05th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090027413 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a display apparatus and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes: a display unit displaying an image; an image processing unit which processes an input image signal of a predetermined initial data bit and provides the processed image signal to the display unit; a storage unit which stores a predetermined coefficient of color temperature; and a controller which controls the image processing unit to convert the input image signal to an image signal of a first data bit bigger than the initial data bit and to multiply the image signal of the first data bit by the color temperature coefficient. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027414 | Converting color data to a color palette - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method to convert a pixel tuple in a red, green, blue (RGB) color space having R, G, and B color values into a human recognizable color name corresponding to a range of numerical values of a linear color palette scale based on application of the RGB color values to a predetermined set of hierarchical rules. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027415 | Managing color output by appearance intent - In a method of managing color output by appearance intent a color display value is received. The color display value comprises at least one appearance intent tag and is associated with an item of graphic content. The color display value is converted into an intermediate color value such that an appearance intent specified by the appearance intent tag is preserved in the intermediate color value. The intermediate color value is converted into an output color display value recognizable by an output device, such that the appearance intent is preserved in the output color display value. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027416 | GRAPHIC ANTIALIASING METHOD AND GRAPHIC SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE METHOD - An antialiasing method includes: providing a first fragment; computing a first coverage area representing a portion of the first fragment covered by a first primitive; providing a second fragment juxtaposed to the first fragment and at least partially covered by a second primitive; processing the first coverage area to obtain a corrected coverage area indicative of a visible first fragment portion resulting from the juxtaposition of the fragments; and applying an antialiasing procedure based on the corrected coverage area. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027417 | Method and apparatus for registration and overlay of sensor imagery onto synthetic terrain - A method and apparatus for registering sensor imagery onto synthetic terrain is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting a sensor image having sensor image data, registering the sensor image data, orthorectifying the registered sensor image data, calculating overlay data relating the registered and orthorectified sensor image data to geographical references, converting the registered and orthorectified image data into a texture, and draping the texture over synthetic terrain using the overlay data. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027418 | Map-based interfaces for storing and locating information about geographical areas - User interfaces and computer enabled methods for defining, discovering, and viewing map layers are provided. The map layers annotate an existing map by providing additional information that is not present in the existing map. A contribution user interface receives and configures the map layer on a web browser. The contribution user interface allows the map layer to be positioned over a desired location and displayed as a semi-transparent image overlay superimposed over the existing map. The map layer may be enlarged, reduced, and rotated to match the features of the existing map. The map layer is stored for use by other users. The layer may be retrieved by users who search for the desired location or for related or nearby locations. The layer may be displayed as a search result, and may be displayed for viewing by users as a partially-transparent image overlay over the existing map. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027419 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device has a display panel, a reading unit, and a control unit. The display panel has a rectangular display region with a first area, and having a longer side and a shorter side with an aspect ratio of a (a>1). The reading unit hat reads a rectangular original image. The control unit controls display of the original image on the display panel. The control unit includes a magnified-image producing unit, an image defining unit, a display control unit. The magnified-image producing unit that magnifies the original image by a predetermined scale to produce a magnified image. The image defining unit that divides the magnified image by a divisional line extending in parallel with either one of a longer side direction and a shorter side direction, to define a partial magnified image having a predetermined width and an area equal to or less than the first area. The display control unit displays a whole of the partial magnified image in the display region. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027420 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic equipment includes a main body, a display screen, an orientation sensing module and a display controlling module. The display screen is arranged on the main body for displaying an image in an original orientation. The orientation sensing module includes a first elongated chamber, a first sensing unit, a second sensing unit, an opaque medium partially filled in the first elongated chamber and an air pocket received in the first elongated chamber. The display controlling module is configured for deviating the displayed image at a given angle clockwise or counterclockwise from the original orientation of the image. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027421 | Computer system with a zooming capability and method - The computer system with zoom capability includes a floating zoom button which follows a cursor or may be navigated by a stylus or a finger tip across the display screen of the computer system. The floating zoom button includes a floating zoom “+” button and a floating zoom “−” button where the “+” button locates itself by default under the cursor and a zoom-in function is activated if the user interactive input device is actuated. A computer mouse, a pointing device, a stylus, or a finger tip may be used as the user interactive input arrangement. The cursor may move within the floating zoom button area provided to allow displacement of the cursor between the “+” and “−” buttons without displacement of the location of the floating zoom button. In this manner, the user may opt for the “−” button which represents a zoom-out with a minimization of any effort. By actuating the user interactive input device while the cursor points to the “−” button, a zoom-out action is performed on the display area provided within the floating zoom button area. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027422 | Image brightness control and compensation device for field emission display - An image adjusting device for adjusting brightness of an image signal is disclosed. The image adjusting device comprises a converting module and a processing module. The converting module is configured to convert an input image to an image signal. The processing module is coupled to the converting module and configured to adjust the image signal to generate an output signal according to a predetermined method, and the processing module further comprises a determining module, an adjusting module and a compensating module. The determining determines the brightness of the image signal to generate a determining signal. The adjusting module generates an adjusting signal according to the determining signal and a predetermined adjusting value. The compensating module adjusts the image signal to generate the output signal according to the adjusting signal. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027423 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display and a method for driving the same, which may compensate for the degradation of an organic light emitting diode. The organic light emitting display includes: a plurality of pixels, each including an organic light emitting diode and a pixel circuit for controlling a supply of an electric current to the organic light emitting diode; and a sensing unit for converting a voltage applied to the organic light emitting diode to a digital value during a sensing period, and for sinking a second current from the pixel corresponding to the digital value to compensate for a degradation of the organic light emitting diode during a sampling period. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027424 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for equalizing deterioration in a display device having a plurality of pixels and each pixel has a self-emissive type display element includes applying an equal voltage to the display elements in a plurality of pixels causes the pixels to illuminate so that a comparatively smaller current flows in the display element with a large deterioration, while a comparatively larger current flows in the display element with a small deterioration, thereby equalizing deterioration in the display elements. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027425 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display panel which comprises sub-pixels including an R sub-pixel, a G sub-pixel, a B sub-pixel and a W sub-pixel and disposed in a matrix form, a gate line and a data line which insulatingly cross each other and transmit a driving signal to the sub-pixels; a driver connected to the gate line and the data line; and a signal controller which comprises a signal converter including a W extracting unit to convert R, G and B image signals into R, G, B and W image signals and a rendering unit to render the R, G, B and W image signals so that eight sub-pixels adjacent in an extending direction of the gate line display three pixels, and controls the driver to apply rendered image signals to the display panel. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027426 | Digital video screen device - Device for a digital video screen comprising one or more printed circuit substrates on which are mounted one or more integrated circuits covered by a one-piece display surface. The display surface is covered by one or more luminous substances that are excited by the integrated circuits placed underneath. A video screen is formed where each subpixel is composed of a certain number of basic luminous units activated or deactivated by electrical switches on logic controls. Binary words are applied on the logic controls, and correspond to values of desired colors for each sub-pixel in such a way that the image refresh rate is independent of the loading rate, the rate of change, the resolution of the displayed image and the dimension of the video screen. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027427 | DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a drive circuit for a liquid crystal display device, including: a main reference table, having an entry for a drive voltage applied to a pixel at a border of a partitioned area; a sub reference table, having an entry for a drive voltage applied to a pixel in the partitioned area; and an area determining circuit element, for determining the partitioned area for a pixel according to a value of an input image signal for the pixel and determining whether the drive voltage is obtained by using the main reference table or by using the sub reference table, according to the partitioned area determined. Therefore, an appropriate over drive voltage may be obtained and the number of the entries may be lowed. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027428 | Inkjet Apparatus and Inkjet Control Method - The inkjet apparatus of the present invention includes an inkjet section, a determination section, an inkjet control section, and the like, and the inkjet section is movable in a main scanning direction Y and a sub scanning direction X relative to a medium. In case where a plurality of pixel print targets ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090027429 | INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD TO CONTROL THE SAME - An inkjet image forming apparatus and a method to control the same are provided to prevent a reduction in the print image quality due to inkjet nozzle deformation. The trajectory direction of ink inclined by inkjet nozzle deformation is corrected by controlling the amount of heat generated by a plurality of heaters that are arranged in parallel to the conveyance direction of paper for each inkjet nozzle provided on an inkjet head chip mounted in an inkjet print head. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027430 | METHOD FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COLOR FILTER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL ELEMENT - A method for discharging a liquid material includes performing a scan by moving a discharge target having a film formation area and a plurality of nozzles forming a nozzle row with respect to each other, and discharging a liquid material as droplets from the nozzles onto the film formation area by selectively applying one of drive waveforms generated using time division to an energy generation element of each of the nozzles in synchronization with the scan. The discharging of the liquid material includes applying a first drive waveform to a first nozzle of the nozzle row and a second drive waveform having a different discharge timing from the first drive waveform to a second nozzle of the nozzle row with the second nozzle being adjacent to the first nozzle, and changing a combination of the first and second drive waveforms selected from the drive waveforms at least once. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027431 | INKJET APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a driving method of an inkjet apparatus, includes applying the same driving pulse to a plurality of piezoelectric elements; measuring a discharge speed and a discharge volume of a discharged object which is discharged through a plurality of nozzles; adjusting the discharge speed which comprises comparing the discharge speed and discharge volume of each nozzle with a predetermined reference permissible range to detect nozzle deviations from the reference permissible range, and adjusting the discharge characteristic of the one or more detected nozzles within the reference discharge permissible range. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027432 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method and Computer-Readable Recording Medium of Image Processing Method - An image forming apparatus includes an image process control unit processing an image data and generating a control signal, and a drive pattern generation unit to generate a drive pattern to drive a recording head, based on the control signal, the drive pattern generation unit generating at least a first drive pattern and a second drive pattern which is different from the first drive pattern. The drive pattern generation unit sets a reference potential of the second drive pattern as a target reference potential and applying a pattern end of the first drive pattern to one of a pull-up pattern and a pull-down pattern operation before the second drive pattern is performed, wherein the drive pattern generation unit generates one of the pull-up pattern and the pull-down pattern based on a slope value obtained by comparing the target reference potential and the end potential. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027433 | Method And Apparatus For Automatically Aligning Arrays Of Printing Elements - A method and apparatus for aligning the printing of dots generated by at least one array of printing elements in an printing apparatus, wherein the method includes the steps of printing a calibration test pattern, scanning the printed calibration test pattern, determining at least one calibration value based on the scanned calibration test pattern, positioning an alignment adjustment tool relative to the array of printing elements of which the alignment needs to be adjusted and, based on the calculated calibration value, automatically adjusting the alignment of the array of printing elements using the alignment adjustment tool. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027434 | METHOD FOR DISCHARGING DROPLETS AND DROPLET DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A method of discharging droplets includes discharging a liquid material from a droplet discharge head and causing the droplet discharge head and a substrate as a landing target for the liquid material to move relative to each other to thereby deposit the liquid material on the substrate, feeding and removing the substrate to and from a droplet discharge apparatus provided with the droplet discharge head, performing a weight measurement discharge from the droplet discharge head substantially concurrent to the feeding and removing of the substrate to and from the droplet discharge apparatus, and measuring the weight of the liquid material discharged in the weight measurement discharge. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027435 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND LIQUID STORAGE AMOUNT JUDGMENT METHOD - The liquid ejection apparatus has: a sub tank having a liquid chamber which stores liquid, a gas chamber which fills with gas, and a flexible film which divides the liquid chamber from the gas chamber; a liquid tank which is connected to the liquid chamber and stores the liquid; a liquid conveyance device which conveys the liquid between the liquid chamber and the liquid tank; an ejection head connected to the liquid chamber; a control device which carries out control in such a manner that pressure in the gas chamber is controlled to control back pressure of the liquid in the ejection head; a liquid pressure determination device which determines pressure in the liquid chamber; a gas pressure determination device which determines the pressure in the gas chamber; and a liquid storage amount judgment device which judges whether or not an amount of the liquid stored in the liquid chamber is within a tolerable range in which the back pressure of the liquid in the ejection head can be controlled, according to a gas-liquid pressure differential which is a difference between the pressure of the liquid chamber determined by the liquid pressure determination device and the pressure of the gas chamber determined by the gas pressure determination device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027436 | System and method for lubricating a transfer roller with an image member - Ghosting conditions occur less frequently during duplex printing when a transfix roller in a printer is enabled to remain in rolling contact with release agent on a print drum after a trailing edge of a media sheet has left a transfix nip between the transfix roller and the print drum. A printer in which such rolling contact occurs includes a print drum for receiving ink ejected by a print head, a release agent applicator located proximate to the print drum to apply release agent to the print drum, a transfix roller located proximate to the print drum, a displaceable linkage coupled to the transfix roller to move the transfix roller into and out of contact with the print drum, a controller coupled to the displaceable linkage for generating signals that cause the displaceable linkage to move the transfix roller, the controller being configured to generate a transfix signal, a roll-off signal, and a release signal, and the displaceable linkage responds to the transfix signal to move the transfix roller to form the transfix nip with the print drum, the displaceable linkage responds to the roll-off signal to move the transfix roller away from the print drum so the transfix roller remains in rolling contact with the print drum with reduced pressure being exerted on the print drum, and the displaceable linkage responds to the release signal to move the transfix roller out of rolling contact with the print drum. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027437 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a plurality of heads that eject liquids, a plurality of driving signal generating units that are disposed in the plurality of heads and generate driving signals used for driving the plurality of heads, a temperature control unit that controls temperatures of the liquids, a supply path that supplies the liquids of which temperatures are controlled by the temperature control unit to the plurality of heads, and a controller that changes the driving signals, which are generated by the plurality of driving signal generating units corresponding to the plurality of heads, based on the temperatures of the liquids in the plurality of heads. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027438 | DETERMINING ENCODER STRIP EXPANSION - A system is provided that includes an encoder strip having encoder markings, first and second optical encoders positioned at a fixed distance from one another on a substrate and, responsive to being moved along the encoder strip, configured to generate first and second signals, respectively, that each indicate detection of the encoder markings on the encoder strip and processing circuitry configured to determine a current phase difference between the first and the second signals using a first portion of the first signal that corresponds to a first plurality of encoder markings and a second portion of the second signal that corresponds to a second plurality of encoder markings. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027439 | Non-volatile memory data integrity validation - The present disclosure relates to a replaceable printing component for use in a printing system including print mechanism configured to receive the replaceable printing component. The replaceable printing component includes an electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for selectively storing information received from the print mechanism, the electrical storage device includes a storage portion containing data associated with the replaceable printing component, and first and second validation fields configured to store error detection codes relatable to the data contained in the storage portion to determine whether the data is valid. Wherein the electrical storage device is configured, prior to a first transfer of data from the print mechanism to the storage portion, to receive and store in one of the first and second validation fields an error detection code related to the data currently contained in the storage portion, and the electrical storage device is configured to receive and store in the other of the first and second validation fields an error detection code related to the data that will be contained in the storage portion after the first data transfer. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027440 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A controller of a liquid ejecting apparatus forms first inspection patterns on a medium in a head moving direction while moving a liquid ejecting head in a forward direction. Corresponding second inspection patterns are formed on the medium in the head moving direction while moving the liquid ejecting head in a backward direction. When forming the patterns, the controller sets a voltage of a drive pulse corresponding to a preferable combination of the first and second inspection patterns, as a normally-used voltage used for normal forming. The controller differentiates the voltages of the drive pulses used for forming the inspection pattern for every combination of the first and second inspection patterns. The second inspection patterns correspond to the first inspection patterns at timings when positions of the second inspection patterns in the head moving direction are theoretically aligned with the positions of the first inspection patterns. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027441 | COMPACT PRINTER WITH STATIC PAGE WIDTH PRINTHEAD - A compact printer is provided with a static page width printhead. An elongate support case defines a docking bay and has a personal computer (PC) interface connector protruding from one end thereof. A print media cartridge is configured to dock in the docking bay in a releasable manner. A page-width printhead assembly is mounted across an opposite end of the support case to said one end. The printhead assembly includes a static ink ejection printhead configured to eject ink upon print media supplied from the cartridge. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027442 | PRINT ENGINE WITH NESTED CRADLE, PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE AND INK CARTRIDGES - The present invention relates to a print engine with a nested cradle, printhead cartridge and ink cartridges that form a stack. The print engine includes a printer cradle including an elongate chassis, a media drive assembly mounted at one end of the chassis, and a print media drive roller extending along the chassis and driven by the media drive assembly. A printhead cartridge is installed in the cradle to form a plurality of docking bays and includes an ink ejection printhead. Ink cartridges are installed in respective docking bays to supply respective types of ink to the ink ejection printhead. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027443 | INKJET PRINTER AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - The present invention provides an inkjet printer and an inkjet printing method, which enable an ink that overflowed to the outside from the edge of a printing medium to be fully absorbed by a platen. More specifically, the present invention provides an inkjet printer, comprising a platen, which absorbs a pigment ink that overflows to the outside of a printing medium when edgeless printing is carried out on the printing medium by using an ink that employs a pigment as a colorant, moving a printing head along a guide shaft, and ejecting the pigment ink from the printing head, and also an inkjet printing method, wherein the platen is impregnated with a humecant, a base, and the like. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027444 | LIQUID ABSORBING MATERIAL, CAP DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid absorbing material, being provided in a liquid ejecting apparatus having a liquid ejecting head for ejecting liquid from nozzle openings formed on a nozzle forming surface, and being able to come into abutment with the liquid ejecting head so as to cover the nozzle openings and being stored in a cap having a discharge channel for discharging the liquid in the interior thereof, includes a body portion to be arranged in the cap when being stored in the cap, and a projecting portion arranged in the discharge channel. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027445 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes heads arranged so that their ejection faces make a first row and a second row each extending in a first direction, caps to cover respective ejection faces of the heads, and a moving mechanism to move the caps. When the caps are at their withdrawal positions, the caps corresponding to the respective heads constituting the first row are disposed so as to overlap the heads of the first row with respect to a second direction parallel to the ejection faces, and overlap the heads of the second row with respect to the first direction, and the caps corresponding to the respective heads constituting the second row are disposed so as to overlap the heads of the second row with respect to the second direction, and overlap the heads of the first row with respect to the first direction. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027446 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes liquid ejection heads, wipers, and a movement means. The liquid ejection heads respectively have ejection faces, and are arranged in such a manner that the ejection faces form two rows extending in one direction and in addition two of the ejection faces included in different rows do not overlap each other along a direction perpendicular to the one direction. The liquid ejection heads are divided into one or more head groups each including two of the liquid ejection heads corresponding to the different rows. The movement means moves two of the wipers associated with two liquid ejection heads belonging to each head group, from inner end portions of the ejection faces in opposite directions along the perpendicular direction while keeping the two wipers in contact with the ejection faces. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027447 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes a plurality of liquid ejection heads, and a plurality of wipers. The plurality of liquid ejection heads are divided into a plurality of head groups each including two of the liquid ejection heads. When in a wiper withdrawal position, the wiper associated with one of the liquid ejection heads belonging to each head group is positioned so as to overlap the one liquid ejection head along a direction perpendicular to one direction and in addition overlap the other of the liquid ejection heads along the one direction, while the wiper associated with the other liquid ejection head is positioned so as to overlap the other liquid ejection head along the perpendicular direction and in addition overlap the one liquid ejection head along the one direction. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027448 | PRINTHEAD WITH RECIPROCATING COILS - The present invention relates to a printhead for an inkjet printer. The printhead includes a plurality of nozzle arrangements. Each nozzle arrangement includes a nozzle defining a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with an ink ejection port. A static coil is fixed within the chamber. A movable coil is movably attached within the chamber. An actuator is configured to provide current to the coils so that the movable coil reciprocates relative to the static coil and ink in the chamber is ejected from the ink ejection port. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING A CONTINUOUS WEB EMPLOYING A PLURALITY OF INTERLEAVED INK-JET PENS FED BY A BULK INK SOURCE - This invention provides a system and method for printing continuous web and feeding ink to printing pens (or cartridges) that employs an array of interleaved ink-jet pens that are arranged to receive bulk ink through a manifold. The manifold and pens are mounted on a fixed array suspended over the web feed path. The manifold includes a plurality of self-sealing quick-disconnect couplings that each serve a discrete ink-jet pen. The pens lay down ink in a registered manner across the full width of the web. The pens are organized into two parallel, multi-pen arrays that are each diagonally oriented with respect to the feed direction. The feed path allows for duplex printing with a second web-side's array located on a lower level of the device, generally beneath the first-side's array. Duplex printing is facilitated due to its inherent length of the feed path. The printed part of the web is free of contact over predetermined lengths that ensure sufficient time for the drying of ink. Each pen is interconnected with a connection to a respective manifold that maintains a vacuum so as to prevent seepage of ink from the pen nozzles. The vacuum is maintained by a draw pump, while ink is continuously provided to the manifold via a float switch in a pressure regulator. The regulator is fed by a bulk ink supply using a feed pump. A check-valve standpipe on each manifold assists in removing any trapped air from the system, thus assisting in maintaining the vacuum. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027450 | INKJET PRINT HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An inkjet print head and a manufacturing method thereof capable of simplifying a manufacturing process without performing an additional process to form a heater layer that includes a substrate, a heating element stacked on the substrate to heat the ink, a transistor having a gate electrode to drive the heating element, a chamber layer to form an ink chamber filled with the ink above the heating element, and a nozzle layer stacked on the chamber layer to form a nozzle to eject the ink, wherein the gate electrode and the heating element include a metal silicide film formed through a salicide process. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027451 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus which ejects liquid to a recording medium, comprises a liquid droplet ejecting head including a nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzles are formed, the nozzles being configured to eject liquid droplets; a dielectric elastomer disposed around the nozzle surface; a pair of electrodes configured to sandwich the dielectric elastomer; and a nozzle protector formed integrally with the dielectric elastomer on a recording medium side of the dielectric elastomer. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027452 | REMOVABLE DRIVE ELECTRONICS UNIT FOR HIGH RESOLUTION PRINT ENGINE - A print engine for drop-on-demand printing having a removable drive electronics unit and a removable ink jetting structure. The ink jetting structure may include an actuator mechanism, a nozzle, and a flexible circuit. The drive electronics unit may include an input port, at least one driver chip, and an outlet port. The inlet port may receive electronic data from an external information source and convert the received electronic data into electronic signals used to activate the actuator mechanism. The output port of the drive electronics and the flexible circuit may be removably connected through the use of an electronics connection device. This connection may allow the electronic signals generated by the drive electronics unit to be delivered to the actuator mechanism. These signals may control when the actuator mechanism is activated, thereby controlling the formation and jettison of ink droplets out of the nozzle of the ink jetting structure. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027453 | INK-JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK CARTRIDGE THEREFOR - An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink supply port is formed and plural contacts for connecting to external control means are formed on the exposed surface of the circuit board. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027454 | PRINT ENGINE ASSEMBLY WITH CHASSIS AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A print engine assembly includes an elongate chassis to be mounted within a printer. The chassis defines a print media exit slot. A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly bears drive circuitry configured to drive a print media feed mechanism. The PCB assembly is mounted to the chassis to form an elongate channel. An ink ejection printhead is located within the channel and is configured to eject ink upon print media. The print media feed mechanism is mounted to the chassis within the channel, and is configured to feed the print media past the ink ejection printhead during ink ejection and then out through the exit slot. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027455 | MODULAR PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH SERIALLY MOUNTED PRINTHEAD MODULES - A printhead assembly has an elongate casing. A plurality of printhead modules is mounted serially on the casing. Each printhead module has a fluid channel member defining a number of channels extending along a longitudinal axis of the casing. A printhead tile defines a fluid distribution assembly mounted on the fluid channel member in fluid communication with the channels. The fluid distribution assembly is defined by a laminated structure of the printhead tile. A micro-electromechanical printhead integrated circuit is mounted on the tile to receive fluid from the fluid distribution assembly. The fluid distribution assembly is configured to supply the integrated circuit with at least ink and to adjust fluid flow to compensate for microscopic nozzles of the printhead integrated circuit. A securing arrangement is on the fluid channel member to secure each module to the casing in a replaceable manner and drive circuitry is arranged in the casing and connected to the printhead integrated circuits to control operation of the printhead integrated circuits. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027456 | HEATING ELEMENT - Embodiments of a heating element of a fluid ejection device are disclosed. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027457 | Fluid ejection device - Embodiments of a fluid ejection device are disclosed. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027458 | HOT MELT INK DELIVERY RESERVOIR PUMP SUBASSEMBLY - A print head pump assembly has a piezo element plate having an array of piezoelectric elements, a channel plate having an array of channel regions corresponding to the array of piezoelectric elements, and a valve plate having an array of reed valve pairs corresponding to the array of channel regions. A print head assembly has at least one ink reservoir, an upper routing plate to receive ink from the ink reservoir, a lower routing plate to direct ink out of the print head, and a pump assembly to draw ink from the upper routing plate and deliver ink to the lower routing plate using piezoelectric diaphragms. A method of delivering ink to a print substrate includes providing ink to a low-pressure reservoir of a print head, drawing ink out of the low-pressure reservoir through an upper routing plate using a pump assembly internal to the print head, and pumping ink out of the print head through a lower routing plate using the pump assembly, such that the drawing and pumping processes continuously alternate. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027459 | INK JET BREAK-OFF LENGTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A jet break-off length measurement apparatus for a continuous liquid drop emission system is provided. The jet break-off length measurement apparatus comprises a liquid drop emitter containing a positively pressurized liquid in flow communication with at least one nozzle for emitting a continuous stream of liquid. Heater resistor apparatus is adapted to transfer pulses of thermal energy to the liquid in flow communication with the at least one nozzle sufficient to cause the break-off of the at least one continuous stream of liquid into a stream of drops of predetermined volumes. A sensing apparatus adapted to detect the stream of drops of predetermined volumes is provided. A control apparatus is adapted to determine a characteristic of the stream of drops of predetermined volumes that is related to the break-off length. Further apparatus is adapted to inductively charge at least one drop and to cause electric field deflection of charged drops. Jet stimulation apparatus comprising a plurality of transducers corresponding to the plurality of nozzles and adapted to transfer pulses of energy to the liquid sufficient to cause the break-off of the plurality of continuous streams of liquid into a plurality of streams of drops of predetermined volumes is also disclosed. Methods of measuring the jet break-off length using phase sensitive amplification circuitry are disclosed. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027460 | SYSTEM FOR ALIGNING A CHARGE TUNNEL OF AN INK JET PRINTER - A system and method for aligning a charge tunnel of an inkjet printer. The system may include a charge tunnel unit and a charge tunnel base. The charge tunnel unit includes a slot, and is configured to impart an electrical charge on ink droplets passing through the slot. The charge tunnel unit may be at least partially pivoted about the base through the tightening or loosening of an adjustment screw. The system may also include a charge tunnel cradle that is operably connected to the charge tunnel base and the printhead deck. The charge tunnel base and the charge tunnel cradle may be operably connected to a adjustment fastener. The tightening or loosening of the adjustment fastener may linearly move the charge tunnel base, and attached charge tunnel unit, towards or away from the charge tunnel cradle, thereby allowing for the adjustment of the linear position of the slot. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027461 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink feeding mechanism includes an ink reservoir | 2009-01-29 |
