52nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130342541 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING PATIENT-RELATED DATA - Systems and methods for displaying patient-related data to a care provider are provided. Patient-related values are received. The quantity of values is greater than a graph overflow threshold indicative of an amount of display space of a graph. A set of visible values is defined based at least in part on the graph overflow threshold. Sets of hidden values and anomalous values are also defined. The values in the visible-value set are displayed within the display space of the graph. An anomaly indicator is provided for any value in both the visible-value set and the anomalous-value set, to notify a care provider of any visible anomalous patient-related value. An overflow identifier is displayed instead of any value in the hidden-values set. The overflow identifier indicates the number of values in the hidden-value set to inform the care provider as such. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342542 | Method and System To Manipulate Multiple Selections Against a Population of Elements - Methods and systems to manipulate multiple selections against a population of elements are disclosed. One method may include: method for manipulating selections against a population of elements, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of data sets; determining one or more overlaps, each overlap comprising a common region between at least two data sets in the plurality of data sets; displaying a plurality of bars, each bar corresponding to a data set from the plurality of data sets; and for each of the one or more overlaps, displaying one or more elements in at least one of the plurality of bars, each element corresponding to a size of the common region between the at least two data sets. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342543 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING EFFICIENT INFORMATION CODING - A method and an apparatus for producing a coded graphic representation. The method includes providing a graphic array and processing at least a portion of the graphic array. A graphic array can be provided such that an array of graphic indications which includes a plurality of graphic indication pairs can be provided. Each of the plurality of graphic indication pair can have at least a first graphic element and a second graphic element. The first and second graphic element can be spaced apart such that each of the plurality of graphic indication pairs can be associated with an element pitch. The element pitches of the plurality of graphic indication pairs can be substantially similar. At least a portion of the graphic array can be processed by displacing at least one graphic indication pair in the plurality of graphic indication pairs such that at least one element pitch is deviated. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342544 | INDICATING THE PROGRESS OF A BOOT SEQUENCE ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a method of indicating the progress of a boot sequence on a communication device, the method comprising initiating the boot sequence; receiving input at the communication device during the boot sequence; and, in response to receiving input, outputting a progress indicator indicating the progress of the boot sequence. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342545 | DISPLAYING MAP LAYERS IN ORDER - A system and method for displaying map layers in order. First vector data which defines one or more features of a first layer of a map is received from a server. Second vector data which defines one or more features of a second layer of the map is received from the server. A first order for displaying the one or more features of the first layer relative to the one more features of the second layer is received. The first vector data and the second vector data are rendered for display based on the received first order, to display the one or more features defined by the first layer relative to the one or more features defined by the second layer based on the received first order. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342546 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERSION OF GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENTS - A method for the conversion of graphical representations of automation environments is provided. The method includes receiving first graphics data in a first format comprising a first graphical representation of a first portion of an automation environment. The method also includes processing the first graphics data to convert the first graphics data to second graphics data in a second format. The method further includes receiving performance data associated with the operation of the first portion of the automation environment, and transferring the performance data and the second graphics data to a client device, for incorporation of the performance data into the second graphics data by the client device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342547 | EARLY SAMPLE EVALUATION DURING COARSE RASTERIZATION - A technique for early sample evaluation during coarse rasterization of primitives reduces the number of pixel tiles that are processed during fine rasterization of the primitive. A primitive bounding box determines when a primitive is small and may not actually cover any samples within at least one fine raster tile. Early sample evaluation is performed for the small primitive during coarse rasterization and the small primitive is discarded when no samples are actually covered by the small primitive. When the small primitive lies on a boundary between at least two fine raster tiles, early sample evaluation is performed during coarse rasterization to correctly identify which, if any, of the at least two fine raster tiles includes samples that are actually covered by the small primitive. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342548 | DISPLAY MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a display module includes a display unit, a control unit and a ground unit. The display unit includes a circuit and is configured to display an image. The control unit is connected to the display unit, is configured to control the display unit, and includes a first electrically conductive portion. The ground unit is connected to the circuit of the display unit and the first electrically conductive portion of the control unit and configured to ground the circuit of the display unit and the control unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342549 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING RENDERING DATA - An apparatus and method for processing rendering data that may group vertex data that is received from a host computer, and may assign a shader processing unit to process a vertex shader among one or more shader processing units, and process the grouped vertex data using the assigned shader processing unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342550 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BUFFERING READ-ONLY IMAGES AND/OR READABLE AND WRITABLE IMAGES INTO BUFFER DEVICE - An exemplary method for buffering an image into a buffer device includes following steps: checking a first predetermined criterion; when the first predetermined criterion is not met, converting at least a first image in the buffer device into at least a corresponding second image in the buffer device, wherein a size of the corresponding second image is smaller than a size of the first image; and when the first predetermined criterion is met, storing a third image derived from the image into the buffer device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342551 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AT PIXEL RATE - Embodiments of the present invention provide for improved timing control in 2-D image processing to maintain a constant rate of fetches and pixel outputs even when the processing operations transition to a new line or frame of pixels. A one-to-one relationship between incoming pixel rate and outgoing pixel rate is maintained without additional clock cycles or memory bandwidth as an improved timing control according to the present invention takes advantage of idle memory bandwidth by pre-fetching a new column of pixel data in a first pixel block of a next line or frame while a new column of an edge pixel block on a current line is duplicated or zeroed out. As the edge pixel block(s) on the current line are processed, the data in the first pixel block of the next line or frame become ready for computation without extra clock cycles or extra memory bandwidth. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342552 | Techniques for Accessing a Graphical Processing Unit Memory by an Application - Various embodiments are presented herein that may allow an application direct access to graphical processing unit memory. An apparatus and a computer-implemented method may include accessing allocated graphical processing unit memory of a second resource via a link from a first resource. The allocated graphical processing unit memory may be mapped into one or more page tables of a central processing unit. A virtual address of the graphical processing unit memory from the one or more page tables of the central processing unit may be sent to the application. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342553 | TEXTURE MAPPING TECHNIQUES - Improved techniques for texture mapping are described. In one embodiment, for example, a host may include a processor circuit and a graphics management module, and the graphics management module may be operable by the processor circuit to determine that a texture value corresponding to a texture coordinate is unavailable, determine a marginal texture coordinate corresponding to the texture coordinate, determine a marginal texture value corresponding to the marginal texture coordinate, and store the marginal texture value in a memory unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342554 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ASSOCIATION BASED IDENTIFICATION - A method for association based identification. The method includes providing at least one identifier and communicating identification information based on the at least one identifier. The method further includes receiving and processing identification information. Each of the at least one identifier can be associated with a color code. Identification information can be processed in a manner so as to produce association data. The association data can be associated with at least a characteristic data from a set of library data. The set of library data can correspond to a library of color codes and a characteristic data from the set of library data can correspond to a color code from the library of color codes. The association data is based upon to produce output signals. The output signals can be based on characteristic data associable with the association data. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342555 | ASSISTANCE FOR COLOR RECOGNITION - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for processing a color image for a color blind person to perceive color variation within the color image. Specifically, in a typical embodiment, a color image is received from an image capture device or other means. Each area of the color image having one of a specific color or color combination is determined. A pattern is generated based on the one of the specific color or color combination. A pattern overlay of the generated pattern is rendered on a display device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342556 | CONTROLLING AN APPEARANCE OF AN APPARATUS - A method comprising: producing a visual output using a user history dependent upon a plurality of past events relevant to a user of an apparatus; detecting a new event relevant to the user of the apparatus; creating a new user history dependent upon the plurality of past events relevant to a user of an apparatus and the new event relevant to the user of the apparatus; and producing a new visual output using the new user history. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342557 | Color Correction of Images - Systems and techniques can be used to correct color of an image by expanding red, green, blue (RGB) values at each pixel of the image using a base of order-root functions f(R, G, B). In one aspect, a method includes receiving an image, where a plurality of pixels of the received image have input RGB values that depend on a sensor used to acquire the image; expanding, by an image processor, the input RGB values of the plurality of pixels using a nonlinear base, such that each term of the nonlinear base scales linearly with exposure or brightness of the image; and adjusting, by the image processor, the image by transforming the expanded input RGB values of the image to output RGB values that are independent of the sensor used to acquire the image and scale linearly with the exposure or illumination of the image. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342558 | METHOD OF CORRECTING UNEVENNESS OF DISPLAY PANEL AND CORRECTION SYSTEM - A process of correcting display unevenness of a liquid crystal panel | 2013-12-26 |
20130342559 | TEMPORALLY CONSISTENT SUPERPIXELS - A method and an apparatus for generating superpixels for a sequence of frames are described. A feature space of the sequence of frames is separated into a color subspace and a spatial subspace. A clustering is then performed in the spatial subspace on a frame basis. In the color subspace a clustering is performed on stacked frames. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342560 | Layering A Line with Multiple Layers for Rendering a Soft Brushstroke - A method for drawing a line having a gradient opacity across a width of the line includes receiving a path for rendering the line in a user interface, and rendering, by a computing device, a plurality of composite lines on a user interface along the path to form the line. The composite lines of the plurality of composite lines have different widths have an opacity, and are multilayered along the path. The method further includes centering, by the computing device, longitudinal-centers of the plurality of composite lines with a center of the path. The opacity of the plurality of composite lines is additive across portions of the width of the line to form the gradient opacity. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342561 | DATA VISUALIZATION RENDERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In a data visualization system, a method of generating a representation of data values for a plurality of data points being visualized in an image space, the method comprising the steps of the data visualization system: i) retrieving data values from a data storage module in communication with the data visualization system, wherein a first data value is associated with a first data point, ii) determining a size and a transparency value for a first icon based on the first data value, iii) rendering the first icon in two dimensions in a position associated with the first data point in the image space, wherein the first icon is rendered based on the determined size and transparency values to generate a representation of the data value. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342562 | Visual Accessibility for Vision Impaired - A method involves presenting a viewer of images on an electronic display with a plurality of images each of which displays an ordered range of intensities of colors for each of a plurality of color families; providing the viewer with control over selection of a gamma correction factor for each of the plurality of color families so as to allow the viewer to select a gamma factor that presents an appearance of most equal steps in intensity change in each of the plurality of color families in order to compensate for a color vision impairment of the viewer; and displaying images on the electronic display, where the displayed images are compensated using the user selected gamma correction factors for each of the plurality of color families. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342563 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MIRROR FUNCTION COMMAND AND MIRROR FUNCTION - An electronic device includes a display screen, a protection layer located on the display screen, a detection unit, and a processing unit. The detection unit detects an operation of commanding a mirror function generated by a user, and produces a trigger signal when detecting the operation of commanding the mirror function. The processing unit controls the display screen to display a single high-reflection color when the trigger signal is received. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342564 | CONFIGURED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - A display apparatus and method for creating and displaying configured virtual environments based on real world source environments. A mixed reality environment includes real and virtual objects, and a set of one or more virtual objects may be associated with a source environment and stored as a configured environment for later rendering by the display apparatus. Configured environments may be associated with users, environments or locations. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342565 | INDOOR STRUCTURE INFERENCE USING POINTS OF INTEREST - In one implementation, a method may comprise: obtaining a digital map of an indoor region that identifies boundaries between subsections within the indoor region; and approximating locations of walls separating rooms within at least one of the subsections based, at least in part, on locations of feature labels provided in the digital map. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342566 | METHOD OF EDITING CONTENTS AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - Methods for editing contents in a touch screen electronic device are provided. One method detects user selection of a plurality of displayed contents to be combined within one contents region, such as a memo. Main contents and sub-contents are determined from the selected contents, based on a predetermined input gesture. The sub-contents are combined with the main contents, where a style of the sub-contents is automatically changed to a style of the main contents. Techniques for separating combined contents are also disclosed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342567 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - In accordance with an example embodiment a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method comprises determining an angle of rotation indicative of an overlap region between a first image and a second image associated with a multimedia content. The method further comprises determining one or more intermediate planes in the overlap region between a first image plane associated with the first image and a second image plane associated with the second image. At least a portion of the first image is associated with the overlap region and at least a portion of the second image associated with the overlap region are projected onto the one or more intermediate planes for processing the first image and the second image. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342568 | LOW LIGHT SCENE AUGMENTATION - Embodiments related to providing low light scene augmentation are disclosed. One embodiment provides, on a computing device comprising a see-through display device, a method including recognizing, from image data received from an image sensor, a background scene of an environment viewable through the see-through display device, the environment comprising a physical object. The method further includes identifying one or more geometrical features of the physical object and displaying, on the see through display device, an image augmenting the one or more geometrical features. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUGMENTING AN INDEX GENERATED BY A NEAR EYE DISPLAY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to augment an index image generated by a near eye display in order to more clearly present at least a portion of the index image. In the context of a method, a position of the mobile terminal relative to an index image generated by a near eye display is determined. The method also determines an image to be presented by the mobile terminal based upon the index image and the position of the mobile terminal relative to the index image. The method also causes the image to be presented by the mobile terminal. A corresponding apparatus and a computer program product are also provided. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342570 | OBJECT-CENTRIC MIXED REALITY SPACE - A see-through, near-eye, mixed reality display apparatus providing a mixed reality environment wherein one or more virtual objects and one or more real objects exist within the view of the device. Each of the real and virtual have a commonly defined set of attributes understood by the mixed reality system allowing the system to manage relationships and interaction between virtual objects and other virtual objects, and virtual and real objects. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342571 | MIXED REALITY SYSTEM LEARNED INPUT AND FUNCTIONS - A see-through, near-eye, mixed reality display apparatus providing a mixed reality environment wherein one or more virtual objects and one or more real objects exist within the view of the device. Each of the real and virtual have a commonly defined set of attributes understood by the mixed reality system allowing the system to manage relationships and interaction between virtual objects and other virtual objects, and virtual and real objects. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342572 | CONTROL OF DISPLAYED CONTENT IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - A system and method are disclosed for controlling content displayed to a user in a virtual environment. The virtual environment may include virtual controls with which a user may interact using predefined gestures. Interacting with a virtual control may adjust an aspect of the displayed content, including for example one or more of fast forwarding of the content, rewinding of the content, pausing of the content, stopping the content, changing a volume of content, recording the content, changing a brightness of the content, changing a contrast of the content and changing the content from a first still image to a second still image. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342573 | Transitioning 3D Space Information to Screen Aligned Information for Video See Through Augmented Reality - Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided to transition 3D space information detected in an Augmented Reality (AR) view of a mobile device to screen aligned information on the mobile device. In at least one implementation, a method includes determining augmentation information associated with an object of interest, including a Modelview (M1) matrix and a Projection (P1) matrix, displaying the augmentation information on top of a video image of the object of interest using the M1 and P1 matrices, generating a second Modelview (M2) matrix and a second Projection (P2) matrix, such that the matrices M2 and P2 represent the screen aligned final position of the augmentation information, and displaying the augmentation information using the M2 and P2 matrices. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342574 | Range of Focus in an Augmented Reality Application - A computer-implemented augmented reality method includes receiving one or more indications, entered on a mobile computing device by a user of the mobile computing device, of a distance range for determining items to display with an augmented reality application, the distance range representing geographic distance from a base point where the mobile computing device is located. The method also includes selecting, from items in a computer database, one or more items that are located within the distance range from the mobile computing device entered by the user, and providing data for representing labels for the selected one or more items on a visual display of the mobile computing device, the labels corresponding to the selected items, and the items corresponding to geographical features that are within the distance range as measure from the mobile computing device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342575 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DISPLAY RENDERED IMAGES - A computer-implemented method to display a rendered image is described. A base image is obtained. A rendered image is obtained. The rendered image is matched to a location on the base image. The rendered image is overlaid onto the base image at the location to generate a set of layered images. The set of layered images is displayed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342576 | PROJECTOR, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - An image display system includes a first projector and a second projector, and makes the first projector and the second projector operate in cooperation with each other to form a single projection image on a common screen. The first projector and the second projector are connected to each other via a signal line. A master control section of the first projector transmits a control signal to a subordinate control section of the second projector. The subordinate control section of the second projector controls a projection section of the second projector based on the control signal. Thus, the controllability of the image display system provided with a plurality of projectors is enhanced. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342577 | IMAGE SYNTHESIS FOR DIAGNOSTIC REVIEW - Embodiments of methods and/or apparatus can allow a viewing practitioner to adjust how image content can combined from multiple radiographic images of the same subject or different image processing of one image of a subject to control additional information gained by the combination and/or for improved diagnosis. In one embodiment, a method for displaying radiographic image content is executed at least in part by a computer and can include obtaining image data for a first radiographic image of a patient; obtaining image data for a second radiographic image of a patient; combining the image data from the first and second images and displaying the result as a combined radiographic image; recombining the image data from the first and second images according to a viewer instruction that conditions how the first and second images are recombined and re-displaying the result as the combined radiographic image. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342578 | Imaging System and Method for Use in Surgical and Interventional Medical Procedures - A system and method for displaying images of internal anatomy includes an image processing device configured to provide high resolution images of the surgical field from low resolution scans during the procedure. The image processing device digitally manipulates a previously-obtained high resolution baseline image to produce many representative images based on permutations of movement of the baseline image. During the procedure a representative image is selected having an acceptable degree of correlation to the new low resolution image. The selected representative image and the new image are merged to provide a higher resolution image of the surgical field. The image processing device is also configured to provide interactive movement of the displayed image based on movement of the imaging device, and to permit placement of annotations on the displayed image to facilitate communication between the radiology technician and the surgeon. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342579 | MULTIMEDIA INTERACTION SYSTEM AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT CAPABLE OF AVOIDING UNEXPECTED INTERACTION BEHAVIOR - A multimedia interaction system includes: multiple electronic devices and a location detection circuit. The location detection circuit dynamically detects respective electronic device's spatial position and orientation. When an user instructs a source electronic device of the multiple electronic devices to transmit a target image object toward a selected direction, the source electronic device decides a target direction according to a location of a first candidate electronic device and the selected direction if a relative position between the first candidate electronic and the selected direction satisfies a first predetermined condition. The source electronic device transmits a target command corresponding to the target image object to a second candidate electronic device to perform corresponding multimedia interaction operations only if a relative position between the second candidate electronic and the target direction satisfies a second predetermined condition. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342580 | VIRTUAL BUSINESS DESKTOP FOR ARRANGEMENT OF OBJECTS - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for user interfaces. In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may include generating a virtual desktop including a plurality of objects organized in accordance with at least one of a theme and a structure; providing a navigation pane on the virtual desktop to navigate through the plurality of objects; and providing a controller to enable a multi-level zoom on at least one of the plurality of objects on the virtual desktop. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342581 | TOUCH SENSOR NAVIGATION - A method for image navigation on an electronic device is described. The method includes displaying an image. The method also includes detecting at least one contact with a touch sensor to obtain a first position. The method further includes obtaining an updated position corresponding to a contact movement. The method additionally includes determining a modified position by applying at least one scaling function based on the first position and the updated position. The method also includes moving the image based on the modified position. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342582 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM USING DEPRESSION TIME INPUT - An image processing apparatus which includes an extension width determination unit for determining an 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. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342583 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device capable of substantially preventing a bruising phenomenon and a driving method thereof are provided. The display device includes a display panel which displays an image and a signal controller which controls signals for driving the display panel. The signal controller includes a first accurate color capture (“ACC”) unit which performs ACC correction on input image data to generate first correction image data; a second ACC unit which performs the ACC correction on the input image data to generate second correction image data; and an ACC selection unit which selectively applies the input image data to the first ACC unit or the second ACC unit. A maximum gray of the second correction image data is lower than a maximum gray of the first correction image data. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342584 | Stage Circuit and Organic Light Emitting Display Device Using the Same - An organic light emitting display device having a stage circuit capable of creating a scan signal and a light emitting control signal. The stage circuit includes a control unit controlling a first node and a second node corresponding to signals of a first input terminal, a third input terminal, and a fourth input terminal, a first output unit supplying a light emitting control signal to a second output terminal corresponding to voltages at the first node and the second node, and a second output unit supplying a scan signal having different polarity than that of the light emitting control signal to a first output terminal corresponding to a signal of a second input terminal and voltages at the first node and the second node. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342585 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus and image processing method are disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes an image input unit receiving input image data to obtain grayscale values of a display image, a modeling unit calculating a luminance change ratio for each grayscale value according to a change of an on-pixel ratio and a final luminance reflected by the luminance change ratio, a grayscale re-mapping unit determining a compensation grayscale value for compensating a luminance change ratio according to the on-pixel ratio of the input image data to display a target luminance corresponding to a predetermined grayscale value included in grayscale information of the input image data in the on-pixel ratio condition of the input image data, and an image output unit outputting an output image data compensating the input image data by the compensation grayscale value. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342586 | PARALLAX BARRIER TYPE STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A parallax barrier type stereoscopic image display device comprises: an image panel that display a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a barrier panel that has a switchable barrier comprising a liquid crystal layer, a reference electrode positioned above the liquid crystal layer, and a plurality of driving electrode channels positioned below the liquid crystal layer, each of which is controlled independently, and selectively blocks light from the image panel; and a driver that supplies a reference voltage to the reference electrode and applies a channel driving voltage to the driving electrode channels to form a barrier area and an open area in the switchable barrier. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342587 | DISPLAY, IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT, AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display includes: a gain calculation section obtaining, according to an area of a high luminance region in a frame image, a first gain for each pixel in the region; a determination section determining, based on first luminance information for each pixel in the high luminance region and the first gain, second luminance information for each pixel in the high luminance region; and a display section performing display based on the second luminance information. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342588 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A signal processing circuit supplies a gradation signal specifying a gradation to be displayed on pixels comprising; a conversion unit that extracts a extraction signal specifying a gradation to be displayed on a predetermined number of pixels including a certain pixel for each RGBW, from the video signal specifying a gradation to be displayed on a pixel for each RGBW, a storage unit that stores a predetermined number of coefficients for each RGBW, a first selection unit that selects a single color signal specifying a gradation to be displayed on a block with regard to a display color of a certain pixel, from the extraction signal, a second selection unit that acquires a predetermined number of coefficients corresponding to the display color of a certain pixel and a calculation unit that generates a gradation signal based on the outputs from the first selection unit and the second selection unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342589 | DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS HAVING A DISPLAY PANEL WITH A BACKLIGHT UNIT UTILIZING WHITE AND BLUE LIGHT SOURCES - A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a panel unit which comprises a plurality of sub pixels having different colors; a backlight unit which provides backlight to the panel unit using a white light source and a blue light source; an image processing unit which converts image data into first color frame data and second color frame data; a panel driving unit which turns on a first color sub pixel according to the first color frame data, and which turns on a second color sub pixel according to the second color frame data; a backlight driving unit for driving the backlight unit; and a control unit which controls the backlight driving unit to consecutively turn on the white light source and the blue light source according to operations of the panel driving unit. Accordingly, brightness may be enhanced. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342590 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel including left-eye pixels and right-eye pixels, a three-dimensional controller which separates a first image signal into left-eye and right-eye image signals, outputs a second image signal such that the left-eye image signal is applied to the left-eye pixels during a left-eye frame, a black image signal corresponding to a black data is applied to the right-eye pixels during the left-eye frame, the black image signal is applied to the left-eye pixels during a right-eye frame, and the right-eye image signal is applied to the right-eye pixels during the right-eye frame, and an image display controller which controls the second image signal in response to a control signal, where the left-eye pixels are alternately arranged with the right-eye pixels in the unit of two pixels in a first direction and in the unit of a predetermined number of pixels in the second direction. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342591 | Extending Dynamic Range Of A Display - A method for extending dynamic range of a display that can attenuate brightness to match scene brightness is disclosed. Standard RGB sub pixel filtering as well as neutral density sub pixel filtering is performed. The color addressability of the display is utilized to extend the dynamic range of the emitted energy by more than one order of magnitude with the standard RGB sub pixel filtering. The standard filtering extends the dynamic range of the emitted energy by more than one order of magnitude, while the neutral density filtering extends the dynamic range of the emitted energy by two or more orders of magnitude. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342592 | INKJET PRINTER FOR PRINTING ON A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT AND RELATED APPARATUS AND METHOD - An inkjet printer configured to print on a three-dimensional object is provided. The inkjet printer may include a print head that ejects a conductive ink. The inkjet printer may also include an assembly configured for adjusting a position of an object relative to the print head. The adjustment assembly may include a fixture configured to hold an object, such as a circuit board, that is to be printed on. The fixture may be configured to hold the object such that multiple surfaces thereof, which may be nonplanar, are exposed. A tilt adjustment mechanism may be coupled to the fixture and configured to adjust a tilt angle of the object. Further, a rotational adjustment mechanism may be coupled to the fixture and configured to adjust an angular position of the circuit board. Accordingly, the surfaces of the object may each be upwardly oriented such that the print head may print thereon. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342593 | CERAMIC INKS FOR INKJET PRINTERS - Ceramic inkjet inks comprising ceramic inorganic pigments having average particle size between 0.1 and 0.8 μm, an organic medium and a dispersant, the dispersant being the reaction product of a polyethyleneimine with a homo- or co-polyester based on lactic acid, and method for decorating green or fired ceramic bodies by the use of the above ceramic inkjet inks. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342594 | LIQUID CONSUMPTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRINTING DEVICE - A liquid consumption device includes a communication processing part that performs a communication process with a memory device provided in a liquid container and stores a container side liquid consumption information, a memory part that stores a main body side liquid consumption information, and a processing part. The processing part reads the main body side liquid consumption from the memory part, performs a process of counting the liquid consumption amount, updates the main side liquid consumption information based on the counted liquid consumption amount, performs a comparison process between the liquid consumption amount in the main body side and the liquid consumption amount in the liquid container side, and when an increment of the liquid consumption amount in the main body to the liquid consumption amount in a container side is greater than a determination threshold value of an allowable increment, the processing part determines as an error. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342595 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing method that forms images by arranging liquid material on a target print medium in such a manner that liquid droplets is discharged from discharge nozzles while relatively moving a discharge head, which is provided with the discharge nozzles that discharge the liquid material as the liquid droplets, and the target print medium, includes storing a shape pattern of the target print medium, detecting at least one piece of positional information for the target print medium, calculating a shape of the target print medium by comparing the detected positional information with the shape pattern, and calculating a distance between a nozzle surface and a target printing surface from the shape, and landing the liquid droplets onto the target printing surface by controlling landing positions of the liquid droplets depending on the distance between the nozzle surface and the target printing surface. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342596 | RECORDING METHOD USING INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording method using an inkjet recording apparatus, which can obtain a recorded material excellent in image quality and is excellent in productivity is provided. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342597 | VARIABLE DROP VOLUME CONTINUOUS LIQUID JET PRINTING - A liquid jet includes a fundamental period of jet break off. A print period is defined as N times the fundamental period of jet break off where N is an integer greater than 1. Input image data is provided having M levels per input image pixel including a non-print level where M is an integer and 22013-12-26 | |
20130342598 | INKJET PRINTER - In an inkjet head, at least one of a plurality of nozzle arrays to eject ink of different colors from one another is arranged with nozzles displaced in position from nozzles of the other nozzle arrays in an arrangement direction of the nozzles. A controller is configured to reduce an amount of ink to be ejected to a pixel at an end portion of an image on one side in the arrangement direction from a nozzle array of the plurality of nozzle arrays having a nozzle protruding to the one side the most among the nozzles of the nozzle arrays for a same ejection target pixel. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342599 | INKJET PRINTER - A controller is configured to determine nozzles to be used for ejection in nozzle arrays in a upstream head block by selecting endmost nozzles from nozzles in a region of the upstream head block overlapping a downstream head block so that the endmost nozzle of the nozzle array located more downstream is closer to a center of the upstream head block, and determine nozzles to be used for ejection in nozzle arrays in the downstream head block by selecting endmost nozzles from nozzles in a region of the downstream head block overlapping the upstream head block so that the endmost nozzle of the nozzle array located more upstream is closer to a center of the downstream head block. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342600 | MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND A STORAGE MEDIUM - Media that are processed to reliably prevent executing a recording operation when media is not set to the recording position can be segregated from other media, and a drop in media processing throughput can be suppressed. When the length in the conveyance direction of the image to be recorded on a check is greater than the length of the recording area determined from the length of the check | 2013-12-26 |
