02nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140009558 | METHOD OF AUDIO-VISUAL COMMUNICATION USING A TELEVISION AND TELEVISION USING THE SAME - An example method and apparatus for audio-visual communication is provided. In some examples, a method as disclosed herein may include receiving an incoming call indication comprising a conversation request from a remote party, wherein the outgoing call request is displayed in a visual communication screen area on a display; establishing a communication link with the remote party in an instance in which an answering signal has been received, the communication link enabling a multi-directional audio and visual conversation; and causing a received video of the remote party to be displayed in the visual communication screen area, wherein the display is operable to display multimedia content in a multimedia screen area simultaneously with the received video of the remote party in the visual communication screen area. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009559 | METHOD OF AUDIO-VISUAL COMMUNICATION USING A TELEVISION AND TELEVISION USING THE SAME - A method and apparatus for audio-visual communication. One example method may include causing an outgoing call request to be transmitted to a remote party, wherein the outgoing call request is displayed in a visual communication screen area on a display; establishing a communication link with the remote party in an instance in which an answering signal is received from the remote party, the communication link enabling a multi-directional audio and visual conversation; and causing a received video of the remote party to be displayed in the visual communication screen area, wherein the display is operable to display multimedia content in a multimedia screen area simultaneously with the received video of the remote party in the visual communication screen area. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009562 | MULTI-DEVICE CAPTURE AND SPATIAL BROWSING OF CONFERENCES - Multi-device capture and spatial browsing of conferences is described. In one implementation, a system detects cameras and microphones, such as the webcams on participants' notebook computers, in a conference room, group meeting, or table game, and enlists an ad-hoc array of available devices to capture each participant and the spatial relationships between participants. A video stream composited from the array is browsable by a user to navigate a 3-dimensional representation of the meeting. Each participant may be represented by a video pane, a foreground object, or a 3-D geometric model of the participant's face or body displayed in spatial relation to the other participants in a 3-dimensional arrangement analogous to the spatial arrangement of the meeting. The system may automatically re-orient the 3-dimensional representation as needed to best show a currently interesting event. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009563 | NON-VIDEO CODECS WITH VIDEO CONFERENCING - Systems and methods for utilizing a non-video codec in connection with a video conferencing application are disclosed herein. Standard video codec(s) can be employed with the video conferencing application for video-based images. When a non-video image designated for sharing by way of the video conferencing application is identified, a non-video codec can be employed instead of the video codec(s) for the identified non-video image. As a result, the non-video image can be transferred more efficiently and can be rendered at the destination in higher quality. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009566 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - Disclosed is a communication apparatus including an image input unit that includes an image input member that inputs an image of an object and a retaining member that retains the image input member at its one edge; an enclosure to which a concave portion is formed at its one side surface; a uniaxial hinge device that includes a first hinge member and a second hinge member rotatably connected with each other and capable of rotating around a first axial line with respect to each other, the first hinge member being connected to the enclosure and the second hinge member being connected to the other edge of the retaining member. The image input unit is rotated via the uniaxial hinge device around the first axial line with respect to the enclosure between a housing position and a protruding position. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009567 | Local Media Rendering - The invention involves local media rendering of a multi -party call, performed by a Client User Equipment ( | 2014-01-09 |
20140009574 | APPARATUS, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODING - There is disclosed a method in which depth related information of a part of a picture is obtained and texture related information of the part of the picture is received. The depth related information is used to determine whether to use the depth related information in intra prediction of the texture related information of the part of the picture. There is also disclosed an apparatus and a computer program product to implement the method. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009575 | Stereo Video Movies - A method and apparatus for processing a video data stream. The video data stream is received from a video camera system. The video data stream comprises a plurality of images of a scene. A plurality of image pairs is selected from the plurality of images. A first image of a first area in the scene overlaps a second image of a second area in the scene in each image pair in the plurality of image pairs. Each image pair in the plurality of image pairs is adjusted to form a plurality of adjusted image pairs. The plurality of adjusted image pairs is configured to provide a perception of depth for the scene when the plurality of adjusted image pairs is presented as a video. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009588 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - A video display apparatus includes an image acquiring module, a face-dictionary face detector, a face determining module and a face tracking module. The image acquiring module is configured to acquire an image captured by an imaging device. The face-dictionary face detector is configured to search the captured image acquired by the image acquiring module for a portion that coincides with a face pattern in a human face dictionary. The face determining module is configured to evaluate the portion based on the captured image and a background image acquired in advance. The face tracking module is configured to track a face based on a feature quantity of the face pattern and a result of the evaluation by the face determining module. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009589 | VEHICLE HAVING A DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE SURROUNDINGS OF SAID VEHICLE - A vehicle ( | 2014-01-09 |
20140009590 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The system includes a control host computer, a switching apparatus, a grating panel and a plane panel. The control host computer transmits the switching signal to the bare eye stereoscopic display status or to the transparent status to the switching apparatus, and according to the former switching signal, the switching apparatus transmits the square wave signal and the bare eye stereoscopic video signal to the grating panel and plane panel respectively, and according to the latter switching signal, the switching apparatus does not transmit the square wave signal to the grating panel, but transmits the 2D video signal to the plane panel. The grating panel forms the slit grating fringe according to the square wave signal and is transparent without the square wave signal. The stereoscopic video information indicated by the bare eye stereoscopic video signal is displayed by the plane panel cooperating with the slit grating fringe. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009591 | VISION AID WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ACQUISITION - The task of providing a device which makes it possible for the natural visual faculty of a partially vision-impaired person to be restored or supported as realistically as possible by means of a visual aid or visual prosthesis is achieved with the visual aid according to the invention in that, beyond the pure acquisition of a two-dimensional image, additional information is included in the image processing. For this purpose, a visual aid system is proposed which, during the reproduction of the processed image, visualizes additional information regarding the spatial position and/or specific attributes of objects in the acquired image which is associated with objects in the acquired image. The present invention thus affords the advantage that a three-dimensional image of the current environment of the user can be acquired owing to the fact that the image visualized to the user by the visual aid system according to the invention comprises additional information, for example, about the relative distance of the objects contained in the image and a depth-selective representation of the acquired image can thus be achieved. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009592 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT FOR ENDOSCOPE - According to this invention, there is provided an image pickup unit for an endoscope, including a lens barrel portion includes a movable lens holding barrel that holds the movable lens and is movable to advance and retract and a drive mechanism portion which is disposed at a side surface portion of the lens barrel portion and drives the movable lens holding barrel. The unit has a holding portion which is disposed at the side surface portion of the lens barrel portion and is configured to position and hold the drive mechanism portion, a gap between the lens barrel portion and the drive mechanism portion is filled with an adhesive which is made to have a difference in hardness such that hardness is lower on a proximal end side than on a distal end side. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009593 | IMAGING MODULE, LENS-ATTACHED IMAGING MODULE, ENDOSCOPE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMAGING MODULE, AND FLEXIBLE WIRING SUBSTRATE FORMATION APPARATUS - An imaging module of the invention includes: an electrical cable; a solid-state image sensing device; and a flexible wiring substrate including: a device-mounted portion onto which the solid-state image sensing device is mounted; two extended portions which bend at both sides of the device-mounted portion and extend from the device-mounted portion so as to come close to each other with increasing distance from the device-mounted portion; two connection end portions extending from the two extended portions along the direction of the axis of the front end of the electrical cable on an opposite side of the device-mounted portion; and terminals which are provided on the two connection end portions and connected to the electrical cable, the flexible wiring substrate electrically connecting the solid-state image sensing device and the electrical cable. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009598 | Pipeline Inspection Piglets - For pipeline inspection, a small, untethered capsule (a “piglet”) images from within a pipeline. The capsule is small enough that rotation about any of three orthogonal axes while within the pipeline is possible. Movement both along the pipeline and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis is possible. To assure images of the pipeline without viewing gaps, the field of view for imaging surrounds the capsule without a gap. Given the possible rotation and translation, the captured images may be motion compensated to provide oriented images of a length of the pipeline. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009599 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING THE GROWTH OF CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES ON A SUBSTRATE - Carbon nanostructure growth on a substrate can be evaluated by visual imaging techniques. Methods for imaging carbon nanostructures on a substrate can include providing a plurality of carbon nanostructures infused to a substrate; acquiring an image of the plurality of carbon nanostructures while they are infused to the substrate; converting the image of the plurality of carbon nanostructures into a binary image, the binary image comprising a carbon nanostructure/substrate portion and an extraneous portion; and correlating the carbon nanostructure/substrate portion of the binary image with an amount of carbon nanostructures infused to the substrate. An illustrative substrate can be one or more fibers onto which carbon nanostructures are infused. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009612 | PROCESSING CONTAINER IMAGES AND IDENTIFIERS USING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION AND GEOLOCATION - Embodiments include a system configured to process location information for objects in a site comprising an imaging device configured to take a picture of an object, the picture containing a unique identifier of the object; a global positioning system (GPS) component associated with the imaging device and configured to tag the image of the object with GPS location information of the object to generate a tagged image; a communications interface configured to transmit the tagged image to a server computer remote from the imaging device over an Internet Protocol (IP) network; and a processor of the server configured to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the picture and to create an indicator code corresponding to the identifier of the object, wherein the processor is further configured to create a processed result containing the indicator code and the location to locate the object within the site. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009613 | Systems and Method for Video Monitoring using Linked Devices - A subject can be tracking using a plurality of physical video monitoring or image acquisition devices deployed in a delimited area. A map represents the delimited area. Icons representing the physical monitoring devices can be placed and configured on the map representing the delimited area. Some or all of the placed and configured video monitoring devices can be logically linked together to form scenes. The video feed from the physical video monitoring devices may be recorded in stable storage. A layout for display of the video feeds may be selected. Upon playing the video feed, whether live or recorded, a subject can be tracked through the delimited area by selecting one of the video monitoring devices in one of the available scenes. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009614 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT USING AN IMAGE AROUND A VEHICLE - An apparatus for detecting a three dimensional object using an image around a vehicle includes a plurality of imaging devices disposed on a front, a rear, a left side, and a right side of the vehicle; a processor configured to: collect an image of the front, the rear, the left side, and the right side of the vehicle through a virtual imaging device; generate a composite image by compounding a plurality of top view images of the image; extract a boundary pattern of the plurality of top view images in each boundary area; compare the boundary pattern of the plurality of top view images to analyze a correlation between a plurality of neighboring images in each boundary area; and detect a three dimensional object according to the correlation between the plurality of neighboring images in each boundary area. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009615 | In-Vehicle Apparatus - An in-vehicle apparatus includes: a camera with a shielded area formed within a photographing area thereof by a light shielding member, which outputs a photographic image of an area surrounding a vehicle photographed through a photographic lens; and an adhering matter detection unit that detects adhering matter settled on the photographic lens based upon images in the shielded area included in a plurality of photographic images output from the camera at different time points. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009618 | Lane Departure Warning Device - A lane departure warning device includes: a compartment line detection unit that detects a compartment line in an image of a running lane on which a vehicle is traveling, the image being captured by an image capturing device which the vehicle has; a dirtiness detection unit that detects dirtiness on any one of a lens of the image capturing device or a partition between an outside of a vehicle interior of the vehicle and the image capturing device; a departure judgment unit that judges whether or not the vehicle departs from the compartment line; and a warning judgment unit that when it is judged that the vehicle departs from the compartment line, outputs a warning signal based on a degree of the dirtiness detected. A position of the vehicle with respect to the compartment line when the warning signal is output varies depending on the degree of the dirtiness. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009619 | CAMERA SUITABLE FOR USE IN A VEHICLE - A camera having a housing, an optical system and an electrical image sensor, particularly for applications in the exterior region of motor vehicles, i limits or events undesirable influences from moisture penetrating the camera or the housing. This is achieved by virtue of there being channels provided for air circulation in an interior of the optical system on the basis of the heating of air in the housing by operation of the image sensor, with the channels channeling air around lenses of the optical system. The channels may be along an internal wall of a lens frame of the optical system, and the channels may extend from an end portion of the lens frame at or near the image sensor to an internal space within the lens frame and between two adjacent lens elements of the optical system. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009622 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIDE-BAND IMAGING BASED ON NARROW-BAND IMAGE DATA - In one embodiment, an imaging method may include receiving an intensity value of a first spectral channel associated with a pixel location. The intensity value of the first spectral channel may be based on electromagnetic radiation reflected from an object after being emitted from a narrow-band electromagnetic radiation source. The method may further include defining an intensity value of a second spectral channel based on the intensity value of the first spectral channel. The second spectral channel may be associated with a spectral region of electromagnetic radiation different from a spectral region of electromagnetic radiation associated with the first spectral channel. The method may also include associating the intensity value of the second spectral channel with the pixel location. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009623 | GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND GLASSES WITH GESTURE RECOGNITION FUNCTION - Glasses with gesture recognition function include a glasses frame and a gesture recognition system. The gesture recognition system is disposed on the glasses frame and configured to detect hand gestures in front of the glasses thereby generating a control command. The gesture recognition system transmits the control command to an electronic device to correspondingly control the electronic device. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009624 | MOVABLE-MECHANICAL-SECTION CONTROLLING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOVABLE MECHANICAL SECTION, AND PROGRAM - A movable-mechanical-section controlling device includes a pan/tilt driving controlling unit configured to perform driving control on a movable mechanical section having a structure that moves so that an image pickup direction of an image pickup section that obtains an image-pickup image by performing an image pickup operation changes in a pan direction and a tilt direction. In the controlling device, unit pan operations that are performed in an angular range in the pan direction are performed for the respective two or more different tilt positions with decreasing angle of elevation at the tilt positions. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009625 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus including: a signal reception unit including a connector that is configured to connect to a plug of an external device and includes a first terminal and a second terminal, the signal reception unit being configured to receive a signal from the external device through the plug connected to the connector; a signal processor that processes the signal received by the signal reception unit according to a preset process; a storage that stores a test signal; and a controller that transmits the test signal stored in the storage to the first terminal when the first terminal and the second terminal are electrically connected to each other, and determines a signal transmission state of the connector to the signal processor based on a change in signal characteristics of the test signal fed back through the second terminal. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009628 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof include an image communication camera including an image sensor is installed to be movable up and down at an upper portion of the display apparatus, and protrudes from the display apparatus when in use; an image processor processing an image signal sensed by the image sensor; a display displaying the processed image signal; a sensor sensing the position of the image communication camera; a power supply supplying components of the display apparatus; and a controller controlling the power supply to supply electric power to the image communication camera if the image communication camera is moved up, and cut off the electric power to the image communication camera if the image communication camera is moved down. Thus, it is possible to determine whether the image communication camera and the microphone operate or not based on the position of the image communication camera. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009629 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA - The present disclosure provides methods and systems for processing data. One claim recites a camera-equipped portable computer system, comprising: a camera; one or more processors programed for: i) controlling the camera to capture image data, the captured image data corresponding to the camera's field of view; ii) defining a sub-region comprising image data within the field of view, the sub-region comprising less image data than does the full field of view; and iii) searching image data within the field of view for hidden keys, but limiting a response to detected keys to those only found within the sub-region. Of course other claims and combinations are provided too. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009632 | REMOTELY CONTROLLED AUTOMATIC CAMERA TRACKING SYSTEM - A remotely controlled automatic camera tracking system for self-photography is disclosed. The systems hereof combine the functions of remote camera operation, including closed loop automatic zoom control, and camera tracking by employing a system architecture that eliminates the requirement to have microprocessors coupled to the tracking station for the calculation of range and bearing. The system enables range and bearing information to be viewed by the operator, if desired, and conserves radio power. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009633 | CONFIGURABLE LANE ARCHITECTURE IN SOURCE SYNCHRONOUS SYSTEMS - A system and method for utilizing multiple configurable lanes for clock and data transfer in source synchronous systems that may utilize a clock signal from another source for interpreting data received from the source. In an embodiment, a system may include a transmitter configured to transmit at least one clock signal and at least one data signal to a receiver device. The receiver device may have at least one clock lane and at least one data lane for receiving signals from the transmitter device. The clock lane(s) and data lane(s) can be arranged in any order as per requirement of system design. In the receiver, after manufacture, each data lane may be configured to be clocked by any clock lane. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009636 | CAMERA DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - A method for processing an image in a camera device according to the present disclosure includes autofocus photographing to continuously obtain an image by moving a focusing lens at a predetermined focusing interval, extracting a focus value for a focus area of the obtained image, and storing the focus value with the image. The method also includes focus resetting by displaying a representative image of the stored images, and storing an image having the maximum focus value for a focus area of a selected location if the location is selected from the representative image. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009637 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined standards. A primary color converter converts first color signals having primary color points in a wider color range than the primary color points according to BT.709 into second color signals based on the primary colors according to BT.709. A photoelectric transducer converts the second color signals into third color signals according to photoelectric transducer characteristics defined in a numerical range wider than a range from 0 to 1.0 of color signals corresponding to a luminance signal and color difference signals according to BT.709. A color signal converter converts the third color signals into a luminance signal and color difference signals. A corrector incorporated in the color signal converter corrects the color difference signals into color difference signals. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009638 | Dual-Port Measurements of Light Reflected from Micromirror Array - An imaging system and method that captures compressive sensing (CS) measurements of a received light stream, and also obtains samples of background light level (BGLL). The BGLL samples may be used to compensate the CS measurements for variations in the BGLL. The system includes: a light modulator to spatially modulate the received light stream with spatial patterns, and a lens to concentrate the modulated light stream onto a light detector. The samples of BGLL may be obtained in various ways: (a) injecting calibration patterns among the spatial patterns; (b) measuring complementary light reflected by digital micromirrors onto a secondary output path; (c) separating and measuring a portion of light from the optical input path; (d) low-pass filtering the CS measurements; and (e) employing a light power meter with its own separate input path. Also, the CS measurements may be high-pass filtered to attenuate background light variation. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009639 | CAMERA CONTROL SYSTEM, MOBILE DEVICE HAVING THE SYSTEM, AND CAMERA CONTROL METHOD - A mobile device having a camera control system and a method of controlling a camera are provided. The camera control system determines a specific brightness value from at least one of a brightness value of a subject and a surrounding brightness value, and performs a camera setting to adjust exposure time and gain according to the determined specific brightness value. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009640 | Still Image Sound Annotation System - An image sound annotation system including an image capture device having an input-output port which receives a secure digital memory card including an image audio annotation program which can be used with an audio capture device to store an image file in association with a audio file in a memory element for subsequent retrieval and display of an image associated with the image file with concurrent playback of the sound associated with the audio file. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009641 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - When a key for directly transferring from the screen of a “video mode” of tape reproduction to the screen of memory stick reproduction is separately arranged, the ratio of an occupation area of the key on the screen is increased. Therefore, a setting operation is performed such that a stop key ( | 2014-01-09 |
