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20100275159 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes an input unit for inputting a predetermined motion image signal, a motion detector for detecting a motion on the basis of the motion image signal inputted into the input unit, a video signal processor for outputting a predetermined video signal, and a controller. The controller controls the video signal processor so that, when a motion detector detects a first motion, the video signal processor outputs a video signal to explain a predetermined second motion to be next detected by the motion detector after the detection of the first motion to a user. | 10-28-2010 |
20110080337 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an image display device capable of recognizing a hand of a user and predefining an operating region. Image recognition means recognizes the position of a hand of the user. Operating region setup means predefines the operating region, on an imaging region plane of imaging means and around a position on which the user's hand is projected, for the purpose of enabling the user to issue instructions to the image display device. When the position on which the user's hand is projected moves and comes close to the periphery of the operating region, the operating region setup means moves the operating region in the direction of the movement of the position on which the user's hand is projected. Further, the image recognition means recognizes a hand-waving motion of the user, whereas the operating region setup means sets the size of the operating region in accordance with the magnitude of the user's hand-waving motion. Consequently, the image display device provides increased ease of operation and makes it possible to define the operating region in accordance with a user's intention without imposing a significant processing load on itself. | 04-07-2011 |
20110083112 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus including an input unit to which a predetermined motion image signal is input, a motion detection unit for detecting a motion from the motion image signal which is input to the input unit, a video signal processing unit for outputting a predetermined video signal, and a control unit, wherein if a hand revolving motion of an operator is detected, the control unit controls the video signal processing unit to output a predetermined first video signal in synchronism with the hand revolving motion in order to inform the operator of a detection situation of the revolving motion and to output a predetermined second video signal in synchronism with the first video signal in order to inform the operator of a progress situation of a manipulation until a predetermined manipulation is definitely fixed. | 04-07-2011 |
20120019460 | INPUT METHOD AND INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus, in particular, of a type for enabling an input operation in a contactless manner, smoothly, as is intended by a user, comprises a distance detector means for detection a distance from that input apparatus to a user's hand, a distance change detector means for detecting change of distance upon basis of a result of detection by the distance detector unit, and an instruction output means for providing an instruction to an apparatus of an outside, upon basis of a result of detection by the distance change detector means, wherein the distance change detector means detects that the distance is changed, starting from a predetermined first distance, as a beginning of the change of distance, reaching to a second distance, and the instruction output means treats the result of detection by the distance change detector means as an operation made by the user, and thereby providing the instruction to the apparatus of an outside. | 01-26-2012 |
20120162409 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The input device and the input system include a hand detection means which detects the position of the hand, a body part detection means which detects positions of user's body parts such as the face, for example, a relative position calculation means which calculates a relative position of the hand with respect to body parts from hand position information being a detection result of the hand detection means and body part position information being a detection result of the body part detection means, and a gesture recognition means which recognizes a hand gesture on the basis of a change in the hand position information being the detection result of the hand detection means, wherein when a hand gesture is recognized, the operation of the input device with respect to the user's gesture is changed according to a relative position of the hand with respect to body parts. | 06-28-2012 |
20120249423 | Image Display Apparatus - A screen is provided on a housing in such a manner that the screen protrudes toward its nearer side, and is inclined so that the nearer side becomes lower. This screen displays thereon a first hierarchy menu for indicating an arrangement of genre pictures, a second hierarchy menu for indicating an arrangement of commodity pictures, and a map image for indicating a map of the sales counters. A user brings his or her hand tip nearer to this screen. This operation allows a double-ring pointer to be displayed at a position which corresponds to the spatial position or direction of the user's hand tip relative to the screen. On this screen, the user is permitted to change the position of this double-ring pointer by performing a gesture of changing the spatial position or direction of the user's hand tip. | 10-04-2012 |
20130011114 | CONTENT DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTENT OUTPUT DEVICE, AND CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD - A content display device includes a content signal input unit that receives a content signal; a display unit that displays content included in the content signal, a sensor that detects a presence/absence of a viewer in a predetermined range; and a reproduction position storing unit that stores reproduction position information indicating a reproduction position of the content. When the sensor detects that a viewer leaves, and then returns to the predetermined range, the display unit returns to a reproduction position, indicated by the reproduction position information, and displays the content. | 01-10-2013 |