20130342601 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a first driving unit that rotates a roll member; a second driving unit that drives a transport unit that transports a medium of the roll member; and a control unit that executes a first process for measuring a load occurring when transporting the medium while rotating the roll member 1/N rotations in a transport direction of the medium by driving the first driving unit while the second driving unit is stopped, and after executing the first process, executes a second process for rotating the roll member 1/N rotations in a opposite direction as the transport direction by driving the first driving unit while the second driving unit is stopped and then rotating the roll member 1/N rotations in the transport direction by driving the first driving unit and the second driving unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342602 | SHEET SUPPLY DEVICE - A sheet supply device includes registration rollers for feeding a print sheet, a sheet supply roller for feeding a print sheet to the registration rollers, and a controller configured to control the registration rollers and the sheet supply roller. The controller is operable to start first rotation of the sheet supply roller to contact a leading edge of the print sheet to a nip between the registration rollers to form a slack of the print sheet, stop the first rotation after the slack is formed, start rotation of the registration rollers after the first rotation is stopped, start second rotation of the sheet supply roller after the rotation of the registration rollers is started, and keep a speed difference between a feed speed of the registration rollers and a feed speed of the sheet supply rollers until the slack is flattened. According to the device, noises can be reduced. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342603 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus transporting sheets of paper at a predetermined interval and forming an image on the sheets has, as modes for controlling the predetermined interval, a first mode of suspending a next paper feeding operation, for a predetermined time and for every predetermined number of sheets of paper and a second mode of expanding the interval of transportation between the paper feeding operations while continuing the transportation. The image forming apparatus decides whether a predefined first condition for starting control of the interval is satisfied during normal printing, determines a mode of the control in response to a decision that the condition is satisfied, and performs the control in the determined mode. The image forming apparatus calculates power consumption in each mode from the decision that the condition is satisfied to completion of uncompleted printing, and selects a mode in which the power consumption is relatively lower. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342604 | INK SET AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink set for an aqueous ink jet includes a first ink and a second ink, in which the first ink satisfies requirement 1 and requirement 2 described below:
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20130342605 | LIQUID DISCHARGING HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging head includes a liquid discharging head that has a nozzle plate on which a nozzle is formed, a cover that is provided at a periphery of the nozzle plate, and a liquid repellent film that are provided on surfaces of the nozzle plate and the cover which are opposed to a discharge target. In the liquid discharging head, a recess defined by the cover and the nozzle plate is filled with a filler and inner surfaces of the recess are covered by the filler. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342606 | PIGMENT DISPERSION, INK COMPOSITION, INKSET, AND RECORDING DEVICE - A pigment dispersion containing a metal pigment, wherein the metal pigment contains plate-like particles, and in the case where the longitudinal diameter on the planar surface of the plate-like particle is X, the lateral diameter is Y, and the thickness is Z, the 50% average particle diameter R50 of a corresponding circle determined from the surface area in the X-Y plane of the plate-like particle is between 0.5 and | 2013-12-26 |
20130342607 | INKJET PRINT HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An inkjet print head includes a jet assembly, a printed-circuit board and a barrier coating film. The jet assembly includes a nozzle plate including a jet orifice in a lower surface of the nozzle plate and through which ink is discharged, and an ink transfer pathway inside nozzle plate. The printed-circuit board is combined with the jet assembly. The printed-circuit board includes an integrated circuit and a connection electrode. The barrier coating film includes organic material, a flexible layer and a hydrophobic layer. The barrier coating film covers an inner and an outer surface of the jet assembly, and an outer surface of the printed-circuit board. The barrier coating film exposes the lower surface of the nozzle plate and an outer surface of the connection electrode. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342608 | CIRCUIT DEVICE AND INKJET HEAD ASSEMBLY - A circuit device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a circuit board which has one or more wiring layers formed on a base material and has an insulating layer laminated on a surface of the base material opposite to the one or more wiring layers, and a guiding member which is configured to encircle at least a part of an end face of the circuit board so that a space is formed with the end face and to guide movement of a dried body which is supplied to the formed space. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342609 | PRINTHEAD SUBSTRATE, PRINTHEAD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printhead substrate, comprising a plurality of printing elements which are assigned to a plurality of groups, a plurality of driving circuits which are arranged in correspondence with the respective groups and drive the printing elements, a first current source configured to generate currents of a plurality of current amounts corresponding to the respective groups, second current sources which are arranged in correspondence with the respective driving circuits and configured to generate currents to be supplied to the printing elements, and setting units configured to generate voltages in accordance with currents generated by the first current source and set currents to be generated by the second current sources based on the voltages. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342610 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, INKJET HEAD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided a piezoelectric actuator, an inkjet head assembly, and a method of manufacturing the same. The piezoelectric actuator includes upper and lower electrodes providing a driving voltage; and a piezoelectric body provided between the upper and lower electrodes and providing driving force to ink within each of a plurality of pressure chambers provided in an inkjet head, wherein the piezoelectric body includes branch portions separately provided on an upper portion of each of the plurality of pressure chambers and a large area portion connected to one end of each of the plurality of branch portions and integrally formed, and a connective electrode pattern is provided on a portion of each of the upper electrodes corresponding to the large area portion. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342611 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A liquid discharge head including: a surface plate having a plurality of discharge ports; and a liquid discharge body having a discharge portion, wherein: the discharge portion and an opening are alternately arranged on the liquid discharge body and the liquid discharge body includes a bonding unit formed by combining two piezoelectric material plates; and the piezoelectric material plate is provided with a plurality of grooves on a first surface and has a first electrode on one side wall surface and the bottom of the groove of the piezoelectric material plate, a second electrode on the other side wall surface, and a third electrode on a second surface, the piezoelectric material plate is polarized in a direction connecting the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode, and the two piezoelectric material plates are bonded so that the first surfaces face each other to form the bonding unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342612 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - Provided is a liquid ejection head, including: multiple ejection orifices for ejecting liquid; multiple pressure chambers that communicate with the respective ejection orifices, and are arranged in a first direction and a second direction that intersect each other, the multiple pressure chambers including first electrodes formed on inner walls of the multiple pressure chambers; a piezoelectric block including the multiple pressure chambers and multiple air chambers, the multiple air chambers being arranged in the first direction and the second direction alternately with the multiple pressure chambers, the inner walls of the respective pressure chambers being deformable by application of voltage between the first electrodes and the second electrodes to cause liquid to flow out of open ends of the respective pressure chambers; an orifice plate in which the multiple ejection orifices are arranged; and a plate-like member that is interposed between the piezoelectric block. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342613 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid ejection head has a plurality of pressure chambers each communicating with an ejection port at one end and with an ink supply port at the other end. Each of the pressure chamber has lateral walls formed by piezoelectric elements and configured so as to eject ink from the corresponding ejection port as a result of a capacity change of the pressure chamber due to an expansion or contraction of the piezoelectric elements. The liquid ejection head is constituted by a plate-shaped piezoelectric portion and a plurality of column-shaped piezoelectric portions arranged thereon. The plate-shaped piezoelectric portion has a plurality of holes and a plurality of through holes located around the holes. Each of the column-shaped piezoelectric portions has a hollow section. Each hole of the plate-shaped piezoelectric portion and the hollow section of the corresponding column-shaped piezoelectric portion form a pressure chamber. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342614 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes multiple tubular pressure chambers and a stacked body having first substrates and second substrates stacked alternately, in which the first substrates each have multiple first grooves and multiple second grooves formed therein, and the second substrates each has multiple third grooves formed therein, in which, in the multiple first grooves of each of the first substrates, inner surface electrodes are formed, in which counter electrodes are formed in a face of each of the second substrates, and in which a width W | 2013-12-26 |
