02nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120007897 | THREE DIMENSIONAL DRIVING SCHEME FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICES - The present invention is directed to a driving method, in particular a three dimensional driving scheme for electrophoretic display devices. The method comprises applying a driving step in each of at least two electric fields to drive two types of pigment particles of different colors laterally and/or vertically for separately adjusting the grayscale and/or colors of the display. The present driving method has the advantage that the brightness and color intensity of the images may be separately tuned. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007898 | INFRA-EXTENSIBLE LED ARRAY CONTROLLER FOR LIGHT EMISSION AND/OR LIGHT SENSING - An apparatus for controlling light emission and/or sensing in an array of optical elements. An infra-extensible array having a plurality of subarray display circuits interconnected with neighboring subarray display circuits. Each subarray display circuit is configured with a processor and a plurality of output and/or input elements. Messages and instructions can be propagated from one subarray display circuit to another to provide local processing relating to input and output elements, such as changing the pixels in the display from a subarray display circuit in response to locally sensed conditions or those communicated from neighboring subarray display circuits. Apparatus is infra-extensible as both the number of processors for executing display/sensor programming, and the number of communication channels available through which instructions can be received, increases automatically in response to increasing the number of subarray display circuits within the apparatus. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007899 | METHODS OF DRIVING COLOUR SEQUENTIAL DISPLAYS - A method of driving a display uses first ( | 2012-01-12 |
20120007900 | FIELD-SEQUENTIAL COLOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING COLORS THEREOF - A control drive circuit provided in an FSC-LCD comprises an input stage signal processing/controlling circuit ( | 2012-01-12 |
20120007901 | PIXEL CIRCUITRY OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel circuitry of a display device is provided to make a voltage level transmitted to a display element be close to a voltage level of a received data voltage, such that the pixel circuitry faithfully transmits the data voltage to the display element. The pixel circuitry of a display device includes a first write switch, a first write memory unit, a first voltage following module, and a display element. The first voltage following module is to detect a first data voltage stored in the first write memory unit, and to generate a corresponding first output voltage at a terminal of the display element based on a detection result. A first output terminal of the first voltage following module is controlled by a switching voltage. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007902 | LIQUID SUPPLY CONTROLLER, LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGE DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND LIQUID SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - A liquid supply controller includes a liquid circulation controller that includes supply and recovery units of a liquid droplet discharge unit, and that circulates liquid according to a differential pressure between the supply unit and the recovery unit, a back pressure setting unit that sets a back pressure that is a discharge pressure based on supply and recovery pressures set by the liquid circulation controller, a circulation amount obtaining unit that obtains a flow rate of the liquid circulated; a judging unit that judges whether or not the obtained flow rate is a proper value, and a differential pressure adjusting unit that adjusts the differential pressure while maintaining the back pressure within an allowable range when it is judged that the flow rate is not the proper value. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007903 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an ejection device, a suction device, and a controller. The ejection device has a first nozzle and a second nozzle to eject a first liquid and a second liquid, respectively. The first liquid contains pigment particles dispersed in a dispersion medium and the second liquid contains a color material. In a first image formation mode for ejecting the second liquid from the second nozzle without ejecting the first liquid from the first nozzle, the controller controls the suction device so as not to suction the first liquid for recovery operation. When the first image formation mode is switched to a second image formation mode for ejecting at least the first liquid from the first nozzle, the controller controls the suction device so as to suction a predetermined amount of the first liquid determined based on solidification of the first liquid to perform the recovery operation. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007904 | PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device includes a print head, a carriage moveable in a width direction of a medium, a carriage driver that drives the carriage to move back and forth in the width direction within a movement range, a detector that detects a position of the carriage, and a controller that monitors the position of the carriage. The controller is also configured to reverse a direction of movement of the carriage using the carriage driver when the carriage is determined to be immovable at a first position within the movement range, and, when the carriage, after the direction of movement of the carriage has been reversed, is determined to be immovable at a second position within the movement range, to further reverse the direction of movement of the carriage again using the carriage driver, and to output an error after stopping the carriage between the first position and the second position. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007905 | MAINTAINING OPTICAL DENSITY OF IMAGES PRODUCED BY A PRINTING DEVICE - A method for maintaining the optical density of a printing device includes, with a printhead module of the printing device, printing a color region onto a first test page, the color region comprising a plurality of sub-regions, each of the sub-regions being printed with a different drive voltage; measuring an optical density of each of the sub-regions printed onto the first test page; determining a response curve based on a relationship between the optical density of the sub-regions and the different drive voltages used to print the sub-regions; and, using the response curve, determining a target drive voltage for the printhead module which will cause the printhead module to print at a target optical density. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007906 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head that includes nozzle openings through which liquid is ejected and pressure generation units that cause changes in pressure of the liquid inside pressure generation chambers communicating with the nozzle openings; a control unit that supplies a driving signal for causing the liquid ejecting head to eject the liquid, to the pressure generation units, and controls ejection of the liquid by the liquid ejecting head; and a temperature detection unit that detects a temperature of a contact portion with which the liquid ejected by the liquid ejecting head comes in contact, wherein the control unit corrects the driving signal on the basis of the temperature information detected by the temperature detection unit. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007907 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus which forms a halftone image on a print medium by using a multipass process to scan a printhead N (N is an integer of 2 or more) times in a single area on the print medium and form dots by each scan operation includes a pass division unit which sets the print density of a scan operation in the first pass so as to prevent dots from overlapping with each other on the print medium, and sets the print densities of scan operations in the second to Nth passes, a tone reduction unit which generates print data of the respective scan operations in accordance with the print densities set by the pass division unit, and a printhead which prints a halftone image on a print medium on the basis of the print data generated by the tone reduction unit. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007908 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a printhead incorporating a temperature sensor, a control unit which controls the printhead, and a flexible cable which connects the printhead and the control unit. The flexible cable includes a first signal line and second signal line which generate voltages corresponding to the temperature of the printhead, and are connected to the temperature sensor. A differential amplifier circuit which is incorporated in the control unit amplifies the voltage difference between the first signal line and the second signal line to output the amplified voltage difference as temperature information of the printhead. A matching circuit makes the wiring resistances of the first signal line and second signal line match each other by grounding either the first signal line or the second signal line via a resistor in the printhead. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007909 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid ejecting head, a liquid ejecting head unit, and a liquid ejecting apparatus are provided that can secure sufficient compliance in a manifold and prevent degradation in liquid dispensing characteristic. In the liquid ejecting head, a flow path plate including pressure chambers arranged in a row, a manifold plate including a manifold communicating with the pressure chambers, thus constituting a common liquid chamber, a compliance plate that seals the manifold, and a nozzle plate including a nozzle orifice communicating with the pressure chamber so as to eject a liquid, are stacked in this order. The compliance plate includes a flexible compliance portion formed in a region opposing the manifold, and the nozzle plate includes a through hole formed in a region opposing the compliance portion. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007910 | Apparatus for inspecting inkjet head - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for inspecting an inkjet head. The apparatus for inspecting an inkjet head includes a scan unit that is connected to the piezoelectric actuator of an inkjet head to measure whether the capacitance of the piezoelectric actuator is changed; a pulse input unit that applies high voltage pulses to the scan unit; a switching unit that connects or disconnects the scan unit to or from the piezoelectric actuator and the pulse input unit; and a controller that controls the switching unit to connect the scan unit to the piezoelectric actuator and the pulse input unit and receives the information on whether the capacitance of the piezoelectric actuator is changed according to the applied high voltage pulse from the scan unit to determine whether the piezoelectric actuator is abnormal. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007911 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid ejecting head unit including: a liquid ejecting head which includes a nozzle ejecting a liquid; and a head fixing member to which a plurality of the liquid ejecting heads is positioned and fixed, wherein the head fixing member includes a head holding unit to which the liquid ejecting head is fixed and a body to which the head holding unit is fixed, and wherein the rigidity of the body is lower than that of the head holding unit and the specific weight of the body is smaller than that of the head holding unit. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007912 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording method uses an ink jet recording apparatus including a plurality of heads arranged in parallel in a first direction, each of which ejects droplets of a different radiation-curable ink composition onto a recording medium, and first light sources provided for corresponding heads so as to be disposed at a predetermined side of the corresponding heads. The first light sources emit active radiation to irradiate the droplets on the recording medium. The method includes ejecting droplets of the ink compositions from the heads onto the recording medium, and performing a first irradiation by irradiating the droplets of each ink composition with the active radiation from the corresponding first light source at an irradiation energy within 500 ms after the droplets have landed. The irradiation energy is in the range of 5% to 10% of the energy E | 2012-01-12 |
20120007913 | NANO GRAPHENE PLATELET-BASED CONDUCTIVE INKS AND PRINTING PROCESS - A nano graphene platelet-based conductive ink comprising: (a) nano graphene platelets (preferably un-oxidized or pristine graphene), and (b) a liquid medium in which the nano graphene platelets are dispersed, wherein the nano graphene platelets occupy a proportion of at least 0.001% by volume based on the total ink volume and a process using the same. The ink can also contain a binder or matrix material and/or a surfactant. The ink may further comprise other fillers, such as carbon nanotubes, carbon nano-fibers, metal nano particles, carbon black, conductive organic species, etc. The graphene platelets preferably have an average thickness no greater than 10 nm and more preferably no greater than 1 nm. These inks can be printed to form a range of electrically or thermally conductive components or printed electronic components. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007914 | PRINTING METHOD - A printing method that is implemented on an inkjet printer includes applying an ultraviolet curable ink on a surface of a metal. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007915 | Discharge Ink Collecting Apparatus - It is sought to have a cap member sized to cover the entire lower surface of an ink jet head having numbers of nozzle heads, to improve intimacy of contact of the cap member with a carriage of the ink jet head, to obtain an enhanced airtightness between them and to enable the cap member to be manufactured roughly and at low cost. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007916 | MIST COLLECTION DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MIST COLLECTION DEVICE - A mist collection device capable of suctioning and recovering mist generated at the time of ejecting a liquid is disclosed. The mist collection device includes an exhaust duct having a suction portion which is installed to extend downwardly to suction external air. The suction portion is provided with a suction port extending in a vertical direction, and an upper end portion, which communicates with the exhaust duct, of the suction portion is installed to protrude in an annular shape from an inner bottom portion of the exhaust duct. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007917 | INK JET PRINTER AND A METHOD OF COMPUTING CONVEYANCE AMOUNT OF A CONVEYANCE ROLLER OF THE INK JET PRINTER - A method of computing a conveyance variance from a difference of two adjustment patterns in order to measure a variance in a conveyance amount occurring while a sheet is conveyed. By using this method, the variance that occurs during one rotation of the roller occurring because of the roller accuracy, deflection of the roller, and the attachment of a roller supporting member can be alleviated. Thus, the unevenness occurring synchronously to one rotation of the roller can be alleviated, and as a result, an ink jet printer that is capable of printing with high quality can be provided. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007918 | INKJET RECORDING HEAD, INKJET PRINTER, AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording head includes an orifice member, a first cover member and a second cover member. The orifice member includes an ejection hole which ejects ink. The first cover member includes a peripheral surface, which surrounds the outer peripheral surface of the orifice member, one end face arranged near the orifice member, and an other end and an ink regulating section formed on the peripheral surface and suppresses movement of ink. The second cover member is arranged to extend to the other end of the peripheral surface of the first cover member. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007919 | NOZZLE ASSEMBLY HAVING POLYMERIC COATING ON MOVING AND STATIONARY PORTIONS OF ROOF - A nozzle assembly for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle assembly includes: a nozzle chamber including a roof having a nozzle opening and a moving portion movable relative to a stationary portion of the roof. An actuator is configured to displace the moving portion relative to the stationary portion and cause ejection of ink through the nozzle opening. A polymeric coating covers the moving portion and the stationary portion. The polymeric coating is absent from a gap between the moving portion and the stationary portion. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007920 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NOZZLE PLATE, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The method of manufacturing a nozzle plate which includes a nozzle having a tapered section and a linear section includes the steps of: forming an etching stopper layer for stopping dry etching of a silicon substrate, on a first surface of the silicon substrate; forming a mask layer on a second surface of the silicon substrate reverse to the first surface; performing a first patterning process with respect to the mask layer so that an opening section is formed in the mask layer; carrying out the dry etching of the silicon substrate through the opening section in the mask layer so that the tapered section of the nozzle is formed in the silicon substrate; carrying out dry etching of the etching stopper layer through the opening section in the mask layer so that at least a part of the linear section of the nozzle is formed in the etching stopper layer; and removing the mask layer. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007921 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE WITH CIRCULATION PUMP - A fluid ejection assembly includes a fluid slot, a plurality of drop generators, and a fluid circulation pump to circulate fluid from the fluid slot through each drop generator individually and back into the fluid slot. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007922 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A sub-carriage includes a housing unit that houses at least part of each of multiple recording heads, and a head passage opening and an upper opening serving as opening portions through which the housing unit passes. A flow channel anchoring member for anchoring a flow channel member is attached to the sub-carriage so as to span across the aforementioned opening portions, and each of the recording heads is sequentially anchored to the sub-carriage to which the flow channel anchoring member has been attached. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007923 | PRINTHEAD HAVING CONTROLLED VAPOR BUBBLE GENERATORS - A printhead is provided having vapor bubble generators which each have a chamber having a fluid ejection port and a heater, and circuitry configured to provide current pulses to the heater to generate vapor bubbles in fluid within the chamber. The pulses have a heating pulse of a first voltage and duration immediately followed by an ejection pulse of a second voltage and duration, the second voltage being higher than the first voltage. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007924 | INK EJECTION NOZZLE WITH THERMAL ACTUATOR COIL - A printhead for an inkjet printer is disclosed. The printhead has ink nozzles formed on a print face of the printhead. Each ink nozzle has an ink chamber with an ink ejection port and an ink inlet port. A paddle device is arranged inside each chamber. Each ink nozzle further has a bi-layer thermal actuator coil with a fee end connected to the paddle device. Heating of the thermal actuator coil displaces the paddle device, causing ejection of an ink droplet through the ink ejection port. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007925 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes a common liquid chamber for storing liquid, a plurality of flow paths that communicate individually with the common liquid chamber and through which liquid from the common liquid chamber flows, a plurality of ejection orifices that communicate individually with the plurality of flow paths and eject liquid supplied from the common liquid chamber, a plurality of ejection energy generating elements corresponding to the plurality of ejection orifices and generating energy necessary to cause liquid to be ejected from the plurality of ejection orifices, and a movable pressure buffer provided in the common liquid chamber and capable of absorbing a pressure wave generated by driving the plurality of ejection energy generating elements. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007926 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A liquid discharge head includes an element substrate including an energy generating element; a supporting member adhesively supporting the element substrate; a sheet member adhesively bonded to the supporting member to adjoin the inner surface of an opening accommodating the element substrate in the sheet member and an end section of the element substrate; a wiring substrate bonded to the sheet member to adjoin the inner surface of an opening accommodating the element substrate in the wiring substrate and the end section of the element substrate and including a wire electrically connected to the energy generating element; and a sealant sealing a part electrical connecting the wiring substrate and element substrate, wherein the height of a wiring substrate surface opposite to that contacting the sheet member from supporting member is smaller than the element substrate surface opposite to that contacting the supporting member from the supporting member. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007927 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a first piezoelectric layer which is formed at an upper side of the first electrode and at lateral sides to the first electrode, a porous layer which is formed so as to cover side surfaces of the first piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode which is formed at an upper side of the first piezoelectric layer and the porous layer. In the piezoelectric element, the porous layer contains at least one metal element constituting the first piezoelectric layer. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007928 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head comprising: a pressure generating chamber substrate having pressure generating chambers; and a piezoelectric element including first conductive layer, piezoelectric layer, and a second conductive layer provided above the pressure generating chamber substrate, wherein the piezoelectric element includes overlapped areas where the pressure generating chamber and the piezoelectric element overlap one another in plan view, the first conductive layer has a longitudinal direction in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and are provided for each of the overlapped areas, the second conductive layer is provided continuously so as to overlap with a plurality of the pressure generating chambers and includes end areas on the side of the ends of the overlapped areas in the first direction, and the end areas are each reduced in width in the second direction as it goes toward the end in the first direction. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007929 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head comprising: a pressure chamber substrate where pressure chambers that communicates with nozzle holes are provided, and a piezoelectric element including a first conductive layer, a piezoelectric material layer, and a second conductive layer, wherein the piezoelectric element has an overlap area that overlaps the pressure chamber, the first conductive layer, the piezoelectric material layer, and the second conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layers overlap a plurality of the pressure chambers continuously, wherein, the first conductive layer is provided in each of the overlap areas and has an end portion area at one end side of the overlap area in the longitudinal direction, and wherein a width of the end portion area gets narrow in the lateral direction as the end portion area directs to the end of the longitudinal direction. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007930 | DIGITAL INK-JET GLASS PRINTER - A method and system for printing on glass boards is provided. The method may include jetting, from an inkjet printing system onto a glass board, a glass-based ink having solid glass particles to form a printed glass board; heating the glass board prior to jetting the glass-based ink; heating the glass board after jetting to fix the ink onto the glass board; conveying the printed glass board to a furnace; and firing the printed glass board in the furnace at temperature of no less than 550° C. to melt the solid glass particles onto the glass board and complete fixation of the glass-based ink. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007931 | INK-JET TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR DARK TEXTILE SUBSTRATES - An ink-jet transfer system is disclosed, as well as a transfer printed product which is highly wash-resistant, colour-fast and environment-friendly, and a process for producing the same and its use in a printing process by means of the disclosed ink-jet transfer system. The disclosed ink-jet transfer system has a substrate, a hot-melt layer applied on the substrate and at least one ink-absorbing layer which comprises a mixture of a highly porous pigment and a binder. The molecules of the pigment and if required of the binder and hot-melt layer can form chemical bonds with the dyeing molecules of the ink. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007932 | DRIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR A MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND A MEDIA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A drive control method for a media processing device prevents increasing the media production time even when a printhead cleaning process is performed before the printing process. When a media production command is input, the preprocessing time required until the printing process starts is calculated based on the media production command (steps ST | 2012-01-12 |
20120007933 | OPTICAL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical device includes: a light source including a plurality of light emitting spots that output laser beams, respectively; a separating unit that separates each of the laser beams output from the plurality of light emitting spots into a monitor beam and a scanning beam; a light-quantity measuring unit that measures a light quantity of the monitor beam; a storage unit in which respective drive currents with which the plurality of light emitting spots of the light source output a prescribed light quantity of laser beams are stored in advance; a light-source control unit that drives the light source with the drive currents stored in the storage unit and causes the plurality of light emitting spots to output the laser beams; and a determining unit that determines whether the light source operates properly on the basis of the light quantity measured by the light-quantity measuring unit. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007934 | Method of Heating Thermal Print Unit of Dye Sublimation Printer - While a dye sublimation printer prints data on a sheet, a thermal print unit is heated with a plurality of discrete heat times and a plurality of discrete cooling times. Therefore, under the condition that the thermal print unit accurately prints a target color level, degradation of printing performance caused by continuous heating of the thermal print unit is prevented. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007935 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a pulse motor which operates to carry a recording medium, a thermal head to print on the recording medium, a pulse motor control unit which controls the pulse motor so that the pulse motor is operated at a carrying velocity based on a print ratio of input print data, a head control unit which controls the thermal head in a first or second head control mode, a head detection unit which detects the type of thermal head attached in the printing apparatus and a judgment unit which judges on the basis of the type of head detected by the head detection unit whether to control the thermal head by the first head control mode or the second head control mode. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007936 | THERMAL PRINTER, THERMAL PRINTER CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A thermal printer | 2012-01-12 |
