13th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140085307 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF HIERARCHY VISUALIZATIONS - A method, system, and computer program product for presentation of data in enterprise applications. The method form commences by identifying a hierarchy of data maintained by an enterprise application (e.g., in a database). A hierarchy processor or other processor reads the hierarchy of data to configure a graphical representation of the hierarchy of data to be displayed on a display device. The graphical representation includes a graphical display indication corresponding to one or more relationships between items in the displayed hierarchy. Additional display indications include a calculated summary value of aggregated data, such as where the aggregated data is calculated using an aggregation function. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085308 | User Interface Incorporating Waterfall Chart - A user interface to a data warehouse includes an interface engine that is configured to present data in the format of a waterfall chart. Based upon data received from the data warehouse and input from the user (e.g. color schemes, the order of the columns), the interface engine is configured to display a waterfall chart. In such a waterfall chart, data may be presented in the form of vertical (or horizontal) bars growing in different directions from different zero points, rather than in a uniform direction from the same zero point (e.g. from an axis origin). The interface engine may employ color and/or other techniques to present the data of the waterfall chart. Embodiments may be particularly suited for the presentation of certain types of business information, for example data relevant to a profit margin decomposition analysis. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085309 | QUICK RESPONSE CODE DISPLAY FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND ERROR HANDLING - A system for communicating status information associated with a plurality of devices has a display controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of devices, configured to receive data associated with at least one of the plurality of devices. The display controller is also configured to generate at least one barcode representative of the received data. The system has a display screen communicatively coupled to the display controller. The display screen is configured to display the at least one barcode. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085310 | FONT GENERATING SYSTEM OF DISPLAY - A font generating system of a display includes a variable converting module, a database and a font generator. The variable converting module is used to receive a first set of font parameters and environmental parameters of the display and to generate a second set of font parameters according to the first set of font parameters and the environmental parameters of the display. The database is used to store font data of a plurality of characters. The font generator is used to generate images of the characters according to the second set of font parameters and font data of the plurality of characters. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085311 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ANIMATED FONT FOR CHARACTER AND COMMAND INPUT TO A COMPUTER - A method includes receiving from a user a gesture input and correlating the gesture input with a first animated font character in an animated font character library. As the gesture input continues, the first animated font character morphs into a second animated font character to give a visual appearance to the user of a character forming on the display device. In this regard, the first animated font character and the second animated font character can be component animated font characters that are each segments of a completed animated font character that is formed in step with the gesture input. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085312 | SEAMLESS FRACTURE IN A PRODUCTION PIPELINE - Systems and processes for rendering fractures in an object are provided. In one example, a surface representation of an object may be converted into a volumetric representation of the object. The volumetric representation of the object may be divided into volumetric representations of two or more fragments. The volumetric representations of the two or more fragments may be converted into surface representations of the two or more fragments. Additional information associated with attributes of adjacent fragments may be used to convert the volumetric representations of the two or more fragments into surface representations of the two or more fragments. The surface representations of the two or more fragments may be displayed. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085313 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANIMATING NON-HUMANOID CHARACTERS WITH HUMAN MOTION DATA - Systems, methods and products for animating non-humanoid characters with human motion are described. One aspect includes selecting key poses included in initial motion data at a computing system; obtaining non-humanoid character key poses which provide a one to one correspondence to selected key poses in said initial motion data; and statically mapping poses of said initial motion data to non-humanoid character poses using a model built based on said one to one correspondence from said key poses of said initial motion data to said non-humanoid character key poses. Other embodiments are described. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085314 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DIGITAL SCENE DESCRIPTION DATA AND TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER SCENE PROCESSING DEVICE - A method for transmitting digital scene description data from a transmitter scene processing device to at least one receiver scene processing device is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of encoding of scene description data and rendering commands in the transmitter scene processing device by setting of priorities for the scene description data and related rendering commands and dynamically reordering the scene description data and related rendering commands depending on the respective priorities in order to reduce the bandwidth required for transmission and/or to adapt to unreliable bandwidth; and transmitting the encoded scene description data and related rendering commands to the at least one receiver scene processing device for decoding and executing the rendering commands in relation to the transmitted scene description data by the at least one receiver scene processing device to achieve animated digital graphic. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085315 | COMBINING SHAPES FOR ANIMATION - A system includes a computing device that includes a memory for storing instructions. The computing device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method that includes combining, in a nonlinear manner, a first set of vertex displacements that represent the difference between a first animated expression and a neutral animated expression with a second set of vertex displacements that represent the difference between a second animated expression and the neutral animated expression. The number of vertices associated with the first set of vertex displacements of the first animated expression is equivalent to the number of vertices associated with the second set of vertex displacements of the second animated expression. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085316 | FOLLOW ME NOTIFICATION AND WIDGETS - Methods and systems for providing a virtual reality environment are disclosed. The environment includes shared information that is presented by a user interface to all of the participants to a meeting held within the virtual reality environment. In addition, information that is personal to particular participants can be displayed by the user interface to those participants. Accordingly, the user interface provides shared information and personal information areas. In addition, a user can interact with both the shared and personal information areas, without needing to leave the virtual reality environment. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085317 | TRANSPARENT MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURE WITH TRANSPARENT ELECTRICAL ROUTING - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for providing a transparent multilayer structure having electrical connections between conductive components disposed throughout the structure. In one aspect, a thin transparent conductive adhesive is used to provide electrical connections between layers. These electrical connections can be made throughout the multilayer structure, even in portions of the structure that overlie a display in a display device, reducing the overall footprint of a display device including such a multilayer structure. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085318 | Multi-GPU FISTA Implementation for MR Reconstruction with Non-Uniform K-Space Sampling - A system for performing image reconstruction in a multi-threaded computing environment includes one or more central processing units executing a plurality of k-space components and a plurality of graphic processing units executing a reconstruction component. The k-space components executing on the central processing units include a k-space sample data component operating in a first thread and configured to receive k-space sample data from a first file interface; a k-space sample coordinate data component operating in a second thread and configured to receive k-space sample coordinate data from a second file interface; and a k-space sample weight data component operating in a third thread and configured to retrieve k-space sample weight data from a third file interface. The reconstruction component is configured to receive one or more k-space input data buffers comprising the k-space sample data, the k-space sample coordinate data, and the k-space sample weight data from the one or more central processing units, and reconstruct an image based on the input data buffers using an iterative reconstruction algorithm. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085319 | TIMING CONTROLLER, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided are a timing controller for converting RGB data to WRGB data, a driving method thereof, and an LCD device using the same. The timing controller according to an embodiment includes a reception unit to receive input RGB data from an external device; a converter to convert the input RGB data into input WRGB data composed of W, R, G and B data; an aligner to convert one of the W, R, G, and B data into 0 to generate conversion WRGB data, the conversion WRGB data having bits less than the total number of bits composing the W, R, G, and B data; a controller to transfer the conversion WRGB data to an external memory; and a re-aligner to convert the conversion WRGB data received from the external memory into digital WRGB data corresponding to the input WRGB data, and to output the digital WRGB data. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085320 | EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF ACCESS REQUESTS FOR A SHARED RESOURCE - A system and method for efficiently processing access requests for a shared resource. A computing system includes a shared memory accessed by multiple requestors. Control logic determines two requestors seek to access a same data block within the shared memory. In response to the determination, a first requestor of the two requestors sends a read request to the shared memory on behalf of the two requestors. The second requestor of the two requestors is prevented from sending a read request. In response to detecting data is returned as a response to the read request generated by the first requestor, both the first requestor and the second requestor retrieve the data. In response to detecting a given requestor of the two requestors generates an indication that it is unable to continue retrieving the same response data, the two requestors return to generating separate, respective read requests. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085321 | DISPLAY DRIVER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, A DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND A DISPLAY DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A display driver integrated circuit which includes a distributor configured to output display data; a plurality of first-in first-out (FIFO) memories configured to receive the display data from the distributor according to an external clock and output the display data in response to an internal clock; and a plurality of graphics memories configured to receive the display data from the FIFO memories. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085322 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a driver connected to a display panel and transmitting scan signals or data signals to the display panel, a frame memory connected to the driver, storing image data and transmitting at least some of the image data to the driver, and a controller connected to the driver and the frame memory, generating a control signal and transmitting the control signal to the driver or the frame memory, wherein each of the sub-fields includes an address period in which the scan signals are transmitted to the respective pixel rows, the controller transmits the control signal to the driver to transmit the scan signals to the pixel rows during a current frame such that the scan signals corresponding to the current frame are transmitted after, among the image data corresponding to the current frame, the image data corresponding to the pixel rows are stored in the frame memory. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085323 | System and Method for Comparing and Reviewing Documents - A document processing system for accurately and efficiently analyzing documents and methods for making and using same. Each incoming document includes at least one section of textual content and is provided in an electronic form or as a paper-based document that is converted into an electronic form. Since many categories of documents, such as legal and accounting documents, often include one or more common text sections with similar textual content, the document processing system compares the documents to identify and classify the common text sections. The document comparison can be further enhanced by dividing the document into document segments and comparing the document segments; whereas, the conversion of paper-based documents likewise can be improved by comparing the resultant electronic document with a library of standard phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. The document processing system thereby enables an image of the document to be manipulated, as desired, to facilitate its review. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085324 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VALIDATING IMAGE DATA - A system and method for validating GPU rendered display data—e.g., a sequence of frames—by comparing, across substantially all of the pixel locations in a frame, the GPU rendered display data to display data rendered by another processor. In this way, by checking substantially all of the pixel locations in a frame, errors in the display image data can be detected without prior knowledge of the format, layout, etc. of the display data. The system may be capable of operating without receiving input from a user or producing output to a user, and without receiving input from other applications or producing output to other applications. In this way, the validation would be invisible to a user and/or other applications. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085325 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY OF IMAGE DATA ON A DISPLAY - An apparatus includes a selection unit configured to select an image group from a plurality of image groups based on image information related to image data, and a display control unit configured to control a display to display images based on the plurality of pieces of image data. The display control unit controls the display to display a plurality of images such that images based on the plurality of pieces of image data are arranged in a predetermined order. When the selected image group is displayed, the display control unit controls the display to display images such that images are displayed in a displaying state in which at least one image included in the image group selected by the selection unit is displayed in a manner distinguishable from at least one image that is not included in the selected image group. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085326 | TIMING CONTROLLER, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Discussed is a timing controller. The timing controller includes a receiver, a converter, an aligner, and an EPI transmitter. The receiver receives input RGB data from an external system. The converter converts the input RGB data into input WRGB data. The aligner converts one of W, R, G, and B data, composing the input WRGB data, into 0 to generate conversion WRGB data having bits less than the total number of bits composing the W, R, G, and B data. The EPI transmitter generates WRGB data by adding dummy bits to the conversion WRGB data, and outputs the WRGB data to a source driver IC. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085327 | METHOD FOR MAKING AVAILABLE A DISPLAY OF AN OBJECT ON A MOTOR VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE - In order to provide a display of an object on a display device of a motor vehicle, a basic shape of the object is first displayed and the display is then changed, this change simulating rotation, tilting and/or displacement only of a first part of the object. In respect of the remaining, second part of the object, a display on the basis of the basic shape is maintained at least in regions. In this way, space can be obtained on the display device and a significant portion of the object can nevertheless be displayed in an unchanged form at the same time. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085328 | Social Media Event Detection and Content-Based Retrieval - Techniques for detecting an event via social media content. A method includes obtaining multiple images from at least one social media source, extracting at least one visual semantic concept from the multiple images, differentiating an event semantic concept signal from a background semantic concept signal to detect an event in the multiple images, and retrieving one or more images associated with the event semantic concept signal for presentation as a visual description of the detected event. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085329 | Social Media Event Detection and Content-Based Retrieval - A system and article of manufacture for social media event detection and content-based retrieval include obtaining multiple images from at least one social media source, extracting at least one visual semantic concept from the multiple images, differentiating an event semantic concept signal from a background semantic concept signal to detect an event in the multiple images, and retrieving one or more images associated with the event semantic concept signal for presentation as a visual description of the detected event. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085330 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a first calculator to calculate, when a photographic subject image is determined to satisfy a first condition, a first position of the clothing image such that the position of a feature area matches with the position of the feature area; a second calculator to calculate a second position of the clothing image in the photographic subject image such that the position of a feature point in the clothing image matches with the position of the feature point in the photographic subject image; a deciding unit to decide, when the photographic subject image is determined to satisfy the first condition, on the first position as a superimposition position, and decide, when the photographic subject image is determined not to satisfy the first condition, on the superimposition position based on the difference between the first position and the second position. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085331 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SELECTING A FINISH - An apparatus, method, and program product for selecting at least a portion of an image, the selected portion comprising a surface of an item within the image, displaying a semi-transparent overlay over the selected portion of the image, the semi-transparent overlay representing a surface finish, and mathematically blending a plurality of pixels of the semi-transparent overlay with a plurality of pixels of the selected portion such that one or more characteristics of the surface are visible through the semi-transparent overlay. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085332 | INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION VISUALIZATION SCHEMES EMPLOYING OVERLAYS - A visualization system utilizing preconfigured overlay models and data models to create overlay displays representing different views of the same data or a single view of different data. The visualization system provides for collecting and sharing overlay displays and data sets with other communicatively connected visualization systems. The overlays can be automatically created by the visualization system and can be presented in different formats such as a three-dimensional or a translucent display. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085333 | AUGMENTED REALITY PRODUCT INSTRUCTIONS, TUTORIALS AND VISUALIZATIONS - In a system for augmented reality product instructions, tutorials and visualizations a method may include receiving a request for information from a client device, the request including image data and a request type; converting, using at least one processor, the image data into a digital fingerprint; comparing the digital fingerprint to a plurality of stored fingerprints to identify an object in the image data; and generating an augmented reality view of the identified object based on the request type; and transmitting the augmented reality view to the client device. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085334 | Transparent Texting - An electronic communication device's camera can continuously capture and present video images as a background within a text messaging session currently being displayed by the device. The camera can be a rear-facing camera on the device, so that the video images represent the views that the device's user would see if the device's display were transparent. The camera can continuously capture and present the video images as the background in the text messaging session, so that the device's user continuously can be aware of the environment beyond the device's display while still focusing on the text messages being communicated. The background within the text messaging session can continuously be a live and current video image of the view seen by the camera at any given moment. Consequently, the device's user is less likely to collide with or stumble over an object while participating in a text messaging session. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085335 | Network Visualization Through Augmented Reality and Modeling - A user equipment (UE) comprising a display, an input device configured to receive user input, a visual input configured to capture motion or stop photography as visual data, and a processor coupled to the display, input device, and visual input and configured to, receive visual data from the visual input, overlay a model comprising network data onto the visual data to create a composite image, wherein the model is aligned to the visual data based on user input received from the input device, and transmit the composite image to the display. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085336 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for providing information and an apparatus for providing information with which information can be secretly displayed, and further, a display technique with a lot of sense of fun can attract keen interest from people around a display such as digital signage. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085337 | INTERACTIVE PASSENGER CABIN UNIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRESENTATIONS THEREON - A passenger cabin unit of a passenger transportation vehicle includes a display device configured to present visual effects, information and images. The display device is disposed so as to completely or substantially cover surfaces of the passenger cabin unit which are visible from inside the passenger cabin unit. The display device is divided into first display regions and a second display region. Each of the first display regions is assigned to a respective individual passenger or group of passengers. A plurality of passenger command input devices are each disposed in a respective one of the first display regions and are each configured to be operated by the respective individual passenger or group of passengers to control visual presentation. A crew command input device is configured to be operated by cabin crew to control visual presentation on some or all of the first display regions and on the second display region. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085338 | Systems and Methods for Managing the Positioning and Sizing of Objects in Electronic Content - One exemplary embodiment involves receiving, in an electronic content creation application, provided on a computer device, input for an object of electronic content being edited in the electronic content creation application. The input modifies a position attribute or a size attribute of the object in at least one state of the multiple states relative to bounds that is the same for multiple states of the object. The electronic content creation application determines whether to update the bounds associated with the object based on the input and, if updating the bounds is necessary, it updates the bounds associated with the object and, based on the update of the bounds, updates the position attribute or the size attribute. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085339 | Displaying Applications on a Fixed Orientation Display - A method and system displaying the output from an application on a fixed orientation display is disclosed. The method is performed at an application stored on an electronic device. The application sends a request to display output from the application in a second orientation with second dimensions. The application receives from the electronic device a notification that a display associated with the electronic device is a fixed orientation display with a first orientation and first dimensions and a notification that the requested second orientation and second dimensions are different from the first orientation. The application then determines optimal dimensions to display the output from the application based on the first orientation and first dimensions associated with the fixed display. The application then scales output data to match the determined optimal dimensions. The application then sends the scaled output data to the device for display on the fixed display. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085340 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING SCALE OR ROTATION OF GRAPHIC ON DISPLAY - Provided are a method and electronic device for simply manipulating a scale or rotation of a graphic on a display. The method is performed by any electronic device that includes a display, a processor, a memory and a program, or by any storage medium that can be read by a computer storing commands executable in an electronic device. This program may display a graphic on the display when executed by the processor. A user can simply scale up/down or rotate a graphic through a two-step manipulation of a touch and a touch-and-drag. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085341 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CHANGING SCREEN ORIENTATION OF MOBILE DEVICE - Provided are a mobile device and a method of changing a screen orientation of the mobile device. A method for changing a screen orientation of a mobile device includes: recognizing a motion of the mobile device; determining whether to change the screen orientation of the mobile device based on a first motion sensor of the mobile device; determining whether a viewing direction of a user of the mobile device is matched to the screen orientation of the mobile device based on at least one of the first motion sensor and a second motion sensor; and maintaining the screen orientation of the mobile device in response to a determination that the viewing direction of the user of the mobile device is matched to the screen orientation of the mobile device. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085342 | TECHNIQUES FOR OCCLUSION ACCOMODATION - Techniques may be used to accommodate occlusion. An occlusion accommodation application may determine a display position of a display of a computing device, an eye position of an eye of a user and an object position of an object. The object may be positioned between the display and the eye of the user. The occlusion accommodation application may identify, in real-time, an occluded area based on the display position, object position and the eye position. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085343 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAY AREA OF PAGE - The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus, and a terminal for adjusting a display area of a page. The method includes: obtaining displacement of a mobile communication terminal from a first time point to a second time point; and adjusting a display area of a currently browsed page according to the displacement. Through technical solutions of the present invention, a user may adjust the display area of the page through the mobile communication terminal, so as to solve a problem in the prior art that a mis-operation is easily caused when the display area of the page is adjusted in a manner of dragging on a touchscreen. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085344 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel for displaying an image, a backlight unit positioned in the rear of the display panel, and a back cover positioned in the rear of the backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a substrate part including a plurality of substrates, and a plurality of light sources disposed on each of the plurality of substrates. A transverse width and a longitudinal width of at least one of the plurality of substrates are different from a transverse width and a longitudinal width of at least one of the remaining substrates, respectively. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085345 | COMMON ELECTRODE VOLTAGE COMPENSATING METHOD, APPARATUS AND TIMING CONTROLLER - A common electrode voltage compensating method, apparatus and a timing controller, the method comprising making statistics for grey scale data of every pixel for displaying a display picture; calculating a grey scale shifting rate between two adjacent rows of pixels, and obtaining common electrode voltage compensation signal parameters based on the grey scale shifting rate; generating positive/negative polarity information of the common electrode voltage compensation signal parameters based on a pixel voltage polarity inversion signal; generating a common electrode voltage compensation control signal based on the common electrode voltage compensation signal parameters and the positive/negative polarity thereof. The common electrode voltage compensating method, apparatus and timing controller address the problem of display picture pixels grey scale shifting due to a reversion of the positive/negative polarity of grey scale voltage. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085346 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display unit including a modulator that modulates a plurality of color light fluxes and a light source section that includes a plurality of light sources corresponding to at least any of the color light fluxes; a light source driver that supplies the light sources with pulse currents; and a controller that sets the cycle of each of the pulse currents and an ON-period of the pulses in the pulse current in accordance with the luminance of the light source, wherein when the luminance of any of the light sources is so set that the ON-period of the pulse current is shorter than a preset lower limit, the controller sets the length of the ON period of the pulse current to be equal to the lower limit or at a value longer than the lower limit and reduces the current value of the pulse current. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085347 | ELECTRO-OPTIC APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRONICS DEVICE - A drive circuit is configured to, during a first period, sequentially select each of pairs of odd-number-th and even-number-th scanning lines and write an off electric potential into pixels corresponding the selected scanning lines; during a second period, sequentially select each of pairs of odd-number-th and even-number-th scanning lines and write gray-scale electric potentials in accordance with the selected odd-number-th scanning line into pixels corresponding to the selected odd-number-th and even-number-th scanning lines; and during a third period, sequentially select each of even-number-th scanning lines and write gray-scale electric potentials in accordance with the selected even-number-th scanning line into pixels corresponding to the selected scanning line. A common electric potential supply circuit reverses the polarity of a common electric potential during a polarity reverse period between the first period and the second period. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085348 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a driving module configured to apply a DC bias to a voltage corresponding to a gradation which is displayed on a pixel and to supply a resultant voltage to a pixel electrode, the driving module being configured to apply a higher DC bias in a white display state in which a potential difference is produced between a pixel electrode and a common electrode than in a black display state in which no potential difference is produced between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085349 | SOURCE DRIVER IC CHIP - A source driver IC chip, designed to prevent flicker in images displayed on a display panel while suppressing power consumption and heat generation, includes: a reference gradation voltage generating part ( | 2014-03-27 |
20140085350 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS - Waveforms for driving electro-optic displays, especially bistable electro-optic displays, are modified by one or more of insertion of at least one balanced pulse pair into a base waveform; excision of at least one balanced pulse pair from the base waveform; and insertion of at least one period of zero voltage into the base waveform. Such modifications permit fine control of gray levels. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085351 | METHOD OF DIMMING BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY - A plurality of gray-scale values is extracted from image signals corresponding to a dimming area to calculate a mean value of the gray-scale values, and at least one of a variance, a standard deviation, a kurtosis, a skewness, a central moment, and an image moment is calculated using the mean value. Then, a representative gray-scale value corresponding to the dimming area is determined using the calculated values, and a dimming function for the light sources included in the dimming area is determined based on the representative gray-scale value. Then, the light sources included in the dimming area are driven based on the dimming function. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085352 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY WITH IMPROVED VERTICAL RESOLUTION - A pixel based 3D display ( | 2014-03-27 |
20140085353 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DEBUGGING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED DEVICE - Provided is a semiconductor integrated device that supports a high-speed serial interface specification and allows easy debugging to be performed at low cost. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085354 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device includes a display panel, a timing controller, a data driver, a gate driver and a backlight unit. The gate driver sequentially outputs gate signals to gate lines. The backlight unit performs an on-operation during a high section of a backlight control signal and an off-operation during a low section of the backlight control signal. The gate signals includes first gate signals that are output during the high section of the backlight control signal and have a first pulse width and second gate signals that are output during the low section of the backlight control signal and have a second pulse width greater than the first pulse width. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085355 | ELECTRO-PHORETIC DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An electro-phoretic display and a method for driving the same are provided, where the electro-phoretic display has a plurality of pixel units. The method includes: setting a plurality of particle tightening time periods and a plurality of gray level displaying time periods for the pixel units respectively, where each of the gray level displaying time periods is arranged after each corresponding particle tightening time period; providing a plurality of particle tightening voltages to the pixel units for tightening the particles of the pixel units respectively during the particle tightening time periods, and providing a plurality of display driving voltages to the pixel units during the gray level displaying time periods. The particle tightening time periods and/or the gray level displaying time periods are determined by a plurality of display gray level data corresponding to the pixel units. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085356 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate, a counter substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a driving unit. The driving unit is configured to perform polarity inversion driving by applying, to the pixel electrode, positive and negative video signals. When applying the video signals to the pixel electrode, the driving unit superposes a correction signal corresponding to a polarity inversion frequency and the gray level on the video signals in advance. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085357 | Source Driver for Driving at Least One Sub-Pixel - A source driver for driving at least one sub-pixel is disclosed, in which the source driver includes a gamma voltage generator and a digital to analog converter. The gamma voltage generator generates a plurality of gamma voltages, in which the gamma voltage generator includes a first gamma resistor string and an operation circuit. The first gamma resistor string includes a plurality of resistors electrically connected serially for dividing a first gamma reference voltage and a second gamma reference voltage into the gamma voltages. The operation circuit optionally adds increments to the gamma voltages according to a timing control signal, wherein the increments are the same when the gamma voltages are added. The digital to analog converter selecting one of the gamma voltages generated by the operation circuit as a driving voltage based on received digital pixel data. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085358 | Drive Method for an Electrophoretic Display Device and an Electrophoretic Display Device - A drive method for an electrophoretic display device that has an electrophoretic device composed of a suspension fluid containing electrophoretic particles disposed between a common electrode and pixel electrodes is provided. No holding electrode is necessary. A driver drives the electrophoretic device by applying voltage between the common electrode and the pixel electrodes, and a controller controls the driver. The method involves redrawing the display to change the displayed image by applying to the common electrode pulse trains of different widths, each composed of a first potential and a second potential, at different times, based on certain conditions. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085359 | SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD FOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE DISPLAY - A light emitting device display, its pixel circuit and its driving technique is provided. The pixel includes a light emitting device and a plurality of transistors. A bias current and programming voltage data are provided to the pixel circuit in accordance with a driving scheme so that the current through the driving transistor to the light emitting device is adjusted. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085360 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus comprises: a display unit configured to display an image; a light emission unit configured to be capable of individually controlling light emission for each of a plurality of divided regions; an acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each divided region, a characteristic value of the image displayed on each of the divided regions; and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls light emission of the light emission unit such that: in a moving image region, in which only a moving image is displayed, among the plurality of divided regions, light is emitted at brightness based on a characteristic value of the moving image region; and in a mixed region, in which both of the moving image and a still image are displayed, among the plurality of divided regions, light is emitted at predetermined brightness. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085361 | DETERMINATION OF FLUID CONSUMPTION - The method of operating an inkjet printing system includes ejecting usable fluid on a substrate in a print mode and in a purge container in a maintenance mode by a print head. The method also includes receiving recovered fluid from the purge container and source fluid from the source supply to form the usable fluid in a primary fluid tank. The method also includes receiving and providing an amount of the usable fluid from the primary fluid tank to the print head by at least one of a first supplemental fluid tank and a second supplemental fluid tank. The method also includes determining a consumed amount of the usable fluid corresponding to an amount of the usable fluid used by the print head reduced by an amount of the recovered fluid received by the primary fluid tank from the purge container. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085362 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus, including: a recording head; a discharge mechanism configured to perform a discharge operation; an absorbing member configured to absorb discharged ink; and a controller configured to: make a judgment as to whether or not to allow the discharge mechanism to perform the discharge operation every time a discharge timing comes; calculate a waste-liquid amount in a specific time period from a current discharge timing to a time point that precedes by a prescribed time from the current discharge timing, the waste-liquid amount indicative of an amount of the ink discharged in the discharge operation; allow the discharge operation when the calculated waste-liquid amount is smaller than an upper-limit value of an ink-absorption amount, in the specific time period, of the absorbing member; and inhibit the discharge operation at the current discharge timing when the calculated waste-liquid amount becomes equal to or larger than the upper-limit value. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085363 | FLUID LEVEL SENSOR AND RELATED METHODS - In an embodiment, a fluid level sensor includes a sensor plate and a current source. The fluid level sensor also includes an algorithm to bias the current source such that current applied to the sensor plate induces a maximum difference in response voltage between a dry sensor plate condition and a wet sensor plate condition. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085364 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus forming an image on a recording medium includes a head unit which includes an ejecting unit which ejects photo-curable color ink which is cured by being irradiated with light, an ejecting unit which ejects photo-curable transparent ink which is cured by being irradiated with light, and a light irradiation unit which radiates the light; a moving unit which moves the recording medium and the head unit relatively in reciprocating movements; and a controller which causes the transparent ink to be ejected toward the recording medium while causing the head unit to move in one direction in the reciprocating movements, and causes the transparent ink which is applied in the one direction to be irradiated with the light while causing the head unit to be moved in the other direction in the reciprocating movements. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085365 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus, has a head having a plurality of nozzles for discharging an ink containing thermoplastic resin particles and having a viscosity at 50° C. of 2.1 mPa·s or more to a non-ink-absorbing medium and a drive element provided in each of the nozzles, a heating portion which heats the medium, and a control portion which drives the drive elements by applying a drive waveform to discharge ink droplets from the nozzles corresponding to the drive elements, in which a first ink droplet is discharged from the nozzle by the application of the drive waveform to the drive element, and the discharge speed of an ink droplet whose discharge speed is lower of a second ink droplet and a third ink droplet discharged accompanying the first ink droplet is 4.0 m/s or more. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085366 | PRINTER AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINTER CONTROL PROGRAM - A printer includes a plurality of discharge control devices, a control data output device, a connection device, a connection control device, a processor and a memory. The processor performs starting output of specified print data, which is used to discharge the liquid by the discharge port group, from the control data output device to a specified discharge control device which is one of the plurality of discharge control devices that are each connected to one of the plurality of second connection ports and which is a target to perform processing that outputs print data, outputting subsequent print data, which relates is to a specified discharge target onto which the liquid is to be discharged by the discharge port group, to the specified discharge control device that is connected to the second connection port, based on the specified print data for which output has been started. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085367 | PRINTER AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINTER CONTROL PROGRAM - A printer includes discharge control devices, a first ID storage device, a control data output device, a connection device, a connection control device, an assigning device, a processor, and a memory. The processor performs outputting print data, which is data to discharge the liquid by the discharge port group connected to the discharge control device, corresponding to the unique ID from the control data output device, by using a communication ID that corresponds to the unique ID, via a connection device controlled by a connection control device, to each of a plurality of discharge control devices, and controlling discharge of the liquid by the discharge port groups to which the plurality of discharge control devices are respectively connected, in accordance with the print data which corresponds to the unique ID of the individual discharge control device and which has been output from the control data output device. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085368 | System and Method for First and Second Side Process Registration in a Single Print Zone Duplex Web Printer - A method of printhead registration in a duplex printer enables process direction registration of a first group of printheads and a second group of printheads in a single print zone that print first and second sides of a print medium concurrently. The first group of printheads is registered to a first reference printhead based on the process direction locations of a first plurality of marks printed by the first group of printheads at a first time between printed images on the first side of the print medium. The second group of printheads is registered to a second reference printhead based on the process direction locations of a second plurality of marks printed by the second group of printheads at a second time between printed images on the second side of the print medium. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085369 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING DEFECTIVE NOZZLES IN AN INKJET PRINTHEAD - A method of identifying defective nozzles of a printhead. The method includes the steps of: (i) instructing each nozzle in one ink plane of the printhead to print a respective coded line pattern, each coded line pattern being represented by a column of printed pixels and absent pixels, the coded line patterns being defined by first and second coding schemes encoding a position of each nozzle within its respective cell and a position of each cell within its respective ink plane; (ii) firing each nozzle of the ink plane to print a test pattern comprising a plurality of neighbouring coded line patterns; (iii) imaging an area of the test pattern to obtain an imaged test pattern; (iv) decoding the imaged test pattern using the first and second coding schemes; and (iv) identifying the defective nozzles using the decoded imaged test pattern. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085370 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming device and an image forming method capable of suppressing a deviation of ink landing position generated by transfer unevenness of a transfer belt and also suppressing a deviation of ink landing position at a fine level generated by the different causes by generating correction profile data specifying a correction value of ink ejection timing from contents of the deviation of landing position of each pixel calculated by reading a test pattern image printed by an inkjet printer by a scanner unit and by performing ink ejection timing correction using the correction profile data. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085371 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to adjust ink ejection amounts from nozzles in a downstream nozzle array on a basis of a bypassing air flow degree. The bypassing air flow degree is calculated based on an ejection density of ink ejected from nozzles in an upstream nozzle array on a recording medium and indicates a generation degree of a bypassing air flow generated when a transfer air flow generated by transfer of the recording medium bypasses a self-generated air flow generated by ink ejected from the nozzles in the upstream nozzle array. The downstream nozzle array is a nozzle array located downstream in a transfer direction among a plurality of nozzle arrays. The upstream nozzle array is a nozzle array located upstream in the transfer direction among the plurality of nozzle arrays. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085372 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a heating unit which heats a medium; a head which ejects liquid droplets onto the medium opposed thereto; and a driving signal generating unit which generates a driving signal to be applied to the head in order to eject the liquid droplets and which generates a driving signal different in accordance with whether the heating unit is used. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085373 | ACCESSORY TO BE APPLIED TO ANY PRINTING-LINE FOR PROVIDING AN UNIVOCAL PATTERN BY MEANS OF SPRINKLING MARKING PARTICLES OF GLITTER, MICRODROPLETS OR OF OTHER MATERIALS HAVING DIFFERENT COLORS AND SIZES, AND METHOD THEREOF - An accessory for a printing line provided with a surface ( | 2014-03-27 |
20140085374 | Process for Printing and Substrates - A process for printing an ink onto a substrate wherein: the ink comprises an encapsulated particulate solid and a liquid vehicle; the encapsulated particulate solid comprises a particulate solid encapsulated with a cross-linked dispersant shell; and the ink is printed onto a substrate which is or comprises corrugated paper. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085375 | CAP DEVICE AND LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - There is provided a cap device including: a cap unit which is tiltable in a plane direction of the jetting surface and which comes into close contact with the jetting surface of the liquid jetting head; a flexible discharge tube of which one end is connected to the cap unit, which communicates with an inner space defined by the cap unit and the jetting surface under a condition that the cap unit comes into close contact with the jetting surface, and through which a liquid in the inner space is discharged; and a fixing mechanism which fixes a portion, of the discharge tube, other than the one end to the cap unit. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085376 | METHOD FOR CLEANING INKJET RECORDING HEAD, AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE - Provided is an inkjet image forming method which is superior in jetting stability, and by which a repelling-free high quality image having good image durability and superior glazing can be obtained. The method for washing a recording head, having: forming an image by ejecting an inkjet ink containing at least water, a coloring material, a binder resin and a water soluble organic solvent represented by general formula (1) from a recording head to form an image on a recording medium; and washing the recording head, after forming the image, using an ink absorbing member that absorbs the inkjet ink and a wiping member that wipes a nozzle surface of the recording head using a wipe unit wherein the ink absorbing member holds a cleaning liquid containing an organic solvent: | 2014-03-27 |
20140085377 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING SAME - There are provided an inkjet recording device that can stably secure liquid-repellent performance on a surface of a liquid-repellent film formed on a nozzle surface for a long term, and a maintenance method thereof. The inkjet recording device includes: an inkjet head that has a nozzle surface in which a nozzle opening of a nozzle to eject a liquid is formed and on which a liquid-repellent film is formed with an amorphous fluorine resin material; a cleaning portion that wipes off and cleans a surface of the liquid-repellent film by a wiping member; and a liquid-repellent performance recovery processing portion that performs liquid-repellent performance recovery processing to recover liquid-repellent performance on the surface of the liquid-repellent film by heating the liquid-repellent film. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085378 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a carriage configured to perform scanning and to detachably hold a recording head for performing recording on a recording material, a fixation member configured to fix the recording head to the carriage, a moving member arranged to be movable in a moving direction parallel to a conveyance direction of the recording material and configured to move to a first position to cause the fixation member to press-contact the recording head and to a second position to cause the fixation member to retract from the recording head, and a guide portion provided on the moving member and configured to guide the recording head when the recording head is being attached to the carriage. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085379 | LIQUID JET HEAD AND LIQUID JET APPARATUS - A liquid jet head including: a nozzle plate including a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row each formed of a plurality of nozzles; and a piezoelectric plate including a plurality of first ejection grooves communicating to the plurality of nozzles of the first nozzle row, and a plurality of second ejection grooves communicating to the plurality of nozzles of the second nozzle row, in which each of the plurality of first ejection grooves and each of the plurality of second ejection grooves are separated from each other by a partition wall located between the each of the plurality of first ejection grooves and the each of the plurality of second ejection grooves. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085380 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NOZZLE PLATE, AND LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS - There is provided a method of manufacturing liquid jetting apparatus which includes a nozzle plate in which a nozzle configured to jet a liquid is formed, and a channel structure in which a liquid channel communicating with the nozzle is formed. The method of manufacturing liquid jetting apparatus includes, removing a part of a metal layer of a stacked body in which a resin layer and the metal layer are stacked without intervening an adhesive, to expose the resin layer partially, forming the nozzle in the resin layer such that, the nozzle opens in an area exposed through the metal layer, and joining the stacked body which is to be the nozzle plate in a case that the nozzle is formed, to the channel structure. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085381 | INKJET HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a base, a driving element, a nozzle plate, electrodes, wires, a supplying unit, and a discharging unit. The base includes an attachment surface and a side surface crossing the attachment surface. The driving element is attached to the attachment surface and includes pressure chambers. The nozzle plate is attached to the driving element and includes nozzles opened to the pressure chambers. The electrodes are provided in the pressure chambers. The wires are provided on the side surface and connected to the electrodes. The supplying unit is connected to the pressure chambers and supplies ink to the pressure chambers. The discharging unit is connected to the pressure chambers and discharges the ink from the pressure chambers. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085382 | Liquid Ejecting Head and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle plate in which a first nozzle row of nozzle openings aligned along a first direction X and a second nozzle row of nozzle openings aligned along the first direction X are disposed side by side along a second direction Y perpendicular to the first direction X; and a channel member including pressure generating chambers aligned along the first direction X, supply paths that supply liquid to the pressure generating chambers, and nozzle communication holes that allows the pressure generating chambers and the nozzle openings to communicate with each other, wherein the supply paths are located at an identical position in the second direction Y and are aligned along the first direction X, the nozzle communication holes include first openings communicating with the pressure generating chambers and second openings open to the nozzle plate. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085383 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING HEAD, PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING HEAD - A liquid droplet ejecting head includes: a base substrate that has a concave portion that is formed to be open toward an upper surface and a wiring pattern; and an IC package that is electrically connected to the wiring pattern. The concave portion has a bottom portion and a pair of first side wall portions which stand obliquely on the bottom portion so as to be opposed to each other. Further, the wiring pattern has a plurality of linear objects, each of which is continuous and is constituted of a first part, a second part, and a third part. In addition, the IC package is formed in a chip shape, has a plurality of terminals which are formed on a front side surface, and is disposed such that the front side surface faces the concave portion, and each terminal is electrically connected to the first part. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085384 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING HEAD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet ejecting head includes: a base substrate that is formed as a plate-like body and that has a concave portion, which is formed to be open toward an upper surface of the plate-like body, and a wiring pattern which is provided inside the concave portion and formed of a conductive material; and an IC package that is fixed to airtightly seal the inside of the concave portion on the upper surface side and is electrically connected to the wiring pattern. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085385 | PIEZOELECTRIC UNIT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - In an inactive region, a farthest dummy electrode formed in a base end portion and an isolated dummy electrode island are located at positions along an extension from an individual internal electrode toward the base end portion. Such a configuration allows the area of the dummy electrode to be reduced, compared with a dummy electrode continuously formed in the inactive region. Therefore, the cost incurred by the dummy electrode is reduced, which leads to reduction in manufacturing cost of a piezoelectric unit. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085386 | INK SUPPLY SYSTEM AND MEDIA RECORDING DEVICE - An ink supply system including a cover, an ink delivery module, delivery pipes and a shut-off valve module, and a media recording device including a body and a print head disposed therein are provided. The cover is pivoted to the body, and the ink delivery module is disposed therein and next to the cover. The shut-off valve module includes a base disposed in the body, an eccentric wheel pivoted to the base, and a linkage connected between the eccentric wheel and the cover. The delivery pipes are connected between the print head and the ink delivery module and they pass between the base and the eccentric wheel. The cover is opened or closed relative to the body and it drives the linkage to drive the eccentric wheel to rotate relative to the base so as to press against or release the delivery pipes. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085387 | PRINTING FLUID CARTRIDGE, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND USE OF PRINTING FLUID CARTRIDGE - A printing fluid cartridge includes a front face oriented toward a first direction, a printing fluid supply portion positioned at the front face, a rear face positioned opposite the front face and oriented toward a second direction opposite the first direction, at least one electrical interface positioned between the front face and the rear face, and an engagement surface facing in the second direction. The at least one electrical interface is offset from the printing supply portion with respect to a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The at least one electrical interface is positioned closer to the front face than the engagement surface is, and the at least one electrical interface and the engagement surface intersect a plane which is parallel with the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085388 | LIQUID JET HEAD - A liquid jet apparatus is provided. The liquid jet apparatus includes a first damper chamber and a second damper chamber, a release path operatively associated with both the first damper chamber and the second damper chamber, and a control path connecting the first damper chamber, the second damper chamber, and the release path to each other. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085389 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet recording apparatus of the present invention includes a head, a first light source, a second light source. Liquid droplets of a photo-curable ink composition are applied to a recording medium. After one second or less elapses from the time when the liquid droplets are applied to the recording medium, the liquid droplets are illuminated with light of the first light source. After 0.1 second or more and one second or less elapses from the time when the liquid droplets are illuminated with light of the first light source, the liquid droplets are illuminated with light of the second light source. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085390 | VACUUM PULLDOWN OF WEB IN PRINTING SYSTEMS - According to the present invention, a printing system adapted to print on a print side of a print media is disclosed. The printing system comprises one or more vacuum assemblies. Each vacuum assembly has a vacuum manifold disposed opposite a non-print side of the print media. Each vacuum manifold has an opening proximate to the non-print side of the print media and produces a vacuum that pulls the print media towards the vacuum manifold as the print media is moved through the printing system. The vacuum manifold further includes a plurality of edge seals. Each of the edge seals includes a channel for vacuum to be applied to the non-print side of the print media, the channel having at least one opening formed in a print media contact surface of the edge seal connected to at least one opening formed in a side surface of the edge seal. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085391 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL PRINTER - A multifunctional printer including a body, a cover, a print head, an ink delivery module, an ink delivery pipe and a driving module is provided. The cover is pivoted to the body, such that the cover is open relative to the body, and therefore elements in the body are exposed. The print head and the ink delivery module are both disposed in the body, wherein the ink delivery module having multiple color cases is located adjacent to the cover. The ink delivery pipe is connected between the print head and the ink delivery module. The driving module includes a first driving element and a second driving element, wherein the first driving element is disposed on the ink delivery module while the second driving element is disposed on at least one of the body and the cover and engages with the first driving element. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085392 | EMBEDDING INFRARED MARKS IN GLOSS SECURITY PRINTING - A processor controls a marking engine to print a uniform region having a visually uniform color for an observer within all areas of the uniform region. The processor also controls the marking engine to print different gloss patterns within the uniform region. The different gloss patterns have first and second gloss regions, and the gloss difference between the first and second gloss regions forms gloss marks. Additionally, the processor controls the marking engine to print different infrared patterns within the uniform region to form infrared marks. In some embodiments, the infrared patterns are only within the first gloss regions and are not within the second gloss regions. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085393 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - An optical scanning apparatus, a system and a method of optical scanning independently determine illumination spot size and spacing. The apparatus includes an array of optical emitters to provide a plurality of optical beams and a plurality of microlenses to receive the optical beams. The microlenses form an intermediate image of the array at substantially unity array magnification. The apparatus further includes an adjustable collimator to receive the plurality of optical beams from the intermediate image, a beam scanner to scan the optical beams in an in-scan direction, and a scan lens to focus the scanned optical beams. An arrangement of illumination spots forms an image of the array. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085394 | DUPLEX THERMAL PRINTER WITH PIVOTABLE DIVERTER - A roll-fed duplex thermal printing system, comprising a supply roll of receiver media, a printing path, a reversing path, a pivotable diverter and a cutter positioned between the diverter and the reversing path. When the diverter is in a first position the receiver media is directed from the supply roll, when the diverter is in a second position the receiver media is directed from the supply roll into the reversing path, and when the diverter is in the third position the receiver media is directed from the reversing path into the printing path. During a printing operation, the diverter is sequentially repositioned to feed the receiver media into the printing path where a first side image is printed, into the reversing path where it is cut, and into the printing path again where a second side image is printed. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085395 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure discloses an electronic device comprising an opening/closing cover. One of the opening/closing cover and a housing includes a shaft portion, and the other thereof includes a bearing hole portion. The shaft portion includes a first protruding portion. The bearing hole portion includes a second protruding portion. The first and the second protruding portions are configured, to be separated away from each other when the opening/closing cover is in a closed state, to become closer to each other along with rotation from the closed state, to be in contact with each other when the opening/closing cover arrives at a first rotation position, and configured to release an engagement of the shaft portion and the bearing hole portion by the manner that one of the first and second protruding portions overrides the other thereof to overlap each other when the opening/closing cover arrives at a second rotation position. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085396 | MARKING MATERIAL FOR LASER GLOSSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for generating a differential gloss image includes a marking material having absorbing elements useful for absorbing electromagnetic radiation emitted by a laser glossing imager, and accommodating heating and resultant melting of the marking material for altering a surface of the marking material image. The absorbing element is a pigment or dye. The absorbing element is carbon black, or a pigment capable of absorbing IR light, while being transparent to visible light. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085397 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING INFORMATION RELATING TO EDIBLE OBJECTS - A method of marking an egg is disclosed and comprises applying radiant energy to the shell of an egg so as to cause discoloration of the eggshell, thereby forming a marking comprising at least a traceability code and a freshness date. Apparatus is also disclosed for applying markings on eggs being processed by an egg-handling machine that is designed and configured to transport a plurality of eggs therethrough, wherein the apparatus comprises a radiant energy source located in proximity to the egg-handling machine, the radiant energy source being configured to apply radiant energy to the eggs as the eggs are transported past the radiant energy source to selectively discolor the shell of the eggs and form markings on the shell, including a freshness date and a traceability code. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085398 | REAL-TIME AUTOMATIC SCENE RELIGHTING IN VIDEO CONFERENCE SESSIONS - Video frames are captured at one or more cameras during a video conference session, where each video frame includes a digital image with a plurality of pixels. Depth values associated with each pixel are determined in at least one video frame, where each depth value represents a distance of a portion of the digital image represented by at least one corresponding pixel from the one or more cameras that capture the at least one video frame. Luminance values of pixels are adjusted within captured video frames based upon the depth values determined for the pixels so as to achieve relighting of the video frames as the video frames are displayed during the video conference session. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085399 | SCALABLE MULTI-VIDEOCONFERENCING SYSTEM - Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for a scalable videoconference system. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving a video stream from a party on a videoconference over a communication network. The method further provides transferring the video stream to a processing device of a plurality of processing devices located on one of a plurality of processing boards operatively coupled to each of one or more server processors. The method further provides processing the video stream to generate a processed video stream and transferring the processed video stream for distribution to other parties on the videoconference. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME AUDIOVISUAL INTERACTION WITH A TARGET LOCATION - Systems and methods of real-time audiovisual interaction with a target location includes receiving an identification of a target location. The identification can be received at a processor of a server from an electronic device of an end-user. A request can be transmitted for a video feed associated with the target location. For example, the video feed can be a live video feed of an interior of the target location or a video chat with a representative of the target location. In response to receiving the video feed, the video feed can be transmitted to the electronic device of the end-user. When audiovisual communication is established, a user can view different aspects of a target location, for example the capacity of a restaurant or speak directly with a representative of a clothing store to see if they have a specific item in the users' size. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085401 | DISPLAY-CAMERA SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE CROSSTALK REDUCTION - A method performed by a display-camera system includes displaying first content and second content that occludes a portion of the first content on a display during a first time period, displaying the second content and third content on the display during a second time period that is non-overlapping with the first time period, the third content to minimize crosstalk from the first content, and capturing fourth content with a camera through the display during the second time period. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085402 | CONFERENCE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIDEOS FROM OTHER CONFERENCE TERMINALS - A method executed by a conference terminal for processing videos from other conference terminals includes the following steps. Capture a video in front of the video camera. Extracting sub-images of the projection screen and the indicator from each video frame. Determining a size of the sub-image of the projection screen and size of the sub-image of the indicator. Determining distances between one fixed spot of the indicator and two reference spots of the projection screen in each video frame. Receiving from each other conference terminal the sub-image of the indicator, the sizes of the sub-images of the indicator and the projection screen, and the distances. Scaling the sub-image of each indicator from each of the other conference terminals and the distances from each other conference terminals. And positioning each scaled sub-image of the indicator to the projection screen according to the scaled distances to obtain a combined image. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085403 | INTERACTIVE PATIENT FORUMS - In a medical communication method, two or more persons are identified as having a selected medical condition or characteristic. At the residence of each identified person, a video conference-enabling unit ( | 2014-03-27 |
20140085404 | Transition Control in a Videoconference - A method for transition control in a videoconference comprises receiving a plurality of video streams from a plurality of cameras, displaying a first video stream of the plurality of video streams, detecting a stream selection event for display of a second video stream of the plurality of video streams, determining a transition category for a transition from the first video stream to the second video stream, and selecting a display transition based on the transition category for displaying the transition from the first video stream to the second video stream. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085405 | System and Method for Video Conferencing - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes two modules. A first module receives a request from a first endpoint to subscribe to a voice activated multicast group and causes the first endpoint to receive a current speaker's video stream if the first endpoint is not the current speaker and to receive a last speaker's video stream if the first endpoint is the current speaker. A second module receives a request from a second endpoint to subscribe to a continuous presence multicast group and causes the second endpoint to receive a continuous presence, current speaker video stream if the second endpoint is not the current speaker and to receive a continuous presence, last speaker video stream if the second endpoint is the current speaker. The continuous presence, current speaker video stream includes a composition or two or more video streams, one of which includes at least a portion of the current speaker's video stream. The continuous presence, last speaker video stream includes a composition or two or more video streams, one of which includes at least a portion of a last speaker's video stream. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085406 | INTEGRATED CONFERENCE FLOOR CONTROL - Methods and systems for providing a composite conference environment are disclosed. More particularly, a virtual reality environment (VRE) that can accommodate the inclusion of a conventional multipoint conference as a registered user or individual participants in a conventional multipoint conference as registered users within a composite conference environment hosted by the VRE is provided. Accordingly, a conference that is spread across multiple servers, namely a virtual reality server and a conventional multipoint conference server, can be created and moderated. Moreover, audio/video streams, features, and control can be provided to all users participating in the composite conference environment. | 2014-03-27 |