48th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090289937 | MULTI-SCALE NAVIGATIONAL VISUALTIZATION - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates providing navigational assistance. An immersive view can include image data that can represent a computer displayable multi-scale image with at least two substantially parallel planes of view in which a first plane and a second plane are alternatively displayable based upon a level of zoom and which are related by a pyramidal volume, wherein the multi-scale image includes a pixel at a vertex of the pyramidal volume. A navigation component can provide navigational assistance via the immersive view based upon navigational input. A display engine can display the immersive view. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289938 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRESENTING A SCANNED SURFACE - Disclosed is a method for generating a digital representation of a surface of an object from point data indicative of coordinates of points on the surface. The method comprises receiving a point data item indicative of coordinates of a point in a first one of a plurality of sub-volumes of a volume to be scanned; determining whether a first predetermined trigger condition is fulfilled for the first sub-volume; and if the first trigger condition is fulfilled, computing a local surface representation associated with the first sub-volume from received point data items associated with at least the first sub-volume; determining whether a second predetermined trigger condition is fulfilled; and if the second trigger condition is fulfilled, computing a surface representation of the surface of the object from a set of computed local surface representations associated with respective sub-volumes. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289939 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONCURRENT RAY TRACING - For ray tracing scenes composed of primitives, systems and methods can traverse rays through an acceleration structure. The traversal can be implemented by concurrently testing a plurality of nodes of the acceleration structure for intersection with a sequence of one or more rays. Such testing can occur in a plurality of test cells. Leaf nodes of the acceleration structure can bound primitives, and a sequence primitives can be tested concurrently for intersection in the test cells against a plurality of rays that have intersected a given leaf node. Intersection testing of a particular leaf node can be deferred until a sufficient quantity of rays have been collected for that node. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289940 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WHICH STORES RENDERING PROGRAM, RENDERING APPARATUS AND RENDERING METHOD - To provide a rendering program, a rendering apparatus, and a rendering method, which are capable of displaying a sterical model surface using a fabric in which the real feel of material is reproduced. A reflection property measurement device | 2009-11-26 |
20090289941 | COMPOSITE TRANSITION NODES FOR USE IN 3D DATA GENERATION - Several embodiments provide methods and apparatuses for use with node-based compositing to assist in the generation of a second eye or camera of a stereoscopic image. In one implementation, a method for use in 3D movie production comprises the steps: displaying composite nodes to a user, the composite nodes indicating how to composite a first plurality of rendered 2D elements into an output image, the rendered 2D elements and the plurality of composite nodes corresponding to a first eye of a 3D image; and receiving user input to add one or more transition nodes to the composite nodes, each transition node following a respective composite node and to be used for regeneration of one or more elements corresponding to the respective composite node, wherein the composite nodes and the one or more transition nodes are to be used to direct generation of a second eye of the 3D image. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289942 | IMAGE LEARNING, AUTOMATIC ANNOTATION, RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND DEVICE - A first image having annotations is segmented into one or more image regions. Image feature vectors and text feature vectors are extracted from all the image regions to obtain an image feature matrix and a text feature matrix. The image feature matrix and the text feature matrix are projected into a sub-space to obtain the projected image feature matrix and the text feature matrix. The projected image feature matrix and the text feature matrix are stored. First links between the image regions, second links between the first image and the image regions, third links between the first image and the annotations, and fourth links between the annotations are established. Weights of all the links are calculated. A graph showing a triangular relationship between the first image, image regions, and annotations is obtained based on all the links and the weights of the links. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289943 | Anti-aliasing system and method - An anti-aliased font and a method of rendering an anti-aliased font. Rendering an anti-aliased pixel as a background color in the absence of an appropriate color to render the pixel if the level of anti-aliasing is less than a first level of anti-aliasing, and rendering the pixel as a foreground color if the level of anti-aliasing is greater than a second level of anti-aliasing. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289944 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUTTING METHOD, AND IMAGE OUTPUTTING PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to enable a still image to be checked while preventing leakage of confidential information contained in the still image, an MFP includes: an image acquiring portion to acquire a still image; an encoding portion to generate encoded data by encoding the acquired still image using an encoding key stored in advance; a decoding portion to decode the encoded data using the encoding key or a decoding key corresponding to the encoding key; and a transmitting portion to externally output the decoded still image in an electronically non-recordable form. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289945 | CENTRALIZED STREAMING GAME SERVER - Exemplary embodiments include an interception mechanism for rendering commands generated by interactive applications, and a feed-forward control mechanism based on the processing of the commands on a rendering engine, on a pre-filtering module, and on a visual encoder. Also a feed-back control mechanism from the encoder is described. The mechanism is compression-quality optimized subject to some constraints on streaming bandwidth and system delay. The mechanisms allow controllable levels of detail for different rendered objects, controllable post filtering of rendered images, and controllable compression quality of each object in compressed images. A mechanism for processing and streaming of multiple interactive applications in a centralized streaming application server is also described. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289946 | VIDEO MATRIX DISPLAY INTERFACE - In a video matrix display interface, an interface includes one or more subsystems to receive information from a plurality of display devices, compile the information from the plurality of display devices, report the compiled information to a graphics processing device, generate a video image using the compiled information, the image to be viewable across the plurality of display devices, splice the video image into portions and transmit the video image portions to the plurality of display devices, thereby creating a continuous image across the plurality of display devices. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289947 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA SENT FROM A GRAPHIC ENGINE - An image processing system is provided comprising a memory, a graphic engine and a data processing module. The graphic engine generates a sequence of input data, wherein each of the input data has an address information pointing to a corresponding memory address of the memory. The data processing module sequentially receives the input data from the graphic engine, buffers each of the received data into a corresponding buffer according to the address information thereof, and outputs buffered data in a buffer to the memory when the buffer is full, wherein memory addresses of the outputted data are continuous. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289948 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BACKLIGHT THEREOF - A display device having backlight and the backlight control method thereof is provided. Through the provided method, it is capable of fast determining which intensity range the intensity signal from the means for measuring the intensity of external light falls in, so that the turn-off period of backlight is reduced to avoid the decrement of brightness. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289949 | Dynamically Configurable Bilinear Filtering System - Apparatus and methods for a bilinear filter system comprising a pre-formatter module, a bilinear module, an accumulator module, and a format module. The pre-formatter module is configured to receive texel data and convert it to a normalized fixed point format. The bilinear module is dynamically reconfigurable to perform an interpolation or an extended precision interpolation on the normalized fixed point texel data from the pre-formatter module and generate re-normalized floating point texel data. The interpolator analyzes the exponent range of fixed point texel data from the pre-formatter module to determine if an extended precision calculation is appropriate. The accumulator module is configured to accumulate floating point texel data from the bilinear module to achieve the desired level of bilinear, trilinear, and anisotropic filtering. The format module is configured to convert texel data from the accumulator module into a standard floating point representation. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289950 | PROJECTOR, IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD, AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE PROJECTOR - A projector projecting an image on an object by scanning the object with a light beam includes a light source; a divergence angle converter converting the divergence angle of the light beam; a light deflector deflecting the light beam in a light beam scanning direction and a direction perpendicular to the light beam scanning direction; alight deflector drive controller controlling the light deflector to form the focused light spots at the respective pixel positions of the object on the basis of positional data for the pixels; a light amount controller controlling light amount of the light beam on the basis of luminance data for the pixels; and an image processor correcting the luminance data on the basis of previously obtained deterioration data of the projected image and outputting the corrected luminance data to the light amount controller while outputting the positional data to the light deflector drive controller. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289951 | Environment-compliant image display system, projector, and program - An environment-compliant image display system, projector, and program that enables the reproduction of appropriate colors even when affected by ambient light. The projector has a color control processing update section that corrects colors by adjusting a LUT in a 3D-LUT storage section and brightness by adjusting a grayscale characteristic in a ID-LUT storage section, in order to increase the output in at least a lower grayscale range if the environment is affected by ambient light, based on environmental information that has been measured by a color light sensor. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289952 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus which includes a extension width determination unit for determining a extension width based on a depression time of the cursor at a reference position on an image display unit where a releasing operation of the cursor was performed, which is a time during which the cursor had been kept depressed until the releasing operation was performed, and an ornament piece arrangement unit for arranging the plurality of ornament pieces at positions radially extended away from the reference position with the extension width determined by the extension width determination unit. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289953 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VIEW OF A MEASURING REPORT OF AN OBJECT - A computer-based method for adjusting view of a measuring report of an object is provided. The method includes defining a plurality of tolerance ranges and a unique color, and reading data of a point-cloud of the object and the triangulated surface of the object. The method further includes setting parameters to determine a user-selected position and a user-selected angle of the point-cloud and the triangulated surface in a coordinate system, and reading a nearest distance between each triangle and a nearest point in the point-cloud. Furthermore, the method includes assigning a color to each triangle according to the tolerance ranges, and outputting a measuring report of the object. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289954 | Rendering Display Device - In displaying overlapped images on a monitor, a rendering display device is provided for the purpose of easily overlapping images without having complicated mask data or the like. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289955 | REALITY OVERLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for capturing information that is pertinent to physical surroundings with respect to a device, the information including at least one of visual information or audio information. Overlay information for use in generating a transparent overlay via the device is obtained using at least a portion of the captured information. The transparent overlay is then superimposed via the device using the overlay information, wherein the transparent overlay provides one or more transparent images that are pertinent to and in correlation with the physical surroundings. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289956 | VIRTUAL BILLBOARDS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for implementing a reality overlay device. A reality overlay device captures information that is pertinent to physical surroundings with respect to a device, the information including at least one of visual information or audio information. The reality overlay device may transmit at least a portion of the captured information to a second device. For instance, the reality overlay device may transmit at least a portion of the captured information to a server via the Internet, where the server is capable of identifying an appropriate virtual billboard. The reality overlay device may then receive overlay information for use in generating a transparent overlay via the reality overlay device. The transparent overlay is then superimposed via the device using the overlay information, wherein the transparent overlay provides one or more transparent images that are pertinent to the physical surroundings. Specifically, one or more of the transparent images may operate as “virtual billboards.” Similarly, a portable device such as a cell phone may automatically receive a virtual billboard when the portable device enters an area within a specified distance from an associated establishment. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289957 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION AND DISPLAYING POINTS-OF-INTEREST - A method for displaying point-of-interest coordinate locations in perspective images and for coordinate-based information transfer between perspective images on different platforms includes providing a shared reference image of a region overlapping the field of view of the perspective view. The perspective view is then correlated with the shared reference image so as to generate a mapping between the two views. This mapping is then used to derive a location of a given coordinate from the shared reference image within the perspective view and the location is indicated in the context of the perspective view on a display. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289958 | DISPLAY MODE SWITCHING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - The present application relates to a display mode switching device and method for a portable electronic device. In particular, the present application relates to a portable electronic device that can switch display modes of an integrated display and input device to facilitate composition of a text message by switching between a portrait mode and a landscape mode. A portable electronic device may use a display mode switching method in which a posture of the portable electronic device can be checked, and a display mode can be selected based on the posture. A portrait-mode text messaging composition window with a portrait-mode key map and a landscape-mode text messaging composition window with a landscape-mode key map can be displayed in the selected display mode. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289959 | Liquid Crystal Driver, Liquid Crystal Display Device, and Liquid Crystal Driving Method - A selector ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090289960 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVE METHOD - A plasma display device includes a sustain pulse generating circuit having a power recovery section for raising or lowering the sustain pulse by allowing an inductor and an inter-electrode capacitor of the display electrode pair to resonate and a clamp section for clamping a voltage of the sustain pulse to a predetermined voltage. The sustain pulse generating circuit sets the sustain pulse generated in the sustain period so as to include sustain pulses in which the lengths of time for raising the sustain pulses using the power recovery section are different from each other, and sets the sustain pulse for generating the final sustain discharge in the sustain period to a sustain pulse other than a sustain pulse in which the length of time for raising the sustain pulse is the longest. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289961 | Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof - An LCD device adapted to improve its picture quality in spite of the brightness variation is disclosed. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289962 | Lyquid crystal display device and driving method thereof - The method of driving a liquid crystal display device includes calculating a brightness average value of pixel data of at least one frame period supplied to a liquid crystal display panel, and storing the average to a memory unit; generating a brightness control signal having a duty ratio according to the brightness average value of the pixel data adjusted taking variation of transmissivity with an angle of view into account in a white or black driving mode of the liquid crystal display panel; and supplying the brightness control signal to a light source unit. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289963 | Display device, method of laying out light emitting elements, and electronic device - Disclosed herein is a display device in which light emitting elements of a plurality of colors including a light emitting element emitting blue light are formed in each pixel on a substrate on which a transistor is formed for each sub-pixel, and a plurality of pixels formed with sub-pixels of the plurality of colors as a unit are arranged in a form of a matrix, wherein relative positional relation between transistors of sub-pixels of respective light emission colors including blue light and a light emitting section of a light emitting element emitting the blue light is laid out such that distances between the transistors of the sub-pixels of the respective light emission colors including the blue light and the light emitting section of the light emitting element emitting the blue light are equal to each other for the respective colors. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289964 | Liquid crystal display method and liquid crystal display device improving motion picture display grade - A source driver outputs a data signal and a reset (black) signal alternately to a source line. Four-hundred and eighty gate lines are divided into three groups each comprising 160 lines, and connected to gate drivers. A display control section outputs a discriminant signal, a scan start signal and a clock signal to the gate drivers, where the nth gate line is selected with the data signal outputted by the source driver, and where the (n+160)th gate line is selected with the reset signal outputted. Further, n is shifted sequentially. By writing the reset signal during the latter ⅓ of one frame like this, light leakage of pixels that are changed over from white display to black display is eliminated. Also, blurs of edge portions of a motion picture are reduced. Thus, display grade for motion pictures is enhanced with a minimum improvement. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289965 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVING DEVICE - A liquid crystal driving device is provided, which can reduce the problem of contrast lowering of the liquid crystal display screen due to the decrease of the driving current of LED, by the control which is performed in order to cope with the decrease of the maximum rated current of LED as a light source of the backlight at a high temperature. The liquid crystal driving device includes a liquid crystal driving circuit, a backlight control unit, and display data expansion circuits. The liquid crystal driving circuit generates a liquid crystal driving signal to be supplied to a liquid crystal display panel in response to display data. The backlight control unit reduces driving current of the light emitting diode as a light source of the backlight module to illuminate the liquid crystal display panel, in response to the temperature rise of the liquid crystal display panel. The display data expansion circuit, in response to the temperature rise of the liquid crystal display panel, performs the data expansion of the display data, and compensates the contrast lowering of the liquid crystal display panel due to the dimming of the backlight module with the temperature rise of the liquid crystal display panel. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289966 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVE METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus for driving light emitting elements to emit light at a timing shifted according to the order of scanning lines, is arranged to control the light emission intensity of the light emitting element in accordance with an image signal and include a drive unit for driving the light emitting elements of the respective scanning lines in a light emission pattern including a first impulse operation period light emission pattern and a second impulse operation period light emission pattern. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289967 | DUTY CYCLE CALCULATION AND IMPLENTATION FOR SOLID STATE ILLUMINATORS - A display uses x illuminator systems to produce x primary colors and y overlap colors, which are combinations of primary colors, to illuminate a spatial light modulator in a display system. A first set of n duty cycles for the x primary colors over a frame is provided, wherein the display system can select any one of the duty cycles to produce a desired white point. A second set of n duty cycles of x+y colors over a frame corresponding to the first set of duty cycles is determined, where the second set of duty cycles are generated responsive to a specified desired allocation of the frame to the y overlap colors, such that each of the overlap colors can be displayed from a dark shade to a bright shade while maintaining a constant color point. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289968 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device in which the image quality is improved by control of the peak luminance. A plurality of instantaneous luminances are expressed by performing signal writing to each pixel plural times within one frame period. The gray level is expressed by controlling time integration levels of the plurality of instantaneous luminances. Moreover, the time integration level is increased as the level of gray level data of the pixel is higher, and the time integration level is increased as the average value of gray level data of an image to be displayed is smaller. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289969 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The invention provides the image method and apparatus to increase the sharpness of a resized image. The image includes a plurality of pixels with an alpha value and an image data. The method detects the alpha value of neighboring first and second pixels. Weighting values of interpolated pixels between the first and second pixels are determined. The image data of the interpolated pixels are set to be identical to the image data of the first pixel when one of the first pixel or the second pixel is zero. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289970 | DISK RECORDING DEVICE - A disk recording device includes a disk rotation mechanism, a pick-up device, a print head, and an air flow guide portion. The disk rotation mechanism rotates a removably mounted disk-shaped recording medium. The pick-up device is disposed such that it faces a recording surface of the disk-shaped recording medium, and it at least one of records information to and plays back information from the disk-shaped recording medium. The print head is movably disposed on a printing surface side of the disk-shaped recording medium and has an ink discharge portion that discharges ink droplets in the direction of the printing surface of the rotating disk-shaped recording medium. The air flow guide portion is provided around the disk-shaped recording medium, and it guides an air flow that is generated by the rotating of the disk-shaped recording medium by the disk rotation mechanism. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289971 | Ink Containment System and Ink Level Sensing System for an Inkjet Cartridge - An ink containment system for an inkjet cartridge, for storing ink for printing, comprises a housing having a plurality of walls. A rigid basin member and a rigid moveable plate are disposed within the housing. A flexible membrane is affixed to a surface of the basin member and to a surface of the plate forming an ink reservoir within the basin member, plate and flexible membrane. A spring-biased mechanism is disposed between the basin member and plate, for biasing the plate apart from the basin member, generating a negative pressure within the ink reservoir and the basin member remaining stationary relative to the movement of the plate. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289972 | Ink cartridge and recording apparatus - To be capable of preventing the erroneous detection of the residual amount of ink, and to facilitate exchange work. Provided is an ink cartridge including: a flexible ink bag, configured to store ink and change a thickness thereof in response to an amount of the ink; a housing that houses the ink bag; an outflow port that is formed on a front surface of the housing, communicates with the ink bag, and causes the ink to flow out of the inside of the ink bag; a first detection window and a second detection window, which are formed on the housing; a plate that is fixed to an upper surface of the ink bag, and moves together with the ink bag in response to fluctuations of the amount of ink; an “empty” detecting member that is set movable following the plate in the housing, and moves to a position of closing the first detection window when the ink runs out; and a “full” detecting member that is set movable following the plate in the housing, and moves to a position of closing the second window when a fixed amount or more of the ink is stored in the ink bag. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289973 | Inkjet-Recording Ink Set, Inkjet-Recording Ink and Inkjet Image-Recording Method - The present invention provides an inkjet-recording ink set including multiple kinds of liquid including at least first and second liquids, wherein the first liquid contains a metal compound dissolved therein, and at least one of the multiple kinds of liquid contains a polymerizable compound. The invention also provides an inkjet-recording ink including at least a high-boiling-point organic solvent and a metal compound. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289974 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - In order to stabilize a performance of a pump employed for processing in an inkjet printing apparatus such as sucking ink from a printing head with a low cost configuration and without the need of using any specific detecting unit, the following configuration is employed. Namely, a tube pump having a member with a curved surface aligned with a flexible tube for supporting the tube and a roller which moves while pressing (squeezing) the flexible tube is driven with a DC motor. To keep revolutions always constant, a current PWM control is employed for changing a power applied to the motor according to load fluctuations, and a phase of the roller is determined based on the current PWM value to manage a pressure generated by the pump and a discharge rate. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289975 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND PRINTED MATTER - In an image forming device including a liquid discharge head in which nozzles for discharging liquid drops are arranged side by side, a drive waveform generating unit generates, within a single drive cycle, a first drive waveform containing a drive signal to discharge an amount of liquid drop used for image formation, and a second drive waveform containing a drive signal to discharge an amount of liquid drop smaller than a minimum discharge drop amount used for image formation. A head control unit causes the liquid discharge head to discharge the amount of liquid drop used for image formation in accordance with the first drive waveform for a region where an image is formed, and to discharge the amount of liquid drop smaller than the minimum discharge drop amount in accordance with the second drive waveform for a region where any image is not formed. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289976 | Ink jet printer having ink maintenance system - An ink jet printer performs a print process by ejecting ink for each of a plurality of ink colors. When a predetermined first circulation time elapses after starting the ink circulation, an ink agitating operation drive signal generation unit applies an ink agitating operation drive signal to an ink ejecting unit set operable to eject an ink, which has a predetermined nature, for a first ink agitating operation time in a first period, and applies the ink agitating operation drive signal to an ink ejecting unit set operable to eject an ink, which has not the predetermined nature, for a second ink agitating operation time in a second period which is shorter than the first period. It is therefore possible to perform maintenance effectively in advance of starting the print process in accordance with the nature of ink. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289977 | LIQUID DELIVERY DEVICE, ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, AND LIQUID JETTING SYSTEM - The liquid delivery device adapted for installation in a liquid jetting device that has a number N of liquid receiving portions, where N is an integer equal to 2 or greater, comprises an electrical device that returns a response signal in response to a driving signal from the liquid jetting device; a number N of liquid delivery portions that deliver liquid to the liquid receiving portions; and a number N of sets of terminals provided in correspondence with the liquid delivery portions; wherein the electrical device receives the driving signal and transmits the response signal, via one set of terminals among a number M of sets of terminals among the N sets of terminals, where M is an integer equal to 2 or greater but not greater than N. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289978 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE VARIABLE DROP SIZE EJECTION WITH LOW TAIL MASS DROPS - Described herein is a method and apparatus for driving a drop ejection device to produce variable sized drops with multi-pulse waveforms. In one embodiment, a method for driving a drop ejection device having an actuator includes applying a multi-pulse waveform having at least one drive pulse and at least one break off pulse to the actuator. The method further includes building a drop of a fluid with the at least one drive pulse. The method further includes accelerating the break off of the drop with the at least one break off pulse. The method further includes causing the drop ejection device to eject the drop of a fluid in response to the pulses of the multi-pulse waveform. The break off pulse causes the break off of the drop formed by the at least one drive pulse in order to reduce the tail mass of the drop. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289979 | Inkjet Printhead With Drive Circuitry Controlling Variable Firing Sequences - An inkjet printhead comprises: an array of ink ejection nozzles, an actuator for each nozzle and drive circuitry for receiving print data from a printhead controller and distributing fire signals to the actuators. The drive circuitry is configured to fire the actuators such that a first firing sequence for a first line of print is different to a second firing sequence for a subsequent second line of print. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289980 | LIQUID JET APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING PHASE OF DRIVE PULSE - A liquid jet apparatus including a plurality of nozzles provided to a liquid jet head, an actuator corresponding to each of the nozzles, and drive unit that applies a drive pulse to each of the actuators, wherein the drive unit includes correction value storing unit that stores a drive pulse application timing correction value corresponding to the number of actuators to be driven at the same time, and drive pulse application timing correction unit that corrects the drive pulse application timing using the drive pulse application timing correction value stored in the correction value storing unit. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289981 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE VARIABLE DROP SIZE EJECTION WITH A LOW POWER WAVEFORM - In one embodiment, a method for driving a droplet ejection device having an actuator includes applying a low power multi-pulse waveform having at least two drive pulses and at least one intermediate portion to the actuator. The method further includes alternately expanding and contracting a pumping chamber coupled to the actuator in response to the at least two drive pulses and the at least one intermediate portion. The method further includes causing the droplet ejection device to eject one or more droplets of a fluid in response to the pulses of the low power multi-pulse waveform. In some embodiments, at least one intermediate portion has a voltage level greater than zero and less than or equal to a threshold voltage level in order to reduce the power needed to operate the droplet ejection device. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289982 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE VARIABLE DROP SIZE EJECTION WITH AN EMBEDDED WAVEFORM - Described herein is a process and apparatus for driving a droplet ejection device with embedded multi-pulse waveforms. In one embodiment, the process includes generating a multi-pulse waveform that includes drive pulses in predetermined positions. Next, the process includes applying the drive pulses to the actuator and causing the droplet ejection device to eject a first droplet of a fluid. The process also includes applying a second multi-pulse waveform having at least one embedded pulse to the actuator and causing the droplet ejection device to eject a second droplet of the fluid. Each embedded pulse is embedded between predetermined positions of two drive pulses. In some embodiments, the first and second droplets have different droplet sizes and these droplets are ejected at substantially the same effective drop velocity. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289983 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE VARIABLE DROP SIZE EJECTION BY DAMPENING PRESSURE INSIDE A PUMPING CHAMBER - Described herein is a method and apparatus for driving a droplet ejection device with multi-pulse waveforms. In one embodiment, a method for driving a droplet ejection device having an actuator includes applying a multi-pulse waveform having two or more drive pulses and a cancellation pulse to the actuator. The method further includes generating a pressure response wave in a pumping chamber in response to each pulse. The method further includes causing the droplet ejection device to eject a droplet of a fluid in response to the drive pulses of the multi-pulse waveform. The method further includes canceling the pressure response waves associated with the drive pulses with the pressure response wave associated with the cancellation pulse. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289984 | PRINTING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing method that can suppress drops in voltage due to discharging of piezo elements is achieved. A printing method includes: generating a drive signal for driving a piezo element by selecting, based on print data, either a first original drive signal having a unit signal for defining the start to the end of an operation of causing the piezo element to eject ink by changing a voltage of the piezo element using a first reference voltage as a reference, or a second original drive signal having a unit signal for defining the start to the end of an operation of causing the piezo element to eject ink by changing the voltage of the piezo element using a second reference voltage as a reference; ejecting ink using the piezo element by applying the generated drive signal thereto to charge/discharge the piezo element; and charging the piezo element so that the voltage thereof attains either the first or second reference voltage during a predetermined period during which neither the first nor the second original drive signal is selected. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289985 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING EJECTION FAILURE IN PRE-PROCESSING AGENT EJECTION NOZZLES IN IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - The ejection positions of a plurality of pre-processing agent ejection nozzles and the ejection positions of a plurality of ink ejection nozzles as seen in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of a recording medium are in a one-to-one correspondence with each other. A controller causes the process of ejecting ink of a first color from the ink ejection nozzles onto the recording medium subjected to the ejection from the plurality of pre-processing agent ejection nozzles so as to form a failure detection printing pattern which is a printing pattern formed by providing a time lag between the processes of ejecting the ink from adjacent ones of the plurality of ink ejection nozzles. An ejection failure in the pre-processing agent ejection nozzles is detected by judging that a pre-processing agent ejection nozzle corresponding to a region where bleeding results suffers the ejection failure. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289986 | Ink Jetting - Among other things, for jetting ink droplets on a substrate during relative motion of an apparatus and the substrate along a process direction, a first and second jetting assemblies at least partially overlap in a direction perpendicular to the process direction so that some jets in the first jetting assembly align with some jets in the second jetting assembly along the process direction to form one or more pairs of aligned jets. A mechanism enables, in at least one pair of the aligned jets, one jet to jet a first ink drop that has a size smaller than a size of an ink drop the jet would otherwise be required to jet to form a desired pixel and the other jet to jet a second ink drop that has a size sufficient to form the desired pixel in combination with the first ink drop. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289987 | Printing apparatus - A printing apparatus is provided. The printing apparatus includes a first medium holder and a second medium holder, at least one print head, at least one print head drive unit, at least two holder drive units, at least one ink cartridge, and a cooperation controlling system to control printing operations in the printing apparatus. The printing operations include a first printing operation, a first pre-print operation, a first after-print operation, a second printing operation, a second pre-print operation, and a second after-print operation. One of redundant behaviors included in the first after-print operation and the second pre-print operation is omitted by the cooperation controlling system when the second printing operation is conducted successively to the first printing operation. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289988 | Method Of Cleaning A Printhead Using Liquid Foam - A method of cleaning an inkjet printhead, by generating a liquid foam on the ink ejection face such that particulate contaminants on the ejection surface disperse into the foam, then transferring the foam, together with the particulate contaminants dispersed within, onto a rotatable transfer surface moving relative said ejection face and, rotating the rotatable transfer surface into contact with a removal surface to remove the foam and the particulate contaminants dispersed within. Ink consumption is minimized by use of a foam and damage to the face is avoided since the rotatable transfer surface does not contact the face. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289989 | DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND REMOVING METHOD - When different liquids are charged in a plurality of nozzles, the liquids are drawn by suction or pushed out reliably from the nozzles, so that the liquids collected by suction or pushing out can be reused. For this purpose, a removing unit, which has a cap that operates to cover nozzle discharge ports and to come into tight contact with a head, is provided. Suction is performed from each nozzle separately. Different collection tubes and collection tanks are provided for the removing unit. A liquid having the same liquid composition is accumulated in one collection tank for the same liquid composition via the collection tube of a liquid channel for the same liquid composition. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289990 | Printing apparatus - A printing apparatus is provided. The printing apparatus includes at least two print heads, at least two print head drive units, and a cooperation controlling system to control printing operations in the printing apparatus. When a first printing operation and a second printing operation are conducted successively, the cooperation controlling system controls at least one of a second print head and the second print head drive unit so that a second pre-print operation is conducted at least partially simultaneously with the first printing operation and a first after-print operation is conducted at least partially simultaneously with the second printing operation, and the first print head and the first print head drive unit so that a first pre-print operation is conducted at least partially simultaneously with the second printing operation and a second after-print operation is conducted at least partially simultaneously with the first printing operation. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289991 | Printer Module With Capping Mechanism - A printer module includes an elongate body. A motor assembly is operatively mounted to an end of the body. A quartet of rollers is rotationally mounted with respect to the body and extends along the inside of the body. The rollers include a pair of driven rollers coupled to the motor assembly and a pair of free rotation neutral rollers. The rollers are arranged in pinching pairs with each pair including a respective driven and neutral roller. An elongate printhead is operatively mounted to extend along the body, and is configured to print ink upon print media passing through the body and between the pairs of rollers. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289992 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes an ejecting head including a nozzle from which an ink is ejected; a wiper member configured to wipe ink from a surface of the nozzle of the ejecting head; a wiper cleaning portion configured to remove an ink attached to the wiper member when the wiper member is pressed against the wiper cleaning portion, a scraping member actuated in a longitudinal direction of the wiper cleaning portion reciprocatively, and configured to scrape ink attached to the wiper cleaning portion; and a cleaning member configured to remove ink accumulated on the top portion of the scraping member. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289993 | LIQUID DISCHARGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE LIQUID DISCHARGING DEVICE - A liquid discharging device includes a plurality of nozzles for discharging liquid, a liquid discharging head having a nozzle row in which each of the nozzles is arranged in one direction, an endless cleaning belt for cleaning a liquid discharging surface of the liquid discharging head, an installation roller on which the cleaning belt is rotatably installed, a supporting frame that supports the installation roller so that a widthwise direction of the cleaning belt is set at an angle with the arrangement direction of the nozzles, and so that the cleaning belt positioned around the installation roller is capable of contacting the liquid discharging surface, a moving unit that moves the supporting frame in the arrangement direction of the nozzles, and a rotationally driving unit that rotationally drives the installation roller. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289994 | MAINTAINABLE COPLANAR FRONT FACE FOR SILICON DIE ARRAY PRINTHEAD - A full width array printhead is provided having a continuous maintainable printhead surface and method of forming the same. The printhead includes a substrate and an array of die modules mounted thereon with a front face of each die module exposed. A hardened fill material surrounds the array of die modules to define a continuous surface coplanar with the front face of the array of die modules. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289995 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD SUBSTRATE, AND INK JET RECORDING HEAD INCLUDING THE SUBSTRATE - An ink jet recording head substrate is provided with: an array of a plurality of energy generating bodies for generating energy utilized to discharge ink; and an ink supply port arranged along the array to supply ink to the plurality of energy generating bodies, the array and the ink supply port each extending in a longitudinal direction of the ink jet recording head substrate, the ink jet recording head substrate comprising: a first terminal electrically connected with the plurality of energy generating bodies, the first terminal being arranged along beside a first side of the ink jet recording head substrate, the first side extending in a cross direction intersecting the longitudinal direction; and a second terminal electrically connected with the plurality of energy generating bodies, the second terminal being arranged beside a second side of the ink jet recording head substrate, the second side extending in the longitudinal direction, so as to be arranged in an area between the first side and a phantom line that passes through a longitudinal end of the ink supply port closer to the first side and extends in the cross direction. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289996 | Nozzle Arrangement With Pivotal Wall Coupled To Thermal Expansion Actuator - A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet channel; a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink inlet channel, the nozzle chamber including an ink ejection port defined through a roof of the nozzle chamber, and a pivotal wall formed as part of one sidewall of the nozzle chamber; a paddle attached to the pivotal wall in a cantilevered manner, and extending into the nozzle chamber; a pair of anchors extending from the substrate assembly, a first anchor of the pair connected to a positive electrical contact and a second anchor of the pair connected to a negative electrical contact; and a thermal expansion actuator forming a bridge between the pair of anchors and the pivotal wall, the thermal expansion actuator having two arms each respectively attached to each of the pair of anchors, the thermal expansion actuator further having a bridge portion bridging the two arm. The thermal expansion actuator is configure to expand upon application of a current supplied through the pair of anchors. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289997 | Inkjet Printhead Employing Nozzle Paddle Ink Ejecting Actuator - An inkjet printhead includes a substrate defining a fluid chamber, the fluid chamber having a fluid outlet nozzle and a fluid supply channel respectively defined in opposite walls of the chamber; a thermal actuator extending from outside of the fluid chamber into the fluid chamber via an aperture in a sidewall of the fluid chamber; and a nozzle paddle terminating the thermal actuator and positioned within the fluid chamber, the nozzle paddle operatively displaceable upwards by the thermal actuator to eject ink from within the fluid chamber out through the fluid outlet nozzle. The fluid chamber is provided with a rim extending around an inner surface of the side wall, the rim partially protruding from the inner surface into the fluid chamber. The rim is provided with a rim edge angled upwards towards the fluid outlet nozzle. The nozzle paddle is spaced from the rim edge to define a gap between an edge of the nozzle paddle and the rim edge, the gap facilitating ink flow from a side of the nozzle paddle facing the fluid supply channel to a side of the nozzle paddle facing the fluid outlet nozzle. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289998 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LIQUID-DROP EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID-DROP EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid drop ejecting head for ejecting liquid drops from nozzles communicating with liquid chambers includes a piezoelectric actuator including a diaphragm whose ends are fixed in a short-side direction of the diaphragm and an active element mounted on the diaphragm. The active element is contractible and extendable by a supply of a voltage to displace the diaphragm in an out-of-plane direction. The diaphragm is displaced with curvature so as to have a plurality of inflection points in the short-side direction. The active element is disposed in at least one area of an area from each of the ends of the diaphragm to a proximal inflection point of the inflection points and an area from one inflection point to another neighboring inflection point of the inflection points in a cross-section in the short-side direction of the diaphragm. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289999 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid from a nozzle opening includes a first channel-forming substrate having a pressure-generating chamber that includes a diaphragm. A second channel-forming substrate is disposed on a surface opposite the diaphragm. An actuator that includes the diaphragm applies pressure to the pressure-generating chamber to eject the liquid from the nozzle opening. A first protective film is disposed on an inner surface of the pressure-generating chamber. A second protective film is disposed on a surface of the second channel-forming substrate that faces the first channel-forming substrate. The first channel-forming substrate is bonded to the second channel-forming substrate with an adhesive between the first and second protective films. Before curing, a contact angle θ | 2009-11-26 |