20130194174 | INPUT UNIT - There is provided an input unit adapted for non-contact input manipulation, which permits a user to smoothly accomplish an intended input manipulation. The input unit includes: a position detecting portion for detecting a position of a manipulating object such as a user's hand manipulating the input unit; a position change detecting portion for detecting a change in the position of a point on the manipulating object based on a detection output from the position detecting portion, the point being the closest to the position detecting portion; and an image display section. The position change detecting portion detects the change in the position of the point closest to the position detecting portion in a predetermined area. The image display section changes the display image according to a detection output from the position change detecting portion. | 08-01-2013 |
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20100092885 | IMAGE FORMING MATERIAL - An image forming material includes a perimidine-substituted squarylium dye that has a structure represented by the following formula (I) and shows diffraction peaks at least at Bragg angles (2θ±0.2°) of 17.7°, 19.9°, 22.1°, 23.2° and 24.9° in its X-ray powder diffraction spectrum measured by irradiation with X rays generated from a Cu target with a wavelength of 1.5405 angstroms: | 04-15-2010 |
20100202790 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, AND FIXING METHOD - A fixing device includes: a fixing unit that irradiates light to a color material transferred to a medium at a position specified by image data, to fix the color material on the medium; and a control unit that controls irradiation of light of the fixing unit so that an energy of light irradiated to an image-forming area on the medium including an area in which the color material has been transferred at the position specified by the image data is lower than an energy of light irradiated to a non image-forming area on the medium other than the image-forming area. | 08-12-2010 |
20110044741 | LASER FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A laser fixing apparatus includes a laser light generator that generates laser light to be projected onto a recording medium; and a first condenser that reflects and condenses light reflected at an irradiation position of the laser light, such that the reflected light reenters at the irradiation position or near the irradiation position. The first condenser has a concave cylindrical surface and is arranged such that a center axis position of the cylindrical surface is located at the irradiation position of the laser light or near the irradiation position, and a reflecting surface of the first condenser is covered by a light transmitting body. | 02-24-2011 |
20110058867 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND TONER IMAGE FIXING METHOD - According to an aspect of the invention, a fixing device includes a laser beam irradiation unit and a conveying unit. The laser beam irradiation unit includes a plurality of laser beam sources and emits a plurality of laser beams to a surface of a recording medium. The conveying unit conveys the recording medium and/or the laser beam irradiation unit so that irradiated regions irradiated with the laser beams are moved in a given direction. When the plurality of laser beams is emitted to a toner image to fix the toner image, the plurality of laser beams satisfies conditions (A) and (B). The condition (A) is that the plurality of laser beams has substantially the same beam power and substantially the same width. The condition (B) is that the plurality of laser beams is independently emitted to the toner image. | 03-10-2011 |
20110059270 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a recording medium containing a first image formed with a first recording material; and a second image comprising a first region formed with a second recording material having approximately the same light fastness as that of the first recording material, and a second region formed with a third recording material having higher light fastness than that of the first recording material, a color of the second region being a color corresponding to any stage of a process of discoloration of the first region. | 03-10-2011 |
20110064448 | LASER FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an aspect of the invention, a laser fixing device includes a laser beam generating device and an airflow generating unit. The laser beam generating device generates laser beams and irradiates a recording medium transported with the laser beams. The airflow generating unit generates airflow flowing between the laser beam generating device and the recording medium. A flow speed of the airflow in a transport direction of the recording medium in an irradiation position of the laser beams is higher than a transport speed of the recording medium. | 03-17-2011 |
20110158721 | LASER FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A laser fixing device includes: a laser beam irradiating device which irradiates a recording medium that is conveyed while carrying an unfixed toner image, with a laser beam; and a laser beam absorbing member which is disposed in an optical path of the laser beam that is emitted to a back side of a position where the recording medium is conveyed, and which absorbs the laser beam. | 06-30-2011 |
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20090081950 | Portable terminal, information processing apparatus, content display system and content display method - A portable terminal includes a receiving unit which receives content information, an external device communication unit which conducts communication with an external information device, a display unit which displays the content information received by the receiving unit, an acquiring unit which acquires identification information identifying the content information displayed by the display unit, an operation unit which receives an operation indication from a user, and a control unit which conducts control such that if a transmission indication of the identification information is received by the operation unit while the content information is being displayed, the identification information acquired by the acquiring unit is transmitted to the external information device and the display of the content information by the display unit is terminated. | 03-26-2009 |
20090262187 | INPUT DEVICE - The input device of the present invention includes a camera for taking an image of an operator, an image recognition unit for recognizing a partial portion of body of the operator as the image taken by the camera, a display-area calculation unit for calculating a display area in such a manner that the partial portion of the body of the operator recognized by the image recognition unit is selected and used as its criterion, the display area being used for displaying a graphical user interface for the operator to perform an operation, and a display screen for displaying the graphical user interface as well as the partial portion of the body of the operator within the display area calculated by the display-area calculation unit. | 10-22-2009 |
