44th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110267335 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a liquid crystal driving device, which is without a gate PCB, having improved uniformity of screen, and a driving method thereof. The liquid crystal driving device comprises: a sequence recognition means for recognizing sequence of a pertinent gate driver IC by a pulse width of a vertical start signal inputted in synchronization with a vertical synchronous signal, and generating a Carry signal and location data of the pertinent gate driver IC; and gate-off voltage generation means for receiving a first gate-off voltage and the location data of the pertinent gate driver IC, and outputting a second gate-off voltage which is generated by subtracting a voltage attenuation quantity corresponding to the location data of the gate driver IC from the first gate-off voltage. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267336 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONVERTING EDGE RECORD BASED GRAPHICS TO POLYGON BASED GRAPHICS - A method and graphics converter for converting edge record based graphics to polygon based graphics is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method for converting graphic object data that defines a graphic object for delivery to wireless devices connected to a wireless communications network, the method comprising: converting the graphic object data from a path format to a second format, the path format including path elements that are each associated with a fill style and define one or more polygon shapes at least partially filled with the associated fill style, the path elements collectively defining the graphic object; converting the graphic object data from the path format to a second format, the converting including: redefining the polygon shapes defined by the path elements as groups of triangles; and combining at least some triangles in the groups of triangles into further polygon shapes that fall within complexity thresholds based on predetermined capabilities of a wireless device to which the converted graphic object data will be delivered. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267337 | BRACKET-SLOT-TO-WIRE PLAY COMPENSATION ARCHWIRE DESIGN - A method and workstation are described for designing compensation in an orthodontic archwire in order to offset the bracket-slot-to-wire play and realize the disered displacement in a tooth from an initial position to the target position. Bracket-slot-to-wire play can reduce the effectiveness of an archwire in bringing the teeth of an orthodontic patient from malocclusion to desired target. Bracket-slot-to-wire play is the difference in volume between the size of a bracket slot, which is larger than the size of the archwire, and the size of the sliding segment of an archwire inserted in the bracket slot. Customized archwires comprise alternating sliding segments interconnected by segments with bends and/or twists in three-dimensional space. The sliding segments are placed in the bracket slots and exert forces on the brackets created by the segments with bends and/or twists for moving the teeth towards the target positions. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267338 | Apparatus and method for reducing three-dimensional visual fatigue - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for reducing 3D visual fatigue that a user feels when viewing a 3D image. An optimal 3D image may be regenerated and displayed without causing 3D visual fatigue and thus, it is possible to significantly reduce the 3D visual fatigue. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267339 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIEWING MEDICAL 3D IMAGING VOLUMES - A method of automatically tracking the portions of a 3D medical imaging volume, such as the voxels, that have already been displayed according to use-defined display parameters, notating those portions, and providing the user with information indicating what portions of the imaging volume have been displayed at full resolution. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267340 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION CORRECTION AND IMAGE ENHANCEMENT FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - Images of an object, such as OCT scans of a human eye, can include distortions and data gaps due to relative motion of the object and the image acquisition device. Methods and systems for correction of such distortions and data gaps are described herein. Motion-corrected data is arrived at by applying three-dimensional transforms to input three-dimensional data sets that represent at least partially overlapping regions of the imaged object. The three dimensional transforms are computed based on an objective function that accounts for similarity between the transformed three-dimensional data sets and the estimated motion of the object relative to an imaging instrument. Methods and systems described herein advantageously eliminate the need for postulated assumptions and reliance on landmarks and are capable of filling data gaps, thereby producing high quality, undistorted images of objects subject to movement during imaging. Multiple motion-corrected data sets can be merged or combined to produce a data set with improved image quality. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267341 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic display apparatus includes a display panel which scans an image at a frame frequency that is an odd-numbered multiple of a field frequency, an image signal input unit which inputs an image signal to the display panel, a backlight unit which emits light to the display panel, and a shutter controller which controls an opening and a closing of a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter of shutter glasses. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267342 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING SIGHT DISTANCE - A method of sight distance analysis comprising: acquiring a scene-graph representation comprising three dimensional entities; acquiring at least one three dimensional object representation within the scene graph environment; acquiring a target object representation; selecting at least one camera position; positioning the acquired target object representation in the scene graph representation at a distance from the selected at least one camera position; and determining a visibility factor for the positioned target object representation. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267343 | Reducing Variation in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning - A method and apparatus are disclosed that reduces variation in radiation therapy treatment planning among plurality of users within the same or different geographic locations. The system includes a method and an apparatus that provide users with the knowledge information and utilizing the knowledge information to contour target volumes for radiation treatment planning. The mode of operation includes utilizing a stand-alone workstation or a server computer connected to the plurality of thin client workstations. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267344 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A POSE OF AN ARTICULATED OBJECT MODEL - A computer-implemented method for estimating a pose of an articulated object model ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110267345 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FINDING VISIBLE POINTS IN A CLOUD POINT - The subject matter discloses a method of determining whether a point in a computerized image is visible from a viewpoint; said image is represented as a point cloud, the method comprising: performing inversion on a the vicinity of the point thus creating a computerized inversed objects each point in the vicinity of the point is related to a parallel point in the computerized inversed object and obtaining a convex hull of the inversed object; the point is likely to be visible from the viewpoint in case it belongs to the point set composing the convex hull. The method is also useful for shadow casting and for determining the location of an image-capturing device within a volume | 2011-11-03 |