20140009644 | SERVER, CLIENT TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a server including a reception section which receives, from a client terminal, present position information showing a position of the client terminal, and direction information showing an orientation of the client terminal, a retrieval section which retrieves sensory data to which detection position information is added corresponding to a position in a vicinity of an axial line extending in a direction shown by the direction information from the position of the client terminal, and a transmission section which transmits the sensory data retrieved by the retrieval section to the client terminal. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009645 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING SIZE OF CHARACTERS USING CAMERA - A method is provided for automatically adjusting a size of characters using a camera. The method includes receiving an image with characters; adjusting a focus of the image with characters and detecting a region and a size of characters in the image; determining whether the size of the characters in the image falls within a preset range; recognizing the characters in the image and displaying the recognition results, if the size of the characters falls within the preset range; and automatically adjusting a zoom ratio of the image and recognizing the characters in the resized image, if the size of the characters does not fall within the preset range. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009650 | IMAGE SENSOR CHIP, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR CHIP - A method of operating an image sensor chip including a motion sensor pixel sensing a motion of an object and a depth sensor pixel, the method including the operations of activating either the depth sensor pixel or the motion sensor pixel according to a mode selection signal, and processing a pixel signal output by either the activated depth sensor pixel or the activated motion sensor pixel. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009651 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - A solid-state image sensor including a wiring portion which includes a first line, a second line and a control line, in first to third regions arranged sequentially, wherein the first line includes a first pattern in a first layer in the first and second regions and a second pattern in a second layer in the third region, and these patterns are connected each other between the second region and the third region, the second line includes a third pattern in the second layer in the first region and a fourth pattern in the first layer in the second and third regions, the these patterns are connected each other between the first region and the second region, and the control line includes a pattern in the second layer in the second region, intersecting with the first pattern and the fourth pattern. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009656 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array section including a plurality of pixels, a pixel drive line controlling driving the pixels in each row, a signal line reading an analog signal of the pixels in each column, a pixel drive unit driving the pixels to perform a readout through the pixel drive line, and a readout circuit capable of converting the analog signal into a digital signal. At least the number of pixel drive lines or the number of signal lines is more than one, and the pixels of each pixel group are connected to different lines of either the pixel drive lines or the signal lines. The pixel drive unit sequentially drives the pixels in the pixel group at shifted timings, and the readout circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter sequentially receiving analog signals from the pixel group and sequentially converting the analog signals into digital signals. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009657 | SOLID STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PIXEL READING METHOD - There is provided a solid state imaging apparatus, including a plurality of line sensors including a plurality of pixels arrayed in a line, each of the pixels including an amplifier which amplifies a signal corresponding to a charge accumulated in a photoelectric transducer, and signal lines each for reading a signal of each pixel of the line sensors. The plurality of line sensors are discretely arranged, and the signal lines are gathered and wired along a region in which a circuit block including the line sensors is arranged. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009658 | IMAGE COMPOSITION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image composition apparatus that is capable of obtaining a good movie with a smooth movement when composite images each of which is obtained by composing images taken with short exposure time is reproduced as a movie. An exposure control unit calculates a proper exposing condition of a subject based on continuously taken images. A reproducing image selection unit selects temporally discrete images of which the number corresponds to the proper exposing condition from the taken images. A reproducing image composition unit composes the images selected by the reproducing image selection unit to generate a composite image. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009659 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus generates an image data in which a focus state of a captured image is specified by calculation processing. An operation inputting unit is used for operating focus information for specifying the focus state of an image, and an image generating unit generates an image data by acquiring focus information. When image focus information is changed by specification made by a user, the image generating unit outputs the image data generated by using focus information prior to specification to a confirmation screen generating unit upon deletion operation of the image data. The confirmation screen generation unit generates a display data of a deletion confirmation screen for prompting a user to confirm deletion upon deletion operation of an image file. The display data of a deletion confirmation screen includes the image data generated by using focus information differing from the changed focus state. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009662 | PHYSICAL INFORMATION ACQUISTISION METHOD, PHYSICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A physical information acquisition method in which a corresponding wavelength region of visible light with at least one visible light detection unit coupled to an image signal processing unit is detected, each said visible light detection unit comprising a color filter adapted to transmit the corresponding wavelength region of visible light; a wavelength region of infrared light with at least one infrared light detection unit coupled to the image signal processing unit is detected; and, with the signal processing unit, a first signal received from the at least one visible light detection unit by subtracting a product from said first signal is corrected, said product resulting from multiplication of a second signal received from the at least one infrared light detection unit and a predetermined coefficient factor. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009663 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND AUDIO HINTING METHOD THEREOF IN FOCUSING - An image capture device and an audio hinting method of focusing thereof are provided to perform the following steps. A first digital image is acquired by an image capture device. A focusing value of the first digital image is calculated by a focusing detection module. A second digital image is acquired by an image capture device. A focusing value of the second digital image is calculated by a focusing detection module. The focusing values of the first and second digital images are compared with each other by the focusing detection module. When the focusing values of the first and second digital images are different, a hint sound played by an audio output section is adjusted. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009664 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS - A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a sensor cell unit including: a photoelectric conversion unit and a sensor cell unit writing switch connected to the photoelectric conversion unit; a memory cell unit including a memory capacitance and a memory cell unit writing switch connected to the memory capacitance; and a common signal line connected to the sensor cell unit and the memory cell unit, and the memory cell unit holds a signal including voltage fluctuation of the photoelectric conversion unit due to an OFF operation of the sensor cell unit writing switch, a fixed pattern noise of the sensor cell unit, and a fixed pattern noise of the memory cell unit to the memory capacitance before holding a signal of the photoelectric conversion unit to the memory capacitance. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009665 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FOCUSING A FILM CAMERA - A method for focusing a film camera, in which at least one auxiliary camera is provided for producing an auxiliary representation of an object to be recorded, from which the desired focus setting is determined and a focusing signal is delivered to the film camera. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009670 | Camera system comprising a camera, camera, method of operating a camera and method for deconvoluting a recorded image - A system and camera wherein the camera comprises in the light path a diffuser ( | 2014-01-09 |
