33rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120206504 | COMPENSATION TABLE GENERATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING BRIGHTNESS COMPENSATION TABLE, AND METHOD OF GENERATING COMPENSATION TABLE - A compensation table generating system includes a test signal applying part which applies a test signal corresponding to reference gray scales to a display panel, an image obtaining part which obtains a test image of each of the reference gray scales displayed on the display panel based on the test signal, a position information extractor which measures a brightness distribution of each of the reference gray scales of the display panel based on the test image of each of the reference gray scales and extracts a representative position information of an stain area, in which a stain appears, based on the brightness distribution of each of the reference gray scales, a compensation data calculator which calculates a compensation data corresponding to a position of the stain area, and a brightness compensation table which stores the representative position information and the compensation data. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206505 | Projector Display Module and Power Saving Method thereof - A projector display module and its power saving method are provided. The projector display module includes a signal source, an analog-to-digital converter, a display control unit, a ballast, and a light source. The display control unit retrieves signal from the signal source and outputs a control signal to the ballast to adjust the power of light source. The display control unit includes a comparison module and a control signal generation module. The power saving method includes the following steps: retrieving the first pixel data of a preset position of the first frame and the second pixel data of the preset position of the second frame from the signal source. The display control unit compares the first pixel data and the second data to produce a comparison result. According to the comparison result, the display control unit produces a control signal to adjust the power of light source. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206506 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING A DISPLAY DEVICE - A source driver, a display device including the same, and a method of driving the display device are provided. The source driver includes a global block configured to output “k” global gamma voltage signals, where “k” is 2 or an integer greater than 2. Each “k” global gamma voltage signal comprises a plurality of grayscale voltages and a pre-emphasis voltage that is output from the global block prior to each of the plurality of grayscale voltages. A channel driver is configured to select a global gamma voltage signal of the “k” global gamma voltage signals. The selected global gamma voltage signal includes a grayscale voltage of the plurality of grayscale voltages. The channel driver outputs the grayscale voltage to a source line in response to the channel driver receiving image data. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206507 | COLOR SIGNAL CONVERTER, DISPLAY UNIT, COLOR SIGNAL CONVERSION PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COLOR SIGNAL CONVERSION PROGRAM, AND COLOR SIGNAL CONVERSION METHOD - A color conversion circuit converts a three-primary-color signal PS | 2012-08-16 |
20120206508 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS - The invention provides an electro-optical apparatus that can prevent a shift in a threshold voltage of an amorphous silicon transistor while driving an organic EL device in a pixel circuit including the amorphous silicon transistor. A characteristic-adjustment circuit can be provided, which has a function of returning a shift in the threshold voltage of the amorphous silicon transistor included in the pixel circuit to the original state. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206509 | DISPLAY PANEL HAVING CROSSOVER CONNECTIONS EFFECTING DOT INVERSION - A display device having subpixel repeating groups is presented. Each subpixel repeating group has an even number of four or more subpixels and includes odd-numbered subpixels and even-numbered subpixels alternately arranged in a row direction, each subpixel having a color. A data driver is configured to provide data signals to the subpixels such that the odd-numbered subpixels have a polarity that is opposite that of the even-numbered subpixels in each of the subpixel repeating groups. A first subpixel repeating group and a second subpixel repeating group are adjacent in the row direction. The first subpixel of the first subpixel repeating group and the first subpixel of the second subpixel repeating group have the same color and opposite polarities. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206510 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD - A display device employing CC driving switches from (i) a first mode in which to carry out a display by converting resolution of a video signal by a factor of 2 in a column-wise direction to (ii) a second mode in which to carry out a display at the resolution of the video signal. During the first mode, signal potentials having the same polarity and the same gray scale are supplied to pixel electrodes included in respective two pixels that correspond to two adjacent scanning signal lines and that are adjacent to each other in the column-wise direction, and a direction of change in the signal potentials written to the pixel electrodes varies every two adjacent rows (2-line inversion driving). During the second mode, the direction of change in the signal potentials written to the pixel electrodes lines varies every single row (1-line inversion driving). | 2012-08-16 |
20120206511 | MULTIVIEW DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention provides an autostereoscopic display device having an adjuster for adjusting the direction of a light beam ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206512 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an LCD device and a driving method thereof, which save the manufacturing cost that is expended by the application of four-color (RGBW) sub-pixels, and enhance an aperture ratio and brightness, thus increasing display quality. The LCD device includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. A plurality of R, G, B and W color filters are formed at the upper substrate. In the lower substrate, a plurality of R, G, B and W sub-pixels are formed in respective regions defined by intersection of a plurality of gate lines and data lines. The liquid crystal layer is formed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. Each of the pixels is configure with three-color sub-pixels of the R, G, B and W sub-pixels. Pixels of the plurality of pixels including a W sub-pixel share a one-color sub-pixel included in a pixel adjacent thereto, and display a color image. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206513 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including a multiple primary color panel capable of improving the display quality in the vicinity of a monochromatic color, and a control method therefor. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that performs display by input thereto of image signals for three colors from outside. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight. A plurality of pixels each including picture elements of four colors or more are formed in a display region of the liquid crystal display panel. Each pixel includes picture elements of three colors, provided with color filters having colors corresponding to the respective colors of the image signals, and at least one picture element of other color(s), provided with a color filter having a color corresponding to a color other than the colors of the image signals. The light emission intensity of the backlight can be controlled in accordance with image signals input. The light emission intensity of the backlight when a monochromatic color or a color close to a monochromatic color is displayed in the display region is greater than the light emission intensity when white is displayed in the display region. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206514 | Tachograph Having An Interface For An External Data Input Device - A tachograph including a control unit and an output unit connected to the control unit, and an interface for connecting to a data but. The tachograph additionally includes a further interface, by which a network connection can be established between an external data input device and the output unit, so that data kept available on the external data input device can be output by the output unit. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206515 | Ink Flow Regulation Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes setting a desired flow rate for ink in an ink jet printer, measuring an actual flow rate of the ink, determining if the measured flow rate is equal to the desired flow rate and adjusting the flow rate if the measured flow rate is not equal to the desired flow rate. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206516 | Drum Maintenance System with Leak Detection - A printer includes a release agent detector that responds to release agent contacting the detector by generating a signal. The signal is processed by a controller to alter operation of the printer. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206517 | INK JET PRINTER - An ink jet printer for printing on a substrate comprising a first print head outputting ink and defining an ink meniscus; a platen operable to carry the substrate; a support structure; and a print head mechanism coupled to the support structure and carrying the first print head. The print head mechanism moving the first print head relative to the platen. A controller controls the print head mechanism such that at least one of a predetermined acceleration and predetermined deceleration of the print head mechanism is achieved such that the ink meniscus is operably maintained. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206518 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE, INSPECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A liquid ejecting device ejects a liquid using a driving element driven through application of a drive signal. The liquid ejecting device comprises a detector electrically connected to a plurality of driving elements via a common electrical path. The detector detects electrical signals output from each of the plurality of driving elements. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206519 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK EJECTION CONTROL METHOD - For a temperature adjustment process that uses high viscosity ink and is based on a first table, in a low temperature environment, an ink refill failure may occur and lower density may appear in high duty printing. Also for a temperature adjustment process that uses high viscosity ink and is based on second and third tables, in a low temperature environment, an ink refill failure may occur and lower density may appear. On the other hand, for a temperature adjustment process that employs a fourth table, a smaller pre-heat pulse width than that for the first table, for the conventional temperature adjustment, is employed in the same low temperature environment. Therefore, an ink refill failure does not occur, and horizontal or vertical gaps do not appear during high duty printing. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206520 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a roller configured to convey a recording medium, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a conveyance amount for conveying the recording medium per a predetermined rotation amount of the roller, a recording timing generation unit configured to generate a plurality of timing signals for performing recording for one raster line according to a rotation of the roller during one rotation thereof, and a drive signal generation unit configured to generate a drive reference signal for performing the recording for the one raster line on the recording medium at a predetermined interval based on the conveyance amount information and the timing signal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206521 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection unit which includes a pressure chamber and a pressure generation element, and which ejects the liquid through a nozzle of the pressure chamber in accordance with the variation of the pressure inside the pressure chamber; a driving signal generation section; a driving section which causes the liquid to eject through the nozzle by supplying the pressure generation element with an ejection waveform included in the driving signal, and which transmits a slight vibration to the liquid contained in the pressure chamber a plurality of number of times during the driving period of time by supplying the pressure generation element with a plurality of slight vibration waveforms which is included during the driving period of time of the driving signal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206522 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND RECOVERY METHOD FOR A PRINT HEAD THEREOF - The invention provides a printing apparatus and a recovery method therefore which can minimize ink consumption in a recovery process for a print head of the apparatus. The invention has a control unit to cause a print head to eject ink from nozzles arrayed on the print head so as to recover ink ejecting function of the nozzles, and a specification unit to specify a set print mode selected from among a plurality of print modes. The print modes define number and position of nozzles in use for printing an image. The control unit executes a first preliminary ejection process before or after printing an image on a print medium. The first preliminary ejection process has selectively ejecting ink from both of the nozzles in use selected by the currently set print mode and the unused nozzles in the vicinity of the nozzles in use. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206523 | INKJET PRINTING DEVICE AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - In-image preliminary ejection is performed by use of nozzles used to print an image out of the nozzles included in an overlapping link region, and between-image preliminary ejection is performed by use of nozzles which are not used to print the image. Thus, a reduction in image quality is inhibited, while the amount of print media used in the between-image preliminary ejection is reduced. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206524 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT HEAD RECOVERY METHOD - An inkjet printing apparatus and a print head recovery method are provided according to which, in an environment in which dust (e.g., paper dust) is easily attached to the periphery of an ejection port of a print head, the print head is subjected to a recovery operation depending on the level of the attached dust. The inkjet printing apparatus has a cutter unit for cutting a print medium and a recovery unit for performing the recovery operation by wiping the ejection port formation portion at which the ejection port is formed of the print head while sucking the ejection port formation portion. When the passing number showing how many times the cut part of the print medium cut by the cutter passes the printing position is equal to or higher than a threshold value, the recovery means subjects the print head to the recovery operation. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206525 | FLUID-EJECTING DEVICE AND FLUID-EJECTING METHOD - To minimize any decrease in image quality, even in an instance in which there is a displacement in a landing position of a fluid in a region in which nozzle rows overlap, (A) a fluid-ejecting device including: a first nozzle column; (B) a second nozzle column, the second nozzle column being arranged so as to form an overlapping region; and (C) a control part for causing the fluid to be ejected so that in each of a plurality of raster lines arranged in a row in the predetermined direction in the overlapping region, dots to be formed are apportioned between the first nozzles and the second nozzles; the control part causing the fluid to be ejected so that there are produced. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206526 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording apparatus has low intensity ink ejection parts for ejecting low intensity ink, and a high intensity ink ejection part for ejecting high intensity ink. With respect to a direction orthogonal to a moving direction of printing paper, a pitch of outlets in the high intensity ink ejection part is larger than that in the low intensity ink ejection part. Thus, manufacturing cost of the apparatus is reduced. With respect to each gray level in a middle grayscale range, if a tint image is recorded with the high intensity ink, a spatial frequency of this tint image is lower than that of a tint image recorded with the low intensity ink. By the above image recording control, even if the high intensity ink ejection part includes an abnormal outlet where a flight direction of droplet is abnormal, streak unevenness in a color halftone image can be suppressed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206527 | RADIANT HEATER FOR PRINT MEDIA - A heater panel is configured to heat a print medium in a printer. The heater panel includes electrical conductors that form a plurality of heating zones to emit radiant energy toward the print medium. Heating zones that correspond to edges of the print medium emit radiant energy with a greater power density than heating zones that correspond to central portions of the print medium. The heater panel has a plurality of angled positions to vary the view factor for high gain control. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206528 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a first head that discharges first light-curable ink; a light radiating unit that is positioned at one side from the first head in a predetermined direction and cures the first light-curable ink by radiating light to the first light-curable ink; a second head that is positioned at the one side from the light radiating unit in the predetermined direction and discharges second light-curable ink; and a control unit that causes an image to be formed on a medium by controlling the first head and the second head to discharge the light-curable ink while moving the position of the medium relative to the first head, the light radiating unit, and the second head to the one side in the predetermined direction. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206529 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING CORRECTION VALUE OF CONVEYING ERROR - While a conveying error of a roller depends on the eccentricity of the roller, the amount and the state of the eccentricity sometimes makes the roller have different conveying errors from one point in the longitudinal direction of the roller to another. There is provided a construction for obtaining a correction value that is suitable for the correction of the conveying error even in such a case as described above. To this end, plural test patterns are formed in the longitudinal direction of the roller. Then, a suitable correction value for correcting the conveying error that depends on the eccentricity of the roller is obtained on the basis of these test patterns. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206530 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTHEAD ALIGNMENT TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE BANDING ARTIFACTS FOR INTERLACED PRINTHEADS - A method for aligning printheads, some of which are arranged in an overlapped configuration, in a printer has been developed. The method includes identifying a stitch error for each color station in a plurality of color stations in the printer. The stitch error is identified with reference to shrinkage of a print medium as the print medium passes the plurality of color stations. A portion of the stitch error is used to move at least one printhead in the color station corresponding to the stitch error to compensate for a banding issue caused by the overlapped printhead configuration. All or part of the stitch error may also be applied to other printheads in the color station to compensate for possible color to color registration issues. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206531 | TEST PATTERN LESS PERCEPTIBLE TO HUMAN OBSERVATION AND METHOD OF ANALYSIS OF IMAGE DATA CORRESPONDING TO THE TEST PATTERN IN AN INKJET PRINTER - A method generates a test pattern on an image receiving member that is less perceptible to human observation, but still detectable by an imaging device within a printer. A method implemented in the printer analyzes image data of the dashes in the test pattern that were randomly distributed in the process direction within an area of the image receiving member to identify positions for printheads in the printer and detect missing inkjets in the printheads. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206532 | ERROR DETECTION APPARATUS OF INKJET PRINTER HEAD AND ERROR DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an error detection apparatus of an inkjet printer head including: an amplification unit connected between a piezoelectric element, which applies pressure to an ink chamber, and a ground to amplify a voltage generated from the piezoelectric element; and a detection unit for detecting whether ink is normally ejected using the voltage amplified by the amplification unit. It is possible to detect whether the inkjet printer head abnormally ejects ink by sensing vibration after ejection of ink using the piezoelectric element. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206533 | INK COATING COMPOSITION - An ink coating composition is disclosed herein. The ink coating composition includes a polymer latex and an adhesion promoting agent. A non-ionic surfactant is also included in the ink coating composition. The non-ionic surfactant has an HLB value ranging from about 6 to about 15. The ink coating composition also includes a balance of water. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206534 | PRINTING INK, APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention provides an inkjet ink comprising at least 30% by weight of organic solvent based on the total weight of the ink, a radiation curable material, a photoinitiator and optionally a colourant. The invention also provides an apparatus for printing the ink wherein the apparatus comprises at least one printhead, a means for evaporating solvent from the printed ink and a source of actinic radiation. Furthermore, the invention provides a method of inkjet printing comprising i) inkjet printing the inkjet ink as defined above on to a substrate; ii) evaporating at least a portion of the solvent from the printed ink; and iii) exposing the printed ink to actinic radiation to cure the radiation curable material. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206535 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head provided with a substrate which has a layer made of silicon nitride and with a discharge port forming member which is disposed above the layer made of silicon nitride and has a discharge port for discharging liquid. The method includes providing a photosensitive layer that is to be the discharge port forming member above the layer made of silicon nitride, and forming the discharge port by exposing the photosensitive layer to i-line. The layer made of silicon nitride has a refractive index of 2.05 or more to light of a wavelength of 633 nm and irradiation with the i-line is performed in the exposure. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206536 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND RECOVERING METHOD THEREFOR - A printing apparatus comprises: a temperature sensor configured to detect an environmental temperature of the printing apparatus; a suction unit configured to suck ink from a printhead according to a target suction amount indicating amount of ink that the suction unit should suck per unit time at a predetermined environmental temperature; and a controller configured to cause the suction unit to suck ink such that the target suction amount in a case where the environmental temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature is greater than the target suction amount in a case where the environmental temperature is lower than the predetermined temperature. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206537 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A capping mechanism, which causes an ejection space opposing ejection openings of a liquid ejection head to take either one of a sealed state and a non-sealed state, includes an annular component which surrounds the ejection space in the sealed state and an opposing member which opposes the ejection openings with the ejection space interposed therebetween. A mechanism for supplying humidified air generates humidified air and includes a supply opening and a discharging opening. The supply opening and the discharging opening are positioned to form a humidifying passage such that the humidified air having flown along an inner circumferential surface of a first region of the annular component passes through a gap between the ejection openings and the opposing member and flows along an inner circumferential surface of a second region of the annular component, which opposes the first region. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206538 | SUPPLY SYSTEM AND INJECTION-HEAD STRUCTURE THEREOF - A supply system capable of providing a working fluid is provided. The supply system includes an access device, a first energizer, a second energizer, a third energizer and an output device. The access device utilized to access the working fluid includes a connecting port. The first energizer provides a first energy to energize the working fluid, thereby expelling the bubbles from the working fluid. The second energizer provides a second energy to energize the working fluid received in the access device, thereby expelling the working fluid through the connecting port of the access device. The output device is connected to the access device, thereby receiving and outputting the working fluid. The third energizer provides a third energy to heat the working fluid passing through the access device and the output device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206539 | INKJET PRINTING HEAD MANUFACTURE METHOD, PRINTING ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, AND INKJET PRINTING HEAD - A manufacture method can form an inkjet printing head by which a plurality of ejection openings have a uniform shape. Heaters adjacent to one another have thereamong a common conductive line commonly connected to these heaters or a dummy conductive line not involved in the energization of the heaters. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206540 | INKJET HEAD - Disclosed is an inkjet head including a channel substrate; a multi-interconnect structure formed on the channel substrate, including a vibration layer, plural piezoelectric elements each including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer and a second electrode, and a common electrode interconnect electrically connected to the first electrode including a first common electrode interconnect and a second common electrode interconnect which has a thickness thicker than that of the first common electrode interconnect; and a support substrate bonded to the channel substrate through the multi-interconnect structure, the support substrate being provided with a first concave portion at a surface facing the channel substrate at an area corresponding to the second common electrode interconnect to accommodate the second common electrode interconnect. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206541 | Spectacle Lens Marking Method - A spectacle lens marking method includes: ejecting a first ink drop of ultraviolet curable ink from a nozzle by ink jet system onto a surface of a water-repellent layer provided on the surface of the spectacle lens; and hardening the first ink drop by applying ultraviolet light to the first ink drop. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206542 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus including: a head having: nozzles arranged in a nozzle-row direction; and ejection-energy applying portions; a drive IC for driving the ejection-energy applying portions; a control circuit board for controlling the drive IC; a wiring member on which the drive IC is mounted; and a support member for supporting the wiring member. The wiring member extends toward the control circuit board from a connection portion thereof connected to the ejection-energy applying portions, the wiring member having a first wiring portion extending in a first direction intersecting the nozzle-row direction and a second wiring portion extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The support member supports at least one of the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion, the at least one being located between the ejection-energy applying portions and the control circuit board. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206543 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric layer comprising a mixed crystal including at least cerium, bismuth, iron, barium, and titanium and an electrode provided to the piezoelectric layer. The molar ratio of cerium to the total amount of cerium and bismuth in the piezoelectric layer is 0.03 or more and 0.10 or lower. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206544 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER LAYER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER ELEMENT, ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER LAYER FORMED BY THE METHOD, ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER ELEMENT, INKJET HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an electromechanical transducer layer on a surface of a substrate, including discharging a solution including a source material to form the electromechanical transducer layer from a nozzle of a nozzle plate to coat the solution on the surface of the substrate while applying voltage between the nozzle plate and the substrate to charge the nozzle plate at a first polarity and the substrate at a second polarity opposite to the first polarity such that a split droplet split from a main droplet which is coated on the surface of the substrate becomes charged at the second polarity and is attracted and collected by the nozzle plate; and applying a heat treatment to the substrate on which the solution is coated to crystallize the solution to form the electromechanical transducer layer. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206545 | INKJET HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - Disclosed is an inkjet head that includes individual liquid chambers having liquid droplet discharging holes; an oscillation plate; piezoelectric elements formed by laminating a lower electrode, a piezoelectric material, and upper electrodes on the oscillation plate, wherein the lower electrode is a common electrode and the upper electrode is an individual electrode; a common electrode wiring connected to the lower electrode; | 2012-08-16 |
20120206546 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SOLID INK REMOVAL FOR SUBSTRATE RE-USE - A system for removing ink from a substrate. The system includes an ink separator configured to separate the ink from the substrate; and a substrate conveyor configured to provide the substrate to the ink separator. Accordingly, the ink can be removed from the substrate such that the substrate can be re-used. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206547 | LIQUID SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid supplying apparatus of a printer includes a liquid supplying path for supplying liquid from an upstream side which becomes a liquid accommodator side toward a downstream side which becomes a liquid ejecting head side; a pump; a buffer which is provided at a downstream side of the pump in the liquid supplying path, temporarily stores the liquid discharged from the pump, and has a movable section for supplying the temporarily stored liquid toward the liquid ejecting head side under pressure; and a chalk valve which is provided between the buffer and the liquid ejecting head in the liquid supplying path, and is closed to block the liquid supplying path when a negative pressure of the downstream side which becomes the liquid ejecting head side is greater than a pressing force of an upstream side which becomes the buffer side. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206548 | PRINTER APPARATUS WITH INK INCORPORATING STRUCTURAL COLOR - A method of dynamically controlling a perceived ink color printed on a substrate can include mixing selected amounts of each of a polystyrene nano-sphere dopant component and a nano-particle dopant component with a clear fluid carrier component, the mixed components configured in real time to define an ink structure having a predetermined wavelength. The method can further include imaging the substrate by ejecting the mixed components onto the substrate, the perceived color of the imaged substrate corresponding to a reflected wavelength of the ink structure. In embodiments, each of the carrier and dopant components can be in a powder form suitable for fuser type imaging devices. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206549 | WASTEWATER PURIFYING SYSTEM, WASHING DEVICE, AND INKJET PRINTER SYSTEM - A wastewater purifying system includes: a wastewater tank which stores wastewater discharged from a washing device which washes a textile subjected to printing by using an inkjet printer; an enzyme/microorganism feeding device which feeds an enzyme and a microorganism which degrade a dye into the wastewater tank; a pH adjusting agent feeding device which feeds a pH adjusting agent into the wastewater tank; a stirring device which stirs the wastewater in the wastewater tank; a heat insulating device which keeps the wastewater tank warm; a filtering device which filters the wastewater by cross-flow filtering using an RO membrane; a pump which pumps the wastewater to the filtering device from the wastewater tank; an ion removing device which removes ions by bringing the filtered water into contact with an ion exchange resin; and a decoloring device which decolors the filtered water by bringing the filtered water into contact with activated carbon. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206550 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus coveys a sheet while nipping the sheet between a conveyance roller and a pinch roller. The pinch roller includes a first roller portion and a second roller portion adjacent to each other in a rotational axial direction thereof. The pinch roller further includes a mechanism configured to change a difference between a pressing force that the first roller portion applies to the conveyance roller and a pressing force that the second roller portion applies to the conveyance roller. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206551 | PRINTER WITH FORCE TRANSMITTING PATH SELECTING MECHANISM - A printer includes a carriage movable between first and second ends of a reciprocating path; and a driving force-transmitting, path-selecting mechanism provided at the second end. The force-transmitting, path-selecting mechanism includes a driving force outputting member; force receiving members; a selecting member; and a position retainer. The selecting member connects the driving force outputting member to one of the force receiving members, and moves with the carriage when the carriage moves in a vicinity of the second end in a first direction from the first end to the second end. The position retainer keeps the position of the selecting member when the carriage moves in a second direction from the second end to the first end. The force receiving member connected to the driving force outputting member is selected in accordance with a movement of the carriage along the reciprocating path. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206552 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH COVER - An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a flexible cover member, and a support member. The main body has a bottom face opposing a surface on which the image forming apparatus rests. The cover member is at least partially flexible, has a bottom opening, and is dimensioned to entirely cover the image forming apparatus except for the bottom face of the image forming apparatus. The support member is pivotably supported on the main body. The support member has base end portions supported on the main body and a front end portion to support a portion of the cover member. With a pivotal movement of the support member, the cover member displaces and deforms and an end of the bottom opening of the cover member moves upward to expose a portion of the image forming apparatus to be accessed by a user operating the image forming apparatus. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206553 | Communication System and Method - A method, client application and user terminal, the method including providing a packet-based communication system for conducting voice or video calls over a packet-based network and providing an instance of a client application enabling a first user terminal to access the packet-based communication system. The client application is configured so as when executed on the first terminal to receive an input from multiple different audio and/or video input transducers of the first terminal, to analyze those inputs in relation to one another, and based on that analysis to select at least one audio and/or video input transducer and/or output transducer of the first terminal for use in conducting a voice or video call with a remote user terminal via the packet-based communication system. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206554 | MULTI-PARTICIPANT AUDIO/VIDEO COMMUNICATION WITH PARTICIPANT ROLE INDICATOR - An audio/video communication method displays the status of participants in a video chat session. The method employs multiple video chat capable (VCC) information handling systems (IHSs) that display video images of the participants. In this manner, each user may see the user's own video image as well as the video images of other users in the video chat session. When a user speaks, that user's VCC IHS detects audio, thus designating a speaker participant. This user's VCC IHS includes a gaze direction detector that determines at which particular user video image the user gazes, thus determining a target participant. The VCC IHS sends speaker participant ID information and target participant ID information to other VCC IHSs in the video chat session. In response, the other VCC IHSs display an indicator that designates one user video image as the speaker participant and another user video image as the target participant. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206555 | CRADLE FOR MOBILE TELEPHONE, VIDEOPHONE SYSTEM, KARAOKE SYSTEM, CAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM, AND EMERGENCY INFORMATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - Provided is an integrated system having a medium printed with a dot pattern, a scanner remote controller that reads the dot pattern, a cradle, a mobile telephone, and audio-visual equipment. The cradle for the mobile phone of the invention is to be used with a scanner remote controller that reads a printed dot pattern, in which information is recorded, and transmits the information. The mobile phone cradle comprises: being capable of having a mobile phone placed thereon and holding the mobile phone and communicating with the placed mobile phone; receiving data from the scanner remote controller to cause the scanner remote controller to function as input means for the mobile phone; and communicating with audio-visual equipment and controlling the audio-visual equipment to cause the audio-visual equipment to function as output means for the mobile phone. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206556 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME IN CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT - A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same in consideration of communication environment are provided. The mobile terminal includes a grip sensor unit for generating sensing signals corresponding to user grip, a control unit for identifying a grip pattern on the basis of sensing signals from the grip sensor unit, for extracting communication control information associated with the identified grip pattern, and for performing at least one of power control and antenna tuning control; and a communication means to which power control and antenna tuning are applied under control of the control unit. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206557 | COMMUNICATIONS ADAPTABLE TO MOBILE DEVICES - A communication system is provided that is preferably a peer-to-peer (p2p) system. One or both of audio and video can be transferred among user terminals in the p2p system. The user terminals can include at least one master terminal, which could be an unhosted master terminal that does not communicate its own audio and/or video. In one embodiment, a first master terminal is included that controls video and/or audio, transfers and an unhosted second master terminal is provided that communicates with at least two user terminals to provide desired connectivity involving such user terminals. In another embodiment, an unhosted master terminal is provided when the user terminals include mobile terminals in order to avoid power usage by mobile terminals. This communication system can be utilized with online game playing in which a game server is included, as well as having other communication applications. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206558 | AUGMENTING A VIDEO CONFERENCE - A device configured for participation in a video conference. The device includes a display disposed on the device for displaying video captured at a second device. The device also includes a virtual object receiver for receiving a virtual object, wherein the virtual object is configured to augment the video conference. A virtual object incorporator for incorporating the virtual object into the video captured at the second device, and a transmitter for transmitting said video comprising the virtual object. The video comprising the virtual object is configured to be displayed at the second device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206559 | Changing Bandwidth Usage Based on User Events - Once an active video conference is set up and a user is viewing the active video conference at a video terminal, the video terminal looks for different events that indicate a change in focus of the user to or from the active video conference. For example, the user brings up another application and starts using the application or the user has minimized a window that is displaying the active video conference. The video terminal sends a change of focus message based on the event to a video conference bridge or another video terminal that is streaming the active video conference to the user. The video conference bridge/video terminal processes the message and changes video portion of the stream of the active video conference based on the message. The result is that there is improved use of bandwidth between the video terminal and the video conference bridge/video terminal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206560 | AUGMENTING A VIDEO CONFERENCE - A computer-implemented method for augmenting a video conference between a first device and a second device. The method includes receiving a virtual object at the first device, wherein the virtual object is configured to augment the video conference and wherein the virtual object is specifically related to an event. The method also includes incorporating said virtual object into said video conference. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206561 | REMOTE CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING THE SAME - A remote conference management system includes a conferencing control terminal and a conferencing terminal in electronic communication with the conferencing control terminal. The conferencing control terminal includes a multipoint control unit that stores a plurality of predetermined face images of anticipated meeting participants. The conferencing terminal includes an image recording unit and a signal control unit. The image recording unit records face images of current participants. The signal control unit receives the face images from the image recording unit and transmits the face image to the MCU. The MCU compares the received face images with the prestored face images, and creates and communicates attendance information of the current participants according to the comparison. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206562 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY RECEIVING IMAGES FROM A PLURALITY OF VIDEO CHANNELS AND FOR ALTERNATELY CONTINUOUSLY TRANSMITTING TO EACH OF A PLURALITY OF PARTICIPANTS IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL IMAGES CONTAINING INFORMATION CONCERNING EACH OF SAID VIDEO CHANNELS - A method and apparatus is provided for video conferencing. The method and apparatus continuously receive frames from a plurality of video channels and alternately continuously transmit to each of a plurality of participants in a video conference individual frames containing information concerning each of the video channels. The method and apparatus only transmits at any given instant new picture data for one of the participants in the video conference. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206563 | Method and System for Composing Video Images from a Plurality of Endpoints - The present application discloses a method and apparatus for a multipoint video conferencing system that can offer a wide variety of layouts and the ability to support a large number of conferees. A received stream of NALs from a plurality of endpoints can be processed by an exemplary NAL Processor Module (NPM) and be arranged into a stream of NALs that are referred to in this disclosure as organized NALs (ONALs). Two or more streams of compressed video organized into ONALs can be received by an exemplary NAL Editor Module (NEM), wherein each stream was created from a video image that was generated at an endpoint participating in the conference. An exemplary NEM can comprise a compressed composed frame memory (CCFM) module. Each CCFM can be divided into segments according to the layout of the continuous presence (CP) image that is to be displayed by one or more receiving endpoints. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206564 | Control Unit for Multipoint Multimedia/Audio System - The present invention is a system and a method for providing a control unit for a multipoint multimedia/audio conference that enables one or more participants to take part in more than one conference simultaneously. The control unit can operate in audio and/or video sections of an MCU and/or Management and Control System (MCS). The MCS, in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, controls the participation of at least one participant in more than one conference simultaneously by using a Cross-Conference Database (CCDB). The MCU performs connection changes affecting which participants are associated with one or more conferences based on the information that is stored in the CCDB. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206565 | OMNI-DIRECTIONAL CAMERA AND RELATED VIEWING SOFTWARE - Creating spherical video and corresponding audio utilizing a plurality of cameras by acquiring images via the cameras, processing the images, and mathematically converting and/or transforming the images into a combined spherical image file. A camera device creates the spherical image file and transfers it to devices running a viewer application, whereby the transfer occurs by saving the file to a storage file, streaming it to the devices via wired/wireless communication, or both. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206566 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RELATING TO THE CAPTURE OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT OF OBSERVED PERSONS PERFORMING A TASK FOR EVALUATION - A computer implemented method for recording of audio for use in remotely evaluating performance of a task by of one or more observed persons, the method comprises: receiving a first audio input from a first microphone recording observed persons performing the task; receiving a second audio input from a second microphone recording persons reacting to the performance; outputting for display a first sound meter corresponding to the volume of the first audio input; outputting for display a second sound meter corresponding to the volume of the second audio input; providing a first volume control and a second volume control, wherein a first volume of the first audio input and a second volume of the second audio input are amplified volumes, wherein, the first and second sound meters each comprises an indicator for suggesting a volume range suitable for recording the observed persons and the persons reacting to the performance. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206567 | SUBTITLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD TO TELEVISION VIDEO - A sub-title detection system and method for television video are provided in which a static region detection is performed, and the results of the static region detection are pruned using a feature based on density of horizontal transition pairs, an intelligent adaptive temporal filtering is performed that uses object-level subtitle information and has suitable properties for integration in a streaming video environment, rectangular bounding boxes are computed around the subtitle using height, width and filling-degree constraints, and finally, subtitle bounding boxes are identified by binary classification based on text stroke alignment features. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206568 | COMPUTING DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES AND IMAGE MODES - A computer-readable storage medium can be configured to store code to trigger, when a computing device is in a stereoscopic mode, generation of a stereoscopic image based on a first image captured using a first image capture device in a first portion of a computing device and based on a second image captured using a second image capture device in a second portion of the computing device. The code including code to trigger, when in a multi-image mode, concurrent display of at least a portion of a third image captured using the first image capture device in a first region of a display and at least a portion of a fourth image captured using the second image capture device in a second region of the display mutually exclusive from the first region of the display. The code including code to receive an indicator configured to trigger the computing device to change between the stereoscopic mode and the multi-image mode. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206569 | Method for Processing a Stereoscopic Image Comprising a Black Band and Corresponding Device - The invention relates to a method for processing a stereoscopic image, said stereoscopic image comprising a first image and a second image comprising at least one first black band. In order to reduce the display errors linked to black bands, the method comprises steps for:
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20120206570 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF THE RECEIVING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - The receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes a demultiplexer ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206571 | 3D IMAGE SHOOTING APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE - In one embodiment, an element | 2012-08-16 |
20120206572 | METHOD OF CALCULATING 3D OBJECT DATA WITHIN CONTROLLABLE CONSTRAINTS FOR FAST SOFTWARE PROCESSING ON 32 BIT RISC CPUS - Systems and methods are described to allow arbitrary 3D data to be rendered to a 2D viewport on a device with limited processing capabilities. 3D vertex data is received comprising vertices and connections conforming to coordinate processing constraints. A position and orientation of a camera in world co-ordinates is received to render the 3D vertex data from. A processing zone of the plurality of processing zones the position of the camera is in is determined. The vertices of the 3D vertex data assigned to the determined processing zone are transformed based on the position and orientation of the camera for rendering to the viewport. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206573 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING DISPARITY OF TEXTURE - A method and system to determine the disparity associated with one or more textured regions of a plurality of images is presented. The method comprises the steps of breaking up the texture into its color primitives, further segmenting the textured object into any number of objects comprising such primitives, and then calculating a disparity of these objects. The textured objects emerge in the disparity domain, after having their disparity calculated. Accordingly, the method is further comprised of defining one or more textured regions in a first of a plurality of images, determining a corresponding one or more textured regions in a second of the plurality of images, segmenting the textured regions into their color primitives, and calculating a disparity between the first and second of the plurality of images in accordance with the segmented color primitives. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206574 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A virtual object placed in a three-dimensional virtual space and a user interface are stereoscopically displayed on an upper LCD of a game apparatus. An image used for adjusting a display position of the user interface in the depth direction is displayed on a lower LCD. A user adjusts a UI adjustment slider by using a touch pen to adjust the parallax of the user interface. This allows the adjustment of the parallax of the user interface separately from the parallax of the three-dimensional virtual space, and thereby the depth perception of the user interface can be adjusted. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206575 | Method and Device for Calibrating a 3D TOF Camera System - A method for calibrating a three dimensional time-of-flight camera system mounted on a device, includes determining at a first instant a direction vector relating to an object; determining an expected direction vector and expected angle for the object to be measured at a second instant with reference to the device's assumed trajectory and optical axis of the camera; determining a current direction vector and current angle at the second instant; determining an error represented by a difference between the current direction vector and the expected direction vector; and using the error to correct the assumed direction of the main optical axis of the camera system such that said error is substantially eliminated. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206576 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM THAT DIVIDES A PIXEL MATRIX INTO SUBGROUPS - A stereoscopic imaging method where a pixel matrix is divided into groups such that parallax information is received by one pixel group and original information is received by another pixel group. The parallax information may, specifically, be based on polarized information received by subgroups of the one pixel, group and by processing all of the information received multiple images are rendered by the method. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206577 | System, method, and computer software code for mimic training - A system for visually superimposing a first image that may be in motion over and/or under a second image that may be in motion, the system including at least one generating device to provide a first image and a second image, a display device to display the first image and second image superimposed with each other, and an adjustment device for reconfiguring the first image and/or the second image to a size in agreement with a non-adjusted first image and/or second image, to a size in agreement with the display device, and/or to a size acceptable by a user. The first image or the second image is displayed in a different media than the other image to allow for a distinction to be made between movements occurring in both images. A method for visually superimposing a first image that may be in motion over and/or under a second image that may be in motion is further disclosed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206578 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EYE CONTACT USING COMPOSITION OF FRONT VIEW IMAGE - Provided is an apparatus and method for an eye contact using composition of a front view image, the apparatus including: an image acquiring unit to acquire a multi-camera image; a preprocessing unit to preprocess the acquired multi-camera image; a depth information search unit to search for depth information of the preprocessed multi-camera image; and an image composition unit to compose the front view image using the found depth information. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206579 | THREE-DIMENTIONAL VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE FOR GENERATING BACKLIGHT CONTROL SIGNAL TO REDUCE CROSSTALK, AND RELATED THREE-DIMENTIONAL VIDEO SYSTEM USING BACKLIGHT CONTROL AND CONTROL CIRCUIT - A three-dimensional (3D) video processing device capable of avoiding crosstalk between adjacent frames includes a video processing circuit and a control circuit. The video processing circuit is configured to generate a 3D video signal having a first frame timing. The 3D video signal is used to control a panel to update, to thereby display 3D video frames in accordance with a second frame timing which is a delayed version of the first frame timing. The control circuit is utilized for generating a backlight control signal. A switching timing of the backlight control signal is determined according to the second frame timing. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206580 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes first and second substrates which are disposed opposite to each other and a liquid crystal layer formed in between; a color filter polarizing layer which is formed on one surface between the first and second substrates; and a polarizing layer. The color filter polarizing layer comprises a first metal linear grid arranged at different pitches to emit a first polarized component of incident light with different colors, and a second metal linear grid formed on an opposite surface of the one surface between the first and second substrates. The provided display panel and display apparatus, have reduced manufacturing costs and a simplified manufacturing process. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206581 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In one embodiment, an element | 2012-08-16 |
20120206582 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEMOSAICING IMAGES WITH HIGHLY CORRELATED COLOR CHANNELS - In one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus is disclosed including an image sensor, a color filter array, and an image processor. The image sensor has an active area with a matrix of camera pixels. The color filter array is in optical alignment over the matrix of the camera pixels. The color filter array assigns alternating single colors to each camera pixel. The image processor receives the camera pixels and includes a correlation detector to detect spatial correlation of color information between pairs of colors in the pixel data captured by the camera pixels. The correlation detector further controls demosaicing of the camera pixels into full color pixels with improved resolution. The apparatus may further include demosaicing logic to demosaic the camera pixels into the full color pixels with improved resolution in response to the spatial correlation of the color information between pairs of colors. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206583 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of micro pins provided to project from a back surface in an image pickup device, a plurality of electric boards capable of mounting electric components and having board surfaces provided with through-holes or through-grooves formed to enable the plurality of micro pins to pass through respectively, and solder portions that fix the plurality of micro pins and the plurality of electric boards by soldering in land portions adjacent to the through-holes or the through grooves in a state in which the plurality of electric boards with the plurality of micro pins respectively passed through the through-holes or the through-grooves of the plurality of electric boards are stacked on the back surface of the image pickup device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206584 | INTEGRATED INPUT INTERFACE - An information processing apparatus | 2012-08-16 |
20120206585 | Biometric Scanner With Waveguide Array - Devices and methods of creating an image of a biological object are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention there is a plane wave ultrasonic pulse generator, an ultrasonic wave manipulation device, an ultrasonic detector and an image generator. In a method according to the invention, a biological object is imaged by emitting an unfocussed ultrasonic energy wave front, reflecting at least a portion of the ultrasonic energy wave front from the object, altering a direction of the ultrasonic energy, detecting that energy, and using the detected energy to create an image of the object. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206586 | UNITIZED ERGONOMIC TWO-DIMENSIONAL FINGERPRINT MOTION TRACKING DEVICE AND METHOD - A sensor which uses a plurality of partial fingerprint readers (imagers), and various computational algorithms, to detect changes in fingerprint images as a function of finger movement. The sensor can provide both finger motion information and fingerprint images. The sensor uses multiple partial fingerprint readers, arranged in different directions on a surface, to detect finger motion in two dimensions. The sensor can also detect the relative speed and direction of finger movement. Some sensor embodiments use deep finger penetrating radio frequency (RF) based circuits, which can be inexpensively printed or formed on the surface of robust and flexible dielectric materials such as Kapton tape. The sensor also has textured surfaces to help guide the user. The sensor both small and robust, and is well suited for control applications for low-cost mass market microprocessor controlled devices such as cell phones, MP3 players, laptop computers, and other devices. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206587 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCANNING A HUMAN BODY - The present invention provides a skin surface imaging system for capturing at least one image of the skin of a patient's body, comprising: a. a base; b. a plurality of image sensors, connectable to said base, arranged in a predetermined arrangement; each of said image sensors adapted to capture an image of a predetermined area of said body, so that as a set of images is provided; and, c. a processing unit communicatable with said image sensors, comprising a program of machine-readable instructions embodied on a computer readable memory and executable by a digital data processor adapted to: (i) collect said set of images from said image sensors; (ii) analyze said set of images; (iii) construct a record of personal data associated with the skin of said body of said patient; and (iv) output a dermatological data associated with said skin of said body. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206588 | VIEWING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - Disclosed is a viewing apparatus including a transmission unit having light transparency, through which an image is viewed, the viewing apparatus comprising: an identification information obtaining unit which obtains identification information to identify a user of the viewing apparatus; and a processor which performs: authentication processing which authenticates the user based on the identification information; judgment processing which judges whether a hidden image included in advance in the image can be viewed or not, based on a result of the authentication processing; and adjustment processing which adjusts light passing through the transmission unit to switch whether the hidden image can be viewed or not, based on a result of the judgment processing. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206589 | System and Method for Single Optical Axis Multi-Detector Microscope Slide Scanner - Systems and methods for microscope slide scanning using multiple sensor arrays that receive imagery data from a single optical axis are provided. A single, high quality, easily obtained microscope objective lens is used to project an image onto two or more sensor arrays. The sensor arrays can be linear or two dimensional and imaging takes place along a single optical axis. Simultaneous sensor acquisition and parallel data processing reduce the image acquisition time by a factor of N, where N represents the number of sensors employed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206590 | FOCUSING DEVICE, FOCUSING METHOD, FOCUSING PROGRAM AND MICROSCOPE - In one example embodiment, a focusing device generates a first image associated with a sample having a first irregularity. The focusing device determines a second irregularity based on the generated first image. In this embodiment, the determined second irregularity corresponds to the first irregularity. For a lens, the focusing device determines a focusing position based on the determined second irregularity. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206591 | VISUAL INSPECTION DEVICE - A visual inspection device includes a housing with a support portion and a grip portion extending from the support portion, a flexible cable having a first end coupled to the housing and a second end, a camera assembly coupled to the second end of the flexible cable and operable to transmit image data through the flexible cable, and a display movably coupled to the support portion of the housing and operable to present an image derived from the image data. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206592 | MOBILE HAND HELD MACHINE VISION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING DATA FROM MULTIPLE IMAGES TO PERFORM PROCESSES - A method and apparatus for performing a process associated with an item to be imaged is disclosed. The process requires data associated with a plurality of required features of the item to be imaged. A handheld device is used to obtain a sequence of images. For at least a subset of the obtained images, a camera field of view is directed toward the item from different relative juxtapositions while obtaining the images. At least a subset of the obtained images are examined to identify the required features. Images are obtained until each of the required features are identified in at least one image. Feedback is provided to a user indicating at least one additional required features to be imaged, required features that have already been imaged and guidance indicating how to manipulate the handheld device to obtain images of additional required features. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206593 | Defect Detection Apparatus, Defect Detection Method, And Computer Program - The present invention provides a defect detection apparatus for detecting a defect even on a uniformly continuous background pattern, a method used in the apparatus, and a computer program for making a computer execute processing in the method. A defect size is set and stored, and an instruction to a first direction in which a background pattern is uniformly continuous is accepted. A reduced image reduced in the first direction using an image reduction ratio according to the defect size is generated. A filter processing is executed in the first direction for removing a defect, and the reduced image that is subjected to the filter processing is enlarged in the first direction with an image enlargement ratio corresponding to the reciprocal of the reduction ratio to generate a first enlarged image. A difference image is generated by calculating a difference between the multi-valued image and the first enlarged image. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206594 | NONLINEAR NANOMECHANICAL OSCILLATORS FOR ULTRASENSITIVE INERTIAL DETECTION - A system for ultrasensitive mass and/or force detection of this invention includes a mechanical oscillator driven to oscillate in a nonlinear regime. The mechanical oscillator includes a piezoelectric base with at least one cantilever resonator etched into the piezoelectric base. The cantilever resonator is preferably a nonlinear resonator which is driven to oscillate with a frequency and an amplitude. The system of this invention detects an amplitude collapse of the cantilever resonator at a bifurcation frequency as the cantilever resonator stimulated over a frequency range. As mass and/or force is introduced to the cantilever resonator, the bifurcation frequency shifts along a frequency axis in proportion to the added mass. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206595 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING OPERATIONAL INFORMATION FROM A NETWORK OF COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH A LIQUID ENERGY COMMODITY - A method for collecting and analyzing operational information from a network of components associated with a liquid energy commodity comprises the steps of: (a) measuring an amount of the liquid energy commodity in storage at one or more storage facilities in the network, and storing that measurement data; (b) determining a flow rate of the liquid energy commodity in one or more selected pipelines in the network, and storing that flow rate data; (c) ascertaining an operational status of one or more processing facilities in the network, and storing that operational status information; (d) analyzing the measurement data, the flow rate data, and the operational status information to determine a balance of the liquid energy commodity in the network or a selected portion thereof at a given time; and (e) communicating information about the balance of the liquid energy commodity to a third-party market participant. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206596 | UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR PRECISE VISION-AIDED NAVIGATION - A system and method for efficiently locating in 3D an object of interest in a target scene using video information captured by a plurality of cameras. The system and method provide for multi-camera visual odometry wherein pose estimates are generated for each camera by all of the cameras in the multi-camera configuration. Furthermore, the system and method can locate and identify salient landmarks in the target scene using any of the cameras in the multi-camera configuration and compare the identified landmark against a database of previously identified landmarks. In addition, the system and method provide for the integration of video-based pose estimations with position measurement data captured by one or more secondary measurement sensors, such as, for example, Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) and Global Positioning System (GPS) units. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206597 | MOVING OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND MOVING OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - A moving object detection apparatus includes: a stationary measure calculation unit calculating, for each of trajectories, a stationary measure representing likelihood that the trajectory belongs to a stationary object; a distance calculation unit calculating a distance representing similarity between trajectories; and a region detection unit (i) performing a transformation based on the stationary measures and the distances between the trajectories, so that a ratio of a distance between a trajectory on stationary object and a trajectory on moving object, to a distance between trajectories both belonging to stationary object becomes greater than a ratio obtained before the transformation and (ii) detecting the moving object region by separating the trajectory on the moving object from the trajectory on the stationary object, based on a geodesic distance between the trajectories. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206598 | PORTABLE DEVICE, OBSERVATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - In one embodiment, there is provided a portable device. The portable device includes: an image pick-up means for taking an image of an observation object or a vicinity of the observation object so as to obtain a taken image; a display means for displaying the taken image; a first acquiring means for acquiring an observation result obtained by observing the observation object in the taken image, when the image pick-up means takes the image of the observation object or the vicinity of the observation object; a second acquiring means for acquiring state representation information that represents a present state of the observation object in accordance with the observation result; and a display control means for displaying the state representation information and the observation object in the display means. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206599 | REMOTE PHOTOGRAPHIC MONITORING SYSTEM - A system that monitors the surrounding of a vehicle by taking pictures at a predetermined interval is provided. The system monitors the entire surroundings of the vehicle or specific areas around the vehicle. The system takes pictures and stores them in a hard disk drive for retrieval. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206600 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ITS ADJUSTMENT METHOD - In an image processing apparatus, an image acquisition unit acquires an image. A correction unit corrects pixel values of pixels composed of the acquired image by using correction coefficients to produce a correct image. An object recognition unit recognizes an object in the corrected image. A storage unit stores in advance standard color characteristics of a predetermined object which is a recognition target. A color characteristics acquisition unit acquires color characteristics of the predetermined object if the predetermined object is recognized by the object recognition unit. A comparison unit compares the color characteristics of the acquired object with the standard color characteristics of the same predetermined object stored in advance in the storage unit. An updating unit updates the correction coefficients used in the correction unit based on a result of comparison so as to reduce a difference between the color characteristics and the standard color characteristics. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206601 | DISTORTION CORRECTION OF VIDEO SYSTEMS - In a method for distortion-free acquisition of image data through a windshield, the image recording system acquires the recording area through a transparent rectifying pane which has a shape deviation relative to the windshield and is positioned in the interior of the motor vehicle. Furthermore, an image correction device has a mounting device, which is configured to be indirectly or directly fastened on a windshield in the interior of a motor vehicle, and a transparent rectifying pane, which is fastened on the mounting device. The mounting device positions the rectifying pane having a shape deviation relative to the windshield in the interior of the motor vehicle. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206602 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE - A system for measuring the speed of a vehicle includes: one or more cameras ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206603 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a recognition unit which recognizes a facial expression of a user taken on a captured image, and a control unit which controls equipment to permit the user to use the equipment when the facial expression recognized by the recognition unit is a specific facial expression. | 2012-08-16 |