29th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100182359 | INK JET HEAD AND INK SUPPLYING METHOD THEREOF - An Inkjet head according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an ink storage unit including an inner storage space, a head unit connected to the ink storage unit, and a plurality of nozzles discharging the ink, wherein the floors of the inner storage space of the ink storage unit form a step. Accordingly, in the Inkjet head of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the floors of the inner storage space of the ink storage unit form a step, and the ceiling of the inner flow space of the head unit is inclined, thereby preventing the ink vapor from being confined inside the head unit. Therefore, the ink to be discharged through the nozzle flows in a predetermined direction and does not include ink vapor, thereby preventing discharge deterioration. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182360 | Media Processing Device and a Control Method and Program Therefor - A media processing device, control method therefor, and program prevent a drop in the throughput of a media production process due to cleaning the print head. A publisher | 2010-07-22 |
20100182361 | Liquid Ejection Head and Liquid Ejection Method - A liquid ejection head including: an insulating nozzle plate | 2010-07-22 |
20100182362 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head having: a discharge port; an actuator; and a driving circuit that selectively supplies to the actuator a discharge driving signal which includes at least one of discharge pulse signals, and a non-discharge driving signal which includes at least one of non-discharge pulse signals. The recording apparatus further includes: a transport unit; an image recording control unit; a signal number calculating unit that calculates the number of non-discharge driving signals; and a non-discharge driving control unit that controls the driving circuit to supply the number of non-discharge driving signals calculated by the signal number calculating unit, wherein the signal number calculating unit calculates the number of non-discharge driving signals such that the sum of the number of correction pulses and the total number of non-discharge pulse signals supplied to the actuator within the predetermined period is equal to a predetermined value. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182363 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a liquid discharging head which has a pressure generation chamber that is communicated with a nozzle orifice, and a pressure generation element that generates pressure variation in liquid in the pressure generation chamber, and which can discharge liquid from the nozzle orifice by the operation of the pressure generation element; and a driving signal generation section which generates a series of driving signals that includes a driving pulse which drives the pressure generation element, wherein the driving pulse which the driving signal generation section generates includes an expansion element which expands the pressure generation chamber, thereby drawing in the meniscus, a contraction element which varies voltage so as to contract the expanded pressure generation chamber, a re-expansion element which re-expands the pressure generation chamber after the contraction by the contraction element, thereby drawing in the meniscus, and a re-contraction element which varies voltage so as to contract the re-expanded pressure generation chamber, and the re-contraction element includes a first re-contraction element, and a second re-contraction element which contracts the re-expanded pressure generation chamber at a different rate of voltage change from that of the first re-contraction element. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182364 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus and Method of Controlling the Same - A method of controlling a liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting head having a supply portion, an ejecting portion, a discharge portion, and a filter portion dividing an internal passage within the head into an upstream passage communicating with the supply and discharge portions and a downstream passage communicating with the ejecting portion, and further including pumps respectively connected to the supply and discharge portions, and a control portion configured to control the pumps so as to satisfy P | 2010-07-22 |
20100182365 | Inkjet printing apparatus - An inkjet printing apparatus is provided. The inkjet printing apparatus includes a recording head, which ejects ink onto s recording medium, an ink cartridge, which contains the ink therein, an ink cartridge storage to store the ink cartridge, an ink conveyer tube, which connects the recording head and the ink cartridge to convey the ink, a releasing system, arranged in the ink conveyer tube to switch an open state and a closed state, a release controller, which controls switching of the releasing system, and a judging system, which judges as to whether the ink in the ink conveyer tube is capable of being withdrawn in the ink cartridge. The release controller switches the releasing system in the open state to be in the closed state when the judging system judges that the ink is incapable of being withdrawn in the ink cartridge. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182366 | FORMATION OF IMAGE BY IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH OVERLAPPING AREA - A method of forming an image by an image forming apparatus provided with a print head having plural nozzles, wherein the print head has an overlapping area whose print area overlaps a print area of a physically adjacent print head, or has an overlapping area whose print area overlaps an adjacent scan line on a print sheet surface, includes an image forming step of forming an image by the print head, wherein the image forming step includes a control step of controlling in a variable manner an amount of ink sprayed from a proximity nozzle situated in close proximity of the overlapping area, the proximity nozzle being one of the nozzles situated in a non-overlapping area outside the overlapping area. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182367 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus performs a 1-pass recording by a single main scan with respect to a recording medium by a nozzle group including different overlapping nozzles that scan the same overlapping region on the recording medium to record dots. Alternatively, a multi-pass recording is performed by a plurality of main scans with respect to the overlapping region by the same nozzle group or by different nozzle groups. The recording in a central portion of the overlapping region is performed by placing emphasis on the succession or continuity of the dots, while the recording in boundary portions of the overlapping region is performed by placing emphasis on the scattering of the dots. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182368 | TRAY FOR INK JET PRINTER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GOLF BALL HAVING MARK | 2010-07-22 |
20100182369 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DEFECTIVE NOZZLE OF PRTINER HEAD - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for detecting a defective nozzle of an inkjet print head. The method may include detecting a light transmitted through ink ejected from a nozzle of a print head, generating a signal associated with the detected light, amplifying the signal, and determining whether the nozzle is defective based on the amplified signal. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182370 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a suction unit; a pressure unit configured to pressurize the inside of a supply channel extending from a liquid container to a recording head at a pressurizing position along the supply channel; an opening and closing unit configured to open and close the supply channel at a position downstream of the pressurizing position; and a control unit configured to cap a nozzle surface with a cap and suction ink from nozzles with the suction unit, to move the cap away from the nozzle surface after pressurizing the inside of the supply channel with the pressure unit to a pressure greater than or equal to atmospheric pressure, to wipe the nozzle surface with a wiping part after closing the supply channel with the opening and closing unit, and to open the supply channel with the opening and closing unit after wiping the nozzle surface. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182371 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus, including: an ink-jet head; a conveyor mechanism having a conveyor surface and configured to convey the recording medium in a conveyance direction; a cap for covering the ejection surface; a cap moving mechanism configured to move the cap in a direction parallel to the conveyance direction such that the cap is placed at a retracted position where the cap does not face the ejection surface or a facing position where the cap faces the ejection surface; and a controller configured to control the cap moving mechanism such that a first motion in which the cap is moved from the retracted position to the facing position is conducted and to control the conveyor mechanism such that a second motion in which the conveyor surface is moved in the direction in which the cap is moved is conducted with the first motion, where a prescribed condition is satisfied. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182372 | INKJET PRINT ENGINE HAVING PRINTER CARTRIDGE INCORPORATING MAINTENANCE ASSEMBLY AND CRADLE UNIT INCORPORATING MAINTENANCE DRIVE ASSEMBLY - An inkjet print engine includes a printer cartridge having an elongate body and a pair of mounting posts provided at either end of the elongate body, the printer cartridge further and defining a plurality of partitions; an ink storage module assembly having a row of ink storage modules interleaved with the partitions; a printhead assembly mounted to the elongate body and including at least one ink ejection integrated circuit (IC) connected to receive ink from the ink storage modules; an elongate maintenance assembly mounted between the posts and configured to cap and clean the IC; a cradle unit for removably receiving the printer cartridge; and a maintenance drive assembly mounted to the cradle unit for actuating against the maintenance assembly to facilitate cleaning of the IC. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182373 | PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE STATION HAVING NON-POROUS ROLLER - A printhead maintenance station for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The maintenance station comprises an elastically deformable roller having a contact surface for contacting an ink ejection face of the printhead, and a mechanism for rolling the roller across the face. The contact surface of the roller is configured so as to avoid trapping of ink on or in the roller surface. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182374 | Printer - A printer comprises a platen roller ( | 2010-07-22 |
20100182375 | INK JET PRINTING HEAD - The present invention relates to an ink-jet print head comprising a substrate, a structural or barrier layer defining ink passage ways, and, optionally, a nozzle plate, wherein a layer of polymeric material comprising carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen atoms improves the adhesion of the layer defining ink passage ways with the substrate and/or the nozzle plate. The present invention also relates to a process of manufacturing an ink-jet print head including the step of forming the layer of polymeric material comprising carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen atoms with a plasma treatment. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182376 | INK-JET HEAD - An ink-jet head is disclosed. The ink-jet head can include a chamber for holding ink, an actuator that can provide pressure to the chamber, and a nozzle that includes a multiple number of channels for ejecting the ink. Certain embodiments of the invention can reduce the surface tension of the ink droplets and thereby reduce the capacity requirement of the actuators. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182377 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A method for fabricating a liquid ejecting head unit including a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle line with a plurality of nozzle openings which are arranged in parallel, and a base plate on which the liquid ejecting head is mounted, the method includes: forming a second reference which is positioned to a first reference installed on the base plate, and a positioning adjusting hole on a positioning plate by a photolithographic method; attaching the positioning plate to the liquid ejecting head in such a way that the positioning adjusting hole and the nozzle openings have a predetermined arrangement; and fixing the liquid ejecting head to the base plate in a state in which the first reference and the second reference are positioned. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182378 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes (A) a carriage that moves a nozzle ejecting a liquid which is cured by irradiation of an electromagnetic wave in a moving direction, (B) a first irradiation section that is installed on the carriage and irradiates electromagnetic waves on dots formed by landing the liquid which is ejected from the moving nozzle, on a medium, and (C) a second irradiation section that is installed on the carriage and irradiates electromagnetic waves on the dots which are irradiated by the electromagnetic waves from the first irradiation section, in which an irradiance level of the electromagnetic waves from the second irradiation section is different from that of the electromagnetic waves from the first irradiation section. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182379 | FLUID-EJECTING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT UTILIZING ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPLACEMENT - A fluid ejecting integrated circuit (IC) includes a nozzle chamber defined by chamber side walls extending from a wafer substrate, and a roof wall provided on the chamber side walls; a fluid ejecting member provided within the nozzle chamber between the roof wall of the nozzle chamber and the wafer substrate; a support formation provided within the nozzle chamber and spaced inwardly away from the chamber side walls, the support formation extending from the wafer substrate to support the fluid ejecting member thereon; a first planar electrode layered to the fluid ejecting member; a second planar electrode layered on the wafer substrate; and a projection provided on the first planar electrode on a side facing the second planar electrode, the projection for contacting the second planar electrode to prevent contact between the first planar electrode and the second planar electrode. The first and second planar electrode establish a potential therebetween to deform the first planar electrode towards the second planar electrode. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182380 | PRINTHEAD WITH LOW DRAG NOZZLES APERTURES - An inkjet printhead that has a nozzle layer defining an array of nozzle apertures, each nozzle aperture having an associated heater element positioned for heating the ejectable liquid above its boiling point to form a vapor bubble to eject a drop of the ejectable liquid through the nozzle aperture. The nozzle aperture is less than 5 microns thick in the drop ejection direction. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182381 | INK-JET HEAD - An ink-jet head is disclosed. The ink-jet head can include: a channel for holding ink, a nozzle connected with the channel, a pressurizing unit configured to apply pressure to the ink so as to eject the ink, a partition coupled to one side of the channel so as to block the channel, and an actuator configured to deform one side of the channel so as to open the channel. While pressure is applied to the ink, this pressure can be turned on and off, to provide pressure pulses for ejecting the ink. As such, with this arrangement, the ejection properties of the ink-jet head can be adjusted to various settings. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182382 | INKJET HEAD MODULE AND METHOD OF ALIGNING INKJET HEAD USING THE SAME - An inkjet head module and a method of aligning inkjet heads using the inkjet head module are disclosed. The inkjet head module can include a frame, which can be attached to and detached from an inkjet apparatus; a multiple number of heads, which may be coupled to the frame, and which may each have at least one nozzle formed for ejecting ink; a multiple number of support racks, each of which may be interposed between the frame and a head, and which may support the head such that the head is movable in relation to the frame; and a multiple number of piezoelectric motors, which may move the heads to align the heads in relation to one another. Certain embodiments of the invention make it possible to reduce the size of the overall inkjet apparatus, as well as to align a multiple number of inkjet heads with higher precision. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182383 | INKJET PRINTERWITH ACTIVE CONTROL OF INK PRESSURE - An inkjet printer comprises an inkjet printhead and an ink reservoir contained in a pressurizable chamber, with an ink conduit interconnecting the ink reservoir and the printhead. An air compressor is in fluid communication with the chamber and a valve is positioned between the air compressor and the chamber. A first air conduit interconnects an outlet of the air compressor and the valve, while a second air conduit interconnects an inlet of the air compressor and the valve. The valve is switchable between a first configuration in which the valve interconnects the outlet and the chamber via the first air conduit, and a second configuration in which the valve interconnects the inlet and the chamber via the second air conduit. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182384 | Automatic ink supply device of inkjet printing machine - An automatic ink supply device of inkjet printing machines is revealed. A float switch for control of a blower is disposed in an ink cartridge of an inkjet printing machine. The ink cartridge is connected to an ink bottle by an ink line while the ventilation is also connected with the ink bottle by a blast pipe. When the amount of pigment ink in the ink cartridge of the inkjet printing machine is below a preset value, a float member of the float switch falls so as to turn on the blower for blowing air into the ink bottle. By air pressure, the pigment ink in the ink bottle is pressed into the ink cartridge until the pigment ink in the ink cartridge increases to the preset amount. Then the float member of the float switch is also pushed to rise so as to turn off the blower and no more air is input into the ink bottle. Thereby, the refilling of the pigment ink is more convenient and the surroundings will not become dirty and messy. The operation efficiency of the machine is also improved. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182385 | PRINTING-FLUID CONTAINER - A printing-fluid container includes a printing-fluid reservoir configured to hold printing fluid. A printing-fluid interface is configured to output printing fluid from the printing-fluid reservoir and an air-interface is configured to regulate an operating pressure within the printing-fluid reservoir. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182386 | Heat Element Configuration for A Reservoir Heater - A heater for use in a phase change ink printhead reservoir is provided that includes a first insulating layer having at least one ink supply path opening, and a second insulating layer having at least one ink supply path opening that aligns with the at least one ink supply path opening in the first insulating layer. The heater includes a resistance heating trace arranged in a serpentine pattern between the first and the second insulating layers. The resistance heating trace is configured to receive electric current and to convert the electric current to heat. The resistance heating trace includes a trace ring for each ink supply path opening in the first and second insulating layers that forms a continuous perimeter around the corresponding ink supply path opening. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182387 | RESERVOIR ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPLYING FLUID TO PRINTHEAD - A fluid reservoir assembly for supplying fluid to a printhead is provided. The assembly has a reservoir compartment in fluid communication with fluid channels for supplying the fluid to the printhead via a fluid outlet, the reservoir compartment having an air vent and a bypass fluid path interconnecting the fluid outlet and a well region within the compartment, and a valve in the bypass fluid path for priming the reservoir compartment with fluid via the bypass fluid path. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182388 | INK-JET HEAD - An ink-jet head is disclosed. The ink-jet head can include: a chamber for holding ink, an actuator coupled to one side of the chamber to provide pressure to the chamber, a damper portion connected with the other side of the chamber, an accelerator portion extending from a lateral surface of the damper portion, and a nozzle formed at an end of the accelerator portion. Certain embodiments of the invention can be used to increase the speed at which ink is ejected and improve the straightness of the ejection path. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182389 | MEDIA INTERFACE MODULE AND PRINTER WITH A MEDIA WIPER - A printer assembly comprises a printer frame, a media interface module disposed in the printer frame, media disposed in the media interface module and dispensed from the media interface module into the printer frame, a wiper member supported by one of the printer frame and the media interface module, and a wiper pad carried by the wiper member and engaging the media to remove debris from the media. In other forms, a media interface module comprises media disposed in the media interface module, a wiper member supported by the media interface module, and a wiper pad carried by the wiper member and engaging the media to remove debris from the media as the media is dispensed form the media interface module. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182390 | PRINTER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A PRINTER - A printer and a control method for a printer can externally detect the number of elements in the line head, and can determine the dot density of the line head from the detected number of elements. The printer has a thermal head | 2010-07-22 |
20100182391 | EXPOSURE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An exposure device includes an exposure section and first and second signal output units. The exposure section has plural light emitting elements. The first signal output unit outputs to the exposure section a first signal for determining timings for starting and ending light emission of the respective light emitting elements. The second signal output unit outputs to the exposure section a second signal for determining as to whether the respective light emitting elements are caused to emit light for respective pixels. If light mission of the respective light emitting elements is stopped with respect to all pixels of one line in a main scanning direction, the first signal does not output to the exposure section for each group of one or plural light emitting elements that operate based on the common first signal. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182392 | DRIVE CIRCUIT, OPTICAL PRINT HEAD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A drive circuit for supplying a drive current to a plurality of driven elements includes a plurality of drive output terminals to be connected to the driven elements. The drive output terminals are arranged with a specific pitch in between in an arrangement direction. The drive circuit further includes a plurality of drive transistors. Each of the drive transistors is arranged in an occupied area with a specific width in the arrangement direction larger than the specific pitch. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182393 | LIGHT SCANNING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A light scanning unit and an image forming apparatus having the same. The light scanning unit to form an electrostatic latent image corresponding to image information on a photosensitive body may include a light source, a deflector to deflect light generated from the light source in a main scanning direction, an imaging lens to focus deflected light to the photosensitive body, and at least a reflection mirror to change a traveling direction of light. A deviation of light quantity generated in a main scanning direction by a light quantity ratio generated by internal absorption of the imaging lens and a light quantity ratio generated by a polarization state of light may be compensated for by the reflection mirror. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182394 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE OF VIDEO COMMUNICATION - A method, a system, and a device of video communication are provided. A sub-picture in a synthetic picture corresponding to each audio stream received is marked. Position information of each audio stream is obtained according to a position of each sub-picture in the synthetic picture. The audio stream and the corresponding position information are sent to a terminal. The terminal processes an audio signal according to the received position information of the audio stream, so that the audio stream carries the position information. During the video communication, the terminal receives the audio stream and the position information, and performs position information sense processing to the audio stream according to the position information. This reduces the frequent communication between the terminal and a device for processing position information and improves the flexibility of the system. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182395 | DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULING, CALL CONTROL, AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR DISPERSED DYNAMIC VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - Method, system, and computer program product example embodiments of the invention are disclosed to manage multiple network zones interconnected over a wide area network for video conferencing. In one example embodiment of the invention, an interface of a zone controller is configured to receive a first user request to schedule local resources for a video conferencing session within a local network zone. The zone controller is configured to access local services in the zone to schedule the local resources for the video conferencing session. The interface of the zone controller is further configured to receive a second user request to schedule remote resources in a remote network zone for the video conferencing session. A local Network Zone Manager in the zone controller is configured to determine a remote Network Zone Manager responsible for the remote resources in the remote network zone in response to the second user request. The local Network Zone Manager is further configured to send the second request to the remote Network Zone Manager. The local Network Zone Manager is further configured to receive information on availability of the remote resources from the remote Network Zone Manager and pass the information to a local scheduling service in the zone controller, which is configured to then schedule the video conferencing session between the local and remote resources. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182396 | DATA CAPTURE SYSTEM - A system that facilitates collecting data is described herein. The system includes a digital camera that is configured to capture images in a visible light spectrum and a near-infrared camera that is configured to capture near infrared images, wherein a field of view of the digital camera and the field of view of the near-infrared camera are substantially similar. The system further includes a trigger component that is configured to cause the digital camera and the near-infrared camera to capture images at a substantially similar point in time, and also includes a mounting mechanism that facilitates mounting the digital camera and the near-infrared camera to an automobile. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182397 | Connector panel for view camera capable of docking digital single lens reflex camera - As a back panel of a view camera, the connector panel ( | 2010-07-22 |