20110267346 | Tessellation of patches of surfaces in a tile based rendering system - A method and apparatus are provided for tessellating patches of surfaces in a tile based three dimensional computer graphics rendering system. For each tile in an image a per tile list of primitive indices is derived for tessellated primitives which make up a patch. Hidden surface removal is then performed on the patch and any domain points which remain after hidden surface removal are derived. The primitives are then shaded for display. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267347 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIMITIVE INTERSECTION IN RAY TRACING - Aspects include systems, methods, and media for implementing methods relating to increasing consistency of results during intersection testing. In an example, vertexes define edges of primitives composing a scene (e.g., triangles defining a mesh for a surface of an object in a 3-D scene). An edge can be shared between two primitives. Intersection testing algorithms can use tests involving edges to determine whether or not the ray intersects a primitive defined by those edges. In one approach, a precedence among the vertexes defining a particular edge is enforced for such intersection testing. The precedence causes an intersection tester to always test a given edge in the same orientation, regardless of which primitive defined (at least in part) by that edge is being intersection tested. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267348 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL CAMERA VIEWPOINT FOR AN IMAGE - A color image and a depth image of a live video are received. A user is extracted from the information of the color image and the depth image. Spurious depth vales may be corrected. Points or pixels of an image as seen from a viewpoint of a reference camera at a reference camera location are mapped to points of the image as would be seen from a viewpoint of a virtual camera at a virtual camera location. As such, a transformed color image is generated. Disoccluded pixels may be processed to address any gaps within the transformed color image. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267349 | Method and Device for Displaying Lines Between Sampled Measurement Values - Measurement points for display on a two-dimensional pixel-based display device are formed by scanned and digitized measurement values. To this end, the resolution of each measurement point according to time and/or value is higher than the resolution of the two-dimensional pixel-based display device. The measurement points are connected into a continuous measurement point curve if they are not located on directly adjoining pixels. In order to determine the pixels to be depicted of the continuous measurement point curve between two measurement points not located on directly adjoining pixels, the positions of the adjoining measurement points within the associated pixels are taken into consideration. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267350 | Adaptive Process Simplification of Mined Business Process Graphs Using Tutte Parameterizations - A method of graph simplification includes receiving a connected process graph having a plurality of edges and nodes, parameterizing the connected process graph to determine a mapping where none of the edges overlap, defining respective energies for a plurality of triangles formed by the edges and the nodes in the connected process graph, identifying node clusters in the connected process graph, and collapsing, for each node cluster, ones of the edges and nodes in the connected process graph that are not critical edges or critical nodes according to the energies. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267351 | Dynamic Adaptive Process Discovery and Compliance - A method for modeling a process includes collecting data pertaining to executed process steps from one or more activity log files. The collected data is parsed to determine a set of process steps that have been performed. An incidence value representing how many times each performed process step follows each of the other performed process steps is determined. A graph representing a model of the executed process by representing each process step that has been performed as a node of the graph and each transition between process steps within each process thread as an edge on the graph is generated. The edges connecting the pairs of nodes are assigned numbers that depend upon the incidence value corresponding to how many times the process step represented by a first node of the pair is followed by the process step represented by a second node of the pair. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267352 | MICROPARTICLE ANALYZING APPARATUS AND DATA DISPLAYING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a microparticle analyzing apparatus including a detecting portion configured to simultaneously detect a fluorescence generated from a microparticle in plural wavelength regions and a displaying portion configured to display thereon detection results in the plural wavelength regions in a form of a spectrum. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267353 | Method of Displaying an Object Having a Predetermined Information Content on a Touch Screen - A method for displaying an object having a predetermined information content on a touch screen is provided. According to the method, a touch pattern of a user touching the touch screen (is detected, and a shape from a predetermined set of shapes is automatically selected based on the touch pattern. Furthermore, the object is automatically adapted to the selected shape, and the adapted object is displayed on the touch screen at a position where the touch pattern was detected. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267354 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND IMAGE GENERATING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - To provide an image generating apparatus which can reduce a calculation amount by effectively utilizing a cache resource. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267355 | System, Apparatus and Method for Mapping - The present invention provides a novel apparatus and method for mapping of urban regions. An apparatus includes the remote sensing equipment that is connected to a computer processor. The remote sensing equipment gathers imaging data about an urban region. The computer processor interprets the imaging data to generate a map of the urban region comprising representations that identify a first set of indicia representing physiographic characteristics, a second set of indicia representing different types of built forms, and a third set of indicia representing patterns of human activity associated with both the physiographic characteristics and the built forms. The map can also include a fourth set of indicia representing an intensity level that at least one of the other types of indicia occurs. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267356 | ANIMATING A VIRTUAL OBJECT WITHIN A VIRTUAL WORLD - A method of animating a virtual object within a virtual world, wherein the virtual object comprises a plurality of object parts, the method comprising: at an animation update step: specifying a target frame in the virtual world; and applying control to a first object part, wherein the control is arranged such that the application of the control in isolation to the first object part would cause a movement of the first object part in the virtual world that (a) reduces a difference between a control frame and the target frame, the control frame being a frame at a specified position and orientation in the virtual world relative to the first object part and (b) has a substantially non-zero component along at most one or more degrees of freedom identified for the first object part. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267357 | ANIMATING A VIRTUAL OBJECT WITHIN A VIRTUAL WORLD - A method of animating a virtual object within a virtual world, the method comprising applying a weighted combination of task-space inverse-dynamics control and joint-space inverse-dynamics control to the virtual object. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267358 | ANIMATING A VIRTUAL OBJECT WITHIN A VIRTUAL WORLD - A method of animating a virtual object within a virtual world, wherein the virtual object comprises a plurality of object parts, wherein for a first object part there is one or more associated second object parts, the method comprising: at an animation update step: specifying a target frame in the virtual world; and applying control to the first object part, wherein the control is arranged such that the application of the control in isolation to the first object part would cause a movement of the first object part in the virtual world that reduces a difference between a control frame and the target frame, the control frame being a frame at a specified position and orientation in the virtual world relative to the first object part, wherein applying control to the first object part comprises moving the one or more second object parts within the virtual world to compensate for the movement of the first object part in the virtual world caused by applying the control to the first object part. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267359 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOT PLUG GPU POWER CONTROL - Systems and methods include an electronic device having multiple GPUs and a GPU power control process that controls switching between a first GPU and a second GPU, such as a high performance GPU. The electronic device may be coupled to an external display by a passive adapter or an active adapter. The GPU power control process may determine if the second GPU is active and switch to the second GPU upon connection of the external display through either the passive adapter or the active adapter. Upon connection of an active adapter, the GPU power control process may use hot plug functionality to determine connection of the external display to the active adapter and provide appropriate switching in response thereto. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267360 | STEREOSCOPIC CONTENT AUTO-JUDGING MECHANISM - A method of playing an original 3D content on a 3D enabled monitor, where the 3D enabled monitor does not support the original 3D format type of the original 3D content. The method includes the steps of automatically reading a portion the original 3D content to obtain an identity of the original 3D format type, this portion may or may not be a tag, and reading this portion may include playing multiple frames of the 3D content. The preferred method further includes automatically detecting a monitor and its 3D display format type. If no match is found between the original 3D format type and the display format type, then the method deconstruct the original image content and reconstruct the image content into a 3D format type supported by the 3D display format type. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267361 | SCANNING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A scanning image display apparatus includes a light source unit ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110267362 | GAMMA VARIATION USING ILLUMINATION INTENSITY - A gamma variation of image intensity is created by varying the illumination intensity during a pulse width modulated display time period. During the pulse width modulated display time period a ramp signal may be compared with the image data to determine when pixel electrodes of the pixel array are switched. The illumination intensity may be varied in concert with ramp signal to produce a quadratic variation of displayed intensity on image data value. The illumination source could be an LED illumination source and intensity of the LED illumination source could be controlled using pulse width modulation. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267363 | Multiplied Occluding Transparency Graphics Processing - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for rendering an artwork comprising a plurality of surfaces, wherein the plurality of surfaces comprises a plurality of semi-transparent surfaces. Each of the semi-transparent surfaces may be rendered to a first image buffer at a multi-sampled resolution. Each of the rendered semi-transparent surfaces at the multi-sampled resolution may be multiplied by one or more transparency values of one or more of the plurality of surfaces nearer than the rendered semi-transparent surface. Each of the rendered and attenuated semi-transparent surfaces may be reduced from the multi-sampled resolution to a display resolution and added at the display resolution to a second image buffer. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267364 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE - Disclosed is an in-vehicle device for displaying a meter image in real time, wherein the processing load is reduced without deterioration of the appearance of the meter image. The in-vehicle device stores therein a plurality of basic images which can indicate a first measured value and a second measured value both of which are measured values relating to the vehicle. According to the acquired first and second measured values, the in-vehicle device selects a predetermined basic image out of the plurality of basic images, transmits a partial area of the selected basic image, and synthesizes these basic images, to thereby generate a meter image to be displayed. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267365 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CORRECTING THE APPEARANCE OF IMAGES DISPLAYED ON AN ELECTRONIC VISUAL DISPLAY - The present disclosure is directed to methods, systems, and apparatuses for correcting or modifying images to be shown on a visual display sign or display. A method in accordance with one embodiment includes determining an actual display value for one or more portions of the sign, and comparing the actual display value with a target display value for the one or more portions of the sign. The method further includes determining a correction factor for the one or more portions of the sign, and processing or adjusting the image with the correction factors for the corresponding portions of the sign. After processing the image, the method can further include transmitting the image to the display and showing the image on the display according to the target display value of the one or more portions without modifying the actual display value of the one or more portions. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267366 | DRIVE ASSIST DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a drive assist display apparatus can make the line of sight easily change between the image views, and display the image views widely with suitable balance, for the purpose of the safety confirmation of backward or forward from a vehicle, and the purpose of the awareness of the limited area around the vehicle at the termination phase of the parking operation. The reference sign | 2011-11-03 |
20110267367 | HANDHELD ELECTRIC APPARATUS AND GRAPHIC INTERFACE OPERATION METHOD - A handheld electric apparatus and graphic interface operation method thereof are disclosed. In embodiment, the handheld electric apparatus comprises a display unit, a button unit, a storage unit and a processor. The storage unit stores an application and a widget. The processor is operable to execute the application and display the execution image of the application on the display unit in full screen. When the button unit is triggered, the processor is operable to execute the widget and overlaying the execution image of the widget on the execution image of the application. The processor keeps the execution of the application while the widget is executed. Therefore, the operation convenience of handheld electric apparatus can be improved. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267368 | INDICATING A CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN AN IMAGE AND AN OBJECT - Indicating an object is disclosed. Indicating an object includes receiving an indication associated with selecting an image and providing a second indication that a set of one or more objects correspond to the image, wherein the objects have been detected from the image. Indicating an image is disclosed. Indicating an image includes receiving an indication associated with selecting an object, wherein the object has been detected from an image and displaying the image such that a correspondence between the selected object and the image is conveyed. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267369 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING AND ADVERTISING ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER ENTITIES BY OVERLAYING IMAGE FILES ON CARTOGRAPHIC MAPPING APPLICATIONS - A system, method and process of identifying and advertising organizations or other entities by overlaying image files on cartographic mapping applications is disclosed. Applicant has discovered a system, method and process for displaying image files of logos, trademarks or other source identifying objects, such as a trade name or the like, that are used to identify or advertise a business or other establishment using various cartographic mapping applications, such as Internet or online mapping applications, geobrowser applications, geospatial software applications, GPS mapping applications, such as navigation systems, or other mapping products, such as MapQuest®, Google® Maps, Yahoo!® Maps, and other mapping applications. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267370 | DRAWING LAYER CONTROL DEVICE - A drawing layer control device includes a drawing frequency monitoring unit | 2011-11-03 |
20110267371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOUCHPAD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for controlling a touchpad of an electronic device detects if a lingering touch is detected on a first region of the touchpad. If the lingering touch is detected on the first region, functions of a second region and a third region of the touchpad are disabled. If a subsequent contact is also detected on the first region, an object displayed on the display activates zoom function. If the lingering touch is detected on the second region, functions of the third region are disabled. If the lingering touch is detected on the second region and a subsequent sliding touch is detected on the first region, the object is may be dragged according to the sliding touch on the touchpad. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267372 | Compound Lenses for Multi-Source Data Presentation - According to an embodiment of the present invention, an appearance of a lens in an image is displayed. The appearance of the lens includes a focal region having a focal region having a magnification and a plurality of facets. The facets display information from respective layers of the image. The appearance of the lens also includes a base defining an extent of the appearance of the lens in the image. Additionally, the appearance of the lens includes a shoulder region between the focal region and the base. The shoulder region provides context for the focal region with respect to portions of the image outside of the appearance of the lens by preserving visibility of information surrounding the focal region. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267373 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - In an image pickup apparatus of the present invention, a CCD | 2011-11-03 |
