25th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120154452 | METHOD FOR QUICKLY ADJUSTING THE WAVEFORM BRIGHTNESS OF DIGITAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL OSCILLOSCOPE - The present invention provides a method for quickly adjusting the waveform brightness of digital three-dimensional (3D) oscilloscope, creates a ROM in FPGA and take it as a look-up table of screen display brightness value of LCD that is corresponding to the waveform occurrence N(T, A) at the current brightness gradation L, and divide the ROM into 2 | 2012-06-21 |
20120154453 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS DRIVING METHOD - A display apparatus includes: a display panel that includes display elements having a current-driven light-emitting portion, in which the display elements are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix in a first direction and a second direction, and that displays an image on the basis of a video signal; and a luminance correcting unit that corrects the luminance of the display elements when displaying an image on the display panel by correcting a gradation value of an input signal and outputting the corrected input signal as the video signal. The luminance correcting unit includes a reference operating time calculator, an accumulated reference operating time storage, a reference curve storage, a gradation correction value holder, and a video signal generator. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154454 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of regions, where each of the regions includes a plurality of liquid crystal pixels; a plurality of data driving units; and a plurality of timing controllers, where the data driving units is in a one-to-one correspondence with the regions, where each of the data driving units controls transmittance of light of the liquid crystal pixels in a corresponding region thereof, where the timing controllers is in a one-to-one correspondence with the data driving units, where each of the timing controllers acquires data of a partial image to be displayed at the corresponding region of the corresponding data driving unit thereof, generates control data for controlling transmittance of light of the liquid crystal pixels of the corresponding region of the corresponding data driving unit thereof, and outputs the control data to the corresponding data driving unit thereof. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154455 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEMS LIGHT MODULATOR ARRAYS WITH REDUCED ACOUSTIC EMISSION - Systems and methods for a display having an array of pixels, a substrate, and a control matrix formed on the substrate are described. The array of pixels includes mechanical light modulators that can be referred to as micro-electro-mechanical or MEMS light modulators. The MEMS light modulators may be shutter-based light modulators, and an array of apertures may be formed on the substrate corresponding spatially to the shutters in the array of shutter-based light modulators. Each modulator is configured to be driven from a-light-blocking state to a-light-transmissive state through a movement direction. The array of light modulators are arranged to reduce the correlations in movement directions of neighboring pixels, thereby reducing the amplitude of acoustic emissions from the display. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154456 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - A semiconductor device including a plurality of pixels over a substrate and a display medium including an electronic ink over the substrate, in which at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises first and second subpixels each of which comprises a transistor that comprises an oxide semiconductor including indium, and in which one image of at least one of the plurality of pixels is displayed by a plurality of signals, is provided. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154457 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A voltage is applied to liquid crystal which corresponds to each pixel so that the voltage is supplied to a source of a TFT (30) and is outputted from a drain of the TFT (30), a voltage at which light transmittance becomes a maximum value in the each pixel varying depending on the color displayed by the each pixel, source-drain capacitance being set to be larger in a pixel for displaying a corresponding color, in which pixel a voltage at which light transmittance becomes a maximum value is lower. This allows an effective voltage, applied to liquid crystal corresponding to each pixel during the voltage application, to vary depending on the color of the each pixel. This allows a voltage, at which transmittance in each of the pixels of the respective colors becomes a maximum value, to be applied to the liquid crystals corresponding to the pixels. This makes it possible to (i) prevent gradation deviation in the pixels of the respective colors and (ii) improve overall transmittance of white light in the pixels included in the display panel (2). | 2012-06-21 |
20120154458 | APPARATUS, DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM AND METHOD THEREOF FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA FOR DISPLAY BY A DISPLAY PANEL - A method of processing image data for display by a display panel of a display device is provided. The method comprises receiving main image pixel data representing a main and side image pixel data representing a side image. In a first processing step, a mapping is performed of the pixel data to signals used to drive the display panel. The mapping is arranged to produce an average on-axis luminance which is dependent mainly on the main image pixel data and an average off-axis luminance which is dependent at least to some extent on the side image pixel data. In a second processing step, the received side image pixel data are processed to emphasise at least one feature of the side image which might otherwise be perceived by a viewer as being de-emphasised in the side image displayed off axis as a result of the first processing step. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154459 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - In an image display device which performs area-active drive, backlight sources are emitted with appropriate luminances while inhibiting increase in power consumption and inhibiting reduction of image quality. An emission luminance calculation section divides an input image into a plurality of areas, and obtains luminances upon emission (first emission luminances) of LEDs in the areas. A plurality of correction modes are prepared as methods for correcting the first emission luminances, and a correction mode that is applied to an emission luminance correction process (selected correction mode) is stored to a correction mode storage section. For any LED units whose flag data stored in a correction-enabled map has the value of 1, an emission luminance correction section corrects their first emission luminances to obtain second emission luminances in accordance with the selected correction mode, with reference to correction value data stored in correction value tables. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154460 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An organic electroluminescence display device includes a display panel including pixels. The pixels each include a light-emitter, driver and capacitor. A storage is configured to store a correction parameter for each of the pixels for correcting, in accordance with characteristics of each of the pixels, an image signal input from an external source. A controller is configured to, for each pixel of the pixels, obtain a corrected signal voltage by reading the correction parameter corresponding to the pixel from the storage and multiplying the image signal corresponding to the pixel by the correction parameter corresponding to the pixel. The storage is configured to store a gain and not an offset as the correction parameter. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154461 | Liquid Crystal Display Device For Displaying Video Data - A liquid crystal display device for displaying video data includes a liquid crystal panel, a back light for illuminating the liquid crystal panel, an input video data characteristic detection section for detecting a luminance characteristic according to gradation of the inputted video data, and a back light control section for controlling an amount of light of the back light in accordance with the luminance characteristic. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154462 | REGULATION OF GAMMA CHARACTERISTIC IN A DISPLAY - System(s) and method(s) are provided for regulation of gamma characteristic of a display having solid-state-based backlight illumination. Regulation of the gamma characteristic can be accomplished at least in part through synchronization of data writing to a set of pixels in a display within a video frame with backlight illumination of a region of the display during a predetermined period, wherein the region is spanned by the set of pixels. Collection of data indicative of illumination intensity of light to be emitted in a region of a backlight source of the display during the predetermined period enables determination of at least one gamma value and at least one gamma reference voltage related to the at least one gamma value. Application of the at least one gamma reference voltage to the set of pixels adjusts the gamma characteristic thereof within the video frame. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154463 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A 3D image display apparatus includes a first display panel which alternately displays a left eye image and a right eye image, a second display panel having a plurality of pixels including a left eye pixel and a right eye pixel, a backlight unit which is disposed at a back side of the second display panel, a lens array which is disposed at a front side of the second display panel and has a plurality of lenticular lenses dividing light emitted from the backlight unit into a left eye visual field and a right eye visual field and emitting the divided light, and a control unit which controls on and off of the left eye pixel and the right eye pixel of the second display panel according to a time when the left eye image and the right eye image are displayed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154464 | Techniques for Quantum Dots - Techniques for configuring light conversion materials such as quantum dots in a display system are described. A display system includes light source components that emit a first light. The display system further includes a light converter illuminated by the first light. The light converter converts the first light into second light comprising one or more color components to support a specific color gamut. The second light forms, based at least in part on image data for images to be rendered, an emission pattern that varies with space and time. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154465 | Liquid Crystal Display Controller - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display controller device and method which provides for a full and/or partial display with good display quality and/or low power consumption based on the scanning period for an active scan line being dependent upon a number of reference clock pulses. Some embodiments of the present invention include one or more of the following features: keeping the frequency substantially constant for different numbers of active scan lines, allowing change of the frequency due to characteristics of the LCD, displaying gradation with near linear effective voltage characteristics, displaying graduation data with lower power, or displaying a partial or full screen in a mobile device, for example, a cell phone. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154466 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display control apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display a predetermined object image on a display unit, and a light emission control unit configured to independently control light emission of a plurality of light emitting units corresponding to a plurality of division areas prepared by dividing the display unit, wherein, when a display area of the object image on the display unit is changed, the light emission control unit controls a plurality of division light emitting units other than the plurality of division light emitting units corresponding to the display area of the object image to emit light at a similar luminance to the luminance of the plurality of division light emitting units corresponding to the display area of the object image. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154467 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An image display device and a method of driving the same capable of improving visibility of both a 2D image and a 3D image and preventing a reduction in a luminance of the 2D image when implementing the 2D image are discussed. The image display device in one embodiment includes a display panel including a plurality of subpixels to selectively configure a 2D image and a 3D image, and a patterned retarder separating the light incident from the display panel into a first polarization component and a second polarization component, wherein the subpixel includes a main subpixel, a subsidiary subpixel and a control TFT for controlling a display gray level of the subsidiary subpixel. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154468 | INKJET PRINTING DEVICE AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printing device having a print head that ejects a plurality of types of inks has: an ejection unit configured to, on the basis of ejection data that scans the print head a plurality of times to eject the inks from the print head to a predetermined area of a print medium, eject the inks to print an image; wherein the inks are classified into a first ink having a relatively large contact angle and a second ink having a relatively small contact angle, and wherein the ejection data is ejection data that, if a difference in application amount between the first ink and the second ink to be ejected to the predetermined area by the ejection unit is larger than a predetermined value, increases a ratio at which an ink having a smaller application amount is ejected in last half scans among the plurality of times of scans. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154469 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet recording apparatus recording image data by causing a recording head to scan in the going-and-returning directions of a certain direction includes a record unit that finishes recording with a first scan involving a discharge of ink and a second scan involving the ink discharge in the returning direction, to first and second regions in the going direction, and that varies the number of scanning which does not involve the ink discharge between the first and second regions, a generation unit generating record data specifying the ink discharge or the ink non-discharge for each pixel region of the first and second regions, and a determination unit determining the going-direction recording ratio and the returning-direction recording ratio in the pixel regions, wherein the generation unit generates the record data based on the determined going-direction recording ratio and returning-direction recording ratio. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154470 | Image forming apparatus, control method thereof, and computer readable information recording medium - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part configured to form images on both sides of a recording medium based on image data using developers; a storing part configured to store developer using amount information for obtaining using amounts of the developers not causing bleed-through of the developers when the image forming part forms the images on both sides of the recording medium, the developer using amount information including plural items of developer using amount information separately set for respective colors of the image data; and a control part configured to cause the image forming part to use the developers and reduce using amounts of the developers when determining, based on the plural items of developer using amount information separately set for respective colors of the image data, to reduce the using amounts of the developers. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154471 | ALTERNATE IMAGING ORDER FOR IMPROVED DUPLEX THROUGHPUT IN A CONTINUOUS PRINT TRANSFER PRINTER - A method/printer prints images on an “A” side of a first sheet of media and on an “A” side of a second sheet of media in a single full transfer rotation of a drum. The method then prints images on the B side of the first sheet and on an A side of a third sheet in a single full transfer rotation of the drum. Similarly, the method prints images on the B side of the second sheet and on an A side of a fourth sheet in a single full transfer rotation of the drum. This method then prints images on the B side of the third sheet and the B side of the fourth sheet in a single full transfer rotation of the drum. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154472 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK DISCHARGE CONTROL METHOD - In an inkjet printing apparatus, a printing medium is conveyed in a conveying direction by causing the printing medium to adsorb to the surface of the endless belt by electrostatic force. When print, the surface potential of the printing medium directly below the printing head is acquired. The discharge speed of the ink that has been associated in advance with the acquired surface potential is obtained, and an amount of variation in the landing position of the ink is determined based on the scanning speed of the printing head, the distance from the printing head to the printing medium, and the discharge speed of the ink. The timing of discharge of ink from the printing head is corrected to cancel out the determined amount of variation, and printing is performed based on image data in accordance with the corrected timing. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154473 | InkJet Printer with Controlled Oxygen Levels - An in-line printing apparatus with an inerting station that delivers an atmosphere having an optimal composition to inert a layer of ink such that LED radiation adequately cures the ink. A process for configuring a printing environment for delivering an atmosphere having an optimal composition to inert a layer of ink such that LED radiation adequately cures the ink. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154474 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A liquid ejection apparatus including: a liquid-ejection head having ejection openings to eject liquid to record an image on a recording medium; a sealing mechanism configured to selectively establish a sealed state and an unsealed state; a humid-air supply mechanism which supplies a humid air into the ejection space; and a controller, wherein, during the sealed state of the ejection space, the controller controls the humid-air supply mechanism to supply the humid air into the ejection space such that one of a density and a viscosity of the liquid to be ejected from the ejection openings becomes less than a predetermined appropriate value, and then controls the liquid-ejection head such that the liquid having an amount equal to or larger than a set amount is preliminarily ejected prior to the ejection of the liquid onto the recording medium for recording the image on the recording medium, is disclosed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154475 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE DETECTION METHOD - This invention relates to precisely obtaining a head temperature free from influence of a signal transferred to a printhead, without slowing down the printing speed. In a printing apparatus which includes a printhead including a plurality of printing elements and a temperature sensor, and divides the plurality of printing elements into a plurality of blocks to print while performing division driving of the plurality of printing elements for each block, the head temperature is detected as follows. First, one printing period determined by a printhead driving frequency is divided into an active period required for the division driving and an inactive period required for A/D-converting an analog temperature data signal from the temperature sensor. While a signal required to drive the printhead is transferred in the active period, a digital signal A/D-converted from the temperature data signal from the printhead is read in the inactive period. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154476 | SUCTION-BASED RECOVERY CONTROL METHOD AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - The amount of ink wastage is reduced, even in a case wherein a predetermined amount of air bubbles has grown in a print head at a specific internal temperature and the growth has been settled, and thereafter the temperature in the print head is increased. A suction-based recovery control method, for an ink jet printing apparatus that includes a print head, a temperature detection unit, and a suction-based recovery unit, comprising: a temperature detection step; a temperature judgment step for judging whether the internal temperature of the print head is higher than a reference temperature that is determined based on internal temperatures of the print head that were previously employed; and a suction-based recovery step for permitting the suction-based recovery unit when it is determined at the temperature judgment step that the internal temperature of the print head is higher by the predetermined number of degrees or greater. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154477 | DEFECTIVE RECORDING ELEMENT DETECTING APPARATUS, DEFECTIVE RECORDING ELEMENT DETECTING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A defective recording element detecting apparatus includes: an image signal acquiring device which acquires read image signals obtained by reading, a linear test pattern recorded by an image recording apparatus having: a recording head and a medium conveying device which causes relative movement between a recording medium and the recording head in a signal decomposing device which sequentially assigns reading pixel numbers 0 to n to the acquired read image signals, divides the reading pixel numbers by an analysis pitch unit PS to obtain remainders, and decomposes the read image signals into an image signal of each of the obtained remainders; a fluctuation signal calculating device which calculates a fluctuation signal of each of the remainders; and an identifying device which identifies a defective recording element among the plurality of recording elements based on the fluctuation signal of each of the remainders. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154478 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus is an apparatus that performs color printing using an inkjet system, and includes a scanning mechanism by which a printing medium is moved in a scanning direction, and an ejection unit that ejects minute ink droplets toward the printing medium that is being conveyed by the scanning mechanism. In the printing apparatus, an image capturing part captures an image of a page identifier printed on each page of a printing medium, and an inspection part compares a page identification result acquired from an output of the image capturing part with page identification information included in print data. Since the page identifier includes single-color parts that are each printed with only an ink of a respective one of a plurality of colors used in the printing apparatus, a printing defect can be quickly detected during inspection of the first page in which the printing defect has occurred, irrespective of with which ink color out of the plurality of colors the printing defect has occurred. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154479 | SOLID INKS CONTAINING KETONE WAXES AND BRANCHED AMIDES - A solid ink includes an ink vehicle that is solid at room temperature, including a ketone wax and at least one resin selected from a branched amide resin, a branched urea resin, and a branched urethane resin, a colorant, and optional additives. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154480 | OIL-BASED INK JET INKS - The present disclosure is drawn to an oil-based ink jet ink comprising a non-aqueous, oil-based liquid vehicle having a conductivity of less than less than 50 pS/cm; from 3 wt % to 12 wt % of a pigment; from 0.5 wt % to 6 wt % of a dispersant; and from 0.001 wt % to 0.5 wt % of a high molecular weight polymer that is partially or fully solubilized in the liquid vehicle, and having a weight average molecular weight from 50,000 to 5,000,000 Mw. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154481 | INK JET INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet ink includes a pigment and a polyurethane polymer having units derived from a polyisocyanate, a polyol, and a diol having an acid group, and in the ink jet ink described above, an acid value of the polyurethane polymer is 20 mgKOH/g or more and 100 mgKOH/g or less, the unit derived from the polyisocyanate includes a unit derived from a compound represented by the following general formula (I), and the proportion of the unit derived from the compound represented by the general formula (I) in the unit derived from the polyisocyanate is 90 percent by mole or less. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154482 | Print Head Maintenance Manifold System - A print head maintenance manifold assembly is disclosed. The maintenance manifold assembly includes a multitude of hoses and a manifold coupled to the hoses via fittings. The manifold includes a first set of fittings and small diameter hoses coupled to print heads at a first section of the manifold and a second set of fittings and hoses coupled to a vacuum source at a second section of the manifold. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154483 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION HEAD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD FOR CLEANING SAME - A liquid droplet ejection head including a common liquid chamber, multiple individual liquid chambers communicating with the common liquid chamber, to which a liquid is supplied via the common liquid chamber, a nozzle plate containing multiple nozzles communicating with the multiple individual liquid chambers to eject the liquid, a filter disposed within a passageway between the common liquid chamber and the multiple individual liquid chambers to remove foreign substances from the liquid, and a through-hole provided adjacent to the filter to communicate with the multiple individual liquid chambers, and sealed by a frame member in which the common liquid chamber is formed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154484 | CAPPING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a capping device having a bottomed box-shaped cap having an opening at one of ends of short side walls and long side walls formed in a ring shape and a bottom portion on the other side, the bottom portion is formed with a waste liquid disposal port configured to discharge liquid flowed therein from the opening and a rib extended so as to connect two opposing wall surfaces of the long side walls at a position overlapping at least partly with the waste liquid disposal port two-dimensionally when viewed from the side of the opening, and the rib including a communication hole configured to penetrate in the width direction intersecting the direction of extension of the rib and communicate with the waste liquid disposal port. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154485 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLER USED IN RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus comprises a conveyor, a head including an ejection surface, a UV irradiator positioned downstream of the head in a conveyance direction, a wiper, a first shading member, and first and second controllers. The first shading member is movable in a cross direction crossing the ejection surface, and shades an opposed space being opposed to the ejection surface from ultraviolet light applied by the UV irradiator in a state where the first shading member is taking a protruding position. The first controller controls the first shading member to take the protruding position. The second controller controls the wiper to move relatively to the ejection surface while causing the wiper to contact the ejection surface in a state where the wiper is positioned in the opposed space and the first shading member is taking the protruding position, when the wiping is performed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154486 | Micro-Fluid Ejection Head - A micro-fluid ejection head for a printer is disclosed. The micro-fluid ejection head comprises a plurality of printhead modules. Each of the plurality of printhead modules comprises an ejection chip for ejecting fluid. The micro-fluid ejection head further comprises a support frame to mount the plurality of printhead modules for creating a lengthy array of the plurality of printhead modules. The support frame is electrically coupled with the plurality of printhead modules for allowing the plurality of printhead modules to receive data and electrical power. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154487 | LOW ADHESION SOL GEL COATINGS WITH HIGH THERMAL STABILITY FOR EASY CLEAN, SELF CLEANING PRINTHEAD FRONT FACE APPLICATIONS - Various embodiments provide oleophobic, low adhesion coatings with high thermal stability and methods of forming and using them in an ink jet printhead, wherein the oleophobic, low adhesion coatings can include a sol-gel cross-linked coating by a self-condensation process of at least a silane-functionalized perfluoropolyether based polymer precursor. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154488 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR DEVICE AND PRINTER - There is provided a piezoelectric actuator device including a piezoelectric actuator which includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements, each of which has a piezoelectric layer sandwiched between two types of electrodes; and a plurality of driver ICs which drive the piezoelectric elements, wherein a part of the piezoelectric elements are connected to the plurality of driver ICs. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154489 | HEAD UNIT, PRINTING DEVICE, AND PRINTING METHOD - To carry out temperature control of ink in an appropriate manner, the invention includes a head having nozzles; driving elements for carrying out an operation to eject ink from the nozzles on the basis of a drive signal; transistors for generating the drive signal, the transistors emitting heat when the drive signal is generated; and a Peltier element provided correspondingly with respect to the transistors; wherein temperature control of ink inside the head is carried out according to a first heat conduction mode in which heat emitted by the transistors is conducted to the ink inside the head, and a second heat conduction mode in which heat emitted by the transistors is conducted to one of the junctions of the Peltier element, whereby a transition is made to heat absorption at another junction of the Peltier element and heat is conducted to the ink inside the head. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154490 | INJECTION HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD AND INJECTION HEAD - A flow path regulating member for regulating an ink flow path leading into the channels is formed on the rear side of the head chip by exposure and development through lamination of the photo masks having an opening of a predetermined pattern, after a photosensitive resin film has been bonded on the rear side of the head chip by heat and pressure without using an adhesive; this head chip being characterized in that the channels, and drive walls made up of piezoelectric elements are arranged alternately, the apertures of the channels are arranged on the front side and rear side, respectively, and drive electrodes are formed in channels. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154491 | BIASED WALL INK TANK WITH CAPILLARY BREATHER - An ink tank including a reservoir for holding ink, the reservoir including a flexible wall for adjusting an internal volume of the reservoir; a biasing element for applying a force to the flexible wall that tends to increase the internal volume of the reservoir; an ink supply port for delivering ink from the reservoir to a printhead; and a breather element, at least a portion of which is disposed inside the reservoir, including a capillary material in contact with ink in the reservoir, wherein the breather element is configured to allow air to enter the reservoir in response to an internal pressure of the reservoir being less than atmospheric pressure outside the ink tank by an amount that is related to a property of the biasing element and a capillary pressure of the breather element. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154492 | INKJET RECORDING INK AND INK CARTRIDGE - An inkjet recording ink including a pigment dispersion liquid containing at least a first carbon black and a dispersant, a second carbon black, a penetrant, a wetting agent and water, wherein the first carbon black has an average particle diameter D50 of 70 nm to 180 nm as measured by a dynamic light scattering method and has a particle diameter standard deviation equal to or smaller than ½ of the average particle diameter, wherein the dispersant is a condensate of naphthalene sulfonic acid and formalin, wherein the second carbon black is carbon black coated with a resin, and wherein the penetrant is a 2-ethyl-1,3-hexandiol. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154493 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING SOLID-INK PELLETS - The present disclosure provides apparatus and method for maintaining the flowability of solid-ink pellets in a system for delivering the pellets to an image-forming device. The apparatus includes a container storing the solid-ink pellets, and an extraction assembly for extracting the solid-ink pellets. The extraction assembly includes a tubular housing, extending from the bottom portion of the container, and an auger member rotatably placed within the tubular housing. The tubular housing receives the solid-ink pellets from the container and the auger member rotates to break up the obstructions to pellet flow. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154494 | CONDUCTOR PATTERN PRINTING INK - There is provided an ink for printing a conductor pattern on a substrate, including platinum particles, wherein 70% or more of the platinum particles have a particle size of 0.05 to 0.5 μm. Even when the viscosity of the printing ink is controlled to a relatively low level for use in ink-jet printing process, it is possible by such particle size distribution control to prevent sedimentation of the platinum particles and excessive shrinkage of the conductor pattern due to sintering of the platinum particles during firing so that the conductor pattern can attain improved conduction characteristics. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154495 | Oxygen Inhibition for Print-Head Reliability - Systems and methods of applying a gaseous inhibitor into a printing region to hinder the curing process of ink on the print heads caused by the presence of stray light in the printing environment. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154496 | CURABLE SOLID INKS FOR RAISED PRINT APPLICATIONS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - Curable solid inks and low shrinkage curable solid inks which are solid at room temperature and molten at an elevated temperature at which the molten ink is applied to a substrate. In particular, the solid inks of the present embodiments retain the advantages of handling, safety, and print quality usually associated with conventional solid phase change inks but provide additional breakthrough performance characteristics such as enhanced robustness, lower jetting temperature, and ultra-low shrinkage upon crystallization, which allow the inks to be used as novel materials in inkjet-based Braille and raised print applications. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154497 | COATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A coating apparatus includes a movable body, a particle feeding portion, a liquid feeding portion, a stimulus giving portion, and a nip portion. The movable body includes a circumferential face capable of rotating. The particle feeding portion feeds solid particles transparent to visible light to the circumferential face of the movable body. The liquid feeding portion feeds a hardenable liquid, in a form of a layer, on the circumferential face of the movable body supplied with the solid particles. The hardenable liquid is hardened by a stimulus given to the hardenable liquid. The stimulus giving portion gives the stimulus to the hardenable liquid fed on the circumferential face. The nip portion nips the hardenable liquid between the movable body and a recording medium. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154498 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - An image formation device includes an inkjet head that ejects ink onto a sheet, IR heaters that dry the ink ejected on the sheet, and warm air heaters between the IR heaters. At the IR heaters, a peak wavelength of infrared rays is set to be less than or equal to 1.2 μm. By adjusting temperature of the IR heaters and temperature and wind speed of the warm air heaters, during an initial stage of drying in which a moisture content derived from ink at the sheet is greater than or equal to 4.0 g/m | 2012-06-21 |
20120154499 | CONDUCTOR FORMING METHOD - There is provided a method for forming a conductor, including a first printing step of printing a contour part of the conductor with a first printing ink, a drying step of drying the printed contour part, and a second printing step of printing a remaining part of the conductor with a second printing ink, wherein the second printing ink contains a conductive material and has a surface tension lower than or equal to a surface tension of the first printing ink. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154500 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - A plurality of through holes are provided between upstream ejection ports and downstream ejection ports. Thereby, when a rear end portion and therearound of a paper sheet is opposed to the downstream ejection ports, gas sucked to suction holes exposed at an upstream side of the paper sheet can be absorbed from the through holes. This can suppress an airflow occurring between a housing and the paper sheet. As a result, deviation of ink droplets ejected from the downstream ejection ports can be suppressed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154501 | Tape Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus that receives a supply of an image receiving medium and includes a platen arranged to feed the image receiving medium selectively in one of a forward and reverse direction. A print head arranged to print an image on the image receiving medium while the medium is fed in the forward direction and an arcuate guide portion partially encasing the platen and movable relative to the surface of the platen. The guide portion having an inoperative position in which it is spaced from the print head to permit a supply of image receiving medium to be received and an operative position wherein the guide portion is moved to be proximate to the print head whereby the guide portion in the operative position restricts movement of the image receiving medium in a direction perpendicular to the forward and reverse direction. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154502 | RECORDING MEDIUM FOR INKJET PRINTING - An inkjet recording medium and a coating composition for forming an inkjet recording medium. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an inkjet recording medium is disclosed comprising an inkjet-receptive coating on a paper substrate. The inkjet-receptive coating contains a synergistic combination of pigments, binder and a multivalent metal salt such that the inkjet recording medium exhibits improved inkjet print properties, particularly when printed with a high speed inkjet printer using pigmented inks. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154503 | Method of Fabricating a Card with Piezo-Powered Indicator by Printed Electronics Processes - An interactive card or the like employs a piezoelectric charge generator (piezo-strip) for temporarily driving an indicator. The piezo-strip may be displaced (bent) in order to generate charge to drive the indicator. Printed electronic processes are utilized to produce the indicator and/or the piezoelectric charge generator The need for a printed battery or supplemental power source is obviated. The card may carry printed indicia which corresponds to the states of the indicator (e.g., indication of a test answer selection). Multiple display elements and selector switches may provide multiple indicator states. Multiple piezo-strips may provide a selection function as well as a rest function. Applications include business cards, greeting cards and novelty items, toys and games, advertising and promotions, testing and education, sensors, and so forth. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154504 | THERMAL PRINTER HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thermal printer head that is highly efficient to manufacture is provided, which includes: a first substrate ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120154505 | THERMAL PRINTER AND OVERCOAT PRINTING METHOD - A thermal printer which transfers ink to a printing medium to print an image, comprises a transfer unit configured to transfer dye ink to the printing medium to print an image, and transfer an overcoat onto the entire image to protect the image; and a control unit configured to control transfer of the overcoat by the transfer unit. The control unit forms a region where no overcoat is transferred to embed information in the overcoat, and forms, in the vicinity of the region where no overcoat is transferred, a pattern for hiding the information, to avoid visual perception of the information by a difference in gloss between the region where no overcoat is transferred and a region where the overcoat is transferred. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154506 | DYNAMIC INSERTION OF A QUALITY ENHANCEMENT GATEWAY - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for enhancing media quality by dynamically inserting a quality enhancement gateway are disclosed. According to one method, steps are performed at a service node. The method includes detecting a condition associated with a session between two endpoints that indicates that the session could benefit from media quality enhancement processing. The method also includes signaling the endpoints to route at least a portion of the session through a quality enhancement gateway (QEG) capable of providing the media quality enhancement processing for the session. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154507 | VIDEO CALL METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A video call method is disclosed herein and includes the following steps. The step of installing a high definition video call router (HDVCR) program in at least two mobile devices; the step of activating the HDVCR program in one of the mobile devices to start a video call; the step of connecting the at least two mobile devices; the step of enabling at least two routers by the HDVCR program to search for each other over Internet; the step of transmitting a plurality of video streams between the at least two routers; and the step of sending a plurality of high definition video images respectively to at least two displays from the at least two routers. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154508 | RECEIVING AND SENDING METHOD OF MOBILE TV PHONE AND MOBILE TV PHONE TERMINAL - A mobile TV phone terminal that includes a control unit for controlling the operation of the one mobile TV phone terminal prohibits the sound input via a microphone of the one mobile TV phone terminal and the sound output via a speaker and operates an SMS function with a TV phone function. A line between the one mobile TV phone terminal and another one is connected, an SMS message is created by operating a key input unit of the one mobile TV phone terminal, and a send key is pressed. Then, the message data is sent to the other mobile TV phone terminal via one base station, an SMS server, and another base station. A display unit of the other mobile TV phone terminal displays the message together with the image sent via a TV phone exchange. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154509 | Method and system for audio-video communications - There is provided a system and method of audio-video communications including a plurality of end-user terminals coupled via a communications link. Each end-user terminal includes a video processor component, a user interface, a display, a speaker and a microphone, a video camera device and a storage device, all coupled to the processor. The user interface includes a video muting function. The video processor component includes a module responsive to the video muting function for switching from a video source of the video camera to a predetermined video signal. The video muting function includes a selection for muting video sent from one of the plurality of end-user terminals, muting video received by one of the plurality of end-user terminals, muting video, both video sent from and video received by one of the plurality of end-user terminals, or muting audio and video sent from one of the plurality of end-user terminals. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154510 | Smart Camera for Virtual Conferences - The subject disclosure is directed towards a video-related system including smart camera algorithms that select and control camera views (camera, point of view and framing selections) to provide a more desirable viewing experience of a conference or the like, e.g., emulating an actual technician's selected views. The system uses various inputs, such as to determine participants' activities (a current speaker, movements, and other participant input) and the history of the conference (how long the same view has been shown). The system may be used with conventional video applications, or “virtual” conferences in which users are represented by avatars. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154511 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED CREATIVE DESIGN - Systems and methods for providing geographically distributed creative design are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system is provided for providing directional audio in a video teleconference meeting. The system comprises a high resolution display, an interactive stylus and a plurality of sensors that track movement of the interactive stylus over the high resolution display. A creative design controller is configured to display detailed text and figures and display sketches of context in response to movement of the interactive stylus over the high resolution display. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154512 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM THEREFOR - A first index corresponding to a first conversation operation and a second index corresponding to a second conversation operation are selectably displayed on a screen of a video output device. When a communicator receives a conversation request from another device, a controller determines whether the first index or the second index is selected on the screen or whether an operating member is operated. If the first index is selected, the controller performs the first conversation operation. If the second index is selected, the controller performs the second conversation operation. If the operating member is operated, the controller performs the second conversation operation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154513 | VIRTUAL CIRCULAR CONFERENCING EXPERIENCE USING UNIFIED COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY - A virtual circular conferencing experience using unified communication technology is described. An apparatus may comprise a communications module operative to receive a plurality of incoming video streams from corresponding client devices for a conference call, a multimedia controller operative to retrieve video information of participants from each of the incoming video streams and generate a seamless virtual circular video stream from the video information comprising a virtual circular image having a composite of participants in a virtual room, and a communications module operative to broadcast the seamless virtual circular video stream to the client devices. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154514 | CONFERENCE SUPPORT APPARATUS AND CONFERENCE SUPPORT METHOD - A conference support apparatus for supporting a conference held between at least two terminals, includes: a delay unit configured to delay first voice data obtained by one of the terminals, in accordance with a delay caused by an information extraction processing performed on the first voice data; and a delay information video generation unit configured to generate a delay information video obtained by visualizing information about the delay of the first voice data that is delayed by the delay unit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEOCONFERENCING AND TELEPRESCENCE QUALITY ANALYTICS - Video content information associated with video content is received, by at least a first computing device, wherein the video content includes one or more video conferences and the first computing device includes a software module configured, at least in part, to access the video conferences. End destination information associated with a reception instance of the video content is received, wherein the end destination information includes experience information that, at least in part, includes information relating to a quality of the reception instance of the video content and a location of an end destination associated with the reception instance of the video content. At least a portion of the video content information and the end destination information is selectively aggregated, by another computing device, which includes at least a portion of the information relating to the quality of the reception instance of the video content, to generate aggregated information. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154516 | AGGREGATION OF VIDEO RECEIVING CAPABILITIES - Video receiving capabilities of participants and source capabilities are compared and conference capabilities for providing different resolutions, frame rates, bit rate, and number of streams are determined by maintaining a conference receiving capability list updated as number and capability of participants' changes. Preferred receiving capabilities of participants are also taken into account in determining conference characteristics based on comparison with allowed capabilities. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154517 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING DEPTH PERCEPTION, TERMINAL INCLUDING FUNCTION FOR ADJUSTING DEPTH PERCEPTION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE TERMINAL - A method and a device for adjusting depth perception, a terminal including a function for adjusting depth perception and a method for operating the terminal are provided. The method for adjusting depth perception includes: obtaining color and depth videos of a user; detecting a user's position based on the obtained depth video of the user; calculating a range of maximum and minimum depths in a 3-dimensional (3D) video according to the detected user's position; and adjusting a left and right stereo video generating interval of the 3D video to be rendered so as to satisfy the calculated range of the maximum and minimum depths. Therefore, during a 3D or multi-view video call, the 3D video having a three-dimensional effect optimized according to the user's position may be provided. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154518 | SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING PANORAMIC STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO - Systems and methods are disclosed for generating panoramic stereoscopic images. The system includes an assembly of three or more catadioptric image sensors affixed to each other in a chassis. Each image sensor generates a catadioptric image of a panorama, which may for example be a 360° view of a scene. The software components process the catadioptric image to a 3D stereoscopic view of a panorama. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154519 | CHASSIS ASSEMBLY FOR 360-DEGREE STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO CAPTURE - A chassis assembly is disclosed including a chassis and plurality of image sensors fixedly mounted to the chassis. The number of image sensors may vary, but in one example, there are three image sensors, arranged in an equilateral triangle within the chassis. Each image sensor includes a camera, which may be a video camera, and a catadioptric mirror. The mirror in each image sensor is fixedly mounted with respect to the camera via a stem and a collar for mounting the mirror to the chassis. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154520 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING PANORAMA IMAGES - In accordance with an example embodiment a method and apparatus is provided. The method comprises receiving an image and a subsequent image having an overlapping region in a storage. The overlapping region comprises a first and a second overlapping region. A substantial portion of the second overlapping region in the subsequent image may be blended with a substantial portion of a non-overlapping region of the subsequent image, and then modified in the image based on the substantial portion of the blended second overlapping region in the subsequent image. A portion of the panorama image may be generated by combining the modified substantial portion of the second overlapping region with the substantial portion of the non-overlapping region of the image. The modified substantial portion of the second overlapping region and the substantial portion of the non-overlapping region of the image may be removed from the storage. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154521 | 360-DEGREE CAMERA HEAD FOR UNMANNED SURFACE SEA VEHICLE - A camera head for use in a marine environment having a cylindrical watertight housing, top and bottom plate members closing the cylindrical housing, and a plurality of ports through the vertical wall of the housing and positioned at a regular angular intervals. A transparent pane is sealed over each port, retained in place by compression against a gasket or O-ring by a compression member. A corresponding plurality of cameras are fixedly positioned behind the ports and the angular field of view of each camera is selected to be greater than the angular interval between the ports such that a continuous 360-degree view of the marine environment is always visible. Six 72-degree FOV cameras spaced at regular 60-degree intervals are preferred. The housing contains cooling/ventilation as well as power and image processing and control systems so as to be self contained. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154522 | OBJECT IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is an object image capture apparatus. The object image capture apparatus includes a first camera unit, a second camera unit, and a control unit. The first camera unit obtains a wide-area view image by capturing a wide-area view region. The second camera unit obtains a close-up view image by capturing the close-up view region of the wide-area view region. The control unit controls the second camera unit by dividing the wide-area view image into a plurality of blocks, analyzing the resulting blocks, and defining a target block, in which a moving object is detected, as a close-up view region from among the plurality of blocks. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154523 | Imaging System And Fisheye Lens System - A fisheye lens system for a driver assistance system in a motor vehicle has a field angle of at least approximately 180°, a lens of the lens system differing from a rotational body in that a usable image of the lens system is essentially rectangular. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154524 | Zoom Lens System, Imaging Device and Camera - A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units including, in order from an object side to an image side, at least a positive first lens unit, a negative second lens unit, and a positive third lens unit, wherein any one of the plurality of lens units includes a lens element having a reflecting surface that bends a light beam incident from an object, in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, the first lens unit and the third lens unit do not move along an optical axis, and the conditions: 4.25<√(f | 2012-06-21 |
20120154525 | Zoom Lens System, Interchangeable Lens Apparatus, and Camera System - A compact and lightweight zoom lens system having excellent imaging performance, which is favorably applicable to an interchangeable-lens type digital camera system, is provided. The zoom lens system of the present invention includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having negative optical power, a fourth lens unit having positive optical power and including at least one resin lens, and an aperture diaphragm arranged in the fourth lens unit. In zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit, an interval between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit monotonically decreases. Further, the following condition (1) is satisfied: 1.02012-06-21 | |