20090297130 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Necessary information on an action, which is performed in the case where a reproducing position overtakes a recording position during follow-up reproduction, is provided for a user. An action the user desires can be automatically or readily carried out. A reproducible time is calculated during a reproducing action. If the reproducible time is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, a warning message is displayed for the user. When the reproducible time becomes equal to or smaller than the predetermined value and a breakpoint in a content comes within the reproducible time, reproduction is suspended at the breakpoint. When the reproducible time becomes equal to or smaller than the predetermined time, a picture is switched to a temporary-reproduction content. | 12-03-2009 |
20100079677 | Input Apparatus - An input apparatus includes an input unit that receives a predetermined motion image signal, a motion detecting unit that detects a motion from the motion image signal received by the input unit, a video signal processing unit that outputs a predetermined video signal when a motion detected by the motion detecting unit is a predetermined motion, and a control unit that controls the video signal processing unit, in which the control unit controls the motion detecting unit not so as to detect a motion when the predetermined video signal is being outputted by the video signal processing unit, thereby providing a useful input apparatus for a user. | 04-01-2010 |
20100083180 | Graphical User Interface Manipulation Method - An input apparatus includes an input unit via which a user can point specific coordinates on a screen, and a display unit for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI). A menu for selecting an arbitrary item from a plurality of items is displayed on the GUI. When the user conducts manipulation to move a location of coordinates pointed by the user on the screen so as to draw a circle, center coordinates of a circle locus of the manipulation are presumed regardless of the location of the coordinates. An item selected in the menu is moved so as to be associated with a rotation angle of the manipulation with respect to the center coordinates. The user can conduct selection manipulation of consecutive menu items without depending upon the location of coordinates pointed by the user on the screen. | 04-01-2010 |
20120246687 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD - A portable terminal includes a receiving unit which receives content information, an external device communication unit which conducts communication with an external information device, a display unit which displays the content information received by the receiving unit, an acquiring unit which acquires identification information identifying the content information displayed by the display unit, an operation unit which receives an operation indication from a user, and a control unit which conducts control such that if a transmission indication of the identification information is received by the operation unit while the content information is being displayed, the identification information acquired by the acquiring unit is transmitted to the external information device and the display of the content information by the display unit is terminated. | 09-27-2012 |
20120249767 | Input Apparatus - An input apparatus includes an input unit that receives a predetermined motion image signal, a motion detecting unit that detects a motion from the motion image signal received by the input unit, a video signal processing unit that outputs a predetermined video signal when a motion detected by the motion detecting unit is a predetermined motion, and a control unit that controls the video signal processing unit, in which the control unit controls the motion detecting unit not so as to detect a motion when the predetermined video signal is being outputted by the video signal processing unit, thereby providing a useful input apparatus for a user. | 10-04-2012 |
20140020032 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD - A portable terminal includes a receiving unit which receives content information, an external device communication unit which conducts communication with an external information device, a display unit which displays the content information received by the receiving unit, an acquiring unit which acquires identification information identifying the content information displayed by the display unit, an operation unit which receives an operation indication from a user, and a control unit which conducts control such that if a transmission indication of the identification information is received by the operation unit while the content information is being displayed, the identification information acquired by the acquiring unit is transmitted to the external information device and the display of the content information by the display unit is terminated. | 01-16-2014 |
20150019970 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD - A portable terminal includes a receiving unit which receives content information, an external device communication unit which conducts communication with an external information device, a display unit which displays the content information received by the receiving unit, an acquiring unit which acquires identification information identifying the content information displayed by the display unit, an operation unit which receives an operation indication from a user, and a control unit which conducts control such that if a transmission indication of the identification information is received by the operation unit while the content information is being displayed, the identification information acquired by the acquiring unit is transmitted to the external information device and the display of the content information by the display unit is terminated. | 01-15-2015 |
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20090279875 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a playback controller and a storage unit. The playback controller reads per-disc or per-title identification information in the form of a media ID recorded onto a disc, and then executes content playback selection processing or determines a playback processing mode according to bit information included in the media ID. The storage unit stores a program that causes the processing of the playback controller to be executed. By thus using the media ID, provided services, such as the content authorized for playback, can be modified. | 11-12-2009 |