20130342615 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head has a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with respective ejection ports and a plurality of hollow spaces arranged around the pressure chambers in a piezoelectric block which is produced by laminating a plurality of piezoelectric plates made of a piezoelectric material. Each of the plurality of piezoelectric plates has a plurality of first grooves on a first surface and a plurality of second grooves on a second surface opposite to the first surface. The plurality of piezoelectric plates are laminated so as to put the first surfaces or the second surfaces of adjacent piezoelectric plates into contact with each other such that the pressure chambers are formed as the first grooves of the paired first surfaces are placed vis-a-vis and the hollow spaces are formed as the second grooves of the paired second surfaces are placed vis-à-vis. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342616 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - Provided is a liquid discharge head, including a piezoelectric block formed by stacking multiple piezoelectric substrates, each of the multiple piezoelectric substrates including a first main surface and a second main surface and having a first groove and a second groove alternately formed in the first main surface, in which the each of the multiple piezoelectric substrates includes a first in-groove electrode, a first rear surface electrode, a second in-groove electrode, and a second rear surface electrode | 2013-12-26 |
20130342617 | DESIGN AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING AT LEAST ONE PRINT HEAD WITH INK IN AN INKJET PRINTER - In a system or method for supplying print bars with a plurality of print heads with ink in an inkjet printer, a pressure source is activated in a flushing procedure in order to exert an excess pressure to the ink in intermediate tanks supplying ink to the print bars such that the ink is flushed through jets of a print head to be flushed in the respective print bar. The pressure source is shut off when printing. The ink in the intermediate tanks is transported to the print heads by means by hydrostatic pressure. In the event of an overflow of the intermediate tanks, overflowing ink is transported into an overflow container via a respective pressure line connecting the overflow container to the respective intermediate container. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342618 | FLUID CONTAINER HAVING TWO SEALING FILMS FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS - A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of fluid. A housing defines an interior having a backpressure device that moves to regulate pressure in the housing as fluid exits the interior during use. A frame of the housing surrounds the interior and has a ledge. A first film seals to the ledge to prevent fluid from leaking. It is flexible to collapse inward toward the interior as the backpressure device moves inward. A second film seals to the housing over the first film and is spaced by air from the first film. The second film is relatively rigid. It is formed with metal. A tortuous air path traverses under the second film. It has an air inlet vented directly to atmosphere and an air outlet vented directly to the air space between the first and second films. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342619 | Object Separator for Ink Jet Printer Applications - Approaches to remove objects from ink in an ink jet printer are described. An object separator for an ink jet printer includes one or more inlets configured to allow passage of ink that includes objects such as bubbles and particles into the object separator. The object separator has a number of stacked plates. Some of the plates have curved channels which are connected through other plates that include vias. The plates are arranged to form at least one cyclonic flow generator, the cyclonic flow generator configured to focus the objects into one or more focused flow streams. The object separator includes one or more object outlets that allow objects to exit the object separator and at least one ink outlet that allows the ink to exit the object separator. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342620 | INK COMPOSITION, INK FOR INKJET RECORDING AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An ink composition containing at least three coloring materials of a first coloring material, a second coloring material, and a third coloring material, in which the first coloring material is a compound represented by Formula (Y), and the second coloring material is at least one compound selected from Group A consisting of compounds having a specific structure, in which the mass ratio of the content (% by mass) of the second coloring material in the composition to the content (% by mass) of the first coloring material in the composition is 0.001 to 1.0, and the third coloring material is a compound different from the first coloring material and has a specific structure. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342621 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE GEL INK SPREAD OF A PRINTED IMAGE - An approach is provided for controlling ultraviolet-curable gel ink spread of a printed image. The approach involves causing, at least in part, one or more inks to be applied to a first substrate image area by one or more inkjets in a printing zone of a printer, the one or more inkjets being configured to form one or more first ink spots on the first substrate image area. The approach also involves determining a temperature of at least the first substrate image area in the printing zone. The approach further involves determining a first spot size of at least one of the one or more first ink spots. The approach additionally involves causing, at least in part, a temperature of at least a second substrate image area in the printing zone to be based, at least in part, on the determined first spot size. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342622 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - Provided is an image recording method having high transfer efficiency. An image recording method includes an intermediate image-recording step of recording an intermediate image by applying ink to an intermediate transfer body and also includes a transfer step of transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium by heating the intermediate image to a transfer temperature. The ink contains polymer particles having a softening point not higher than the transfer temperature and at least one of a compound represented by Formula (1) and a compound represented by Formula (2). | 2013-12-26 |