20100182398 | 360 degree automobile video camera system - The present invention relates to a video camera system which has a 360 degree range for digital video recording inside and outside of an automotive vehicle. The system has a DVR built into or connected near the camera housing and the camera housing has slot adapted to receive a compact flash (cf) card or a media card so that the images recorded by the cameras can be placed on the cf card. Also included is an optional built in microphone with a control switch for law enforcement and military purposes. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182399 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for determining user input in a portable terminal, and a portable terminal for determining user input are provided. The portable terminal includes an input means for providing at least one key to a user; a camera module including a wide-angle lens system, capable of monitoring the input means, and an image sensor for converting a light incident from the lens system into image data; and a controller for calculating a user-selected key or menu based on the image data, wherein the controller determines whether the image data corresponds to the user-selected key or menu according to a view angle of a light incident from the lens system. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182400 | Aligning Images - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for aligning images are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an inaccurate three-dimensional (3D) position of a physical camera, where the physical camera captured a photographic image; basing an initial 3D position of a virtual camera in a 3D virtual environment on the inaccurate 3D position of the physical camera; correlating one or more markers in the photographic image with one or more markers in the 3D virtual environment that appear in the virtual camera's field of view; and adjusting the initial 3D position of the virtual camera in the 3D virtual environment based on a disparity between the one or more markers' 3D positions in the photographic image as compared to the one or more markers' 3D positions in the virtual camera's field of view. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DIGITAL VIDEOS USING VIDEO FEATURES - A method for managing digital videos includes extracting a feature of an input digital video, searching for candidate features having similarity to the extracted feature, and comparing the extracted feature with each of the candidate features to select at least one of the candidate features similar to the extracted feature and provide information on a digital video corresponding to the selected candidate feature. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182402 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, STEREO IMAGE DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND STEREO IMAGE DATA RECEIVING METHOD - The present invention makes it possible to perform transmission of stereo image data between devices in a favorable manner. A source device (disc player | 2010-07-22 |
20100182403 | FILE FORMAT FOR ENCODED STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE/VIDEO DATA - Provided is a file format for encoded image data which can be reproduced into a lifelike stereoscopic image by a display apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic image. The file format for an encoded stereoscopic image includes an image data unit containing image information of the encoded stereoscopic image and a header unit containing meta data used to decode and reproduce the image information of the encoded stereoscopic image contained in the image data unit. The header unit can include at least one header unit of a camera header sub-unit containing information on left and right cameras used to acquire the stereoscopic image, a codec header sub-unit containing information on the encoding of the stereoscopic image, and a display header sub-unit containing information on a barrier type display apparatus for receiving and reproducing the encoded stereoscopic image data. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182404 | THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO REPRODUCTION - A three dimensional video reproduction apparatus includes a video input unit operable to input a signal for displaying a 2D image or a 3D image; a separation unit operable to divide an image indicated by the signal inputted in the video input unit into two images; a difference extraction unit operable to extract a difference or correlation between the two divided images; a determination unit operable to determine whether the signal inputted in the video input unit is a signal for displaying a 3D image or a signal for displaying a 2D image, based on the output of the difference extraction unit; and a 2D/3D changeover unit operable to change over an output mode for outputting an image between a 2D mode for displaying a 2D image and a 3D mode for displaying a 3D image, based on the result of the determination by the determination unit. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182405 | Method for transferring images with incoherent randomly arranged fiber optical bundle and for displaying images with randomly arranged pixels - A method and means to use randomly arranged fibers assembled together in a bundle that is capable of conveying images from an inaccessible location to a more accessible, convenient or safe location for viewing. Allows for mixing fibers of different diameters. Random distribution of fibers decreases the packing fraction, offering in exchange easiness of manufacturing and decrease in production cost. System can be also used for display units, including computer monitors, home TV, movie theatres, public display announcement boards, as airport, trains stations, highway instructions and billboard advertising. As display units, random assembled fibers are organized at the display end at the display shape, usually rectangular, from where light is emitted towards the viewer. At the illuminating end, light enters the individual fibers from multicolored lasers or other light sources which are controlled by single or multiple video boards and computers. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182406 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT RECONSTRUCTION FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A system and method for three-dimensional acquisition and modeling of a scene using two-dimensional images are provided. The present disclosure provides a system and method for selecting and combining the three-dimensional acquisition techniques that best fit the capture environment and conditions under consideration, and hence produce more accurate three-dimensional models. The system and method provide for acquiring at least two two-dimensional images of a scene, applying a first depth acquisition function to the at least two two-dimensional images, applying a second depth acquisition function to the at least two two-dimensional images, combining an output of the first depth acquisition function with an output of the second depth acquisition function, and generating a disparity or depth map from the combined output. The system and method also provide for reconstructing a three-dimensional model of the scene from the generated disparity or depth map. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182407 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH 3D SHUTTER CONTROL UNIT - A system for providing respective video signals to at least two viewers is disclosed. The system includes a control unit; and a display connected to the control unit. The control unit is operable to control the display to alternately display an image from a first video signal and an image from a second video signal, to synchronize a first shuttered filter to the display such that the first filter is shuttered when the second video signal image is displayed, and to synchronize a second shuttered filter to the display such that the second filter is shuttered when the first video signal image is displayed. In this way only the first video signal image is provided to a first viewer using the first shuttered filter and only the second video signal image is provided to a second viewer using the second shuttered filter. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182408 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic display device has a plurality of sub-pixel units respectively arranged along a first axis and a second axis. Each sub-pixel unit and the adjacent sub-pixel unit along the first axis have a predetermined dislocation in the second axis. Each of the sub-pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel row having a first sub-pixel and two second sub-pixels arranged along the first axis, a second sub-pixel row under the first sub-pixel row having a first sub-pixel and two second sub-pixels arranged along the first axis, and a three sub-pixel row under the second sub-pixel row having three third sub-pixels arranged along the first axis. The stereoscopic display device also has a parallax panel having a plurality of transparent regions and shielding regions alternately parallel to each other. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182409 | Signal processing device, image display device, signal processing method, and computer program - There is provided a signal processing device including an image analysis portion that analyzes content of an input image, a distance information acquisition portion that acquires distance information between a viewer who views a screen on which the input image is displayed and the screen, and a stereoscopic image generation portion that generates a stereoscopic image from the original input image, using an analysis result of the input image analyzed by the image analysis portion, the distance information acquired by the distance information acquisition portion, and information about a specification of the screen in a horizontal direction. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182410 | COMPUTING A DEPTH MAP - A system for computing a depth map comprising depth values representing distances to a viewer for respective pixels of an image. The system comprises an optimization unit ( | 2010-07-22 |
