| 11th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
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| 20110063371 | METHOD OF EJECTING SOLVENT-BASED INK COMPOSITION COMPRISING KETONE SOLVENT - A method of ejecting ink from a thermal inkjet printhead. The method comprises the steps of: (i) supplying an ink to at least one nozzle chamber of the printhead; and (ii) actuating a heater element in the nozzle chamber and heating the ink to a temperature sufficient to form a bubble therein, thereby causing the ink to be ejected from a nozzle opening associated with the nozzle chamber. The ink is a solvent-based ink composition comprising:
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| 20110063372 | METHOD OF EJECTING SOLVENT-BASED INK COMPOSITION COMPRISING ACETATE SOLVENT - A method of ejecting ink from a thermal inkjet printhead. The method comprises the steps of: (i) supplying an ink to at least one nozzle chamber of the printhead; and (ii) actuating a heater element in the nozzle chamber and heating the ink to a temperature sufficient to form a bubble therein, thereby causing the ink to be ejected from a nozzle opening associated with the nozzle chamber. The ink is a solvent-based ink composition comprising: | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063373 | METHOD OF EJECTING SOLVENT-BASED INK COMPOSITION COMPRISING ETHER SOLVENT - A method of ejecting ink from a thermal inkjet printhead. The method comprises the steps of: (i) supplying an ink to at least one nozzle chamber of the printhead; and (ii) actuating a heater element in the nozzle chamber and heating the ink to a temperature sufficient to form a bubble therein, thereby causing the ink to be ejected from a nozzle opening associated with the nozzle chamber. The ink is a solvent-based ink composition comprising:
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| 20110063374 | Method for Achieving Uniform Media Temperature and Size throughout the Pre-Heat Zone - An imaging device includes a source of a substantially continuous web of media, and a web transport system configured to transport the continuous web from the source along a web path having a print zone. At least one printhead arranged along the web path in the print zone and configured to deposit ink onto the web to form images. A preheating system is positioned along the web path between the source and the print zone. The preheating system includes a first heating stage and a second heating stage. The first heating stage has at least one heater configured to heat the web to an initial preheat temperature prior to reaching the second stage. The second stage includes at least one heater configured to reduce a temperature of the web from the initial preheat temperature to a target temperature for the preheating system. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063375 | EJECTION NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT HAVING DYNAMIC AND STATIC STRUCTURES - An ejection nozzle arrangement is provided having a fluid chamber having a wall and a fluid port, an arm extending through an aperture in the wall, a dynamic structure cantilevered from the wall adjacent the aperture, a static structure cantilevered from the wall adjacent the dynamic structure. The arm is connected to the dynamic and static structures at a point distal from the aperture such that thermal expansion of the dynamic structure moves the arm upwards in the chamber to eject fluid from the chamber through the port. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063376 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer disposed to face the first conductive layer, and a piezoelectric layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and composed of a compound oxide containing at least lead, zirconium, titanium, and oxygen. The piezoelectric layer includes a lead concentration gradient region in which the lead concentration increases from the first conductive layer side to the second conductive layer side. The lead concentration gradient region is disposed on the first conductive layer side of the piezoelectric layer. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063377 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer facing the first conductive layer, and a piezoelectric layer between the first and second conductive layers, composed of a compound oxide containing at least lead, zirconium, titanium, and oxygen. The piezoelectric layer includes a first crystal layer on the first conductive layer side of the piezoelectric layer and a second crystal layer continued from the first crystal layer, nearer to the second conductive layer side than the first crystal layer. In the piezoelectric layer, the lead concentration in the first conductive layer side of the first crystal layer is lower than that in the second conductive layer side of the second crystal layer. In the piezoelectric layer, the oxygen concentration in the first conductive layer side of the first crystal layer is higher than that in the second conductive layer side of the second crystal layer. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063378 | DROPLET EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COATED BODY - According to one embodiment, a droplet ejection head includes a liquid room, chambers, piezo elements, restrictors, movable pieces, and actuators. The liquid room stores a liquid. The chambers are supplied with the liquid from the liquid room and include nozzles for ejecting the supplied liquid in a droplet state. The piezo elements can be displaced in directions so as to change contents of the chambers. The restrictors bring the liquid room and the chambers in communication with each other. The movable pieces are movable in directions so as to change flow-path areas of the restrictors. The actuators move the movable pieces in the directions so as to change the plow-path areas of the restrictors. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063379 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle for ejecting liquid droplets and a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer and a pair of electrodes disposed on both sides of the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is made of a perovskite-type oxide containing barium titanate, calcium titanate, and europium oxide. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063380 | INK JET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an ink jet head includes a base portion and a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge ink formed in one end side of the base portion, an actuator including a plurality of pressure chambers corresponding to the plurality of nozzles, is provided on a first surface which is an end surface of the one end side of the base portion, ink guides which form ink channels are formed on a second surface which is a main surface of the base portion and crosses with the first surface, and a wiring connected to the actuator is formed on a third surface which is another main surface opposite to the second surface of the base portion. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063381 | INK SUPPLYING METHOD - An ink supplying mechanism includes a circulating system that connects an ink jet head having a nozzle, a pressure chamber opposed to the nozzle, and an upstream port and a downstream port that communicate with the pressure chamber, an upstream side tank that communicates with the ink jet head via the upstream port and is capable of storing an ink, a downstream side tank that communicates with the ink jet head via the downstream port and is capable of storing the ink, and a circulating pump that feeds the ink from the downstream side tank back to the upstream side tank. The ink supplying mechanism has a relief valve that is capable of opening and closing at least a liquid surface of the downstream side tank with respect to the atmospheric pressure, closes the relief valve to drive the circulating pump, sets the liquid surface of the downstream side tank to a negative pressure, and feeds the ink from the downstream side tank back to the upstream side tank via a feedback channel to circulate the ink. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063382 | INK CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An ink cartridge includes a flexible container containing ink; and a restriction mechanism allowing the flexible container to deform only in the direction to decrease the volume of the flexible container. The ink cartridge is used for an image forming apparatus including an inkjet head for jetting ink from nozzles. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063383 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A fail-safe capability is realized that not only forestalls the execution by the user of the head replacement operation in an erroneous sequence while the printing apparatus is in operation but also prevents the splashing of ink even if the user attempts to inadvertently replace the print head. For this purpose, the ink supply and the opening and closing of the print head replacement cover are performed by a predetermined rotation of one drive source. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063384 | LIQUID CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed liquid container containing liquid to be supplied to a liquid discharge head includes a container main body defining a liquid containing section and including an opening section formed in one surface of the container main body, the opening section including an opening; and a film-like flexible member sealing the opening section of the container main body. Further, the film-like flexible member is joined with a joint section formed on the opening section of the container main body in a state where the film-like flexible member is bent, and a concave-convex structure is formed in the circumferential direction of the joint section. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063385 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid container includes a liquid containing member configured to contain liquid to be supplied to a recording head for jetting liquid droplets, the liquid containing member having flexibility; and an outer container configured to accommodate the liquid containing member. The liquid containing member includes a liquid supply opening, and a side of the liquid containing member opposite to the liquid supply opening is fixed to an inner surface of the outer container. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063386 | SEALING DEVICE FOR FLUID RESERVOIR - A sealing device is disclosed that includes a latching feature configured to facilitate latching of the sealing device to a fluid reservoir; a first region configured to seal or substantially seal a fluid-discharge port on the fluid reservoir from fluid loss when the sealing device is latched to the fluid reservoir; and a second region configured to protect a circuit device on the fluid reservoir when the sealing device is latched to the fluid reservoir. Accordingly, the presently disclosed sealing device provides an effective solution to not only sealing the fluid-discharge ports on the fluid reservoir, but also protecting the circuit device. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063387 | INK CONTAINER SUPPORTS - In one embodiment, an ink container support includes a support tray adapted to support an ink container, and a front panel associated with the support tray, the front panel being adapted to facilitate user interfacing with the ink container when supported by the support tray. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063388 | POLYMERIZABLE TYPE II PHOTOINITIATORS AND CURABLE COMPOSITIONS - A polymerizable Type II photoinitiator according to Formula (I): | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063389 | INKJET WEB PRINTER - In one embodiment, an inkjet printer includes: a first series of print bars arranged along an arc on a first side of an arched printing unit and a second series of print bars arranged along an arc on a second side of the arched printing unit and a dryer positioned within a footprint of the arched printing unit. A plurality of web guides are arranged to guide the web along a duplex printing path past the first print bars for printing on a first side of the web, then through the dryer for drying the first side of the web, then past the second print bars for printing on a second side of the web, and then through the dryer for drying the second side of the web. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063390 | RECORDING METHOD - A recording method includes a first drying step of evaporating 50 to 85 wt % of ink adhering on a recording medium, the ink being ejected from a recording head onto a surface of the recording medium back side of which is supported on a medium-supporting unit which faces the recording head, and a second drying step of drying the recording medium, which has been subjected to the first drying step, at the downstream side of the medium-supporting unit in a feeding direction of the recording medium. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063391 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A sheet feeder for transporting a sheet unreeled from a roll includes a feed roller to unreel the sheet from the roll, a registration roller to transport the sheet unreeled by the feed roller to the image forming unit, a pressure roller pressing against the registration roller, forming a registration nip together with the registration roller, a movable sheet guide to guide the sheet to the registration roller, disposed between the feed roller and the registration roller in a sheet conveyance path, a support member to movably support the movable sheet guide relative to an apparatus body in which the sheet feeder is disposed, and a bias member to bias the sheet guide toward the sheet. The movable sheet guide wraps more of the sheet around the registration roller as a degree of tension of the sheet increases by moving against a bias force exerted by the bias member. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063392 | GENERATION OF COLOR IMAGES - Methods for generating a color image are provided which include a multi-layer construction in which at least one of the layers is a thermally activatable layer that includes a thermally activatable composition. The thermally activatable composition includes a non-linear light to heat converter composition and a color forming compound. Upon activation with a light source an image forms. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063393 | PRINTER AND METHOD FOR RECORDING/ERASING IMAGE - A printer prints on a recording medium having a recording surface whose visible image is recordable and erasable by the assignment of heat energy, and the recording medium has a wireless communicable IC inlet therein. The printer includes a guide conveying unit configured to convey the recording medium along a guide path, an image recording/erasing unit configured to record and erase a visible image by assigning heat energy of a thermal print head to the recording surface of the recording medium, and a control unit configured to control the image recording/erasing unit so as to assign a first temperature to a region where the IC inlet is not arranged, and so as to assign a second temperature higher than the first temperature to a region where the IC inlet is arranged when a visible image is erased. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063394 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THERMAL PRINTING - A method of controlling thermal printing based upon print density. The method includes receiving pre-formatted data representing information to be printed on two sides of a thermal print media from a computer by a processor of a thermal printer, analyzing the pre-formatted data by the thermal printer to determine different types of data to be printed with different print densities by the processor, determining an average print density of the different print densities by the processor, determining that the average print density is greater than a predetermined average print density by the processor, determining a power level required to print the data, and directing first and second thermal print heads to print the data based upon the required power level by the processor. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063395 | THERMAL HEAD MECHANISM, PRINTING DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING THERMAL HEAD - A printhead mechanism and printing device capable of readily achieving adequate printing pressure are provided. The printhead mechanism includes a thermal printhead supported and pressed to a paper sheet or ink ribbon moving in a predetermined conveyance direction, a pressing mechanism pressing the thermal printhead in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, a head supporting mechanism supporting the thermal printhead movably in head-pressing direction, wherein an acting point P | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063396 | Thermal head and printer - Provided are a thermal head that has a cavity portion at a position corresponding to heating resistors and is capable of improving thermal efficiency while ensuring strength of the cavity portion, and a printer including the thermal head. The thermal head ( | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063397 | THERMAL PRINTER WITH REDUCED DONOR ADHESION - Thermal printers and methods for operating thermal printers are provided. In one method, a sequence of thermal print head control signals is generated that is adapted to cause an array of thermal elements to cause the donor material to transfer from a donor ribbon in a manner that is modulated in accordance with image data and attenuated in accordance with an attenuation pattern. A receiver medium is urged through the printing nip while the thermal print head control signals are transmitted to the thermal print head to cause the donor material to transfer from the donor web in an image modulated pattern having a longitudinal length that is larger than a longitudinal length of the receiver medium. The attenuation pattern provides a relatively high level of attenuation at a portion of the printing wherein there is greater risk that the receiver medium will not be within the printing nip. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063398 | PRINTER AND METHOD OF DETERMINING PRINT START POSITION - A printer includes: a nonvolatile storage section configured to be capable of keeping stored content even if a power supply is turned off; a sheet storing section configured to store a label sheet wound in a roll shape; a thermal head configured to heat a label stuck to a base sheet of the label sheet and perform printing in a process in which the label sheet, which is stored in the sheet storing section, is drawn out and conveyed in a sub-scanning direction by using a motor as a driving source; a label-position detecting section provided in a sheet conveying path, which connects between the position of the sheet storing section and the position where the thermal head is arranged, and configured to detect a label position of the label sheet; an information storing section configured to store a position of the label sheet detected by the label-position detecting section when the power supply is turned off in the nonvolatile storage section as stop position information; and a position setting section configured to set the stop position information, which is stored in the nonvolatile storage section, as a print start position for printing by the thermal head. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063399 | PORTABLE PRINTER - A portable printer includes: a housing; a platen roller configured to convey a label sheet having a base sheet; a pinch roller configured to rotate following the platen roller via the base sheet; a supporting shaft configured to support the pinch roller; a shaft holder configured to hold the supporting shaft; a removing and inserting section configured to hold the shaft holder to be removable therefrom and insertable thereinto; a pawl section provided in the shaft holder, configured to resiliently hook to the removing and inserting section; a member holding section provided in the housing; and an urging member detachably attachable to the member holding section, nipped by the member holding section and the supporting shaft, and configured to apply pressing force on the platen roller to the pinch roller. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063400 | LIGHT-EMITTING CHIP, PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The light-emitting chip includes: a substrate; plural light-emitting thyristors each having a pnpn structure formed of a first stacked-semiconductor layer in which at least 4 semiconductor layers having different conductivity types and including the substrate are stacked on the substrate; a lower wiring that is formed of a second stacked-semiconductor layer in which at least 3 semiconductor layers having different conductivity types and including the substrate are stacked on the substrate, and that has a semiconductor layer between the substrate and an uppermost semiconductor layer of the second stacked-semiconductor layer, the semiconductor layer having a fixed potential so that any one of p-n junctions between the substrate and the uppermost semiconductor layer is reversely biased with respect to potentials respectively applied to the substrate and the uppermost semiconductor layer; and an upper wiring provided on the lower wiring so as to intersect with the lower wiring through an isolation layer. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063401 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL WRITING METHOD - An optical writing device includes two or more light sources. The two or more light sources can be driven independently, are placed away from each other in a sub-scanning direction of a photoreceptor, and each distance of beams emitted from the light sources to the photoreceptor is different. A phase control unit causes a difference in phase among timing control data of two or more beams emitted from the two or more light sources by a phase change amount, which is determined on the basis of beam position of the each beam on the photoreceptor in a main scanning direction and varies depending on the beam position. The modulating unit modulates the timing control data of the respective phase-controlled beams by a same clock. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063402 | METHOD OF FORMING AND MANAGING OF TEMPLATE, TEMPLATE, AND TEMPLATE FORMING AND MANAGING DEVICE - A method of forming and managing a template according to the embodiment includes forming a child template using a parent template and producing managing information about the parent template; and forming a mark including the managing information in the child template. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063403 | MULTI-CAMERA HEAD POSE TRACKING - Techniques and technologies for tracking a face with a plurality of cameras wherein a geometry between the cameras is initially unknown. One disclosed method includes detecting a head with two of the cameras and registering a head model with the image of the head (as detected by one of the cameras). The method also includes back projecting the other detected face image to the head model and determining a head pose from the back-projected head image. Furthermore, the determined geometry is used to track the face with at least one of the cameras. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063404 | REMOTE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method comprises determining a status of an object on a first device and sending an indicator of the status of the object to a remote device, the indicator being configured to allow the remote device to present the status of the object. The method may further comprise establishing audio and video communication with the remote device. The audio and video communication with the remote device may be established over a network. The object may be a book, and the status may be associated with a page number of the book. The method may further comprise displaying animated content based on the determined status of the object. The displaying of animated content may include displaying an animated character providing commentary or asking questions related to content associated with the object. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063405 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING ACOUSTIC ECHO IN VIDEO CONFERENCING - Embodiments of the present disclosure generally include a method and apparatus for minimizing acoustic echo in video conference. In one embodiment, a computer implemented method for minimizing acoustic echo in video conferencing comprises determining position information wherein the position information is derivable from a video stream and processing the position information using a computer to identify at least one direction wherein the one direction minimizes acoustic echo. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063406 | System and method for cascaded teleconferencing - A system and method for forming a cascaded teleconference between digital telephony devices is disclosed. The method comprises selecting a plurality of digital telephony devices for a teleconference. Each digital telephony device includes a microphone, a speaker, an input port, and at least one output port. A cascaded peer to peer network is formed between the selected digital telephony devices. A sum of the local microphone signal and at least one conference microphone signal is transmitted at the output of each of the plurality of digital telephony devices. The at least one conference microphone signal is broadcast over the speaker at each of the plurality of digital telephony devices to provide the cascaded teleconference. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063407 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPOINT CONFERENCE - A method and an apparatus for controlling a multipoint conference are disclosed. The method includes: determining resolution-layered coding parameters of each terminal, and sending them to their corresponding terminals; receiving the code streams sent by each terminal, selecting code streams to be displayed by each terminal among the received code streams according to the display requirements of each terminal, and transcoding or mapping the selected code streams to the code streams decodable by the terminal; and sending the code streams decodable by each terminal to their corresponding terminals. The embodiments of the present invention use an MCU to control the resolution-layered coding, and therefore, the system can include both the terminal supporting the layering protocol and the terminal supporting no layering protocol. In addition, the calculation is reduced, and the system efficiency is improved. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING AN IMAGE OVER A NETWORK WITH SPATIAL SCALEABILITY - Visual information over a network by filtering a full resolution image signal to produce a series of sub-bands, wherein at least one of the sub-bands constitutes a base sub-band representing an image of reduced resolution and wherein additional sub-bands carry higher resolution information. At least the base sub-band is transmitted to a far end endpoint to permit image reconstruction at the far end endpoint at a degree of resolution dependent on the number of sub-bands used to reconstruct the image. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063409 | ENCODING AND DECODING A MULTI-VIEW VIDEO SIGNAL - There is disclosed methods and apparatuses for multi-view video transmission and reception. The method comprises receiving a first sequence of pictures from a first view; and receiving a second sequence of pictures from a second view. The first sequence of pictures and the second sequence of pictures are divided into a first period of pictures and a second period of pictures, wherein no picture in the second period of pictures precedes any picture in the first period of pictures in output order. At least a third sequence of pictures is obtained of at least one view between the first view and the second view covering the first period of pictures. Said at least the third sequence of pictures and a first set of pictures of the first sequence of pictures and the second sequence of pictures that belong to the second period of pictures are encoded. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063410 | System and method for three-dimensional video capture workflow for dynamic rendering - There is provided a system and method for a three-dimensional video capture workflow for dynamic rendering. There is provided a method of generating three-dimensional video data comprising obtaining two-dimensional video data from a scene having a plurality of objects, identifying objects in the scene, obtaining relative positions of the plurality of objects, encoding the two-dimensional video data to generate encoded two-dimensional video data, generating relative positions metadata based on the relative positions of the plurality of objects, and providing a three-dimensional depth factor metadata for operation on the relative positions metadata. In this manner, existing two-dimensional workflows may be utilized in a cost effective manner, and end users may adjust the three-dimensional depth factor metadata to suit particular rendering environments or personal viewing preferences. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063411 | Receiving device, receiving method, transmission device and computer program - There is provided a receiving device including a receiving section receiving image data displaying a stereoscopic image in some portion of a program, procedure description information transmitted with broadcast signals and included supply source information of the stereoscopic image data, and switching instruction information indicating a switching timing instruction of the stereoscopic image transmitted with the broadcast signals, a procedure description information analyzing section switching a supply source of the stereoscopic image data based on an analysis of procedure description information, a switch notifying section notifying the procedure description information analyzing section of a switching of the stereoscopic image data when switching instruction information reaches while standing by for switching instruction information of the stereoscopic image data based on the analysis, and a playback control section switching to reception/playback of the stereoscopic image data based on supply source information and the switching instruction for the stereoscopic image data. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063412 | Image signal processing device, transmitting device, image signal processing method, program and image signal processing system - An image signal processing device is provided which includes a receiving unit for receiving an image signal and setting information for each predetermined unit of the image signal including image type setting information to define whether the image signal represents a stereoscopic image and gamma correction setting information to define a gamma correction amount for the image signal, a gamma correcting unit for performing gamma correction for the image signal based on the gamma correction setting information included in the setting information received by the receiving unit, and a stereoscopic image processing unit for selectively performing a process to display the stereoscopic image for the image signal corrected by the gamma correcting unit based on the image type setting information included in the setting information received by the receiving unit. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063413 | Method and Media Player for Playing Images Synchronously with Audio File - A method and a media player for playing images synchronously with an audio file are provided. The method includes the following steps. Audio file associated parameters are read according to a preset time interval when an audio file is played. Stereoscopic image associated parameters corresponding to the read audio file associated parameters are generated according to a preset first corresponding relation between the audio file associated parameters and the stereoscopic image associated parameters. Stereoscopic images corresponding to the audio file are generated according to the stereoscopic image associated parameters, and the stereoscopic images are played. Through the method and media player, stereoscopic images can be played synchronously when an audio file is played. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063414 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FRAME BUFFER COMPRESSION AND MEMORY RESOURCE REDUCTION FOR 3D VIDEO - A video receiver receives a compressed 3D video comprising a base view video and a residual view video from a video transmitter. The video receiver decodes the received base view video and an enhancement view video of the received compressed 3D video into a left view video and a right view video. Base view pictures are generated selectively based on available memory resource. The residual view video is generated by subtracting base view pictures from corresponding enhancement view pictures. The received base view and residual view videos are buffered for video decoding. Pictures in the buffered residual view video are added to corresponding pictures in the buffered base view video for enhancement view decoding. The left view video and/or the right view video are generated from the resulting decoded base view and enhancement view pictures. A motion vector used for a disparity predicted macroblock is applied to adjacent macroblock pre-fetching. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063415 | Hyperlinked 3D Video Inserts for Interactive Television - A viewer may directly interact with a 3D object that is virtually placed in a physical location in a video scene. Initially, the object appears as an integral part of the original video scene and does not interfere with the general viewer's experience of the program. A viewer may initiate interaction with the object using an input device. An interested viewer may navigate through the object's architecture based on the viewer's interest. For example, the viewer may drag the object to a new physical insertion point in the scene. The user may rotate the 3D object into different orientations and zoom in. Each orientation of the object, if selected by the viewer, may invoke a new linked object in the predefined architecture. For example, the viewer may walk through the linked objects in the predefined architecture or observe an object at an increasing level of detail. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063416 | 3D IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The invention concerns a 3D imaging device comprising a photodetector ( | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063417 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF STEREO IMAGES - A method and system to enable a computer to estimate calibration parameters autonomously so that accurate stereopsis can be performed. The present invention automatically calibrates two or more cameras with unknown parameters with respect to a robot or robotic appendage (e.g., articulated robot arm) with a light source that can be turned on and off at one end. A pair of cameras (e.g., digital cameras) are positioned and aimed so as to give stereoptic coverage of the robot's workspace. The procedure determines the positions and orientations of the pair of cameras with respect to a robot (i.e., exterior orientations) and the focal lengths, optical centers, and distortion coefficients of each camera (i.e., intrinsic parameters) automatically from a set of known positions of the robot arm, and a set of images from the right and left cameras of the robot arm in each position as the light is turned on and off. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063418 | Integrated Mount and Control Device for Stereoscopic Video - A device is described which allows convenient acquisition of stereoscopic video. In accordance with one embodiment, a rigid mounting bar is provided on which two camcorders can be mounted. The bar has mounting slots or other means to provide for adjustment of the distance between the two cameras. An electronic synchronization and control circuit is contained within the mounting bar. This circuit synchronizes the two camcorders quickly so that each video frame is acquired simultaneously by the two camcorders. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063419 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATING CHIP FOR MOBILE DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a stereoscopic image generation chip for a mobile equipment and method for displaying a stereoscopic image using the same. The present invention displays a stereoscopic image using a stereoscopic image generation chip loaded in a mobile equipment. In particular, the present invention performs storage/image processing by connecting taken left and right images by side-by-side scheme instead of performing storage/image processing by synthesizing the taken left and right images directly and alternately and is then able to enhance a quality of a displayed stereoscopic image in a displaying step via a synthesizing step, in which the left and right images of the stereoscopic image generation chip are alternately arranged. Moreover, the present invention enables a general 2D image to be 3-dimensionally displayed via the above stereoscopic image generation chip. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063420 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition device configured to acquire a first image and a second image for generating a stereo image; a parallax calculation device configured to calculate a parallax indicating a shift amount and a shift direction of a corresponding pixel of the second image with respect to each pixel of the first image; a parallax outline extraction device configured to extract a parallax outline, from a parallax map; a window setting device configured to set and sequentially move a pair of search windows along the parallax outline; a window determination device configured to determine a search window including an occlusion region on the basis of the first image within the pair of search windows; and a parallax correction device configured to correct a parallax of the occlusion region within the determined search window, on the basis of a parallax of another (not determined) search window. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063421 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - To make it possible to stably provide a stereoscopic image which can be viewed by each viewer in the state where the stereoscopic effect and the sense of reality are maximized. Left eye and right eye images (images for measurement), the parallax between which is continuously or stepwise changed, are outputted beforehand to a stereoscopic image display device, and the face of the viewer viewing the images for measurement is photographed. The pupil width of the photographed viewer is measured, and based on the state of the change in the pupil width, the fusion limit of the viewer is measured and registered. In the case where a stereoscopic image for appreciation is displayed, the stereoscopic image is outputted by controlling the parallax of the stereoscopic image so as to prevent the parallax from exceeding the fusion limit of the viewer, which is measured beforehand. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063422 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A video processing system and a video processing method are disclosed. It is determined whether a display mode of a display device is a Two-Dimensional (2D) mode or a Three-Dimensional (3D) mode. When the display mode of the display device is the 3D mode and a 2D On Screen Display (OSD) image is to be overlaid on an image being displayed on the display device, the display mode of the display device is switched to the 2D mode so that an image mixed with the 2D OSD image is displayed as a 2D image. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063423 | VIDEO PROCESSOR, VIDEO DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND VIDEO DISPLAYING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video processor includes: an input module configured to receive a first image frame group in which an image capturing target is captured as a video image and a second image frame group in which the image capturing target is captured in the same timing as the first image frame group; an intermediate image generator configured to generate an intermediate image of continuous image frames in the first image frame group; a display controller; and a controller. The intermediate image generated by the intermediate image generator and the second image frame group are sequentially displayed alternately, and the intermediate image is seen in one part while the intermediate image is displayed and the second image frame group is seen in the other part while the second image frame group is displayed synchronously with the display controlled by the display controller. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063424 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Right and left eye images constituting each frame image are displayed on odd and even horizontal lines, or even and odd horizontal lines, respectively, of a display screen of a liquid crystal display. When the display switches from one frame to the next, the right and left eye images are switched between the odd and even horizontal lines, or the displayed right and left eye images are overwritten with the same images, so that the right and left eye images are interlaced with each other. Each time the right and left eye images are switched between the odd and even horizontal lines, the lighting state of the backlight is adjusted and the right and left sides of the polarized glasses are switched between two retarding states so that the right side is in one retarding state, the left side is in the other retarding state, and vice versa. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063425 | Vehicle Operator Control Input Assistance - A vehicle operating system that assists a vehicle operator with locating a control input of a vehicle device so as to minimize operator distraction when operating the vehicle device. The system includes a camera having a first perspective view of the control input, a display readily observed by the operator, and a processor configured to process a signal from the camera to determine a hand position of a hand approaching the control input and output a display signal having a second perspective view of the control input that is dependent on the operator's hand position relative to the control input. The second perspective view corresponds to that of a virtual camera attached to the operator's forearm or wrist, and so provides a perspective view that is substantially fixed relative to the hand. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063426 | VISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SOLAR CELL STRINGS - A vision system for inspecting an object includes a vision tunnel having a housing with a plurality of panels to define a cavity therebetween. A lighting zone is disposed adjacent the housing, the lighting zone including a light source and a light shield which cooperate to illuminate the object disposed in the lighting zone, while blocking at least a portion of an ambient light. A sensor is disposed in the cavity of the housing to scan the object disposed in the lighting zone. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063427 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR COMBINED FULL-COLOR REFLECTANCE AND NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING - An imaging system for acquisition of NIR and full-color images includes a light source providing visible light and NIR light to an area under observation, such as living tissue, a camera having one or more image sensors configured to separately detect blue reflectance light, green reflectance light, and combined red reflectance light/detected NIR light returned from the area under observation. A controller in signal communication with the light source and the camera is configured to control the light source to continuously illuminate area under observation with temporally continuous blue/green illumination light and with red illumination light and NIR excitation light. At least one of the red illumination light and NIR excitation light are switched on and off periodically in synchronism with the acquisition of red and NIR light images in the camera. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063428 | SMALL DIAMETER VIDEO CAMERA HEADS AND VISUALIZATION PROBES AND MEDICAL DEVICES CONTAINING THEM - In a first aspect the invention is a video camera head comprising an objective lens assembly and a solid state imager (SSI) comprised of a solid state pick up device and additional circuitry adapted to produce an output video signal. The video camera head has a maximum outer diameter of 1.1 mm or less and the length of the objective lens assembly is 2.5 mm or less. In a second aspect the invention is a visualization probe comprising illumination means, an objective lens assembly, and a solid state imager (SSI) comprised of a solid state pick up device and additional circuitry adapted to produce an output video signal. The visualization probe has a maximum outer diameter of 2.8 mm or less. In a third aspect the invention is a medical device comprising a visualization probe comprised of illumination means, an objective lens assembly, and a solid state imager (SSI) comprised of a solid state pick up device and additional circuitry adapted to produce an output video signal. The medical device has a maximum outer diameter of 3.2 mm or less. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063429 | WIRELESS COMMAND MICROPHONE MANAGEMENT FOR VOICE CONTROLLED SURGICAL SYSTEM - A voice controlled surgical system including a wireless command microphone receiving audio input, a voice control module for generating commands from the audio input received by said wireless command microphone, a detection module for generating signals indicative of a proximity of said wireless command microphone, a switch module for disabling the commands in response to one or more of the signals, and an alarm module activated in response to the one or more of the signals. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063430 | BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a biometric authentication device. The biometric authentication device according to the present invention is configured such that it blocks visible light using an authentication button, the inside of which is opened or closed by a finger so as to realize the small size and slim shape of a biometric authentication device, and blocks infrared light or allows infrared light to pass while a driving unit moves vertically or horizontally by the operation of the authentication button. Accordingly, in the biometric authentication device, a camera module captures a normal image in normal mode, and captures an infrared pattern reflected from a finger in a vein authentication mode to perform biometric authentication. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063431 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CROSS-SECTION PROCESSING AND OBSERVATION - A cross-section processing and observation method includes: forming a first cross section in a sample by etching processing using a focused ion beam; obtaining image information of the first cross section by irradiating the focused ion beam to the first cross section; forming a second cross section by performing etching processing on the first cross section; obtaining image information of the second cross section by irradiating the focused ion beam to an irradiation region including the second cross section; displaying image information of a part of a display region of the irradiation region from the image information of the second cross section; displaying the image information of the first cross section by superimposing it on the image information being displayed; and moving the display region within the irradiation region. Observation images in which display regions are aligned can be obtained while reducing damage to the sample. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063432 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING, STORING AND UTILIZING IMAGES OF A GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - A system and method synthesizing images of a locale to generate a composite image that provide a panoramic view of the locale. A video camera moves along a street recording images of objects along the street. A GPS receiver and inertial navigation system provide the position of the camera as the images are being recorded. The images are indexed with the position data provided by the GPS receiver and inertial navigation system. The composite image is created on a column-by-column basis by determining which of the acquired images contains the desired pixel column, extracting the pixels associated with the column, and stacking the columns side by side. The composite images are stored in an image database and associated with a street name and number range of the street being depicted in the image. The image database covers a substantial amount of a geographic area allowing a user to visually navigate the area from a user terminal. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063433 | ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENTS USING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH BUILT-IN CAMERA - A method comprising obtaining a mobile electronic device comprising a color sensitive light sensor and outward facing optics, exposing a sample to light having a predetermined optical path-length between a light source and the color sensitive light-sensor, and measuring the amount of light transmitted though the sample with the color sensitive light sensor. Also a mobile electronic device comprising a color sensitive light sensor and outward facing optics, the mobile electronic device configured for quantitative analysis of absorbance in colored liquids. Additionally, a system comprising a mobile electronic device configured for quantitative analysis of absorbance in colored samples, the mobile electronic device comprising a color sensitive light sensor and outward facing optics and a light source. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063434 | Monitor system for monitoring riverbed elevation change at bridge pier - A monitor system for monitoring riverbed elevation changes at bridge piers is revealed. The monitor system includes a container, a rail, a holder, a photographic unit, a processor and a transmission unit. The container is disposed at a pier under the water and the rail is mounted in the container. The holder is arranged at the rail and is moved on the rail. The photographic unit is disposed on the holder to capture a monitor image of a riverbed under the water. As to the processor, it processes the monitor image so as to learn elevation change of the riverbed under the water. By the transmission unit, the riverbed elevation change is sent to a remote monitor unit so as to get the riverbed elevation according to the riverbed elevation change. Thus the riverbed elevation change at the bridge pier is monitored in real time. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063435 | POSITION MEASURING TARGET, POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, CALCULATION DEVICE FOR POSITION MEASUREMENT AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A position measuring target includes four or more reference points and a plurality of shading pattern portions. The four or more reference points are defined on a plane. The references points have positional relationships among them. The plurality of shading pattern portions corresponds a plurality of geometric curved surfaces in relation to the degree of shading used for defining the reference points. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063436 | DISTANCE ESTIMATING APPARATUS - A distance estimating apparatus includes a mirror, a camera device for obtaining an original image including a real image of the object and a mirror image of the object mirrored by the mirror, and a processor for calculating a distance between the camera device and the object on the basis of a correlation of a position of the real image included in the original image and a position of the mirror image included in the image. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063437 | DISTANCE ESTIMATING DEVICE, DISTANCE ESTIMATING METHOD, PROGRAM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND CAMERA - Conventionally, there has been a danger that CCD saturation may occur because of the influence of the shot noise and the environment light if a higher resolution of a distance image showing the distance to an object present in a target space and a higher frame rate are achieved when the distance image is estimated by the TOF method, and the distance accuracy may degrade. An emission frequency selecting unit ( | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063438 | PROCESSING METHOD USING AN ELECTRIC TOOL - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing a workpiece, such as a wall, a ceiling, a floor or the like in a building, by means of an appliance which can be moved, in particular an electric tool, wherein the appliance can be moved to at least one predeterminable nominal position. Essentially continuous position identification, in particular by means of optical methods, is carried out for the respective actual position of the appliance and/or of an object which can be moved corresponding to the appliance. The position information, such as the coordinates of the respective determined actual position and/or information relating to any, discrepancy between the nominal position and the actual position, is transmitted wirelessly to the appliance. The respective position information is indicated to the user on the appliance, for manual position control. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063439 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING ANOMALIES IN OBJECT STREAMS USING THE PHENOMENON OF GROUP SPEED - In a method and an apparatus for identifying, measuring and assessing anomalies in the behaviour of streams of people or objects, anomalies are identified, measured and assessed reliably and in all of their possible forms. At least one group in a stream of people or objects is statically identified at a particular time, the group is observed in a time profile, the group speed is measured and the streams of people or objects are assessed using the group speed. Various methods for detecting the group speed and various cases for assessing the group speed are shown. The method and apparatus is suitable for observing object streams in order to prevent accidents, for example. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063440 | TIME SHIFTED VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS - A method for providing video images to a remote viewer using a video communication system, comprising: operating a a video communication client in a local environment connected by a communications network to a remote viewing client in a remote viewing environment; capturing video images of the local environment; analyzing the captured video images with the video analysis component to detect ongoing activity within the local environment; characterizing the detected activity within the video images with respect to attributes indicative of remote viewer interest; determining whether acceptable video images are available; receiving an indication of whether the remote viewing client is engaged or disengaged; and transmitting the acceptable video images of the ongoing activity to the remote viewing client if the remote viewing client is engaged, or alternately, if the remote viewing client is disengaged, recording the acceptable video images into a memory. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063441 | IMAGER AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a surveillance system that detects a suspicious person immediately without fail and presents the detected suspicious person to a surveillant even when the system includes a large number of networked surveillance cameras. An imager included in the surveillance system retains a dynamically-updatable suspicious person list within itself and detects a suspicious person in accordance with a feature amount extracted from an image. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063442 | INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention relates to an interaction system and method for automatically generating a soundscape and lighting, which are adapted to an action of a viewer of displayed items, in order to attract the attention of the viewer to one or more of the displayed items, such as products presented in a shop or displayed in a shopping window. A basic idea of this invention is refining interactivity by triggering the generation of a lighting and soundscape upon detection of a certain viewer or user action and to adapt the generated lighting and soundscape to the viewer or user action. The invention provides in an embodiment an interaction system ( | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063443 | CRUISING SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR AUTO DETECTING AND TRACING SUSPECTED INVADERS - A cruising surveillance system comprises a plurality of wireless beacons and an unmanned vehicle. Each of the wireless beacons emits a unique wireless sequential signal. The unmanned vehicle is equipped with an infrared object sensor, a video camera recorder, a wireless transceiving unit, a central processing unit, a driving unit, and a power supply unit. The central processing unit compares the wireless sequential signal received from the wireless transceiving unit, and makes the driving unit to move the unmanned vehicle to cruises along a route defined by the wireless beacons. When the object sensor detected a suspected object, the central processing makes the driving unit to move the unmanned vehicle to approach thereto, and makes the video camera recorder to record the suspected object, and transmits a video recording of the suspected object to a surveillance center via the wireless transceiving unit. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063444 | VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS MONITORING DEVICE AND VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS MONITORING METHOD - A vehicle surroundings monitoring device can simultaneously display with high visibility a bird's-eye view image, an auxiliary image, and the direction of the auxiliary image. The vehicle surroundings monitoring device ( | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063445 | RUNWAY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A surveillance system and method for detecting a foreign object, debris, or damage (FOD) on a runway. The system comprises one or more cameras for capturing images of the runway; and an image processing system for detecting the FOD on the runway based on adaptive image processing of the images captured by the cameras; wherein the surveillance system is adaptively operable for FOD detection under both day and night ambient light conditions without assisted illumination such as infrared or laser illuminators. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063446 | SACCADIC DUAL-RESOLUTION VIDEO ANALYTICS CAMERA - Objects of interest are detected and identified using multiple cameras having varying resolution and imaging parameters. An object is first located using a low resolution camera. A second camera (or lens) is then directed at the object's location using a steerable mirror assembly to capture a high-resolution image at a location where the object is thought to be based on image acquired by the wide-angle camera. Various image processing algorithms may be applied to confirm the presence of the object in the telephoto image. If an object is detected and the image is of sufficiently high quality, detailed facial, alpha-numeric, or other pattern recognition techniques may be applied to the image. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063447 | VIDEO-IMAGING SYSTEM FOR RADIATION THREAT TRACKING IN REAL-TIME - A system for overlaying location information of a radiation source onto a current image of an area being monitored. The system is capable of integrating data from various detectors and cameras has been developed to aid in tracking a radiation source. Location information, derived from various detectors, is integrated with near real-time videos of an area being monitored to show clearly where a radiation source is likely located within the area being monitored. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063448 | Cat 5 Camera System - A controller which enables control of the functions and operations of a camera, such as a digital video surveillance camera, by utilization of the menu feature on the camera. For example, by utilizing the menu feature in a digital camera, the lens can be adjusted to control the exposure, the white balance, the backlighting, etc. The controller can control a plurality of cameras and a plurality of controllers can be connected to each other. Each controller will only control the cameras connect to it. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063449 | SURVEILLANCE CAMERA DEVICE - Disclosed is a surveillance camera device for photographing at least one subject located around the camera device. The surveillance camera device includes a rotating module, a rotation driving module, and a camera module. The rotating module is rotatably provided to support the camera module. The driving module rotates the rotating module in parallel to the ground. The camera module is disposed at one side of the rotating module to rotate together with the rotating module in the same direction and continuously photographs the subject by sequentially scanning the subject in a line unit through rotation of the rotating module. The camera module rotates to sequentially scan the subject in a line unit, thereby widening the surveillance range, improving the photographing speed, and obtaining photographing images without distortion. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063450 | Camera module - A camera module including a housing that includes one or more lenses which are sequentially fixed and coupled and of which the focus does not need to be adjusted; a holder assembly that is coupled to a lower end portion of the housing; and a main substrate that is coupled to a lower end portion of the holder assembly through a reflow process, wherein the holder assembly includes a holder including a housing mounting portion, and a filter mounting portion that is formed in such a manner that an internal space of the holder is sealed by an IR filter. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063451 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT - A luminance signal and a color information signal having high S/N ratios are generated by combining a visible luminance image component and an infrared image component at an appropriate ratio according to brightness of a subject such as brightness on a sunny day or brightness in darkness. An image pickup element | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063452 | Device for Verifying the Integrity of an Item of Displayed Data and Associated Method - A device for verifying the integrity of an item of data displayed on a display device controlled by a video controller, the video controller being connected to the display device by an appropriate connection and transmitting to it a video signal including an input interface which allows the device to be connected at a branch of the connection between the video controller and the display device, a reconstruction device which is capable, from the derived video signal, of reconstructing an image corresponding to the image displayed on the display device; an analysis device which is capable of extracting an item of reconstructed data from the reconstructed image, a comparison device which is capable of comparing the reconstructed data with a reference value of the item of data to be displayed and an alarm means which is capable of activating a malfunction alarm in accordance with the result at the output of the comparison device. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063453 | SHOT TRANSITION DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention discloses a shot transition detection method and a shot transition detection apparatus. The shot transition detection method includes an inter-frame feature differential sequence generation step of generating a plurality of inter-frame feature differential sequences with different differential scales based on a video, wherein lengths of at least two inter-frame feature differential sequences of the plurality of inter-frame feature differential sequences are greater than or equal to 2; and a shot transition detection step of detecting a shot transition in the video by an association of the plurality of inter-frame feature differential sequences. The present invention is capable of detecting a shot transition in a video effectively. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063454 | Apparatus and method used to evaluate and optimize image quality in high color gamut imaging systems - A test apparatus comprising a combination of front illuminated and rear illuminated optical reference test elements designed to produce predetermined electronic signals. The front illuminated elements comprise spectrophotometrically neutral gray patches and primary and secondary color patches of predetermined hues. Additional color patches having the same hue as the primaries and secondaries, but at lower saturation levels, generate unique logical patterns on display devices well known to the broadcasting and image reproducing industries. The rear illuminated test elements comprise wide color gamut hues at levels of saturation not attainable in reflected light systems. Also disclosed is a method of evaluating and optimizing the image quality in high gamut imaging systems, using the above described apparatus. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063455 | Monitoring Quality Of Video Signals - In a method and system for assessing video quality, an analog video signal to be assessed is input. At least part of the incoming video signal is converted to digital values. The digital values are stored. A detector determines whether any stored digital value is outside an acceptable range. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063456 | PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention accomplishes an image capture apparatus capable of allowing a user to more easily attain, as compared to a conventional image capture apparatus, image data of a captured image which includes no blown-out highlights or loss of shadow detail throughout an entire image. A portable terminal apparatus | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063457 | Arrangement for controlling networked PTZ cameras - A camera controller allows the user to control a predominant camera currently shooting a subject and its nearby cameras simply by manipulating the predominant camera. The camera controller is communicably connected to networked cameras held at positions and controls the shooting direction of the imager built in the cameras according to control data. The controller has a video data detector for extracting motion picture data produced by the predominant camera from motion picture data produced by all of the cameras, and a camera control that corrects control data about the shooting camera with camera control request data entered by the user. The camera control outputs the corrected control data about the shooting camera to the predominant camera and also to the nearby cameras near the predominant camera. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063458 | IMAGE STABILIZATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image stabilization control apparatus including a mechanism which causes a vibration when the mechanism moves is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a vibration correction unit configured to correct image shake occurring due to vibration applied to the image stabilization control apparatus. A correction value of an angular velocity of the vibration is calculated based on signals based on the angular velocity and an acceleration of the vibration, frequency bands of the signals are narrowed. During the mechanism is moving, the image shake is corrected by driving the vibration correction unit based on the angular velocity of the vibration which is corrected by the corrected value calculated before the mechanism moves. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063459 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING A STILL IMAGE FROM A MOVING IMAGE - This invention provides a system and method captures a moving image of a scene that can be more readily de-blurred as compared to images captured through the above-referenced and other known methods operating on an equivalent exposure-time interval. Rather than stopping and starting the integration of light measurement during the exposure-time interval, photo-generated current is switched between multiple charge storage sites in accordance with a temporal switching pattern that optimizes the conditioning of the solution to the inverse blur transform. By switching the image intensity signal between storage sites all of the light energy available during the exposure-time interval is transduced to electronic charge and captured to form a temporally decomposed representation of the moving image. As compared to related methods that discard approximately half of the image intensity signal available over an equivalent exposure-time interval, such a temporally decomposed image is a far more complete representation of the moving image and more effectively de-blurred using simple linear de-convolution techniques. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063460 | IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an imaging apparatus that can achieve a clear image in which motion blur is reduced even when a moving subject is photographed in a dark environment. The imaging apparatus ( | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063461 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus which senses the optical image of an object using a lens unit having a movable lens can reduce the influence of noise generated upon driving the lens from the first sound signal, based on the first sound signal obtained by the first microphone unit for collecting an object sound, and a second sound signal obtained by the second microphone unit for collecting noise. The second microphone unit is arranged at a position where the relative positional relationship with the generation source of noise generated upon driving the lens does not change even if the lens is moved. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063462 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM OF THE SAME - An image pickup apparatus for wireless-communicating with a camera accessory which periodically transits to a sleep state, transmits a change signal for changing the setting of a power saving state in an accessory apparatus, to the accessory apparatus in accordance with a first operation for instructing an image pickup preparation to decide an setting for image pickup or a second operation for instructing the image pickup based on the image pickup preparation operation being accepted by an operation unit of the image pickup apparatus, thereby efficiently suppressing stand-by electricity consumption and preventing a delay from occurring in timing when a predetermined process is executed between apparatuses. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063463 | Digital camera having video file creating function - A digital camera includes an image capturing unit, an image capturing control unit, and an image processing unit. The image capturing control unit controls the image capturing unit so as to obtain a still image. The image processing unit creates freeze video data used for reproducing the still image for a predetermined period of time. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063464 | VIDEO PLAYING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video playing system includes a camera to capture images, a display unit, a processing unit, and a storage system. The storage system stores an animation which includes a controllable element. The processing unit detects an image from the camera, to identify an object in the image, and to obtain information about the object. The processing unit further receives the coordinates of the object in the image from the detecting module to obtain a position of a viewer related to the display unit, outputs one of a number of control instructions according to the position of the viewer to control movement of the element of the animation. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063465 | Analyzing Partial Face Regions for Red-Eye Detection in Acquired Digital Images - A method for red-eye detection in an acquired digital image includes acquiring a first image, and analyzing one or more partial face regions within the first image. One or more characteristics of the first image are determined. One or more corrective processes are identified including red eye correction that can be beneficially applied to the first image according to the one or more characteristics. The one or more corrective processes are applied to the first image. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063466 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing system is provided which includes a detection section for detecting a position of an capturing section capable of performing a pan operation and a tilt operation, a determination section for determining which coordinate system is used, either a first coordinate system representing the position of the capturing section in the pan direction and the tilt direction or a second coordinate system representing a position of a subject image of the subject captured by the capturing section in a screen, and a coordinate calculator for calculating coordinates representing the position of the capturing section in the first coordinate system based on the detected position of the capturing section when using the first coordinate system, and calculating coordinates representing the position of the subject image in the second coordinate system based on the detected position of the capturing section when using the second coordinate system. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063467 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of color filters. The plurality of pixels is formed in a semiconductor substrate in a two-dimensional array arrangement. Each of the pixels has a photoelectric conversion region. The plurality of color filters is stacked on each of the pixels. The photoelectric conversion regions have the same depth irrespective of colors of the color filters stacked on the pixels. The width of a shallow portion of each of the photoelectric conversion regions is differ from a width of the deep portion of each of the photoelectric regions depending on the colors of the color filters stacked on the pixels. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063468 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING LABEL - Disclosed is a method for retrieving a label in a portable terminal. The method includes obtaining a label image photographed through a camera, extracting characters included in the label image and recognizing the extracted characters, detecting at least one label including the recognized character from a label database including multiple labels and information on the multiple labels and constituting a preliminary label candidate group including said at least one label, detecting an image characteristic of the label image, detecting at least one label having an image characteristic, which is similar with the detected image characteristic, from the preliminary label candidate group, and constituting a final label candidate group, and providing each of said at least one label included in the final label candidate group and detailed information corresponding to each of said at least one label. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063469 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured according to a predetermined image capturing method, an anomalous pixel acquisition unit configured to acquire an anomalous pixel occurring according to an image capturing method different from the predetermined image capturing method, and a display control unit configured to cause the acquired anomalous pixel to be displayed together with the captured image. | 2011-03-17 |
| 20110063470 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A solid-state imaging device which includes a plurality of pixels in an arrangement, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, pixel transistors including a transfer transistor, and a floating diffusion region, in which the channel width of transfer gate of the transfer transistor is formed to be larger on a side of the floating diffusion region than on a side of the photoelectric conversion element. | 2011-03-17 |