20120154526 | STEREO 3D VIDEO SUPPORT IN COMPUTING DEVICES - Methods are disclosed for supporting stereo 3D video in computing devices. A computing device can receive stereo 3D video data employing a YUV color space and chroma subsampling, and can generate anaglyph video data therefrom. The anaglyph video data can be generated by unpacking the stereo 3D video data to left and right views and combining the left and right views into a single view via matrix transformation. The combining uses transform matrices that correspond to a video pipeline configuration. The transform matrix coefficients can depend on characteristics of the video pipeline components. Modified transform matrix coefficients can be used in response to changes in the video pipeline configuration. Video encoded in stereo 3D video data can be selected to be displayed in stereo 3D, anaglyph or monoscopic form, depending on user input and/or characteristics of video pipeline components. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154527 | Method and System for Frame Rate Conversion of 3D Frames - A 3-dimensional (3D) video rendering device may convert a first left view video of a decompressed 3D video having a first frame rate to generate a second left view video having a second frame rate, and convert a first right view video having the first frame rate to generate a second right view video having the second frame rate. The second left view video having a particular pixel resolution may be converted by the 3D video rendering device to generate a third left view video having full pixel resolution of the decompressed 3D video. The second right view video having the particular pixel resolution may be converted to generate a third right view video having the full pixel resolution. The 3D video rendering device may generate a sequence of video frames for 3D video display based on the third left view video and the third right view video. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154528 | Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method and Image Display Apparatus - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a motion detector and a depth generator. The motion detector is configured to detect a motion vector of a video signal. The depth generator is a depth generating means configured to generate depth data of the video signal based on the motion vector. The depth generator is configured to generate the depth data when the video signal is a still image. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154529 | Stereoscopic Video Signal Processing Apparatus and Method Therefor - According to one embodiment, a basic format having a first area to arrange main video data, a second area to arrange graphic data, a third area to arrange control information of pixels of the graphic data, and a fourth area to arrange control information of pixels of the main video data are defined. A distribution module distributes a first plane containing data in the first area and the second area and a second plane containing data in the third area and the fourth area. A first image quality adjustment module makes image quality adjustments of the data of the first plane. A combination module combines data of the second plane with the data of the first plane whose image quality has been adjusted. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154530 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, according to one embodiment, a transmitter includes a first scaling module and a multiplexer. The first scaling module is configured to scale an image signal to a first resolution. The multiplexer is configured to assign a signal value of the scaled image signal, a signal value of an OSD (On Screen Display) to be superimposed on the image signal, blend information of the OSD and depth information of the OSD at predetermined positions in a transmission signal having a second resolution larger than the first resolution. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154531 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OFFERING 3D VIDEO PROCESSING, RENDERING, AND DISPLAYING - Disclosed is a 3D video display device providing a first video inputted into a left eye and a second video inputted into a right eye, the 3D video display device including: a control information acquiring device receiving control information; and a 3D broadcasting receiving device controlling a binocular disparity between the first video and the second video by using the control information transferred from the control information acquiring device as a key. According to the present invention, since a 3D video is reconfigured considering a distance between the user and the 3D video display device acquired by a control information acquiring device, a user's preference, or the like, it is possible to provide the 3D video in which a user can perceive optimal depth perception. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154532 | TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SYSTEM USING AN ADAPTIVE AND PROGRAMMABLE HIERARCHICAL MODULATION - A method for transmission of a signal simultaneously including a first stream of binary data and one or more other streams of binary data, the method including, in the following order: dynamic distribution of bits of the data streams between coders, with one coder per data stream; coding the distributed bits using the coders; dynamic distribution of the coded bits between hierarchical levels of a modulator; and hierarchical modulation using the modulator. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154533 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING MULTI-VIEW VIDEO CONTENTS USING PARALLEL PROCESSING - A device for creating multi-view video contents includes a virtual view position and distribution unit that calculates a plurality of virtual views corresponding to the number of predetermined virtual views based on input information and distributes the calculated positions of the plurality of virtual views to a plurality of view synthesis processing units; a view synthesis processor that operates the plurality of view synthesis processing units in parallel, allows each of the view synthesis processing units to create at least one virtual view video corresponding to a position of at least one virtual view distributed from the virtual view position calculation and distribution unit, and performs partial multiplexing based on at least one created virtual view video; and a video integration unit that integrates a plurality of partially multiplexed videos output from the plurality of view synthesis processing units. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154534 | CABLE BROADCAST RECEIVER AND 3D VIDEO DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A cable broadcast receiver and a 3D video data processing method thereof are disclosed. The processing method includes receiving a cable broadcast signal including video data and SI, determining whether a 3D video service is provided through a channel by obtaining a 3D service ID from SI, obtaining 3D image format information indicating an image format of 3D video data from SI, and extracting 3D video data from the broadcast signal and decoding the extracted result. The broadcast receiver includes a receiving unit receiving a cable broadcast signal including video data and SI, a control unit determining whether a 3D video service is provided through a channel by obtaining a 3D service ID from the SI, and obtaining 3D image format information indicating an image format of 3D video data from the SI, and a video decoder extracting 3D video data from the broadcast signal, and decoding the extracted result. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154535 | CAPTURING GATED AND UNGATED LIGHT IN THE SAME FRAME ON THE SAME PHOTOSURFACE - A photosensitive surface of an image sensor, hereafter a photosurface, of a gated | 2012-06-21 |
20120154536 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ACQUIRING FACIAL, OCULAR, AND IRIS IMAGES FROM MOVING SUBJECTS AT LONG-RANGE - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for long-range facial and ocular acquisition. One embodiment of a system for acquiring an image of a subject's facial feature(s) includes a steerable telescope configured to acquire the image of the facial feature(s), a first computational imaging element configured to minimize the effect of defocus in the image of the facial feature(s), and a second computational imaging element configured to minimize the effects of motion blur. In one embodiment, the detecting, the acquiring, the minimizing the effect of the motion, and the minimizing the effect of the defocus are performed automatically without a human input. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154537 | IMAGE SENSORS AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME - According to example embodiments, a method of operating a three-dimensional image sensor comprises measuring a distance of an object from the three-dimensional image sensor using light emitted by a light source module, and adjusting an emission angle of the light emitted by the light source module based on the measured distance. The three-dimensional image sensor includes the light source module. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154538 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus including background image generator which generates background image, receiver which receives additional information, depth calculator which determines first depth based on additional information, and calculates second depth based on first depth, first three-dimensional image generator which generates first object image based on additional information, and generates first three-dimensional image based on first object image and first depth, second three-dimensional image generator which generates second object image based on additional information, and generates second three-dimensional image based on second object image and second depth, at least part of second three-dimensional image being displayed in area overlapping first three-dimensional image, image composite module which generates video signal by displaying background image, displaying second three-dimensional image in front of displayed background image, and displaying first three-dimensional image in front of displayed second three-dimensional image, and output module which outputs video signal. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154539 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus including a background image generator which generates a background image, a receiver which receives additional information, a depth memory which stores in advance a depth for each of types of the additional information, a depth decide module which determines a type of the additional information received by the receiver, and reads a depth which is associated with the determined type from the depth memory, a three-dimensional image generator which generates an object image based on the additional information, and generates a three-dimensional image based on the object image and the depth which is read by the depth decide module, an image composite module which generates a video signal by displaying the background image and displaying the three-dimensional image in front of the displayed background image, and an output module which outputs the video signal generated by the image composite module. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154540 | THREE DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND THREE DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT METHOD - A three dimensional measurement apparatus includes a projection unit that projects, to a measurement target object, a first pattern light including alternately arranged bright parts and dark parts and a second pattern light in which a phase of the first pattern light is shifted, and an imaging unit that images the measurement target object on which the first or second pattern light is projected. When a period of repetitions of the bright parts and the dark parts of the pattern light is one period, a range of imaging on the measurement target object by one pixel included in the imaging unit is an image distance, and the length of one period of the projected pattern light on the measurement target object surface is M times the image distance, the projection unit and the imaging unit are arranged to satisfy “2×N−0.2≦M≦2×N+0.2 (where N is not less than 2)”. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154541 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING 3D IMAGES - A camera module includes a single lens system, a sensor and an image enhancer. The image enhancer is operable to enhance a single image captured by the sensor via the single lens system. The image enhancer performs opto-algorithmic processing to extend the depth of field of the single lens system, a mapping to derive a depth map from the captured single image; and image processing to calculate suitable offsets from the depth map as is required to produce a 3-dimensional image. The calculated offsets are applied to appropriate image channels so as to obtain the 3-dimensional image from the single image capture. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154542 | PLURAL DETECTOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT DEPTH MAPPING - A depth-mapping method comprises exposing first and second detectors oriented along different optical axes to light dispersed from a scene, and furnishing an output responsive to a depth coordinate of a locus of the scene. The output increases with an increasing first amount of light received by the first detector during a first period, and decreases with an increasing second amount of light received by the second detector during a second period different than the first. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154543 | DOCUMENT CAMERA, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DOCUMENT CAMERA, PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING SYSTEM - An document camera used by being connected to a display apparatus is provided. The document camera includes a plurality of imagers, an image processing unit that produces two sets of image data by using two of the plurality of imagers to capture images of a single target object from different imaging positions, a parameter acquisition unit that acquires a parameter for determining an inter-image distance between the two sets of image data to be displayed by the display apparatus, and an output unit that outputs the two sets of image data and the parameter or the inter-image distance to the display apparatus. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154544 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image processing device includes; a first detecting unit that inputs a first image and a second image and detects a first positional aberration between the first image and the second image; a correcting unit that corrects the first positional aberration detected by the first detecting unit in the first image; a second detecting unit that detects a direction of the second positional aberration between the corrected first image and the second image; and
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20120154545 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION - Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus for human computer interaction. The image processing apparatus includes an image processing combination unit and a combined image provision unit. The image processing combination unit generates information processed before combination using right and left input images captured by respective right and left stereo cameras. The combined image provision unit provides a combined output image combined into a single image by selecting only information desired by a user among the information processed before combination. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154546 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING STEREOGRAPHIC IMAGES - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for capturing stereographic images. The apparatus includes two cameras, a screen unit, and a processing unit. The two cameras capture left and right images, respectively. The screen unit receives a matching region between the left and right images from a user. The processing unit corrects errors corresponding to the two cameras based on the matching region, and captures a stereographic image. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154547 | IMAGING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - A left-eye imaging unit generates a left-eye image, and a right-eye imaging unit generates a right-eye image in synchronization with the left-eye image. A focus control unit performs focus control of the left-eye imaging unit such that a subject (a first subject) included in a specific area among subjects included in the left-eye image is in focus. The focus control unit performs focus control of the right-eye imaging unit such that a subject (a second subject) present at a different position from the first subject in an optical axis direction among subjects included in the right-eye image is in focus. In this case, each focus control is performed such that a range of a depth of field when the left-eye image is generated is continuous to a range of a depth of field when the right-eye image is generated with no overlap. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154548 | LEFT/RIGHT IMAGE GENERATION FOR 360-DEGREE STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO - Methods are disclosed for capturing image data from three or more image sensors, and for processing the captured image data into left views of a panorama taken from each image sensor and right views taken of the panorama from each image sensor. The left views are combined and used as the left perspective of the panorama, and the right views are combined as used as the right perspective of the panorama, in the stereoscopic view. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154549 | Adapter and corresponding methods for adding 3D function to a 2D digital camera - A combination of a 3D optical adapter and corresponding digital process methods attached and updated to a conventional 2D digital camera so the digital camera can capture, save and transfer 3D stereoscopic digital images as well. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154550 | CORRECTION VALUE CALCULATION APPARATUS, COMPOUND EYE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CORRECTION VALUE CALCULATION APPARATUS - Provided is a correction-value-calculation apparatus including: a left-image-processing-unit acquiring relative-position of feature-point to reference-point in left-image formed by left-lens as left-pixel-position for indication-values when left-lens moves with indication-values indicating positions; a right-image-processing-unit acquiring relative-position of feature-point to reference-point in right-image formed by right-lens as right-pixel-position for indication-values when right-lens moves with indication-values; a left-lens position-detection-unit detecting relative-position of left-lens to reference position as left-lens-detection-position; a right-lens position-detection-unit detecting relative-position of right-lens to reference position as right-lens-detection-position; a characteristic generation-unit generating characteristic relationship between left-pixel-position and left-lens-detection-position and characteristic relationship between right-pixel-position and right-lens-detection-position; an adjustment-position determination-unit setting each of left-lens-detection-position and right-lens-detection-position in generated characteristic as correction-object-position and determining an adjustment-position which is position on straight line connecting left-pixel-position and right-pixel-position corresponding to correction-object-position for each correction-object-position; and a correction-value-calculation-unit calculating correction-values which are differences between left-lens-detection-position and right-lens-detection-position corresponding to adjustment-position and correction-object-position for each correction-object-position. | 2012-06-21 |
20120154551 | STEREO IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, STEREO IMAGING APPARATUS AND STEREO DISPLAY APPARATUS - The stereo display apparatus displays parallax images to present a stereo image. The apparatus acquires the parallax images and information on a maximum pixel shift amount and a minimum pixel shift amount of the parallax images, calculates maximum and minimum relative parallax amounts corresponding to the maximum and minimum relative parallax amounts, by using the information on the maximum and minimum pixel shift amounts and a display condition, and determines whether or not at least one of the maximum and minimum relative parallax amounts exceeds a fusional limit criterion value. The apparatus determines whether or not a difference between the maximum and minimum relative parallax amounts exceeds a fusional limit range amount if the at least one of the maximum and minimum relative parallax amounts exceeds the fusional limit criterion value. | 2012-06-21 |