20090027462 | WIDE FORMAT INK CARTRIDGE - An ink cartridge has a first wall and a plurality of side walls extending from the first wall to form an internal cavity between the side walls and the first wall. The internal cavity is substantially filled with ink. A cover is attached to the plurality of the walls. An ink supply port is formed in one of the plurality of side walls. An ink supply flow path is formed in the first wall and extends to the ink supply port. A porous member is interposed between the ink supply flow path and the ink supply port or a wall of the cartridge for minimizing formation of bubbles in ink in the ink supply flow path and the ink supply port. Grooves are also provided in the ink supply flow path to further reduce formation of bubbles. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027463 | WIDE FORMAT INK CARTRIDGE - An ink cartridge has a plurality of walls forming an internal cavity which is substantially filled with ink, and an ink supply flow path provided in one of the walls of the ink cartridge. An ink supply port is provided in another of the walls of the cartridge, wherein the ink supply flow path connects to the ink supply port. The ink supply flow path includes a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment houses a wicking member, and the second compartment is configured to trap air bubbles formed in ink as it travels through the ink supply flow path. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027464 | WIDE FORMAT INK CARTRIDGE - An ink cartridge has a body having a plurality of side walls forming an internal cavity therein. An ink supply flow path is formed in one of the side walls. An ink supply port is formed in another of the side walls. The port is fluidically connected to the ink supply flow path. A memory device for storing information for the ink. A housing is provided for the memory device. The housing has first and second walls extending from a surface into which said memory device is installed for aligning the memory device and maintaining electrical contact between the memory device and an electrical contact assembly of a printer. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027465 | WIDE FORMAT INK CARTRIDGE - An ink cartridge has a body having a plurality of side walls forming an internal cavity therein, the internal cavity is substantially filled with ink. An ink supply flow path formed in one of the side walls. An ink supply port is formed in another of the side walls, wherein the ink supply flow path extends to the ink supply port. The side wall having the ink supply port further has one or more angled surfaces for guiding the ink cartridge into a printer. A tab is provided for aligning the cartridge during installation into the printer. A pad is provided to overcome the friction force of installing the cartridge into the printer. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027466 | Phthalocyanines and Their Use in Ink-Jet Printing - A mixture of compounds of Formula ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090027467 | INK CARTRIDGE - An ink cartridge having a container for storing ink therein and having an ink supply port formed at a leading end side in an insertion direction of the container, a memory device disposed on a first of two opposite surfaces parallel to the insertion direction of the container, the memory device having an electrode for electrical connection to the recording device; a retaining member disposed on the first surface and located at a trailing end side relative to the memory device in the insertion direction, the retaining member serving to selectively engage with the recording device; and another retaining member disposed on the second surface and which also serves to selectively engage with the recording device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027468 | CARTRIDGE WITH STACKED PRINT MEDIA SUPPLY AND INK SUPPLY PORTIONS - The present invention relates to a cartridge for a printer. The cartridge includes a first molding and a second molding which mate together to form a print media supply portion configured to house a stack of print media. A print media transport mechanism is mounted within the print media supply portion and is configured to dispense an endmost sheet of print media from the stack. An ink supply portion is configured to be mounted to the print media supply portion to define a plurality of separate ink storage chambers. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027469 | INK SUPPLYING SYSTEM - An ink supplying system is disclosed. The ink supplying system includes an ink tank, an adapter, an ink supplying tube, and a filter unit. The ink tank stores ink. The adapter includes a connecting section, and the adapter is detachably attached to an ink cartridge attaching section of a main body of an image forming apparatus via the connecting section, to which ink cartridge attaching section an ink cartridge is originally detachably attached. The ink supplying tube connects the ink tank to the connecting section of the adapter. The filter unit is in the middle of the ink supplying tube and the filter unit is changeable. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027470 | INKET PRINTER AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - The present invention provides an inkjet printer and an inkjet printing method, which enable an ink that overflowed to the outside from the edge of a printing medium to be fully absorbed by a platen. More specifically, the present invention provides an inkjet printer, comprising a platen, which absorbs a pigment ink that overflows to the outside of a printing medium when edgeless printing is carried out on the printing medium by using an ink that employs a pigment as a colorant, moving a printing head along a guide shaft, and ejecting the pigment ink from the printing head, and also an inkjet printing method, wherein the platen is impregnated with a humecant, a base, and the like. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027471 | INKJET PRINTER AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - The present invention provides an inkjet printer and an inkjet printing method, which enable an ink that overflowed to the outside from the edge of a printing medium to be fully absorbed by a platen. More specifically, the present invention provides an inkjet printer, comprising a platen, which absorbs a pigment ink that overflows to the outside of a printing medium when edgeless printing is carried out on the printing medium by using an ink that employs a pigment as a colorant, moving a printing head along a guide shaft, and ejecting the pigment ink from the printing head, and also an inkjet printing method, wherein the platen is impregnated with a humecant, a base, and the like. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027472 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS, INK-JET COPIER AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A containing member contains a recording medium which has a base member and granular material coated on both sides of the base member, and roughness of the surfaces of the coated granular material is smaller than the roughness of the base member. A printing unit includes an ink-jet recording head which jets recording liquid onto the recording medium. A conveyance unit and a conveyance path convey the recording medium, one side of which has been already printed, into the printing unit again in order to print image onto the other side thereof. A unit is provided for enabling the printing unit to print image on the recording medium such that the vertical orientations of the images printed both sides of the recording medium are coincide with each other. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027473 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECORD PRODUCT, AND INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BODY AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS USED THEREFOR - In the image-recording of an intermediate transfer system applying an ink jet recording method, reactive liquid reactable with ink is properly formed on the intermediate transfer body. By using the intermediate transfer body having a pattern consisting of lyophilic and lyophobic sections on a surface thereof, the reactive liquid is uniformly applied to the intermediate transfer body to form a layer having a suitable thickness. Thereby, it is possible to form an ink image on the intermediate transfer body while preventing the miss landing of ink droplets and restricting the deformation of an ink dots. By transferring this ink image to a recording medium, it is possible to form a high-quality ink image on various kinds of recording media in a stable manner. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027474 | PRINTER WITH PRINT ENGINE MOUNTED WITHIN PAPER TRAY - A printer includes a housing in which a pair of guide rails is mounted. A print media tray is arranged to move along the guide rails within the housing. A motor assembly is configured to move the print media tray along the guide rails so that the print media tray can be ejected and retracted relative to the housing. A print engine is mounted within the print media tray and includes an ink ejection printhead in fluid communication with a replaceable ink cartridge. The ink cartridge can be accessed when the print media tray is ejected. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027475 | HINGED PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT (PDA) WITH INTERNAL PRINTER - A personal digital assistant (PDA) includes a body housing circuitry and an internal printer. The body bears a keypad and defines a print media ejection slot. A display is pivotally connected to the body about a hinge joint so that the display can be folded over the keypad. A releasable retainer portion is hingedly secured to the body. A print engine is housed within the body. The print engine is configured to transport the print media past the internal printer during printing and out through the print media ejection slot. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027476 | PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT INCORPORATING A PRINTER - Provided is a personal digital assistant. A printer is arranged in a body section. The printer includes a printhead, a motor driver and a media transport device arrangement for transporting print media from a roll of print media past the printhead. A motor driver and guillotine motor arrangement sever the printed print media from the roll of media. A microcontroller controls the printhead and respective motor driver arrangements. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027477 | Thermal printhead - A thermal printhead includes a substrate, a heating resistor formed on the substrate, a drive IC for controlling power application to the heating resistor, and a thermistor mounted on the substrate and including first and second terminals. The drive IC includes a print execution signal terminal for activation of the heating resistor upon application of a voltage higher than a threshold value. The first terminal of the thermistor is connected with the print execution signal terminal. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027478 | Spring Clip - A method and apparatus for attaching a mirror to a housing with a spring clip such that the spring clip applies a substantially constant force to the mirror when a fastener for attaching the spring clip to a mounting structure of the housing has an axis defining an angle with a surface of the mounting structure that is within a predetermined range of angles. An arched contact surface with an aperture for receiving the fastener is provided on the spring clip such that the fastener contacts the contact surface tangentially. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027479 | Dynamic Visual Background For Call-Center Agents - A system is disclosed that enables a first call participant, such as an agent at a call center, to project a carefully-controlled appearance towards a second call participant, such as a customer calling for technical support, while on a video call. Using the real-time image of the first call participant while on a video call, as well as additional information, the system of the illustrative embodiment selects and superimposes a visual background that appears to the caller as being behind the agent. The visual background can be selected to cater towards what the caller expects or wants to see, or what the message is that the agent-represented business wants to convey. The system of the illustrative embodiment can dynamically change the visual background during a call or from one call to another, depending on factors related to the calling party, factors related to the called party, and so forth. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027480 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF PROCESSING CALL SIGNAL THEREIN - A mobile terminal including a camera configured to capture video data, a wireless communication unit configured to receive a video communication call signal and to transmit and receive real-time data with at least one other mobile terminal, a controller configured to control communication with the at least one other mobile terminal to be performed with video data and the real-time data and to prevent audio data associated with the video data from being output on the mobile terminal, when the received video communication call signal is connected, a display configured to display the real-time data and the video data received from the at least one other terminal, and an input unit configured to input the real-time data to be transmitted to the at least one other mobile terminal. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027481 | METHOD OF MONITORING 3G VIDEO TELEPHONY THROUGH DM PORT - Disclosed herein is a method of monitoring 3G video telephony through a DM port. The method is performed using monitoring equipment in a state in which the monitoring equipment, provided with a driver module capable of opening the DM port of a mobile communication terminal for measurement, is connected to the mobile communication terminal. The method includes the steps of (a) opening the DM port of the mobile communication terminal, (b) setting up connection between the mobile communication terminal and a counterpart terminal by sending a key press command through the DM port, (c) sending H.324M protocol-based log commands through the DM port in order to receive voice or video data from the counterpart terminal, and receiving the voice or video data from the mobile communication terminal, (d) decoding and decompressing payload data of the received voice or video data, and (e) analyzing the decompressed voice or video data. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027482 | Full duplex network based appliance and method - A duplex communications device provides full duplex audio and video communications between a first location and a second location. The device includes a transceiver unit at the first location configured to transmit audio and video data over a wireless network to the second location where a broadcast studio may be located. The transceiver unit is further configured to receive audio and/or video data sent over the wireless network from the second location back to the first location. The audio and/or video data is provided to at least one of an on-air talent and a cameraperson located at the first location. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027483 | VIDEO CONFERENCE SYSTEM - A videoconference system includes a head office controller ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090027484 | Call Resource Management Based on Calling-Party Disengagement from a Call - A system is disclosed that addresses a problem that can occur when a calling party of a video call withdraws from the call, but does not actually hang up. For example, after the calling party begins working through an interactive voice and video response (IVVR) session, the party might put his phone down, step away, drop the phone inadvertently, or otherwise disengage from the call without hanging up. In this event, the terminal itself is still connected to the call, so the call resource is tied up serving the terminal, even though the calling party has temporarily disengaged from the call. The system of the illustrative embodiment detects the disengagement of the party from the call and, as a result, suspends the use of the call resource that has been allocated for the call until the party re-engages with the call. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027485 | Automatic Monitoring of a Call Participant's Attentiveness - A system is disclosed that enables a first call participant, such as an agent at a call center, to receive feedback about his attentiveness towards a second call participant while on a video call. Using the real-time image of the first call participant while on a video call, as well as additional information, the system of the illustrative embodiment evaluates one or more facial characteristics of the first participant, such as eye gaze; accumulates a record of predetermined, attentiveness-related conditions having been met; and notifies the first participant, or some other person such as the participant's supervisor, of the participant's attentiveness patterns. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027486 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus | 2009-01-29 |
20090027487 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image obtaining device which obtains image data taken from multiple viewpoints, an image processing device which selects one of the image data and applies a process of emphasizing a stereoscopic effect with respect to the selected image data, to generate list display image data, a file generation device which generates a recorded image file which stores the list display image data and the image data taken from the multiple viewpoints, and a display device which, when the recorded image file is displayed in a list, uses the list display image data to perform the list display. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027488 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - There are provided a video processing apparatus and a video processing method. The video processing apparatus includes: a plurality of signal delay parts which sequentially store left-eye pixel information and right-eye pixel information that are alternately supplied; an interpolation unit which interpolates the right-eye pixel information and separately interpolates the left-eye pixel information; and an image generating unit which generates a left-eye image and a right-eye image based on the interpolated left-eye pixel information and the interpolated right-eye pixel information, respectively. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027489 | Signal Processing Apparatus for Electronic Endoscope and Electronic Endoscope Apparatus - An electronic endoscope provided with a plurality of solid-state image pickup devices is connected to the endoscope connection portion of a signal processing apparatus for an electronic endoscope. The signal processing apparatus for an electronic endoscope includes a selecting operation portion for performing the operation to generate a selecting signal to allow the selection of at least one output signal of the plurality of solid-state image pickup devices provided in the electronic endoscope connected to the endoscope connecting portion; a signal processing circuit performing signal processing for the output signal of one solid-state image pickup device selected based on the selecting signal and generating a video signal, and an information switch control portion performing the switching of the information to be displayed in the display device regarding the electronic endoscope corresponding to one selected solid-state image pickup device whose output signal is selected. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027490 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR ENDOSCOPE - This is an endoscope apparatus which has an endoscope which picks up an image of a sample using a solid state image pickup element and outputs an image pickup signal, and a processor which processes the above-mentioned image pickup signal, generates HDTV and SDTV serial digital video signals, switches one side of those selectively, and performs a serial output, in which the serial digital video signal switched selectively by the above-mentioned processor is output through a first connector, the above-mentioned processor is equipped with a discrimination signal generating section which is linked with selection switching of the above-mentioned HDTV or SDTV serial digital video signal to generate an HDTV/SDTV discrimination signal which can discriminate the above-mentioned HDTV or SDTV serial digital video signal, and the discrimination signal is output through a second connector different from the above-mentioned first connector. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027491 | Image Pick-Up Module And Method For Assembling Such An Image Pick-Up Module - An image pick-up module comprises an electronic image sensor, single-piece circuit board electrically bonded to the image sensor, and at least one cable electrically bonded and leading away from the circuit board. The circuit board has at least three sections, first and second section extending in relation to the other and obliquely or crosswise to the image sensor, and third section arranged between first and second section. The image sensor is arranged on the circuit board opposite the third section. In a method for assembling the image pick-up module, the circuit board has the form of a planar board blank comprising at least three sections folded along flexible connecting sections whereby the at least one cable is bonded to the board, and the board folds whereby a third section is located between first and second section, and the image sensor is bonded to the circuit board opposite the third section. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027492 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE DEVICE - There is provided an electronic endoscope device for use with an electronic endoscope. The electronic endoscope device is provided with a light source unit configured to supply illumination light to the electronic endoscope, and a processor unit configured to process an image signal provided by the electronic endoscope. In this configuration, only one unit of the light source unit and the processor unit is configured to be directly connectable with the electronic endoscope, and the other unit of the light source unit and the processor not directly connectable with the electronic endoscope is configured to be directly connectable with the one unit configured to be directly connectable with the electronic endoscope. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027493 | Method and device for security in public places - Security system for public places controlled remotely, manually and by a computer program, using cameras and various weapons. Using amongst other methods of crisis identification; facial recognition, behavior recognition and sound recognition. Methods to neutralize the danger of suspect attackers. Useable in public buildings, at public gatherings, on public transport and the like. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027494 | PROVIDING GRAPHICS IN IMAGES DEPICTING AERODYNAMIC FLOWS AND FORCES - A video broadcast of a live event is enhanced by providing graphics in the video in real time to depict the fluid flow around a moving object in the event and to provide other informative graphics regarding aerodynamic forces on the object. A detailed flow field around the object is calculated before the event, on an offline basis, for different speeds of the object and different locations of other nearby objects. The fluid flow data is represented by baseline data and modification factors or adjustments which are based on the speed of the object and the locations of the other objects. During the event, the modification factors are applied to the baseline data to determine fluid flow in real time, as the event is captured on video. In an example implementation, the objects are race cars which transmit their location and/or speed to a processing facility which provides the video. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027495 | Internet visual surveillance and management technology for telecommunications, Internet, cellular and other communications companies - A visual surveillance system described enabling plurality of telecommunications, Internet, cellular and other communications companies and providers to provide commodity online surveillance services, products and values to plurality of clients comprising: plurality of serving apparatus, plurality of on-site apparatus and plurality of stationary and mobile apparatus. The serving apparatus comprising: media gateway mechanisms, analysis mechanisms, media distribution mechanisms, messages and notification mechanisms, recording mechanisms, control mechanisms, abstract database mechanisms and abstract media storage mechanisms. The visual surveillance system also comprising: distributed architecture and distributed storage file system from plurality of serving apparatus. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027496 | IMAGE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An image information management system includes: a reading device which reads unique information from a storage medium in which the unique information is stored; an imaging device which automatically starts shooting a video at a time of detecting a change of a picture image in an image area; and a processing device which includes a database which receives the unique information read by the reading device and the image information shot by the imaging device and associates the unique information and the image information to store the unique information and the image information. The processing device includes a control unit which associates the unique information and the image information to store the unique information and the image information in the database in a case of receiving the unique information and the image information, and which associates the image information and identification information indicating that no unique information is received to store the image information and the identification information in the database in a case of receiving only the image information from the imaging device and no unique information from the reading device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027497 | CAMERA LIGHT - A camera light assembly ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090027498 | SECURITY CLOCK DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A discrete or covert surveillance-communication device and system is disclosed that includes at least one miniature video surveillance camera and alerting-communication assemblies hidden in objects resembling office, commercial or household devices, such as a wall clock. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027499 | PORTABLE MULTI-MEDIA SURVEILLANCE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING SURVEILLED INFORMATION - The present invention is generally directed to a device for capturing, storing, sharing and communicating audio/video information and other related multimedia data. The present invention relates more particularly to a portable media capture device wearable by an individual such as a first responder. The device provides point-of-view information and associates the information with meta-data. The point-of-view information may be utilized for subsequent review or contemporaneous transmission to other responders or devices. The device enables surveillance or on-the-scene data captured from a user's view point to be collected and disseminated in real time to remote locations or retrieved at a later time. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027500 | DETECTING AN OBJECT IN AN IMAGE USING TEMPLATES INDEXED TO LOCATION OR CAMERA SENSORS - An object is detected in images of a live event by storing and indexing templates based on representations of the object from previous images. For example, the object may be a vehicle which repeatedly traverses a course. A first set of images of the live event is captured when the object is at different locations in the live event. A representation of the object in each image is obtained, such as by image recognition techniques, and a corresponding template is stored. When the object again traverses the course, for each location, the stored template which is indexed to the location can be retrieved for use in detecting the object in a current image. The object's current location may be obtained from GPS data from the object, for instance, or from camera sensor data, e.g., pan, tilt and zoom, which indicates a direction in which the camera is pointed. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027501 | DETECTING AN OBJECT IN AN IMAGE USING CAMERA REGISTRATION DATA INDEXED TO LOCATION OR CAMERA SENSORS - An object is detected in images of a live event by storing and indexing camera registration-related data from previous images. For example, the object may be a vehicle which repeatedly traverses a course. A first set of images of the live event is captured when the object is at different locations in the live event. The camera registration-related data for each image is obtained and stored. When the object again traverses the course, for each location, the stored camera registration-related data which is indexed to the location can be retrieved for use in estimating a position of a representation of the object in a current image, such as by defining a search area in the image. An actual position of the object in the image is determined, in response to which the camera registration-related data may be updated, such as for use in a subsequent traversal of the course. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027502 | Portable Apparatuses Having Devices for Tracking Object's Head, and Methods of Tracking Object's Head in Portable Apparatus - The portable apparatus includes camera section, head tracking section, image processor, video codec section and camera controller. The camera section obtains image of object. The head tracking section receives the image from the camera section, detects head area from the image, simulates the head area using model of ellipse, and calculates shape similarity, which represents similarity between the shape of the gradients of pixels at boundary of the ellipse and that of the ellipse, and color histogram similarity between internal area of candidate figure and internal area of the modeling figure. In order to obtain of the position of candidate ellipse of which color histogram similarity has maximum value, mean shift, which requires small amount of calculation with respect to first number of samples in internal area of the candidate ellipse, is used. Image processing section performs image-processing on the image based on quality information of the detected head area. Video codec section performs differential encoding on the detected head area based on the location of the detected head area. The camera controller controls rotation of the camera section on the basis of the location of the detected head area. Robust head tracking algorithm with small quantity of calculation is modified to be adapted to portable device, the user's head area may be tracked appropriately for the portable device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027503 | ERROR DETECTING APPARATUS - An error detecting apparatus can diagnose what is happening with the line through which the image signal is passed, and determine a cause of trouble when the line diagnosed as going out of order. The error detecting apparatus comprises an error detecting circuit for detecting a direct voltage from an output line through which an image signal is outputted to a display apparatus from an image signal outputting apparatus, and a CPU, wherein a zener voltage of a zener diode is within a first range, the CPU is adapted to make a decision that the output line is in the output-line-to-power-line short state when a voltage of a cathode of a zener diode is within the first range, a voltage of the electric potential regulated by a pull-up circuit is within a second range, the CPU is adapted to make a decision that the output line is in the electrically-disconnected state when the voltage of the output line is within the second range, an output voltage of a smoothing circuit is within a third range, the CPU is adapted to make a decision that the output line is in the normal state when the output voltage of the smoothing circuit is within the third range, a reference potential defined by a ground line is within a fourth range, the CPU is adapted to make a decision that the output line is in the output-line-to-ground-line short state. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027504 | System and method for calibrating a camera - A method of calibrating a camera includes capturing a set of dark images at each of a plurality of different exposure settings, thereby generating a plurality of sets of dark images. Each set of dark images is averaged, thereby generating a fixed pattern noise image corresponding to each one of the exposure settings. The method includes determining fixed pattern noise for at least one pixel of the camera based on an exposure setting of the camera and at least one of the fixed pattern noise images. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027505 | Peripheral shared image device sharing - A mechanism configurable to transmit at least a portion of at least one image representation at a peripheral shared image device in a manner that can be received by at least one capturing shared image device, and/or configurable to receive at least the portion of the at least one image representation at the at least one capturing shared image device such as been transmitted by the peripheral shared image device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027506 | XY stage and image-taking apparatus - The position of a first bonded body is adjusted in an X direction so that a first hall element approaches a position facing a boundary between N and S poles of a first magnet when an X stage is positioned in the middle of a movement stroke in the X direction. Further, the position of a second bonded body is adjusted in a Y direction so that a second hall element approaches a position facing a boundary between N and S poles of a second magnet when the Y stage is positioned in the middle of a movement stroke in the Y direction. The magnet is provided at a position where the sensitivity of the hall element is maximum. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027507 | XY stage and image-taking apparatus - An XY stage includes an X stage and a Y stage. The X stage is supported at three points, i.e., two bearings of a first guide shaft, and a first support shaft. The Y stage is also supported at three points, i.e., two bearings of a third guide shaft, and a second support shaft. A CCD holder, which is a stage to be moved, is also supported at three points, i.e., two bearings of a second guide shaft and one bearing of the first guide shaft. The one bearing supporting the CCD holder is opened in the Y direction to be U-shaped so that the first guide shaft is inserted therein, and the first guide shaft is supported on one side of this U-shaped bearing by receiving a biasing force applied by a spring, so that the attitude of the CCD holder in a predetermined direction is defined. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027508 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE, AND OUTPUT DEVICE - In a system built from an imaging device and an output device, camera shake compensation is performed while processing load imposed on the imaging device is being lessened. An image processing system is built from a digital camera and a printer. Image data pertaining to a subject are recorded in a recording medium. Further, the amount of blurring of the digital camera is detected by means of a gyroscopic sensor, and PSF data are recorded in the recording medium. The printer is equipped with an image conversion section, a PSF conversion section, and an image restoration section, and a resolution of the image data and a resolution of the PSF data are converted, thereby restoring an original image. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027509 | Vision System With Deterministic Low-Latency Communication - Vision system and method. The system includes a vision system, including: a camera, a processor and memory, coupled to the camera, and an EtherCAT interface, coupled to the processor and memory, possibly contained in a chassis, and operable to couple to an EtherCAT network that provides for deterministic low-latency communication between the vision system and devices coupled to the EtherCAT network. The vision system may be configurable to operate as any of: an EtherCAT master device, an EtherCAT slave device, or a TCP/IP Ethernet device. One or more additional vision systems may couple to the EtherCAT network. The vision systems may be synchronized using an EtherCAT distributed clock technique, time-based triggered, and/or event triggered, via the EtherCAT network, e.g., in a multi-view vision, collaborative processing, control, I/O, or video servoing application, e.g., using an EtherCAT deterministic low latency closed loop feedback system, including processing, control, or I/O devices. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027510 | Imaging Device - Whether a digital camera body ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090027511 | Illumination Device, Imaging Device, and Imaging System - An illumination device performs illumination light communication, and signals indicative of the luminance of an object illuminated with illumination light and the color temperature of the illumination light are superposed on the illumination light. An electronic camera demodulates the illumination light received by a light-receiving circuit and determines the aperture value and the shutter value depending on luminance information included in the demodulation signal and an imaging sensitivity set in the electronic camera. The electronic camera demodulates the illumination light received by the light-receiving circuit and changes the color temperature adjustment reference used for color adjustment processing in accordance with color temperature information. | 2009-01-29 |
20090027512 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. An obtaining unit obtains a first still image, a first difficulty level indicating a complexity of the first still image, a second still image, and a second difficulty level indicating a complexity of the second still image. A combining unit combines the first and second still images at a combination ratio which is changed along a time axis to generate a moving image. An encoding unit encodes the moving image. A moving-image difficulty-level calculating unit calculates a moving-image difficulty level indicating a complexity of the moving image according to the first and second difficulty levels and the combination ratio changed along the time axis. A control unit controls a characteristic of a process of encoding the moving image according to the combination ratio changed along the time axis and the moving-image difficulty level. | 2009-01-29 |