| 42nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights (10-15-09/10-15-09_19) part 19 |
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| 20090256822 | TOUCH SCREEN REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE FOR USE WITH A TOY - A remote control device having a touch screen for remotely directing a toy, such as a remote control vehicle or airplane, is provided. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256823 | Display Device and Transparent Magnetic Film - A display device is provided with an optical waveguide, a transparent fixed electrode disposed in surface contact with the optical waveguide, and a transparent movable electrode disposed facing the transparent fixed electrode on a side opposite to the optical waveguide. When a driving voltage is applied, the transparent movable electrode is movable by an external force, between a first stable state in which it is kept apart from the transparent fixed electrode by elasticity, and a second stable state in which it makes insulated contact with the transparent fixed electrode by electrostatic force. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256824 | POINTER DEVICE FOR CAPACITIVE SENSITIVE TOUCH SCREENS - A passive pointer device, in shape of a stylus, for being used in conjunction with a capacitance sensitive touch screen for pointing, writing, drawing or others on the touch screen. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256825 | PEN STYLUS ENABLED CAPACITIVE TOUCH SYSTEM AND METHOD - Described is a capacitive touch screen apparatus. An indium tin oxide (ITO) ground screen covers and protects an optical display. One or more support structures are secured atop the ground screen layer. A first capacitance sensing patterned ITO trace layer is secured atop the support structures such that an air gap exists between the layers. A second capacitance sensing patterned ITO trace layer can be secured atop the first patterned ITO trace layer. A pointed object brought into contact with the outermost patterned ITO trace layer will deform the surface and penetrate a portion of the air gap sufficiently to register a change in capacitance at the point of contact. A protective transparent film layer covering the outermost patterned ITO trace layer can be utilized to protect the surface of the ITO layer from damage. The ITO layers are electronically coupled with a controller capable of sensing changes in capacitance. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256826 | Image display device and driving method of image display device - Disclosed herein is an image display device for displaying input image data on a display section formed by arranging pixel circuits in a form of a matrix by driving the pixel circuits by a signal line driving circuit and a scanning line driving circuit via a signal line and a scanning line of the display section. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256827 | Display device and output buffer circuit for driving the same - Disclosed herein is a display device including: a plurality of pixel circuits; a power source line connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel circuits; and an output buffer circuit for supplying currents to corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel circuits by alternately applying a first potential applied to a first power source supply terminal, and a second potential applied to a second power source supply terminal to the power source line. The output buffer includes a variable resistance circuit connected to a path between the first power source supply terminal and the power source line, the variable resistance circuit serving to change a resistance value thereof in accordance with a magnitude of a total sum of the currents. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256828 | Plasma Display Panel Driving Circuit and Driving Method - A driving circuit of a data electrode is provided which includes a drive controlling unit, a first driving transistor and a second driving transistor. The drive controlling unit compares a previous data signal and a present data signal in response to an energy recovery enable signal and outputs a first driving signal and a second driving signal, which correspond to the comparison result. The first driving transistor transmits an address driving signal to an output node connected to the data electrode in response to the first driving signal. The second driving transistor transmits a reference voltage to the output node in response to the second driving signal. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256829 | System and Method for Detecting a Sampling Frequency of an Analog Video Signal - A system and method for detecting sampling frequency in a video signal. A method comprises applying a first test to determine the sampling frequency of the image signal, applying a second test to determine the sampling frequency of the image signal, and verifying the sampling frequency of the image signal. The first test compares detected timing characteristics of the image signal with known timing characteristics of a set of known standard image signals and the second test measures data characteristics of image data in the multiple image frames of the image signal. Combining both detected image characteristics and measured image characteristics based techniques to determine sampling frequency improves the possibility of correctly detecting an image signal's sampling frequency. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256830 | HYBRID DISPLAY - A mobile communication device comprising a display assembly comprising a plurality of transistors, where each of the plurality of transistors includes a light-emitting region and a non-light-emitting region and a plurality of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), where the plurality of OLEDs are located directly on top of the non-light-emitting regions of the plurality of transistors; and logic configured to select and activate at least one of the plurality of transistors or the plurality of OLEDs to display information. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256831 | Display Apparatus and Circuit Reparation Method Thereof - A display apparatus and a circuit reparation method thereof are provided. The display apparatus comprises a control module, a first gate on array (GOA) circuit, a second GOA circuit, and a variable voltage source. The control module generates at least one control signal. The first GOA circuit is electrically connected to the control module according to a first leading wire in advance. The second GOA circuit is electrically connected to the control module according to a second leading wire in advance. The variable voltage source provides a predetermined voltage level. When the first GOA circuit is disabled, the first GOA circuit and the control module are adjusted to be electrically disconnected, and the first leading wire is electrically connected to the variable voltage source. The display apparatus is operated in response to the control signal and the predetermined voltage level. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256832 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a method and a device for driving liquid crystal display. The method comprises: turning on the N-th row of gate line; closing a switch, so that the charges on the two rows of gate line are neutralized and the gate ON voltage on the N-th row of gate line is reduced to a secondary ON voltage for gate; and turning off the N-th row of gate line. The device comprises a liquid crystal panel, a gate driver and a data driver, wherein the liquid crystal panel is disposed with a gate line connected with the gate diver as well as a data line connected with the data drivel, and a controlling device for enabling charge-sharing on adjacent gate lines is connected between the adjacent gate lines. In the present invention, by adding a switch between two rows of gate line, the gate line currently being turned on is short-circuit with the next row of gate line, so that the charges on the two rows of gate line are neutralized, a secondary ON voltage is generated, and multi-level gate voltage is achieved, thus effectively solving the technical defects in the present LCD, that is, an increase in the current consumption of the whole driving circuit and an increase in cost that are caused when adding a circuit for modulating multi-level gate ON voltage on a gate driving circuit board. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256833 | Method for Driving Display Device - A method for driving a display device is provided herein. The display device includes a plurality of scan lines. The method comprises following steps: dividing the scan lines into a plurality of groups, each of which comprises at least two scan lines, i.e. a first and a second scan line; during a first frame period, sequentially enabling the first and second scan line of each group in accordance with a first driving sequence; and during a second frame period, sequentially enabling the first and second scan line of each group in accordance with a second driving sequence, wherein the first driving sequence is different with the second driving sequence. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256834 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A light emitting device includes a plurality of scan lines for transferring light emitting scan signals including a combination of an emission-on voltage and an emission-off voltage. A plurality of data lines extend in a direction crossing the plurality of scan lines and are configured to transfer light emitting data voltages. A plurality of light emitting pixels are respectively formed in regions defined by the plurality of scan lines and the plurality of data lines and are configured to emit electrons by a difference between the emission-on voltage and the light emitting data voltage. During a period in which the light emitting scan signals have the emission-on voltage, at least one of the emission-on voltage and the light emitting data voltages alternately has a first voltage and a second voltage lower than the first voltage. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256835 | VIDEO MULTIVIEWER SYSTEM FOR GENERATING VIDEO DATA BASED UPON MULTIPLE VIDEO INPUTS WITH ADDED GRAPHIC CONTENT AND RELATED METHODS - A video multiviewer system may include a plurality of video inputs and a multiviewer video processor coupled to the plurality of video inputs. The multiviewer video processor may include a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU) cooperating therewith for generating video data based upon the plurality of video inputs and with added graphic content. The video multiviewer system may further include a display coupled to the multiviewer processor for displaying multiple video windows based upon the video data. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256836 | HYBRID RENDERING OF IMAGE DATA UTILIZING STREAMING GEOMETRY FRONTEND INTERCONNECTED TO PHYSICAL RENDERING BACKEND THROUGH DYNAMIC ACCELERATED DATA STRUCTURE GENERATOR - A circuit arrangement and method provide a hybrid rendering architecture capable of interfacing a streaming geometry frontend with a physical rendering backend using a dynamic accelerated data structure (ADS) generator. The dynamic ADS generator effectively parallelizes the generation of the ADS, such that an ADS may be built using a plurality of parallel threads of execution. By doing so, both the frontend and backend rendering processes are amendable to parallelization, and enabling if so desired real time rendering using physical rendering techniques such as ray tracing and photon mapping. Furthermore, conventional streaming geometry frontends such as OpenGL and DirectX compatible frontends can readily be adapted for use with physical rendering backends, thereby enabling developers to continue to develop with known API's, yet still obtain the benefits of physical rendering techniques. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256837 | DIRECTING CAMERA BEHAVIOR IN 3-D IMAGING SYSTEM - A method of associating a computer generated camera with an object in a three-dimensional computer generated space. The method receives a command to associate the camera with an object in the simulated space. Based on the command the method determines a path for moving the camera to a position near the object and aiming the camera at the object such that the object. The method creates a video from the simulated camera's perspective of the three-dimensional simulated space. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256838 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR CREATING A PRESET MAP FOR THE VISUALIZATION OF AN IMAGE DATASET - A method for creating a preset map for the visualization of an image dataset is provided. The method comprises dynamically adapting the preset map based on image dataset properties resulting in an adapted preset map. The method may be used for identifying the gray value similarity between the volume that the preset was created for and the volume to which the preset is supplied. This similarity measure is used to adapt the preset. As a result comparable 3D images, including structure and color, are created. An apparatus and a computer-readable medium are also provided. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING PERFORMANCE VENUE SEAT SELECTION - Seat selection for prospective spectators at a performance venue is facilitated by displaying virtual views of the performance space from any selected seat. The virtual seat views can be photorealistic renderings based on a three dimensional digital model of the performance venue. The virtual seat views can also reflect the seat locations as well as estimated spectator heights of eye. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256840 | Panning Using Virtual Surfaces - The present invention relates to panning a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment. In an embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method pans a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment. In the method embodiment, a first point is determined on a three dimensional model in the three dimensional environment. According to the first point, the three dimensional model, and a position of a virtual camera in the three dimensional environment, a virtual surface is determined. A second point is determined on the virtual surface. Finally, a location of the three dimensional model is changed according to the first point and the second point. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256841 | SUPPORT SYSTEM, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An editing process including generation, modification, and deletion of pass points through which a linear structure such as a wire harness or the like should pass in a virtual space is performed in accordance with an operation of an input device by a user, a position of a pass point generated in the editing process is managed by using a plurality of position references to identify the position, and priority of the plurality of position references for each pass point are managed and a position of a pass point whose position has to be changed by an editing process is managed in accordance with the priority when the editing process is performed in accordance with an operation of the input device by a user. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPLITTING FACES ON A SOLID MODEL - A system, method, and computer program for selecting modifications to a solid model that is manipulated in a computer having software instructions, comprising a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a memory, a processor, a user input device, and a display device; a computer generated geometric model stored in the memory in the memory of the computer system; and wherein the computer system selects a selecting point on a modification feature directly on a solid model using a computer peripheral input; sorts by distance a plurality of adjacent faces that are adjacent to a selection face determined by the selecting point; determines whether a convex condition exists wherein the plurality of adjacent faces are convex to the selection face; determines whether a candidate curves exists where the plurality of adjacent faces share a same surface with a previously visited face and the convex condition exists; imprints the candidate curve on the solid model to prepare the solid model for modification according to a modification intent from a user; modifies the solid model according to the modification intent that results in a modified solid model and modified visual display information; and displays the modified solid model using the modified visual display information to the user, and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256843 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVE SELECTION IN A SOLID MODEL - A system, method, and computer program for selecting modification features on a solid model that is manipulated in a computer having software instructions, comprising: a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a memory, a processor, a user input device, and a display device; a computer generated geometric model stored in the memory in the memory of the computer system; and wherein the computer system selects a modification feature directly on a solid model using a computer peripheral input that communicates a modification intent from a user; suggests a plurality of additional selection features to include with the modification feature; verifies that the included plurality of additional selection features conforms to the modification intent by a visual highlighting; modifies the solid model according to the modification intent that results in a modified solid model and modified visual display information; and displays the modified solid model using the modified visual display information to the user; and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256844 | Untransformed display lists in a tile based rendering system - A three-dimensional computer graphics rendering system allows a tile-based rendering system to operate with a reduced amount of storage required for tiled screen space geometry by using an untransformed display list to represent the screen's geometry. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256845 | ACCELERATED RAY TRACING - Methods, systems and computer program code (software) products executable in a computer processor element include computing, in the processor element, a minimal axis-aligned bounding box of the intersection of a given axis-aligned bounding box and a triangle under linear motion, and/or traversing, in the processor element, a ray tracing acceleration hierarchy for a given set of rays, wherein the traversing includes computing decisions for a representative form of the rays, without requiring a traversing of all rays in turn. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256846 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INTERACTIVE DATA ANALYSIS WITH VARYING SUBJECTIVE PARAMETERS - An interactive data analysis system is disclosed. The interactive data analysis system has a computer-generated user interface which includes a plurality of histogram elements having data band controls. The data band controls allow modification of subjective parameters related to the data analysis and produce realtime updates to data forms which present the analyzed data to the user. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256847 | PICTURE DISPLAY DEVICE - A picture display device including a display unit which displays a picture in accordance with a picture signal included in a broadcast signal. A display control unit displays a picture for an electronic program guide including characters on the display unit in accordance with program information included in the broadcast signal. A brightness information retriever retrieves information related to the brightness of the picture displayed on the display unit. The display control unit adjusts the size of the characters in the electronic program guide displayed on the display unit in accordance with the brightness information retrieved by the brightness information retriever. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256848 | Filtering Method and Apparatus for Anti-Aliasing - Embodiments of a filtering method and apparatus for anti-aliasing as described herein take advantage of improved existing hardware by using as input the data stored in the multisampling anti-aliasing (MSAA) buffers after rendering. The standard hardware box-filter is then replaced with a more intelligent resolve implemented using shader programs. Embodiments find scene edges using existing samples generated by Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) hardware. Using samples from a footprint larger than a single pixel, a gradient is calculated matching the direction of an edge. A non-linear filter over contributing samples in the direction of the gradient gives the final result. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256849 | Systems and Methods for Providing Intermediate Targets in a Graphics System - Systems and methods for utilizing intermediate target(s) in connection with computer graphics in a computer system are provided. In various embodiments, intermediate memory buffers in video memory are provided and utilized to allow serialized programs from graphics APIs to support algorithms that exceed the instruction limits of procedural shaders for single programs. The intermediate buffers may also allow sharing of data between programs for other purposes as well, and are atomically accessible. The size of the buffers, i.e., the amount of data stored in the intermediate targets, can be variably set for a varying amount of resolution with respect to the graphics data. In this regard, a single program generates intermediate data, which can then be used, and re-used, by an extension of the same program and/or any number of other programs any number of times as may be desired, enabling considerable flexibility and complexity of shading programs, while maintaining the speed of modern graphics chips. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256850 | Method for Processing Display Data - A method for processing display data includes: storing an image data in a plurality of first-type memories by taking scanning line data as a unit; providing one of the scanning line data stored in a particular memory of the first-type memories to one of a plurality of second-type memories, the particular memory being one of the first-type memories, which are not receiving and storing the image data; and outputting the scanning line data stored in the second-type memories. Time periods for outputting the scanning line data of the image data from the second-type memories are not overlapped. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256851 | METHOD FOR REDUCING VIDEO IMAGE LATENCY - Image latency is reduced in a video display system where an image is displayed for a stroke video frame period. The system has a display device and a plurality of memory buffers, each of which is adapted to receive image data (in a receiving condition) or to display data to the display device (in a display condition). The stroke video frame period is divided into at least two time periods and the number of memory buffers provided is at least the number of time periods per stroke video frame period. One of the memory buffers is in the display condition for a first time period, with the remaining memory buffers in the receiving condition. At the end of the time period, the memory buffers are rotated so that the displayed memory buffer moves to the receiving condition and one of the receiving buffers moves into the display condition. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256852 | CHARACTER DISPLAY APPARATUS - A character display apparatus searches through a cache means for vector font data which match character attributes of a character to be displayed to acquire the vector font data, and, when no vector font data which match the character attributes of the character to be displayed exist in the cache means, acquires the vector font data from a large-volume storage means. If there exists no corresponding luminance image data in the cache means, the character display apparatus acquires luminance image data generated from the vector font data. If there exists no corresponding display image in the cache means, the character display apparatus acquires display character image data generated from the luminance image data. The character display apparatus displays the display image which is thus acquired and which matches the character attributes of the character to be displayed on a display device. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256853 | IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing circuit including an input unit and a first multiplier is provided. The input unit is used for receiving an image data, and obtaining a plurality of color signal values for forming the image data. The first multiplier is used for multiplying the color signals by a transfer matrix to obtain a plurality of transfer color signal values, so as to form a display image. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256854 | BRIGHTNESS UNEVENNESS CORRECTION FOR OLED - Displaying an image with unevenness correction by measuring Vgs-Id characteristics of the transistors in a subset of pixels; approximating each characteristic using an equation of the form | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256855 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT AUGMENTED HIGH PERFORMANCE PERSONAL COMPUTING - Systems and methods are disclosed method to increase processing power of a computer by generating a plurality of tasks for an application software; distributing the tasks over a plurality of general purpose processor cores and a graphics processing unit (GPU); and receiving the outputs from the cores and the GPU. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256856 | Method and System for Emulating a Display - In accordance with one embodiment, a method for emulating the color performance of a display system includes determining an expected first color gamut of the display system. Display data is converted into a format that emulates the first color gamut. The converted display data is displayed by a different display system having an expected second color gamut different than the expected first color gamut. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256857 | METHODS OF INTERFACING WITH MULTI-INPUT DEVICES AND MULTI-INPUT DISPLAY SYSTEMS EMPLOYING INTERFACING TECHNIQUES - Methods and systems for interfacing with multi-input devices employ various techniques for controlling the window framing of images. Such techniques provide control, including moving, sizing, and orientating, of one or more displayed window frames in which one or more images are displayed. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256858 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes: a clipping unit configured to subject a plurality of images to clipping processing for clipping a part of an image as a partial image to clip a partial image from each of the plurality of images; a size correcting unit configured to correct an image size regarding each of a plurality of the partial images clipped by the clipping unit; and a synthesizing unit configured to connect the partial images of which the image sizes have been corrected by the size correcting unit to generate a synthetic image. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256859 | VIDEO MULTIVIEWER SYSTEM WITH SWITCHER AND DISTRIBUTED SCALING AND RELATED METHODS - A video multiviewer system may include a plurality of video scalers operating in parallel for generating initially scaled video streams by performing video scaling in at least one dimension on a plurality of video input streams. The video multiviewer system may also include at least one video cross-point switcher coupled downstream from the video scalers, and a processing unit coupled downstream from the video cross-point switcher for generating additionally scaled video streams by performing additional video scaling on the initially scaled video streams. The video multiviewer system may also include a display cooperating with the processing unit for displaying multiple video windows based upon the additionally scaled video streams. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256860 | System and Method for Presenting Topographical Data for an Earthmoving Operation - System and method for presenting a visual image of a work site for an earthmoving machine. In one embodiment, target design data for the work site may be received. A spatial location and orientation for an earthmoving machine operating in relation to the work site may also be received. A visual image of at least a portion of the work site may be received from an imaging device mounted to the earthmoving machine. A visual image of the portion of the work site may be displayed with a subset of the design data overlaying the visual image, wherein the subset of the design data relates to the portion of the work site. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256861 | Device and Method for Managing the Orientation of Information Being Displayed on the Screen of a Device - A hand-held device and method for managing the orientation of information being displayed on the screen of a hand-held device is provided for devices having a two part slidable housing including a first housing and a second housing where the two housings are adapted to slide separately in multiple directions relative to one another along a corresponding path substantially parallel to a front facing of the device between an opened position and a closed position. The method takes into account a detected use mode, such as whether the device is engaged in a voice call communication, and a detected device configuration to determine the orientation of the information to be displayed on the device screen. When the first housing is slid relative to the second housing between a closed position and an opened position in a first direction, the information is displayed having a portrait orientation. The information is displayed having a landscape orientation, when the first housing is slid relative to the second housing between a closed position and an opened position in a second direction. When the hand-held device is in a voice call and the first housing is slid relative to the second housing between an opened position and a closed position, the information is displayed having a portrait orientation. When the hand-held device is not in a voice call and the first housing is slid relative to the second housing between an opened position and a closed position, the orientation of the information being displayed is not changed. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256862 | VIDEO MULTIVIEWER SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED SCALING AND RELATED METHODS - A video multiviewer system may include a plurality of video scalers operating in parallel for generating initially scaled video streams by performing video scaling in at least one dimension on a plurality of video input streams. The video multiviewer system may also include a processing unit coupled downstream from the video scalers for generating additionally scaled video streams by performing additional video scaling on the initially scaled video streams, and a display cooperating with the processing unit for displaying multiple video windows based upon the additionally scaled video streams. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256863 | VIDEO MULTIVIEWER SYSTEM WITH SERIAL DIGITAL INTERFACE AND RELATED METHODS - A video multiviewer system may include a plurality of video scalers operating in parallel for generating initially scaled video streams by performing video scaling in at least one dimension on a plurality of video input streams. The video multiviewer system may also include at least one video cross-point switcher coupled downstream from the video scalers, and a processing unit coupled downstream from the video cross-point switcher for generating additionally scaled video streams by performing additional video scaling on the initially scaled video stream. The video scalers and the processing unit may communicate through the video cross-point switcher using a serial digital interface. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256864 | Electronic Device Having Improved User Interface - Embodiments of the present invention provide an electronic device, comprising a first display and a second display arranged to display a region of the first display at an increased magnification. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256865 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DATA FOR DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL, DATA DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR PERFORMING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE DATA DRIVING CIRCUIT - A method for generating data for driving a display panel is provided in which first compensation data of (N+k) bits, corresponding to grayscale data of N bits, is generated, wherein values of N and k are natural numbers. A first gamma curve is applied to the first compensation data of (N+k) bits. Second compensation data of (N+k) bits, corresponding to the grayscale data of N bits, is generated. A second gamma curve is applied to the second compensation data of (N+k) bits. The first compensation data or the second compensation data are selectively output and converted into analog data signals. The analog data signals are output to a data line. Accordingly, the first compensation data and second compensation data includes a multidomain structure which improves display quality. A data driving circuit and a display device including the data driving circuit for performing the method are also provided. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256866 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus including: a plurality of display elements; a drive circuit for driving the plurality of display elements, the drive circuit having a correction circuit for correcting, in response to a gradation, variations of luminance characteristics of the plurality of display elements, wherein the drive circuit outputs modulation signals such that a modulation signal for a first gradation and a modulation signal for a second gradation are of similar shape, and wherein the correction circuit corrects the first gradation using a value derived from a luminance characteristic of the display element that is measured by driving the display element with the modulation signal for the second gradation. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256867 | Method and System for Generating Accurate Images for Display by an Image Display Device - Systems, and methods, for calibrating a display device to a content source are provided. After initiating operation of the image display device, and linking it to the content source to transmit an image signal from the content source to the display device, the presence of an image coder may be detected in the image signal. In some embodiments, the image coder may be identified, and a coder level for the image coder may be determined. The display device may then be calibrated based on the coder level. The image coder may be a black level coder. Other example methods may include selecting a color gamut for use with the display device, by identifying an image signal type from the content source. Based on the image signal type, a color gamut may be selected from a store of color gamuts for the image display device to use to display images from the content source. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256868 | Time-Overlapping Partial-Panel Updating Of A Bistable Electro-Optic Display - A method for updating two or more regions of the display area of a bistable, electro-optic display device comprises selecting at least one first waveform for at least one pixel of a first region; (b) selecting at least one second waveform for at least one pixel of a second region; (c) updating the first region by generating and providing the first waveform to the at least one pixel of the first region; and (d) updating the second region by generating and providing the second waveform to the at least one pixel of the second region, wherein the first and second updates at least partially coincide in time. The first waveform is selected from a first drive scheme for use in a first update mode having a first period. The second waveform is selected from second a drive scheme for use in a second update mode having a second period. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256869 | Mobile Device With Printer - A mobile device having printhead for printing onto a media substrate, a media feed path along which the media substrate is fed past the printhead, and a capper assembly. The capper assembly is movable between a capped position covering the array of nozzles and an uncapped position spaced from the array of nozzles. The capper assembly is held in the uncapped position by the media substrate such that the capper assembly moves to the capped position upon disengagement with the media substrate. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256870 | Printing apparatus capable of effectively heating and cooling ink - A printing apparatus is provided with a heater for heating ink and a cooler for cooling ink, and comprises: an ink circulation route including a heater side route and a cooler side route which are separately provided through the heater and the cooler respectively; a switch mechanism operable to switch the ink circulation route between the heater side route and the cooler side route; and a control unit operable to control the switch mechanism. The control unit controls the switch mechanism to switch the ink circulation route to the heater side route when the ink temperature is lower than a first reference temperature, and switch the ink circulation route to the cooler side route when the ink temperature is no lower than the first reference temperature. By this configuration, the ink heating efficiency can be improved. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256871 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - There is provided an inkjet printing apparatus which are used to obtain a printed matter having a small degree of glossiness unevenness and a flat surface. The apparatus is the inkjet printing apparatus for forming an image on a print medium by relatively scanning a first ejection unit for ejecting a first ink and a second ejection unit for ejecting a second ink to the print medium. The apparatus includes forming unit configured to form the image with the first and second inks on the print medium in each of a first printing mode for completing an image by scanning the first ejection unit one time and a second printing mode for completing an image by scanning the second ejection unit plural times. A gloss value of a solid image with the second ink is greater than a gloss value of a solid image with the first ink. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256872 | Print Head and Printer Equipped Therewith - A print head which prevents printing force from being reduced by making the distance between the tip of a printing wire and a printing medium adjustable, and a printer equipped therewith are provided. When the tip of a wire ( | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256873 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - The present invention forms a high-quality image by using a print head, in which a plurality of arrayed small heads, each having a plurality of print elements arranged in columns, are arranged so that at least two sets of print elements in adjoining small heads are aligned in a scan direction. The print head and a print medium are moved relative to each other in the scan direction crossing a direction of the print element columns. The print elements are divided into a plurality of drive blocks and activated the drive blocks on a time-division basis. The small heads each have the plurality of print elements arranged in columns, the number of print elements being equal to an integer times the number of time-division drive blocks. Drive timings with which to activate the paired print elements aligned in the scan direction are the same time-division drive timing. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256874 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - There is provided an image recording device, comprising first and second motors; first and second switch gears supported coaxially; first and second transmission gears, and wherein the first and second switch gears are provided to engage with corresponding ones of the first and second transmission gears in accordance with movement of the first and second switch gears in an axial direction, and the image recording device further comprises a control unit configured such that when the first switch gear and the second switch gear are moved in the axial direction, the control unit rotates one of the first and second motors by a first predetermined rotation amount, and starts the other of the first and second motors while the one of the first and second motors is rotated. The control unit rotates the other of the first and second motors by a second predetermined rotation amount. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256875 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PATTERNED THIN-FILM LAYER - A method for manufacturing a patterned thin-film layer includes the steps of: providing a substrate with a plurality of banks thereon, the plurality of banks defining a plurality of spaces; providing an ink-jet device comprising a plurality of nozzles for depositing ink therefrom; generating a jetting information about ink volume that each of the nozzles deposits into the respective spaces by a random method, the jetting information meeting ink volume deposited into each of the spaces is in a range from about 92.5% to about 107.5% of an average volume of ink in the spaces; making the nozzles to deposit ink into the respective spaces according to the jetting information; and solidifying the ink so as to form a plurality of patterned thin-film layers formed in the spaces. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256876 | PRINTER WITH PROCESSOR HAVING BUSED DECODING AND EXPANSION UNITS - A printer comprises a processor and a printhead. The processor comprises an address, data and control bus; an expander unit and a decoder unit each coupled to the bus and configured respectively to decompress a bi-level black layer and a contone layer of a page to be printed; and a halftoner/compositor unit which is coupled to the bus, and is configured to halftone the decompressed contone layer to form a bi-level cyan, yellow, magenta, and black (CYMK) layer and then composite the decompressed bi-level black layer over the bi-level CYMK layer to form a bi-level CYMK image of the page to be printed The printhead is interfaced to the processor and comprises a plurality of nozzles grouped in pods, the nozzles of a pod sharing a common ink reservoir. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256877 | Method of calculating correction value, correctioin value calculating program, and liquid ejecting apparatus - A method of calculating a correction value includes forming a test pattern in which a dot row formed A method of calculating a correction value includes forming a test pattern in which a dot row formed by aligning dots in a direction intersecting a predetermined direction is aligned in the predetermined direction on a medium and forming information on the test pattern on the medium, calculating a correction value of the first nozzle group based on the pattern included in read-out data values in a case where the information included in the read-out data values represents that the test pattern is formed by a first nozzle group, and calculating a correction value of a second nozzle group based on the test pattern included in the read-out data values in a case where the information included in the read-out data values represents that the test pattern is formed by the second nozzle group. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256878 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INKJET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - A printing system includes an inkjet head and a decompressor. The inkjet head has nozzles configured to eject ink droplets of ink to a medium. Each of the ink droplets has a volume of about 1 picoliter or less. The decompressor is configured to reduce a pressure in an area between the medium and the nozzles to be a pressure value lower than atmospheric pressure. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256879 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - There are provided an inkjet printing apparatus and an inkjet printing method, whereby, the temperature of a print head is controlled and the ejection volume of ink to be ejected is stabilized to print a high-quality image, even at a high printing duty. Based on print data, an ejection number of ink to be ejected into a unit printing area is counted. The print head is heated to a target temperature that is raised in consonance with an increase in the count value. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256880 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INKJET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - A printing system includes an inkjet head, a medium supporting portion and a decompressor. The inkjet head has nozzles configured to eject ink to a print surface of a medium. The nozzles have a nozzle surface on which openings of the nozzles exist. The medium supporting portion has a supporting surface configured to support the medium at a back surface of the medium opposite to the print surface. The print surface faces the nozzles of the inkjet head. A distance between the nozzle face and the supporting surface of the medium supporting portion is about 5 mm or more. The decompressor is configured to reduce a pressure in an area between the medium and the nozzles to be a pressure value lower than atmospheric pressure. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256881 | Inkjet Printer Control - A printing speed for printing an image using an inkjet printer is determined. Information regarding a measure of the nozzle firing quality of the printer as a function of printing speed and in relation to an image attribute is determined. The image to be printed is analysed in respect of the image attribute and the information regarding the measure of the nozzle firing quality is used to determine an optimum printing speed for printing the image. Thus a determination may be made as to how fast a particular image may be printed using a particular printer arrangement without unacceptable loss of print quality of the image. Also described is a method of determining printing instructions for printing a plurality of images in which a printing speed for each image is determined, and printing instructions for printing the plurality of images is determined so as to increase the overall efficiency of printing the plurality of images. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256882 | Bonded structures formed by plasma enhanced bonding - An electronic device comprises a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface, a substrate carrier comprising a first surface and a second surface, and an inorganic material bonding the second surface of the substrate and the second surface of the substrate carrier. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256883 | MAINTENANCE STATION OF AN INKJET PRINTER - A maintenance station of an inkjet printer mounted in a housing of the inkjet printer includes an ink cup rotationally and slidably coupled to the housing about/along an axis of rotation. The ink cup has a basic plate and a columnar rim around the basic plate. The columnar rim respectively defines a plurality of stopping ratchets and driving ratchets with the same gradient direction at a bottom and top thereof. A moving body is slidably disposed in the housing of the inkjet printer. An actuator movably disposed in the moving body moves together with the moving body, a tail of the actuator stretches out from the moving body for matching with the driving ratchets to rotate the ink cup. A plurality of housing ratchets are disposed in the housing of the inkjet printer and arranged into a ring for matching with the stopping ratchets to prevent the ink cup reversion. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256884 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head to eject ink droplets through a nozzle onto a recording medium, a replaceable ink cartridge to contain ink to be supplied to the recording head, a replaceable waste-ink tank to store waste ink ejected from the recording head, a cartridge mounting portion provided on a front side of the image forming apparatus and configured to accommodate the ink cartridge, including a first opening through which the ink cartridge is inserted, a tank mounting portion provided on the front side of the image forming apparatus, adjacent to the cartridge mounting portion, and configured to accommodate the waste-ink tank and to include a second opening through which the waste-ink tank is inserted, and an openably closable cartridge cover disposed on the front side of the image forming apparatus, configured to cover both the first opening and the second opening. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256885 | PRINTER HAVING MOVEABLE PRINTHEAD AND CAPPING/PURGING MEMBER - An inkjet printer is provided which has at least one printhead having a plurality of ink ejection nozzles, a capping/purging member having a length corresponding substantially to that of the printhead, a first actuating mechanism arranged to move the printhead in an arcuate first direction between first, second and third positions, and a second actuating mechanism arranged to move the capping/purging member in an arcuate second direction to cap the nozzles of the printhead when the printhead is in the second position and to permit purging of ink from the nozzles when the printhead is in the third position. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256886 | Liquid-Droplet Ejection Head and Ink Jet Printer - A liquid-droplet ejection head may include stacked plates that form therein a common liquid channel and a plurality of individual ink channels extending from exits from the common liquid channel to nozzles via pressure chambers. At least one of the stacked plates may include an island-shaped partial plate surrounded by the common liquid channel and configured to form at least a part of side walls of the common liquid channel. The stacked plates may also include a support portion that transverse the common liquid channel and configured to support the partial plate. At least a part of a side edge of the support portion on an upstream side of a flow direction of liquid in the common liquid channel may be inclined to the flow direction, as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the stacked plates. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256887 | LIQUID DISCHARGE METHOD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A liquid discharge method allowing a liquid inside a flow path to be heated by a heat generating element ( | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256888 | Printhead Having Ejection Nozzle Integrated Circuits - A printhead is provided having a support member for mounting the printhead in a printer, and a plurality of integrated circuits supported by the support member. Each integrated circuit has ejection nozzles defined on a substrate to eject fluid from an ejection side of the substrate and the support member is configured to supply the fluid to a supply side of the substrate. The ejection and supply sides being opposite sides of the substrate. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256889 | Pagewidth Printhead Unit - The invention provides for a pagewidth printhead unit for a printer. The unit includes two integrated circuits laid end-to-end, each having micro-electromechanical nozzles for ejecting printing fluid. The unit also includes an ink distribution plate for feeding printing fluid into apertures defined in the integrated circuits, and an ink distribution molding defining a plurality of elongate conduits for distributing printing fluid to the plate along a length of the printhead. The unit further includes a printed circuit board (PCB) configured to relay data signals from a printer controller to respective ends of the integrated circuits, as well as a support member for holding the integrated circuits, plate, molding and PCB in alignment. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256890 | Printhead Nozzle Arrangement With Dual Mode Thermal Actuator - A pagewidth inkjet printhead assembly has a plurality of nozzle arrangements. Each nozzle arrangement comprises walls defining an ink chamber having an ink supply channel and an ink ejection port having an ink spreading prevention rim; a thermal actuator mechanism for ejecting ink from the chamber via the ejection port, the thermal actuator mechanism including an actuator arm having two layers which are formed from a conductive, resiliently flexible material, said layers surrounding a central material layer so that said two layers are in thermal balance with the arm in a quiescent state; and drive circuitry for supplying the thermal actuator mechanism with a drive current, the drive circuitry being operable in a first and second operative mode. Tn the first operative mode, the drive circuitry supplies current to the thermal actuator mechanism sufficient to cause the thermal actuator mechanism to bend to a degree whereby ink is expelled from the ink ejection port. In the second operative mode, the drive circuitry supplies current to the thermal actuator mechanism insufficient to cause ink the thermal actuator mechanism to bend to such degree whereby ink is expelled from the ink ejection port. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256891 | HEATER CHIPS WITH SILICON DIE BONDED ON SILICON SUBSTRATE AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE HEATER CHIPS - A heater chip has a substrate and at least one die, made of silicon, and a bond non-adhesively attaching them. The substrate, thick enough to resist bowing, has ink supply vias from back to front surfaces. The die has ink flow vias from back to front surfaces and circuitry including heater elements adjacent the front surface interspersed with ink flow vias. The at least one die is superimposed on the substrate such that ink supply vias of the substrate align with ink flow vias of the die and portions of substrate front surface and die back surface are aligned, disposed adjacent and facing one another. The bond formed between substrate and die facing surface portions is hermetic and equal in strength to a Si—O bond. By separate processing of carrier and device wafers, size and features of substrate and die can be tailored to provide a desired heater chip construction. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256892 | INK CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - An ink container incorporatable in an image forming apparatus includes an ink pack formed by adhering perimeters of multiple flexible films together to contain ink therein, the ink pack having at least one hole formed in a perimeter thereof and a case to hold the ink pack therein, formed by fitting together multiple members. A first member of the multiple members has a projecting portion insertable into the at least one hole formed in the ink pack. A second member of the multiple members has a recessed portion with a slot shape arranged to which the projecting portion of the first member corresponds. The multiple members are fit together by slidably moving the projecting portion of the first member to the recessed portion of the second member in a longitudinal direction of the case. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256893 | ATTACHMENT, LIQUID CONTAINER, AND LIQUID SUPPLY APPARATUS - An attachment is mounted on a cartridge holder of a printer as a replacement of an ink cartridge. An ink outlet member having a link passage is separably secured to an attachment body. Ink is supplied from the exterior to the ink outlet member through an ink supply tube. When the attachment is mounted on the cartridge holder, a downstream end of the ink outlet member is positioned with respect to and connected to an ink supply needle of the printer. Accordingly, the attachment is easily and quickly installed in a liquid ejection apparatus. This reduces costs and makes it easy to use the attachment. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256894 | INK CARTRIDGES - A cartridge includes a first member that prevents a first signal, having first intensity, from passing entirely therethrough, wherein one portion of the first signal has a second intensity. A second member either prevents a second signal having a third intensity from entirely passing therethrough, or allows one first portion of the second signal to pass therethrough. The first portion of the second signal has a fourth intensity. The third intensity is greater than the fourth intensity. The first intensity is greater than the second intensity. A third member either prevents the second signal from passing entirely therethrough, or allows either the first portion of the second signal or one second portion of the second signal to pass therethrough. The second portion of the second signal has a fifth intensity. The third intensity is greater than the fifth intensity. An intermediate portion is formed between the second and third member. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256895 | INK CARTRIDGES - An ink cartridge includes a first member that alters a path of a first signal originating at a first position, a second member that alters a path of a second signal when the second member is aligned with each of a second position and a third position, and when the second member alters the path of the second signal, the second member prevents at least a first portion of the second signal from reaching the third position. The second signal originates at the second position and has a first intensity, and the first portion of the second signal has a second intensity. A difference between the first intensity and the second intensity is less than a predetermined intensity value. A third member alters a path of the second signal when the third member is aligned with the second position and the third position. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256896 | INK-JET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR DECURLING CUT SHEET MEDIA PRIOR TO INK-JET PRINTING - Ink-jet printing systems and methods are presented for decurling cut sheet print media for ink-jet printing, in which the cut sheets are transported along a path with a moisture source directing water droplets or mist toward all or a portion of a first side of the sheets in a moisturizing zone extending across the path to decurl the sheets prior to transportation past an ink-jet printing head with the first side of the cut sheets facing the printing head to receive ink droplets ejected by the printing head. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256897 | OBJECT HOLDER FOR PRINTING MULTIPLE IMAGES - An apparatus for printing an image on an object includes electronic image storage for storing the image and a print head positioned in spaced-apart relation to the object for receiving electronic data representing the image. The image is printed onto the object using an ink that is applied with a predetermined electrical charge polarity. A voltage generator generates an electrical charge having opposite polarity charge in relation to the predetermined charge polarity of the ink proximate the object and at a position to accelerate the ink being applied from the print head onto the object. A tray is provided for holding a plurality of the objects in a fixed orientation while the image is printed. The tray includes a plurality of cradles for receiving respective objects and a rotation assembly for rotating the cradles in unison to position a desired surface of the objects in proper orientation for printing. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256898 | Device for printing a picture onto a piece of cloth to be embroidered, and embroidering machine having the same - A printing device includes a cloth-holding frame unit mounted fittingly and detachably in a receiving groove in a base, and having a lock bolt for locking an outer frame on a looped inner frame disposed on and surrounded by the outer frame such that a piece of cloth is held tensionally between the inner and outer frames. A cover is connected pivotally to the base for covering the receiving groove in the base, and is configured with an inner accommodating space in spatial communication with the receiving groove in the base. A coloring unit is mounted on the cover, is disposed movably in the inner accommodating space in the cover and above the piece of cloth, and is operable so as to spray a coloring material onto the piece of cloth, thereby printing a picture onto the piece of cloth with the coloring material sprayed from said coloring unit. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256899 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SURFACE PROPERTY REFORMING SHEET, AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes a feeding device feeding a recording medium to be recorded, a thermal transfer sheet having an ink layer to form an image and a protective material layer to form a protective layer protecting the image, a thermal transfer sheet transporting device, a surface property reforming sheet having an image printing opening disposed in such a way that the thermal transfer sheet comes into direct contact with a surface of the recording medium to be recorded and a surface property reforming portion to reform the surface state of the protective layer protecting the image, a reforming sheet moving device, and a thermal head to thermally transfer the ink layer or the protective material layer, wherein a non-adhesion treatment layer is formed on at least a surface of the surface property reforming sheet on the side to come into contact with the thermal transfer sheet. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256900 | System and Method for Optical Printing on a Laser Printer - A laser printer includes a light source that is passed through or conditioned by an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) apparatus, a DLP (Digital Light mirrors) apparatus, to filter the light source before the light beam is applied to the photosensitive drum for the purpose of dispensing toner to paper. Passing the light beam through an LCD apparatus or a DLP apparatus results in the light intensity of each dot of the printed page being controlled by the LCD apparatus or the DLP apparatus. After the light beam is passed through an LCD apparatus or a DLP apparatus, the conditioned light is applied to a photosensitive drum, causing the drum to be charged in a manner to transfer toner to the printed page. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256901 | Pop-Up PIP for People Not in Picture - A system and method for alerting participants in a videoconference that one or more participants are improperly framed by the videoconference camera is provided. An embodiment comprises a temporary self-view picture-in-picture image appearing when the number of faces detected by the videoconference camera changes. A face detection algorithm is used to determine when the number of faces being detected by the videoconference camera has changed. The self-view picture-in-picture image displays, for a duration of time, a representation of the image being captured by the videoconference camera, allowing participants who are not properly framed by the videoconference camera to adjust their position to that their faces are captured by the videoconference camera. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256902 | Implementation of MPCP MCU technology for the H.264 video standard - A method for generating a video output signal. The method may include receiving a plurality of input video signals from each of the participants. Each of the input video signals may have a plurality of input frames. Each of the input frames may have a source slice carrying an image. Each of the input frames may be encoded using the respective reference frame at an encoding time. The method may include a step for generating the video output signal for transmission to the participants. The video output signal may comprise a plurality of output frames. A first of the output frames generally has at least a first slice having (a) a first coded portion carrying the image from a first of the participants and (b) a first unencoded portion for the image from a second of the participants. A second of the output frames generally has at least a second slice having (a) a second coded portion carrying the image from the second participant and (b) a second unencoded portion for the image from the first participant. The frames of the video output signal are generated as soon as one of the frames of the video input signal are received. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256903 | System and method for processing video images - Some representative embodiments are directed to creating a “virtual world” by processing a series of two dimensional images to generate a representation of the physical world depicted in the series of images. The virtual world representation includes models of objects that specify the locations of the objects within the virtual world, the geometries of the objects, the dimensions of the objects, the surface representation of the objects, and/or other relevant information. By developing the virtual world representation, a number of image processing effects may be applied such as generation of stereoscopic images, object insertion, object removal, object translation, and/or other object manipulation operations. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256904 | System and Method for 3-Dimensional Display of Image Data - Disclosed is a system for a 3-dimensional display that includes at least one eyepiece having first and second eyepiece sockets, having a first display contained in said first eyepiece socket associated with a first eye, two eye cameras mounted such that a first eye camera tracks eye reference points of said first eye and a second eye camera tracks reference points of a second eye, a processor for providing overall control of said at least one eyepiece; a second display; and a main processor; signals are transmitted between said main processor and said at least one eyepiece, wherein said two eye cameras track said reference points, said eyepiece transceiver transmits said reference points to said main processor via said main transceiver, said main processor generates image data based on said reference points and transmits said image data to said displays to produce a 3-dimensional image. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256905 | Processor for Electronic Endoscope, Videoscope, and Electronic Endoscope Apparatus - A processor for an electronic endoscope, which is configured to be connected with a videoscope adapted to generate a picture signal for an image of an observed object through color adjustment using color adjustment data and to transmit the generated picture signal to the processor, the processor includes a light source configured to emit light for illuminating the observed object, a determining unit configured to determine whether the color adjustment data used by the videoscope is adapted to the light source, a color conversion data acquiring unit configured to acquire color conversion data adapted to the color adjustment data when the determining unit determines that the color adjustment data is not adapted to the light source, and a color converter configured to perform color conversion for the picture signal transmitted by the videoscope using the color conversion data acquired by the color conversion data acquiring unit. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256906 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to display or generate a map image which is easy for a moving user to intuitively understand. In an image providing system, an image generation apparatus | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256907 | VIDEO MONITORING DEVICE PROVIDING PARAMETRIC SIGNAL CURVE DISPLAY FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A video monitoring device may include an input for a video input signal, a display, and a video processor coupled to the input and the display. The video processor may be for obtaining from the video input signal at least one parametric signal defining a curve, calculating derivative values for the curve, and displaying pixel intensity values on the display based upon the derivative values so that more rapidly changing portions of the curve appear dimmer and more slowly changing portions of the curve appear brighter. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256908 | INTEGRATED IMAGE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND IMAGE SYNTHESIS METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an integrated multi-view surveillance system which integrates multiple surveillance camera images of an area into a large-coverage image of the area in order to monitor the area. The system includes a first camera, a second camera, a third camera, an image processing device, and a display device. The image processing device includes a first defining component, a first synthesis component, a second defining component, an adjusting component, a transforming component, a third defining component, and a second synthesis component. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256909 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CAPTURING LARGE AREA IMAGES IN DETAIL INCLUDING CASCADED CAMERAS AND/OR CALIBRATION FEATURES - Systems and methods are disclosed relating to acquisition of images regarding large area objects or large areas. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method of obtaining or capturing, via a first system that includes one or more first image capturing devices, overview images, wherein the overview images depict first areas, as well as obtaining or capturing, via a second system that includes a plurality of image capturing devices, detail images characterized as being related to each other along an image axis. Moreover, the detail images may depict second areas that are subsets of the first areas, they may be arranged in strips parallel to the image axis, and they may have a higher resolution than corresponding portions of the first images. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256910 | Camera System to detect, monitor and report low visibility - The invention comprises of a method and a system to detect, monitor and report hazardous conditions of low visibility on roadways and waterways occurring due to fog or snow or rain or dust or smoke. A special vision camera installed on a post on the road or the waterway continuously views a set of lights installed on another post at a distance a few hundred feet away. The system software is used to set up a frame around the captured image. A value is assigned to the intensity of the light in the image under normal conditions of visibility. A tolerance range is set up around that assigned value. If the intensity value goes out of the set tolerance range due to low visibility conditions in the space between the camera and the target light(s), the software initiates an alarm state. This digital output is translated into an appropriate emergency message to be flashed on the electronic signboards on the roads or waterways. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256911 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAFFIC RELATED INFORMATION DISPLAY, TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL - The system and method for traffic surveillance, control, and traffic related information display uses display units each having display element sensors and cameras where the operation is controlled by a processor. Anticipatory sensor systems continuously measure speed and deceleration of approaching vehicles, sends signals to the processor which in turn analyzes the incoming signals. A rapid sequence camera continuously records audio-video images. When the rate of deceleration exceeds a predetermined threshold, which may be indicative of an imminent accident, the processor activates a store regime of the audio visual images on-site or transmitted to an off-site location for further actions. The information on the traffic flow condition which may affect the vehicle travel is displayed on the display unit. The system provides for the detection of pedestrians about to cross an intersection and controls the traffic light pattern accordingly. The display unit utilizes shapes, motions, and color to provide for easily understandable messages to vehicle occupants and pedestrians. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256912 | Method and a System for False Alarm Reduction in Motion Detection by Scanning Cameras - A method and a system for false alarm reduction in motion detection by scanning cameras. A method for reducing false alarms in scanning camera facilitated motion detection of an object, includes: setting a camera to observe a predefined area; continuously or non-continuously scanning by the camera of the said area for any motion; pausing the camera's scanning if a new motion is detected; analyzing the motion if it has not disappeared, while keeping the object within the camera's field of view; providing an alarm and possibly showing the motion if a motion that should be reported is obtained; and tracking the motion for a period of time at the discretion of the operator. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256913 | IN-GROUND CAMERA - An apparatus and method is provided for a unique camera experience, wherein the camera is placed in an in-ground position permitting recording or broadcast of a camera perspective that is along the surface of or above the surface of the ground. In an exemplary embodiment, the in-ground camera is secured within the surface of a racetrack. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256914 | IN-GROUND CAMERA - An apparatus and method is provided for a unique camera experience, wherein the camera is placed in an in-ground position permitting recording or broadcast of a camera perspective that is along the surface of or above the surface of the ground. In an exemplary embodiment, the in-ground camera comprises high definition camera components utilizing a prism along the optical path. In another exemplary embodiment, the camera package is rotatable within its enclosure to effect adjustment of the image horizon. In another exemplary embodiment, the camera package includes an adjustable iris to effect adjustment of the exposure of the image. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256915 | Radiation image capturing system - A radiation image capturing system includes at least one image capturing apparatus including a radiation detector, at least one image capturing apparatus including a stimulable phosphor panel for generating radiation image information, which is readable by an image reading apparatus, and at least one control device for controlling at least the image capturing apparatus and the image reading apparatus based on image capturing instruction information supplied from an external source. The control device includes a change setting unit for changing settings of the image capturing instruction information depending on whether the image capturing apparatus and the image reading apparatus are usable or not, and a controller for controlling the image capturing apparatus and the image reading apparatus based on the changed settings of the image capturing instruction information. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256916 | DISPLAY DEVICE, BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD - A storage unit stores and holds, for each location, a set of location information indicating a location which can be used by a broadcast program and color temperature information in the location. An arithmetic control unit acquires one of the pieces of location information stored and held in the storage unit. A video signal processing unit performs a color correction process for a video signal contained in a broadcast signal on the basis of the color temperature information stored and held in the storage unit and set with the location information acquired by the arithmetic control unit. A display unit displays a video based on the video signal after the correction. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256917 | POWER CONTROL METHOD FOR USE WITH EMBEDDED WEB CAMERA OF NOTEBOOK COMPUTER - A power control method is used with a video camera of a computer system. The power control method includes steps of executing a virtual web camera software to load a virtual web camera, executing a video application program such that the virtual web camera software generates a power-on message, and providing electric energy to the video camera in response to the power-on message. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256918 | IMAGE STABILIZER - A method for digital video image stabilization, the method including: estimating, from at least one portion of a frame, global frame displacement between an initial reference digital video frame and a current frame in a video sequence of frames; verifying, for the entire frame, the validity of the estimated frame displacement; and compensating for the estimated frame displacement by aligning at least one frame in the sequence with respect to the initial reference frame; wherein the step of aligning includes producing a corrected motion vector for the frame to be aligned and displacing the frame within the video frames sequence in accordance with the corrected motion vector. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256919 | IMAGING DEVICE, CAPTURED IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an imaging device, including, an imager configured to image a subject to generate a captured image thereof, a subject distance calculator configured to calculate a subject distance up to the subject, a captured image recording commander configured to give a recording instruction to record the captured image based on a present position and the subject distance and a recording controller configured to record the captured image based on the recording instruction. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256920 | OFF CENTER MOTOR, GROUND GLASS ON CENTER POST WITH BALL BEARING(S), X-Y IMAGE POSITION ADJUSTMENT AND ON-THE-FLY BACK FOCUS ADJUSTMENT WITH LOCK DOWN ON 35mm SPINNING GROUND GLASS ADAPTERS - A video camera, having a body which supports a Depth of Field adapter and contains an image recording device comprises imaging optics having a disk shaped ground glass for rendering visible a real image; a rotatable post having a first end coupled to the ground glass at its center and a second end coupled to the body of the Depth of Field adapter; and a motor coupled to rotate the rotatable post to urge the ground glass to rotate, and where the Depth of Field adapter comprises first and second tubes which, when aligned, form a front tube of the Depth of Field adapter; a coupling ring coupled to align and join the first tube with the second tube; and a support member coupled to the first and second tubes to position the first and second tubes to be at the front of the optical path of the camera. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256921 | CAMERA EXPOSURE OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES THAT TAKE CAMERA AND SCENE MOTION INTO ACCOUNT - Quantities of motion regarding an imaging device such as an electronic camera are calculated and used to adjust the exposure time and one or more other exposure parameters used to capture an image to improve the quality of the image. Motion blur caused by movement of the camera or by movement of an object within the scene being photographed is reduced by selecting appropriate exposure parameters. Further, when there is little or no motion detected, the exposure parameters may be selected to improve the depth of field and reduce the noise in the captured image. | 10-15-2009 |