20110267374 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - The present invention provides an information displaying apparatus which is capable of presenting notification information to the user without giving the user an odd impression. The information displaying apparatus ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110267375 | LOAD-AWARE COMPENSATION IN LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODE BACKLIGHT ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS - System(s) and method(s) are provided for power management in an electronic display via compensation of a power source of a light-emitting-diode (LED) backlighting system. A compensation feedback loop includes a load-aware controller that receives the load condition from a dimming controller and supplies a control signal to the power source. An efficiency regulator functionally connected the backlight circuitry closes the compensation feedback loop and provides an input signal to the load-aware controller. The dimming controller implements phase-shifted pulse-modulation dimming, which based on duty cycle can establish a dimming equilibrium with two load conditions. The load aware controller includes a set of compensation blocks arranged in parallel, with a single compensation block connected to the input signal and that provides the control signal. A selector component in the load aware controller determines a compensation block to be connected to the compensation feedback loop based on the received load condition. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267376 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device includes: pixels connected to corresponding scanning lines and corresponding data lines; a scanning driver for supplying scanning signals to the scanning lines; a data driver for supplying data signals to the data lines; and a data processor for generating a luminance look-up table corresponding to a likelihood of burn-in for the pixels, for generating output data from input data corresponding to the look-up table, and for supplying the output data to the data driver. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267377 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A method of driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) that operates by receiving power from a battery includes generating a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal for adjusting brightness of a backlight unit of the LCD; detecting a battery voltage of the battery; and adjusting the PWM signal according to the detected battery voltage. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267378 | Method for driving plasma display panel - A method for driving a plasma display panel is provided in which wasteful power consumption is reduced and light emission efficiency is improved when the number of cells to be lighted is relatively small. The method includes classifying a display ratio into plural group ranges, selecting a suitable display pulse waveform for each group range, detecting the display ratio of an object to be displayed in a real display, and plural types of display pulses having different waveforms are used differently in accordance with the result of the detection. The display ratio means a ratio of the number of cells to be lighted to the number of cells of the screen. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267379 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND BACKLIGHT CONTROL METHOD - An initial light control value calculation section calculates the backlight's initial light control value K0 according to brightness of an inputted image signal for each area. A black area measurement section measures a black area S by obtaining ratio of the number of pixels satisfying Y≦Y0 (Y: brightness signal level, Y0: black level threshold) in the screen. A minimum light control value output section determines a minimum light control value Kmin based on comparison between the measured black area S and a black area threshold S | 2011-11-03 |
20110267380 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus that displays an image implements a correction to reduce a luminance of the image. Next, the display apparatus determines an amount of light of a backlight including a plurality of light sources lighting a screen, based on the reduced luminance of the image. Then, the display apparatus controls the backlight to conform to the amount of light determined based on the reduced luminance. Thus, the amount of light of the backlight is reduced. As a result, the display apparatus can reduce current consumption. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267381 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - An object is to provide a display device that achieves low power consumption and an improved quality of moving and still images. A display device comprises: a display panel provided with a plurality of pixels each including sub-pixels with color filters of red, green, and blue, and a sub-pixel for controlling a transmission of white light; a backlight area including light sources of red, green, blue, and white; an image switch circuit that switches the display panel between a moving image mode and a still image mode; and a display control circuit that controls in the moving image mode a luminance of the light sources of red, green, and blue included in the backlight area, and controls in the still image mode a luminance of a light source of white included in the backlight area. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267382 | DUAL SOURCE BACKLIGHT UNIT FOR USE WITH A DISPLAY, A DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display system, method and backlight unit for use with a display. The backlight unit includes a first light source and a second light source, wherein the first light source and the second light source are controllable independently of each other. The sum of light produced by the light sources illuminates the display to achieve illumination brightness capability of a higher intensity capable single light source. Changes in spectral characteristics and/or brightness characteristics due to aging or the like may be compensated. The first light source may provide a base line illumination level for the display and the second light source may be modulated to dynamically increase contrast and/or contrast ratio characteristics of the image being shown on the display to a viewer. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267383 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An object of at least one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof, in which a contour of an image is clearly recognized during movie display even in a case where a backlight is turned on and off so as to change intervals at which the backlight turns on. In at least one embodiment, the liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel and the backlight that irradiates the liquid crystal panel with light, one frame period including a turn-on period during which the backlight turns on and a turn-off period during which the backlight turns off, luminance being changed by changing turn-on intervals of the backlight, the turn-on intervals of the backlight being changed by changing lengths of the turn-on period and the turn-off period. The liquid crystal display device further includes an OS process circuit for controlling a drive voltage to be applied to the liquid crystal panel by setting an amplitude of the drive voltage to be applied to the liquid crystal panel during a gray scale transition. The OS process circuit sets the amplitude of the drive voltage to be applied to the liquid crystal panel during the gray scale transition so as to be greater as the turn-on period of the backlight is longer under a condition where gray scales that have not been subjected to a gray scale transition is equal to gray scales that have been subjected to the gray scale transition in a case where the turn-on period of the backlight varies. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267384 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, DATA GENERATION METHOD, DATA GENERATION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Under control of a main microcomputer, an LED controller generates two frame-type LED control signals corresponding to two frame image signals arranged in time series in accordance with a panel processing color video signal. Furthermore, the LED controller generates from two frame-type LED control signals, a frame-type LED signal corresponding to an interpolation frame image signal temporally between the two frame image signals. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267385 | Universal Back Light Unit Control - Display backlight units are controlled with a signal. A message has an address header specifying one of an array of backlight units, and instructions for individually controlling each of the backlight units, particularized accordingly. The message is routed from a controller to a first controllable backlight unit of the display, which controllably responds to its corresponding particularized instructions. The message is sequentially routed in order from each backlight unit to the next in a chained ring configuration. Data from the backlight units is similarly routed back to the controller. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267386 | DISPLAY CONTROL DRIVE DEVICE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display control drive device sequentially reads display data from a display memory in which the display data is stored, produces three primary color image signals that are applied to pixel locations in a dot-matrix color display device, and transmits the signals through a common external output terminal in a time-sharing manner. The display control drive device produces control signals applied to selection switching elements in the display device and that selectively apply an input image signal to any of three source lines. The display control drive device includes: a unit that determines one horizontal period based on a clock received from outside synchronously with display data; and a signal production circuit that produces and transmits the control signals, applied to the selection switching elements, so that the control signals will have a pulse duration equivalent to a time calculated by trisecting one horizontal period. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267387 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A LIGHT EMITTING DIODE FOR A BACKLIGHT, AND BACKLIGHT DRIVING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A circuit and method for driving a light emitting diode for a backlight, and a backlight driving apparatus using the same is provided. A circuit for driving a light emitting diode (LED) for a backlight includes a filtering unit configured to receive a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal and remove noise of a predetermined band, a duty stabilization unit configured to stabilize a duty of a PWM signal filtered by the filtering unit, a dimming signal generation unit configured to generate a dimming signal based on a PWM signal stabilized by the duty stabilization unit, and an LED driving unit configured to drive the LED for the backlight based on the dimming signal generated by the dimming signal generation unit. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267388 | LIQUID CARTRIDGE FOR IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A liquid cartridge is detachably mountable on a body of an image forming device and capable of supplying liquid to the image forming device when mounted on the body. A liquid delivery path has a first portion and a second portion positioned between a liquid accommodating unit and the first portion. The first opening/closing unit is configured so as to be capable of being switched between an open state in which the first portion is opened and a closed state in which the first portion is closed. The second opening/closing unit is configured so as to be capable of being switched between an open state in which the second portion is opened and a closed state in which the second portion is closed. The interlocking mechanism is configured so as to be capable of being operated in association with an operation of an actuator provided on the body to switch the second opening/closing unit between the open state and the closed state. The storing unit is configured to store time length data indicating a length of a prescribed time. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267389 | METHODS FOR PRINTING A PRINT MEDIUM, ON A WEB, OR A PRINTED SHEET OUTPUT - A method for printing a print medium applies ink to a surface and ejects drops of an aqueous solution onto the print medium to define image and non-image areas. The ejection of each drop is individually controlled. Ink from the surface is transferred to the image areas of the print medium. Methods of printing on a web and for printing a printed sheet output of a press are also disclosed. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITING FILMS - The disclosure relates to a method for depositing films on a substrate which may form part of an LED or other types of display. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus for depositing ink on a substrate. The apparatus includes a chamber for receiving ink; a discharge nozzle having an inlet port and an outlet port, the discharge nozzle receiving a quantity of ink from the chamber at the inlet port and dispensing the quantity of ink from the outlet port; and a dispenser for metering the quantity of ink from the chamber to the inlet port of the discharge nozzle; wherein the chamber receives ink in liquid form having a plurality of suspended particles and the quantity of ink is pulsatingly metered from the chamber to the discharge nozzle; and the discharge nozzle evaporates the carrier liquid and deposits the solid particles on the substrate. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267391 | INKJET PRINTER AND RECOVERY METHOD FOR A PRINT HEAD - An inkjet printer comprising: a print head for printing by discharging ink droplets from nozzles; a recovery process unit that executes a print head recovery process; a clock unit that counts time; a print operation measuring unit that acquires printing frequency per unit time; and a memory unit that memorizes the printing frequency per unit time; wherein the recovery process unit executes the print head recovery process based on the printing frequency per unit time in the memory. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267392 | CHANGING PRINTMODES ACCORDING TO OBJECTIVE - In one embodiment, a plot width for an image to be printed is determined. A carriage return time that is a function of the plot width and a first carriage speed in a first printmode is calculated. A change is made from the first printmode to a second printmode according to an objective if the carriage return time is less than a media advance time. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267393 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A printer includes a heating roller unit that heats recording paper at a position downstream of a recording head, which is provided at an upstream position, in the direction of the transportation of the recording paper. The recording head ejects ink to the recording paper that is transported from an upstream side to a downstream side. The heating roller unit is disposed along the direction of the width of the recording paper, which intersects with the transportation direction thereof. The heating roller unit is divided into a plurality of areas in the width direction. Heat applied by first areas of the plurality of areas to the recording paper is different from heat applied by second areas, which are adjacent to the first areas in the width direction, to the recording paper. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267394 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COLOR SEPARATION TABLE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The relationship between the applying amounts of colored inks and the thickness of the layer of a color material formed on a recording medium, and the relationship between the applying amount of uncolored ink and the thickness of the layer of the color material formed on the recording medium are acquired. Based on the relationships between the applying amounts and the thickness of the layer of the color material, the applying amounts of colored inks and the applying amount of uncolored ink are determined to substantially uniform the thickness of the layer of the color material when forming an image on a recording medium. A color separation table for color-separating image data is generated based on the applying amounts of colored inks and the applying amount of uncolored ink. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267395 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - Provided is a printing device which prints an image using a metallic ink and a color ink, the device including: an input unit which inputs image data; a metallic dot formation unit which forms dot concentration dots on a printing medium using the metallic ink; and a color print unit which prints the image indicated by the image data using the color ink on the printing medium on which the dots using the metallic ink are formed. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267396 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - In an inkjet printing apparatus capable of automatic duplex printing, time required to fix ink is shortened and throughput is improved without producing uneven fixing. The inkjet printing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints onto a sheet, a fixing unit that heats a sheet printed by the printing unit, a conveying unit that conveys a sheet with respect to the printing unit and the fixing unit, and a controller that controls the conveying unit such that a printing region of a sheet printed on the first side by the printing unit passes through the fixing unit, and afterwards, the conveyance direction of the sheet is reversed in order to print on the second side and the printing region once again passes through the fixing unit. The controller variably controls the conveyance speed of the sheet when the printing region once again passes through the fixing unit. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267397 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A PRINTED SHEET OUTPUT OR A PRINTED WEB OF A PRINTING PRESS - A method of producing a printed sheet output of a printing press uses an aqueous solution, an ink, and an input sheet. The method applies aqueous solution to the input sheet to form a non-image area and an image area thereon, and contacts the non-image and image areas of the input sheet with ink. Ink is transferred substantially only to the image area to produce the printed sheet output of the printing press. A method of producing a printed web of a printing press is also disclosed. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267398 | INKJET INK, INK CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMED MATTER - To provide an inkjet ink containing C4-6 diol; and trimethylglycine. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267399 | CAP DEVICE AND LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - There is provided a cap device including: a cap unit which is tiltable in a plane direction of the jetting surface and which comes into close contact with the jetting surface of the liquid jetting head; a flexible discharge tube of which one end is connected to the cap unit, which communicates with an inner space defined by the cap unit and the jetting surface under a condition that the cap unit comes into close contact with the jetting surface, and through which a liquid in the inner space is discharged; and a fixing mechanism which fixes a portion, of the discharge tube, other than the one end to the cap unit. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267400 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes: (a) a recording head; (b) a cap movable along a movement path between an extracted position and a retracted position, such that the cap covers a nozzle-opening surface of the recording head, when being positioned in the extracted position, and such that cap is located in an adjacent space adjacent to the recording head without covering the nozzle-opening surface, when being positioned in the retracted position; (c) a guide movable between a closing position and an opening position. The guide guides the recording sheet to be conveyed through a sheet conveyance space, and closes the movement path of the cap, when being positioned in the closing position. The guide opens the movement path of the cap, when being positioned in the opening position. The guide is positioned in the opening position when the cap is moved between the extracted and retracted positions, and is positioned in the closing position when the cap is positioned in the retracted position. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267401 | ROTARY INKJET IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINTING ON A STATIONARY PAGE OF MEDIA IN A CURVED CONFIGURATION - A rotary inkjet imaging apparatus includes a curved print zone having a longitudinal axis and in which a page of media is held in a curved configuration at a stationary position, a carrier movable bi-directionally along a linear path defined adjacent to the curved print zone and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof, and at least one inkjet printhead supported by the carrier for undergoing movement within the curved print zone along a curved path winding about a central axis extending parallel to the guide path and coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the curved print zone such that the inkjet printhead moves about the central axis multiple revolutions and prints on the page concurrently as the carrier unidirectionally moves along the linear path and the printhead moves within the curved print zone and through portions of the curved path in which the printhead faces toward the page. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267402 | PARALLEL INK JET PRINTING DEVICE AND RELATIVE MANUFACTURING - The printing device ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110267403 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD - An ink jet recording head comprises a discharge port forming member that forms a discharge port used to discharge ink and a channel forming member that forms an ink channel communicating with the discharge port, at least either one of the channel forming member and the discharge port forming member comprising a substance having fluorine atoms and a rubber member composing a part of an ink passage continuous with the channel, the rubber member being cross-linked by an organic substance. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267404 | INKJET PRINTING DEVICE WITH COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE - An inkjet printhead die for an inkjet print head, wherein the inkjet printhead die comprises a composite substrate that includes a planar semiconductor member, a planar substrate member and an interface at which the planar semiconductor member is fused to the planar substrate member | 2011-11-03 |
20110267405 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element, comprising electrodes and a piezoelectric body formed between the electrodes. The piezoelectric body consists of a perovskite oxide including bismuth, lantern, iron and manganese. The molar ratio of the sum of the bismuth and the lantern to the sum of the iron and the manganese is 0.87 or more and 0.94 or less. The molor ratio of the bismuth to the lantern is 3.57 or more and 4.82 or less. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267406 | Liquid Delivery For A Printhead - In one embodiment, a system for delivering liquid to a printhead at a first elevation. The system includes a reservoir to hold liquid at a second elevation, which is below the first elevation. A pump delivers liquid from the reservoir to the printhead through a first line. A bypass valve diverts liquid from the first line when a pressure in the first line exceeds a predefined pressure. A vent coupled to the printhead at or above the first elevation vents the printhead to atmospheric pressure when the pump is off. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267407 | INK-JET HEAD AND INK-JET APPARATUS - An ink-jet head comprising: a supply channel configured to allow ink to flow; ink chamber groups, each having two or more ink chambers that are alternately provided on either side of the supply channel, along a direction of the ink, the ink chambers each having nozzles for discharging ink; wherein: each of the ink chamber groups has two or more ink chamber sequences in parallel with the direction, and two or more nozzle sequences in parallel with the direction, in each of the ink chamber groups, when the ink chamber sequence closest to the supply channel is a first ink chamber sequence, and the ink chamber sequence furthest away from the supply channel is an n-th ink chamber sequence, the number of the ink chambers in the first ink chamber sequence is greater than the number of the ink chambers in the n-th ink chamber sequence. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267408 | Ink Cartridge and Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - Provided is an ink cartridge for containing a water-based ink for ink-jet recording including a pigment, water, and a nonionic surfactant, the ink cartridge including a remaining ink detecting portion detecting an amount of remaining ink on the basis of whether or not light is transmitted therethrough. The remaining ink detecting portion is formed of a hydrophobic resin containing a water-repellent material in the proportion of 0.14 wt % to 10 wt %. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267409 | Compositions and processes for manufacturing printed electronics - The present invention is directed to a printable composition, comprising: 0.5 to 60 wt % of a polymer selected from the group consisting of epoxy, Novolac and poly(dimethylglutarimide); and 40-99.5 wt % of a solvent composition comprising (1) a high boiling point solvent having a flash point greater than about 10° C. and a boiling point greater than about 130° C. and (2) a low boiling point solvent having a flash point less than 30° C. and a boiling point less than or equal to 130° C., all weight percents based on the total weight of the composition. The present invention is also directed to methods of forming patterned substrates using the above compositions. The compositions of the invention are useful for printing electronic materials onto a substrate using a piezo-electric printer. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267410 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET METHOD - In a printing apparatus improvement of drying ability and reduction of consumed power are concurrently achieved by improving the efficiency of drying ink. More concretely, hot air is blown onto a print medium printed by ink, and a portion of the blown hot air is recovered and blown again. Before the hot air is blown, the print medium is heated by a preheating unit, making it higher than the dew point temperature of the blown hot air. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267411 | SHEET FEEDING UNIT AND PRINTER - A sheet feeding unit to be inserted between a printer main unit and a sorting unit having a plurality of discharge trays. The sheet feeding unit includes a casing in which a sheet is housed and through which a feed path and a discharge conveyance path extend horizontally. The casing has on a face thereof adjacent to the printer main unit an exit of the feed path and an entrance of the discharge conveyance path, and on a face thereof adjacent to the sorting unit an entrance of the feed path and an exit of the discharge conveyance path. The positions of the exit and entrance of the feed path coincide with each other when seen in a conveyance direction, and the positions of the entrance and exit of the discharge conveyance path coincide with each other when seen in the conveyance direction. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267412 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding device, including: a sheet cassette configured to accommodate sheets; a conveyance path through which each of the sheets accommodated in the sheet cassette is conveyed; a rotation roller provided at one of a start point and a vicinity thereof in the conveyance path; a motor configured to rotatably drive the rotation roller; a pressure body configured to come into pressing contact with the rotation roller via the sheet; and a moving mechanism configured to separate the rotation roller and the pressure body, which are in pressing contact with each other, away from each other in dependence on drive stop of the motor. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267413 | MEDIUM TRANSPORT ROLLER, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEDIUM TRANSPORT ROLLER - In a recording apparatus that performs the recording on a medium to be recorded, a transport driving roller as a medium transport roller taking charge of the transportation of the medium to be recorded is formed by machining a plate material in a cylindrical shape. On its outer peripheral surface, in a transport region adjoining a piece of paper, through holes are formed to penetrate in a thickness direction of a hollow shaft. Thus paper powder attached to the paper is introduced from the through hole into the inner portion of the hollow shaft and is discharged through the hole to a lower portion of the hollow shaft. Consequently, it is possible to prevent the paper powder from being reattached or scattered to the paper without separately providing a special component, thus preventing or suppressing the paper powder from being attached to the recording head. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267414 | SHEET-SUPPLY TRAY - An image recording apparatus, including a sheet-supply tray device which accommodates and holds a plurality of recording sheets and which supplies the recording sheets, one by one, in a sheet-supply direction; and an image recording device which records an image on each of the recording sheets supplied from the sheet-supply tray device. The sheet-supply tray device includes a first tray which accommodates and holds at least one first sheet of the plurality of recording sheets; a second tray which accommodates and holds at least one second sheet of the plurality of recording sheets, and which selectively takes a stacked posture thereof in which the second tray is stacked on the first tray, and an opening posture thereof in which at least a portion of the second tray opens at least a portion of the first tray; and a supporting device which supports at least a portion of the second tray while permitting the second tray to selectively take the stacked posture thereof and the opening posture thereof such that the at least one second sheet held by the second tray is not plastically deformed. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267415 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light source unit includes a surface-emitting laser array including light emitting units; and an apertured member provided on a light path of light beams emitted from the surface-emitting laser array, the apertured member including an aperture. In at least one direction, an intensity distribution of interference patterns caused by the light beams passing through the aperture includes an equal number of crests and troughs. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267416 | Laser Marking Using Scalable Fonts - A system directs a laser beam to mark a material with an alphanumeric code. Character and quality information corresponding to a mark to apply to the material with the laser beam can be received, a font definition that specifies character segments can be obtained, a set of multiple spaced locations can be generated from the character segments in accordance with the character and quality information, and the material can be marked with the laser beam by directing the laser beam to dwell at the locations and move between the locations without deactivating the laser beam. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267417 | MOBILE TELEPHONE - A mobile telephone, having a camera function, wherein the mobile telephone is designed, on an existing voice connection of the mobile telephone to the opposite station of another remote conversation partner, to carry out taking an image by camera and wirelessly sending the same to a target address based on the call number for the other remote conversation partner used for the conversation, by means of operating at least one given operating element of the mobile telephone. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267418 | TELEMEDICINE SYSTEM - A telemedicine device and system for audio/video communication and real time interfacing with peripheral biomedical devices accessible by individuals in different locations. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267419 | ACCELERATED INSTANT REPLAY FOR CO-PRESENT AND DISTRIBUTED MEETINGS - Techniques for recording and replay of a live conference while still attending the live conference are described. A conferencing system includes a user interface generator, a live conference processing module, and a replay processing module. The user interface generator is configured to generate a user interface that includes a replay control panel and one or more output panels. The live conference processing module is configured to extract information included in received conferencing data that is associated with one or more conferencing modalities, and to display the information in the one or more output panels in a live manner (e.g., as a live conference). The replay processing module is configured to enable information associated with the one or more conferencing modalities corresponding to a time of the conference session prior to live to be presented at a desired rate, possibly different from the real-time rate, if a replay mode is selected in the replay control panel. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267420 | Conference Control Device, Conference Terminal Device, and Teleconference System - A conference control device including a data transmission portion that transmits conferencing data from one of the conference terminal devices to another of the conference terminal devices, a first notification request portion that, in a case where a first request packet that requests establishing of a first communication path has been received from the one of the conference terminal devices while the conferencing data are transmitted by the data transmission portion, transmits a first notification request packet to the other of the conference terminal devices, and a first request response portion that, in a case where a first response packet providing notification of a port number for establishing the first communication path has been received from the other of the conference terminal devices, transmits to the one of the conference terminal devices a first request response packet containing information on a transmission source port number of the first response packet. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267421 | Method and Apparatus for Two-Way Multimedia Communications - A communication device comprises a two-way video system for transmitting video data from a first location to a second location, and displaying at the first location video data received from the second location. The device also comprises two microphones for generating two audio signals, and a processor configured to map the two audio signals respectively to two speakers used by an operator at the second location. The processor is further configured to move a portion of the device about an axis in response to control signals received from the second location. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267422 | MULTI-PARTICIPANT AUDIO/VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH PARTICIPANT ROLE INDICATOR - An audio/video communication system displays the status of participants in a video chat session. The system includes multiple video chat capable (VCC) information handling systems (IHSs) that display video images of the participants. In this manner, each user may see the user's own video image as well as the video images of other users in the video chat session. When a user speaks, that user's VCC IHS detects audio, thus designating a speaker participant. This user's VCC IHS includes a gaze direction detector that determines at which particular user video image the user gazes, thus determining a target participant. The VCC IHS sends speaker participant ID information and target participant ID information to other VCC IHSs in the video chat session. In response, the other VCC IHSs display an indicator that designates one user video image as the speaker participant and another user video image as the target participant. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267423 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) VIDEO SIGNAL AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method for processing a 3D video signal and a digital broadcast receiver for performing the method are disclosed. The method for processing a 3D video signal includes receiving a digital broadcast signal including a multiple hierarchy descriptor, identifying at least one of a second dependent Elementary Stream (ES) based on a first field included in the multiple hierarchy descriptor, wherein the second dependent ES is to be accessed before decoding of a first dependent ES, identifying signaling information of the second dependent ES based on a second field included in the multiple hierarchy descriptor, decoding the first dependent ES and the second dependent ES, and outputting a three dimensional (3D) video signal by formatting the decoded first and second dependent ESs. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267424 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes: a converting unit that converts a frame rate of a stereoscopic video into an N-fold frame rate of the frame rate; and an outputting unit that converts images of respective frames of the stereoscopic video subjected to frame rate conversion into a high frequency image or a low frequency image and outputs the converted images, wherein the converting unit outputs an image for left eye and an image for right eye N times each at the converted frame rate, and the outputting unit converts at least one set of consecutive images constituted by a frame of the image for right eye and a frame of the image for left eye, from among 2×N frames output by the converting unit, into the high frequency image, converts an image of a remaining frame into the low frequency image, and then outputs the converted images. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267425 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SHUTTER GLASSES USED FOR THE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for controlling operations of an image display apparatus and shutter glasses are disclosed. The method for controlling an operation of the image display apparatus includes transmitting a signal including information about channels available as a pairing channel to a remote controller in response to key code information of the remote controller received from the remote controller, receiving from the remote controller a signal including information about a channel selected by the remote controller from among the channels available as a pairing channel, establishing the channel selected by the remote controller as a pairing channel of the remote controller, and establishing the pairing channel of the remote controller as a pairing channel of shutter glasses. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267426 | APPARATUS OF PROCESSING AN IMAGE AND A METHOD OF PROCESSING THEREOF - The disclosure is disclosed an apparatus of processing an image and a method thereof. According to the present invention, the method of transmitting a broadcast signal for 3-dimensional, 3D, service, may include encoding video data for a 3D service into a stream, generating first service information including a first descriptor including first information for specifying that a type of the stream is a video stream and second information for specifying a type of a component included in the video stream is a 3D video component and transmitting a broadcast signal including the encoded stream and the generated service information. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267427 | MULTIPLE SENSOR INPUT DATA SYNTHESIS - New systems and methods are hereby provided that inherently and naturally resolve the challenges of synthesizing coordinated inputs from multiple cameras. For example, a multi-sensor mediator may collect the input data from multiple sensors, and generate a composite signal that encodes the combined data from the different sensors. The multi-sensor mediator may then relay the composite signal to a sensor controller, as if the signal were coming from a single sensor. A computing device that receives the input from the sensor controller may then generate an output based on the composite signal, which may include processing the composite signal to combine the separate signals from the different sensors, such as to provide a stereo image output, for example. The multi-sensor mediator makes such an output possible by ensuring coordinated input and processing of the input from the multiple sensors, for example. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267428 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ONTO A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - In one embodiment, a system includes a turbine comprising multiple components in fluid communication with a working fluid. The system also includes an imaging system in optical communication with at least one component. The imaging system is configured to receive a two-dimensional image of the at least one component during operation of the turbine, and to map the two-dimensional image onto a three-dimensional model of the at least one component to establish a composite model. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267429 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT HAVING LASER COMPONENT AND CAPABILITY OF INSPECTING LEAK OF LASER AND INSPECTING METHOD FOR INSPECTING LEAK OF LASER THEREOF - The invention provides an electronic equipment having a laser component and capability of inspecting leak of laser and an inspecting method for inspecting leak of laser thereof. The electronic equipment according to the invention includes a three-dimensional image-capturing device. According to the invention, the three-dimensional image-capturing device is controlled to capture a two-dimensional image, and to measure an actual depth map. The captured two-dimensional image is processed to obtain an estimated depth map. The invention selectively determines that the laser component occurs leak of laser or malfunctions in accordance with the estimated depth map and the actual depth map. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267430 | Detection Device of Planar Area and Stereo Camera System - An object of the present invention is to provide a detection device of a planar area, which suppresses matching of luminance values in areas other than a planar area, and non-detection and erroneous detection of the planar area arising from an error in projection transform. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267431 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE 3D COORDINATES OF AN OBJECT - In a method of determining the 3D coordinates of the surface ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110267432 | CAMERA AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system includes a first camera, a second camera, a detachable mechanism capable of attaching and detaching the first and second cameras to and from each other. The first camera has a first lens barrel having a first optical axis, and configured to form a first optical image, and a first imaging device configured to receive the first optical image to generate an electrical image signal. The second camera has a second lens barrel having a second optical axis different from the first optical axis and configured to form a second optical image, and a second imaging device configured to receive the second optical image to generate an electrical image signal. When the first and second cameras simultaneously or successively perform shooting, an angle of view of the first lens barrel is wider than that of the second lens barrel. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267433 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing system for capturing a stereo pair of images comprising a first image and a second image. The system comprises a first camera operable to capture the first image of the stereo pair of images, and a second camera operable to capture the second image of the stereo pair of images. The system further comprises a communication link operable to connect the first camera with the second camera so that the first camera can communicate with the second camera. The first camera is operable to transmit second camera control data to the second camera via the communication link so as to control functions of the second camera which relate to the capture of the second image. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267434 | CAMERA DEVICE, ARRANGEMENT AND SYSTEM - There is described a camera device for capturing the image of an object, the camera device comprising: a lens arrangement for focusing the image of the object onto an image capture device for capturing the image of the object; and a movable element operable to move the focussed light relative to the image capture device in one direction, wherein the amount by which the element is movable is determined by the amount of adjustment required to the position of the image on the image capture device in said direction, wherein the lens arrangement comprises at least one lens having an image circle whose size is dependent upon the maximum displacement of the movable element in said one direction. | 2011-11-03 |