20120007937 | MULTI-PURPOSE ARMORED VEHICLE - A multi-purpose armored vehicle is configured for a wide range of purposes by military and police units and in both defensive and offensive postures. A protective canopy covers an entrance to a cockpit capable of accommodating at least one person. The vehicle is sufficiently narrow to enable it to pass through conventional gates and also doorways to, and within buildings. A pair of armor-plated shields are pivotally engaged, and selectively positionable, with the sides of the vehicle, allowing shelter to personnel traveling alongside the vehicle. An extensible boom may be fitted with a wide range of hardware including weapons and communications equipment for dealing with situations involving criminals, terrorists, etc. The shields, boom movement and extension, and hardware are all controllable from the cockpit. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007938 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH MULTI-TASKING MODULE FOR PARALLELISM - A portable device for video communication includes a control unit, a display is coupled to the central control unit, respectively. A converter is coupled to the central control unit. A vocal I/O unit is coupled to the converter and an image capture module is coupled to the control unit. A video communication module is coupled to the control unit to facility video communication and an image division module is coupled to the control unit to divide displaying areas on the display when receiving multi-images from multi-parties during multi-parties video communication. A multi-tasking module is coupled to the control unit for reassigning the control unit from one task to another to achieve parallelism or context switches. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007939 | Scene Background Blurring Including Face Modeling - Different distances of two or more objects in a scene being captured in a video conference are determined based on applying a face model to a detected face within a digitally-acquired image. At least one portion of the scene other than the face is identified as comprising a background object that is a different distance from the video camera component than the face. The technique involves blurring or otherwise rendering unclear the background object. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007940 | Scene Background Blurring Including Range Measurement - Different distances of two or more objects in a scene being captured in a video conference are determined by determining a sharpest of two or more color channels and calculating distances based on the determining of the sharpest of the two or more color channels. At least one of the objects is identified as a foreground object or a background object, or one or more of each, based on the determining of the different distances. The technique involves blurring or otherwise rendering unclear at least one background object or one or more portions of the scene other than the at least one foreground object, or combinations thereof, also based on the determining of distances. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007941 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING VIDEO FEATURES IN A STANDARD TELEPHONE SYSTEM - Systems and methods of providing video support for standard (i.e., non-video-capable) communications systems that require little or no modifications to any existing standard communications systems. The systems and methods can be implemented between at least one video channel and a standard communications system to establish call connections between a user of a video-capable communications device and a user of a standard (i.e., non-video-capable) communications device, to access video content and any associated audio content stored on a video server, and to exchange audio between the respective users of the video-capable and standard communications devices while controlling the video and/or audio output of the video-capable communications device, using the video content and any associated audio content accessed from the video server. The systems and methods can significantly enhance the experience of the user of the video-capable communications device, without requiring cost prohibitive upgrading or replacement of any existing standard communications systems. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007942 | Scene Background Blurring Including Determining A Depth Map - Different distances of two or more objects in a scene being captured in a video conference are determined using an auto-focus sweep of the scene. A depth map of the scene is generated based on the auto-focus sweep. At least one of the objects is identified as a foreground object or a background object, or one or more of each, based on the determining of the different distances. The technique involves blurring or otherwise rendering unclear at least one background object or one or more portions of the scene other than the at least one foreground object, or combinations thereof, also based on the determining of distances. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007943 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RELATIVE POSITION OF A FIRST AND A SECOND IMAGING DEVICE AND DEVICES THEREFORE - A method for determining the relative position and orientation of a first and a second imaging device by comparing the image of a commonly depicted object in a first and a second image of the first and the second imaging device respectively, wherein the first and the second imaging devices are adapted for providing first and second depth information respectively for the respective images and in which at least the first and the second depth information is used for the determination. Corresponding device are also disclosed. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007944 | Method for Creating a Videoconferencing Displayed Image - The present disclosure provides methods and systems of multipoint videoconferencing wherein layout description information is used to create videoconferencing displayed images of a composite video of one or more video images and one or more accessory elements. The layout description information is responsive to events in the videoconferencing session. Synchronization between the images of the composite video and the one or more accessory elements is done by using synchronization information that reflects the event. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007945 | Self-adaptive Adjustment Method of Video Call Service and Video Mobile Terminal - A self-adaptive adjustment method of video call service and a video mobile terminal are disclosed in the present invention, wherein the method includes: the video mobile terminal receiving parameter information representing the channel capacity of a cell to which the video mobile terminal belongs; and the video mobile terminal adjusting quality of a video call that is being performed or will be initiated by the video mobile terminal according to the parameter information received by the video mobile terminal. By the present invention, the video mobile terminal is enabled to accomplish utilization of the video call service to a maximum extent in a limited channel capacity of the cell, and the user experience is improved. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007946 | HOLOGRAM REPRODUCTION IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD - A holographic reproduction image processing apparatus includes: a detecting section detecting the luminance of a plurality of pixels in an area of a holographic reproduction image extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction in which the image has luminance variation; and an image processing section correcting the luminance variation according to luminance information supplied from the detecting section. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007947 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING THREE DIMENSIONAL MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to receive 3D image content with a plurality of left eye frames and a plurality of right eye frames, remove a portion of pixels from each left eye frame and from the corresponding right eye frame, combine remaining pixels from each left eye frame of the plurality of left eye frames with remaining pixels from the corresponding right eye frame of the plurality of right eye frames to form a plurality of transport frames where the combined remaining pixels form an alternating pattern of pixels based on either alternating rows of pixels or alternating columns of pixels from each left eye frame and the corresponding right eye frame, and encode the plurality of transport frames for delivery to a media processor. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007948 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) VIDEO SIGNAL AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method for processing a 3D video signal and a digital broadcast receiver for performing the processing method are disclosed. A method for receiving a 3D broadcast signal includes receiving signaling information of at least one stream for a 3 Dimension TeleVision (3DTV) service and a two dimensional (2D) video stream, demultiplexing at least one stream for the 3DTV service and the 2D video stream based on the signaling information, decoding at least one demultiplexed stream for the 3DTV service and the demultiplexed 2D video stream, and outputting a 3D video signal by formatting at least one decoded stream for the 3DTV service and the decoded 2D video stream. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007949 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING - A display apparatus and a displaying method generate caption information using depth information of an estimated main object area of a three-dimensional (3D) image, and combine a caption with the 3D image according to the generated caption information and display the caption-combined 3D image. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007950 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVERTING 3D IMAGES - A method and device for converting 3D images are disclosed herein. The method include the steps of analyzing a 2-dimensional (2D) image and generating 2D image information, generating a global depth and a local depth by using the generated 2D image information, the global depth corresponding to 3D effect pattern information of the 2D image and the local depth corresponding to 3D effect information of an object included in the 2D image, and generating a depth map by using the global depth and the local depth, wherein the depth map corresponds to 3D effect information of the 2D image, and generating a 3D image configured of a left-eye image and a right-eye image by using the 2D image and the depth map. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007951 | SYSTEM AND FORMAT FOR ENCODING DATA AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL RENDERING - 3D+F encoding of data and three-dimensional rendering includes generating a fused view 2D image and associated generating-vectors, by combining first and second 2D images such that the fused view 2D image contains information associated with elements of the first and second 2D images, and the generating-vectors indicate operations to be performed on the elements of the fused view 2D image to recover the first and second 2D images. The facilitates 3D rendering using reduced power requirements compared to conventional techniques, while providing high quality, industry standard image quality. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007952 | RECORDING CONTROL APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING SYSTEM, AND NONVOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUM - A recording control apparatus includes an input unit operable to input plural kinds of image data composing a stereoscopic image or a high-definition image, and a recording controller operable to control recording of the plural kinds of image data input by the input unit, to a nonvolatile storage medium. The recording controller controls the recording so that the plural kinds of image data input by the input unit are recorded to different erase blocks of the nonvolatile storage medium in such a manner that different kinds of image data are not mixed in one erase block of the nonvolatile storage medium. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007953 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND 3D IMAGE CONTROLLING METHOD THEREIN - A mobile terminal and 3D image controlling method therein are provided, by which a user can be informed of a state of a 3D effect on one or more objects in a 3D image. The mobile terminal includes a first camera configured to capture a left-eye image for generating a 3D image, a second camera configured to capture a right-eye image for generating the 3D image, a display unit configured to display the 3D image generated based on the left-eye image and the right-eye image, and a controller configured to determine an extent of a 3D effect on at least one object included in the 3D image, and to control the display unit to display information indicating the determined extent of the 3D effect. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007954 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A DISPARITY-BASED IMPROVEMENT OF STEREO CAMERA CALIBRATION - A method and apparatus for camera calibration. The method is for disparity estimation of the camera calibration and includes collecting statistical information from at least one disparity image, inferring sub-pixel misalignment between a left view and a right view of the camera, and utilizing the collected statistical information and the inferred sub-pixel misalignment for calibration refinement. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007955 | PORTABLE AUXILIARY DEVICE FOR MAKING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - In a portable auxiliary device for making stereoscopic image, a first rotatable assembly and a second rotatable assembly are rotatably mounted on an operation platform, and further respectively mounted with a first image catching device and a second image catching device thereon; a first optical guiding member and a second optical guiding member are respectively connected to the first rotatable assembly and the second rotatable assembly, and further respectively projects a first guiding light beam and a second guiding light beam. When the first rotatable assembly and the second rotatable assembly is operated to make the first guiding light beam and the second guiding light beam converged in a guided convergent position, a first optical axis of the first image catching device and a second optical axis of the second image catching device are simultaneously aligned to converge in a set convergent position. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007956 | Evaluation of the Relief of a Tire Surface by Active Stereovision - Acquisition device for taking a digital relief image of the surface of a tire P, comprising: two colour cameras ( | 2012-01-12 |
20120007957 | Method for calibrating a measuring system and a measuring station forvehicle measurement - A method for calibrating a measuring system and a measuring station for a vehicle measurement, having a road surface and at least two measuring heads, each measuring head having at least one lighting device and at least one image recording device, including applying a number of measuring points to the road surface; recording images of the measuring points and the lighting devices of at least one additional measuring head using the image recording device of at least one measuring head and moving at least one measuring head to another position and/or in another spatial alignment. The steps of recording and moving are repeated several times. The spatial position of the road surface and the position of the lighting devices of the measuring heads are determined from the images recorded. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007958 | METHOD FOR MEASURING A CHASSIS AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE CHASSIS GEOMETRY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and device are described for measuring a chassis and for measuring the chassis geometry of a vehicle, which includes providing a chassis measurement system having four measurement heads situated in known positions relative to one another, of which each has a monocular image recording device, the position of the measurement heads relative to one another being known, and the distance of the front measurement heads from one another differing from the distance of the rear measurement heads from one another; recording a respective front wheel, or a measurement target attached thereto, in at least one first run-in position of the vehicle using the rear measurement heads; recording the four wheels, or the measurement targets attached thereto, using each of the four measurement heads, in a first main measurement position and in a second main measurement position of the vehicle; carrying out local 3D reconstructions in order to determine the translation vectors, the rotation vectors, and the wheel angles of rotation between these positions, and the centers of rotation and axes of rotation of the wheels, from the recorded images of the wheels or the measurement targets attached thereto; adapting the local scales to a common, global scale via the vehicle movement; transferring the global scale from the main measurement to the run-in measurement; determining an absolute scale for the measurement heads from the measurements of the front wheels, or the measurement targets attached thereto, in the run-in positions and in the main measurement positions; and determining the chassis measurement parameters of the vehicle, including camber, partial toe, and/or total toe. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007959 | STEREOSCOPIC GLASSES AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Stereoscopic glasses and a display apparatus including the same, which can reduce a user's eyestrain, are provided. The display apparatus includes: a signal processor which processes a three-dimensional (3D) video signal to have a predetermined depth effect; a display unit which displays a 3D image based on the video signal processed by the signal processor; and a controller which controls the signal processor to process a first area determined viewed by a user and a second area that is not determined to be viewed by the user, of the 3D image displayed by the display unit, such that the first area is different in level of a depth effect than the second area. Accordingly, a user's eyestrain is remarkably reduced to thereby increase convenience. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007960 | Video processing method for 3D display based on multi-cue process - A video processing method for a three-dimensional (3D) display is based on a multi-cue process. The method may include acquiring a cut boundary of a shot by performing a shot boundary detection with respect to each frame of an input video, computing a texture saliency with respect to each pixel of the input video, computing a motion saliency with respect to each pixel of the input video, computing an object saliency with respect to each pixel of the input video based on the acquired cut boundary of the shot, acquiring a universal saliency with respect to each pixel of the input video by combining the texture saliency, the motion saliency, and the object saliency, and smoothening the universal saliency of each pixel using a space-time technology. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007961 | 3D Image Output Apparatus, 3D Image Display Apparatus and 3D Image Output Method - According to one embodiment, a 3D image output apparatus includes: an oblique display judging module configured to judge whether a thumbnail relating to an image content that can be displayed in 3D is displayed obliquely; and an image signal output module configured to: output an image signal relating to a thumbnail so that the thumbnail is displayed in 2D when the oblique display judging module judges that the thumbnail is displayed obliquely; and output an image signal relating to the thumbnail so that the thumbnail is displayed in 3D when the oblique display judging module judges that the thumbnail is not displayed obliquely. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007962 | IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, IMAGE DATA RECEPTION APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA RECEPTION METHOD, AND IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION SYSTEM - An apparatus may include a control unit to determine whether a display state notification indicating a dimensional display process exists. The control unit may set an output form of display data to be displayed on image data to an output form corresponding to a display state indicated by the display state notification. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007963 | ILLUMINATION CONTROLLER, ILLUMINATOR AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEM USING ILLUMINATION CONTROLLER, AND DISPLAY DEVICE AND EYEGLASS DEVICE FOR USE WITH ILLUMINATION CONTROLLER - An illumination controller including: an acquisition portion for acquiring timing information on a timing of a non-display period during which a display device switches a frame image of a stereoscopic video without displaying the frame image; and a control portion for brightening a light source configured to illuminate a space where the display device is situated in synchronism with the non-display period and for darkening the light source in synchronism with a display period during which the frame image is displayed, based on the timing information. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007964 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A location error determination unit determines, prior to displaying on a display device stereoscopic images including a parallax image for the left eye and a parallax image for the right eye of a subject, whether the parallax image for the left eye and the parallax image for the right eye are stereoscopic images that can be located as three-dimensional images. A parallax error determination unit determines, when it is determined that the parallax image for the left eye and the parallax image for the right eye can be located as stereoscopic images, whether a range of distribution of parallax between the parallax image for the left eye and the parallax image for the right eye is accommodated within a predetermined parallax range. An error communicating unit communicates an error when it is determined that that the parallax image for the left eye and the parallax image for the right eye cannot be located as stereoscopic images or when it is determined that the range of parallax between the parallax image for the left eye and the parallax image for the right eye is not accommodated within the predetermined parallax range. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007965 | CONTROLLER, DISPLAY DEVICE, EYEGLASS DEVICE AND VIDEO SYSTEM - A controller for controlling an eyeglass device which performs an assistance operation for assisting in stereoscopically viewing a video includes: a first acquisition portion for acquiring first frequency information relating to a display frequency of frame images of the video; a second acquisition portion for acquiring second frequency information relating to an environmental factor which periodically varies in an environment where the video is viewed; and a generator for generating a reference signal to adapt the assistance operation of the eyeglass device to display of the frame image and periodic variation of the environmental factor on the basis of the first frequency information and the second frequency information. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007966 | EYEGLASS DEVICE AND VIDEO SYSTEM - An eyeglass device for assisting in viewing a video to be stereoscopically perceived includes an optical filter portion with left and right filters for adjusting light amount to be transmitted to left and right eyes, respectively and a controller for controlling adjustment operation of the light amount by the optical filter portion, wherein the controller switches a control mode of the optical filter portion between a first control mode of controlling the optical filter portion so that the adjustment operation becomes synchronized with display of a frame image of the video and a second control mode of controlling the optical filter so that that the adjustment operation becomes slower than a frame rate of the video to make a viewer perceive the adjustment operation which is asynchronous with the display of the frame image. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007967 | VIDEO SYSTEM, EYEGLASS DEVICE AND VIDEO PLAYER - A video system includes a video player for playing data of contents and an eyeglass device used to view a video. The eyeglass device includes an optical filter portion for adjusting a light amount reaching eyes of a viewer, a battery used as a power supply of the eyeglass device, and a first transceiver for transmitting remaining charge information on battery charge remaining in the battery and receiving a synchronization signal for controlling the optical filter portion. The video player includes a second transceiver for receiving the remaining battery charge information and transmitting the synchronization signal, and a controller for calculating a time period represented by operational time information of the eyeglass device based on the remaining battery charge information and causing the second transceiver to transmit the synchronization signal so as to make the optical filter portion less frequently operated. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007968 | Shutter glasses repeater - A method, consistent with certain implementations involves at a television remote controller housing that provides a user interface that provides access to controls for television functions and encloses a television remote controller circuit: receiving a 3D shutter glasses synchronization signal; and re-transmitting the shutter glasses synchronization signal. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007969 | METHOD FOR REDUCING LEFT-EYE/RIGHT-EYE CROSSTALK IN A 3D LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND RELATED DISPLAY SYSTEM - A liquid crystal display (LCD) system for displaying three-dimensional video includes a backlight module for providing light, a liquid crystal panel for modifying brightness of the light, a backlight driver for controlling the backlight module according to a backlight module control signal, a temperature sensor for detecting temperature to generate a temperature signal, a television processor for increasing duty cycle of the backlight module control signal from a predetermined duty cycle to an increased duty cycle equaling sum of the predetermined duty cycle and an additional duty, and a shutter glasses control module coupled to the television processor for outputting a shutter glasses control signal according to the additional duty. The additional duty is based on the temperature signal. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007970 | SHUTTER GLASSES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PAIR OF SHUTTER GLASSES - A method for controlling a pair of shutter glasses utilized for viewing stereo images. A video output apparatus respectively outputs a first image and a second image during a plurality of image output periods, alternately. Each image output period includes an image driving period and an image stabilization period. The method includes controlling each of a first shutter lens and a second shutter lens to be switched between an on-state and an off-state. The first shutter lens and the second shutter lens stay in the on-state within image stabilization periods respectively corresponding to a specific first image and a specific second image, and the first shutter lens and the second shutter lens simultaneously stay in the on-state only within a single continuous time period of an image driving period corresponding to the specific second image. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007971 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF IMAGING CUT STONES - A method of imaging a cut stone. The method comprises a) identifying an orientation of a cut stone, b) creating a volumetric model of the cut stone according to the orientation, c) capturing a plurality of images of the cut stone from a plurality of viewing angles around the cut stone, d) cropping a plurality of segments depicting the cut stone from the plurality of images using the volumetric model, and e) generating a volumetric image of the cut stone from the plurality of segments. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007972 | Objective lens and endoscope apparatus - An objective lens includes, in order from an object side, a front group having negative refractive power, an aperture stop, and a rear group having positive refractive power, wherein the front group includes, in order from the object side, a first lens which is a negative meniscus lens with a convex surface turned to the object side and a second lens which is a negative lens with a concave surface turned to the object side; the rear group includes, in order from the object side, a positive third lens and a fourth lens made up of a positive lens and a negative lens cemented together, and the objective lens satisfies conditional expression (1) below: −0.82012-01-12 | |
20120007973 | IMAGING DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM - There are provided an inexpensive imaging device that may perform data transmission promptly and easily, and a transmission/reception system using the imaging device. The imaging device includes, an imaging section, a recording section storing data of images shot by the imaging section, a transmission section transmitting the data stored in the recording section to the outside by radio, and a controller controlling the transmission section to start data transmission after the imaging section finishes image-shooting. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007974 | IMAGE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus generates a cross-sectional image in the longitudinal direction inside a body cavity (e.g., blood vessel) by using an interference signal. The apparatus includes an obtaining unit for obtaining line data, and a judgment unit for judging whether or not the optical probe unit operates in a normal state based on existence or non-existence of intensity change in at least a portion of signals within the obtained line date, based on existence or non-existence of change of position in the depth direction in which the portion of signals appear, or based on change quantity per unit time with respect to the position in the depth direction in which the portion in the depth direction of signals appear. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007975 | PROCESSING IMAGE DATA - Systems and methods are provided for identifying an image having a target individual therein. An example system includes an image capture system that generates image data representing a set of a captured images of a predetermined area, an image database that stores the image data, a feature information database that stores feature information for identifying a person caught in an image as the target individual, a target individual image database that stores exemplar image data representing an image of the individual, and a processing subsystem for processing the image data to detect the target individual using the feature information and the exemplar image data. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007976 | BIOMETRIC DATA ACQUIRING DEVICE AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - An organism information acquisition device is provided with an imaging part which images a user' s hand opened and the user' s hand bent to acquire a first image and a second image respectively; a dark line extraction part which extracts dark lines from the first image and the second image; a dark line element feature extraction part which extracts the darkness and width of the dark lines extracted by the dark line extraction part from the first image and the second image; and a surface information judgment part which extracts the dark lines being surface information relating to the hand on the basis of the darkness of the dark line in the first image, the deepness of the dark line in the second image, the width of the dark line in the first image, and the width of the dark line in the second image. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007977 | MICROSCOPE CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE MANAGEMENT SERVER, IN-FOCUS POSITION INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MICROSCOPE IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - In one example embodiment, a microscope control device a controller configured to store a plurality of images having different depth positions. In one example embodiment, the microscope control device divides the plurality of images into a plurality of sub-regions. In one example embodiment, the microscope control device, for each sub-region, generates in-focus position information which corresponds to a depth position. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007978 | Method and Apparatus For Examining A Semiconductor Wafer - The edges of semiconductor wafers are examined by an imaging method and the positions and forms of defects on the edge are determined, and in addition, a ring-shaped region on the flat area of the semiconductor wafer, the outer margin of which is ≦10 mm from the edge, is examined by means of photoelastic stress measurement and the positions of stressed regions in the ring-shaped region are determined, wherein the positions of the defects and the positions of the stressed regions are compared with one another, and the defects are classified in classes on the basis of their form and the results of the photoelastic stress measurement. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007979 | MULTISPECTRAL ENHANCED VISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT LANDING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS - Apparatus for detecting airfield light emitters, the apparatus including a plurality of light detection cameras, each detecting at least one respective waveband of electromagnetic radiation within the electromagnetic spectrum, each of the light detection cameras producing a plurality of respective spectral images, and a processor coupled with the light detection cameras, thereby generating a multispectral image of the airfield light emitters from the spectral images, the multispectral image including a multi-dimensional set of spectral values, wherein the processor further determines which combination the multi-dimensional set of spectral values corresponds with a plurality of distinct light emission characteristics of the airfield light emitters by identifying a particular spectral signature corresponding to the multi-dimensional set of spectral values, wherein the processor produces an enhanced image from those spectral values of the multi-dimensional set of spectral values which correspond to the determined combination. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007980 | POSITION ENCODER APPARATUS - A position encoder apparatus, including a scale having a series of position features; and a readhead configured to read the series of position features via a snapshot capture process. The snapshot capture process is adaptable so as to compensate for the relative speed between the scale and readhead. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007981 | Passenger surveillance - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for passenger surveillance. A system for implementing passenger surveillance includes a control unit, a stationary interface, a portable interface, an Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) unit and one or more cameras. A method for enabling passenger surveillance includes mounting one or more cameras to an interior position of a housing, the one or more cameras linked to a control unit and controlled by a user interface device, the housing including one or more animate or inanimate objects, receiving images of the one or more animate or inanimate objects from the one of more cameras at the user interface device, locking on to an animate or inanimate object of interest, and tracking the animate or inanimate object of interest by controlling the one or more cameras. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007982 | Real-Time moving platform management system - A moving platform system suitable for mounting and use on a moving platform, comprising a position system monitoring the location of the moving platform and generating a sequence of time-based position data, a non-line of sight communication system, a high-speed line of sight communication system, and a computer system monitoring the availability of the non-line of sight communication system and the high-speed line of sight communication system and initiating connections when the non-line of sight communication system and the high-speed line of sight communication system are available, and receiving the sequence of time-based position data and transmitting the sequence of time-based position data via the at least one of the currently available non-line of sight communication system and the high-speed line of sight communication system. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007983 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING VEHICLE OFFENCES - Methods and systems for uniquely identifying a vehicle that has committed a potential violation are disclosed. One method comprises the steps of: obtaining first data for uniquely identifying vehicles that enter a zone of interest ( | 2012-01-12 |