20090290000 | CAVITY PLATE - Among other things, a cavity plate for use in ink jetting includes an outlet end. Elongated lands extend from the outlet end toward an inlet end of the cavity plate. The elongated lands have side walls between top and bottom surfaces of the cavity plate to form elongated cavities. There are structural supports upstream of the ink outlets and between the elongated lands, to support the elongated lands. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290001 | Ink bag adapter, adapter-equipped ink bag, and printing apparatus - To position a storage medium simply/reliably. An ink bag unit is structured so as to be attachable to and detachable from a tray. When ink runs out, a new ink bag unit can be used by being mounted on the tray. An adapter portion holds a storage device that stores data regarding the ink. The adapter portion is inserted into an adapter insertion portion of the tray, whereby a position of the storage device in the ink cartridge is definitely determined. As described above, with regard to the ink cartridge, the tray can be used as a piece of equipment of a printing apparatus over and over again, and the ink bag unit can be distributed as a consumable article. Further, because the storage device is mounted to the adapter portion, connection between the printing apparatus and the storage device can be achieved reliably and easily when the ink cartridge is mounted to the printing apparatus. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290002 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a liquid ejecting device including a liquid ejecting head including a liquid ejecting nozzle, a head tank configured to store liquid to be fed to the liquid ejecting head, a liquid storing container configured to store liquid to be fed to the head tank, a first liquid sending device configured to send liquid from the liquid storing container to the head tank, a pressure adjusting tank configured to store liquid suctioned from the liquid ejecting head, and a second liquid sending device configured to send liquid from the liquid ejecting head to the pressure adjusting tank, wherein the head tank includes a liquid receiving port configured to receive liquid from the liquid storing container via a liquid receiving valve being opened at a predetermined or less pressure and a liquid feeding port configured to feed liquid to the liquid ejecting head and the liquid ejecting head includes a liquid inflow port communicating with the liquid feeding port and a liquid outflow port communicating with the pressure adjusting tank via the second liquid sending device. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290003 | INK CONTAINER, INK CONTAINER SET, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink container detachably mountable to an ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink accommodating portion accommodating ink; a casing accommodating the ink accommodating portion; an ink supplying portion for supplying the ink from the ink reservoir portion; a displaceable member which is provided in the casing and which is displaceable between an insertable position where the ink container is insertable into and extractable from the ink jet recording apparatus and a non-insertable position where the ink container is not insertable into and is not extractable from the ink jet recording apparatus, wherein the displaceable member is non-self-restorable with respect to the displacement. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290004 | INK RESERVOIR - An ink reservoir capable of retaining ink includes a case having a polypropylene, and a fibrous absorber contained in the case, the fibrous absorber having an aggregate of fiber with a double-layer structure including a core and a sheath, the sheath being fused at intersections of fiber loops. The core has a polypropylene homopolymer having a melting point of 140° C. or more, and the sheath has an ethylene-propylene random copolymer having a melting point of less than 140° C. and a melt mass-flow rate of 7 g/10 min or more as measured at 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg according to JIS K 7210. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290005 | Liquid Container, and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A liquid container includes a container body having a fluid channel forming portion for forming a fluid channel in which a liquid flows, a sensor member having a sensor and a film that is adapted to fix the sensor member to the container body. The fluid channel forming portion has a container side opening section opened so as to face the sensor member and an outer peripheral portion disposed so as to surround the container side opening section, the film is adapted to seal a portion between an outer edge portion of the sensor member and the outer peripheral portion of the fluid channel forming portion, and the outer peripheral portion has an elastically deformable portion that allows the sensor member to move in a direction away from the container side opening section. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290006 | Droplet discharging apparatus - A droplet discharging apparatus has a flow path connected to a liquid supply path. A nozzle is located downstream of the flow path and discharges liquid drops. A pressure generation element generates pressure for discharging the liquid from the nozzle. The flow path is bent and has a first flow path connected to the liquid supply path and a second flow path connected to the downstream side of the first flow path and causing the liquid to flow in the different direction from the first flow path. That portion of the bend which is from an outer corner of the bend to an outer wall portion of the second flow path is formed in a smooth shape. At the connected sections, the width of the second flow path normal to the direction of flow of the first flow path is set smaller than the width of the first flow path. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290007 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording method including: (i) exposing a surface of a recording medium to non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma so as to hydrophilize the surface of the recording medium, and (ii) applying a stimulus to an ink composition so as to eject the ink composition to form an image on the recording medium, wherein the ink composition contains at least one of a pigment/water-dispersible resin particle mixture in which a pigment is dispersed along with water-dispersible resin particles and colored water-dispersible resin particles each of which is a water-dispersible resin particle which is colored. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290008 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes: a holding and conveyance device which has a round cylindrical shape and is rotatable about a rotational axis, the holding and conveyance device conveying a recording medium in a prescribed conveyance direction by rotating about the rotational axis while holding the recording medium on an outer circumferential surface of the holding and conveyance device, the holding and conveyance device having a recess section arranged in a direction parallel to the rotational axis at a prescribed position on the outer circumferential surface of the holding and conveyance device; an end portion holding member which is arranged in the recess section and has an end portion holding surface by which at least one of a leading end portion and a trailing end portion of the recording medium held on the outer circumferential surface is held to an inner side relative to an image forming surface of the recording medium held on the outer circumferential surface; and an image forming device which forms an image on the recording medium held on the holding and conveyance device, wherein: a radius of curvature of the end portion holding surface is smaller than a radius of the outer circumferential surface; and a tangential direction of the end portion holding surface at an end of the end portion holding surface on a side of the outer circumferential surface is substantially a same with a tangential direction of the outer circumferential surface at an end on a side of the end portion holding surface. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290009 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image is formed by dividing rasterized original image data into regions in accordance with N recording heads, and scanning a recording body by simultaneously irradiating recording beams from the N recording heads. Corrected image data divided into regions in accordance with the recording heads are generated by changing the rasterized original image data based on information including positional displacements of the recording beams, so that the positional displacements are corrected. Scanning information is generated based on the positional displacement information. The scanning information includes positions and orders for the recording beams to scan the recording body to record the corrected image data. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290010 | Thermal printer - Provided is a thermal printer in which when heat-sensitive paper is provided to the user, characters printed on the heat-sensitive paper may be received by a user without any uncomfortable feelings, and a use amount of the heat-sensitive paper may be reduced. A thermal printer (P | 2009-11-26 |
