital image files, a DPF managing submodule, and an information transmitting submodule. The DPF detecting submodule detects identification information of the at least one DPF, the DPF managing submodule stores the identification information therein, the information transmitting submodule transmits network location paths of the digital image files of the image storing submodule to the at least one DPF, the at least one DPF receives the network location paths and displays the digital image files stored in the image storing submodule according to the network location paths. A method for displaying digital image files is also provided. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284540 | POST-COLOR SPACE CONVERSION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODS - Displays systems and methods for producing a single scaling factor to image data values are disclosed. In one embodiment of a display system uses a post-scaling module. A post-scaling unit for scaling image data values is constructed as a function of many scaling requirements such as backlight illumination from said illumination determination unit, saturation of the image data values and out-of-gamut correction—to produce a single scaling factor. This single scaling factor may be a function of a number of scaling requirements as described herein. Some of these scaling requirements could be selected from a group scaling considerations, such as saturation based scaling, out-of-gamut scaling, and non-linear scaling. Of course, other scaling requirements may be desired and could be added as such. As further described herein, the non-linear scale module could be used to enhance dark color values and may depend on the luminance value of image data values. Once these scaling requirements are determined, there are a multitude of ways of combining them to create such a single scaling factor—including multiplying them or taking the minimum of them or a combination thereof. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284541 | SPECIAL EFFECT PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A special effect processing system of a digital photo frame (DPF) is provided, including a shake sensing unit configured to detect if the DPF is being shaken, a shake frequency calculating unit configured to calculate a shake frequency of the DPF, an image special effect processing unit configured to transform an original image displayed in the DPF when the shake frequency of the DPF is greater than a predetermined reference frequency, and an image special effect restoring unit configured to restore the transformed image to the original image when the shake frequency of the DPF is lower than the reference frequency. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284542 | LENS-DEFINED ADJUSTMENT OF DISPLAYS - In an implementation, an image is distorted for display on a display device to give an appearance of a lens being applied to the image. A brightness level of the appearance of the lens for display on the display device is adjusted such that the brightness level of the appearance of the lens differs from a brightness level of the portion of the image that surrounds the appearance of the lens. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284543 | COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGES - A computer having a CPU, a chipset and a graphic card is provided. The CPU is coupled to the graphic card through the chipset. The graphic card receives an output video from the chipset. The output video has a plurality of images, and each of the images has a plurality of pixels. The graphic card calculates the pixels of the image to obtain brightness values of the each pixels, and the brightness values are calculated to obtain brightness mapping values according to a non-linear function. Consequently, the graphic card is able to adjust a brightness contrast of each of the images so as to obtain a renewed output video. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284544 | DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A display device includes: a brightness histogram information producing unit that produces brightness histogram information on the basis of an image signal; an APL calculating unit that calculates an APL on the basis of the brightness histogram information; a highest class determining unit that determines a highest class, which is a class with a highest brightness, on the basis of the brightness histogram information; an APL difference value calculating unit that calculates an APL difference value which is a difference value between an APL of a previous frame and an APL of a current frame; and a white peak value determining unit that determines a white peak value of a current frame by adding a predetermined value to a white peak value of a previous frame when a highest class difference absolute value, which is an absolute value of a difference value between a highest class of the previous frame and a highest class of the current frame, is less than a threshold value and that determines a white peak value of the current frame by performing a predetermined operation regardless of a white peak value of the previous frame when the highest class difference absolute value is equal to or larger than the threshold value. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284545 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display element, a backlight, and a plurality of circuits conducting the following. A drive signal for driving the backlight is formed according to an adjustment value calculated from the one-screen average image luminance in the image signal for display and a predetermined linear luminance adjustment curve. An image signal amplification control is then conducted according to a linear image luminance correction curve specified by the adjustment value, the average luminance, and one or both of the one-screen minimum and maximum luminance values detected from the image signal. The corrected image is then supplied to the liquid crystal display element. In so doing, reduced power consumption is realized in the backlight of a liquid crystal display element while maintaining the image quality of displayed images. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284546 | INPUT GAMMA DITHERING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Displays systems and methods for dithering input image data to reduce quantization errors in a display system are disclosed. One embodiment comprises inputting input image data to be rendered by said display system; applying a gamma table to said input image data to create a first intermediate image data; applying a dithering pattern, said dithering pattern comprising a checkerboard pattern, said checkerboard pattern depending upon the subpixel layout of the display. In other embodiments, the display system comprises a separate gamma table for each input color channel and applies these separate gamma table to perform white point adjustments for said display system. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284547 | HDR DISPLAYS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS THEREFOR - A display has a screen which incorporates a light modulator. The screen may be a front projection screen or a rear-projection screen. Elements of the light modulator may be controlled to adjust the intensity of light emanating from corresponding areas on the screen. The display may provide a high dynamic range. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284548 | DIFFERENTIAL RESOURCE APPLICATIONS IN VIRTUAL WORLDS BASED ON PAYMENT AND ACCOUNT OPTIONS - A system and method for enhancing the rendering of one or more objects based on payment and account options. The system comprises a computer infrastructure configured to control enhancement rendering of an object in a virtual universe by providing at least one augmentation attribute to a tag of the object. The method comprises providing enhancement rendering of an object in a virtual universe by augmenting the object based on a status of a user viewing the object. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284549 | CONFIGURABLE VIEW ON DATA MODELS - Data-driven configuration of various views on data models. A framework may be provided that offers one or more parameterized view generation components, each aimed at generating a particular view type in response to configuration data that populates the parameters of the associated component. A user or other computing entity merely provides configuration data to an appropriate view generation component to generate a custom view. That custom view may then optionally perhaps be applied to any number of data models, or perhaps not applied to any data model at all and just saved for perhaps some future use. This view generation may generate composite views on a data model, or even hierarchical views on a data model. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284550 | Sketch-Based Design System, Apparatus, and Method for the Construction and Modification of Three-Dimensional Geometry - Methods, apparatuses, and systems for sketch-based design, construction, and modification of three-dimensional geometry, including a computer drawing system, comprising a two dimensional input device, a display device, and a processor connected to the input device and the display device. The processor includes memory containing computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause the processors to define a three dimensional shape model, receive from the two dimensional input device an input indicative of a two dimensional hand drawn element, map the two dimensional hand drawn element to a corresponding portion of the three dimensional shape model, and modify the corresponding portion of the three dimensional shape model to resemble the two dimensional hand drawn element. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284551 | Method of displaying picture having location data and apparatus thereof - One objective of the present invention is to provide a method of displaying picture having location data and apparatus thereof. The method comprising the steps of providing an electronic map and a plurality of pictures having location data, and generating a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the pictures based on a scale, and then displaying the thumbnails on the electronic map based on the location data of corresponding picture of each thumbnail, and further overlappingly displaying the thumbnails of which the distance between the thumbnails is shorter than a threshold on the electronic map. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284552 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING AVIONIC SYSTEMS BASED ON USER GESTURES - Methods and systems for operating an avionics system are provided. A predefined set of movements of a headset is detected. In response to the detection of the set of movements, one or more various functions are performed. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284553 | METHOD OF DEFINING A GAME ZONE FOR A VIDEO GAME SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method of defining a game zone for a video game system. The system comprises a remotely-controlled vehicle ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090284554 | Constrained Color Palette in a Color Space - A technique for enabling display of a source color space on a display color space commences by first receiving source color space information. The source color space information undergoes a conversion into a device independent color space. Once converted into the device independent color space, a LUT or other matrix assigns output colors for the input colors corresponding to the specific display device color space. The LUT or other matrix can be generated with the source material and transmitted to the source display device. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284555 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING IMAGES USING RADIOMETRIC RESPONSE CHARACTERIZATIONS - Particular embodiments relate generally to display systems and, more particularly, to display systems and methods for blending multiple images. A display system may include a first display source configured to generate a first image comprising illuminated points on a display surface, and a measurement device configured to measure an output energy value of the first image at output wavelengths for input values provided to the first display source. A normalized response function of the first display source corresponding to the measured output energy values for each output wavelength may be generated. A first response function that includes one or more of the normalized response functions of the first display source may be generated to derive corrected image input values corresponding to a desired output energy value at one or more illuminated points. The first display source may be controlled by applying the corrected input values. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284556 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a recording head that performs recording on a recording target medium; a driving mechanism that is capable of causing the recording head to move closer to the recording target medium or move away from the recording target medium; and a controlling section that determines driving amount for one driving operation that is performed by the driving mechanism on the basis of results of a comparison made between a first recording head movement direction that is taken or to be taken in the one driving operation and a second recording head movement direction that was taken in another driving operation that is immediately before the one driving operation and thus precedes the one driving operation. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284557 | HEAD UNIT - A head unit includes an input section that receives control data for controlling the discharging of liquid. The input section includes first and second input sections. First and second control data memorizing sections memorize first and second control data for a first and a second group of nozzles, respectively. Either a first or a second processing step is selectively performed. In the first processing step, first control data inputted from the first input section or the second input section is memorized in the first control data memorizing section, whereas second control data inputted from the same input section is memorized in the second control data memorizing section. In the second processing step, first control data inputted from the first input section is memorized in the first control data memorizing section, whereas second control data inputted from the second input section is memorized in the second control data memorizing section. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284558 | INKJET PRINTHEAD AND A METHOD OF INKJET PRINTING - An inkjet printhead comprising a plurality of firing cells, each adapted to generate ink droplet, said firing cells being arranged to form a plurality of matrices; a control circuit for selectively activating said firing cells; said control circuit comprising: a first memory register for storing main printing data defining which firing cells have to be activated in a first printing operation; a second memory register for storing auxiliary printing data defining which firing cells have to be activated in a second printing operation; a processing unit operatively associated with said first and second memory registers for transferring said auxiliary printing data into said first memory register, thereby defining which firing cells have to be activated in said second printing operation; a firing unit for sending to said matrices a single firing signal for each printing operation. Also disclosed is a method of inkjet printing. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284559 | Liquid ejecting apparatus and method of ejecting liquid - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid supplying unit that supplies the liquid, a head unit that has a nozzle row, in which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting the liquid is aligned, a control unit that forms a raster area, in which a plurality of ejection dots in units of the nozzle rows is aligned in a main scanning direction, an ejection amount calculating unit that calculates ejection amounts of the liquid needed for forming the ejection dots, and a division scanning unit that divides the raster area so as to be formed by performing a plurality of head scanning operations in accordance with a transitional change in the ejection amounts that is formed by aligning the ejection amounts calculated by the ejection amount calculating unit in the order in which the ejection dots in units of nozzle rows are formed. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284560 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - An inkjet printing apparatus that can perform printing with a single printing speed even in a case of being connected with a post-processing apparatus having a different transport speed, and that can suppress increased apparatus costs. A discharge transport portion positioned at a connection side of a post-processing apparatus of the inkjet printing apparatus is constituted by transport roller pairs and discharge roller pairs, and is capable of being driven independently from the inkjet transport portion. When the transport speed of the post-processing apparatus is different from the printing speed, printed papers are temporarily stopped at the discharge transport portion. After this, transport recommences with a predetermined timing matched to the transport speed of the post-processing apparatus, and papers are fed to the post-processing apparatus. In a case of continuous printing, a distance between the papers (paper feeding interval) is adjusted in the inkjet printing apparatus to enable transport jams to be avoided. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284561 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD - The image forming apparatus includes: a recording medium conveyance device which includes air flow channels and a recording medium holding region on which a recording medium is held, a surface of the recording medium holding region having openings in connection with the air flow channels, the recording medium conveyance device conveying the recording medium in a prescribed conveyance direction while holding the recording medium on the recording medium holding region by suction; a suction device which performs air suction through the openings to perform holding of the recording medium on the recording medium holding region by suction when the recording medium is disposed on the recording medium holding region; an image forming device which performs image formation onto the recording medium held on the recording medium holding region by the suction device; a discharging device which performs air discharge through the openings when no recording medium is disposed on the recording medium holding region; and an air switching device which performs switching between the air suction and the air discharge. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284562 | PRINTING MEDIUM DETECTION SYSTEM, PRINTING MEDIUM DETECTION METHOD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing medium detection system includes: a dark mark provided in a set portion for setting a printing medium on a retaining tray; a bright mark provided in the set portion for setting the printing medium on the retaining tray; and a reflective sensor that detects the existence of a printing medium by using light individually irradiated to the position of the dark mark and the position of the bright mark and reflected from the positions. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284563 | Ink jet printer having ink maintenance system - An ink jet printer is provided with an ink circulation route in which are arranged an ink jet head for ejecting ink, a first tank for supplying ink to the ink jet head, a second tank for collecting ink which is not consumed by the ink jet heads. The ink jet printer comprises a measuring unit operable to obtain a value indicative of the flow resistance measured when ink flows the first tank to the second tank through the ink jet head; and a control unit operable to select one of maintenance operations on the basis of the value indicative of the flow resistance as obtained. Particularly, when the value indicative of the flow resistance as obtained is lower than a predetermined value, the control unit selects the operation of circulating ink around the ink circulation route as the one of maintenance operations, and the maintenance unit does not perform the maintenance operation which consumes some amount of ink. By this configuration, it is possible to perform maintenance in accordance with the ink viscosity by a simple structure. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284564 | Device for cleaning out residual ink - A device for cleaning out residual ink. The device includes an assembly of a bed and a slide mount. The bed has an oblique rail. The slide mount is equipped with a wiping blade. The slide mount is drivable by an ink cartridge carrier to reciprocally move along the oblique rail on the bed. Accordingly, the wiping blade can move componentially along y-axis to wipe off residual ink remaining on a printhead of the ink cartridge. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284565 | POWER TRANSMISSION SWITCHING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A power transmission switching device includes a power shaft that is rotationally driven, a power transmission unit that is displaced between first and second positions positioned in an axial direction of the power shaft, a first positioning member that positions the power transmission unit in the first position, and a second positioning member that positions the power transmission unit in the second position. Any one or both of the switching of the connection and non-connection between the power shaft and the power transmission unit and the switching of the connection and non-connection between the power transmission unit and a driven part using the power shaft as a power source are performed by the switching of the position of the power transmission unit. The power transmission unit has at least one middle position between the first and second positions, and is held in the middle position by a holding unit. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284566 | DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE - A droplet ejecting device including: plural droplet ejecting heads that eject droplets; a transporting body, disposed to face nozzle surfaces of the droplet ejecting heads, that transports a recording medium; and a head holding member that holds the droplet ejecting heads movably along droplet ejecting directions respectively is provided. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284567 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD, PRODUCING METHOD THEREFOR AND COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING HEAD - The invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and enabling a high-quality image recording by employing a material capable of reducing the internal stress and having satisfactory patterning characteristics. It also provides a method of producing such ink jet recording head with a high precision. A cationically photopolymerizable resin composition containing a condensate of a hydrolysable organosilane compound, employed as a material for forming a flow path forming member, enables a reduction of internal stress and a highly precise pattern in the flow path forming member thereby providing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and capable of high-quality printing over a prolonged time, and a producing method therefor. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284568 | LIQUID JET HEAD AND A LIQUID JET APPARATUS - A lower electrode | 2009-11-19 |
20090284569 | INKJET HEAD - In a harmonica type head chip having a plurality of rows of channels (row A and row B), connection electrodes for row A and the connection electrodes for row B formed on the back surface of the head chip are connected to a multilayer member having an insulating layer on one surface of which are formed the lead wirings for row A and on the other surface of which are formed the lead wirings for row B, and the lead wirings for row B are made to protrude outwards more than the lead wirings for row A and drive interconnections are electrically connected to the lead wirings for row A and the lead wirings for row B. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284570 | PRINTER HEAD AND PRINTING METHOD HAVING THE SAME - In an apparatus and a method for the printing of spacers in a pattern on substrates of display panels, a printer head includes a plurality of nozzle holes. Each printer head includes a nozzle group having a plurality of nozzle holes. A nozzle group may be selected by the conduction wirings on the vibration membrane and top plate sandwiching the piezoelectric actuators. To print complex patterns on the substrate a plurality of printer head sets, a plurality of printer heads in a line, can be arranged in various configurations. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284571 | INKJET HEAD - On the back surface of a head chip having a plurality of rows of channels (row A, row B), the connection electrodes for row A that are electrically connected to the drive electrodes of the channels of row A are arranged, a first connection electrodes for row B that are electrically connected to the drive electrodes of the channels of row B are arranged between the rows of channels of row A and the rows of channels of row B, and also, between neighboring connection electrodes for row A, a second connection electrodes for row B are separately placed from the first connection electrodes for row B, the first connection electrodes and the second connection electrodes are connected electrically by drawing out interconnections, and the drawing out interconnections are in contact only with the first connection electrodes, the second connection electrodes, and the back surface of the head chip. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284572 | LIQUID FEEDING MEMBER FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid ejection device ejects liquid droplets from a liquid ejection head. The liquid ejection device includes a liquid feeding member that feeds liquid to the liquid ejection head. The liquid feeding member is connected to a liquid ejection head to feed liquid to a common liquid chamber of the liquid ejection head, which liquid ejection head includes the common liquid chamber that supplies the liquid to plural individual liquid chambers communicating with plural nozzles that eject liquid droplets. The liquid feeding member includes a liquid circulation path through which the liquid circulates in a direction parallel to a direction in which the nozzles of the liquid ejection head are aligned. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284573 | Ink cartridge - To control deformation of an ink bag in an ink cartridge of an inkjet printer, for the purpose of consuming ink in the ink bag enlarged in terms of size and dimension with not being wasted. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284574 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording device has a recording head equipped with a nozzle for ejecting photocuring ink to a recording medium and also has light irradiation devices equipped with light sources for irradiating the photocuring ink deposited on the recording medium with light. The light irradiation devices can apply light to each block region in irradiation region on the recording medium divided into block regions and can bring the divided block region into an irradiation state or a non-irradiation state on a region by region basis. Further, in recording operation, on and off of the light sources are switched over by time sharing such that at least one of the block regions is in the non-irradiation state. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284575 | Moving floor media transport for digital printers - A step-wise medium transport system is provided having high accuracy for transporting recording media in a digital printer,—the medium is transported using accurately moving tables to which the medium is attached—during printing steps the working area of the medium, on which the printing is done by the printer, is at all times fully supported by a static table avoiding disturbances. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284576 | PRINTER - A printer comprising a main unit, a cover, a first print head provided in the cover, a second print head provided in the main unit, and a hinge mechanism. The cover can rotate around the hinge mechanism, between a first state and a second state in which the cover is opened and closed, respectively, with respect to the main unit. The first print head and the second print head can rotate along the locus of the cover. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284577 | VIDEO TELEPHONE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Videophone systems and methods are provided, both for construction and use of videophones, as well as configuration thereof. A preferred system allows remote users to configure dialing options for a videophone user who may not have PC operation skills or access. A user receives their unit, connects it to the internet or network, and stored configuration data is automatically downloaded for presentation in a menu structure. Remote users may also upload multimedia data such as pictures for automatic download and display by the unit in a format such as a “digital picture frame” feature. A preferred videophone uses a television set for display and a universal remote to control both the television set and the videophone. The remote may have a microphone for receiving the audio portion of videophone calls, and for receiving audio for speech-to-text control of directory or internet search. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284578 | REAL ESTATE COMMUNICATIONS AND MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE BY REAL ESTATE AGENTS - Two-way audiovideo communications are provided between a prospect located in a room and a remotely located real estate agent using a wireless handheld device, whereby the remotely located agent may present a space to, and answer questions by, prospects. A method includes: transmitting, to the wireless handheld device used by the agent, audiovideo of the prospect recorded using a camera located in the room; transmitting, to the wireless handheld device used by the agent, audiovideo of the prospect recorded using a microphone located in the room; and transmitting, to a speaker located in the room for playing to the prospect, audio of the agent recorded using the wireless handheld device. The transmitting includes wireless communications between the camera and microphone located in the room, and a computerized controller running a software application including a graphic user interface by which the audiovideo communications between the prospect and the agent are established. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284579 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING A CONFERENCE BETWEEN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND A CONFERENCING TERMINAL - A conferencing system for an enterprise is disclosed. The conferencing system allows a user conducting a communication session on a personal communication device to transfer the communication session to a local conferencing device. The conferencing system prompts the personal communication device with an option to transfer the communication session to the conferencing device. The system obtains contact information for a multimedia endpoint associated with the remote communication device and initiates a connection between the local conferencing device and the remote multimedia endpoint. The system can also transfer a communication session from a local conferencing device to a portable communication device. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284580 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INITIATING A CONFERENCE BASED ON THE PROXIMITY OF A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A conferencing system for an enterprise is disclosed. The conferencing system determines the location of a portable communication device within a premises and sends a prompt to the portable communication device announcing an option to initiate a communication session using local conferencing devices. In response to a request from the portable communication device, the system determines connection information for a remote endpoint and initiates a communication session between the local conferencing device and the remote endpoint. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284581 | DELAY REDUCTION FOR TRANSMISSION AND PROCESSING OF VIDEO DATA - The present invention is a method and system for reducing delay in video communication, including, for example, video transcoding and continuous presence in a multipoint multimedia conference. The video communication control unit reduces such delay by processing a video stream in a small number of macroblocks referred to as “chunks,” without waiting to get a full frame of video data. Instead, the incoming video stream is converted into decoded chunks. These decoded chunks are transferred to an output module without waiting to decode an entire frame. An encoder in the output module encodes the decoded chunks (also referred to as encoder chunks), and transfers them to an end user without waiting for the entire frame to be processed. Thus, reducing the delay in waiting for the entire frame of video data provides improved real-time video communication. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284582 | Method of automatic photographs stitching - A method of automatic photographs stitching in a photograph capturing electronic apparatus, said method comprising the steps of capturing a photograph; on a viewfinder or display screen of said photograph capturing electronic apparatus, displaying at least one four-way guiding arrow for advising user the direction to move said photograph capturing electronic apparatus for capturing the next photograph which is suitable for stitching, said next suitable photograph having at a predetermined region, an area overlapped and aligned to said captured photograph with said overlapped and aligned area reaching a predetermined proportion; capturing the next suitable photograph; and stitching said consecutively captured photographs into a panoramic photograph. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284583 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATIHNG AND DISPLAYING MEDIA FILE - A method and apparatus for creating and displaying a media file. A computer-readable recording medium is disclosed for storing stereoscopic content having two or more tracks and stereoscopic video-related information of each track in the stereoscopic content. The medium includes a duplication indication field indicating duplication of stereoscopic video-related information of each track in the stereoscopic content, and a track reference field including information used to connect a current track to at least one other track to which the current rack refers. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284584 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide an image processing device which, when synthesizing an image into a 3D image, realizes image synthesis free from artifacts by taking parallax of 3D image into consideration, and suppresses deterioration of image quality at block encoding. An image processing device | 2009-11-19 |
20090284585 | INTELLIGENT MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An intelligent multi-view display system and an intelligent multi-view display method are disclosed. The system comprises at least a target object, at least an image capturing unit, and an image processing unit and an image displaying unit. The image capturing unit is capable of capturing images of the target object from arbitrary directions to generate image signals which are fed into the image processing unit where they are processed and sent to the image displaying unit for displaying the target object. Thereby, captured images of the target object are viewed from multiple directions. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284586 | WIDE COLOR GAMUT ANAGLYPHS - Four primary colors may be used to render anaglyphs with wide color gamuts. The first image of a stereoscopic pair may be rendered in three primary colors while the second image of a stereoscopic pair may be rendered in a fourth primary color. Retinal rivalry may be avoided in an anaglyph by balancing the brightness contrasts of the first and second images for like subject matter. The retinal rivalry may be measured and controlled in anaglyphs by selecting values of a retinal rivalry color coordinate. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284587 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING EVENTS IN PRINTING MATERIAL PROCESSING MACHINES AND VIDEO-MONITORED PRINTING MACHINE - A method for displaying events in printing material processing machines, includes capturing the events with at least one camera and storing the captured events on a computer. Sensors for detecting machine states are provided in the printing material processing machine. Records of the events recorded by the camera as a video sequence are electronically marked in dependence on the detected machine states. A printing machine for carrying out the method is also provided. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284588 | Endoscope apparatus - An endoscope apparatus includes: an optical adapter provided with a discrimination capacitor; and an endoscope configured to be detachably provided with the optical adapter at a distal end portion of the endoscope, and configured to include a reference capacitor which is arranged to be connected in series to the discrimination capacitor in a state where the optical adapter is mounted, a DC power supply which is connected in series to the reference capacitor, and a control circuit which calculates a capacitance of the discrimination capacitor on the basis of a voltage value at a connection point between the discrimination capacitor and the reference capacitor, so as to discriminate the kind of the optical adapter. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284589 | CASCADE ANALYSIS FOR INTESTINAL CONTRACTION DETECTION - A method and system cascade analysis for intestinal contraction detection is provided by extracting from image frames captured in-vivo. The method and system also relate to the detection of turbid liquids in intestinal tracts, to automatic detection of video image frames taken in the gastrointestinal tract including a field of view obstructed by turbid media, and more particularly to extraction of image data obstructed by turbid media. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284590 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF A MICROSCOPE LENS - A method for controlling the position of a microscope lens comprising receiving a reference signal corresponding to a reference position of the microscope lens; receiving a measurement signal corresponding to an actual position of the microscope lens; receiving a deviation signal characteristic of a predetermined positional deviation from the reference position; and using the measurement signal, the deviation signal and the reference signal to generate a positional control signal for use in setting the position of the microscope lens. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284591 | RETICLE DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS AND RETICLE DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD - The present invention provides a reticle defect inspection method and a reticle defect inspection apparatus capable of calibrating the offset and gain of a sensor amplifier using a product reticle even though black and white regions each sufficiently wider than a TDI sensor imaging area do not exist in the product reticle. An output of each pixel of the TDI sensor is amplified by the sensor amplifier. A bottom value of the amplified amount-of-light signal of each pixel is stored by bottom value storing means of offset/gain calibrating means, and a peak value thereof is stored by peak value storing means. The offset of each pixel is calculated by offset calculating means based on the bottom value of each pixel. The gain of each pixel is calculated by gain calculating means based on the offset of each pixel and the peak value of each pixel. The calculated offset and gain of each pixel are stored in a register and thereby the offset and gain of the sensor amplifier are calibrated. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284592 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE DYNAMIC LOCATION OF A PROTECTION DEVICE - The method uses a location device and a timing element to determine the location of a protection device at various periods of time. During these periods of time, the human may be participating in a variety of activities and positions. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284593 | ACCURATE IMAGE ACQUISITION FOR STRUCTURED-LIGHT SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL SHAPE AND POSITIONAL MEASUREMENTS - A system and method for the analysis of composite materials. Improved techniques for the measurement of the shape and position of the composite article are provided, which include improved scanning rates using structured light. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284594 | Display control device, display system, and television set - A display control device includes: a signal supply unit that supplies an image signal to a display device; and a magnification change control unit that processes the image signal so as to change a magnification of a replay image according to a distance between a person who is observing the replay image upon the display device, and the replay image. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284595 | COMMUNICATIONS AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS - A method for communicating with a person at a remote area includes sensing, by a motion sensor of a surveillance module, motion; transitioning, by the surveillance module, from a home configuration, in which a head of the surveillance module is disposed generally in abutment with a bulb of the surveillance module, to an active configuration, in which a head of the surveillance module is not disposed generally in abutment with the bulb; capturing, by a video camera of the surveillance module, video of an area proximate the surveillance module; capturing, by a microphone of the surveillance module, audio proximate the surveillance module; communicating, from the surveillance module, data representative of the captured video and audio; receiving, at the surveillance module, data representative of speech; playing, over a speaker of the surveillance module, the speech; transitioning, by the surveillance module, from the active configuration to the home configuration. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284596 | INFRARED SURVEILLANCE CAMERA HAVING DETACHABLE LIGHTING DEVICE ROTATABLE WITH CAMERA LENS - An infrared surveillance camera essentially includes a base, a camera lens, a horizontal rotation device, a vertical rotation device, a transparent cover, a shielding cover, at least one lighting device, and at least one connector. The shielding cover is provided in the base and configured for shielding components received in the base. The at least one lighting device is connected to the camera lens by the at least one connector so as to rotate with the camera lens, thereby providing supplementary illumination and enhancing the quality of images captured with the camera lens. | 2009-11-19 |
20090284597 | VEHICLE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND STRUCTURE SYSTEM OF IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing system and the like capable of recognizing a lane mark in a road image with high accuracy are provided even if a light illumination state on a road surface is partially different. According to the image processing system ( | 2009-11-19 |