20140009671 | ACCESSORY, CAMERA, ACCESSORY CONTROL METHOD, ACCESSORY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CAMERA CONTROL PROGRAM - Provided is an accessory which is capable of communicating with a camera, including an illumination light emitting section that emits illumination light, a nonvolatile memory that stores light-emittable time information indicating the longest time for which the illumination light emitting section is capable of continuously emitting the illumination light, and an accessory control section that transmits the light-emittable time information stored in the nonvolatile memory to the camera. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009672 | ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An accessory system for a vehicle includes a windshield and an accessory module. The windshield has a mounting element attached at an inner surface of the windshield, with the mounting element adapted for mounting of an accessory module thereto and demounting of the accessory module therefrom. The accessory module is adapted for mounting to and demounting from the mounting element. The accessory module accommodates a camera having a CMOS photosensor array and a lens. The CMOS photosensor array is accommodated at the accessory module separate from the lens. The CMOS photosensor array is disposed on a circuit board. The accessory module is configured so that, when mounted to the mounting element attached at the windshield, the lens has a field of view through the windshield appropriate for a driver assistance system of the vehicle. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009673 | ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An accessory mounting system for a vehicle includes a bracket attached at a windshield of a vehicle. The bracket has a windshield-facing side and a cabin-facing side. The cabin-facing side of the bracket has first structure. An accessory module has a housing, with an electronic device and circuitry housed in the housing. The electronic device includes a camera that has a CMOS imaging array. The circuitry is in communication with a vehicle bus system of the vehicle. The housing has second structure that is configured to engage the first structure of the bracket when the housing is being attached to the bracket. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009674 | ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an adjustment device and method thereof which are applied for adjusting a photosensitive element. The adjustment device comprises a first platform, a second platform, a third platform and a cover. The first platform comprises a curved surface body and a positioning elastic element. The second platform, having a recess corresponding to each curved surface body and having a loading support portion, is arranged on a side of the first platform. The third platform is arranged on the other side of the first platform, and when the third platform, moves in an axial direction, the first and second platform moves together with the third platform. The cover compresses the photosensitive element against the second platform. When the inclination of photosensitive element is adjusted by the adjustment device, each curve surface body and each recess keep in contact due to the expansion of each positioning elastic element. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009675 | ACTUATOR WITH POSITION SENSOR AND CAMERA MODULE USING SAME - An actuator includes a base, a stationary frame fixed on the base, a movable frame received in the stationary frame, a SMA line, a guide pole, a position sensor, and a controller. The movable frame includes a resisting surface adjacent to the base, and defines a hole. The SMA line resists on the resisting surface. Two ends of the SMA line are fixed on the stationary frame. The guide pole is fixed on the base and extends through the hole. The position sensor detects the position of the movable frame. The controller supplies current to heat the SMA line to change the length of the SMA line, the SMA line drives the movable frame to move along the guide pole accordingly. The controller adjusts the current according to the position of the movable frame detected by the position sensor. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009684 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - This technique relates to a receiving device, a receiving method, a program, and a receiving system that are designed to reduce circuit size. A receiving device of one aspect of this technique includes: a de-mapping unit that receives a symbol signal generated by performing mapping on a first branch signal and a second branch signal indicating information about the same transmission target, and performs de-mapping on the symbol signal by a hard decision; a selecting unit that selects, in accordance with a reception state, one signal from the first branch signal and the second branch signal obtained through the de-mapping; and a decoding unit that decodes the information about the transmission target based on the one signal. This technique can be applied to receivers that receive OFDM signals compliant with DVB-C2. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009685 | RECEPTION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECEPTION SYSTEM - The present technology relates to a reception device, a reception method, a program, and a reception system that make it possible for the location of a frequency band that is used for the transmission of a signal of a predetermined standard to be promptly detected. A reception device according to one aspect of the present technology is including: a reception unit that receives an OFDM signal of a predetermined frequency band; a calculation unit that obtains correlation values between signals transmitted using carriers used for the transmission of a known signal, from within the predetermined frequency band; and a detection unit that, on the basis of the correlation values, detects a frequency band used for the transmission of a signal of a predetermined standard and in which transmission of the known signal is continuously carried out in the same carrier. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009688 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCANNING TELEVISION SYSTEMS USING A FIRST QUICK SCAN AND A SECOND SLOWER SCAN - A method of scanning television channels at initial setup. The method includes at a first power mode, automatically scanning for channels using a first scanning setup procedure during which the television is unusable by a user. The first power mode is when the television is at a full power mode. The detected channels are automatically provided for use by the television upon completion of the first scanning setup procedure. The method further includes automatically scanning for channels using a second scanning setup procedure at a second power mode following the first power mode. The second power mode is at a lower power mode than the first power mode, and the second scanning setup procedure is more time consuming in comparison to the first scanning setup procedure. Additional channels not detected during the initial setup by the first scanning setup procedure are automatically detected at the second power mode. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009689 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A MARK-UP LANGUAGE PAGE TO COMMAND AN APPLIANCE - A hand-held device having a display and a browser application which supports functionality particularly suited for the hand-held device. For example, the browser application supports a full screen tag which allows information to be displayed as a full screen within the display. The browser application may also support a tag for use in displaying a link the activation of which will cause the hand-held device to transmit command codes to a consumer appliance. Still further, the browser application can support a tag which the hand-held device can use to issue reminders. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009696 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEPTION DEVICE - A backlight device according to the present invention is provided with: a chassis having a bottom plate | 2014-01-09 |
20140009697 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEPTION DEVICE - An illumination device | 2014-01-09 |
