| 44th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights (10-29-09/10-29-09_22) part 22 |
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| 20090267926 | METHOD FOR DRIVING LIGHT SOURCE BLOCKS, DRIVING UNIT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE DRIVING UNIT - A display apparatus includes light source blocks driven as follows in displaying at least one frame (possibly every frame). An image to be displayed includes image pixels. Each light source block corresponds to an image pixels block which is a block of image pixels to be displayed directly opposite to the light source block. For each image pixels block, a block mean value and a block maximum value are determined. A parameter is determined which corresponds to a total luminance of the frame. For each image pixels block, a block representative value is determined which corresponds to the parameter, the block representative value being within a range between the block mean value and the block maximum value inclusive. During the frame, each light source block is driven to provide a luminance which is an increasing function of the corresponding block representative value. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267927 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus and a method for supplying power thereto are provided. The display apparatus includes an interface which is connected to an external device and which receives image data and input power from the external device, a display unit which displays the received image data, and a control unit which operates the display unit using the input power received through the interface. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267928 | Display Devices - A drive circuit of a display device comprising a capacitive display (H | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267929 | Method of reducing off-current of a thin film transistor for display device and circuit for the same - A method of applying an OFF-state offset to a display device includes: supplying a ground voltage from a data driving circuit; to a source electrode of a thin film transistor supplying a gate voltage from a gate driving circuit to a gate electrode of the thin film transistor, the gate voltage turning off the thin film transistor; and supplying an AC voltage to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267930 | LCD AND OVERDRIVE METHOD OF THE SAME - In an overdrive method, target level values of an entire frame are inputted and retained in a first frame memory. According to a combination of a target level value and a currently predicted level value, an overdrive value is obtained from a first data table and an expected predicted level value after a predetermined number of frames varying with temperature is obtained from a second data table, both tables being established depending on temperature. The expected predicted level values of an entire frame are retained in a second frame memory. The same target level value is repetitively provided for the first and the second data tables, and the same expected predicted level value is repetitively provided for the first and the second data tables as the currently predicted level value. According to the overdrive value, a driving voltage is applied to the LCD element. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267931 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention realizes an optimum driving method in a miniaturized liquid crystal display device having two liquid crystal display panels so as to realize the low power consumption. The liquid crystal display device includes a first liquid crystal display panel, a second liquid crystal display panel, a drive circuit which is mounted on the first liquid crystal display panel, output terminals which are formed on the first liquid crystal display panel and to which signals outputted from the drive circuit are supplied, and connection lines which connect the output terminals and the second liquid crystal display panel, wherein the drive circuit can change an AC driving method during a display period of the first liquid crystal display panel and an AC driving method during a display period of the second liquid crystal display panel which are present within the same frame. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267932 | Driving Unit - A driving unit comprises a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, and a plurality of control terminals. The first multiplexer and the second multiplexer individually include an input and a plurality of outputs. Each of the inputs is configured to receive a first polar signal and a second polar signal. Each of the outputs individually couples to one of a plurality odd sub-pixel regions and one of a plurality of even sub-pixel regions. Each of the control terminals receives a control signal so that the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer individually outputs the first polar signal and the second polar signal to one odd sub-pixel region and one even sub-pixel region according to the control signal. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267933 | BUFFER AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A buffer and an organic light emitting display using the same that reduces (or prevents) a signal of the organic light emitting display from being delayed by improving an output signal of the buffer. The buffer includes an input unit between a first power source and a second power source having a voltage lower than the first power source, and for receiving an input signal to output a first signal; a first inverter between the first and second power sources, and for receiving the first signal and the input signal to output a second signal obtained by inverting the first signal; a second inverter between the first and second power sources, and for receiving the second signal and the first signal to output a third signal obtained by inverting the second signal; and an output unit coupled between the first power source and a third power source having a voltage lower than the second power source, and for receiving the third signal and the second signal to output an output signal obtained by inverting the third signal. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267934 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTIVE ADJUSTMENT OF HYSTERESIS WINDOW - The width and location of a hysteresis window of an interferometric modulator may be altered by adjusting various physical characteristics of the interferometric modulator. Thus, depending on the particular application for which the interferometric modulators are manufactured, the width and location of the hysteresis window may be altered. For example, in some applications, reducing the power required to operate an array of interferometric modulators may be an important consideration. In other applications, the speed of the interferometric modulators may be of more importance, where the speed of an interferometric modulator, as used herein, refers to the speed of actuating and relaxing the moveable mirror. In other applications, the cost and ease of manufacturing may be of most importance. Systems and methods are introduced that allow selection of a width and location of a hysteresis window by adjusting various physical characteristics. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267935 | LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A light emitting display for compensating for the threshold voltage of transistor or mobility and fully charging a data line. A transistor and first through third switches are formed on a pixel circuit of an organic EL display. The transistor supplies a driving current for emitting an organic EL element (OLED). The first switch diode-connects the transistor. A first storage unit stores a first voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage of the transistor. A second switch transmits a data current in response to a select signal. A second storage unit stores a second voltage corresponding to the data current. A third switch transmits the driving current to the OLED. A third voltage determined by coupling of the first and second storage units is applied to a transistor to supply the driving current to the OLED. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267936 | LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A light emitting display for compensating for the threshold voltage of transistor or mobility and fully charging a data line. A transistor and first through third switches are formed on a pixel circuit of an organic EL display. The transistor supplies a driving current for emitting an organic EL element (OLED). The first switch diode-connects the transistor. A first storage unit stores a first voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage of the transistor. A second switch transmits a data current in response to a select signal. A second storage unit stores a second voltage corresponding to the data current. A third switch transmits the driving current to the OLED. A third voltage determined by coupling of the first and second storage units is applied to a transistor to supply the driving current to the OLED. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267937 | FLOATING TRANSITIONS - A computer implemented method and apparatus for floating object transitions. In one embodiment, tracking data identifying a location of an avatar in relation to a range of an object in a virtual universe is received. The range comprises a viewable field. In response to the tracking data indicating an occurrence of a trigger condition, a set of flotation rules associated with the trigger condition is identified. An optimal location and orientation of the object is identified for each flotation action in a set of flotation actions associated with the set of flotation rules. The set of flotation actions are initiated to float the object above a surface. The object changes the location and orientation of the object in accordance with the set of flotation actions associated with the set of flotation rules. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267938 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) VIRTUAL WORLD WORMHOLES - A three dimensional (3D) virtual world wormhole includes hosting a 3D virtual world, and creating a wormhole at a selected location in the 3D virtual world for automatic transport of an avatar from the selected location to a selected destination in the 3D virtual world. Policies may be defined for the wormhole where the wormhole operates in accordance with the defined policies. An avatar may be automatically transported from the location to any one of a plurality of destinations based on a current capacity of each of the plurality of destinations. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267939 | INPUT DEVICE OF COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING COMPUTER SYSTEM - An input device of a computer system and a method for operating the computer system are provided. In the method for operating the computer system, a motion state of the input device in three-dimensional space is detected first. Then, a predetermined code is generated at an operation terminal or a main body terminal of the computer system according to the motion state of the input device. Afterwards, the predetermined code is converted to a corresponding object code, and the object code is sent to the main body terminal of the computer system to make the computer system operate according to the object code. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CURVED MULTI-SLICE DISPLAY - A method of generating a curved multi-slice display ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267941 | MULTI-SURFACE MODELLING - Modeling of organ surfaces is a well-established method that may serve in computer-supported teaching, but also in image-based medical diagnosis and in clinical interventions. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method of constructing a multi-surface model from a multi-dimensional dataset of an object of interest is provided, which combines single basic two-dimensional manifold surface meshes, resulting in a multi-surface model. According to an aspect of the present invention, this resulting model may be a non-two-dimensional manifold mesh. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267942 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - To provide an image processing device capable of preferably producing a picture in which the shade expressed on a surface of an object will change according to change in the posture of the object. A pseudo-normal vector information storage unit ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267943 | GAME MACHINE, GAME IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - When a viewpoint moves in a game space, the movement of the viewpoint is reflected in a game screen image to thereby improve the realism. A game machine for producing a screen image on a real time basis, the screen image showing a picture obtained by viewing from a predetermined viewpoint defined in a game space in a predetermined viewing direction, and displaying the screen image on a real time basis comprises a viewpoint moving unit ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267944 | METHOD FOR DISPLAY OF DIGITAL IMAGES - A method of displaying and manipulating a digital image is presented. The system extracts information from an image and from the display and display drivers to determine presentation parameters. The user may select various functions to present the image in a desired manner. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267945 | Visualization of Quantitative MRI Data by Quantitative Tissue Plot - In a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging display system, the values of at least two quantitative MR parameters for a given Region of Interest (ROI) are displayed and dynamically updated when the ROI is changed. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267946 | Systems and methods for displaying and querying heterogeneous sets of data - A visualization system for heterogeneous data sets comprises: a unique visualization interface created by a visualization engine. The visualization interface comprises a window or canvas having a first area defining a center of attention, second area defining a parameter space and a plurality of correlation elements. The first area is a two-dimensional space for the display of items of interest. The second area provides a space in which parameters associated with the items of interest can be displayed. The correlation elements indicate relationships and their strength between items of interest and parameters in the second area. The visualization engine creates the unique visualization interface and is coupled to a data source, such as a database. The visualization engine preferably comprises an input module, a control module, a retrieving module, a rendering module, and an analysis module. These components are coupled together to receive input from the user, present the unique visualization interface to the user, and retrieve data from the data source. The present invention also includes a number of novel methods including: a method for creating visualization interface, a method for updating the visualization interface, and a method for modifying the visualization interface responsive to an alert. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267947 | Method and Apparatus for Data Preview - A method and apparatus for displaying information on a device acquiring data is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving an input data, generating a version of the received input data to be displayed in accordance with one or more display parameters and displaying the generated version of the received input data. A requested change in one or more display parameters is received and the requested change of the one or more display parameters is implemented on the displayed data. Processing continues on the further received input data in accordance with the requested change in the one or more display parameters and the display is ultimately updated with the processed further received input data. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267948 | OBJECT BASED AVATAR TRACKING - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for object based avatar tracking. In one embodiment, a range for an object in a virtual universe is identified. The range comprises a viewable field of the object. Avatars in the viewable field of the object are capable of viewing the object. Avatars outside the viewable field of the object are incapable of viewing the object. In response to an avatar coming within the range of the object, an object avatar rendering table is queried for a session associated with the avatar unique identifier and the object unique identifier. The object avatar rendering table comprises a unique identifier of a set of selected objects and unique identifiers for each avatar in a range of a selected object in the set of selected objects. An object initiation process associated with the object is triggered. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267949 | Spline technique for 2D electronic game - A technique for generating splines in two dimensions for use in electronic game play is disclosed. The technique includes generating a computer graphic of a shape to be animated that is formed by one or more splines. The shape also includes at least one joint. When the position or orientation of the joint is changed, the orientation and/or position of the splines corresponding to the joint are changed resulting in changes to the shape. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267950 | FIXED PATH TRANSITIONS - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for fixed path transitions in a virtual universe environment. In one embodiment, tracking data that identifies a location of an avatar in relation to a range of an object in a virtual universe is received. The range comprises a viewable field. In response to the tracking data indicating an occurrence of a trigger condition associated with a fixed path rule, a fixed path defined by the fixed path rule is identified. A speed of movement and an orientation of the object associated with the fixed path rule is identified. Movement of the object along the fixed path defined by the fixed path rule is initiated. The object then moves along the fixed path at the identified speed and with the orientation associated with the fixed path rule. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267951 | Method for rendering fluid - A method for rendering fluid is provided. First, state information of a plurality of fluid particles is provided, wherein the state information records whether the fluid particles are located above or under a fluid surface and the interactions between the fluid particles and a terrain or the dynamic objects. Then, whether to render the fluid particles in a direction facing a viewer or in a direction parallel to the flow direction is determined according to the information that whether the fluid particles are located above or under the fluid surface. Next, the fluid particles are rendered as a plurality of two-dimensional metaballs according to the interactions between the fluid particles and the terrain or the dynamic objects, and these metaballs are stacked to reconstruct the fluid. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267952 | Method and Appratus for Wirelessly Transmitting Display Signals, and Dislay Device - The present invention discloses an apparatus for wirelessly transmitting display signals between a plurality of external host device and a display device. The apparatus comprises a wireless signal transceiver unit for establishing a network-transmission-protocol-based high-frequency signal channel for respective external host devices; a main controller, connected to the wireless signal transceiver unit, for analyzing signals from the wireless signal transceiver unit to extract information of the plurality of external host devices, configuration information and/or the display data, performing configurations and display mode selection based on the configuration information, and outputting the active display data; an image data process control unit, connected to the main controller and the display device, for storing the display data from the main controller, controlling the output of the display data, and performing timing control to interface signals of the display device. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267953 | CONTROLLER AND DRIVER FEATURES FOR BI-STABLE DISPLAY - The invention comprises systems and methods for partitioning displays, and in particular, displays of interferometric modulator displays. In one embodiment, a display system includes one driving circuit configured to provide signals based on video data intended for display, and a bi-stable display comprising an array having a plurality of bi-stable display elements. The array is configured to display video data using signals received from the driving circuit, and the driving circuit is configured to partition the array into two or more fields, each field including at least one bi-stable display element, and refresh each of the two or more fields in accordance with a refresh rate associated with each field. In another embodiment, a method of displaying data on a display of a client device includes partitioning a bi-stable display of the client device into two or more fields, displaying video data in the two or more fields, and refreshing each of the two or more fields in accordance with a refresh rate that is associated with each field. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267954 | PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DISPLAY SWITCHING - A novel personal electronic device includes a first (embedded) and second (non-embedded) processors including associated operating systems and functions. In one aspect, the first processor performs relatively limited functions, while the second processor performs relatively broader functions under control of the first processor. Often the second processor requires more power than the first processor and is selectively operated by the first processor to minimize overall power consumption. Protocols for functions to be performed by the second processor may be provided directly to the second processor and processed by the second processor. In another aspect, a display controller is designed to interface with both processors. In another aspect, the operating systems work with one another. In another aspect, the first processor employs a thermal control program. Advantages of the invention include a broad array of functions performed by a relatively small personal electronic device. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267955 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus is configured to rasterize an object into a bitmap using a first memory and a second memory which can be accessed quicker than the first memory. The image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of objects to be rasterized on the second memory from a plurality of the objects, and a first combination unit configured to combine a plurality of objects which can be rasterized within capacity of the second memory from among the objects extracted by the extraction unit into an object. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267956 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND ARTICLES FOR VIDEO CAPTURE - Video capture of the output of a computer game is achieved by recording, analyzing and compressing source data output by the computer game, wherein the source data is pre-rasterized graphics data generated by a graphics library. Thus, video capture and subsequent playback of the captured video data involves use of the source data as opposed to raw data resulting from the rasterization of the source data by graphics hardware. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267957 | PARTIAL WINDOW VISIBILITY - A video encoder/adapter comprises a virtual display module for partial rendering of a software application image. The virtual display module presents to the software application a virtual display device upon which the software application window is displayed. From the virtual display device, the user identifies one or more portions of the virtual software application window that are to be rendered on the actual display device. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267958 | IMAGE VIEWING USING MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL SETTINGS - A method of displaying an image having at least two different image settings comprises the steps of providing at least three different partial images, and displaying the at least three partial images. A first and second pair of partial images constitute the image having a first image setting and the same image having a second image setting respectively, such that the image having both image settings is visible. The partial images may be displayed either simultaneously or consecutively. The settings may comprise contrast, brightness and/or depth settings. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267959 | TECHNIQUE FOR VISUALLY COMPOSITING A GROUP OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS - Embodiments of a method for visually compositing a group of objects in an image are described. During operation, a processor determines a modified opacity for a first object in a first group of objects based on a first group opacity for the first group of objects and an initial opacity for the first object in the first group of objects. Then, the processor determines a modified opacity for a second object in the first group of objects based on the modified opacity for the first object in the first group of objects and an initial opacity for the second object in the first group of objects, where the modified opacity for the first object in the first group of objects and the modified opacity for the second object in the first group of objects are used to composite the first group of objects. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267960 | Color Modification of Objects in a Virtual Universe - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for modifying an object. In one embodiment, the process obtains avatar tracking data that identifies a location of an avatar in relation to a range of an object. The range includes a viewable field. The process then calculates modified pixel color values to form a modified color in response to detecting a condition for triggering modification of the object. Thereafter, the process modifies a color of the object to form the modified color when the location of the set of avatars is within the range of the object. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267961 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - An image display apparatus for displaying an image on the basis of image data includes a detector for detecting a size of a color region of a predetermined color on the basis of the image data, and a converter for converting the image data of the color region in accordance with the size of the color region. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267962 | Flat panel display and method of driving the same - A flat panel display, which can save manufacturing costs and allow various types of dither masks to be applied, and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The flat panel display includes a look-up table (LUT) storing one dither mask, which is used to algorithmically generate additional dither masks. The dither masks are applied to image data to improve image quality. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267963 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A control section ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267964 | Indicator device with a barrier discharge lamp for backlighting - The invention relates to an indicator device with a barrier discharge lamp that allows a sequential backlighting process by means of the separate operation of electrode groups. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267965 | Data Driving Circuits for Low Color Washout Liquid Crystal Devices - A data driving circuit for a low color wash-out liquid crystal display includes a serial-to-parallel conversion module for converting to output a plurality of sequentially received pixel data in parallel, a compensation data generation module for performing a function operation for the plurality of pixel data to generate a plurality of gamma compensation data, a digital-to-analog conversion module for performing digital-to-analog conversion for the plurality of pixel data and the plurality of gamma compensation data according to a gamma look-up table, and an operational amplifier module for generating a plurality of driving voltages of major pixels and a plurality of driving voltages of sub pixels according to analog signals outputted by the digital-to-analog conversion module to drive the major pixels and the sub pixels corresponding to a row of the liquid crystal display. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267966 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A plasma display apparatus that can reduce a manufacturing cost even while embodying a screen ratio of 16:9 by adjusting the number of the third electrode formed in the rear substrate is provided. The plasma display apparatus comprises: a plasma display panel comprising an electrode; and a driver for supplying a driving signal to the electrode, the plasma display panel comprises: a front substrate; a rear substrate opposite to the front substrate; a barrier rib for partitioning a discharge cell between the front substrate and the rear substrate; first electrodes and second electrodes opposite to each other in the discharge cell; and third electrodes intersecting the first electrodes in the discharge cell, wherein the number of the third electrodes is 4095 in an active area in which an image is displayed, and the driver comprises a plurality of data drivers comprising channels connected to the third electrode, and 256 channels are formed in each of the data drivers. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267967 | COLOR TEMPERATURE CORRECTION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A color temperature correction device corrects, in a display device that represents brightness of RGB of a video signal by a plurality of levels of gray scales, a color temperature of the video signal. The color temperature correction device includes: a recording means of storing a gray scale value conversion table for an input gray scale value of a video signal to set gray scale values for respective RGB, so that a consistent color temperature is maintained; and a gray scale value converting unit that converts the input gray scale value to set gray scale values, based on the gray scale value conversion table. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267968 | Gamma Curve Compensating Method, Gamma Curve Compensating Circuit and Display System using the same - An exemplary gamma curve compensating method is used in a displaying process of a display system for inserting a plurality of grey-scale images to adjust the displaying quality of the display system. A grey-scale luminance of each grey-scale image is one of the grey-scales. The gamma curve compensating method includes: providing a plurality of look-up tables (LUTs) according to the different grey-scales; selecting a specific grey-scale of the different grey-scales as a grey-scale luminance of one of the grey-scale images and accordingly selecting a specific LUT of the LUTs corresponding to the specific grey-scale; and performing a gamma-curve compensating based on the specific LUT to keep the gamma curve of the display system invariable in the displaying process. A gamma curve compensating circuit and a display system for performing the gamma curve compensating method are also provided in the present invention. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267969 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING MEMORY PROPERTY, DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD TO BE USED FOR SAME - There is provided an image display device capable of obtaining a renewed screen giving normal feelings by simple LUT (Look Up Table) adjustment even at a time of displaying with multiple gray levels. A screen of the electronic paper section making up the display device is renewed by driving for a period of time corresponding to a plurality of frames according to input gray level data of a renewed screen. The renewed screen is displayed with a coarse gray level during a first displaying period in a renewing period corresponding to a plurality of frames at an output voltage specified by a high-order bit of its gray level data and, thereafter, is displayed with a fine gray level during a second displaying period in the renewing period at an output voltage specified by a low-order bit of its gray level data. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267970 | DRIVING METHODS FOR BISTABLE DISPLAYS - The disclosure relates to driving methods for bistable displays, in particular, driving methods comprising interleaving driving waveforms. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267971 | METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE TO HIDE TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR - The major characteristics of the present invention lies in that, on one hand, conventional driving or overdriving techniques that do not add significant cost to the display device are used for scanning while, on the other hand, the direct-lit, LED-based backlight is turned off during the pixels' transient period where their grey levels gradually approach or overshoot above the target grey levels so that the residuals of the dynamic images during the transient period are not manifested. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267972 | METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE TO HIDE TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR - The major characteristics of the present invention lies in that, on one hand, conventional driving or overdriving techniques that do not add significant cost to the display device are used for scanning while, on the other hand, the direct-lit, LED-based backlight is turned off during the pixels' transient period where their grey levels gradually approach or overshoot above the target grey levels so that the residuals of the dynamic images during the transient period are not manifested. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267973 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME - An organic light emitting display device is provided. The device includes a photo sensor adapted to: sense a brightness of ambient light; output a pulse width of an emission control signal corresponding to a sensed brightness of the ambient light; and output a gamma compensation coefficient corresponding to the sensed brightness of the ambient light and a user selected brightness. The device also includes a gamma compensation circuit adapted to adjust a magnitude of a voltage between a plurality of gradation voltages according to the output gamma compensation coefficient. The device also includes a scan driver and a data driver. The device also includes a pixel portion including a pixel adapted to: emit light according to the data signal, the scan signal, and the emission control signal; and display an image corresponding to the user selected brightness. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267974 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display device and a method for driving a Plasma Display Panel (PDP), which can reduce power consumption without causing display malfunction or reducing image quality, are provided. When the input of an image signal is stopped or when an input image signal is in an entirely-black image state, the application of a drive pulse for driving the PDP is stopped. Here, when the input of the image signal is resumed or when the input image signal switches from the entirely-black image state to a normal image state, the absolute value of a peak potential of the drive pulse or the pulse width thereof is increased to increase the strength of discharge until a predetermined period elapses after the resumption or switching and then the absolute value of a peak potential of the drive pulse or the pulse width is returned to a normal absolute value or a normal pulse width. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267975 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING PRINT HEADS - In a first aspect, a system is provided. The system includes ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267976 | INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INK FLOW - An inkjet image forming apparatus includes a print head, an ink tank to store ink, an ink feeding path to feed the ink from the ink tank to the print head, a filter disposed on the ink feeding path, and a press unit disposed on the ink feeding path between the filter and the print head, to press the ink present in the ink feeding path toward the ink tank. The press unit repeats a first operation to press the ink in the ink feeding path toward the ink tank, and a second operation to suck the ink in the ink feeding path. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267977 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING HEAD ADJUSTING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a recording head having plural sub-heads, the sub-heads each including plural nozzles, each of the plural nozzles within a sub-head ejecting liquid droplets at the same time with respect to a medium on which an image is drawn, and the sub-heads being arranged in a width direction of the medium; a setting unit; and a rotation unit. The setting unit uses a timing when a predetermined sub-head of the plural sub-heads ejects liquid droplets as a reference to set timings when sub-heads other than the predetermined sub-head eject liquid droplets. The rotation unit uses a predetermined axis as a spindle to rotate and position the recording head in a plane parallel to a plane of the medium. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267978 | LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING JETTING A LIQUID DROPLET - A data generating circuit incorporated in an ASIC includes a first jetting mode memory circuit which stores information related to a plurality of first jetting modes, a time-sequence information memory circuit which stores time-sequence information of a jetting mode which associates one of the plurality of first jetting modes, for each jetting timing of the nozzle, a second jetting mode memory circuit which stores information related to a plurality of second jetting modes, which are more than types of the plurality of first jetting modes, and a jetting mode selecting circuit which selects a jetting mode at an arbitrary jetting timing among the plurality of second jetting modes, based on the first jetting modes at the arbitrary jetting timing and at least one of the previous and subsequent jetting timings. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267979 | LIQUID JET APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A liquid jet apparatus according to the present invention is a liquid jet apparatus including a plurality of nozzles, an actuator provided for each nozzle and connected to the respective nozzle, a drive waveform signal generation unit that generates a drive pulse, and a drive unit that applies the drive pulse to the actuator, wherein the drive unit includes a transistor pair, wherein the transistor pair: has two transistors connected to each other in a push-pull manner, and power-amplifies the drive pulse. The drive unit also includes a low-pass filter disposed between the transistor pair and the actuator. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267980 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INKJET HEAD - An image forming method for use in an inkjet head includes a pressure chamber filled with ink, a nozzle which communicates with the pressure chamber and in which a meniscus of the ink is formed, a piezoelectric element which pressurizes the pressure chamber, and a drive circuit which performs an operation of ejecting the ink in a printing state and generates a basic pulse for vibrating the meniscus in a non-printing state. The basic pulse is generated by turning off a voltage applied to the piezoelectric element for substantially the same period as a natural vibration period of the ink. An additional pulse is generated at least once before or after the basic pulse when the basic pulse is generated by the drive circuit in the non-printing state. The additional pulse is generated by turning off the voltage applied to the piezoelectric element. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267981 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A dark color (for example, cyan) ink dot formed by preliminary ejection can be made less noticeable, and the influence on the printing quality can be reduced, even in a case where the dark color ink is preliminarily ejected onto a light color (for example, yellow) image area. For this purpose, in a case where the dark color ink is preliminarily ejected onto the image area of high lightness, the amount of the ink applied for printing the area is reduced. For example, in a case where a cyan ink is preliminarily ejected onto an area to be formed of yellow dots, a piece of data for forming the yellow dot in the preliminary ejection position is deleted. This reduces an overlapping area of the yellow area and the ink dot formed by the preliminary ejection, and thus makes the ink dot formed by the preliminary ejection less noticeable. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267982 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus which forms a halftone image on a print medium ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267983 | Print Engine Controller For Image Processing Page Data - A print engine controller is provided for an inkjet printhead. The print engine controller receives page data representing a page to be printed, the page data having a bi-level black layer in a compressed format and a contone layer in a compressed format. The processor is configured to decompress the bi-level black layer and the contone layer of the page data, halftone the decompressed contone layer to form a bi-level cyan, yellow, magenta, and black (CYMK) layer, 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 and carry out processing operations for printing the CMYK image. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267984 | Liquid Ejection Apparatus and Method for Forming Pattern - A liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejecting section, an upstream-side transport roller, a downstream-side transport roller, and a control section. The ejecting section ejects liquid onto a medium. The upstream-side transport roller is positioned closer to an upstream side than the ejecting section in a transport direction of the medium, and the downstream-side transport roller is positioned closer to a downstream side than the ejecting section. The upstream-side transport roller and the downstream-side transport roller transport the medium in cooperation with each other by rotating. The control section forms a first pattern by causing the ejecting section to eject the liquid onto the medium in case that an upstream-side end section of the medium in the transport direction is sandwiched with a sandwich section of the upstream-side transport roller. Besides, the control section causes the upstream-side transport roller and the downstream-side transport roller to transport the medium until the upstream-side end section of the medium on which the first pattern is formed becomes positioned closer to the downstream side than the sandwich section in the transport direction and ceases to be sandwiched with the sandwich section, and forms a second pattern by causing the ejecting section to eject the liquid onto the medium the upstream-side end section of which is not sandwiched with the sandwich section. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267985 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including a head for ejecting liquid on a medium, a moving mechanism for moving the head in a predetermined direction, and a fan. The fan flows air in the liquid ejecting apparatus in the predetermined direction. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267986 | LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS - A plurality of ink cartridges are installed to be arranged in a vertical direction. A carriage reciprocates in the vertical direction. An ink-jet head has nozzle rows arranged, in a row in the vertical direction, to be parallel mutually, and the ink cartridge is connected to the nozzle row via a tube. There is provided a vertically long and a stylish liquid jetting apparatus which can be installed vertically even in a narrow area. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267987 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head having an ejection port surface on which ejection ports for ejecting liquid are formed; a wiping device having a blade member which wipes and cleans the ejection port surface; a sliding device which causes the blade member to slide relatively with respect to the ejection port surface; a state identification device which identifies at least one state, of a state of the ejection ports, a state of the ejection port surface, and an operational state of the blade member when sliding over the ejection port surface; and a cleaning capability modification device which modifies a cleaning capability of the wiping device in accordance with a determination result of the state identification device. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267988 | INK JET PRINTER - An inkjet printer, comprises a plurality of recording heads to jet ink onto a recording medium; an ink distributing device to distribute ink to the plurality of recording heads and having a damping action to the ink, the ink distributing device including, an ink chamber to store ink therein, an inlet section having an ink inlet port through which ink is fed from an outside into the ink chamber, and an outlet section having a plurality of ink outlet ports through which ink is discharged from the ink chamber; and a plurality of supplying pipes to distribute ink from the plurality of outlet ports to the plurality of recording heads. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267989 | CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a higher density, higher resolution, higher durability and lower cost circuit substrate. In a circuit substrate in which a circuit including: a plurality of heat generating elements in which a pair of electrodes opposing each other to form a predetermined gap is provided on a resistor | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267990 | THERMAL INKJET PRINT HEAD - Provided is a thermal inkjet printhead that includes a substrate, which may comprise an ink feed hole for supplying ink, a chamber layer, which is stacked on the substrate, and which comprises an ink chamber that is filled with the ink supplied from the ink feed hole, a heater, which is prepared inside the ink chamber and heats the ink, an island, which is formed on the substrate, and which is prepared at an ink inlet port of the ink chamber, and a nozzle layer, which is stacked on the chamber layer, and which comprises a nozzle for ejecting the ink. The walls of the ink chamber and the island that face each other are symmetrical with respect to the center of the nozzle. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267991 | PRINTHEAD MODULE FOR WIDE FORMAT PAGEWIDTH INKJET PRINTER - A printhead module for a wide format pagewidth inkjet printer comprises a carrier mountable on a chassis, said carrier being configured for abutment with a carrier of an adjacent printhead module; at least one printhead integrated circuit mounted on the carrier, said at least one printhead integrated circuit including a plurality of ink ejection nozzles and drive circuitry for driving actuators in the ink ejection nozzles; and a connection zone defined in the carrier for electrically connecting said at least one printhead integrated circuit to control circuitry. The ink ejection nozzles are supplied with ink from an ink distribution arrangement, and the printhead module is removably mounted to the ink distribution arrangement. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267992 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING SELECTED INTERCONNECTED CONTROLLERS - A printhead assembly is provided having a plurality of print nozzle integrated circuits, an electrical connector for connecting electrical signals to the print nozzle integrated circuits, and drive electronics having electrical contacts for electrical connection to the electrical connector, input contacts for receiving print data, and a plurality of controllers for processing the print data. Each controller is connected to a predetermined number of the print nozzle integrated circuits via the electrical contacts and being interconnected to the other controllers. The drive electronics are selected from a range of drive electronics, each having a different number of the interconnected controllers configured to each process the print data applicable to a selected number of the print nozzle integrated circuits such that the ratio of controllers to print nozzle integrated circuits can be varied to change the print speed of the printhead assembly. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267993 | Printhead Integrated Circuit With Petal Formation Ink Ejection Actuator - A printhead integrated circuit comprises an ink chamber for storing a fluid; an ink ejection port in fluid communication with the ink chamber; a plurality of actuators radially positioned about the ink ejection port in a petal formation; and a heater structure provided in each actuator, the heater structure operable to conduct current therethrough to heat a respective actuator, whereby a differential thermal expansion is established in the respective actuator to urge the respective actuator into the ink chamber. The heater structure is positioned in each actuator to heat the actuator unevenly. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267994 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, INK JET RECORDING HEAD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The invention provides an ink jet recording head, in which, for improving heat-dissipating property and electrode terminal connectivity and reducing production cost, second electrode terminals provided on a supporting surface of plural laminated sheets for supporting a liquid discharge substrate and to be connected with first electrode terminals of the liquid discharge substrate are provided outside an ink supply aperture formed in an outermost sheet constituting the supporting surface, and are supported by the outermost sheet and at least a sheet laminated thereunder. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267995 | Inkjet Printhead Integrated Circuit Comprising A Multilayered Substrate - An inkjet printhead integrated circuit comprising a multilayered substrate having drive circuitry and a plurality of nozzle arrangements. Each nozzle arrangement comprises: a floor having an ink inlet defined therein; a roof spaced apart from the floor; sidewalls extending between the roof and the floor so as to define a nozzle chamber; and a heater element suspended in the chamber and connected to the drive circuitry. When actuation energy is supplied to the heater element from the drive circuitry, a vapour bubble is formed in ink contained in the nozzle chamber resulting in ejection of ink via the ink ejection port. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267996 | HEATER STACK WITH ENHANCED PROTECTIVE STRATA STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR MAKING ENHANCED HEATER STACK - A heater stack includes first strata configured to support and form a heater element responsive to electrical activation and second strata overlying the first strata and having different thicknesses in various portions overlying the heater element to enhance its protection from adverse effects of cavitation occurrences on the second strata. A first portion of the second strata where adverse effects of cavitation occurrences are more likely overlies opposite ends of the heater element and has a first thickness. A second portion of the second strata where adverse effects of cavitation occurrences are less likely has a planar structure overlying and extending between the opposite ends of the heater element. The second portion also has a second thickness less than the first thickness of the first portion. The first portion has a step-like structure relative to and protruding above the planar structure of the second portion. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267997 | INK JET HEAD - An ink jet head includes a substrate having an ink supply port; an ejection outlet for ejecting ink supplied through the supply port; a flow path portion which provides fluid communication between the supply port and the ejection outlet; wherein the flow path portion includes a near portion which is near to the substrate and a remote portion which is remote from the substrate, and a width of the near portion is different from a width of the remote portion in a sectional plane perpendicular to a direction of flow of the ink, and wherein a stepped portion is provided between the near portion and the remote portion. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267998 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, METHOD OF ACTUATING THE SAME, PIEZOELECTRIC APPARATUS, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A piezoelectric device comprises a piezoelectric body and electrodes for applying an electric field in a predetermined direction across the piezoelectric body. The piezoelectric body contains an inorganic compound polycrystal, which contains first ferroelectric substance crystals having orientational characteristics at the time free from electric field application and has characteristics such that, with application of at least a predetermined electric field E | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267999 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID-JET HEAD AND LIQUID-JET HEAD - Included are the steps of: forming piezoelectric elements on a surface of a passage-forming substrate with a vibration plate in between, and forming a penetrating portion by removing an area in the vibration plate, which area will serve as a communicating portion; forming lead electrodes and sealing up the penetrating portion with an interconnect layer; joining a reservoir forming plate to a surface of a passage-forming substrate; forming liquid passages by wet-etching; forming protection films on inner surfaces of the liquid passages; detaching and removing a protection film on an interconnect layer; and causing a reservoir portion and a communicating portion to communicate with each other by removing a corresponding part of the interconnect layer, and in accordance with the manufacturing method, while the liquid passages are being formed, the communicating portion is formed in a way that an edge of an opening of the vibration plate is located outside an edge of an opening which is close to the penetrating portion, and in a way that at least the edge of the opening of the penetrating portion is thus configured of only any one of the vibration plate and the interconnect layer. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268000 | FLUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - A fluid supply system for a printing device is disclosed. The fluid supply system includes an ink reservoir adapting member operatively disposed within an ink cartridge. The adapting member has an open end and an end opposed to the open end. The open end is adapted to have a filter disposed thereon. The opposed end is substantially angularly offset from the open end in a manner sufficient to substantially promote fluid and air migration toward a fluid conduit. A depth between the open end and the opposed end substantially varies along a length between two opposed sides of the adapting member. A predetermined area of the opposed end defines the fluid conduit, and the predetermined area is located at a region where the depth is substantially greatest. Further, the conduit is adapted to release fluid and air from the adapting member. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268001 | REFILLABLE INK CARTRIDGE WITH INBUILT PRINTHEAD - A refillable ink cartridge that has a pagewidth printhead supported on a moulding assembly that defines the ink reservoirs. The printhead has a series of holes etched on a back surface thereof for the supply of ink to a front surface of the printhead for ejection. The moulding assembly has an elongate top moulding piece and an elongate bottom moulding piece that together define a plurality of elongate ink reservoirs. The bottom moulding piece having apertures for supplying ink to the series of holes on the back surface of the pagewidth printhead. Each of the ink reservoirs are in fluid communication with at least one of the apertures but each of the apertures are in fluid communication with only one of the ink reservoirs. Each of the ink reservoirs are in fluid communication with a respective refill port and corresponding air vent. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268002 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method includes the steps of: depositing an ink containing 10% or more and less than 30% of a water-soluble high-boiling-point organic solvent having an SP value of 28 or lower, onto a recording medium in accordance with an image signal, the ink having a viscosity of 10 cP or lower in a case where a temperature of the ink is 25° C.; removing water contained in the solvent of the ink on the recording medium, by a heating drying device; and heating and pressurizing the ink so as to fix the ink onto the recording medium. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268003 | Mobile Device With Multiple Optical Sensing Pathways - A mobile device that has a media path for receiving a sheet of print medium and a media drive mechanism for directing the print medium along the media path. An optical sensor in the device is positioned to receive first optical image information via a first optical pathway, and second optical image information via a second optical pathway. The first optical information being from an area of the media path and the second optical information being from an area external to the mobile device. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268004 | CLEANING APPARATUS FOR ROLLER AND PRINTING APPARATUS USING CLEANING APPARATUS - A cleaning apparatus for a roller includes a platen roller and a cleaning roller brought into contact with the platen roller to clean a surface of the platen roller, where the cleaning roller is configured such that SP values (dissolution parameter) of the cleaning roller and of all additives added in the cleaning roller have differences of at least 2.0 from an SP value of the platen roller. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268005 | PRINTER - A printer comprising a main unit, a cover, a first print head provided in the cover, a second print head provided in the main unit, and a hinge mechanism. The cover can rotate around the hinge mechanism, between a first state and a second state in which the cover is opened and closed, respectively, with respect to the main unit. The first print head and the second print head can rotate along the locus of the cover. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268006 | LINE THERMAL PRINTER - A line thermal printer includes a platen roller and a line thermal head including a plurality of heating elements. The heating elements are disposed to face the entire area of a recording sheet in a width direction of the recording sheet and selectively generate heat. The recording sheet is interposed between the platen roller and the line thermal head. The line thermal printer performs printing at the interposed position on the recording sheet by the selective generation of heat of the heating elements while the recording sheet is moved. The line thermal printer includes a foreign material blocking member. The foreign material blocking member is disposed upstream of the interposed position to come in contact with an upper surface of the recording sheet, and prevents foreign materials, which are placed on the upper surface of the recording sheet, from being moved toward the interposed position. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268007 | PRINTER - A printer comprising a main unit, a cover, a first print head provided in the cover, a second print head provided in the main unit, and a hinge mechanism. The cover can rotate around the hinge mechanism, between a first state and a second state in which the cover is opened and closed, respectively, with respect to the main unit. The first print head and the second print head can rotate along the locus of the cover. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268008 | MEDIA CONFERENCE SWITCHING IN A MULTI-DEVICE CONFIGURATION - The network communication system includes a network interface to receive audio confidence levels for multiple participants in a conference from one or more multipoint devices, each multipoint device to connect one or more of the participants to the conference. The network communication system further includes a switching controller to select at least one of the participants to provide a contribution to the conference based, at least in part, on the received audio confidence levels, and to provide switching information to the one or more multipoint devices via the network interface, the switching information to prompt the multipoint devices to provide the contribution of the selected participant to non-selected participants of the conference. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268009 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONNECTION CONTROLLER, TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD - In a system including a plurality of terminals and a connection controller that controls connection among the respective terminals, the connection controller records terminals of a previous connection session and information on participants as session history information. In response to a request for a connection destination candidate from a terminal, the connection controller references the session history information and presents connection destination candidate terminals. The plurality of terminals transmits a connection request to the connection controller and receives a list of connection destination candidate terminals from the connection controller. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268010 | AUGMENTED STEREOSCOPIC VISUALIZATION FOR A SURGICAL ROBOT USING A CAPTURED FLUORESCENCE IMAGE AND CAPTURED STEREOSCOPIC VISIBLE IMAGES - An illumination channel, a stereoscopic optical channel and another optical channel are held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A first capture unit captures a stereoscopic visible image from the first light from the stereoscopic optical channel while a second capture unit captures a fluorescence image from the second light from the other optical channel. An intelligent image processing system receives the captured stereoscopic visible image and the captured fluorescence image and generates a stereoscopic pair of fluorescence images. An augmented stereoscopic display system outputs a real-time stereoscopic image comprising a three-dimensional presentation of a blend of the stereoscopic visible image and the stereoscopic pair of fluorescence images. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268011 | AUGMENTED STEREOSCOPIC VISUALIZATION FOR A SURGICAL ROBOT USING A CAMERA UNIT WITH A MODIFIED PRISM - An endoscope with a stereoscopic optical channel is held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A first capture unit captures: a visible first color component of a visible left image combined with a fluorescence left image from first light from one channel in the endoscope; a visible second color component of the visible left image from the first light; and a visible third color component of the visible left image from the first light. A second capture unit captures: a visible first color component of a visible right image combined with a fluorescence right image from second light from the other channel in the endoscope; a visible second color component of the visible right image from the second light; and a visible third color component of the visible right image from the second light. An augmented stereoscopic outputs a real-time stereoscopic image including a three-dimensional presentation including the visible left and right images and the fluorescence left and right images. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268012 | AUGMENTED STEREOSCOPIC VISUALIZATION FOR A SURGICAL ROBOT USING A CAPTURED VISIBLE IMAGE COMBINED WITH A FLUORESCENCE IMAGE AND A CAPTURED VISIBLE IMAGE - An endoscope with a stereoscopic optical channel is held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A capture unit captures (1) a visible first image and (2) a visible second image combined with a fluorescence second image from the light. An intelligent image processing system receives (1) the visible first image and (2) the visible second image combined with the fluorescence second image and generates at least one fluorescence image of a stereoscopic pair of fluorescence images and a visible second image. An augmented stereoscopic display system outputs a real-time stereoscopic image including a three-dimensional presentation including in one eye, a blend of the at least one fluorescence image of a stereoscopic pair of fluorescence images and one of the visible first and second images; and in the other eye, the other of the visible first and second images. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268013 | STEREO CAMERA UNIT - An adjuster plate is provided between a front rail and a camera unit body having cameras. Pre-dimensioned positioning pins protrude from upper and lower surfaces of the adjuster plate. The positioning pins protruding from the upper surface of the adjuster plate are positioned by being fitted in pin fitting holes provided in the front rail. The positioning pins protruding from the lower surface of the adjuster plate are positioned by being fitted in pin fitting holes provided in the camera unit body. Even when the positions of the pin fitting holes in the front rail are changed, it is possible to cope with the change by only changing the protruding positions of the positioning pins. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268014 | Method and apparatus for generating a stereoscopic image - A method of generating a stereoscopic image is disclosed. The method includes defining at least two, three or more regions in a scene representing a region of interest, a near regions and/or a far region. This is followed by forming an image pair for each region, this image pair containing the information relating to objects in or partially in their respective region. The perceived depth within the regions is altered to provide the idea or best perceived depth within the region of interest and acceptable or more compressed perceived depths in the other regions. The image pairs are then mapped together to form a display image pair for viewing on a display device. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268015 | AUGMENTED STEREOSCOPIC VISUALIZATION FOR A SURGICAL ROBOT - A robotic surgical system positions and holds an endoscope. A visible imaging system is coupled to the endoscope. The visible imaging system captures a visible image of tissue. An alternate imaging system is also coupled to the endoscope. The alternate imaging system captures a fluorescence image of at least a portion of the tissue. A stereoscopic video display system is coupled to the visible imaging system and to the alternate imaging system. The stereoscopic video display system outputs a real-time stereoscopic image comprising a three-dimensional presentation of a blend of a fluorescence image associated with the captured fluorescence image, and the visible image. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268016 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus for displaying an image of an object on a screen by using a projector includes a three-dimensional image display unit having a plurality of screens overlaid but spaced apart from one another, each of the screens diffusing and reflecting part of the light incident thereon and transmitting the remainder of the light, and an image projection unit having a plurality of projectors, each of the projectors is assigned to the corresponding one of the screens and projects an image of the object on the screen. The image projection unit displays a three-dimensional image of the object in the three-dimensional image display unit by projecting on the screens the shapes of the object in sectioning positions corresponding to the positions of the screens. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268017 | ASSOCIATING DEVICE - An object of the invention is to make it possible to input memo information for each video material without being conscious of the association with the video material. The associating device according to the invention includes an association determination section | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268018 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An endoscope apparatus including: an endoscope; an image signal processing portion; a display signal generating portion for displaying an image and a character input screen; an operation portion that inputs a character; a character string storage portion that stores a character string and an operation state of the apparatus in a state where the character string is correlated to the operation state; a display instruction detecting portion that detects a display instruction of the character input screen; an operation state detecting portion that detects an operation state of the apparatus; a reading portion that reads a character string, which corresponds to the detected operation state; and a control portion that controls the display signal generating portion to display a screen including a component for selecting the read character string and controls the display signal generating portion to display a character string corresponding to the component. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268019 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE - An image pickup apparatus includes a solid-state image pickup device chip, an FPC whose terminals are connected to the solid-state image pickup device chip, and a plurality of electronic components mounted on a front surface of the FPC, wherein behind a back face of the solid-state image pickup chip, the FPC is disposed by being folded in such a way that the FPC will provide mounting surfaces for the plurality of electronic components in a plurality of layers and that the plurality of electronic components will be superimposed via the FPC. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268020 | Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Imaging Systems for Use in Pediatric Ophthalmic Applications and Related Methods and Computer Program Products - Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging systems for imaging an eye are provided including a source having an associated source arm path and a reference arm having an associated reference arm path coupled to the source path, the reference arm path having an associated reference arm path length. A sample having an associated sample arm path coupled to the source arm and reference arm paths is provided. A reference arm path length adjustment module is coupled to the reference arm. The reference arm path length adjustment module is configured to automatically adjust the reference arm path length such that the reference arm path length is based on an eye length of the subject. Related methods and computer program products are also provided. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268021 | Imaging Position Correction Method, Imaging Method, and Substrate Imaging Apparatus - An imaging method for imaging an image on a substrate at an accurate position while relatively moving the substrate and the imaging unit. The imaging method includes the steps of taking an image while relatively moving the substrate and a camera, predicting a shift amount of the imaging position and the position of the actual imaging when generating an imaging trigger without a correction, based on the relative moving speed and moving distance of the substrate and camera, and correcting the imaging trigger for shifting the timing of generating the imaging trigger only for the time corresponding to the predicted shift amount. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268022 | WAKEFULNESS LEVEL ESTIMATION APPARATUS - A wakefulness level estimation apparatus includes: an estimation portion that estimates a level of wakefulness of a subject person based on one of a wakefulness level estimation function, of which a variable is a wakefulness level correlation value of the subject person, and a difference between the wakefulness level correlation value of the subject person and a reference value of the wakefulness level correlation value; a stimulation detection portion that detects whether an awakening stimulation is externally applied to the subject person; and a correction portion that, when the stimulation detection portion detects that the awakening stimulation is applied to the subject person, performs a correction of one of the reference value of the wakefulness level correlation value and the wakefulness level estimation function, which is used for estimating the level of wakefulness of the subject person. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268023 | SURVEILLANCE CAMERA DEVICE WITH A LIGHT SOURCE - A surveillance camera device with a light source is composed of a camera, a control unit which is connected to the camera, a light-source control unit which is connected to the control unit, and a light source. The control unit directly gets the illumination of images captured by the camera or its related parameters, to determine whether illumination of the environment of image captured is sufficient. When the illumination of the environment of image captured is changed, the control unit will send lighting control signal to the light-source control unit to activate or deactivate the light source, or adjust the light output intensity of the light source automatically, such that the illumination of the environment of the images captured can be accurately determined to provide the correct light fill-in for shooting clear images. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268024 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire restriction information about imaging functions from an imaging device connected to a network, a setting control unit configured to display a setting window in which after a parameter for one imaging function is selected, selectable parameters for other imaging functions are restricted in accordance with the selected parameter on the basis of the restriction information so that the imaging functions to be used are selected, and an information processing unit configured to acquire image information about an image captured using the selected imaging functions via the network. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268025 | VEHICLE SURROUNDING AREA DISPLAY DEVICE - An image around a vehicle matching the intent of a driver is automatically displayed. | 10-29-2009 |