20090290011 | CALL PROCESSING METHOD, SERVICE CONTROL DEVICE AND CALL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A call processing method, service control device and call processing system is provided. The method includes: correspondence relationship between a called number and a manage number is pre-established; service authentication of a caller is performed upon reception of information on a call request initiated by the caller to the called number; a call to the called number is initiated with the management number after authentication is passed; and a called terminal identifies the managed number and sets up communication with the caller after identification is passed, thereby avoiding direct calling of the caller to the called number without any authentication flow and improving service security. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290012 | METHODS FOR PROVIDING VIDEO CONTENT AND ASSOCIATED SERVICE DEVICES, SYSTEMS THEREOF - A method for providing video content in a video conference includes sending, by a conference terminal, a video content access request to a video conference system, controlling a VOD proxy server to obtain video streams from a streaming media application system and providing the video streams to the video conference system. A method for providing video content for a video conference and a VOD proxy server, a video conference system and an integrated videoconferencing service system thereof are also provided according to embodiments of the present disclosure. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the video content in the course of a video conference is no longer subjected to the type of video sources coupled to the conference terminal. The conference terminal may introduce various video contents supported by the streaming media application system into the video conference. Accordingly, auxiliary functions of the video conference are enriched. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290013 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, PLAYBACK CONTROL APPARATUS, PLAYBACK CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to convert an image input through a lens system into image data, a stitching unit configured to generate a panoramic image from a plurality of the image data items of images captured during a time period from when a panoramic image capture is started to when the panoramic image capture is ended, an imaging direction detecting unit configured to detect an imaging direction during the time period from when a panoramic image capture is started to when the panoramic image capture is ended, a clock unit configured to detect image capture time information regarding image capture times of the panoramic image, and a recording unit configured to record, in association with the panoramic image generated by the stitching unit, the image capture time information detected by the clock unit and the imaging direction detected by the imaging direction detecting unit. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290014 | OBJECT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND OBJECT MANAGEMENT METHOD - An object management apparatus comprising an image photographing unit, a storage unit, and a control unit communicably connected to at least one operation target device and a mobile terminal including a displacement detecting unit that detects a displacement of a physical quantity caused when the mobile terminal moves and a display unit via a network, wherein the storage unit includes, a display object storing unit, an operation target object storing unit, and a processing command storing unit, and the control unit includes, a display object transmitting unit, a mobile terminal position acquiring unit, an region determining unit, an operation target object determining unit, a processing command determining physical quantity displacement receiving unit, a display object acquiring unit, a processing command searching unit, and a processing command executing unit. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290015 | VEGETATION DETECTOR AND RELATED METHOD - A vegetation detector | 2009-11-26 |
20090290016 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system comprises a scope and a processor. The scope has an imaging sensor, a first image-processing unit that performs primary image processing, a first memory, and a second memory. The first and second memories are non-volatile. The processor has a second image-processing unit that performs secondary image processing, and a processor memory that is non-volatile. The first memory stores an system data that includes parameters for the primary and secondary image processing. The processor memory stores the system data. The second memory is used for storing the system data stored in the processor memory when it is determined that the system data stored in the first memory is older than the system data stored in the processor memory. The system data stored in the second memory is overwritten onto the first scope memory after the system data is stored in the second memory. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290017 | ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope processor including a receiver and a correction circuit block is provided. The receiver receives an image signal. The image signal corresponds to a captured subject. The image signal is generated by an imaging device. The image signal comprises a plurality of pixel signals corresponding to a plurality of pixels. A plurality of pixels forms an optical image of the subject. The correction circuit block carries out first signal processing on the pixel signals so that a representative value matches a standard value when the image signal received by the receiver is a fluorescence image signal. The representative value is calculated on the basis of a plurality of chrominance difference values corresponding to a plurality of pixel signals. The fluorescence image signal is generated when the subject is illuminated with excitation light. The excitation light makes an organ fluoresce. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290018 | Endoscope system with option circuit board - An endoscope system has an electronic endoscope with a solid-state image sensor, a processor device, and an option circuit board detachably connected to the processor device. The electronic endoscope drives the solid-state image sensor based on a clock signal correspondingly to the number of pixels of the solid-state image sensor, and captures images. The processor device generates a first video signal from an image signal. The option circuit board has a measurement pulse generator for generating measurement pulses, a gate pulse generator for generating a gate pulse, a pulse counter for counting the number of the measurement pulses during outputting the gate pulse, and a judgment circuit for obtaining the number of pixels from a count value of the pulse counter. The option circuit board converts the first video signal into a second video signal in consideration of the number of pixels to display the images on a PC monitor. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290019 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTEGRATION OF SENSOR AND WEAPON SYSTEMS WITH A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A system, method and computer program product provides for integrating a sensor system data and a weapon system data with a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided. An area surrounding the mobile object on the GUI system is displayed. The respective locations of one or more sensed objects sensed by the sensor system in the area may be determined in response to a user selected sensor system input. The one or more sensed objects on the GUI system may be displayed. The weapon system may be targeted upon the one or more sensed objects in response to a user selected weapon system input. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290020 | Stationary Object Detection Using Multi-Mode Background Modelling - Disclosed is a method | 2009-11-26 |
20090290021 | REAR SEAT PASSENGER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A rear seat passenger surveillance camera/display system is constructed of an automobile that has a dashboard, a rear seat and a headliner panel; a video camera mounted on the headline panel at a substantially central location with a lens of the camera pointing downwardly; a video display panel mounted on the dashboard for receiving signals from the video camera, displaying an image of the rear seat, and for viewing by the automobile operator; and wiring for supplying electric power to the video camera and the video display panel from a power source in the automobile. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO OF ENTIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCESSING - The present invention relates to a system and method for transmitting video of an entire law enforcement processing. The system includes a portable video storage device provided to be detachably worn on an arbitrary portion on a helmet, goggles, or a body of a law enforcement officer and is configured to store and manage first law enforcement information and to transmit the first law enforcement information. A vehicle-use video storage device is provided on a front and a rear portion of a police vehicle and is configured to compress second law enforcement information, store the compressed second law enforcement information, and transmit the first and second law enforcement information. The police station server generates law enforcement record information by combining the first law enforcement information and the first and second law enforcement information, stores and manages the law enforcement record information, and outputs indexed law enforcement record information. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290023 | Self contained wall mountable surveillance and security system - A surveillance system that is comprised of an environmentally sealed metal cabinet enclosure consisting of high impact resistant metal, said enclosure consists of a metal back and having two equal metal sides and an equal top and bottom pieces that are framed and fastened in such a manner as to form a framed rectangular metal box style enclosure. A front mounted metal access door with two recessed metal hinges, a rubberized gasket to form a seal and an attached locking device and handle complete the cabinet enclosure. Side access ports of at least one per side, and generally being round in nature provide a side access point to the interior of the cabinet, said access ports provide a mounting point for the generally hollow camera mounting arm to be attached to each side of said cabinet. The said access ports allow wiring and cables to pass through the connected camera mounting arm to the interior of the cabinet, with said camera mounting arm ends being environmentally sealable, thus rendering the wiring and cable protected from the environment and secure from tampering or accidental damage. The cabinet contains and houses the various subsystem components consisting of, but not limited to, a video encoding device, communication equipment and various control systems for powering and controlling the plurality of pan, tilt and zoom cameras with analytic capabilities, sensor apparatus, various warning devices and having at least one, but not limited to one, power source providing power to the plurality of electronic devices. Secondly, a programmable LED digital message board is positioned and attached at or near the top of the cabinet to provide a highly visible visual warning that the area is under surveillance. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290024 | PROVIDING LIVE EVENT MEDIA CONTENT TO SPECTATORS - A method of providing photographic images of live events to a remote spectator includes obtaining media content from at least one media recording device at a live event; providing a version of the content to an electronic device being used by the spectator over a network; and receiving a selection of media content or a portion of the media content selected by the spectator using the electronic device. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290025 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC) IN VIDEO - A video based method to detect volatile organic compounds (VOC) leaking out of components used in chemical processes in petrochemical refineries. Leaking VOC plume from a damaged component causes edges present in image frames to loose their sharpness, leading to a decrease in the high frequency content of the image. Analysis of image sequence frequency data from visible and infrared cameras enable detection of VOC plumes in real-time. Analysis techniques using adaptive background subtraction, sub-band analysis, threshold adaptation, and Markov modeling are described. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290026 | Self calibrating cable for high definition digital video interface - A High Definition Multi-Media Interface (HDMI) cable may exhibit frequency dependent signal attenuation, inter symbol interference, and inter-pair skew. A boost device integrated with the cable can compensate for such impairments of the cable. A self calibrating cable with a boost device of the embodiment of the invention is described, in which parameters that control the response of the boost device are set optimally in a self-calibrating process comprising looping the boosted cable on itself through a calibration fixture that contains a calibration control device. The boost device includes pattern generators and a sampling circuit. Each high speed channel of the cable is separately tested and calibrated with the help of one of the other channels serving as a sampling channel. Additional embodiments provide for a selected replica boost device and a distinct pattern generator device in the calibration fixture. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290027 | Communication Apparatus, Communication System, Communication Method, and Program - A communication apparatus of the present invention includes a transmission/reception coupler for performing a one-to-one communication at short distance with an apparatus of a communication opponent by electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling; a plural copy mode setting unit for setting a plural copy mode for transferring a data file to a plurality of apparatuses; a data file selecting unit for selecting a data file to transfer to the plurality of apparatuses; a file transfer processing unit for transferring the data file already selected in the data file selecting unit to an apparatus, which communication is established, when the plural copy mode is set; and a plural copy mode canceling unit for canceling the plural copy mode. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290028 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An electronic camera | 2009-11-26 |
20090290029 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOTION ESTIMATION IN DIGITAL IMAGING APPLICATIONS - A method and system for estimating global motion in digital imaging applications with confidence level filtering. Motion search yields a plurality of vectors describing the movement of feature blocks from one frame to another. A confidence level is assigned to each motion vector. Based on the confidence levels, vectors are given more or less weight when estimating global motion. High-confidence vectors are given more weight than low-confidence vectors. Embodiments for estimating both the magnitude of global motion and the magnitude and direction of global motion are disclosed. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290030 | IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTHENTICATING IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE IN THE IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM - An image acquisition system includes a camera as an image acquisition device and a commanding device configured as a member separate from the camera to transmit a command for controlling the camera to the camera so that the camera can perform the operation corresponding to the command. The ability to transmit/receive the command between the commanding device and the image acquisition device is switchable. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290031 | ADAPTER DEVICE FOR IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A network camera system is configured such that an adapter is connected with a digital camera, and the adapter is connected with a network to which a client is also connected. A video signal representing a real-time image and a digital image signal representing a high-resolution still image are transmitted from the camera to the adapter. The adapter has a function of a file server and allows the client to download image data corresponding to the high-resolution still image. The adapter device further has a function of a streaming server and transmits streaming data representing the real-time image. The client can transmit an operation command to the adapter through the network, and the adapter can transfer the command to the camera to perform the operation required by the client. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290032 | SELF CALIBRATION OF EXTRINSIC CAMERA PARAMETERS FOR A VEHICLE CAMERA - A system and method for calibrating a camera on a vehicle as the vehicle is being driven. The method includes identifying at least two feature points in at least two camera images from a vehicle that has moved between taking the images. The method then determines a camera translation direction between two camera positions. Following this, the method determines a ground plane in camera coordinates based on the corresponding feature points from the images and the camera translation direction. The method then determines a height of the camera above the ground and a rotation of the camera in vehicle coordinates. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290033 | Systems and methods of creating a virtual window - The systems and methods described herein provide imaging systems with multiple imaging sensors arranged in an optical head that create a seamless panoramic view by reducing parallax distortion and adaptively adjusting exposure levels of the recorded images. In particular, an optical head is described with a stacked configuration of CCD imaging sensors in which charge is transferred from a sensor to a processor beginning with an array of photosensitive elements nearest another sensor. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290034 | IMAGE FORMATION FOR LARGE PHOTOSENSOR ARRAY SURFACES - The invention performs electronic image formation and refinement from overlapping measurement vignettes captured by an array of image sensors and associated micro-optics. The invention is directed to an alternate image formation system that combines readily-fabricated micro-optical structures, a two-dimensional image sensor array with electronic or digital image processing to actually construct the image. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290035 | METHOD OF CAPTURING STILL IMAGE DURING CAPTURE OF MOVING IMAGE AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - According to an electronic camera capable of capturing a still image during capturing of a moving image, by storing the zoom lens position information at that time when capturing of the moving image is temporarily stopped for capturing of the still image and using the field angle information or the like recorded after capturing of the still image is terminated, the zoom lens can be automatically returned to the original zoom position so as to prevent the generation of an uncomfortable feeling between the moving image before capturing of the still image and the moving image of which capturing is restarted just after termination of the still image capturing. | 2009-11-26 |
20090290036 | IMAGE SAMPLING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image sampling method for an image sensor is provided herein. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixel elements in the intersections of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. During either one of the odd field period or the even field period, the pixel elements in the intersections of the odd rows and the odd columns and the pixel elements in the intersection of the even rows and the even columns are sampled. During the other field period, the pixel elements in the intersections of the even rows and the odd columns and the pixel elements in the intersection of the odd rows and the even columns are sampled. The image processing method utilizes the pixel data in a specific block sampled from the pixel elements during one of the odd and the even field periods to interpolate a specific pixel in the specific block. | 2009-11-26 |