20100035012 | DISC MASTER, DISC MASTER MANUFACTURING METHOD, STAMPER, DISC SUBSTRATE, OPTICAL DISC, AND OPTICAL DISC MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a process of manufacturing a disc master, a stamper, a disc substrate, and an optical disc, separation performance between the stamper and the disc substrate and maintenance of satisfactory signal characteristics after the optical disc is manufactured are taken into consideration in the step of manufacturing the disc master. In the disc master, a boundary portion between a recessed portion and a non-recessed portion includes a small protrusion which protrudes from a flat surface of the non-recessed portion. The shape of the disc master is inversely transferred to the stamper, and the shape of the stamper is inversely transferred to the disc substrate. The separation performance is improved and the signal characteristics are maintained due to the shape of the boundary portion. | 02-11-2010 |
20110188102 | Hologram-including medium, hologram-including medium producing apparatus, and information authentication method - A hologram-including medium is disclosed, which is an integrated medium on which at least two items of identification information are recorded, wherein one of the two items of identification information is holographic identification information which can be observed within a predetermined angle. | 08-04-2011 |
20120008822 | MULTI-VIEWPOINT IMAGE RECORDING MEDIUM AND AUTHENTICITY JUDGMENT METHOD - A multi-viewpoint image recording medium includes at least one main image recorded on the multi-viewpoint image recording medium and a plurality of sub-images, each having a display area smaller than a display area of the main image, recorded on the multi-viewpoint image recording medium. The main image and the plurality of sub-images are simultaneously displayed when the main image and the plurality of sub-images are reproduced. At least one of the plurality of sub-images changes in accordance with movement of a viewpoint. | 01-12-2012 |
20120212789 | HOLOGRAM-MOUNTED MEDIUM, ROLL-SHAPED MEDIUM, DETERMINATION DEVICE, HOLOGRAM-MOUNTED MEDIUM PRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION DETERMINATION METHOD - A hologram-mounted medium includes: visually readable identification information that is holographically formed to be visible within a predetermined angular range when illuminated at a predetermined angle; and mechanically readable identification information that is holographically formed to be visible within a predetermined angular range when illuminated at a predetermined angle. The visually readable identification information and the mechanically readable identification information are associated with each other. | 08-23-2012 |
20140340723 | VOLUME HOLOGRAM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND SHIFT METHOD OF WAVELENGTH SPECTRUM OF DIFFRACTED LIGHT - A manufacturing method of the volume hologram includes a step of hologram recording for recording information to a hologram recording layer and a pressing step of the hologram recording layer for pressing at least a portion of the hologram recording layer recorded with the information. In the step of pressing the hologram recording layer, the hologram recording layer recorded with information may change. | 11-20-2014 |
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20120139229 | IDENTIFICATION LABEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IDENTIFICATION LABEL, AND METHOD OF CHECKING IDENTIFICATION LABEL - An identification label includes: at least one piece of identification information; and a label characteristic value used to designate a characteristic of a shape or a state. At least one piece of identification information and the label characteristic value are associated with each other. | 06-07-2012 |
20140253512 | MANIPULATION DETECTION APPARATUS, MANIPULATION DETECTION METHOD, AND PROJECTOR - A shadow region extraction portion compares the brightness of an image captured by a camera with a threshold value and extracts first and second shadows caused by first and second light sources for a user's finger. An approach degree detection portion detects an approach degree for the finger with reference to a manipulation surface from distance d between two feature points in the first and second shadows. A contact point detection portion detects contact point P for the finger with reference to the manipulation surface from positions of the two feature points. A direction detection portion detects a direction pointed by the finger from directions of contours corresponding to the first and second shadows. A display control portion generates display control data for a manipulation target apparatus based on detection result data. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253513 | OPERATION DETECTION DEVICE, OPERATION DETECTION METHOD AND PROJECTOR - An operation detection device includes: first and second illuminations that irradiate illumination light from different positions onto an operation surface on which a user performs an operation; a camera that captures the operation surface together with an operation part (finger) of the user; a shadow region extraction unit that extracts first and second shadows of the operation part of the user from a captured image obtained by the camera; a contour detection unit that detects contours of each of the first and second shadows extracted; and a touch point detection unit that detects a touch point of the operation part of the user on the operation surface from the distance between the contours. | 09-11-2014 |
20150054830 | Display Device and Display Method of Electric Power System Information - A display device of electric power system information comprises a display unit including a display screen; and a screen display control unit for controlling the display unit. The display screen includes a display area that is divided into a plurality of display cells each of which has a mapping function for showing relative positional relations. The display unit includes an electric power system diagram display function unit for displaying an electric system diagram that embodies the state of an electric power system being a monitoring target, a mapping item display function unit for displaying mapping display items in the background of the electric power system diagram using the display cells, and a menu display function for displaying menus and icons, which are used for selecting the mapping display items, on the display screen, and for accepting selection operations to the menus and icons on the display cells on the display screen. The mapping display items represent information of state quantities regarding the state of the electric power system being the monitoring target, and the mapping display items are displayed per display cell with different colors in accordance with the corresponding values of state quantities. | 02-26-2015 |