20100182411 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING DISPLAY DATA - A method of retrieving display data for a handheld display device. The method comprises the steps, in a server, of: receiving interaction data from the handheld display device, the interaction data being generated by the device using image data acquired by imaging an area of a printed substrate containing printed content; identifying a page description corresponding to the interaction data; retrieving display data using the identified page description, the display data corresponding to at least some of the printed content imaged by the device; and sending the display data to the handheld display device. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182412 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF OPERATING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM STORING ITS PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an obtainment unit for obtaining time-series image data, which is image data captured in time series by a capsule endoscope; an image detection unit for detecting prescribed image data from the obtained time-series image data; a display control unit for displaying a list of the prescribed detection image data among the detected image data; and a display instruction input unit to which an instruction to the display control unit is input, wherein the display instruction input unit comprising a detection method selection unit for selecting a detection method used when detection is performed on the basis of the image detection unit; and a list display selection unit for displaying a list of the image data by using the display control unit. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182413 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND METHOD - An endoscope apparatus includes: a reading unit which reads video data and control data from a recording medium, the recording medium containing the video data including a plurality of image data and the control data used to control a measurement operation; a measuring unit which performs the measurement operation on the basis of the image data of the video data read by the reading unit; and a control unit which controls the measuring unit on the basis of the control data read by the reading unit. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182414 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, SCOPE, AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image processor effects a color conversion appropriate for an image acquisition unit, such as a scope, and improves color reproduction accuracy. The image processor includes a plurality of color conversion sections; an information acquisition section that acquires an index for selecting at least one of the plurality of color conversion sections as a specific color conversion means for applying a color conversion process to an input video signal; and a selection section that selects at least one of the plurality of color conversion sections as the specific color conversion means based on the index, in which the plurality of color conversion sections include a linear color conversion section that applies a color conversion process based on linear conversion to the input video signal. A table conversion section applies a color conversion process to the input video signal, based on nonlinear conversion. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182415 | IMAGE CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT FOR IN VIVO OXYGENATION MEASUREMENTS DURING SURGERY - A system and method for real-time or near real-time monitoring of tissue/organ oxygenation through visual assessment of contrast enhanced images of the target area of tissue or organ. Video of a target tissue/organ was acquired during surgery, selected image frames were extracted. Each extracted image is separated into red, green and blue CCD responses. A modified contrast image was created by subtracting blue CCD responses from red CCD responses, and plotting the resultant image using a modified colormap. Overlaying said modified contrast image onto the original extracted image frame under a selected transparency range, and display it for review. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182416 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INHIBITING A SUBJECT'S EYES FROM BEING EXPOSED TO PROJECTED LIGHT - A method of inhibiting a subject's eyes from being exposed to projected light when the subject is positioned in front of a background on which an image is displayed comprises capturing an image of the background including the displayed image, processing the captured image to detect the existence of the subject and to locate generally the subject and masking image data used by the projector to project the image corresponding to a region that encompasses at least the subject's eyes, the image data masking compensating for differing camera and projector viewpoints. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182417 | AUTOMATIC FOCUSING APPARATUS, MICROSCOPE, AND AUTOMATIC FOCUSING METHOD - In acquisition of an image of cells, a focal position is accurately set at highly active cells rather than focusing on dead cells. Provided is an automatic focusing apparatus ( | 2010-07-22 |
20100182418 | SURGICAL MICROSCOPE FOR OBSERVING AN INFRARED FLUORESCENCE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - A surgical microscope for observing an infrared fluorescence includes a camera system | 2010-07-22 |
20100182419 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING AND PROCESSING OF SAMPLES IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE CONTAINERS - Disclosed herein is a holder for biological sample containers such as well plates. The holder comprises a flat vacuum bed surrounded by a seal. A container is placed within the seal and a vacuum is applied, pressing and flattening the lower surface of the sample container against the flat vacuum bed. Samples in all portions of the container may then be imaged without the need to refocus on each portion of the container. For imaging, a sample in a well can be illuminated by a beam of light arranged so that a part or all of the sample is illuminated by direct rays that have not passed through the well plate. The beam is redirected to other parts of the well if a single illumination does not cover the whole well, so that the sample to be imaged using a series of partial images. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182420 | Image Acquisition System for Identifying Signs on Mailpieces - An image acquisition system for identifying signs on mailpieces wherein each mailpiece is moved by being nipped between a conveyor and a housing wall that is provided with a longitudinal slot, comprises, inside the housing, an illumination module having two lighting units that are symmetrical about the slot for the purpose of illuminating a surface defined by the slot, and a camera for forming an image of said illuminated surface, polarization optical means also being disposed between said illumination module and said illuminated surface, and a polarization optical filter being disposed between said camera and said surface. The slot is closed by a flush transparent rigid wall against which each mailpiece is pressed. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182421 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF SOLAR CELL DEFECTS USING BRIGHT FIELD AND ELECTROLUMINESCENCE IMAGING - Methods and apparatus for integrated, in-line metrology of solar cells involve three distinct inspection and testing operations, prior to string and module assembly. Two of the inspections are performed by image analysis using bright field illumination. The third inspection involves electroluminescence imaging, where luminescence in the solar cell is achieved by inducing a forward bias in the solar cell, and analyzing a resulting grayscale image for defects. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182422 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TEST MATERIAL - The invention relates to apparatus monitoring test media used in or applicable to magnetic testing, said apparatus comprising a test element fitted with an artificial defect and a test medium feed and a test return as well as a magnetic field generator, further a magnetic field adjustment unit to adjust the magnetic field strength acting on the test element and/or the artificial defect, being adjustable at different magnetic field intensities to check the test medium, and to a corresponding method. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182423 | DISTORTION INSPECTING APPARATUS AND DISTORTION INSPECTING METHOD - A distortion inspecting apparatus, which inspects perspective distortion of a transparent object, includes a projector that projects a plurality of display points arranged at predetermined intervals, a screen that displays an image projected by the projector thereon and allows the image to pass therethrough, a pedestal that disposes the transparent object at a position where the image passed through the screen, a camera that captures the image that passed through the transparent object, and a control device that stores a reference position coordinate of the image that passed through a reference transparent object, compares the reference position coordinate with an inspection position coordinate of the image that passed through the transparent object as an object to be inspected, and calculates a displacement quantity of the reference position coordinate. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182424 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY MEASURING EXTERNAL THREADS - The invention relates to a method and device for optically measuring external thread profiles, particularly at the ends of pipes, wherein the thread is previously synchronously produced in a production line and is continuously measured in line from start to finish of the thread prior to further processing. The aim of the invention is to allow cost-effective inspection of the thread during synchronous production of the thread. For this purpose, the profile of the previously produced thread is illuminated and/or scanned tangentially to the pipe cross section by means of a relative movement including rotation and translation, and by an optical measuring unit comprising a camera, and the scanning speed is adjusted such that the time for scanning the thread profile, considering the required local resolution of the camera, is within the cycle time for the production of the next thread, wherein the image of the thread contour is captured by the camera and the optical signals are then evaluated and compared to target specifications. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182425 | VEHICLE INTERIOR STATE RECOGNITION DEVICE - A vehicle interior state recognition device comprises an illuminating means for illuminating infrared rays into a vehicle compartment, an image pick-up means for picking up an image inside the vehicle compartment into which the infrared rays are illuminated by the illuminating means, and a recognizing means for recognizing specified information based on the image picked up by the image pick-up means. Objects of the image picked up by the image pick-up means include a seat which is movable relative to a vehicle body and a passenger seated in the seat, and the recognizing means determines a size of the passenger by comparing contour of the seat with contour of the passenger on the image picked up. Accordingly, the body size of the passenger seated in the seat can be determined accurately. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182426 | Stabilized-Image Telemetry Method - The invention relates to a method of telemetry of a target performed by an operator by means of binoculars which comprise an image sensor ( | 2010-07-22 |
20100182427 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING AND PROCESSING OF SAMPLES IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE CONTAINERS - Disclosed herein is a holder for biological sample containers such as well plates. The holder comprises a flat vacuum bed surrounded by a seal. A container is placed within the seal and a vacuum is applied, pressing and flattening the lower surface of the sample container against the flat vacuum bed. Samples in all portions of the container may then be imaged without the need to refocus on each portion of the container. For imaging, a sample in a well can be illuminated by a beam of light arranged so that a part or all of the sample is illuminated by direct rays that have not passed through the well plate. The beam is redirected to other parts of the well if a single illumination does not cover the whole well, so that the sample to be imaged using a series of partial images. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182428 | CENTRALIZED-CONTROLLED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF HANDLING MULTIPLE DATA STREAMS - A surveillance system including a plurality of network video recorders (NVRs), a plurality of network video capturing devices and a plurality of streaming media presentation devices (SMPDs) is provided. The NVRs can receive and store digitized data packets, as well as transmit video/audio streams, event notifications, authorization codes and control signals. The network video capturing devices, each connected to a corresponding NVR among the plurality of NVRs via a network, can capture video/audio data and providing the digitized data packets by encoding the captured video/audio data. The SMPDs are connected to the plurality of NVRs via the network and can play captured video/audio data and alerting messages associated with the event notifications. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182429 | Monitor Observation System and its Observation Control Method - The present invention implements a monitor observation system, comprising: an external device installed in an observation object area to output a trigger signal in accordance with an input signal source; and a monitor device for detecting the trigger signal outputted from the external device, checking whether the trigger signal conforms to a preset trigger signal condition or not, if so, outputting a corresponding warning sound, and performing transition to the screen conforming to the preset trigger signal condition for displaying. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182430 | DETERMINING TRIGGER RATE FOR A DIGITAL CAMERA - A system that facilitates determining a trigger rate for a digital camera to provide a threshold forward overlap for consecutively captured images is described herein. The system includes a receiver component that receives first data pertaining to a distance between the digital camera and a surface. The system additionally includes a rate determiner component that is in communication with the receiver component, wherein the rate determiner component determines the trigger rate for the digital camera based at least in part upon the first data, wherein the trigger rate is indicative of an amount of time between consecutive images captured by the digital camera. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182431 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SURVEILLANCE OF FREIGHT - A method and system for surveillance of freight includes recording, by means of at least one camera installed in or on a freight vehicle, footage of the freight being transported by the freight vehicle. The method further includes transmitting the recorded footage to a remote location to facilitate surveillance of the freight. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182432 | System for Monitoring the Environment of a Motor Vehicle - A system for monitoring the environment of a motor vehicle, includes imaging devices for taking a sequence of images, which sequence contains images of at least a part of the environment of the motor vehicle. A display unit reproduces at least one image detail of the image sequence in the vehicle interior. A device automatically changes the detail of the environment shown by the reproduction of the image detail by the display unit. One or more devices for determining at least one earlier position of the motor vehicle is provided, wherein the environmental detail can be automatically adapted as a function of the earlier position of the motor vehicle. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182433 | OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM - A detection system that uses a plurality of input devices with different sensitive wavelengths as image and signal acquisition devices for detecting an intruding object and which performs coordinated processing on at least two or more pieces of information to avoid issuing false alarms during an intruding object detection. Based on the position or size of an object detected by processing an input from one of the input devices, an area range in which to process an input from other input devices is defined. According to one or more of processing results, a check is made as to the presence or absence of an intruding object. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182434 | CAMERA ASSISTED SENSOR IMAGING SYSTEM AND MULTI ASPECT IMAGING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to the fields of imaging systems, security screenings, contraband object detection, microwave screening, millimeter wave screening and Terahertz screening. The present invention especially relates to a camera assisted sensor imaging system and a multi aspect imaging system. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182435 | VIDEO INFORMATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - Video information, which is photographed with using a GPS built-in video camera, is inputted into a video information server. A video information correspondence table is produced, which associated photographing time of the video information inputted, data address of the video information photographed, and photographing position, and is memorized. According to a request from a display apparatus, the memorized video information correspondence table is searched, and thereby obtaining the video information having the information of time and position designated. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182436 | VENUE PLATFORM - The present disclosure is configured to perform a method of recording the movement of a user during a sporting event session. The method may include detecting the user's movement during a first portion of the sporting event session, and recording the user's movement via a recording device upon the user's first location being confirmed via a location determination device. Examples of sporting event sessions may include, BMX biking, race tracks, motocross, skate boarding, skiing, snowboarding, etc. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182437 | METHOD FOR SHARING FILE BETWEEN CONTROL POINT AND MEDIA SERVER IN A DLNA SYSTEM, AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for sharing a file between a control point and a media server in a DLNA system, and a system thereof are provided, in which the control point captures a photo, determines a similarity between a facial image included in the captured photo and a facial image file corresponding to at least one media server, compares the similarity with a pre-stored value, and if the similarity is greater than or equal to the pre-stored value, transmits a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) representing a position at which the photo is stored to the media server, and the media server accesses the URI received from the control point and receives the photo using the URI. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182438 | DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF CAMERA - A digital camera sends an XML document to a client application executing on a computer that is remote from the digital camera. The XML document describes a physical user interface of the digital camera. Based on the XML document received from the digital camera, the client application renders and displays a visual depiction of the digital camera's user interface. A user of the client application can remotely control the digital camera from the client application by interacting with the user interface elements shown in the visual depiction. User activation of controls shown in the visual depiction causes the digital camera to perform the same operations as the digital camera would perform if the user had actually activated the corresponding physical controls on the digital camera itself. The client application is capable of receiving different XML documents from different camera models, and rendering different interfaces based on those different XML documents. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182439 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An image capturing apparatus which communicates with another image capturing apparatus, comprises an image capturing unit configured to obtain image data by capturing an image of an object; a reception unit configured to receive image data captured by the other image capturing apparatus during communication with the other image capturing apparatus; a storage unit configured to store the image data received by the reception unit in a storage medium; and a processor configured to describe image information of the image data received by the reception unit in an information file which describes image information used to identify image data stored in the storage unit. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182440 | HETEROGENEOUS VIDEO CAPTURING SYSTEM - A heterogeneous video capturing system having motion and blur estimation. An item of motion may be captured with a continuous shutter and a flutter shutter. The flutter shutter image may be preceded and following by a continuous shutter image. Motion of a subject of the images may be estimated from the shutter images. The estimated motion may be a basis for blur estimation and blur removal from the flutter shutter image. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182441 | Image Sensing Apparatus And Image Sensing Method - A distortion correction portion includes a distortion calculation portion which calculates a distortion based on a movement of an image sensing apparatus in the image sensing operation, a distortion adjustment value calculation portion which calculates a distortion adjustment value based on a generation situation of an input image, and a distortion correction processing portion which performs a distortion correction process for correcting the distortion in the input image based on the distortion and the distortion adjustment value. The distortion adjustment value calculation portion decreases the distortion adjustment value in accordance with a generation situation of the input image, so that the degree of the correction in the distortion correction process by the distortion correction processing portion is decreased. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182442 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are a digital photographing device, a method of controlling the same, and a computer-readable storage medium for storing a program for executing the method. The method includes calculating a degree of motion of a subject; determining whether a photographing mode change condition is satisfied based on the degree of motion; determining whether to change a photographing mode according to a predetermined reference, if the photographing mode change condition is satisfied; and changing the photographing mode if it is determined to change the photographing mode, wherein the photographing mode is one of a still image capturing mode and a video capturing mode. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182443 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image pickup apparatus having an image capturing unit capturing an image, a first recording unit temporarily recording an original image signal output from the image capturing unit, a processing unit performing predetermined signal processing upon the original image signal output from the image capturing unit, and an instructing unit instructing the processing unit to capture a still image. When the processing unit is instructed to capture a still image by the instructing unit while performing moving image signal processing upon the original image signal output from the image capturing unit, the processing unit may cause the first recording unit to record the original image signal output from the image capturing unit. In addition, the processing unit may read out the recorded original image signal from the first recording unit and perform still image signal processing upon the read out original image signal while suspending the moving image signal processing. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182444 | DETERMINING EXPOSURE TIME IN A DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera described herein includes an analyzer component that analyzes a histogram of a first image, wherein the first image has a first resolution. The digital camera also includes a setter component that sets an exposure time for capturing a second image based at least in part upon the analysis of the histogram of the first image, wherein the second image has a second resolution, and wherein the first resolution of the first image is less than the second resolution of the second image. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182445 | Processing Device, Method, And Electronic System Utilizing The Same - A processing device including a first camera and a control unit is disclosed. The first camera captures a first image. The control unit activates an appliance to execute a specific action according to the first image. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182446 | IMAGE COMPENSATION APPARATUS - An image compensation apparatus for use with a video display and a video camera, the video camera being arranged to capture images of a scene in front of the video display. The image compensation apparatus includes an analyser configured to analyse successive frames of data provided to the video display, the successive frames of data being for displaying respective successive display images, a processor configured to calculate the illumination effect of the successive display images on the scene in front of the video displays and a compensator configured to apply image compensation to the successive images captured by the video camera so as to compensate for the effect of illumination by the video display of the scene in front of the video display. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182447 | CAMERA DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - Camera device includes an imaging unit, a communications unit, an identified area detection unit, and an image data processing unit. The imaging unit images an area in a shooting field to obtain image data. The communications unit communicates with a memory device that stores subject information, and obtains the subject information. The identified area detection unit dynamically detects an identified area corresponding to the subject. The image data processing unit specifies a protected area in the identified area based on the subject information, and applies protection only to the protected area when the subject is a protection target. This structure provides the camera device that generates image data in which a subject to be protected is obscured in an imaged subject. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182448 | DATA TRANSFER CIRCUIT, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A data transfer circuit includes: plural transfer lines transferring data; plural data output units connected to end portions of the respective transfer lines, detecting and outputting data transferred through the transfer lines with drive performance in accordance with a control signal; plural data transmission units arranged in parallel, transferring data to the corresponding transfer lines in response to selection signals; a selection control unit generating selection signals and outputting the selection signals to the corresponding data transmission units; and a control unit generating the control signal for controlling drive performance of the data output units to adjust data transfer delay and outputting the control signal to the respective output units. The transfer lines are arranged in the arrangement direction of the data transmission units and connected to the corresponding data output units. The control unit generates the control signal in accordance with the length of the data transfer distance. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182449 | Image Processing circuit and Image Processing Method - An image processing method and its associated image processing circuit for processing an image based on a sequential couleur avec memoire (SECAM) system are provided. The image includes a first pixel, a second pixel and a third pixel, which are successively arranged in a same vertical line and are respectively corresponding to a first image signal and a second image signal and a third image signal. The image processing method includes steps of calculating a chroma signal via a vertical filtering process according to the first image signal, the second image signal and the third image signal; calculating a chroma angular frequency via a frequency modulation process according to the chroma signal; and generating a chromaticity according to the chroma angular frequency. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182450 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF BLOCKED FIELD-OF-VIEW IN CAMERA SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus for detecting a blockage in the field-of-view of a camera in an image capture system by monitoring changes in the quality of images captured by the camera. As an image is acquired by the camera, intensity values for pixels in the acquired image are determined and stored in a data structure in memory of the camera. Image statistics are calculated based in part on the intensity values for pixels in the currently acquired image and at least some previous images acquired by the camera. If the image statistics satisfy at least one predetermined alert criterion, an alert is triggered. In response to triggering an alert, an alert sensor included as part of the camera is activated to indicate to a user of the image capture system that a possible blockage in the field-of-view of the camera has been detected. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182451 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGING CONTROL PROGRAM - Imaging signal obtained through exposure for divided exposure times is A/D converted to digital imaging signal. Dark current component is subtracted from the digital imaging signal. The result of subtraction is accumulated and stored in a first memory. Next, exposure for divided exposure times is performed with the imaging device shielded from light. The obtained imaging signal is A/D converted to digital imaging signal. Dark current component is subtracted from the digital imaging signal. The result of subtraction is accumulated and stored sequentially in a second memory. The digital imaging signal stored in the second memory is subtracted from the digital imaging signal stored in the first memory. Then the result of subtraction is output. The word length allocated to one pixel in the first and second memories is longer than the word length of one A/D converted pixel. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182452 | Image processing equipment and digital camera - An image processing equipment generates a reduced image corresponding to an obtained image in parallel with a processing of storing the generated reduced image in a reduced image storing part, and pipelines a processing of extracting a low-frequency noise component of each of pixels included in the obtained image and a processing of sequentially subtracting the low-frequency being extracted from pixel data corresponding to one of the obtained image stored in the image storing part and an adjusted image generated from the obtained, so as to achieve a pipeline processing of a multi-resolution noise filtering with a few line memories. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182453 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus has an inputting unit for inputting: image data including image data shot using a bracket shooting function; and an instruction for correction processing on the image data. The image processing apparatus also has a selecting unit for, in a case where the image data stored in the storage unit is image data that has been shot using a bracket shooting function corresponding to the correction processing instruction, selecting the image data shot using the bracket shooting function corresponding to the correction processing instruction from the image data stored in the storage unit. And, the image processing apparatus also has a processing unit for, in a case where there is no image data in the storage unit that corresponds to the correction processing instruction, performing the correction processing on the image data input by the inputting unit. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182454 | Two Stage Detection for Photographic Eye Artifacts - An image acquisition device includes a first speed-optimized filter for producing a first set of candidate red-eye regions for an acquired image; and a second analysis-optimized filter for operating on the first set of candidate red eye regions and the acquired image. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182455 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TAGGING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS WITH GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION DATA - A method and apparatus for tagging digital photographs with geographic location data is described. In one example, a digital camera includes an imaging unit, a radio frequency/intermediate frequency (RF/IF) front end, and a memory. The imaging unit is configured to generate digital photographs. The RF/IF front end is configured to receive satellite positioning system signals and generate digital samples therefrom. The memory is configured to store a set of digital samples generated by the RF/IF front end with each digital photograph generated by the imaging unit. The digital samples produced by the RF/IF front end may be intermediate frequency samples and may include both in-phase samples and quandrature samples. Notably, the memory stores digital samples of GPS signals, rather than location data. The digital GPS samples may be processed by an off-line processing unit, such as a computer, to produce location data. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182456 | IRIS IMAGE STORING METHOD AND AN IRIS IMAGE RESTORED METHOD - The present invention relates to a method of storing and restoring an iris image, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring an original image I | 2010-07-22 |
20100182457 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A projection display device adapted to display a projection image based on external image data input externally, includes: a projection section; an image data storage section adapted to store projection image data; an image control section adapted to execute an image data obtaining process; an image capturing section adapted to capture a projection area including the projection surface to generate a captured image; and a correction amount determination section adapted to execute a correction amount determination process for determining a correction amount, wherein the image control section halts the image data obtaining process during a period in which the correction amount determination section is executing the correction amount determination process, and after the correction amount determination process is terminated, makes the projection section display a temporary projection image obtained by correcting an image data previously stored in the image data storage section, and resumes the image data obtaining process. | 2010-07-22 |
20100182458 | DIGITAL IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM WITH PORTRAIT MODE - A digital image acquisition system having no photographic film comprises an apparatus for capturing digital images and a flash unit for providing illumination during image capture. The system has a portrait mode for generating an image of a foreground object against a blurred background, the portrait mode being operable to capture first, second and third images (A, B and C) of nominally the same scene. One of the first and second images (A, B) is taken with flash and the other is taken without flash, and the third image (C) is blurred compared to the first and second images. The portrait mode is further operable to determine foreground and background regions of the scene using the first and second images (A, B), and to substitute the blurred background of the third image (C) for the background of an in-focus image of the scene. In one embodiment the in-focus image is one of the first and second images. In another embodiment the in-focus image is a fourth image. | 2010-07-22 |