17th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090102859 | USER AUGMENTED REALITY FOR CAMERA-ENABLED MOBILE DEVICES - Disclosed are apparatus and methods for providing a user augmented reality (UAR) service for a camera-enabled mobile device, so that a user of such mobile device can use the mobile device to obtain meta data regarding one or more images/video that are captured with such device. As the user points the mobile device's camera at one or more objects in one or more scenes, such objects are automatically analyzed by the UAR to identify the one or more objects and then provide meta data regarding the identified objects in the display of the mobile device. The meta data is interactive and allows the user to obtain additional information or specific types of information, such as information that will aid the user in making a decision regarding the identified objects or selectable action options that can be used to initiate actions with respect to the identified objects. The user can utilize the UAR to continuously pass the camera over additional objects and scenes so that the meta data presented in the display of the mobile device is continuously updated. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102860 | Image Creating Device, Image Creating Method, Information Recording Medium, and Program - In an image creating device ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090102861 | SYSTEM COMPOSITING IMAGES FROM MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS - A system for compositing images using a multilayer graphics controller includes first and second applications. The first application defines masked display regions to a layer of the multilayer graphics controller using masking criterion. The second application provides an image to a further layer of the multilayer graphics controller for display in the masked region. The image may be a still image, streaming video, Internet image, or any other image type. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102862 | REAL TIME DESKTOP IMAGE WARPING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an image warping software algorithm for a real time alteration of a display scene running under the Microsoft Windows Operating System. The image warping software algorithm alters the display scene and allows an observer to view the display scene as a single unbroken image when the display scene is distributed across multiple display screens. The purpose of the image warping software algorithm is to significantly reduce the distortion observed at the abutting edges of the joined display screens. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102863 | Method of Decoding Fetched Scene on Encoded Dotmap and Electronic Device thereof - By determining a center physical grid dot at intersects of virtual grid lines of a fetched scene on an encoded dotmap, and by defining a blank dot closest to the determined center physical grid dot on the fetched scene, the orientation of encoded blocks on the encoded dotmap may be determined. And therefore, a plurality of data dots on the fetched scene may also be decoded easily. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102864 | DRIVING METHOD FOR COLOR SEQUENTIAL DISPLAY - A driving method for color sequential display, for displaying a frame during a frame period, is provided. The frame period includes a plurality of sub-frame periods, and a compensation period is included between adjacent sub-frame periods. The driving method includes the following steps. During a plurality of sub-frame periods, a first color light, a second color light, and a third color light are used respectively as a light source of the color sequential display. A fourth color light is used as the light source of the color sequential display during a plurality of compensation periods. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102865 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PIXEL - A method for driving a pixel is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of determining a first predetermined gray-level and a second predetermined gray-level which are corresponding to a target gray-level according to the target gray-level of the pixel, wherein an equivalent gray-level of sum of the first predetermined gray-level and the second predetermined gray-level is equal to the target gray-level, thereafter, generating a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage according to the first predetermined gray-level and the second predetermined gray-level for respectively driving a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel within the pixel during a frame period. The first driving voltage is greater than the second driving voltage when the equivalent gray-level is small than a first setting gray-level; the first driving voltage is small than the second driving voltage when the equivalent gray-level is greater than the first setting gray-level. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102866 | LIGHTING CONTROL APPARATUS USING DIGITAL SIGMA-DELTA MODULATION - There is provided a lighting control apparatus using digital sigma-delta modulation, the apparatus including: a control part supplying a brightness control signal; a sigma-delta modulation part generating a carry signal according to the brightness control signal of the control part and a predetermined threshold signal by using a sigma-delta modulation method; and a lighting driving part generating a driving current according to the carry signal of the sigma-delta modulation part and supplying the generated driving current to a lighting part. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102867 | DISPLAY METHOD - A display method for a color sequential display to display a frame in a frame time is provided. The frame time includes a first sub-frame time and a second sub-frame time, and the frame includes a first sub-frame and a second sub-frame. The display method includes displaying the first sub-frame in the first sub-frame time which is divided into a first liquid crystal (LC) response time and a first optical display time. In addition, the second sub-frame is displayed in the second sub-frame time which is divided into a second LC response time and a second optical display time. The scales of the first sub-frame time and the second sub-frame time are different from each other according to a default value. The display method improves the optical performance of the color sequential display. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102868 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING RESOLUTION OF DISPLAY DEVICE IN MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - A method and apparatus for dynamically selecting one of plurality of resolutions for display in a mobile computing device is disclosed. The method may include determining at least one of a media type of the visual media file and an image height and an image width of the visual media file, determining whether an energy level of the mobile computing device is a normal energy level or a low energy level, selecting a first one of the plurality of resolutions as the display resolution for display of the visual content file, the first one of the plurality of display resolutions being selected based on the determined at least one of the media type of the visual media file and the image height and the image width of the visual media file, if the energy level is determined to be the normal energy level, and selecting a second one of the plurality of resolutions as the display resolution for display of the visual content file, if the energy level is determined to be the low energy level, wherein the first one of the plurality of resolutions is a higher resolution than the second one of the plurality of resolutions. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102869 | Printing device, control method thereof and computer-readable recording medium - A printing device comprises first and second print heads, first and second print head control units, a first print head feeding unit moving the first print head in a main scanning direction, a second print head feeding unit moving the second print head in the main scanning direction, a first medium feeding unit moving a first medium holding unit in an auxiliary scanning direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction, a second medium feeding unit moving a second medium holding unit in the auxiliary scanning direction in parallel with the movement of the first medium feeding unit, a first printing unit control unit (controlling the first print head control unit, the first print head feeding unit and the first medium feeding unit), and a second printing unit control unit (controlling the second print head control unit, the second print head feeding unit and the second medium feeding unit). | 2009-04-23 |