20120007984 | DEVICE HAVING A CAMERA UNIT FOR RECORDING IMAGES OF THE OUTER AREA OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a device comprising a camera unit ( | 2012-01-12 |
20120007985 | CALIBRATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR ON-BOARD CAMERA - An on-board camera calibration device with high productivity is provided which allows speedy calibration of the on-board camera with high precision with a simple construction. Based on an actual coordinate specified in a projecting plane of a camera coordinate system and a converted coordinate obtained by converting an initial coordinate of a calibration point with using unfixed camera adjustment values, the adjustment values corresponding to angles of rotation about one or two axes from among three axes of the camera coordinate system are calculated and the camera adjustment values are updated. Based on the actual coordinate and the converted coordinate in accordance with the updated camera adjustment values, the adjustment values corresponding to angles of rotation about the remaining axes of the camera coordinate system is calculated and the camera adjustment values are updated. When the predetermined completion condition is satisfied, the updated camera adjustment values are fixed. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007986 | MULTIPROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND SCREEN FORMING METHOD - Provided is a multiprojection display system that includes a plurality of cameras installed in positions in which the cameras can capture images of image-capturing regions including marks whose visible light reflection ratio is higher than the projection region or support members whose ratio to reflect visible light is different from the projection region. An image processing circuit detects prescribed positions and positions of vertexes of projected images from data indicating the images captured by the cameras, and outputs data indicating the detected prescribed positions and image edge data indicating the positions of the vertexes of the to projected images. A control unit adjusts, when the Positions of the vertexes of the projected images shift from the prescribed positions corresponding to the vertexes, the positions and sizes of the projected images so that the positions of the vertexes of the projected images can be matched with the prescribed positions. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007987 | Optical system with automatic switching between operation in daylight and thermovision modes - An optical sight system that comprises a combination of a thermal scope with a CCD visual-range attachment connectable to the thermal scope with a quick-release connector. The system is equipped with a device that automatically activates the CCD visual-range attachment when the latter is connected to the thermal scope and with a comparator that compares the video signal of the CCD attachment with the video signal of the thermal scope for sending the brightest video signal to the thermal scope display. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007988 | IMAGING DEVICE, DISPLAY-IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is an imaging device including: a plurality of photodetecting elements arranged on a substrate, each having a first semiconductor layer for the channel region; and a plurality of driving elements arranged on the substrate, each having a second semiconductor layer for the channel region, wherein the first and second semiconductor layers each are a crystallized semiconductor layer, the first and second semiconductor layers each are approximately equal in thickness and impurity concentration, and the first and second semiconductor layers each have an average trap level density no higher than 2.0×10 | 2012-01-12 |
20120007989 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a solid-state imaging device provided with a plurality of arranged light-sensitive devices each having sensitivity to light in a range from a visible region to an infrared region; a first filter for transmitting light in the visible region to a first part light-sensitive device out of the plurality of light-sensitive devices; a second filter for transmitting light in the infrared region to a second part light-sensitive device out of the plurality of light-sensitive devices; and a signal processing section for changing a ratio between an electrical signal converted by the first part light-sensitive device and an electrical signal converted by the second part light-sensitive device used as an electrical signal used for deciding exposure in accordance with intensity of the electrical signal converted by the first part light-sensitive device. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007990 | Television display leveling - A television leveling module determines, using at least one accelerometer module in response to activation of the television leveling module, an angle of orientation relative to horizontal of a television coupled to a horizontal level-adjustable mounting assembly. An indication of the angle of orientation relative to horizontal is displayed on a television display. The display of the indication of the angle of orientation relative to horizontal of the television is iteratively updated in response to detected adjustments of the angle of orientation. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007991 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND DETERMINING INTEGRITY OF VIDEO - A method and apparatus for providing and determining integrity of video is provided herein. During operation, a trusted unit such as a computer housed within a securable trunk of a vehicle generates or receives data on stimuli applied to a camera and receives video purportedly taken by that camera, as means for the trusted unit or an independent entity to determine if time periods of the stimuli correspond to responses seen or heard within the video. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007992 | Method and Apparatus for Sub-Picture Based Raster Scanning Coding Order - A method and apparatus for sub-picture based raster scanning coding order. The method includes dividing an image into even sub-pictures, and encoding parallel sub-pictures on multi-cores in raster scanning order within sub-pictures, wherein from core to core, coding of the sub-picture is independent around sub-picture boundaries, and wherein within a core, coding of a sub-picture is at least one of dependent or independent around sub-picture boundaries. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007993 | IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup system includes a display screen, an image pickup device and a positioning program. The image pickup device is used for shooting a document. The display screen is used for showing a positioning mark. When the document is moved and a pre-shot document image is aligned with the positioning mark, the image pickup device is activated by the positioning program to shoot the document, thereby obtaining a document image. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007994 | Electronic device, electronic camera, and data transfer program - An electronic device includes: a data transfer unit that transfers data between a first recording medium and a second recording medium; an indication unit that indicates a communication protocol and a data transfer rate to be used in data transfer to the transfer unit; a judgment unit that judges whether or not the data transfer is successful; a control unit that controls the indication unit to indicate a communication protocol and a data transfer rate to be used in data transfer, after the judgment whether or not the data transfer is successful, based on the communication protocol used in the data transfer, the data transfer rate used in the data transfer, and the judgment whether or not the data transfer is successful. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007995 | ELECTRONIC FLIPBOOK SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for creating an electronic flipbook are disclosed. The system can include a camera and an electronic media storage device. The storage device can include a control program stored thereon and being configured to obtain a predetermined number of images from the camera. The control program can sequentially display the predetermined number of images on an electronic display in a manner to create the illusion of flipping pages of a book. | 2012-01-12 |
20120007996 | Method and Apparatus for Imaging - There is disclosed a method and apparatus for setting imaging parameters. Information of several images of a scene is received. The images are captured with different exposure times. Also information of motion of the apparatus is received. On the basis of the motion of the apparatus at least one of the exposure times is estimated. | 2012-01-12 |