| 34th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
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| 20080198137 | Electronic device and information input method - An information input method applied to an electronic device, which includes a host body, a first direction key module and a second direction key module, includes the following steps. First, the first direction key module generates a first input signal, a second input signal, a third input signal, a fourth input signal, or a fifth input signal; otherwise, the second direction key module generates a sixth input signal, a seventh input signal, an eighth input signal, a ninth input signal, or a tenth input signal. Next, the host body receives one of the input signals. Finally, the host body generates a first standard key signal, a second standard key signal, a third standard key signal, a fourth standard key signal, a fifth standard key signal, a sixth standard key signal, a seventh standard key signal, an eighth standard key signal, a ninth standard key signal or a tenth standard key signal according to the received input signal. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198138 | Identification of devices on touch-sensitive surface - The identification of a data storage device detected on a touch-sensitive display surface of a display device is described. In one embodiment, the presence and location of the data storage device is detected on the display surface and the data storage device is detected on a wireless communications channel. It is then confirmed that the data storage device detected on the wireless communications channel is the data storage device detected on the surface of the display device by communicating with the data storage device over a second communications channel. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198139 | Haptic Feedback System with Stored Effects - A haptic feedback system that includes a controller, a memory coupled to the controller, an actuator drive circuit coupled to the controller, and an actuator coupled to the actuator drive circuit. The memory stores at least one haptic effect that is executed by the controller in order to create a haptic effect. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198140 | Image display apparatus with image entry function - An image display apparatus with image entry function of high accuracy enabling high-speed direct screen input without decreasing a pixel aperture ratio. Data lines of thin-film transistors which do not receive light and storage lines are connected to respective selector switches. The selector switches are turned on and off by a switching signal supplied through a switching line from a control circuit. The conveyance of a drive signal and a video signal supplied from a gate line driving circuit and a data line driving circuit and the conveyance of a light signal to an X address detection circuit and a Y address detection circuit are switched by turning on and off the selector switches. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198141 | Touch event-driven display control system and method for touchscreen mobile phone - A touch event-driven display control system and method for a touchscreen mobile phone is provided to control the information display by onscreen touch manipulation. An information display method for a touchscreen-enabled device according to the present invention includes detecting a touch on an information region of a touchscreen, determining a type of the touch and processing display of information item according to the type of touch. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198142 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus provided with a display unit for displaying an operation picture, showing control indicia (e.g., icons) corresponding to multiple image processing functions, is operated to display the operation picture on an external display device. The operator selects one of the indicia shown on the external display device by operating an input device, such as touch screen of the apparatus or a remote control, to indicate the position of the desired one of the indicia. The operator can thereby quickly and reliably select an image processing function to be executed, without any need to view an operation picture on the display unit when making the selection. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198143 | Image display apparatus with image entry function - An image display apparatus with image entry function capable of high-speed and high-accuracy direct screen entry without increasing the peripheral circuit scale or the number of circuit elements for each pixel that lower the pixel aperture ratio. A first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit are alternately arrayed horizontally. First and second data lines are connected to a data driver and a sensor signal processor circuit. Selector switches are connected to the input terminal of the data driver. Gray scale voltages are sent from the data driver to the first and second data lines, and first and second photo sensor signals are sent to the sensor signal processor circuit. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198144 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FOR TOUCH PANEL - An optical waveguide for a touch panel which includes a planar base; light emitting cores and light incident cores provided on a surface of the base; and an over-cladding layer covering the cores. The light emitting core has a first lens portion provided at the end thereof for suppressing lateral divergence of the emitted light beam, the over-cladding layer has a second lens portion provided in an edge portion thereof covering the end of the light emitting core for suppressing vertical divergence of the emitted light beam, the over-cladding layer has a third lens portion provided in an edge portion thereof covering the end of the light incident core for vertically converging the incident light beam, and the light incident core has a fourth lens portion provided at the end thereof for further laterally converging the incident light beam. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198145 | ACOUSTIC WAVE TOUCH ACTUATED SYSTEM - A touch pad assembly includes a substrate and a plurality of acoustic wave switches positioned with respect to the substrate. Each of the plurality of acoustic wave switches includes a touch surface connected to an acoustic wave cavity and a transducer secured to the acoustic wave cavity. The plurality of acoustic wave switches are positioned to provide detection of sliding motion direction and rate between the plurality of acoustic wave switches. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198146 | Electronic pen and method for recording of handwritten information - An electronic pen for recording of handwritten or hand-drawn information has a control unit and a memory. The control unit registers pen movements across at least one base, stores a plurality of digital pen strokes in the memory as a function of said movements, and supplies a set of the digital pen strokes for processing. The digital pen strokes include a first type, which is processed as graphical information constituting the information to be recorded, and a second type, which is processed as instructions for the processing of digital pen strokes of the first type. The electronic pen also has session-determining means adapted to detect a current working session of the pen. The control unit indicates, for the processing of the set of digital pen strokes, the working session during which the respective digital pen strokes have been input. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198147 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a display unit which displays, simultaneously side by side, a plurality of main items aligned in one direction as the setting items of the portable electronic device and a plurality of sub items aligned in the one direction as the setting items of the lower layer of the main items, a first rotary dial which selects at least one of the plurality of main items, and a second rotary dial which selects at least one of the plurality of sub items. The first and second rotary dials are arranged while making their rotation axes parallel to each other and perpendicular to the one direction. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198148 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSOR SYSTEM - To provide an input interface technique of display data which can contribute to improvement of reliability and high performance of a system in which a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a RAM and a display driver circuit is incorporated. A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first high-speed serial interface circuit which has one differential serial data channel and a second high-speed serial interface circuit which has a plurality of differential serial data channels, the first high-speed serial interface circuit performs interface with the outside for control information, and a control circuit performs an internal operation on the basis of the control information. Both of the high-speed serial interface circuits share a RAM for storage of display data information. Whether the data information to be supplied to the RAM is received by using the first high-speed serial interface circuit or the second high-speed serial interface circuit is determined by the control circuit in accordance with the control information that is input to the first high-speed serial interface circuit. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198149 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - To apply the overdriving technique to a display device provided with a gate driver circuit on a glass substrate for improving the liquid crystal response time. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198150 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device wherein a common voltage generating circuit selectively outputs a high- or a low-potential-side common voltage to common electrodes in response to an alternating signal; a complement circuit which selectively outputs display data or complement data of display data in response to the alternating signal; a storage circuit; a reference data generating circuit; a ramp voltage generating circuit; a plurality of comparing circuits which compare data stored in the storage circuit and the reference data generated by the reference data generating circuit; and a plurality of sampling circuits which sample the ramp voltage in response to comparison results of the comparing circuits and output the sampled ramp voltage as a video signal voltage to respective video lines, wherein a inclination of the ramp voltage is the same when the storage circuit stores both the display data and the complement data of the display data. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198151 | DRIVING METHOD AND DRIVING APPARATUS OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A driving method includes sensing illuminance of ambient light determining a first contrast ratio based on the sensed illuminance, determining a second contrast ratio and a relative ratio of the contrast ratio, determining a gradient of a compensation gamma curve using the relative ratio, determining an average gray of input data signals, and determining the compensation gamma curve. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198152 | Display apparatus - For the purpose of providing a display apparatus capable of improving display quality by expanding the light-emission area of pixels by improving the layout of pixels and common power-feed lines formed on a substrate, pixels ( | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198153 | Method and Apparatus of Generating or Reconstructing Display Streams in Video Interface Systems - A method and system for reading data from a link buffer for output to a display device. A link buffer read period is determined which balances a write throughput over a source video frame time and a read throughput over a display frame time. A threshold is determined indicating a required number of pixels stored in a link buffer prior to starting to read data out of the link buffer for a next line display. A read signal is issued when the link buffer read period ends and the threshold is reached. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198154 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING OPERATION OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus of the invention has an object to provide an image processing apparatus enabling the user to improve the operation ability even when furnished with a wide variety of capabilities, and a method for supporting an operation of the image processing apparatus, which is formed by including: an instruction unit configured to provide plural operation instructions to a user by displaying one of plural operation screens and plural operation items; an operation skill level calculation unit configured to calculate a level of skill of the user for an operation instructed by the instruction unit for one of each operation screen and each operation item displayed by the instruction unit according to an operation by the user; and an operation support unit configured to support the operation instructed by the instruction unit according to the level of skill calculated by the operation skill level calculation unit. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198155 | Portable display device - A portable display device is applicable to an electronic device having a socket provided with a second electrical connector. The portable display device includes a body having a display and a plurality of operating keys; an extension portion having a first end pivotably connected to the body, and a second end pluggable into the socket; a first electrical connector installed on the second end of the extension portion and engageable with the second electrical connector; and a lock member installed on the extension portion for locking the extension portion in the socket. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198156 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REPORT RENDERING - A report rendering system and method of filtering and navigating reports on mobile devices are provided. The report rendering system comprises a scene generator for generating a scene of a report in response to a request to view the report or a subset of the report and a navigation module for storing selected components within the scene. The method comprises the steps of generating a scene of a report in response to a request to view the report or a subset of the report and storing selected components within the scene | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198157 | TARGET ZONE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display system and method for a vehicle are provided. The system includes a processor configured to receive data representative of a target zone and topography and to supply display commands associated with the target zone and the topography. The system further includes a display device coupled the processor for receiving the display commands and operable to render three-dimensional topography at a first scale and a symbol representing the target zone on the three-dimensional topography at a second scale, which is larger than the first scale. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198158 | 3D map display system, 3D map display method and display program - A three-dimensional (3D) map display system for outputting display information on a 3D map includes: a processor for performing arithmetic processing; and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores 3D map vector data for each of partitioned areas determined in advance according to coordinates and a real landscape photograph texture image to be attached to the 3D map vector data. The processor determines whether to display each surface constituting a 3D figure included in the 3D map vector data; stores display object management data which includes a result of the determination as to whether to display the surface, in the memory; and refers to the display object management data stored in the memory to determine that only a surface that faces a view line direction is to be displayed, and that a surface that does not face the view line direction is not to be displayed. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198159 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT AND FLEXIBLE SURVEILLANCE VISUALIZATION WITH CONTEXT SENSITIVE PRIVACY PRESERVING AND POWER LENS DATA MINING - The surveillance visualization system extracts information from plural cameras to generate a graphical representation of a scene, with stationary entities such as buildings and trees represented by graphical model and with moving entities such as cars and people represented by separate dynamic objects that can be coded to selectively reveal or block the identity of the entity for privacy protection. A power lens tool allows users to specify and retrieve results of data mining operations applied to a metadata store linked with objects in the scene. A distributed model is presented where a grid or matrix is used to define data mining conditions and to present the results in a variety of different formats. The system supports use by multiple persons who can share metadata and data mining queries with one another. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198160 | APPROPRIATELY SIZED TARGET EXPANSION - The present starburst target expansion technique connects targets to peripheral screen space to produce reasonably sized tiles for all targets including those that are located inside of a cluster. The resulting layout is characterized by lines escaping from the cluster center. By providing targets located inside a cluster with access to empty screen space, the present starburst target expansion technique is able to assign screen space to targets that remain small if expanded using the traditional Voronoi approach. If used on a device with limited input accuracy, such as a pen-based tablet or a touch screen-based kiosk system, target expansion via the starburst target expansion technique can lead to substantial performance improvements. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198161 | TISSUE STIFFNESS ASSIGNMENT - A method for assigning stiffness values to voxels of an inputted discretized image includes assigning stiffness values according to intensity values of voxels of the image, wherein the inputted discretized image comprises the intensity values and refining the stiffness values assigned to voxels using a segmentation. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198162 | A METHOD OF GENERATING CURVED BASELINE FOR MAP LABELING - Apparatus and methods of generating a curved baseline for a map labeling include receiving a polyline P={p | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198163 | Drawing Method, Image Generating Device, And Electronic Information Apparatus - An edge function is computed from two vertex coordinates given by a rendering target line | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198164 | Method and apparatus for conducting presentations - A method of managing a document presentation comprising presenting a document image to the audience on a display apparatus, positioning a timer image on the display apparatus so that the timer image overlays the document image at least partially, and so that the timer image is configured to be noticeably visible to the audience, selecting a timer count duration to match a preselected duration of an audience group activity, initiating a count of the timer, updating the timer image in accordance with the count. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198165 | Character rendering device, display device, and printing device - There is disclosed a character rendering device capable of rendering characters at a higher speed. The character rendering device includes an internal storage unit including plural storage areas; a first bus connected through an external bus to an external storage unit storing character shape data sets, each expressing a shape of a character; a second bus connected to the internal storage unit; a controller that specifies one of the plural storage areas; a first rendering unit connected to the first and second buses, that renders a character shape of a character based on one of the character shape data sets supplied through the external bus and the first bus, and writes through the second bus the rendered character shape into one of the storage areas specified by the controller; a second rendering unit connected to the second bus, reads through the second bus, each time when writing of a character shape into one of the plural storage areas is completed by the first rendering unit, the character shape from one of the plural storage areas, and renders a character based on the read character shape; and a transfer unit that transfers the character rendered by the second rendering unit. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198166 | MULTI-THREADS VERTEX SHADER, GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT, AND FLOW CONTROL METHOD - A vertex shader. The vertex shader comprises an instruction register file, a flow controller, a thread arbitrator, and an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) pipe. The instruction register file stores a plurality of instructions. The flow controller concurrently executing a plurality of threads, reads the instructions in order from the instruction register file for the threads and accesses vertex data for the threads. The thread arbitrator checks the dependency of instructions in the threads and selects the thread to execute in accordance with the result of the dependency check and a thread execution priority. The arithmetic logic unit (ALU) pipe receives the vertex data for executing the instructions of the thread selected by the thread arbitrator for three-dimensional (3D) graphics computations. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198167 | Computing system capable of parallelizing the operation of graphics processing units (GPUS) supported on an integrated graphics device (IGD) and one or more external graphics cards, employing a software-implemented multi-mode parallel graphics rendering subsystem - A computing system capable of parallelizing the operation of multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) supported on external graphics cards, employing a software-implemented multi-mode parallel graphics rendering subsystem. The computing system includes (i) CPU memory space for storing one or more graphics-based applications, (ii) one or more CPUs for executing the graphics-based applications, and (iii) a bridge circuit operably connecting one or more CPUs and the CPU memory space and including an integrated graphics device (IGD) having one or more GPU. The computing system also includes (iv) one or more graphics cards supporting multiple GPUs and being connected to the bridge circuit by way of a data communication interface, (v) a multi-mode parallel graphics rendering subsystem supporting multiple modes of parallel operation, (vi) a plurality of graphic processing pipelines (GPPLs), implemented using the GPUs, and (vii) an automatic mode control module. In an illustrative embodiment, the IGD has one internal GPU, and the external graphics card(s) supports multiple GPUs. During the run-time of the graphics-based application, the automatic mode control module automatically controls the mode of parallel operation of the multi-mode parallel graphics rendering subsystem so that the GPUs are driven in a parallelized manner. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198168 | EFFICIENT 2-D AND 3-D GRAPHICS PROCESSING - Techniques for supporting both 2-D and 3-D graphics are described. A graphics processing unit (GPU) may perform 3-D graphics processing in accordance with a 3-D graphics pipeline to render 3-D images and may also perform 2-D graphics processing in accordance with a 2-D graphics pipeline to render 2-D images. Each stage of the 2-D graphics pipeline may be mapped to at least one stage of the 3-D graphics pipeline. For example, a clipping, masking and scissoring stage in 2-D graphics may be mapped to a depth test stage in 3-D graphics. Coverage values for pixels within paths in 2-D graphics may be determined using rasterization and depth test stages in 3-D graphics. A paint generation stage and an image interpolation stage in 2-D graphics may be mapped to a fragment shader stage in 3-D graphics. A blending stage in 2-D graphics may be mapped to a blending stage in 3-D graphics. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198169 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOWNLOADING ALGORITHMIC ELEMENTS TO A COPROCESSOR AND CORRESPONDING TECHNIQUES - Systems and methods for downloading algorithmic elements to a coprocessor and corresponding processing and communication techniques are provided. For an improved graphics pipeline, the invention provides a class of co-processing device, such as a graphics processor unit (GPU), providing improved capabilities for an abstract or virtual machine for performing graphics calculations and rendering. The invention allows for runtime-predicated flow control of programs downloaded to coprocessors, enables coprocessors to include indexable arrays of on-chip storage elements that are readable and writable during execution of programs, provides native support for textures and texture maps and corresponding operations in a vertex shader, provides frequency division of vertex streams input to a vertex shader with optional support for a stream modulo value, provides a register storage element on a pixel shader and associated interfaces for storage associated with representing the “face” of a pixel, provides vertex shaders and pixel shaders with more on-chip register storage and the ability to receive larger programs than any existing vertex or pixel shaders and provides 32 bit float number support in both vertex and pixel shaders. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198170 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DMA CONTROLLED IMAGE PROCESSING - A system for processing image data from a plurality of images is disclosed. The invention involves alpha blending of two images of different resolution and color space utilizing shared logic for multiple image streams and without display storage frame buffer. The invention utilizes Direct Memory Access (DMA) fetching module for fetching image data from source images or from source image memory areas and transferring the data to another memory area without having to go through a central processing unit or display storage frame buffer. The DMAs are configured with direct registers or memory mapped descriptors as to the location of the source data. The DMA channels of the DMA module will fetch a portion of the source images (tiling) utilizing a link list or series of descriptors in a certain fetching order. The DMA modules can perform the alpha blending on the fetched image data. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198171 | Multi-dimensional texture drawing apparatus, compressing apparatus, drawing system, drawing method, and drawing program - As for a multi-dimensional texture constituted by a plurality of textures different in photographing environment such as a viewing position or lighting conditions, texture images constituting the multi-dimensional texture are rearranged block by block or pixel by pixel, and converted into an anisotropic texture expressing anisotropic variations of the multi-dimensional texture in an area corresponding to the block or the pixel. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198172 | COLOR INFORMATION ENCODING IN MONOCHROME PRINTING - An image processing system including a processor configured to analyze a color image to determine a set of target colors and a database including factor profiles associated with a set of stored colors. The image processing system further includes a printer controller that assigns the factor profiles to the target colors according to a color space proximity of the target colors with the stored colors. The factor profiles represent a combination of factors including a gray level and a screen angle. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198173 | DRIVING OF A CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A cholesteric liquid crystal display apparatus is driven in accordance with image data having a predetermined number of possible grey levels. Drive signals are applied to the electrodes of the at least one cell which drive each pixel of the display apparatus into a state selected from a number of predetermined states in accordance with the image data. A number of predetermined states less than the predetermined number of possible grey levels of the image data is used but the image data is error diffusion dithered so that the spatial filtering performed by the eye of the viewer compensates for the low number of states used. By using such a low number of states, there are achieved several advantages in the design of the drive circuit which increase its simplicity and reduce cost. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198174 | Image Input Unit and Image Input Method - The invention is characterized by the fact that an area sensor for outputting an analog signal responsive to the light reception amount of light of CMYG is used and when CMYG image data is converted into RGB image data, RGB image data having a domain also in negative values is generated without performing processing of putting the RGB image data into values of 0 or more, without decreasing the information amount of the CMYG image data. Further, the invention is characterized by the fact that when the image data is recorded in a file section | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198175 | Drag-And-Drop Pasting For Seamless Image Composition - Systems and methods provide drag-and-drop pasting for seamless image composition. In one implementation, a user casually outlines a region of a source image that contains a visual object to be pasted into a target image. An exemplary system automatically calculates a new boundary within this region, such that when pasted at this boundary, visual seams are minimized. The system applies a shortest path calculation to find the optimal pasting boundary. The best path has minimal color variation along its length, thus avoiding structure and visual objects in the target image and providing the best chance for seamlessness. Poisson image editing is applied across this optimized boundary to blend colors. When the visual object being pasted has fine structure at its border that could be truncated by the Poisson editing, the exemplary system integrates the alpha matte of the visual object into the Poisson equations to protect the fine structure. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198176 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING HEIGHT OF CHUCK TOP AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING SAME METHOD - A method is for calculating a height of a chuck top. A height of the top surface of the chuck top which corresponds to an arbitrary position specified on the XY coordinate plane by a computer is calculated in each of the four quadrants based on a coordinate transformation formulas. The method includes setting, by using the computer, a conical model in which two adjacent points other than the center point of the chuck top which correspond to the specified coordinates in a predetermined quadrant of the XY coordinate plane are obtained on a circumference having the center point of the chuck top as the origin and specifying an arbitrary point in the predetermined quadrant by using the computer and calculating a height of the arbitrary point of the chuck top based on the conical model, the coordinate transformation formulas and the specified coordinates. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198177 | Method for Processing a Digital Image - A method for varying a view of a digital image to be sent to a display. The method comprises retrieving image data representing a first area of the digital image from a reduced size, in regard of number of pixels, representation of the digital image, sending the retrieved image data representing the first area to the display, receiving a user input signal requesting a second area to be sent to the display, retrieving image data representing the second area of the digital image from the reduced size representation of the digital image, and sending the retrieved image data representing the second area to the display. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198178 | PROVIDING AREA ZOOM FUNCTIONALITY FOR A CAMERA - The invention relates to a method for adjusting a digital camera. The invention also relates to a corresponding device and a corresponding computer program. An original image recorded by the camera is received. The original image has an original aspect ratio. A first user input defining a center point of an area of interest within the original image is received. A second user input defining a perimeter for the area of interest of the original image is received. The perimeter for the area of interest has the same aspect ratio as the original aspect ratio. The camera view is adjusted based on the first user input and the second user input to provide a zoomed image of the defined area of interest. The zoomed image is centered on the center point defined by the first user input. Finally, the zoomed image is displayed to the user on a display screen. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198179 | Sequential Colour Display Device - A display device produces colour images by sequentially projecting monochromatic images. Multispectral light is projected via optical means and a filter arrangement with changeable primary colour filters onto an imaging device. For each primary colour the imaging device produces a number of constant-length pulses corresponding to a desired brightness level. The pulse length is chosen to be as short as possible for a first primary colour. The pulse length for the other primary colours is adapted according to the respective share of the corresponding colour filters in the colour wheel. The time during which secondary colours are produced due to a transition between two primary colour filters is increased by increasing the aperture of the optical means, by spatially relocating the focal point of the optical means for a disc-like filter arrangement, or by accordingly adding pure colour light at the onset and the end of a transition between two colour filter segments which produces secondary colour light. Secondary colour light is used to increase the brightness of the projected image. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198180 | Method and Apparatus of Converting Signals for Driving Display and a Display Using the Same - A method, apparatus and computer program for driving displays including an array of display elements, each element comprising sub-pixels or red, green, blue and white colours, the method comprising steps of; receiving input signals for controlling red, green and blue colours of each element of the display; processing the input signals to generate corresponding red, green, blue and white output drive signals for the red, green, blue and white sub-pixels of each element, all input colours which are outside of the output gamut being mapped to within a predetermined area of the output gamut and all input colours within the predetermined area of the output gamut being mapped to another colour within the predetermined area of the output gamut; and applying the output drive signals to respective sub-pixels for each element of the display. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198181 | VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A video display method can lower visibility of flicker in video display and maintain constant display luminance, wherein a display period and a non-display period for a video signal being displayed are provided in one frame period. The method includes frame period controlling by varying the frame period in terms of a single frame or multiple frames as a unit, and display period controlling by varying only the display period or both the display period and the non-display period in the above one frame period depending on variations in the frame period (FIG. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198182 | Display device and electronic apparatus - With a source voltage of a transistor driving a light emitting element set to a fixed voltage, variations in an emission luminance due to variations in the threshold voltage of the transistor are corrected. The fixed voltage is set in accordance with a signal level of a drive pulse signal on-off controlling a transistor supplying power to the first transistor. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198183 | INVERTER FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An inverter of driving a light source for a display device is provided. The inverter includes a temperature sensor sensing a temperature and generating an output voltage based on the sensed temperature, a buffer generating an output signal having a state depending on the output voltage of the temperature sensor, an oscillator generating an oscillating signal having a frequency depending on the state of the output signal of the buffer, and an inverter performing a switching operation in response to the oscillating signal from the oscillator. Therefore, the inverter increases the voltage applied to the light source when the temperature near the light source is lower than a predetermined temperature since the frequency of the oscillating signal is increased. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198184 | Fast and Interruptible Drive Scheme For Electrosphoretic Displays - An image update scheme for an electrophoretic display reduces driving delays while allowing display of a reduced quality image when driving is interrupted. A first portion ( | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198185 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A signal converter to make a display module conduct an n-ply display operation divides one frame period of input display data into n subframes to obtain n-ply display data, shifts the sampling position for each n-ply display data, samples the data to convert resolution thereof, rearranges in n ways a combination of subpixels included in each pixel of output display data resultant from the sampling, and varying the sampling position and the combination of subpixels for each subframe in a cooperative fashion. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198186 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A liquid ejecting apparatus that has a display and a cartridge of a predetermined liquid capacity loaded therein and can display information on the cartridge in the display. The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a program for performing a reception sequence for receiving the information on the cartridge from a memory included in the cartridge, an image display sequence for displaying a capacity viewing image having a size corresponding to the liquid capacity and displaying a remaining liquid viewing image that changes in accordance with the amount of remaining liquid inside the cartridge within the displayed capacity viewing image, and a supplementary information display sequence for complementarily displaying supplementary information on the liquid capacity in addition to the image display sequence. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198187 | LIQUID RESIDUAL AMOUNT DETECTION APPARATUS FOR LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid residual amount detection apparatus for a liquid container, includes: a sensor chamber that has a liquid supply port introducing liquid to be delivered from a liquid containing portion, and supplies the liquid to an external liquid consuming apparatus; a diaphragm that defines a part of the sensor chamber and is movable in response to a liquid containing amount in the sensor chamber; a pressure receiving plate that is attached to the diaphragm; a recess portion that is connected to the sensor chamber and is closed by the pressure receiving plate when the liquid containing amount in the sensor chamber becomes a predetermined amount or less; a piezoelectric element that applies vibration to at least a part of the recess portion so as to detect a free vibration state according to the applied vibration; a detection portion that detects an amplitude value or a frequency of a residual vibration waveform of a counter electromotive force by the free vibration state detected by the piezoelectric element; and a calculation portion that calculates a liquid residual amount in the liquid container on the basis of the amplitude value or the frequency of the residual vibration waveform detected by the detection portion. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198188 | Inkjet Printer And Ink Cartridge - An inkjet printer is provided. The inkjet printer includes: a holder configured to mount thereon an ink cartridge for storing ink; and an imaging unit which obtains an image of a surface of the ink in the ink cartridge mounted on the holder. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198189 | Image Printing Method and System For Improving Image Quality in Dot Matrix Printer - Ink coalescence in inkjet printing is reduced by printing mutually interstitial images using an arrangement of multiple curing stations in combination with multiple printing heads. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198190 | Printing System for Triggering the Print Head of a Printer Cartridge - The invention relates to a printing system for controlling the printing head of a conventional printing cartridge designed for water-based printing ink. Said printing head comprises ink discharging elements arranged in a matrix, and the actuatable heating element of an ink discharging element is activated by means of an address signal operating as a line signal and by means of a starting signal operating as a column signal. The starting pulses of the starting signal (SS | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198191 | Liquid Jetting Device - A liquid jetting device comprises plural nozzles provided at a liquid jetting head, actuators provided in correspondence with the respective nozzles, and a drive section that applies a drive signal to each of the actuators of the nozzles from which liquid is to be jetted, the liquid jetting device comprising: a drive waveform generator that generates a drive waveform signal as a reference of a signal that controls a drive state of each of the actuators; a modulator that performs the pulse modulation of the drive waveform signal which has been generated at the drive waveform generator; a digital power amplifier that power-amplifies a modulated signal which has been caused to undergo the pulse modulation at the modulator; a low pass filter (LPF) that smoothes the amplified digital signal which has been power-amplified at the digital power amplifier to deliver the smoothed modulated signal thus obtained, as a drive signal, to each of the actuators; and a pulse modulation reference signal generating section that outputs, to the modulator, a pulse modulation reference signal that prescribes a pulse modulation timing of the drive waveform signal by the modulator. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198192 | Ink ejection method and inkjet ejection device - An ink ejecting device includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of pressure chambers respectively corresponding to the plurality of nozzles, an actuator capable of changing capacity of each of the plurality of pressure chambers. A first drive pulse signal is selected in accordance with dot information indicating dots to be formed on a recording medium successively. When the dot information for the current ejection cycle and the dot information for the succeeding ejection cycle indicate a first condition where ejection of a large amount of ink drop and no ejection of an ink drop, respectively, driving pulse signals for the current ejection cycle and the succeeding ejection cycle are selected, respectively. The driving pulse signals for the current ejection cycle and the succeeding ejection cycle are then output in the current ejection cycle and within the succeeding ejection cycle, respectively. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198193 | Hand Held Printer With Vertical Misalignment Correction - A method for automatically providing vertical misalignment correction in a hand held printer fixedly mounting a printhead having a plurality of ink jetting nozzles arranged in a column includes defining a fixed quantity subset of the plurality of ink jetting nozzles for printing a print swath; defining a reference line corresponding to a desired printing path; assigning print data to the feed quantity subset of the plurality of ink jetting nozzles for printing the print swath along the desired printing path; determining an amount of vertical deviation of the hand held printer from the reference line as the hand held printer is hand-scanned along the desired printing path; and dynamically shifting a location of the fixed quantity subset within the plurality of ink jetting nozzles to compensate for the amount of vertical deviation as the hand held printer is hand-scanned along the desired printing path. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198194 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing method of the present invention includes the steps of: carrying a medium and ejecting ink from a print head to print, on the medium, a mark that can be filled in by a user; detecting, with a sensor, whether or not the mark has been filled in; and performing a process in accordance with a result of the detection by the sensor. With this printing method, operations with respect to a printing apparatus can be performed with ease. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198195 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE APPARATUS - Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus capable of stably printing a preferable image, when a printing medium is released and conveyed from an upstream conveying unit, and when the printing medium is conveyed by only a downstream conveying unit. Specifically, the serial inkjet printing apparatus including the upstream conveying unit and the downstream conveying unit, corrects a conveyance amount of the printing medium by predicting a shift of a printing position due to expansion or contraction of the printing medium, when the printing medium is released and conveyed from the upstream conveying unit, and when the printing medium is conveyed by only the downstream conveying unit. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198196 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - An inkjet recording device of the present invention includes an inkjet head and a cap. The inkjet head includes a passage unit formed by a lamination of at least one plate and a nozzle plate. Amongst the plate and the nozzle plate, a plate positioned farther from the nozzle plate has a larger plane shape than a plate closer to the nozzle plate so that the passage unit has, around the entire circumference thereof, a stair-like shaped outer circumferential wall. When the cap covers a plurality of nozzles that the nozzle plate has, the circular protrusion abuts the outer circumferential wall of the passage unit so as to enclose the nozzle plate within the recessed portion. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198197 | Integrated Maintenance and Paper Pick System - A printhead maintenance station comprises a base including a spitting zone, a maintenance sled movable relative to the base, a wiper assembly for cleaning a printhead orifice plate, a capping assembly for capping a printhead orifice plate, a pick motor operating a paper picking assembly and the maintenance sled and the capping assembly, and, wherein the maintenance station provides for spitting, wiping, and capping of a printhead orifice plate. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198198 | Passivation of Printhead Assemblies and Components Therefor - A printhead assembly comprising the printhead and filters intended for use with the printhead is passivated by passing a gaseous coating such as Parylene through the assembly. In this way dirt particles created during manufacture of the printhead are encapsulated and thus prevented from blocking the nozzles. The printhead assembly is also prevented from interacting physically or chemically with ink flowing through the printhead. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198199 | Collective Transfer Inkjet Nozzle Plate and Method of Producing the Same - There provides a nozzle plate having fine nozzle holes capable of transferring a pattern collectively, and a method of producing the same. Further, there provides a method of forming fine nozzle holes in a required shape, at a required position on a substrate, and an inkjet nozzle plate obtained by the method. Moreover, there provides a collective transfer inkjet nozzle plate can have a high imaging efficiency, and can reduce the cost by simplifying a nozzle controller; and a method of producing the same. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198200 | NOZZLE PLATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NOZZLE PLATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING INK-JET HEAD - A nozzle plate includes a first thermoplastic resin film; a reinforcing plate which is formed of a material having a rigidity higher than that of the first thermoplastic resin film and which has one surface joined to the first thermoplastic resin film; and a second thermoplastic resin film which is joined to the other surface of the reinforcing plate; wherein a nozzle is formed for the first thermoplastic resin film; and through-holes, which are communicated with the nozzle, are formed through the reinforcing plate and the second thermoplastic resin film. Therefore, the nozzle plate can be produced without using any adhesive. Further, the thermoplastic resin films are joined to the both surfaces of the reinforcing plate. Therefore, any warpage is hardly caused in the reinforcing plate and the first and second thermoplastic resin films, which would be otherwise caused by the difference in coefficient of thermal expansion. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198201 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - This invention is directed to provide a printing apparatus and a printing control method capable of more accurately obtaining a carriage position and executing more precise printing. The printing apparatus includes a scale, having slits at predetermined intervals, provided along the carriage scanning direction, and an encoder provided on a carriage to read the slits and measure the carriage position in the scanning direction as the carriage moves. In the printing apparatus, based on at least a time interval between the measurement time of a slit currently detected by the encoder and the measurement time of a slit immediately before the slit, a time up to at least one point between the currently detected slit and the next slit is predicted. Control is performed to cause a printhead mounted on the carriage to execute printing at the at least one predicted point between the continuous slits. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198202 | Microfluidic Architecture - A microfluidic architecture is disclosed. The microfluidic architecture includes a substrate having an edge and a thin film stack established on at least a portion of the substrate adjacent the edge. The thin film stack includes a non-conducting layer and a seed layer, where the seed layer is positioned such that a portion of the non-conducting layer is exposed. A chamber layer is established on at least a portion of the seed layer. The non-conducting layer, the seed layer, and the chamber layer define a microfluidic chamber. A layer having a predetermined surface property is electroplated on the chamber layer and on at least one of another portion of the seed layer and the exposed portion of the non-conducting layer. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198203 | DROPLET DISCHARGING HEAD, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DROPLET DISCHARGING DEVICE - A droplet discharging head, includes: a discharging chamber; a plurality of nozzle orifices discharging droplets and each of the plurality of nozzle orifices is communicated with the discharging chamber; an actuator; a vibrating plate provided using a bottom wall of the discharging chamber and displaceably driven by the actuator; and a reservoir commonly communicated with each discharging chamber. The discharging chamber, the actuator, and the reservoir are each segmented on separate planes and stacked in this order in a manner that a projection plane in a direction perpendicular to a formation plane of the reservoir is contained in formation planes of the actuator and the discharging chamber. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198204 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND PRINTER - A liquid ejecting head includes a first pressure chamber, a second pressure chamber provided at a side of the first pressure chamber, a vibration plate provided above the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber, a driving piezoelectric element provided above the first pressure chamber and above the vibration plate, and a non driving piezoelectric element provided above the second pressure chamber and above the vibration plate. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198205 | Printhead Fabricated on Flexible Substrate - A printhead or other droplet emitter is manufactured integrally with a flexible circuit. Preferred methods of manufacturing a droplet emitter comprise the steps of: creating metal traces, preferably deposited using a metal oxide precursor; patterning a sacrificial photoresist to create ink channels and nozzle chambers; depositing piezoelectrically active material over the metal traces and sacrificial photoresist; patterning vias through the piezo-electrically active material to act as nozzles and openings to ink reservoirs; and flushing out the photoresist. The piezo-electrically active material is preferably a mixture of PZT and PVDF. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198206 | Printing Device - Various ink containers are provided. One exemplary ink container includes a housing that is configured to hold ink therein and has an ink fill port and a gas exit port. A single sealing device is compressively held by a portion of the housing so as to obstruct both the ink fill port and the gas exit port. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198207 | PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND LIQUID REMAINING AMOUNT DETERMINATION METHOD - A pressure adjustment apparatus for adjusting a pressure of liquid inside a liquid ejection head including nozzles and flow channels includes: a tank; a pump; a buffer chamber; a first switching device; and a second switching device. The tank includes a movable film and a hermetically sealed container of a prescribed volume, the movable film dividing the hermetically sealed container into a gas chamber filled with gas and a liquid chamber filled with the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection head. The pump changes a pressure of the gas inside the gas chamber so as to adjust a pressure of the liquid inside the liquid chamber. The buffer chamber is filled with the gas and damps gas-flow pulsations caused by the pump. The first switching device connects and disconnects the buffer chamber and the gas chamber. The second switching device switches between a state where the pump is connected to the gas chamber without through the buffer chamber, and a state where the pump is connected to the buffer chamber. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198208 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head includes: a plurality of nozzles which eject liquid; a plurality of pressure chambers connected respectively to the plurality of nozzles; a common flow channel which is provided to be shared by the plurality of pressure chambers and has a plurality of supply flow channel connection ports and a plurality of circulation flow channel ports; a plurality of supply flow channels through which the liquid flows from the common flow channel to the plurality of pressure chambers via the plurality of supply flow channel connection ports; and a plurality of circulation flow channels through which the liquid flow from the plurality of pressure chambers to the common flow channel via the plurality of circulation flow channel ports, wherein the plurality of supply flow channel connection ports and the plurality of circulation flow channel ports are arranged so that a pressure differential of the liquid between the supply flow channel connection port and the circulation flow channel port which are connected to the same pressure chamber is equal in respect of all of the plurality of pressure chambers. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198209 | PASSAGE COMPOSITE, AN INK JET HEAD AND A PRINTER - A printer has an inkjet head, which has a passage composite. The passage composite has a main body, having a surface and a projection portion that extends outward from the surface. The projection portion has an opening formed through it, and the projection portion also has an end, and an edge opposite the end. The main body also has at least one rib positioned outside the projection portion. The at least one rib extends away from the surface, and is separated by a predetermined nonzero distance from the edge of the projection portion. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198210 | INK CARTRIDGES AND SYSTEMS HAVING SUCH INK CARTRIDGES - An ink cartridge includes a case, an ink supply portion, an air intake portion, and at least one resilient member. The ink supply portion is positioned at a front face of the case, and the ink supply portion is configured to dispense ink from an interior of an ink chamber to an exterior of the ink chamber. The air intake portion is configured to draw air into the ink chamber. The at least one resilient member has a first portion positioned at the front face of the case and a second portion which is positioned a predetermined distance away from the front face of the case in a predetermined direction away from the ink chamber. The resilient member extends from the front face of the case further than the ink supply portion in the predetermined direction. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198211 | SEALING STRUCTURE OF FLUID CONTAINER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AND REUSING FLUID CONTAINER - The invention provides a fluid-outlet-section sealing structure that includes: a fluid outlet section, a sealing member, and a sealing film. The fluid outlet section has a fluid flow channel and an open-end surface. The open-end surface of the fluid outlet section is formed at a fluid outlet end of the fluid flow channel of the fluid outlet section. The sealing member is provided in the fluid flow channel of the fluid outlet section. The sealing film is provided to cover the fluid flow channel of the fluid outlet section and the open-end surface of the fluid outlet section. The sealing film is thermally adhered to the open-end surface of the fluid outlet section and the sealing member. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198212 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD OF REMOVING AIR OF INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND REMOVING AIR DEVICE - An air removing device is connected to a tank to contain ink through a first supply tube, and an ink-jet head is connected to the air removing device through a second supply tube. The first supply tube and ink-jet head are heated and controlled. Air dissolved in ink is sucked out through a hollow fiber membrane provided in a housing by operating a vacuum pump by supplying ink to the hollow fiber membrane while heating and controlling atmosphere in the housing. Thus, air dissolved in ink is removed, and ink heated to a temperature suitable for ejection is supplied to the ink-jet head. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198213 | ULTRAVIOLET-RAY CURABLE INK COMPOSITION, INKJET RECORDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND INK CONTAINER - The present invention provides an ultraviolet ray-curable ink composition containing a polysilane compound having a structure represented by the following formula (1): | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198214 | Recording apparatus - A recording apparatus has a recording medium feeding mechanism for feeding a recording medium by one at a time, a recording head for performing recording, a discharging roller having a discharging driven roller and a discharge driving roller and a recording medium stacker capable of being changed to a first position in which recording is performed on a hard recording medium and a second position in which recording is performed on a recording medium fed by the recording medium feeding mechanism, wherein the discharging driven roller is in contact with the discharge driving roller in case the recording medium stacker is in second position, and the discharging driven roller is separated from a recording medium transfer path in case the recording medium stacker is in first position. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198215 | Printing Device - A printing device ( | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198216 | BACKGROUND PATTERN IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - A block where basic units of a background pattern are arranged two-dimensionally is formed so as to stably read buried information from a printed background pattern. Binary or multivalued number is assigned to the block to express information. When a binary number (bit) is assigned to a block made up of background patterns in double size, error correction can be made if an error occurs only in one background pattern while reading the block. In each background pattern, a diagonal lacking its center part is drawn, and isolated dots are placed along the other diagonal. With this, while ensuring the stability of reading the buried information after the read by a scanner, the uniformness of appearance of the printed object can be ensured. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198217 | Thermal Activation device, printer, thermal activation method, and method of producing a self-adhesive label - Provided is a thermal activation device capable of preventing a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet from being partially excessively heated, keeping a short distance between a contact between a thermal head and a platen roller, and a discharge port, and preventing a structure of the thermal activation device from being complicated and a size thereof from increasing. While a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet ( | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198218 | Stereoscopic image format transformation method applied to display system - In a display system, the invention discloses a stereoscopic image format transformation method being used for transforming a non-interlace format of a stereoscopic image into an interlace format. When an aspect ratio of the stereoscopic image is not equal to an aspect ratio of a panel, the stereoscopic image format transformation method of the invention can be used for interlacing a left-eye image data and a right-eye image data of the stereoscopic image according to a format of the stereoscopic image, the aspect ratio of the panel, and the aspect ratio of the stereoscopic image, forms a completely interlaced stereoscopic image. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198219 | 3D Image file, photographing apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, and image processing apparatus - A photographing apparatus has two binocular stereoscopic modes. In two-take photography mode, a 3D image file is generated from left and right monocular images acquired by performing monocular photographing twice, and the 3D image file thus generated is recorded. In one-take photography mode, a 3D image file is generated from left and right monocular images acquired by performing binocular photographing once, and the 3D image file thus generated is recorded. When the 3D image file is recorded, a homogeneity tag is recorded in 3D metadata, as tag information of the header data portion of the 3D image file. The homogeneity tag is information about the homogeneity of the two monocular images and describes whether the two monocular images have been acquired in the one-take photography mode in which monocular images highly homogeneous are provided, or in the two-take photography mode in which monocular images not so homogeneous are provided. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198220 | Compound camera and methods for implementing auto-focus, depth-of-field and high-resolution functions - A compound camera system for generating an enhanced virtual image having a large depth-of-field. The compound camera system comprises a plurality of component cameras for generating image data of an object and a data processor for generating the enhanced virtual image from the image data. The data processor generates the enhanced virtual image by generating a first component virtual image at a first depth plane, generating a second component virtual image at a second depth plane, and inserting first selected pixels from the first component virtual image into enhanced the virtual image and inserting second selected pixels from the second component virtual image into the enhanced virtual image. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198221 | Satellite-receiver equipped video monitoring device - A satellite-receiver equipped video monitor primarily comprises a housing, a signal output device, a satellite receiver module and a video camera module, which implements the satellite receiver module to acquire satellite signals and utilizes a software tool to integrate received real-time coordinate and position information with the real-time monitoring images, so as to associate the images captured from the monitoring video with the relevant real-time time and position information. Hence, the disclosed subject matter can be applied to record the movement of a mobile object. That is, the disclosed subject matter can be installed in moving conveyances such as cars, airplanes, ships and so on for recording various circumstances that the conveyances encounters. Alternatively, the disclosed subject matter may be equipped to a human or an animal for precisely recording monitoring images thereof at particular time points. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198222 | System and method for tele-presence - A computer based process for providing a visually impaired subject with multi-modal (local, remote, human-aided, computer-aided), multi-sensory (hearing, touch), information about the subject's physical environment is disclosed, involving identifying at least one guide; identifying at least one subject; establishing a communication connection between the guide and the subject; capturing information about the at least one subject's physical environment; presenting the information about the at least one subject's physical environment to the at least one guide; capturing the guide's response to the at least one subject's physical environment; and communicating the guide's response to the at least one subject. The system may involve a guide computer, a user mounted information collection system for receiving visual signals, audio input signals, and a user mounted information dispensing system for dispensing a haptic signal and an audio output signal. A bi-directional communication system operably linked between the computer, the information collection system, and the information dispensing system enables the computer to receive visual and audio signals from the user and communicates audio output signals from the guide to the user. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198223 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND PROCESSOR FOR ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE - An electronic endoscope system includes an electronic endoscope, a processor connected with the electronic endoscope, and a server that performs data communication with the processor via a network. The processor sends, to the server, update request data including an adjusted image and positional information of an adjusted area in the adjusted image. Further the processor receives, from the server, updating data created based on the update request data, and updates at least one of image processing tools used by the electronic endoscope and processor based on the updating data. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198224 | NIGHT VISION DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - In a night vision arrangement for a motor vehicle in which a camera captures an infra-red image of the roadway in front of the vehicle, a video signal generated by the camera is processed by a signal processor so that the field of view of the image displayed by a display unit is selected in accordance with a control signal. The control signal is generated by a signal generator which is responsive to one or more parameters of the movement of the vehicle. The width of the field of view may be decreased with increasing speed. The axial direction of the field of view may be adjusted depending upon the nature of a turning movement of the vehicle. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198225 | TVMS- a total view monitoring system - The present invention is a system for comprehensive observation and tracking of objects in distinct defined areas. This is implemented by the use of imaging sensors, comprising an electronic video camera and integrated processors, providing an overhead view of a pre determined sector during real time. The system also comprises a central processing unit (CPU) for managing all processed data, a display and managing unit which can be used for initializing, updating parameters and managing the system. The system supports means of communication between the imaging sensors and the central processing unit and between the central processing unit and the display and managing unit. The integrated processor of each of the sensors comprises 3 dimensional region of interest (3D ROI) software, which allows definition of a 3D-ROI to be imaged by each of the cameras and understanding of the spatial context of the features in the ROI, and software which allows extraction of data relevant to the identification, location and motion of objects in the ROI. The communication assembly allows transmission of the relevant data from each sensor to the central processing unit which uses it in order to enable continuous tracking of the moving objects as they pass from the field of view of one sensor into the field of view of a neighboring sensor, throughout the entire observation area. In combination with the 3D-ROI software allows clearly identifying the exact location of features of the room being observed e.g. floor, windows and doors of the room being observed, allows this understanding of the spatial context and allows the ability of the system to minimize the occurrences of false alerts (Ghosts). | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198226 | Image Processing Device - The present invention provides an image processing device capable of enabling accurate recognition of a solid object present near a vehicle and displaying the solid object. The image processing device includes a viewpoint conversion unit for receiving data of images captured by at least one image capturing camera and generating a top view image, a solid object extraction unit for detecting a solid object from the data of the images captured by the at least one image capturing camera and extracting the solid object, a solid object image generation unit for generating a solid object image in accordance with the solid object extracted by the solid object extraction unit, and an image synthesis unit for synthesizing the solid object image generated by the solid object image generation unit with the top view image generated by the viewpoint conversion unit. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198227 | Night Vision System - In a night vision system with which an image recording unit records the image of the surroundings of a motor vehicle, the recorded image is displayed by means of a display, wherein the position of the image recording device ( | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198228 | ACTIVE DOOR MONITORING SYSTEM - There is described a door monitoring system comprising a display device integrated into a door of a vehicle; a camera including image capture circuitry hidden behind the display device; and a control unit in communication with the display device for determining information to be displayed thereon, and with the camera to control the image capture, receive images captured by the camera, and transmit the images via a network | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198229 | VEHICLE OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SYSTEM - A vehicle operation support system is provided in which a captured image or a guide displayed on a display device can be adjusted easily by a simple operation. In adjusting misalignment between the image and the guide displayed as an oblique captured image on the display device, the user converts the displayed image and guide to a so-called high-angle display (which is displayed as if looked down directly from the above), and the converted high-angle image is then corrected or adjusted so that the image and the guide are displayed in correct alignment as desired. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198230 | GPS Based Spectator and Participant Sport System and Method - A spectator sport system and method that displays different views of a sporting event and, in particular, uses a position selected by the spectator to assist in displaying a view from the selected position. The spectator, using an internet device, can zoom, pan, tilt and change the view, as well as change the view to another position, such as a finish line, goal, or a participant position (e.g. Driver of car #3 or Tiger Wood's position). The starting position can be specified, as well as the target position or orientation from the starting position. Vital information on the sporting event or a participant can be appended to the view. In some forms, augmented reality or any geographic referenced datasets can be used and combined, such as 3D imagery or 3D renderings, to enhance the experience. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198231 | THREAT-DETECTION IN A DISTRIBUTED MULTI-CAMERA SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A method is provided for detecting a threat in a distributed multi-camera surveillance system. The method includes: monitoring movement of an object in a field of view of a first camera using software installed at the first camera; detecting a suspicious object at the first camera when movement of the object does not conform with a motion flow model residing at the first camera; sending a tracking request from the first camera to a second camera upon detecting the suspicious object at the first camera; monitoring movement of the object in a field of view of the second camera using software installed at the second camera; assigning threat scores at the second camera when the movement of the object does not conform with a motion flow model residing at the second camera; and generating an alarm based in part on the threat scores detected at the first camera and the second camera. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198232 | Digital Video Media Duplication or Transmission Quality Measurement - A system and method for measuring video quality of a video image, wherein the system comprises a source device comprising an original video image; a receiver comprising a received video image; a storage device adapted to store video images from the source device and the receiver; a decoder connected to the receiver, wherein the decoder is adapted to compare display attributes of the received video image with creation attributes of the original video image; and a processor adapted to attribute an objective standard to the received video image based on the comparison between the display attributes and the creation attributes, wherein the objective standard comprises a video pixel size component, a video motion rating component, a video clarity rating component, and a pixel color rating component. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198233 | VIDEO BIT STREAM TEST - The present invention is a method for MPEG compliance testing that designs test bit streams such that every frame of the expected decoded video is known. The test bit stream is generated, decoded and stored as an expected output decoded video. The test bit stream is fed to the device under test where it is decoded. Actual output video is compared with the expected decoded video on a frame-by-frame basis. The test results are indicated by discrepancies, which can be visually examined by human or by computer, through a comparison of the two videos. During generation of the test bit stream, for a given GOP structure, the subsequent P and B frames are determined by varying the selected testing MPEG parameter with the whole range of its possible values, while keeping other parameters constant. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198234 | Video Signal Loss Detection - Faults resulting in reception of a still, but unknown, frame are recognised by comparing each received frame of the video signal with its predecessor, incrementing a counter in the event that the difference between the frames falls below a threshold; and generating an alarm signal in the event that the count of the counter exceeds a predetermined count. Other types of fault such as loss of signal (i.e. reception of just noise) are recognised by incrementing the counter whenever the difference exceeds a threshold. Similar results may be obtained by instead the monitoring quantisation step size and/or number of transmitted bits of a digitally coded signal, and noting that it falls below, or exceeds, a threshold. A preferred option is to compute a complexity measure, being a monotonically increasing function (e.g the product) of the quantisation step size and of the number of coded bits and compare this with the threshold value. Faults occasioned by receipt of a particular fixed image instead of the wanted picture are recognised by comparing each frame of the video signal with the fixed image, and generating an alarm signal in the event that the difference between the frames consistently falls below a threshold. | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198235 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE RECORDER - Methods and devices ( | 2008-08-21 |
| 20080198236 | Imaging apparatus with multiple timing-adjusting parts - An imaging apparatus includes a nonvolatile memory storing multiple kinds of parameters, a volatile memory storing temporarily the parameters read out from the nonvolatile memory, a processing part executing a processing using the parameters stored in the volatile memory and a data controlling part reading out the parameters from the nonvolatile memory according to a provided clock and transferring the parameters to the volatile memory, and the imaging apparatus includes a first timing-adjusting part outputting a first clock for reading out a part of the multiple kinds of parameters stored in the nonvolatile memory to the data controlling part, when the imaging apparatus is powered on, and a second timing-adjusting part outputting a second clock for reading out another part of the multiple kinds of parameters stored in the nonvolatile memory to the data controlling part, while the imaging apparatus is preparing for image shooting. | 2008-08-21 |