20140009700 | Electro-Active Diffractive Lens and Method for Making the Same - Aspects of the present invention provide an electro-active lens and method for manufacturing the same that encapsulates liquid crystal using solid transparent optical material using an improved liquid crystal seal feature. The seal feature greatly reduces the visibility of the liquid crystal seal feature in an assembled electro-active lens. The seal feature is also structurally robust such that the electro-active lens can be processed to fit a spectacle frame without disturbing containment of the liquid crystal and without disrupting electrical connectivity to the lens used to alter the refractive index of the liquid crystal, thereby ensuring fabrication of a commercially viable electro-active lens. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009701 | METHOD EXECUTED IN LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL GLASSES - A liquid crystal device at least includes a first liquid crystal panel assembly in which a phase difference decreases due to application of a voltage, a second liquid crystal panel assembly that is formed to overlap with the first liquid crystal panel assembly and in which the phase difference increases due to application of a voltage, a pair of polarizers that is formed to be interposed between the first liquid crystal panel assembly and the second liquid crystal panel assembly, an optical compensation plate that is formed to overlap with at least one of the pair of polarizers, and a control unit that controls the voltages applied to the first liquid crystal panel assembly and the second liquid crystal panel assembly. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009704 | MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-view display is switchable between single view and multi-view modes, and uses lenticular means ( | 2014-01-09 |
20140009705 | DISPLAY UNIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes: a liquid crystal display section including first electrodes, a liquid crystal layer, and a second electrode, the first electrodes corresponding to a plurality of unit pixels, the second electrode being disposed to face the first electrodes with the liquid crystal layer in between; a backlight; and a light-ray control section inserted between the liquid crystal display section and the backlight, in which each of the unit pixels includes a plurality of domains or a single domain, the plurality of domains in which liquid crystal alignment differs between the domains, and each of the first electrodes is uniformly formed in each of the plurality of domains or the single domain. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009706 | DISPLAY DEVICE | 2014-01-09 |
20140009707 | DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED STATIC DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS - A display apparatus includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixels, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each pixel includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor pattern, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first electrode includes a first portion overlapping the drain electrode and a second portion outside the first portion, and the second electrode does not overlap the first portion of the first electrode. The first electrode or the second electrode is formed as a single unitary structure. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009708 | 3D LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND PIXEL STRUCTURE THEREOF - The present invention discloses a 3D liquid crystal display device and a pixel structure thereof. The pixel structure includes three gate lines, a data line and three pixel electrodes. The gate lines are arranged along a first direction and cross the data line to define three sub-pixel regions. Each of the pixel electrodes includes a primary electrode portion and an extension electrode portion. The primary electrode portion of each of the pixel electrodes is disposed in the corresponding sub-pixel region, and the extension electrode portions of all the pixel electrodes are disposed together in one of the sub-pixel regions. The pixel structure can improve a color washout problem of the 3D liquid crystal display device under top or bottom view angles. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009709 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a gate line, a common electrode line and a data line formed on the substrate; an insulating layer formed on the gate line, the common electrode line and the data line; a pixel electrode formed on the insulating layer; a microcavity formed on the pixel electrode and including a liquid crystal injection hole; a common electrode formed on the microcavity; a support member formed on the common electrode; and a capping layer formed on the support member and covering the liquid crystal injection hole, in which the common electrode line and the common electrode are connected to each other through a contact hole formed in a passivation layer. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009710 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD - A display apparatus includes a pixel cell. The pixel cell includes a pixel transistor configured to be electrically conducted by driving a gate line, a pixel, an auxiliary capacitance, and an anti-fuse element. The pixel includes a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and a liquid-crystal layer. The liquid-crystal layer is formed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode. The pixel cell is provided at each of intersection points between a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of signal lines. The pixel electrode, one end of the auxiliary capacitance, and one end of the anti-fuse element are connected to a drain of the pixel transistor in the pixel cell. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009711 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device in a lateral electric field mode includes: a metal wiring formed on a transparent substrate; an inorganic insulating film and an organic insulating film formed on the metal wiring; and a first transparent electrode and a second transparent electrode formed on the inorganic insulating film and the organic insulating film so that the first and the second transparent electrodes are opposite to each other through an interlayer insulating film. The film thickness of the organic insulating film on the metal wiring is made thicker than the film thickness of the organic insulating film inside a pixel display region including the contact hole, and a projecting portion of the organic insulating film is formed on the metal wiring. A pixel electrode formed of the first electrode or the second electrode is formed on an image display region including a slope portion of the projecting portion. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009716 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A backlight module includes a back plate having at least one side and a backlight unit including an optical plate and an optical film. The at least one side has a surface, and the surface is disposed with a supporting member. The supporting member includes a horizontal portion and a vertical portion extended from the horizontal portion. In addition, the vertical portion includes a plane surface and a protruding piece, and the plane surface is used for supporting the optical plate and the protruding piece is used for positioning the optical film; and a liquid crystal display device has the backlight module. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009717 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel and a frame body that has a lower frame, a mold member, and an upper frame, wherein the upper frame has a box shape with one surface opened along a side wall surface and the other surface forming an opening part, the mold member includes a mounting part that mounts a peripheral part of the display panel and a catching part formed in correspondence with an end surface of the display panel, the catching part of the mold member includes a first catching part having a top part opposite to the mounting part in contact with an inner surface of the upper frame and a second catching part with a projection height from the mounting part lower than a projection height of the first catching part. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009718 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate disposed below the liquid crystal panel, and a light source unit which emits light to at least one side surface of the light guide plate. The light source unit includes light source elements which are disposed adjacent to the at least one side surface of the light guide plate, and which emit light that is incident on the at least one side surface of the light guide plate. A printed circuit board is disposed adjacent to a lower surface of the light guide plate and supports the light source elements. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009719 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND APPARATUS HAVING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a display apparatus having the liquid crystal display panel. A second substrate of the liquid crystal display panel includes a second electrode and a plurality of pixel areas. The second electrode has a pixel electrode structure in each of the pixel areas. The pixel electrode structure includes a trunk and a plurality of branches. A distance between the two neighboring branches is an interval. Each of the branches has a width. Each of the pixel areas has at least two widths and at least two intervals. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009726 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NANOPHOSPHORS, LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - A method of manufacturing a nanophosphor includes: contacting a nanophosphor raw material and a flux to form a mixture, sintering the mixture to form a nanoprecursor, ball-milling the nanoprecursor, and drying the ball-milled nanoprecursor to form the nanophosphor, wherein an average particle size of the nanophosphor is equal to or more than about 50 nanometers (nm) and equal to or less than about 7 micrometers (um). | 2014-01-09 |