20090102870 | LIQUID DETECTOR AND LIQUID CONTAINER HAVING THE SAME - A liquid detector includes: a case in which a flow channel is exposed from an opening; a sensor base, disposed in the opening of the case to face the flow channel; a sensor chip, mounted on a surface opposite to a surface of the sensor base which faces the flow channel and including a piezoelectric element; a film, adapted to hold the sensor base in the opening and sealing the opening; a circuit board, disposed in such a manner as to face the sensor chip; a relay terminal, electrically connecting the sensor chip and the circuit board; and a support member, adapted to support the circuit board and the relay terminal and fixed to the case. The relay terminal includes: a base end portion, fixed to the support member; and first and second free end portions, separately extending into two branches from the base end portion, and a first contact connected to the circuit board is formed in the first free end portion, and a second contact connected to the sensor chip is formed in the second free end portion. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102871 | Method for measuring a gap between an intermediate imaging member and a print head using thermal characteristics - A method uses temperature measurements for a print head and an imaging member to identify a distance between a print head and an imaging member and a heat transfer function. The method includes heating an imaging member to a predetermined imaging member temperature, activating a heat source to heat a print head to a predetermined print head temperature while the print head is at a non-imaging position with reference to the imaging member, moving the heated print head to a print position with reference to the imaging member, the print position being closer to the imaging member than the non-imaging position, deactivating the heat source, measuring a first temperature for the print head in response to a first time period expiring, and identifying a distance between the print head in the print position and the imaging member from the temperature measured for the print head, the predetermined imaging member temperature, and a difference between the predetermined print head temperature and the temperature measured for the print head. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102872 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus including: a medium-convey belt; a recording head; an image sensor being movable together with the recording head and including an image-pickup element, an image-forming optical system, and a light-entering surface which is more distant from the medium-convey belt than an ejection surface of the recording head, and a raising and lowering mechanism which positions the recording head, wherein the recording head is positioned, when in an inspecting mode in which the recording head is inspected, at a first height at which an optical image of an image recorded on the medium-convey belt or recorded on the recording medium on the medium-convey belt is formed on the image-pickup element by the image-forming optical system, while positioned, when in a normal recording mode, at a second height at which the ejection surface is more distant from the medium-convey belt than at the first height, and wherein the image sensor picks up the image when the recording head is positioned at the first height. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102873 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first nozzle, a second nozzle, an image formation control unit, a latent image formation control unit, and a position detection unit. The first nozzle ejects a first liquid droplet for forming an image on a recording medium. The second nozzle ejects a second liquid droplet that is transparent to visible light for forming a latent image on the recording medium. The image formation control unit, during the relative movement, ejects the first liquid droplet onto the recording medium to thereby form an image pattern. The latent image formation control unit ejects the second liquid droplet onto the recording medium so as to overlap the image pattern to thereby form a latent image pattern. The position detection unit recognizes the latent image pattern as a reference position on the recording medium and detects a relative position between the recording medium and the first nozzle. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102874 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus including: a medium-convey mechanism; a recording head; an image sensor configured to perform an image-pickup operation for a recording medium; an image-pickup controlling section which controls the image sensor to perform the image-pickup operation; a liquid-ejection-failure recognizing section which recognizes presence and absence of a liquid ejection failure on the basis of a portion of image data obtained by the image-pickup operation, which portion corresponds to the image; a medium-position recognizing section which recognizes a position of the recording medium relative to the recording head, on the basis of a portion of the image data which includes data corresponding to an outline of the recording medium; a medium-position judging section which judges whether the position is normal or not; and a recording data correcting section which corrects, where the position is not normal, recording data such that an image to be recorded becomes proper. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102875 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD - Provided are an ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method which are capable of printing high-quality images by performing printing scanning in a forward direction and in an opposite direction without needing complicated control of a transfer amount of a printing medium nor causing throughput degradation. Inks are ejected from odd-numbered nozzles in scanning in the forward direction and are ejected from even-numbered nozzles in scanning in the opposite direction. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102876 | DROPLET JET INSPECTING DEVICE, DROPLET JETTING APPLICATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COATED BODY - A droplet jet inspecting device includes an image pickup part taking an image of an inspection area including an area where a droplet jetted from a droplet jetting head jetting the droplet through a nozzle and a unit configured to process the image of the inspection area taken by the image pickup part and further judge a presence of a satellite droplet which is smaller than a main droplet forming the droplet and which is incidental to the main droplet. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102877 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a conveying mechanism that is provided in this apparatus body and conveys a sheet, a recording head that moves along a moving path orthogonal to a conveying direction of the sheet, ejects an ink to the sheet to print an image on the sheet, and, after the printing is finished, stands by in a first standby position on one end side of the moving path, and a CPU that moves the recording head that is on standby in the first standby position to an arbitrary position of the moving path. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102878 | Recording medium detection method and label printer - A recording medium detection method uses transmission and reflection photosensors to correctly detect if a recording medium having labels affixed to a liner is in the transportation path. The label printer | 2009-04-23 |
20090102879 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet recording apparatus has: a recording head of an inkjet type having a liquid ejection surface where a plurality of nozzles which eject liquid are arranged, a supply port which supplies the liquid to an internal flow channel connected to the plurality of nozzles, and an outlet port which is connected to the supply port via the internal flow channel and through which the liquid in the internal flow channel is expelled; a first liquid chamber which is connected to the supply port of the recording head via a first external flow channel; a second liquid chamber which is connected to the outlet port of the recording head via a second external flow channel; a liquid buffer chamber which stores the liquid supplied from a liquid supply source; a first connecting flow channel which connects the first liquid chamber to the liquid buffer chamber; a second connecting flow channel which connects the second liquid chamber to the liquid buffer chamber; a first pressure determination device which determines an internal pressure of the first liquid chamber; a second pressure determination device which determines an internal pressure of the second liquid chamber; a liquid movement device which moves the liquid between the first liquid chamber, the second liquid chamber and the liquid buffer chamber; and a pressure control device which controls the liquid movement device in accordance with determination results of the first pressure determination device and the second pressure determination device in such a manner that interiors of the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber respectively assume prescribed pressures, wherein the pressure control device controls the liquid movement device so as to adjust the internal pressures of the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber in such a manner that a prescribed pressure differential between the internal pressures of the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber is produced and a prescribed back pressure is applied to the liquid inside the plurality of nozzles of the recording head. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102880 | Liquid Storing Container - Provided is a liquid storing container including: a liquid containing unit which discharges a liquid by introducing a pressurized fluid into a region, in which the liquid is received; a liquid lead-out port which supplies the liquid from the liquid containing unit to a liquid consumption device; and a detecting device which is provided between the liquid containing unit and the liquid lead-out port, wherein the detecting device includes a liquid storing unit which is provided between the liquid containing unit and the liquid lead-out port; a piezoelectric element which applies vibration to a sensor cavity for containing the liquid in communication with the liquid storing unit and detects a state of free vibration due to the vibration; and a movement member which is displaced according to a pressurized state of the liquid storing unit at a position facing the sensor cavity. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102881 | Surface Metallization Of Metal Oxide Pre-Ceramic - Fine conductor lines (those having a width of ≦50 μM) are disposed on a flexible metal oxide containing substrate by masking portions of the substrate, and then surface metallizing unmasked portions of the substrate. Polymeric preceramic films are preferred, especially those having a glass temperature of at least 300° C. and those of the PZT family, or those containing BeO. All suitable reducing gasses are contemplated, including especially H2. All suitable masking materials are similarly contemplated, including especially titanium, titanium nitride, tungsten nitride, tantalum, and tantalum nitride. In especially preferred embodiments the conductor lines have a width of ≦25 μM, ≦15 μM, ≦5 μM, and even ≦1 μM. The lines can advantageously compose a circuit that is coupled to a piezoelectric or other mechanical actuator, which in turn can be fluidly coupled to a fluid reservoir. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102882 | MST DEVICE FOR ATTACHMENT TO SURFACE WITH ADHESIVE - A micro-systems technology (MST) device for attachment to a surface with adhesive is provided. The MST device has a body, an array of fluid inlet apertures in the body, and an array of recesses interspersed with the array of inlet apertures to hold adhesive displaced from between the body and the surface when the MST device is attached with the adhesive such that the displaced adhesive does not block fluid flow within the inlet apertures. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102883 | CRADLE UNIT WHICH ELECTROMAGNETICALLY OPERATES PRINTHEAD CAPPER - A cradle unit is provided which has a body complementary to a removable printhead cartridge, the removable printhead cartridge having a pagewidth printhead and a capper assembly, a controller for controlling operation of the printhead to facilitate printing when the removable printhead cartridge is received within the body, and an electromagnet assembly on the body which is controlled by the controller for operating the capper assembly of the removable printhead cartridge to permit the operation of the printhead. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102884 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a fluid ejecting head that ejects fluid from a nozzle opening of a nozzle. The fluid ejecting apparatus also has a cap that is operable to move away from or contact the fluid ejecting head. A cap suction means sucks a cap internal space formed between the fluid ejecting head and an inner wall of the cap in a state where the cap is in contact with the fluid ejecting head. A control means measures a pressure in the cap internal space sucked by the cap suction means and determines whether there is a negative pressure equal to or higher than a predetermined value. The control means instructs the cap sliding means to perform a sliding action when the control means determines that the negative pressure that is equal to or higher than the predetermined value is not generated in the cap internal space. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102885 | INK-JET PRINTER - In order to simplify a constitution of a locking member capable of locking engageably and detachably an ink head with a stationary region, an ink-jet printer comprises a first carriage supported relatively transferable in a predetermined direction with respect to the medium; a second carriage supported relatively transferable in the predetermined direction with respect to the medium and juxtaposed so as to position on a side in the predetermined direction of the first carriage; a slide means disposed on the first carriage to be transferable in a direction intersecting with the predetermined direction; an ink head disposed fixedly on the slide means and capable of discharging an ink on the medium; a cutting head disposed fixedly on the second carriage and capable of cutting out the medium; a locking member transferred with transfer of the first carriage towards the predetermined direction and transfer of the slide means towards direction intersecting with the predetermined direction to lock engageably and detachably with a stationary region; and a coupling means for coupling separably the first carriage to the second carriage. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102886 | AMBIENT PLASMA TREATMENT OF PRINTER COMPONENTS - A method of treating a printer component, a printhead, and a printer are provided. The method includes providing an electrode proximate to the printer component to be treated; introducing a plasma treatment gas in an area proximate to the printer component to be treated; and treating the printer component by applying power to the electrode thereby producing a micro-scale plasma at near atmospheric pressure, the micro-scale plasma acting on the printer component. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102887 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A line head that minimizes the influence of strain due to generation of thermal stress and minimizes the influence on printing results even when only the head chips are suddenly heated is provided. First strain-reducing portions | 2009-04-23 |
20090102888 | PRINTING SYSTEM WITH POWER REGULATION - A printing system comprising: a printhead cartridge comprising a printhead; a cradle unit for supporting the printhead cartridge; and an interface at which the cradle unit is removably engageable with the printhead cartridge, the interface comprising connections for connecting the printhead cartridge with a power supply which is remote from the interface and a power regulation circuit for regulating supply of power from the power supply to the printhead cartridge. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102889 | SYSTEM FOR PIVOTED CONNECTION OF CRADLE UNIT AND PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE - A system for interconnecting a printhead cartridge and a cradle unit for supporting the printhead cartridge is provided. The system has a first printed circuit having print control circuitry of the cradle unit, and a second printed circuit board having connections for connecting the printhead cartridge with a power supply which is remote from the second printhead circuit board and the print control circuitry of the first printed circuit board. The first and second printed circuit boards have complementary connectors which cooperate to provide the connection of the printhead cartridge to the print control circuitry. The complementary connectors being arranged so that the first printed circuit board is able to pivot with respect to the second printed circuit board. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102890 | INKJET PRINT HEAD - An inkjet print head comprises an array of print head heater circuits. Each circuit has a heater element ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090102891 | HEATING RESISTOR ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, THERMAL HEAD, AND PRINTER - Provided is a heating resistor element ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090102892 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH SYMMETRICAL TRI-LAYER OUTER SHELL LAMINATE - A printhead assembly for an inkjet printer comprises an outer shell of a hot rolled tri-layer laminate of two different metals; a core element within the shell, the core element defining four separate ink reservoirs; a printhead constructed using MEMS techniques to provide ink nozzles, chambers and actuators; and a micro molding for distributing ink from the ink reservoirs to the printhead. The tri-layer shell is configured such that the effective coefficient of thermal expansion of the shell as a whole is substantially equal to that of silicon, and the outer layers of the tri-layer laminate are symmetrically disposed around a central layer thereof. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102893 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording head is constituted by a recording element substrate including an ejection outlet array consisting of a plurality of arranged ejection outlets for ejecting ink; a plurality of heat generating elements, provided correspondingly to the ejection outlets, for generating thermal energy for ejecting the ink; and a supply port, formed along the ejection outlet array in an elongated hole-like shape, for supplying the ink to the ejection outlets; and a supporting member, having a supply flow passage communicating with the supply port, for supporting the recording element substrate. The supporting member is provided with at least two beams each extending over an opening of the supply flow passage in a widthwise direction of the supply flow passage and having a width W with respect to a longitudinal direction of the supply flow passage. At least two beams described above are disposed within a range from a center of the supply flow passage with respect to the longitudinal direction toward both longitudinal end sides of the supply flow passage by 2.5 W for each of the end sides and are spaced 2 mm or more apart. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102894 | Piezoelectric actuator, liquid ejection head, and method for manufacturing piezoelectric actuator - A piezoelectric actuator includes piezoelectric layers. Individual electrodes are formed on an outermost piezoelectric layer and arranged in a row extending along a first direction. Through holes are formed in the outermost piezoelectric layer and arranged substantially in a row extending in the first direction to contact with first end portions of the individual electrodes. The individual electrodes include at least one first individual electrode and at least one second individual electrode. The first individual electrode comprises a first electrode terminal provided at the first end portion, and the second individual electrode comprises a second electrode terminal provided at a second end portion opposite to the first end portion with respect to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second individual electrode has a thickened portion extending from the second electrode terminal towards the first end portion. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102895 | PIEZOELECTRIC INKJET PRINTHEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a piezoelectric inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the same. The piezoelectric inkjet printhead includes first and second single-crystalline silicon substrates. An ink flow path is disposed in a first surface of the first substrate. The ink flow path includes an ink introduction port, a manifold for supplying ink, a plurality of pressure chambers filled with ink to be ejected, a plurality of restrictors for connecting the manifold with the plurality of pressure chambers, respectively, and a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink. The second substrate is bonded to the first substrate to thereby complete the ink flow path. A plurality of piezoelectric actuators are disposed on a second surface of the first substrate to correspond to each of the pressure chambers and provide drivability required for ejecting ink to the respective pressure chambers. In this construction, aligning the first and second substrates is unnecessary, so that the manufacturing process can be simplified, the manufacturing cost can be reduced, and ink ejecting performance can be improved. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102896 | PRINTER INCLUDING TEMPERATURE GRADIENT FLUID FLOW DEVICE - A method and printing system are provided. The printing system includes a liquid drop ejector, a fluid passage, and a fluid flow. The liquid drop ejector is operable to eject liquid drops having a plurality of volumes along a first path. The fluid passage includes a temperature gradient in the passage. The fluid flow source is operable to cause a fluid to flow in a direction through the passage, wherein interaction of the fluid flow and the liquid drops causes liquids drops having one of the plurality of volumes to begin moving along a second path. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102897 | Liquid Contanier - A liquid container for supplying a liquid to a liquid jetting apparatus includes a liquid reservoir section and a sensor. The liquid reservoir section stores electrically conductive liquid. The sensor is disposed at a location in the liquid reservoir section, for electrically detecting a condition of the conductive liquid at the location. A fixed potential is applied to the conductive liquid. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102898 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND LIQUID SUPPLY APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus supplying ink from a main tank to a head via a sub tank. The sub tank has two flow paths communicating with the main tank, an atmosphere communicating part, and a liquid exit part to the head. The liquid in the sub tank is maintained at a constant liquid level position by selecting, between the two flow paths, the flow path having a lower flow path resistance. Thus, the ink jet recording apparatus can store a predetermined amount of liquid stably in the sub tank. The ink jet recording apparatus and the liquid supply apparatus are capable, even when the main tank is detached or the ink therein is exhausted, of continuing the recording for a predetermined time or number of sheets, utilizing the ink in the sub tank. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102899 | Ink supply assembly for an ink jet printing device - An ink supply assembly includes at least one inlet port. At least one outlet port is connected to the inlet port via an ink cavity and is adapted to be connected to an ink discharge unit of an ink jet device. The ink supply assembly has a sandwich structure formed by at least two plate members and a foil that is interposed therebetween and has a part forming a wall of said ink cavity. At least one of the plate members defines a pressure equalization chamber adjacent to the ink cavity and separated therefrom by the foil. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102900 | LIQUID STORAGE UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The invention provides a liquid storage unit comprising: a case, a liquid storage part for storing a liquid in the case, with which a liquid part communicates; at least one gas accommodation part for accommodating a gas in the case, with which a gas port communicates, wherein the liquid in the liquid storage part is led outs through the liquid port by a pressure of a gas introduced from the gas port; an inner case provided in the case having a pair of openings on opposite side faces thereof; and a pair of flexible partitioning members sealing said pair of openings of the inner case respectively, thereby partitioning the liquid storage part therebetween and defining said at least one of the gas accommodation part in cooperation with the case. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102901 | INK CARTRIDGE, INK CARTRIDGE BAG, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A disclosed ink cartridge includes a primary ink room and at least one secondary ink room arranged adjacent to the primary ink room, which rooms are configured to store ink therein. An ink supplying needle is made to pierce through the secondary ink room in such a manner that at least a needle hole provided in the ink supplying needle reaches the primary ink room so as to suction the ink from the primary ink room through the needle hole and supply the ink to an inkjet recording head via an ink supplying path. As the ink supplying needle is pulled out from the primary ink room, the needle hole passes through the secondary ink room so that the ink supplying needle can suction the ink from the secondary ink room. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102902 | Liquid Container - A liquid container is for supplying a liquid to a liquid jetting apparatus. The liquid container includes a liquid reservoir section, a sensor and an electrostatic capacitance. The liquid reservoir section stores electrically conductive liquid. The sensor is disposed at a location in the liquid reservoir section, for electrically detecting a condition of the conductive liquid at the location. The electrostatic capacitance is provided between a fixed potential and the conductive liquid, the electrostatic capacitance reducing extrinsic noise. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102903 | Liquid Jetting Apparatus - A liquid jetting apparatus for jetting electrically conductive liquid onto a medium includes a liquid reservoir section, a sensor and a conductive member. The liquid reservoir section stores the liquid. The sensor is disposed at a location in the liquid reservoir section, for electrically detecting the condition of the liquid at the location. The conductive member contacts the conductive liquid and that is electrically connected to a stable potential. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102904 | CRADLE UNIT FOR A PRINTER CARTRIDGE - A printer cradle unit for a printer cartridge has a body defining an opening for receiving the cartridge. A cover assembly closes the opening and secures the cartridge in an operative position. An ink refill mechanism is arranged on the body to operate a refill unit to refill the cartridge with ink. A roller assembly is arranged on the body and is configured to feed print media from the cartridge | 2009-04-23 |
20090102905 | Transport system for providing a continuous supply of solid ink to a melting assembly in a printer - A solid ink printer includes a solid ink transportation control system that helps ensure a continuous supply of solid ink to a melting device within a printer. The solid ink transportation control system includes an ink loss measurement circuit configured to identify an accumulated ink mass loss of ink from an ink reservoir in a printer and to generate an ink supply replenish signal in response to the accumulated ink mass loss reaching an accumulated loss threshold, a drive motor electrically coupled to the ink loss measurement circuit, the drive motor being configured to operate in response to the ink supply replenish signal, and an ink stick drive train coupled to the drive motor, at least a portion of the ink stick drive train moving towards a melting assembly in the printer in response to the operation of the drive motor. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102906 | INK-JET PRINTER COMPRISING A STRUCTURE TO ELIMINATE INK DRIPPING - This invention provides an ink jet assembly that prevents and controls ink drips from upper print heads from contacting the lower print heads or paper in the system. A heated ink drip bib is provided below the ink jet releasing portion of a print head. This ink drip bib directs falling or dripping ink into a drip tray located below each ink bib during the purge cycle. The ink bibs and the drip trays are co-extensive so that any ink being deflected from the ink bib is caught by the ink tray. In one embodiment, the ink bib is angled away from the printing surface to ensure that any solidified ink is separated from an imaging surface. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102907 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a liquid discharger including a liquid discharge head configured to discharge a droplet of liquid so as to form an image. The liquid discharge head includes multiple individual channels communicating with corresponding nozzles from which the liquid is discharged; a common channel configured to supply the liquid to the individual channels; a deformable member configured to form at least one wall face of the common channel; and a vibration damping member formed of a viscoelastic material, the vibration member being provided in contact with the deformable member. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102908 | CONVEYING APPARATUS, LIQUID APPLYING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed conveying apparatus includes plural conveyance paths arranged in parallel and configured to receive plural conveyance objects fed from an upstream side of the plural conveyance paths and convey the received plural conveyance objects to a conveyance destination situated at a downstream side of the plural conveyance paths. The plural conveyance paths are configured to convey the plural conveyance objects in the order in which the plural conveyance objects are received. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102909 | WALL MOUNTED PRINTER - A printer is provided for mounting to a wall. The printer includes an elongate body configured to be mounted in an upright position on the wall. A pair of print engines is mounted within the body and is configured to print ink upon either side of print media passing there-between along the body. A replaceable ink cartridge is mounted within the body and is coupled with the print engines to supply ink thereto. A binding assembly is mounted within the body and is configured to bind sheets of printed print media together. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102910 | Thermal Head and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A thermal head (A) according to the present invention includes a substrate ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090102911 | HEATING RESISTOR ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, THERMAL HEAD, AND PRINTER - Provided is a heating resistor element including: an insulating substrate including a glass material; a heat accumulating layer bonded to the insulating substrate through heating to temperature ranging from an annealing point to a softening point in a state of being adhered to a surface of the insulating substrate, and including the same material as the glass material of the insulating substrate; and a heating resistor provided on the heat accumulating layer, in which, on at least one of bonded surfaces between the insulating substrate and the heat accumulating layer, at least one of the insulating substrate and the heat accumulating layer is provided with a concave portion in a region opposed to the heating resistor to form a hollow portion. Accordingly, deformation caused by a difference in coefficient of thermal expansion is suppressed to improve printing quality. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102912 | HEATING RESISTOR ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, THERMAL HEAD, AND PRINTER - Provided is a heating resistor element, including: an insulating substrate ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090102913 | MEMORY AID FOR PERSONS HAVING MEMORY LOSS - A simplified computer device is provided and may be used by persons having memory loss to connect via a network, such as the Internet, to one or more other computer devices. The simplified computer device is operable to obtain image, text and/or audio files from the other computer device for displaying on a display screen or for playing on an audio player, as the case may be, of the simplified computer devices to assist the persons with memory loss in recalling the identity and/or other information about their family members, friends, caregivers, and other acquaintances. Using a limited set of buttons on the simplified computer devices, the persons having memory loss can automatically link to one or more predetermined other computer devices and retrieve the image files and associated text and audio files. A local input module is coupleable to the simplified computer device and is usable for entry of images, text, and/or audio directly into the memory of the associated simplified computer devices for storage therein and/or for transmission to other devices of the network. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102914 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES FROM A DVD DISC - A system and method described herein provide stereoscopic video using standard DVD video data combined with enhancement data. In various embodiments, the enhancement data may be stored on the same DVD as the standard video, or provided via downloading and/or streaming to a stereoscopic DVD player. When stored on the DVD, the enhancement data is provided in various forms, including MPEG (-1 or -2) program Stream level; or the MPEG elementary stream level. In one embodiment, the enhancement data consists of a difference signal between left- and right-eye images taken on a pixel-by-pixel basis. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102915 | STEREOPROJECTION SYSTEM - The invention relates to stereo projection systems for displaying stereopaired images on mirror-spherical or parabolic screens and for collectively watching a stereo effect without using stereo spectacles. Said invention makes it possible to continuously dynamically superimpose the projections of the left and right picture frames of a steropair with the user's left and right eyes, respectively. Such impositions are carried out simultaneously and independently for each viewer. The technical result is attainable by that the inventive stereo projection system comprises stereo projectors which are individually allocated to each viewer and in-series connected, a monitoring system for continuously and accurately determining the viewers' eye positions, a self correcting device, video-correcting devices, automatic drives for the mechanical self-correction of the stereo projectors and the system optical elements, units which are used for forming stereopair projected images in the stereo projector and which are coupled with the video-correcting device for the video-correction of the optimal parameters of the screen images. The inventive system makes it possible to carry out the self- and video-correction in an integral manner in such a way that the comfort of the stereo effect viewing is maximally satisfied. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102916 | Structure of Stereoscopic Image Data, Stereoscopic Image Data Recording Method, Reproducing Method, Recording Program, and Reproducing Program - It is made possible to record stereoscopic image data of parallel-ray one-dimensional IP type in a format at a high compression rate with little image quality degradation. This stereoscopic image data can be efficiently decompressed and reproduced. A stereoscopic image data structure includes: a parallax component image data representing n or more parallax component images, each having accumulated pixels that cause the pixels to generate the parallel light rays in the same parallax direction in the viewing zone, and having different numbers of horizontal pixels. N combined images with the same numbers of vertical and horizontal pixels are a unit to be converted into a parallax interleaved image, the n combined images being formed by combining two or more parallax component images with parallax directions different from each other by n. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102917 | BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A bidirectional communication device for an electronic endoscope provided with a videoscope having an imaging function and generating a scope information signal, has a communication channel, a first communication circuit and a second communication circuit. The first communication circuit outputs a clock signal to the communication channel in order to perform the imaging function in the videoscope. The second communication circuit receives the clock signal through the communication channel and amplifies the clock signal to generate an amplified clock signal. The second communication circuit superimposes the scope information signal onto the amplified clock signal to generate a superimposed signal, which is transmitted to the first communication circuit through the communication channel. The first communication circuit obtains the scope information signal from the superimposed signal at a timing corresponding to the clock signal. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102918 | MICROSCOPE IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - A microscope image pickup system includes: alight source; an object lens; a display device; a record device; a capture device for performing a preview mode in which an image of the test object obtained by the object lens is repeatedly captured and a plurality of captured images are continuously displayed on the display device, or an image record mode in which the image of the test object is captured and the captured image is recorded on the record device; an illumination light amount control device for controlling the amount of light of the illumination light; and a system control device for controlling an operation of the illumination light amount control device depending on the preview mode or the image record mode performed by the capture device. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102919 | AUDIO-VIDEO SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS - An AV system and method for teleconferencing includes input and output subsystems. The input subsystem includes at least a pair of cameras and a microphone. The cameras can be mounted on a portable cart and adapted for repositioning in order to provide optimum camera spacing and angles to accommodate particular subject matter being covered. The input subsystem is connected to a controller, which can be connected to the Internet or some other network whereby systems at various sites can be linked for teleconferencing multiple participants, who can be either geographically remote from each other or located in close proximity. The output subsystem includes multi-screen displays, which are configured for simulating live participation by viewers. The display devices can be mounted on the cart, along with speakers for playing audio content. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102920 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An optical apparatus includes a zoom lens unit, a pan/tilt unit configured to at least one of pan the zoom lens unit and tilt the zoom lens unit, and a center-shift information storage portion configured to store a shift amount of an optical axis for every zooming position, and has a mechanism configured to correct a shift of the optical axis caused by zooming, by driving the pan/tilt unit by the shift amount of the optical axis stored in the center-shift information storage portion. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102921 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - Images captured by multiple cameras installed on a vehicle are combined, and an image of the ground is projected onto a plane and is displayed around a vehicle display portion. In the vehicle display portion, actual images of portions of the vehicle may be displayed in a front area, a rear area, a left-side area, and/or a right-side area. A vehicle illustration image is displayed in the area surrounded by the actual images of the portions of the vehicle. Since the vehicle actual images are displayed at the perimeter of the vehicle display portion, it is easy for an operator who views a display screen to recognize the positional relationships between the perimeter of the vehicle and obstacles outside the vehicle perimeter. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102922 | ON-VEHICLE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - Images taken by a plurality of cameras mounted on a vehicle are combined and an image of the surrounding area is developed, in a plane, around a vehicle display portion. The vehicle display portion shows an illustration border line indicative of the outer shape of the vehicle. The outline of the vehicle indicated by the illustration border line is drawn slightly larger than the outer shape of the actual image of the vehicle. This allows margin areas to be formed between the vehicle and its surroundings, thus reducing the possibility of a collision with an obstacle during driving. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102923 | Truck security system - There is provided a truck security system for use with a truck and cab combination wherein the security system comprises: a first digital camera positioned on the truck cab and oriented so as to view toward the front of the truck; a second digital camera positioned on the truck cab and oriented so as to view toward the left of the truck cab; a third digital camera positioned on the truck cab and oriented so as to view toward the right of the truck cab; a fourth digital camera positioned on the truck cab and oriented so as to view toward the rear of the truck cab; a fifth digital camera positioned on the truck trailer and oriented so as to view toward the rear of the truck trailer; a first microphone positioned proximate to the truck cab; a second microphone positioned proximate the rear of the truck trailer; a control unit linked to each of the first camera, the second camera, the third camera, the fourth camera, the fifth camera, the first microphone, and the second microphone. The control unit may further be linked to a DVR for recording information from any of the cameras and microphones. Additionally, the DVR recorder can receive information from truck systems such as engine RPM, engine temperature, speed, gear selection, and brake status. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102924 | Rapidly Deployable, Remotely Observable Video Monitoring System - A panoramic imaging threat detection and alert system to automate the detection, localization, tracking and assessment of moving objects within a specified field of view. This system utilizes an array of large-scale imaging chips, an array of reflective lenses coded for computational imaging, passive distance measurement and high-speed processors to determine the characteristics of objects of interest. This system selects moving objects to further evaluate for threat assessment and communicates object size, speed, distance and acceleration to a designated threat assessment center or personnel for further action. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102925 | ERGONOMIC CONFIGURATIONS FOR THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS - A housing of a thermal imaging camera includes a camera portion, in which an thermal imaging assembly is mounted, and to which a focusing assembly is mounted, on a first side thereof, and to which a display is mounted, on a second side thereof; a handle portion of the housing extends from a bottom side of the camera portion of the housing at an angle, away from the first side of the camera portion. The housing is configured for ergonomic handling wherein an index finger of a hand may readily activate the focusing assembly, when the hand is wrapped about the handle portion of the housing. The hand may be a right hand or a left hand, and the camera may further include additional features to provide support for single-handed operation. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102926 | DETECTING AND PROCESSING CORRUPTED VIDEO RECORDINGS - Embodiments of the invention include a method that comprises receiving a request to record television content on a specified channel for a specified period of time. The method can also include tuning to the specified channel at the specified time, and recording the specified content. The method can also include determining that one or more segments of the television content is corrupted. The method can also include presenting a notification indicating that some of the television content is corrupted, retuning to the specified channel made by the request, and acquiring uncorrupted television content for use in replacing the one or more segments of corrupted television content. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102927 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR REGISTERING SOURCE DEVICE IN SINK DEVICE - A wireless communication system is disclosed, which includes a source device having a high-rate wireless transmitter circuit for wirelessly transmitting a video signal, and a sink device having a high-rate wireless receiver circuit for receiving the wirelessly transmitted video signal. The source device includes a memory for storing a device ID of the source device and a low-rate wireless transceiver circuit, in addition to the high-rate wireless transmitter circuit. The low-rate wireless transceiver circuit wirelessly transmits a control signal including the device ID read-out from the memory to the sink device, and wirelessly receives a registration control signal for registering the source device in the sink device, from the sink device. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102928 | MONITORING APPARATUS - A monitoring method for monitoring a video/audio signal transmitted from a transmission source to a transmission destination has a step of storing the video/audio signal transmitted from the transmission source to the transmission destination repeatedly for a predetermined time period, a step of comparing a first characteristic amount extracted from the video/audio signal before the transmission and a second characteristic amount extracted from the video/audio signal after the transmission in real time, a step of determining an error occurrence when there is a difference of a predetermined value or more between the first characteristic amount and the second characteristic amount, and a step of transmitting the stored video/audio signal to a predetermined destination when an error occurrence is determined. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102929 | WEB CAMERA MODULE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A web camera module and an operation method thereof are provided. The web camera module includes a sensor and a back-end circuit coupled to the sensor. The sensor provides an image signal. The back-end circuit receives a firmware program from a personal computer and executes the firmware program to perform an image processing on the image signal, and then the back-end circuit provides a result of the image processing to the personal computer. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102930 | System and method for effectively implementing an electronic image hub device - A system and method for effectively implementing an electronic image hub device includes a peripheral device, such as a digital camera, that may be periodically connected to the image hub device by a system user. The system user may then utilize the image hub device to transfer captured data from the peripheral device to a specific data destination, such as a user service on a distributed computer network. The peripheral device also may utilize the image hub device to recharge batteries that become depleted through operation of the peripheral device. The system user may then subsequently access and utilize the captured data from the data destination in accordance with the present invention. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102931 | IMAGING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, AND PRINTING DEVICE - In an imaging device, a display control device, and a display device which are operable to conveniently display reduced images in accordance with a motion and an attitude at the time of shooting, a motion detection section detects the motion of the imaging device during continuous shooting. A recording section records reduced images of the shot images obtained by the imaging device, and motion information on the motion of the imaging device corresponding to the reduced images. An image extraction section extracts a plurality of the reduced images of the consecutively shooting from among the recorded reduced images. An image display control section causes a display section to display the extracted reduced images. An image display control section arranges the extracted reduced images in accordance with the motion information and causes the display section to display the extracted reduced images. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102932 | Black Card Controlling Method and Electronic Device Thereof - A black card controlling method and an electronic device thereof are disclosed. The black card controlling method comprises the steps of: providing an electronic device used for photographing, wherein the electronic device comprises a photosensitive element, a shutter, a lens module and a black card device; obtaining an image by the photosensitive element; obtaining light contrast information by analyzing the image; moving the black card device and setting a shaking parameter of the black card device according to the light contrast information; starting the shutter; and shaking the black device according to the shaking parameter of the black card device. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102933 | Target Acquisition System - A targeting system and method for remotely controlling the zoom and pan features of a device for display in an operating room is provided. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102934 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An exemplary imaging apparatus includes a body, a rotation unit, and an image control unit. The body includes a camera module configured for sensing an image. The body can be attached to the rotation unit. The image control unit includes an image capturing module, a setting module, a retrieving module, and a processing module. The image capturing module is configured for capturing the image. The setting module is configured for setting a predetermined figure and a predetermined position. The retrieving module retrieves data of the predetermined figure and the predetermined position. The processing module controls the rotation unit to rotate until the predetermined figure is detected at the predetermined position in the image. If the predetermined figure is detected at the predetermined position in the image, the imaging apparatus is controlled to take a picture. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102935 | MOTION ASSISTED IMAGE SENSOR CONFIGURATION - In general this disclosure describes techniques for configuring an image sensor of an image capture device based on motion within the scene of interest. In particular, the image capture device analyzes motion between two or more images of the same scene of interest and adjusts the configuration parameters, e.g., gain and/or exposure time, of the image sensor based on the amount of motion within the scene of interest. For example, the image capture device may configure the image sensor with a large gain and a short exposure time when the scene includes a relatively large amount of motion, thus reducing the blur caused by the large amount of motion. Conversely, the image capture device may configure the image sensor with a small gain and a long exposure time when the scene includes relatively little or no motion, thus reducing the noise caused by large gains. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102936 | Camera - A camera includes: a first image sensor that captures an image of a subject and outputs a first imaging signal; a second image sensor that is separately arranged from the first image sensor, captures an image of the subject and outputs a second imaging signal; a driving unit that drives the first image sensor and the second image sensor; an image processing unit that processes the first imaging signal and the second imaging signal by time sharing; and a control unit that controls the driving unit and the image processing unit. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102937 | LONG-DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - A device for taking long-distance images includes, successively:
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20090102938 | High Speed Photographic Device, Method For Controlling High Speed Photographic Device, and Computer Program - To provide a high speed photographic device which can display in real time a synchronous image photographed in synchronization with motion of a photographic subject. The high speed photographic device ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090102939 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ACQUIRING MULTIPLE IMAGES WITH A GIVEN CAMERA - An apparatus and method for acquiring multiple images of a given scene. The apparatus allows a standard video imaging camera to simultaneously detect multiple images through the use of reflective surfaces. In at least one embodiment, the multiple images allow for a single image to be created having a high dynamic range. In another embodiment, method for efficiently determining an infrared image is provided. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102940 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING CONTROL METHOD - An imaging device according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: an image pickup device which converts an optical image of a photographic subject received through an imaging lens into an image signal; a displaying device which displays a through-the-lens image based on the image signal; a person detecting device which detects one or more persons from the image signal; a distance calculating device which calculates a distance between a plurality of the detected persons; and a composition assisting device which displays on the displaying device information as to whether the distance between the detected persons is proper or not based on the calculated distance between the detected persons. Thereby, it is possible to obtain an image with a proper composition in a case when there are a plurality of persons being the photographic subjects. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102941 | Digital image processing apparatus capable of displaying color distribution chart and method of operating the same - A digital image processing apparatus capable of displaying a color distribution chart and a method of operating the same is provided. The digital image processing apparatus includes a digital signal processing unit which detects digital color signals from an image input via an image photographing unit and calculates a color distribution chart that indicates a proportion of the detected color signals in the image. The apparatus and method can calculate and display a color distribution chart of a displayed image and change colors of the image into optimized colors. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102942 | Composition determining apparatus, composition determining method, and program - A composition determining apparatus includes a subject detecting unit configured to detect existence of one or more specific subjects in an image based on image data; and a composition determining unit configured to determine a composition in accordance with the number of subjects detected by the subject detecting unit. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102943 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a spectrum estimation unit for estimating a spectrum for each pixel from multiband image data comprising image data in multiple different wavelength ranges; a memory for storing spectral data suitable for each of multiple different shooting modes; and a conversion unit for determining a shooting mode of the multiband image data and converting the spectrum into band data with different spectral characteristics using the spectral data stored in the memory, the spectral data suitable for the determined shooting mode. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102944 | COLOR SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND COLOR SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - The color signal processing circuit includes a first calculation unit generating an R/G value, a second calculation unit generating a B/G value, and a position specifying unit specifying, based on the R/G and B/G values, a position expressed as a color temperature of the light of a light source in a color coordinate system defined by R/G and B/G coordinate axes as the position of the light source. The color signal processing circuit further includes a pull determining unit determining a displacement amount between the light source position specified and a position of a target point on a blackbody radiation curve defined in the color coordinate system, sets gain values for the R, G, B color signals for achieving a white balance based on the displacement amount, and supplies the gain values to white balance amps amplifying the R, G, B color signals, and carries out white balance processing. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102945 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGES - Generating a high dynamic range image includes obtaining a maximum luminance and a minimum luminance of a scene to be captured, setting a first range of exposure values and a second range of exposure values according to the maximum luminance and the minimum luminance, capturing a first image of the scene according to the first range of exposure values and a second image of the scene according to the second range of exposure values, and superposing the images by compositing luminance information of pixels in corresponding locations of the images according to a tone mapping technique. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102946 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REAL-TIME HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING - Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products for real-time high dynamic range (HDR) imaging are provided. A method includes creating a first HDR image file for a subject image captured from a first angle and at a first time increment (T1). The first HDR image file is created by a first image capturing device. The method also includes receiving a second HDR image file for the subject image captured from a second angle at T1, creating a first composite HDR image file by combining elements of the first HDR image file with elements of the second HDR image file, and generating a first three-dimensional HDR image from the composite HDR image file. The second HDR image file is received in real-time, such that the first three-dimensional HDR image reflects the subject at T1. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102947 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADDING USER INFORMATION TO DIGITAL IMAGES - A method for automatically adding user information to digital images is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: loading user information to an inner storage of a digital camera; reading the user information from the inner storage; editing the user information stored in the inner storage, and storing the edited user information in the inner storage; adding the user information to a header of an EXIF file of a digital image, then the user information is automatically added to a digital image at the time when the digital image is captured by the digital camera. A related system is also disclosed. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102948 | Optical Image Recording Device with Small Height and High Resolution - An optical image recording device comprises a housing having a comparatively small height and at least one comparatively broad optical image information entering surface, an optical path unit including a first lens array, a second lens array and an optical image recording device including an image sensor, while in the optical path unit the first lens array is guiding the entering optical information to the optical axis of the second lens array extending substantially perpendicular to the height of the housing and the optical image information is received by the image sensor, and the optical image recording device further including electrical circuitry coupled to the image sensor for processing and storing the image data. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102949 | Perfecting the Effect of Flash within an Image Acquisition Devices using Face Detection - Within a digital acquisition device with a built in flash unit, the exposure of an acquired digital image is perfected using face detection in the acquired image is provided. Groups of pixels that correspond to plural images of faces are identified within a digitally acquired image, and corresponding image attributes to the group of pixels are determined. An analysis is performed of the corresponding attributes of the groups of pixels. It is then determined to activate the built-in flash unit based on the analysis. An intensity of the built-in flash unit is determined based on the analysis. Alternatively based on similar analysis, a digital simulation of the fill flash is performed on the image. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102950 | Multiple-View Processing in Wide-Angle Video Camera - A motion video camera that removes the need for mechanical pan, tilt, and zoom apparatus is disclosed. The video camera includes the following. A wide-angle optical system is configured to receive an optical image. An image sensor is coupled to the optical system and is configured to convert the optical image to an electronic image. An image processing circuit is coupled to the image sensor and is configured to receive the electronic image and to execute movement and zoom operations by correcting distortions in the electronic image introduced by the wide-angle optical system and image sensor. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102951 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLOR-NOISE REDUCTION - In a color-noise reduction circuit in which a color-difference signal of a target pixel is substituted in a random substitution circuit ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090102952 | BLACK LEVEL CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A black level control apparatus and method, particularly for a high-speed video camera ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090102953 | PERFORMANCE DIGITAL IMAGE SENSING - Systems and media to capture a digital image are disclosed. Embodiments include hardware and/or software for taking multiple color data readings with a series of sensing elements in one collecting location during a single exposure, associating the collecting location with a pixel, and calculating a color value for the pixel based on the multiple color data readings. The hardware or software may also direct light successively to the sensing elements of the series of sensing elements within one exposure via reflective optics, and may determine that a sensing element of the series of sensing elements is defective. The hardware or software may redirect light to align a non-defective sensing element of the series of sensing elements with the collecting location. The non-defective sensing element and the defective sensing element may be associated with the same color. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102954 | MULTIPLEXING AND OFFSET CORRECTION SYSTEM FOR AN IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY - An imaging apparatus includes two subsets of photosensors, the two subsets being interleaved along a linear array. Each photosensor is connectable, by the operation of a shift register, to a reference line and a signal line, to permit double-sampling of signals therefrom. Each subset of photosensors is associated with its own reference line and signal line, and signals from the two subsets of photosensors can be read out largely simultaneously. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102955 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM USING THE PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - It is a principle object of the present invention to reduce a voltage drop of a common power supply wiring in a plurality of amplification circuits to suppress crosstalk generated in other signal output lines. A photoelectric conversion device includes: a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion area; a plurality of signal output lines through which electrical signals are to be read out from the plurality of pixels; and a plurality of amplification circuits provided in correspondence to the plurality of signal output lines for amplifying the electrical signals, respectively, the plurality of amplification circuits including at least one constant current circuit portion and being disposed in a predetermined direction of repetitive dispersion, in which a constant current circuit portion includes at least a source grounded field effect transistor (the gate electrode is designated by reference symbol | 2009-04-23 |
20090102956 | Fast Computational Camera Based On Two Arrays of Lenses - Method and apparatus for a fast (low F/number) computational camera that incorporates two arrays of lenses. The arrays include a lenslet array in front of a photosensor and an objective lens array of two or more lenses. Each lens in the objective lens array captures light from a subject. Each lenslet in the lenslet array captures light from each objective lens and separates the captured light to project microimages corresponding to the objective lenses on a region of the photosensor under the lenslet. Thus, a plurality of microimages are projected onto and captured by the photosensor. The captured microimages may be processed in accordance with the geometry of the objective lenses to align the microimages to generate a final image. One or more other algorithms may be applied to the image data in accordance with radiance information captured by the camera, such as automatic refocusing of an out-of-focus image. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102957 | METHOD AND MEANS FOR VARYING THE CONTENT OF A DISPLAY - A method of varying the content of a physical display at a broadcast event between a direct viewer and a broadcast viewer, wherein the display comprises a direct viewer display image and a broadcast viewer display image, wherein the display displays one or more temporally interleaved data content instances, and wherein the display image for a broadcast viewer is synchronised to show one of said data content instances. | 2009-04-23 |
20090102958 | LENS BARREL AND CAMERA - A lens barrel has a drive frame, a first lens frame, a zoom motor, and a control device. The drive frame has three first cam grooves. The first lens frame has cam pins inserted into the first cam grooves. The zoom motor rotationally drives the drive frame. The control device limits the drive range of the zoom motor so that the cam pins do not stop near the wide-angle position of the imaging region. | 2009-04-23 |