| 26th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
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| 20130162675 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus comprising first and second display units for respectively displaying first and a second composite images for the two eyes of a user, comprising: a moving unit configured to move positions of the first and second display units; a detecting unit configured to detect moving amounts of the first and second display units; first and second image capturing units configured to respectively obtain first and second captured images; an extracting unit configured to generate first and second extracted images by respectively extracting portions of the first and second captured images in extraction ranges associated with the moving amounts; and a composite image generating unit configured to generate the first and second composite images by respectively compositing first and second CG images with the first and second extracted images. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162676 | CONTENT IDENTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION - The invention provides an identifier system for computing identity information from image data. At least part of the image data is representative of an identifier. The identifier comprises a location element and encoded data associated with the location element. The identifier system comprises computer interpretable reference data corresponding to the identifier. The reference data is suitable for use in feature matching to determine a location and an orientation of the location element in the image data—thereby to locate the encoded data in the image data for subsequent decoding into the identity information The invention also provides a computer implemented method of presenting an augmented reality view of a physical article using the identifier system. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162677 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A VIRTUAL WORLD IN WHICH THE AVATAR OF A USER OF A VIRTUAL-REALITY SERVICE EVOLVES - The invention pertains to a method for displaying a virtual world in which the avatar of a user of a virtual reality service evolves, said method being operative to use a standard mode for displaying said virtual world, to identify objects visible to the avatar within the displayed virtual world, and, for at least one of said identified objects, to determine whether a relationship exists within the virtual reality service's social network between said object and the user, and if so, to determine a display mode to apply to said object depending on said relationship, the display of said object being altered by applying said determined mood. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162678 | Progressive refinement of an edited image using secondary high resolution image processing - The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to processing of high resolution images, such as digital painting on high resolution images. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a method that includes receiving input defining a modification to a target image; determining, at a first processor, a low resolution proxy result of the modification applied to the target image; determining, at a second processor, a higher resolution result of the modification applied to the target image; displaying the low resolution proxy result before completion of the determining at the second processor; and updating the displayed low resolution proxy result with the higher resolution result. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162679 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMBODYING OVERLAY IMAGES USING MRLC - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for embodying overlay images using MRLC. The apparatus includes: a data encoder receiving static overlay images, warning overlay images, and continuous dynamic overlay images to perform RLC on each image and padding dummy data to perform MRLC on the padded dummy data and encode the padded dummy data; an address generator generating address indices; a memory the encoded MRLC data; a data decoder accessing the MRLC data of each overlay image; and a microcontroller calculating each RLC data size to obtain the maximum RLC data size and transmit the maximum RLC data size to the data encoder and reading the stored MRLC data and display each overlay image decoded. By this configuration, the low-price microcontroller can maximize the storage efficiency of the memory and implement the fast and easy access, thereby implementing the effective overlay and saving costs. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162680 | Systems and Methods for Cloud Processing and Overlaying of Content on Streaming Video Frames of Remotely Processed Applications - A first application executes on one or more computing systems to generate a series of original frame pixel data sets for rendering of graphical images associated with the first application execution. A second application executes on one or more computing systems to detect one or more key graphical images present in the series of original frame pixel data sets. Upon detection of the one or more key graphical images, the second application directs replacement of a portion of pixel data in the series of original frame pixel data sets with substitute pixel data so as to generate a series of modified frame pixel data sets for encoding in lieu of the series of original frame pixel data sets. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162681 | DISTORTION OF RASTER AND VECTOR ARTWORK - Systems and techniques to apply an image distortion to two image objects of different graphic types. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: receiving an image distortion description to be applied to an image portion including a vector graphic and a raster graphic, the raster graphic being distortable separate from the vector graphic, applying the image distortion description to the vector graphic to produce a distorted vector graphic, and applying the image distortion description to the raster graphic to produce a distorted raster graphic, the distorted vector graphic and the distorted raster graphic together forming a distorted image portion. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162682 | VERTICAL SCAN PANEL WITH CONVERSION MODE CAPABILITY - A method and apparatus for providing an image on a vertical scan panel determines whether a mode of operation for a vertical scan panel is either a scan conversion pass-through mode or a horizontal scan conversion mode. If the determined mode is the horizontal scan conversion mode, the method and apparatus converts display data in the vertical scan panel from a horizontal scan format to a vertical scan format and displays the converted display data on the vertical scan panel. However, if the determined mode is the scan conversion pass-through mode, the method and apparatus includes displaying display data on the vertical scan panel in a vertical scan format without applying a scan conversion operation on the display data. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162683 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRANSITIONS BETWEEN SCREENS - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that provide a visual transition from an origin screen to a destination screen by applying a graphical effect to the origin screen based on a user input that is received. The graphical effect includes a translation aspect and a rotational aspect. The rotational aspect may have an angle of rotation that is defined based on characteristics of the input received, such as an initial or instantaneous position of receipt of the input or a speed of movement of the input. Thus, the graphical effect simulates a physical reaction of the origin screen to the input (for example, giving the appearance that the origin screen is a physical object that is reacting to the user input as an applied force in the real world). | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162684 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCKING THE ORIENTATION OF A DISPLAY ON A MOBILE - An orientation sensor in a mobile electronic device senses a change in the orientation of the device, e.g., from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation. The system and method of the present invention takes advantage of the time required for reformatting to display an orientation lock icon on the screen while reflow processing is taking place. The lock icon is a virtual button the user can tap to allow or disallow the information on the display to change orientation as the user rotates the device from landscape to portrait orientation or vice versa. Once the reflow processing is complete and the information has been redrawn in the new orientation, the lock icon is removed. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162685 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY OF VERY LARGE FILES USING B PLUS TREES AND STABILIZED SUBSAMPLING - Systems and methods may provide for populating a B plus tree with a relatively large set of data wherein, in response to a display request associated with the set of data, one or more visibility parameters may be identified. In addition, a hierarchical sampling scheme may be used to identify one or more sample points in the B plus tree based on the visibility parameters. Moreover, the sample points can be used to obtain sample data from the B plus tree, wherein a display response is generated based on the sample data. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162686 | IMAGE BROWSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE IMAGE BROWSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An image browsing apparatus for displaying an image by using image data of an image group including a plurality of images at different focal lengths, detects an operation of changing a position of a displayed area, when a partial area in one of the images included in the image group is displayed, determines whether to revise the displayed image to another image of the image group on the basis of a focal position in a display area which is based on the position change, in response to the detection of the operation, selects another image with the focal position in the display area based on the position change, in a case where it is determined to revise the image to another image, and displays the display area based on the position change, of the selected image. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162687 | MEDICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD USING THE SAME - A medical apparatus which displays additional images to which various types of image processing is applied, and an image displaying method using the same are provided. The medical apparatus includes a receiver which receives an image of a subject, a controller which processes the image through various predetermined types of image processing, when the image of the subject is received, and generates an object corresponding to the processed image, and a display which displays the object generated corresponding to the processed images. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162688 | IMAGE PROJECTING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image projecting apparatus includes an image projecting unit configured to project received original image data on an image projection surface; an area identifying unit configured to identify an obstruction area in which different content is displayed as compared to a normal projection surface to be projected based on the original image data; and a layout modifying unit configured to modify a layout of an object included in the original image data that is projected, on the basis of the object and the obstruction area on the image projection surface. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162689 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus comprises a reading unit which reads an intermediate image having a number of recording pixels smaller than that of a main image and larger than that of a thumbnail; and a control unit which controls, with regard to an image file to be displayed, such that, when the intermediate image is read, an image based upon the read intermediate image is displayed; and such that, when the intermediate image is not read, an image based upon a thumbnail in the image file is displayed if a main image in the image file to be displayed is equal to or greater than a predetermined size, and an image based upon the main image in the image file is displayed if the main image in the image file to be displayed is less than the predetermined size. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162690 | Breakover Conduction Driving Method - A device operating in accordance with the invention receives data respective of an image to be displayed, determines the illumination load requirement for at least one illumination period according to the image data and adjusts the operation of the illumination driver according to the illumination load requirement such that a driving current is maintained between an electrode charging phase and an illumination phase according to the illumination load requirement. The invention seeks to negate the driving electrode inductance between the driving circuit and the load by maintaining an electrical current within the driving electrode between the charging phase and the conductive phase. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162691 | DISPLAY - A display includes: a display section that includes first pixels to nth pixels and displays perspective images assigned to the first to nth pixels; and a display control section that partitions the display section into sub-regions and performs display control on pixels in each of the sub-regions, independently, to vary a correspondence relationship between the first to nth pixels and the perspective images for each of the sub-regions. The display control section assigns a first perspective image to two pixels of the first pixel to the nth pixel and assigns a second perspective image to other two pixels of the first pixel to the nth pixel, in each of the sub-regions. The display control section adjusts a luminance level of one or both of the two pixels and a luminance level of one or both of the other two pixels in each of the sub-regions. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162692 | LUMINANCE TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - A luminance test system includes a plurality of LEDs, a microcontroller, a plurality of light sensors, a plurality of shielding members, a plurality of AD converters, a MCU and a display module. Each of the plurality of light sensors detects a luminance of one of the plurality of LEDs to generate an analog luminance signal. Each of the shielding members receives one of the plurality of LEDs and one of the plurality of light sensors. Each of the plurality AD converters converts the analog luminance signal into a digital luminance signal. The plurality of AD converters in turn transmit the digital luminance signal to the MCU. The display module displays a luminance value of each of the plurality of LEDs according to the digital luminance signal. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162693 | MULTI-GRAY LEVEL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display with at least N(P−1)+1 number of gray levels extended from P number of gray levels is disclosed. The display includes a row driver, a column driver, scan lines and data lines crossing the scan lines to form a pixel matrix with pixels. The scan lines couple with the row driver and the data lines couple with the column driver. Each pixel further includes N number of sub-pixels and M number of transistors. The N number of sub-pixels are grouped into M number of sub-pixel groups. The M number of transistors control the M number of sub-pixel groups respectively and each sub-pixel group receives one of the P number of gray levels to display corresponding gray levels. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162694 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, DISPLAY UNIT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes: a display section displaying an image; and a light source device emitting light for image display toward the display section, the light source device including a first light source emitting first illumination light and a light guide plate, the light guide plate including a plurality of scattering regions that allow the first illumination light entering through a side surface of the light guide plate to be scattered and then to exit from the light guide plate, in which the scattering regions each are configured of a plurality of scattering patterns including a first scattering pattern with a width varying according to a distance from the first light source. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162695 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - A display control apparatus is provided. Every time when the level of the signal is obtained, the peak display with respect to the level of the signal is initiated by the first peak display control unit in a predetermined display manner in the display position obtained by the peak position obtaining unit. On the other hand, the previous peak displays being displayed according to the level of the signal obtained at a previous time and a time before the previous time is continued, and the display manner of the previous peak display being displayed is changed according to the second peak display control unit. Accordingly, while one and more than one level are simultaneously displayed on one display device, the temporal sequence of the levels, which is simultaneously displayed with different display manners, can be recognized by the user. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162696 | DISPLAY APPARATUS LIGHT EMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method controls a display that includes a display portion, a scanner, and a driver. The display portion includes light emitting elements arranged in a matrix form. The scanner is connected to common lines each of which is connected to corresponding elements that are arranged in a corresponding row. The scanner applies a voltage to a selected common line. The driver is connected to driving lines each of which is connected to corresponding elements that are arranged in a corresponding column. The driver activates selected elements. The method controls the display whereby displaying an image in each cycle including frames. The voltage is applied to the selected one of the common lines in a lighting frame in which the light emitting elements are driven in one cycle. The scanner is prevented from applying the voltage in a non-lighting frame in which the elements are not driven in the one cycle. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162697 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display unit including pixels and displaying an image based on an input image signal; a drive unit that applies a voltage based on the input image signal to the pixels while inverting a polarity of the voltage for each of frames; a luminance determination unit that determines whether a detected average luminance has changed, between the frames, by an amount equal to or more than a reference luminance; and a signal generation unit that generates a phase inversion enabling signal for inverting a phase of the polarity of the voltage applied to the pixels, in a case where the luminance determination unit determines that the average luminance has changed by the above amount, wherein the drive unit inverts the phase of the polarity of the voltage applied to the pixels when the phase inversion enabling signal is generated. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162698 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROJECTOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A driving device of a display apparatus includes a calculation unit which calculates a correction value to correct a gradation value of a pixel that is a correction target on the basis of n gradation values that corresponds to n pixels and a correction unit which corrects the gradation value of a pixel that is a correction target on the basis of the correction value and the calculation unit performs a first calculation in a case in which a gradation value among the n gradation values is included in a first range, performs a second calculation in a case in which a gradation value among the n gradation values is included in a second range, respectively performs the first calculation or the second calculation on the n gradation values, and calculates the correction value on the basis of the calculation results performed on the n gradation values. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162699 | ACTIVE MATRIX TYPE BISTABLE CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure provides a driving method for an active matrix type bistable chiral nematic liquid crystal display, including: dividing a frame into at least two fields, wherein each field is formed by a plurality of pixel rows; driving one of the at least two fields by a plurality of driving operations, wherein a liquid crystal unit of each pixel in the field is driven to one of two predetermined states in each driving operation; and driving the other fields by the plurality of driving operations. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162700 | DRIVE CIRCUIT, DRIVE METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A drive circuit is configured to drive a display panel including pixels and a backlight including LEDs. The display panel includes a critical light transmission level that is a minimum level for causing each pixel to respond in a predetermined time upon an input of an image. The drive circuit includes first and second circuits. The first circuit is configured to divide the image into areas and determine brightness levels of the LEDs for the areas based on the image. The second circuit is configured to determine a light transmission level based on the image and the brightness levels such that the level is higher than the critical level. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162701 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF ADAPTIVELY CONTROLLING AN LED BACKLIGHT - The present invention is directed to a system and method of adaptively controlling a light-emitting diode (LED) backlight. A content analyzer analyzes luminance of image data to be displayed on a display panel. An LED current controller controls illumination of the LED backlight via an LED driver according to an analysis result of the content analyzer. The LED current controller over-drives the LED backlight such that a drive current flowing in the LED backlight is above a normal current, when the analysis result of the content analyzer indicates that the luminance of image data is above a predetermined value. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162702 | INKJET PRINTING ON SEMI-POROUS OR NON-ABSORBENT SURFACES - Printing methods are provided. In one method, printing an inkjet image using a liquid hydrophilic inkjet ink onto a surface of a semi-absorbent recording medium generating a toner image having toner particles arranged conforming to the inkjet image and transferring the toner image onto the recording medium where an unabsorbed volume of the inkjet ink is present on the recording medium. The toner particles manage unabsorbed volumes of the inkjet ink to protect the recording medium from image artifacts that can be created by an unabsorbed volume of the inkjet ink on the surface without a liquid management toner image. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162703 | PRINTING INK IMAGE USING POLYMER OR SALT - A method of printing an image on a receiver includes receiving image data for the image. A processor automatically produces data for a polymer pattern and a salt pattern using the image data. A polymer is deposited on the receiver according to the polymer pattern using a polymer-deposition unit. A salt is deposited on the receiver according to the salt pattern using a salt-deposition unit different from the polymer-deposition unit. Liquid ink is deposited on the receiver according to the image data using an inkjet print engine, and at least some of the ink is deposited over the deposited polymer or the deposited salt. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162704 | METHOD FOR PRINTING WITH ADAPTIVE DISTORTION CONTROL - Printing methods are provided. In one method, printing an inkjet image using a liquid hydrophilic inkjet ink onto a surface of a semi-absorbent recording medium generating a toner image having toner particles arranged conforming to the inkjet image and transferring the toner image onto the recording medium where an unabsorbed volume of the inkjet ink is present on the recording medium. The toner particles manage unabsorbed volumes of the inkjet ink to protect the recording medium from image artifacts that can be created by an unabsorbed volume of the inkjet ink on the surface without a liquid management toner image. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162705 | PRINTER WITH ADAPTIVE DISTORTION CONTROL - Printers are provided. In one printer, an inkjet image is printed on a receiver using a hydrophilic ink capturing an image of the first print after a predetermined period of absorption and local areas the receiver that have reached a threshold level of non-uniform distortion and where additional ink remains for absorption are identified. A liquid management toner image is generated that provides toner particles for transfer onto the receiver in the identified areas in register with the inkjet print as non-uniformly distorted; and transferring the liquid management toner image onto the receiver. The liquid management toner image reduces absorption of ink in the receiver in the identified areas control the extent of distortion in the area. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162706 | INKJET PRINTER FOR SEMI-POROUS OR NON-ABSORBENT SURFACES - Inkjet printers are provided, in one aspect, an inkjet printer has an inkjet print engine that prints an image by jetting drops of hydrophilic liquid to form an inkjet image on a surface of at least one of a semi-absorbent recording medium or a non-absorbent recording medium; a transport system to transport the printed surface to a toner printer having a toner print engine to generate a liquid management toner image with toner particles that are at least in part hydrophilic and to transfer the toner image onto the recording medium where an unabsorbed volume of the inkjet ink will be present on the recording medium. A control system causes the inkjet printer to generate the inkjet image on the surface and causes the toner printer to generate a liquid management toner image that provides toner particles to manage an unabsorbed volume of the liquid. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162707 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a liquid jetting head for jetting liquid onto a recording medium and a movement mechanism for moving the liquid jetting head orthogonal to the recording medium. The movement mechanism includes translation cams movable in a direction orthogonal to the movement of the liquid jetting head, each of the translation cams including a cam gap into which a protruding part of the liquid jetting head is inserted. Each cam gap includes a parallel part and a slope part. The cap gaps of the translation cams are configured so as to constantly maintain a relationship in which when the protruding part is positioned in the slope part of the cap gap of one of the translation cams, the protruding part is positioned in the parallel part of the cap gap of the other translation cam. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162708 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a piezoelectric element equipped with a piezoelectric layer contained a barium titanate-based complex oxide and electrodes that are provided in the piezoelectric layer; a temperature detection unit that detects temperatures; and a polarization unit that supplies a repolarization waveform to repolarize the piezoelectric layer to the piezoelectric element in the case where the temperature detection unit detects a predetermined temperature condition. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162709 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ON LOCALLY DISTORABLE MEDIUMS - Methods for operating a printing system are provided. In one method, an inkjet image is printed on a receiver using a hydrophilic ink and an image of the receiver is captured after predetermined period of absorption. Local areas of the image of the inkjet print that have reached a threshold level of non-uniform distortion and where additional ink remains for absorption are identified. A distortion estimate is determined for distortion of the receiver at a time when a second image will be printed on the receiver based upon information from the identified areas. A second print image is printed based on the distortion estimate; and, the second image is printed. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162710 | REAL-TIME LINEFEED MEASUREMENT OF INKJET PRINTER - Disclosed is a method of determining line feed error in an image forming apparatus for printing an image, said image forming apparatus comprising a print head having a head sensor configured to sense information from the image printed on a print medium, said method comprising the steps of printing a first swath of the image on the print medium, repositioning the print head relative to the print medium by at least one line feed distance, determining a line feed error based upon information sensed from the printed first swath by the head sensor, and printing, using the determined line feed error, a second swath of the halftone image on the print medium. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162711 | INKJET PRINTER WITH ENHANCED DEINKABILITY - In a system having an inkjet printer and a toner printer, the ink jet printer forms an ink jet image and the toner printer forms a toner image conforming to the inkjet image and transfers the toner image onto the inkjet image. Colorant in the ink is electrostatically attracted to the toner. The toner is fixed. After fixing the colorant attracted to the toner is bound to the toner so that removal of the toner from the receiver also removes any colorant attached to the toner from the receiver. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162712 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - An image formation device of the present invention has: a recording medium supplying section that supplies a recording medium; a conveying section that conveys the recording medium supplied from the recording medium supplying section; an image formation section that ejects droplets and forms an image on the recording medium that is being conveyed; an image conversion section that converts an inputted image into dot data; a printing processing section that, from inputted print information, outputs continuously printed number of sheets information that causes the image formation section to continuously print output images, and prints the recording media corresponding to the continuously printed number of sheets, and, thereafter, carries out processing that temporarily stops printing of the output images; and a control section that, during a stoppage time of the printing, stops at least formation of images at the image formation section, and continues to drive the conveying section. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162713 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISTRIBUTED PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores therein a distributed printing control program executed in a system to perform distributed printing by outputting a specified number of sets of paper sheets by using plural image fowling apparatuses, where the number of the sets is instructed by a job. The program causes an apparatus belonging to the system to function as a control section. The control section divides the job into plural jobs, where each of the jobs causes one of the image forming apparatuses to eject plural sets of paper sheets shifted in alternate directions such that, when sets of paper sheets ejected by the plural image forming apparatuses are stacked up together, all the sets of paper sheets are shifted in alternate directions to enable each of the sets to be separated from others. The control section further subjects the divided jobs to the plural image forming apparatuses. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162714 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet recording method included a feeding step of feeding a recording medium, a jetting step of jetting aqueous ultraviolet-curable ink onto the recording medium, a humidity controlling step of controlling the amount of moisture on the surface on the recording side of the recording medium after the jetting step in such a way that a difference between the amounts of moisture on the surface on the recording side of the recording medium after the jetting step and during the feeding step becomes equal to or greater than 2 g/m | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162715 | PRINTER FOR USE WITH LOCALLY DISTORTABLE MEDIUMS - Printers are provided. One print has an inkjet printer to print an inkjet image on a receiver using a hydrophilic ink, a sensor for capturing an image of the receiver after predetermined period of absorption and a control system and a second printer. The control system identifies local areas of the image of the inkjet print on the that have reached a threshold level of non-uniform distortion and where additional ink remains for absorption, determining a distortion estimate for distortion of the receiver at a time when a second image will be printed on the receiver based upon information from the identified areas and generating a second print image based on the distortion estimate. The second printer prints the second print image. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162716 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head, including a plurality of pressure chambers respectively communicating with a plurality of ejection orifices for ejecting a liquid, for storing the liquid to be ejected from the plurality of ejection orifices, at least a part of a wall portion forming each of the plurality of pressure chambers being formed of a piezoelectric member, the plurality of pressure chambers causing the plurality of ejection orifices to eject the liquid by deformation of the piezoelectric member; and a plurality of space portions arranged in parallel to the plurality of pressure chambers at intervals with respect to the plurality of pressure chambers, some of the plurality of space portions being decompressable, wherein a gas permeable member is provided between the pressure chambers and the decompressable space portions so that a gas inside the pressure chambers is exhausted via the decompressable space portions. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162717 | FLUID NOZZLE ARRAY - A method for fabricating a fluid nozzle array includes forming a circuitry layer onto a substrate, the substrate comprising a stopping layer disposed between a membrane layer and a handle layer, forming a fluid feedhole extending from a surface of the membrane layer to the stopping layer, and forming a fluid supply trench extending from a surface of the handle layer to the stopping layer. A fluid nozzle array includes a substrate including a membrane layer, a stopping layer adjacent to the membrane layer, a handle layer adjacent to the stopping layer, and a set of fluid chambers disposed on a surface of the membrane layer above and along a width of a fluid supply trench extending from a surface of the handle layer to the stopping layer. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162718 | DROPLET EJECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A droplet ejection device includes a droplet ejection head. The droplet ejection head includes droplet ejection nozzles, a common liquid chamber, an air vent nozzle, and a nozzle face. The ejection nozzles are arranged side by side in a vertical direction. Each ejection nozzle has a first channel to eject droplets. The vent nozzle has a second channel to vent air from the common chamber. The nozzle face is disposed in the vertical direction or a direction tilted downward relative to the vertical direction. The first channel is tilted downward so that a side proximal to the nozzle face is lower than another side proximal to the common chamber. The vent nozzle is disposed above a topmost one of the ejection nozzles. The second channel is tilted upward so that a side proximal to the nozzle face is higher than another side proximal to the common chamber. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162719 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A head unit is configured to be attached to a base and includes: a nozzle array group including a plurality of nozzle arrays each of which is defined by a plurality of nozzles that are arranged in a first direction and which are arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and two correctors configured to adjust an angle of the plurality of nozzle arrays with respect to the base, one of the correctors disposed outside of the nozzle array group in the second direction. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162720 | NOZZLE PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, NOZZLE PLATE, DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD, DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD, AND PRINTER - A nozzle plate manufacturing method that offers excellent protection against discharge liquid and that enables a nozzle plate having high nozzle-hole accuracy to be manufactured with good yield. The invention also provides a nozzle plate, a droplet discharge head manufacturing method, and a droplet discharge head. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162721 | LIQUID SUPPLYING UNIT PROVIDED WITH CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE - A circuit substrate includes: a substrate body and an electrode. The substrate body has four sides including first and second sides extending in a first direction and opposing each other in a second direction. The substrate body has a top surface on which the electrode is mounted. The electrode has first and second outer points positioned closest to the first and second sides in the second direction respectively. The top surface has: a first area between the first side and a first imaginary line extending in the first direction and passing through the first outer point; a second area between the second side and a second imaginary line extending in the first direction and passing through the second outer point; and a third area interposed between the first area and the second area in the second direction, the substrate body being formed with a first opening in the first area. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162722 | INKJET PRINTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - Pigment-based ink composition, and inkjet printing systems and methods employing such ink composition. The ink contains an aqueous polyurethane additive including polyurethane polymer chains including at least first segments having a polysiloxane group of Mw greater than about 10,000 pendant to the polyurethane polymer chain backbone, wherein (i) the polyurethane additive further comprises polyurethane polymer chains including second segments having a polysiloxane group of Mw less than about 6,000 either pendant to the polyurethane polymer backbone or a part of the polyurethane polymer backbone or (ii) the composition further comprises a polysiloxane polymer additive of Mw of less than about 6,000 which is not pendant to a polyurethane polymer backbone or a part of a polyurethane polymer backbone. The polyurethane additive has a Mw of at least 10,000 and a sufficient number of acid groups to provide an acid number greater than 20. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162723 | INK JET PRINTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PRE-FILL AND DIMPLE DESIGN - Systems and methods of ejecting ink drops from an inkjet printer are disclosed. The systems and methods can include a printhead with one or more actuators with associated nozzles and membranes. A voltage waveform can be applied to the actuators to fill the actuators with a volume of ink and eject the ink through the nozzles as ink drops. The voltage waveform can have associated pre-fill voltage to fill the actuator with ink and a firing voltage to eject the ink. The actuator membranes can have multi-height dimples to protect the membranes from contacting electrodes and reduce the electric field. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162724 | PROTECTING A FLUID EJECTION DEVICE RESISTOR - In an embodiment, a method of fabricating a fluid ejection device includes forming a resistor on the front side of a substrate, depositing a dielectric film on the resistor to protect the resistor from chemical exposure during a slot formation process, and forming a slot in the substrate that extends from the back side to the front side of the substrate. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162725 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes a piezoelectric block body having a plurality of pressure chambers arranged two-dimensionally to face respective ejection ports, a plurality of air chambers arranged adjacently relative to the plurality of pressure chambers, and a plurality of flow channels arranged along the pressure chambers. The pressure chambers are deformed by expansion and contraction of piezoelectric members disposed between the pressure chambers and the air chambers so as to drive the liquid stored therein to flow toward the ejection ports. A connection flow channel is provided at the ejection port side of the piezoelectric block body sp as to make each of the pressure chambers communicate with at least one of the flow channels for partial recirculation of the ink. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162726 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING HEAD AND LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A manufacturing method of an electromechanical transducing device includes forming a vibration plate on a substrate; forming a first electrode made of a metal on the vibration plate; forming a second electrode made of an electrically conductive oxide on the first electrode; coating a surface modification material and carrying out surface modification of only the first electrode; forming an electromechanical transducing film on the second electrode; and forming a third electrode made of an electrically conductive oxide on the electromechanical transducing film. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162727 | SUBSTRATE, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD HAVING SUCH SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH SUBSTRATE - A substrate includes a substrate body having a semiconductor element formed thereon and at least either a recess or a protrusion formed on the surface thereof and a printed circuit formed on the substrate body and connected to the semiconductor element. At least a part of the printed circuit is formed in a region of the surface of the substrate including either the inner side surfaces of the recess or the outer side surfaces of the protrusion. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162728 | INK SUPPLY DEVICE SUPPLYING INK TO RECORDING HEAD - A plurality of tubes each corresponds to each of a plurality of connection ports and each has one end connected to a storage portion and the other end connected to the corresponding connection port. Ink is configured to be supplied from the storage portion to a flow channel member through the plurality of tubes. Each of the plurality of tubes has a first portion adjacent to the other end and a second portion adjacent to the first portion. The first portion is positioned between the other end and the second portion. A tube retaining member is provided on the carriage and includes a first retaining portion configured to retain the first portions to be arranged in a second direction, and a second retaining portion configured to retain the second portions to be arranged in a third direction intersecting with an imaginary plane. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162729 | CARTRIDGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A cartridge includes a main body having a chamber formed therein for receiving an imaging material, a circuit board having a first opening and a second opening formed through the circuit board, and an electrode disposed on the circuit board. The main body includes a support surface that supports the circuit board; a first protrusion and a second protrusion protruding from the support surface, such that a portion of the first protrusion is disposed in the first opening of the circuit board and a portion of the second protrusion is disposed in the second opening of the circuit board, and a third protrusion protruding from the support surface. A portion of the third protrusion contacts a first surface of the circuit board facing away from the support surface. A method for manufacturing the cartridge. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162730 | CARTRIDGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A cartridge includes a main body with a chamber formed therein that receives an imaging material, a circuit board having at least one opening formed through the circuit board; and an electrode disposed on the circuit board. The main body includes a support surface that supports the circuit board, a first protrusion protruding from the support surface and that contacting a first surface of the circuit board. The first surface of the circuit board extends in a direction perpendicular to the support surface. The main body also includes a second protrusion protruding from the support surface and disposed in the at least one opening. The second protrusion includes an end portion that covers a portion of the circuit board. In addition, a method for manufacturing the cartridge. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162731 | CARTRIDGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A cartridge includes a main body having a chamber formed therein and configured to receive an imaging material, a circuit board having a first opening and a second opening formed through the circuit board, and an electrode disposed on the circuit board. The main body includes a support surface that supports the circuit board, a first protrusion and a second protrusion protruding from the support surface, such that a portion of the first protrusion is disposed in the first opening of the circuit board and a portion of the second protrusion is disposed in the second opening of the circuit board, a third protrusion protruding from the support surface adjacent to the circuit board; and a fixing element that contacts a portion of the circuit board and a portion of the third protrusion to affix the circuit board to the support surface of the main body. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162732 | INK CARTRIDGE - An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber, a shaft, and a pivotable member including a float The pivotable member is configured to move about the shaft between a first position and a second position when the float moves. The float is positioned higher when the pivotable member is in the first position than when the pivotable member is in the second position. The float has a triangular shape when viewed in an axial direction of the shaft, and the triangular shape comprises a first side having a first dimension, a second side having a second dimension, and a third side having a third dimension. The first dimension is greater than each of the second dimension and the third dimension, and the first side is positioned above a vertex between the second side and the third side. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162733 | PRINTING FLUID CARTRIDGE - A printing fluid cartridge includes a front side, a rear side, an upper side, a lower side, a tubular fluid supply portion positioned at the lower side of the front side, a pivotable member configured to pivot about a pivot point and comprising an end portion. The pivot point is positioned at the upper side and the end portion is positioned at the rear side. The printing fluid cartridge also includes a light attenuating portion protruding from the upper side of the front side and configured to attenuate light, and an electrical interface positioned between the pivotable member and the light attenuating portion. An upper end of the light attenuating portion is positioned below the electrical interface. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162734 | PRINTING FLUID CARTRIDGE HAVING CARTRIDGE BODY AND BRACKET - In a printing fluid cartridge, a cartridge body has a printing fluid delivery unit provided on a first cartridge-body surface. A bracket has at least a first bracket wall confronting the first cartridge-body surface, and a second bracket wall extending continuously from the first bracket wall in a first direction. The bracket is capable of moving relative to the cartridge body in a direction along which the second bracket wall contacts and separates from the cartridge body. A restriction member is configured to be detachably mounted on the cartridge body and the bracket, and is configured to, when the restriction member is mounted on the cartridge body and the bracket, restrict relative movement between the cartridge body and the bracket, with the second bracket wall of the bracket in contact with the cartridge body. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162735 | Solid Ink Stick Delivery Apparatus Using a Lead Screw Drive - A solid ink stick delivery apparatus uses a rotating member mounted within a plurality of hollow sleeves to transport solid ink sticks to a melting device. The interior surface of the hollow sleeves are configured with a surface that frictionally engages the rotating member, but enables the member to slip past the interior surface when the hollow sleeve is stopped from proceeding along the length of the member. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162736 | Object Separator for Ink Jet Printer Applications - Approaches to remove objects from ink in an ink jet printer are described. An object separator for an ink jet printer includes one or more inlets configured to allow passage of ink that includes objects such as bubbles and particles into the object separator. The object separator has a number of stacked plates. Some of the plates have curved channels which are connected through other plates that include vias. The plates are arranged to form at least one cyclonic flow generator, the cyclonic flow generator configured to focus the objects into one or more focused flow streams. The object separator includes one or more object outlets that allow objects to exit the object separator and at least one ink outlet that allows the ink to exit the object separator. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162737 | POLYMER INTERNAL CONTAMINATION FILTER FOR INK JET PRINTHEAD - A printhead for printing ink includes a particulate filter manufactured from a polymer sheet such as a polyimide sheet. Filter openings within the particulate filter can be formed using a mask and a laser beam to ablate exposed portions of the polymer sheet. Embodiments of the present teachings can result in the formation smaller filter openings at a smaller pitch within the polymer sheet than, for example, stainless steel particulate filters, and thus more openings which cover a larger percentage of the filter surface for a given filter size, which can result in a reduction of fluid pressure within the printhead. Thus smaller filter openings for improved filtering of smaller particulates can be formed while maintaining a sufficient ink flow at a sufficiently low pressure within the printhead during operation. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162738 | LIQUID JET HEAD - A liquid jet apparatus is provided. The liquid jet apparatus includes a first damper chamber and a second damper chamber, a release path operatively associated with both the first damper chamber and the second damper chamber, and a control path connecting the first damper chamber, the second damper chamber, and the release path to each other. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162739 | Solid Ink Stick Configuration - A solid ink stick configuration efficiently provides functional features for use of the ink stick in a phase change ink printer without adversely impacting the volumetric content of the ink stick and its appearance. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162740 | METALIZED PRINTABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A metalized printable recording medium including a porous metallic reflective top layer, a porous ink-absorbing layer and a bottom supporting substrate. Method to form such printable recording medium and method to form printed images on the metalized printable recording medium are also disclosed. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162741 | INKJET PRINTING METHOD WITH ENHANCED DEINKABILITY - Printing methods are provided. In one method an inkjet image is printed using an ink having a colorant with an electrical charge of a first polarity dispersed in a hydrophilic liquid carrier fluid with an electrical charge of a second polarity that is the opposite polarity of the first polarity. A colorant attracting toner image conforming to the inkjet image is generated using toner particles of the second polarity. The colorant attracting toner image is transferred in registration with an unabsorbed volume of the ink jet image on the receiver. The difference in polarity between the toner particles and the colorant attracts the colorant and the toner particles. The toner particles are fixed to the receiver. After fixing colorant attracted to the toner particles is bound to the toner particles so that removal of the toner from the receiver also removes any colorant attached to the toner from the receiver. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162742 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An aspect of the present invention provides an inkjet recording apparatus, including: a conveyance device which has a moving suctioning surface and which conveys a cut sheet medium by suctioning the medium on the suctioning surface, a concavoconvex pattern being formed in the suctioning surface by arranging recess sections regularly in the suctioning surface, and suction holes each having an opening smaller than a size of openings of the recess sections being formed inside the recess sections; and a recording head which forms an image by ejecting ink by an inkjet method onto a surface of the medium which is conveyed by the conveyance device. According to the aspect, it is possible to prevent floating and wrinkling of the medium during conveyance, and an image of high quality can be recorded. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162743 | DIGITAL PRINTING PRESS WITH AUTOMATED MEDIA TRANSPORT - A digital printer is provided with an automated printing sheet transport system, operating in an intermittent manner of feeding a printing sheet to the digital printer, halting the transport to allow printing onto the printing sheet while the printing sheet is maintained in a fixed position, and removing the printed sheet from the digital printer after printing. The digital printer may be combined with a screen print station, both operating on top of a single printing sheet transport system, to form an integrated multifunctional and hybrid printing press. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162744 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MARKING A LABORATORY SAMPLE CASSETTE - In order to mark a laboratory sample cassette (2), dye marks (40, 41) are printed by an inkjet printer head (7) onto a tape (1 1). Rollers (17) move the tape (1 1) from a first location (13) adjacent to the printer head (7) to a cassette receiving location (15). A cassette clamp marker (8) at the cassette receiving location (15) has a shaped member (10) arranged to fold the tape (1 1) when a laboratory sample cassette (2) is in the cassette receiving location (15) so that part of the tape (1 1) covers a marking surface (6) of the cassette (2) and another part of the tape (1 1) covers a side surface (4) of the cassette (2). The shaped member (10) also has heating pads (26, 29) and when an actuator (32) applies the shaped member (10) to the tape (1 1) in the cassette receiving location (15), the heating pads (26, 29) are heated so that dye of the dye marks (40, 41) on the tape (1 1) ingresses into the marking surface (6) and the side surface (4) of the cassette (2) to mark these surfaces. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162745 | LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS - A light scanning apparatus, including: a light source configured to emit a light beam; a light deflector including: a rotary shaft; a bearing portion configured to support the rotary shaft; a rotor fixed to the rotary shaft; a stator fixed to the bearing portion; a drive circuit board configured to support the bearing portion and to drive the stator to rotate the rotor; and a mirror portion fixed to the rotor, the light deflector being configured to deflect the light beam emitted from the light source by the mirror portion; and a housing including: a bearing inserting portion into which the bearing portion is inserted; a fixing portion configured to fix the drive circuit board; and a recessed portion provided between the bearing inserting portion and the fixing portion. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162746 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When executing APC (Automatic Power Control), an optical scanning apparatus according to one aspect of this invention charges a hold capacitor for holding a voltage to be used to cause a light source (LD) to output a light beam to a preset predetermined voltage. After the hold capacitor has been charged to the predetermined voltage, the optical scanning apparatus supplies a driving current according to the voltage of the hold capacitor to the LD and causes the LD to output a light beam. In addition, the optical scanning apparatus charges or discharges the hold capacitor using the voltage generated in it as an initial value, thereby controlling the voltage of the hold capacitor such that the light power of the light beam detected by a PD approaches a target light power. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162747 | DE-SKEWING MECHANISM FOR DE-SKEWING A PRINTING MEDIUM AND THERMAL SUBLIMATION PRINTER THEREWITH - A de-skewing mechanism for de-skewing a printing medium is disclosed. The printing medium is conveyed by a conveying mechanism in a first linear velocity. The de-skewing mechanism includes a first calibrating roller, a second calibrating roller and a first torque limiting member. The first calibration roller is utilized for conveying a first side of the printing medium in a second linear velocity greater than the first linear velocity, and the second calibrating roller is utilized for conveying a second side of the printing medium in the second linear velocity. The first torque limiting member is coupled to the first calibrating roller and is utilized for stopping driving the first calibrating roller when the first side of the printing medium reaches a predetermined tension, such that the second side of the printing medium is capable of proceeding relative to the first side, so as to be aligned with the first side. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162748 | INTEGRATED IMAGING SYSTEM FOR PRINTING SYSTEMS - An integrated imaging system for a printing system that prints content on a moving print media includes a housing, an opening in the housing for receiving light reflected from the print media, a folded optical assembly in the housing that receives the reflected light and transmits the light a predetermined distance, and an image sensor within the housing that receives the light and captures one or more images of the printed content. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162749 | STUDIO FOR LIFE-SIZE VIDEOCONFERENCING - Studio, studio system, studio configuration and calibration method for life-size videoconferencing include local conferee space and local transceiver for life-size videoconferencing. The transceiver includes optical input unit and optical output unit providing continuous duplex image transfer via a duplexer area of a screen configured to simultaneously transmit to local conferee space the image of remote conferee space including a remote studio, and reflect the image of local conferee space to the optical input unit, enabling visualizing to scale without aberrations image of the entire local conferee space to the remote conferee space; enabling a local party conferee to establish eye contact and register body movements of a remote party conferee. Images of physically separated conferee spaces are concatenated to an operational conference setting, enabling a remote conferee located anywhere in the remote space to establish eye contact with a conferee visible in the image of the second remote space. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162750 | VIDEO AUGMENTED TEXT CHATTING - A method and a system for initiating a video session between parties while the parties are engaged in a text chat session. The method includes the steps of: reaching consent between the parties to engage in a video session while in a text chat session; identifying user activity associated with the text chat session; and automatically activating a video session with the other party when the user is actively associated with the text chat session. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162751 | Method and Apparatus for Video Recording in Video Calls - The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for recording videos in a video call. The method includes: determining a key voice input end of the video call and acquiring an image of the key voice input end; storing audio data of the video call; synthesizing the acquired image and audio, and then writing the synthesized image and audio into a recorded video file. The present invention solves the defect that the existing video call methods can not record flexibly by determining a source of a key voice, acquiring an image corresponding to the key voice, and synthesizing the image and a recorded audio, so that the sound and the image in the recorded video can be displayed correspondingly, and since only the image of the key voice input end in the call is displayed, the image in the recorded video is clearer. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162752 | Audio and Video Teleconferencing Using Voiceprints and Face Prints - Provided is a device including one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to periodically match an image of an individual with one of a plurality of stored identities based upon at least one from the group including (i) facial print data and (ii) voice print data. The one or more processors are configured to associate the matched image with an icon representative of the one stored identity. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162753 | MULTI-ENTERPRISE VIDEO CONFERENCE SERVICE - A system is configured to receive a request to set up a first video conference and another request to set up a second video conference, where the request is received from a client device and where the other request is received from another client device; obtain first information associated with an enterprise with which the client device is associated and second information associated with another, different enterprise with which the other client device is associated; determine whether the first information permits the client device to set up the first video conference and whether the second information permits the other client device to set up the second video conference; establish the first video conference when the first information permits the client device to set up the first video conference; and establish the second video conference when the second information permits the other client device to set up the second video conference. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162754 | AUDIO-VIDEO MULTI-PARTICIPANT CONFERENCE SYSTEMS USING PSTN AND INTERNET NETWORKS - A multi-participant conference system and method is described. The multi-participant system includes a PSTN client, at least one remote client and a first participant client. The PSTN client communicates audio data and the remote clients communicate audio-video data. The first participant client includes a voice over IP (VoIP) encoder, a VoIP decoder, a first audio mixer, and a second audio mixer. The VoIP encoder compresses audio data transported to the PSTN client. The VoIP decoder then decodes audio data from the PSTN client. The first audio mixer mixes the decoded audio data from the PSTN client with the audio-video data from the first participant into a first mixed audio-video data stream transmitted to the remote client. The second audio mixer mixes the audio-video data stream from the first participant with the audio-video data stream from each remote client into a second mixed audio transmitted to the PSTN client. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162755 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR INITIATING A PROCESS ON DATA NETWORK - One example embodiment of the invention is directed to a computer program product for initiating a process for use during a data sharing event on a packet based network, the program product comprising computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable medium, the data sharing event including a plurality of users sharing streaming data with one another. The example program product instructions when executed by one or more computers causing the one or more computers to perform steps comprising receive a request to initiate the process communicated from one of the plurality of users participating in the data sharing event, respond to the request by initiating the process on the data network whereby at least one of the users participating in the data sharing event may access the process, and terminate the process after one or more termination conditions has been satisfied. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162756 | IP-BASED CONFERENCING IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for a conferencing routing service for managing and routing collaboration participants. In one embodiment, the conferencing system may utilize Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to conduct the routing of the collaboration conferences within the telecommunications network. The SIP-based routing provides for the exchanging of information from one device of the conferencing system to another that is not available in non-IP based conferencing systems. Thus, through the use of IP-based telecommunication devices, the network provides beneficial features for collaboration conferencing. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162757 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image processing command input section to receive image processing commands for image data written into a memory by units of one line, a line number deriving section to derive a number of lines of the image data required to execute image processing operations based on the image processing commands received by the image processing command input section, a line number indicating section to output a numerical value indicating the number of lines of the image data derived by the line number deriving section, a read timing controlling section to control read timing from the memory in response to the numerical value output from the line number indicating section, a parameter indicating section to output parameters used for the image processing operations, and an image processing section to execute the image processing operations. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162758 | VIDEO CONFERENCE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESERVING VIDEO CONFERENCE - Disclosed is a video conference control system which includes a video conference reserving device which receives video conference reservation resource data; a multipoint controller which collects resource data for a video conference according to the video conference reservation resource data to generate a resource management policy; and a multipoint processor which provides a plurality of terminals with a resource for a video conference according to the resource management policy. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162759 | Controlling Image Capture and/or Controlling Image Processing - A method including selecting one or more portions of a scene; controlling an image sensor to capture, at a relatively wide field of view, a wide-field-of-view image of a scene; controlling the image sensor to capture, at a relatively narrow field of view or narrow fields of view, one or more narrow-field-of-view images of the one or more selected portions of the scene. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162760 | MONITORING CAMERA AND METHOD FOR MONITORING - A monitoring camera is arranged to monitor a wide angle image view. The camera comprises an event detector arranged to signal that an event has occurred when an alert line/tripwire positioned in the wide angle image view has been crossed. The alert line is defined as a line enclosing a point of the wide angle image view. A method for monitoring an area using the monitoring camera comprises capturing images representing a wide angle view through a wide angle lens, detecting if an object in the images is crossing an alert line defined in the wide angle view as a line enclosing a point in the wide angle view, and in response to a detection of an object crossing the alert line, redirecting the camera from capturing images through the wide angle lens to a position capturing an image view including the area in which the alert line was crossed. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162761 | ROTARY IMAGE GENERATOR - A rotary system and method for capturing images and displaying moving images of the surroundings by rotating a camera in high speed and capturing a plurality of still images per second. The still images are then processed in real time and displayed in one or more display units. Each display unit can display a moving images view of a region in the surroundings and/or still images. Any still or moving image can be zoomed in. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162762 | GENERATING A SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEO STREAM FROM A SOURCE VIDEO STREAM IN A FIRST OUTPUT TYPE FORMAT USED TO PRODUCE AN OUTPUT VIDEO STREAM IN A SECOND OUTPUT TYPE FORMAT - Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for processing a source video stream of frames of images providing a first type of output format to generate a supplemental video stream, wherein the source video stream and the supplemental video stream are processed by a video processor to produce an output video stream having a second type of output format. The source video stream has a plurality of frames of digital images comprising an array of pixels in the first type of output format. The frames of the source video stream are processed by transforming color values for the pixels in the images in the frames to different color values to produce a modified video stream whose frames are merged with the corresponding frames in the source video stream to produce the supplemental video stream. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING DEPTH-RELATED INFORMATION MAP ACCORDING TO QUALITY MEASUREMENT RESULT OF THE DEPTH-RELATED INFORMATION MAP - An exemplary depth control method includes following steps: receiving input images corresponding to different views; generating at least one depth-related information map according to the input images; estimating a confidence level by measuring quality of the depth-related information map; and adjusting the depth-related information map according to the confidence level. In addition, an exemplary depth control apparatus includes a depth-related information map generation circuit, a quality measurement circuit and an adjustment circuit. The depth-related information map generation circuit receives input images corresponding to different views, and generates at least one depth-related information map according to the input images. The quality measurement circuit estimates a confidence level by measuring quality of the depth-related information map. The adjustment circuit adjusts the depth-related information map according to the confidence level. Then the depth-related information maps are used by an image interpolation unit to interpolate output images. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162764 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprising an image processing unit that applies, for left and right complement target areas serving as non-output areas respectively positioned closer to the center of the output plane than the left and right reference boundaries set by the reference boundary setting unit, image information about adjacent areas serving as partial areas within the left and right viewpoint images respectively adjacent to the left and right complement target areas, respectively, to the left and right complement target areas, to complement image information about the left and right complement target areas in each of the stereoscopic image frames and an output unit that outputs each of the stereoscopic image frames in which the image processing unit has complemented the image information to the left and right complement target areas according to the disparities adjusted by the disparity adjustment unit. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162765 | MODIFYING LUMINANCE OF IMAGES IN A SOURCE VIDEO STREAM IN A FIRST OUTPUT TYPE FORMAT TO AFFECT GENERATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEO STREAM USED TO PRODUCE AN OUTPUT VIDEO STREAM IN A SECOND OUTPUT TYPE FORMAT - Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for processing a source video stream of frames of images providing a first type of output format to generate a supplemental video stream used with the source video stream to produce an output video stream having a second type of output format. A modification is received to a luminance of a group of pixels that forms a distinct image that appears in at least one frame in the source video stream. The received modification to the luminance is applied to produce a first modified video stream. The color values for the pixels in the images in the frames in the first modified stream are transformed to different color values to produce a second modified video stream, which is merged with the corresponding frames in the second modified video stream to produce the supplemental video stream. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162766 | OVERLAYING FRAMES OF A MODIFIED VIDEO STREAM PRODUCED FROM A SOURCE VIDEO STREAM ONTO THE SOURCE VIDEO STREAM IN A FIRST OUTPUT TYPE FORMAT TO GENERATE A SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEO STREAM USED TO PRODUCE AN OUTPUT VIDEO STREAM IN A SECOND OUTPUT TYPE FORMAT - Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for processing a source video stream of frames of images providing a first type of output format to generate a supplemental video stream, wherein the source video stream and the supplemental video stream are processed by a video processor to produce an output video stream having a second type of output format. The source video stream has a plurality of frames of digital images comprising an array of pixels for the first type of output format. The color values in the frames of the source video stream are transformed to different color values to produce a modified video stream. The frames in the modified video stream are overlaid onto the corresponding frames in the source video stream with an opacity value less than 100% to produce frames in the supplemental video stream. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162767 | ENDOSCOPE AND WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM THEREOF - An endoscope, tied-in a display device, including a tube, a distal section and a handling section is provided. The distal section, coupled to a distal end of the tube, includes a first wafer-level image sensor which is disposed to capture at least one first image. The handling section, coupled to a proximal end of the tube, includes a transmitter which transmits the first image to the display device via a wireless connection. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162768 | SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING 2D VIDEO INTO 3D VIDEO - A 2D video to 3D video conversion system includes a video content analysis unit, a depth estimation unit, a post-processing unit, and a stereoscopic video generation unit. The video content analysis unit can analyze a 2D video datum and extract useful information including motion and color from the 2D video datum for depth estimation. The depth estimation unit is adapted for receiving the useful information, calculating motion cue and contrast cue for initial depth estimation, and generating an initial depth map. The post-processing unit is adapted for correcting the initial depth map in spatial domain and temporal domain to increase accuracy in spatial domain and depth continuity between adjacent time instances and for processing the caption in the video to generate a final depth map. The stereoscopic video generation unit is adapted for synthesizing 3D video datum from the final depth map and 2D video datum. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162769 | AUTO-DETECT METHOD FOR DETECTING IMAGE FORMAT AND PLAYBACK METHOD APPLYING THE SAME - An auto-detect method for detecting a single-frame image format is provided. A single-frame image is divided into a plurality of macro-blocks. Each of the macro-blocks is divided into a plurality of sub-blocks. A meta-block is allocated in each of the sub-blocks. A pixel luminance sum characteristic value for each of the meta-blocks is calculated. A first confidence between a left half and a right half of the single-frame image is calculated according to the pixel luminance sum characteristic values. A second confidence between an upper half and a lower hap of the single-frame image is calculated according to the pixel luminance sum characteristic values. A format of the single-frame image is determined according to the pixel luminance sum characteristic values, and the first and second confidences of the single-frame image. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162770 | 3D ENCODING APPARATUS - A 3D encoding apparatus encodes an input image and generates and outputs a three dimensional stream including a basic stream and an extended stream including a plurality of image groups. A 3D encoding apparatus includes a setter that sets a specific delay value for each image group based on the a first delay value as a delay value of the basic stream and a second delay value as a delay value of the three dimensional stream. The setter sets the specific delay value to a value not more than smaller one of the first delay value and the second delay value. The first virtual buffer and the second virtual buffer perform the buffer simulation for n+1th image group based on information about the specific delay value of the nth image group set by the setter in the basic stream and three dimensional stream. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162771 | BROADCAST SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL (3D) BROADCASTING SERVICE - The present invention relates to a broadcast signal processing method and device for 3D broadcasting service. The broadcast signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: encoding 3D video broadcast data that includes left image broadcast data having a left image and right image broadcast data having a right image to provide 3D effects; encoding signaling information for signaling the encoded 3D video broadcast data; generating a broadcast signal including the encoded 3D video broadcast data and the encoded signaling information; and transmitting the generated broadcast signal. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162772 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION DEVICE - Transmission of disparity information is performed so as not to prevent reception processing of a legacy 2D-compatible reception device. | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162773 | COMPRESSION METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OCCLUSION DATA - Methods and apparatuses for coding occlusion layers, such as occlusion video data and occlusion depth data in 3D video, are disclosed. A decoding method comprising the steps of: extracting an indicator representative of an original format for received occlusion data , the original format selected from one of a sparse occlusion data format and a filled occlusion data format; decoding the received occlusion data to produce decoded occlusion data ; and when the indicator indicates the original format as a filled occlusion data format, converting the decoded occlusion data from a sparse occlusion data format to the filled occlusion data format , the converting further including; replacing non-occlusion area data, which is represented with a defined characteristic, by respective collocated samples from 2D data in the video data frame associated with the occlusion data ; outputting the decoded occlusion data and, when present, converted decoded occlusion data . | 2013-06-27 |
| 20130162774 | COMPRESSION METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OCCLUSION DATA - Methods and apparatuses for coding occlusion layers, such as occlusion video data and occlusion depth data in 3D video, are disclosed. A decoding method comprising the steps of: extracting an indicator representative of an original format for received occlusion data, the original format selected from a one of a sparse occlusion data format and a filled occlusion data format; arranging 2D data, which is associated with said occlusion data, at location after temporal and inter-view pictures in a reference picture list; identifying at least one of an occlusion area macroblock and a non-occlusion area macroblock for the occlusion data; decoding said occlusion data to produce decoded occlusion data, wherein said decoding includes: for each non-occlusion macroblock, when said indicator indicates the filled occlusion data format, replacing the occlusion data in said non-occlusion macroblock with a corresponding macroblock of associated 2D data to produce a decoded occlusion data; and when said indicator indicates the sparse occlusion data format, filling said non-occlusion macroblock with data indicative of a defined characteristic to produce decoded occlusion data; and otherwise for each occlusion macroblock, decoding said occlusion macroblock to produce decoded occlusion data; and outputting the decoded occlusion data. | 2013-06-27 |