20140009727 | Liquid Crystal Display and Display - An electronic device includes a liquid crystal display device having a first substrate, a second substrate bonded to the first substrate, with liquid crystal material held between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an upper polarizing plate affixed to the second substrate. A protective member is disposed over the upper polarizing plate, and an adhesive member is disposed between the protective member and the upper polarizing plate without an air layer between the protective member and the upper polarizing plate. The protective member is configured as a protective cover of the electronic device. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009732 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal display element, the liquid crystal display element including: a pair of alignment films provided on mutually facing sides of a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer which is provided between the pair of alignment films and contains a liquid crystal molecule having a negative dielectric anisotropy, wherein at least one of the pair of alignment films contains a cross-linked compound obtained by crosslinking a polymer compound having a cross-linkable functional group as a side chain, the liquid crystal layer further contains a molecule which has a ring structure and a spacer linking the ring structure, and the liquid crystal molecule is given a pre-tilt by the cross-linked compound. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009733 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING DECORATED EYEGLASSES FRAMES - A process for making eyeglasses frames ( | 2014-01-09 |
20140009736 | HIGH EFFICIENCY OPTIC - Ophthalmic lenses and methods for their design and use involve displacement functions based on the sum of a continuous cosine function and a continuous sine function, optionally over a plurality of echelettes. Exemplary monofocal and multifocal diffractive ophthalmic lenses provide reduced light scatter and/or improved light energy distribution properties. Such properties can be provided by diffractive profiles, often having subtlety shaped echelettes with appropriately curving profiles. Light scatter may be generated by the sharp corners associated with vertical steps between adjacent conventional diffractive echelettes. Smooth diffractive profiles of the invention reduce light scatter. Light energy directed toward non-viewing diffractive orders may have a unwanted effects on vision quality. Diffractive profiles as described herein may limit the light energy in certain, selected orders, thereby improving viewing quality and mitigating unwanted effects such as dysphotopsia. Diffractive profiles may also vary the light energy distributed between individual echelettes, providing additional advantages in various viewing situations. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009737 | METHOD FOR MEASURING PARAMETERS FOR MANUFACTURING SPECTACLE LENS AND DEVICE FOR REALIZING THE SAME - A method for measuring the parameters for manufacturing spectacle lenses and a device for realizing the same. The measuring method can precisely and easily measure the parameters for manufacturing spectacle lenses by reflecting the measurement subject's physical features and spectacle-wearing habits through the naturally captured image of the measurement subject who looks at the infinite distance focus. The device for measuring the parameters for manufacturing spectacle lenses can be easily manufactured and manipulated through various simple modules, such as the infinite distance focus providing means, the near distance focus providing means, the camera means, the flash means, and so on, can be manufactured in a small size in such a fashion that a user can carry it. The auxiliary device for measuring the parameters for manufacturing spectacle lenses can accurately and easily measure various parameters for manufacturing spectacle lenses by being connected with the portable tablet computer. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009738 | FUNDUS IMAGING APPARATUS - A fundus imaging apparatus includes: an interference optical system configured to detect, with a detector, an interference state between a reference light and a measurement light that is reflected at a fundus; an optical scanner configured to scan the fundus with the measurement light; an optical member configured to adjust an optical path length difference between the measurement light and the reference light; an imaging unit configured to photograph a tomographic image of the fundus based on an output signal from the detector; a first optical path length adjuster configured to move the optical member, based on a light-receiving signal output from the detector corresponding to a position of the optical member; a second optical path length adjuster configured to readjust a position of the optical member; and an optical system adjuster configured to adjust the interference optical system between adjustments by the first and second optical path length adjusters. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009739 | WEARABLE APPARATUS AND IR CONFIGURATION FOR OPTIMIZING EYE-TRACKING USED FOR HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION - A highly portable wearable apparatus is provided to capture high-quality image data of eye movement used for eye-tracking. The wearable apparatus comprises a coupling member adapted to securely couple the apparatus to an eyewear frame, an arm assembly having a distal end and configured to enable vertical and lateral of movements of the distal end, and an imaging assembly disposed on the distal end. The imaging assembly, via vertical and lateral movements of the distal end, can be disposed in a position close to an eye of a user that is suitable for eye-tracking when the user wears an eyewear frame with the apparatus deployed thereon. The imaging assembly is configured to capture infrared-illuminated eye and wirelessly transmit captured image data. A configuration in connection with infrared source placement is provided to achieve optimal glint-tracking used to track head movement for improving quality of eye-tracking. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009740 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS - An ophthalmic apparatus includes: a main unit including a unit for observing or photographing an examinee's eye; a movable part in which the main unit is mounted; a vertical movement mechanism provided with a drive part to move the movable part up and down; an operating member to be operated by an examiner to move the movable part up and down; a sensing part to detect an operation signal of the operating member; and a driving control part to convert the operation signal detected by the sensing part to a drive signal to move the movable part up and down, and drive the drive part based on the drive signal, wherein the drive part includes a motor having a hollow portion about a rotation axis thereof, the motor being controlled by the driving control part to rotate. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009741 | COMBINATION OPTICAL AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING OF AN EYE - A method and apparatus are disclosed for integrating optical coherence tomography (OCT) and very high frequency ultrasound (VHFU) imaging systems. An OCT probe and reference arm are mounted along with an ultrasound probe on a carriage capable of rotational, linear, and/or arcuate motion. The probe carriage may be immersed in water or other suitable medium. The OCT and VHFU probes move about the cornea surface such that the probe axes are substantially perpendicular relative to the cornea surface throughout a scan. The probes are able to be scanned in an arcuate path across the entire cornea surface. The method and apparatus disclosed are also directed towards providing a positioning mechanism and scan head comprising an arcuate guide track wherein only an OCT probe is mounted on the probe carriage. This embodiment allows the OCT probe beam to remain substantially perpendicular to the cornea and lens surfaces. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009742 | Imaging Device - A device for capturing images where the incident light passes through a modulator that adjusts to provide a selected image. Imagewise light is received in a sensor which is in communication with a processor that implements an optimization algorithm. The processor is in communication with the modulator and controls functioning of the modulator to optimize and to obtain the selected image. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009743 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - There is provided an apparatus for recording a depth profile of a biological tissue, in particular a frontal eye section of a human eye, according to the principle of optical coherence tomography, comprising a light source adapted to generate a bundle of light rays, an interferometer arrangement having a beam splitter device adapted to spatially separate the bundle of light rays into a reference beam and a measurement beam directed toward the tissue, a reference beam deflection device adapted to deflect the reference beam, a beam superpositioning device adapted to spatially superimpose the deflected reference beam onto the measurement beam deflected by the tissue into a superpositioned beam, and a detector arrangement for detecting information in the superpositioned beam associated with the difference of the optical path length of the reference beam and the measurement beam. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009746 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus having a plurality of individually controllable radiation source units each providing a portion of a patterned beam of radiation, a control system configured to monitor a parameter of performance of each of the individually controllable radiation source units, and a replacement mechanism configured to replace one of the individually controllable radiation source units with a replacement unit responsive to the control system determining that a criterion has been met based on the monitored parameter of performance. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009747 | LASER RADAR DEVICE - Disclosed is a laser radar device including a modulated light beam generator that emits light beams to a target, a photodetector that receives reflected light; a reflected light condenser that condenses the reflected light; a rotator that rotates around a rotation axis; and mirrors included in the rotator that scan the light beams, and guide the reflected light to the reflected light condenser, wherein an angular detection range in a vertical direction is divided into a plurality of layers, wherein mirror surfaces of the mirrors are tilted by corresponding tilt angles relative to the rotation axis, the tilt angles being different from each other, wherein the modulated light beam generator emits the light beams in the vertical direction, the light beams having different emission angles, and wherein a difference between the emission angles corresponds to the angular detection range of one layer in the vertical direction. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009752 | OBJECT AUTHENTICATION - A device detects multi-spectral imaging by using scan elements. The device may include an illumination module and a detection module to detect light scattered from an object illuminated by the illumination module. The device may also include an array of light sources to produce light at a plurality of different wavelengths, and create a line of illumination with each of the different wavelengths. The light detection may be applied to authenticate and validate documents, such as banknotes moving along a document conveyer. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009753 | WAVEFRONT ABERRATION MEASURING APPARATUS - A wavefront aberration measuring apparatus comprising: an illumination optical system provided to an incident side of a test lens; and a measuring optical system provided to an exit side of the test lens, the illumination optical system including an aperture stop capable of being opened and closed, and the illumination optical system being movable along an optical axis of the illumination optical system so as to adjust positions of the aperture stop and an entrance pupil of the test lens to have an optically conjugate relation with each other. Accordingly, it becomes possible to provide a wavefront aberration measuring apparatus capable of suppressing errors in measured result. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009754 | METHOD FOR FABRICATION OF LOCALIZED PLASMON TRANSDUCERS - A method is presented for use in fabrication of metal islands on an oxide substrate. The method comprises: depositing a selected metal on the oxide substrate by evaporation of said selected metal; and annealing a film of the selected metal on said substrate at temperatures including an annealing temperature being less than 50° c lower than a glass transition temperature, thereby forming the metal islands partially embedded in said substrate. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009755 | DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND DEVICE USING SAME - In order to enable inspections to be conducted at a sampling rate higher than the pulse oscillation frequency of a pulsed laser beam emitted from a laser light source, without damaging samples, a defect inspection method is disclosed, wherein: a single pulse of a pulsed laser beam emitted from the laser light source is split into a plurality of pulses; a sample is irradiated with this pulse-split pulsed laser beam; scattered light produced by the sample due to the irradiation is focused and detected; and defects on the sample are detected by using information obtained by focusing and detecting the scattered light from the sample. Said defect inspection method is configured such that the splitting a single pulse of the pulsed laser beam into a plurality of pulses is controlled in such a manner that the peak values of the split pulses are substantially uniform. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009756 | SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND SURFACE INSPECTING METHOD - A surface inspecting apparatus rotates a semiconductor wafer | 2014-01-09 |
20140009757 | Optical Systems And Methods Employing A Polarimetric Optical Filter - A birefringent filter includes an EM directing element in optical alignment with a first surface of the birefringent plate. A polarimetric imager includes a birefringent filter including a birefringent plate formed of a birefringent material and an EM directing element in optical alignment with a first surface of the birefringent plate. The imager further includes a detector in optical alignment with a second surface of the birefringent plate. A projection system includes an EM directing element and a birefringent filter. The filter includes (1) a birefringent plate formed of a birefringent material and having a first surface in optical alignment with the emissions source, and (2) an EM directing element in optical alignment with a second surface of the birefringent plate. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009762 | MEASUREMENT ASSEMBLY WITH FIBER OPTIC ARRAY - A measurement assembly ( | 2014-01-09 |
20140009763 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS REDUCING COHERENCE EFFECT IN NARROW LINE-WIDTH LIGHT SOURCES - Systems and methods are described for reducing coherence effect in narrow line-width light sources through various modulation techniques. The systems and methods can include a narrow line-width laser source with a thermoelectric cooler thermally coupled thereto and a controller communicatively coupled to the thermoelectric cooler. The controller is configured to provide a varied input signal to the thermoelectric cooler to reduce coherence of the narrow line-width laser source by artificially broadening the narrow line-width on a time averaged basis. The systems and methods can also include direct modulation of the narrow line-width laser source. The systems and methods can include a narrow line-width Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR). The systems and methods can also include direct modulation of the narrow line-width laser source with or without the varied input signal to the thermoelectric cooler. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009764 | METHOD FOR MEASURING AN ANGULARLY RESOLVED INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A method for measuring an angularly resolved intensity distribution in a reticle plane ( | 2014-01-09 |
20140009765 | METHOD OF MEASURING REFRACTIVE INDEX DISTRIBUTION, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS OF REFRACTIVE INDEX DISTRIBUTION - A method of measuring a refractive index distribution includes steps of setting a plurality of different arrangements by a translation movement in a state where an object is arranged in first and second media having refractive indices different from a refractive index of the object, measuring transmissive wavefront of the object for each of media and each of the plurality of arrangements by reference light entering the object (S | 2014-01-09 |
20140009768 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTHEAD CONTROL - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are described herein for controlling a printing device. In an example embodiment, a print line is divided into frames and frame dot states are determined based on neighboring frame dot states. Maximum motor speeds of the printing device may be adjusted so that actual motor speeds change gradually during printing. The print engine may detect a printhead type by sending a signal to the printhead and receiving a response. | 2014-01-09 |
20140009769 | ENABLING OPTIMAL USE OF NON-STANDARD COLORANTS - Methods and systems receive a print job and determine whether the print job specifies one or more extended gamut color marking materials. The extended gamut color marking materials comprise marking materials having colorants other than standard colorants. The standard colorants consist of cyan, magenta, yellow, black (CMYK). When the print job does not specify one or more of the extended gamut color marking materials, the methods and systems determine whether the print job will perform better with one or more of the extended gamut colorants in addition to the standard colorants. The methods and systems print the print job use the extended gamut colorant(s) and the standard colorants when the print job specifies the extended gamut color marking material, and when the print job will perform better with one or more of the print system's extended gamut colorants in addition to the standard colorants. | 2014-01-09 |