20130342623 | LABEL PRINTING APPARATUS - A method of creating a label to be printed on a label printing apparatus comprising: determining at least one option to be made available to a user relating to a label-creating process; displaying said at least one option on a display; and enabling a user to select said at least one option; wherein said determination of the at least one option to be made available to the user is based upon at least one parameter. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342624 | COLOR ERASING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a color erasing apparatus includes a color erasing section which erases a color of an image formed with an erasable color material on a sheet conveyed at first speed, a reading section which reads an image on the surface of the sheet conveyed at second speed higher than the first speed, a first conveying section, and a second conveying section. The first conveying section includes a first conveying roller arranged downstream in a sheet conveying direction of the color erasing section and conveys the sheet at the first speed. The second conveying section includes a second conveying roller arranged upstream in the sheet conveying direction of the reading section and in a position where the second conveying roller nips the conveyed sheet simultaneously with the first conveying roller. The second conveying section conveys the sheet to the reading section at the second speed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342625 | ROLL-FED DUPLEX THERMAL PRINTER - A roll-fed duplex thermal printing system, comprising a supply roll of receiver media, a printing path, a reversing path, a diverter and a cutter positioned between the diverter and the reversing path. When the diverter is in a first position the receiver media is directed from the supply roll or the reversing path into the printing path. When the diverter is in a second position the receiver media is directed from the supply roll into the reversing path. During a printing operation, the diverter is positioned in the first position and the receiver media is fed into the printing path where a first side image is printed. The diverter is then repositioned the receiver media is fed into the reversing path where it is cut. The diverter is then repositioned again and the receiver media is fed into the printing path where a second side image is printed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342626 | ROLL-FED DUPLEX THERMAL PRINTING SYSTEM - A roll-fed duplex thermal printing system, comprising a supply roll of receiver media, a printing path, a reversing path, a diverter and a cutter positioned between the supply roll and the reversing path. When the diverter is in a first position the receiver media is directed from the supply roll or the reversing path into the printing path. When the diverter is in a second position the receiver media is directed from the supply roll into the reversing path. During a printing operation, the diverter is positioned in the first position and the receiver media is fed into the printing path where a first side image is printed. The diverter is then repositioned the receiver media is fed into the reversing path where it is cut. The diverter is then repositioned again and the receiver media is fed into the printing path where a second side image is printed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342627 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a light source including a plurality of light emitting elements for emitting a light beam for exposing the photosensitive member, the light emitting elements being arranged respectively corresponding to one pixel of the image in a direction of a rotational axis of the photosensitive member, an output unit for outputting pixel data for driving each of the light emitting elements, a drive unit for driving the light emitting elements based on the output pixel data, a storage unit for storing a cumulative number of times of light emission of a target light emitting element included in the light emitting elements, and a light amount control unit for controlling a light amount of a light beam emitted by the target light emitting element and the other light emitting elements based on the stored cumulative number of times of light emission of the target light emitting element. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342628 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source configured to emit a light beam, a rotating polygon mirror configured to deflect the light beam such that the light beam scans a photosensitive member, an optical box to which the rotating polygon mirror is attached and which includes a first portion, and a holding member configured to hold the light source, including a second portion and a protrusion portion, and attached to the optical box such that the first portion of the optical box and the second portion of the holding member form a gap therebetween, wherein the holding member is attached to the optical box with an adhesive poured into the gap, and the protrusion portion is arranged toward the optical box from the holding member along a position in the gap into which the adhesive is poured to prevent the adhesive from falling off the position. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342629 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MODIFICATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION VIDEO CONTENT - A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, utilizing a system including at least one processor for determining a video modification plan for a received video stream of a video call session according to the at least one party associated with the video call session, modifying, by the system, a plurality of background images of the received video stream according to the video modification plan to generate a plurality of modified background images, and generating, by the system, a modified video stream according to the plurality of modified background images. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342630 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING VIDEO PHONE CALLS - The disclosed embodiments include a system and method for initiating a video phone call using a standard phone device. For instance, in one embodiment, a method for initiating a video phone call from a first party to a second party is disclosed. The method includes receiving a call from the first party. The call is initiated using a standard phone device. The method determines whether the call is a voice call or a call request to initiate a video call. In response to a determination that the call is a call request to initiate a video call, the method terminates the call, initiates a call to a video phone device of the first party and also a communication device of the second party. The method establishes a communication session between the video phone device of the first party and the communication device of the second party. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342631 | Multi-User Videophone Hub - A multi-user videophone hub may include a processor, a video camera, a display, and a wireless communication interface to communicate with at least one local handset. The processor may be configured to receive video from the at least one local handset, and create a composite video stream based on video from the video camera and the video received from the at least one local handset. The processor may also be configured to send the composite video stream to a remote device and receive video from the remote device. The processor may then show the video from the remote device on the display, and send the video from the remote device to the at least one local handset. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342632 | VIDEO CONFERENCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUDIO-VIDEO SYNCHRONIZATION - An audio-video synchronization method is executable in a video conference device. The method includes determining a first presence time of a predetermined visual effect in a captured video sample stream and a second presence time of a predetermined sound effect in a captured audio sample stream, calculating a time difference between the first and second presence time, and adjusting timestamps of each real-time transport protocol packet in an audio stream sent out by the video conference apparatus based on the time difference. The method further includes receiving an adjustment value from an user input, and adjusting timestamps of each real-time transport protocol packet in an audio stream received by the video conference apparatus based on the adjustment value. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342633 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE INCLUDING AN IMAGE TRANSMISSION CONTROL FUNCTION - An information processing device including an image transmission control function includes an image pickup unit that picks up an image including a facial image of a speaker; a transmission unit that transmits a picked-up image; a reception unit that receives an image including a facial image picked up by a communication counterpart device; a display unit that displays a received image; and a transmission control unit that inhibits transmission of the image picked up by the image pickup unit in a case where the facial image is not being picked up by the communication counterpart device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342634 | Method and Apparatus for MCU to Optimize Configuration of Multiple Pictures - A method and an apparatus for Multiple Control Unit (MCU) to optimize configuration of multiple pictures are disclosed. The solutions provided by embodiments of the present invention include: calculating, according to resolutions, bandwidths, frame rates, importance, and volume of received video images sent by N conferencing terminals, the area occupied by each of the video images in a picture presented on an MCU display screen; and dividing, according to the area occupied by each of the video images in the picture presented on the MCU display screen, the picture into N regions, and filling the video images sent by the N conferencing terminals into corresponding regions of the picture. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342635 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MULTI-PARTICIPANT TELECONFERENCING USING PREFERRED FORMS OF TELECOMMUNICATION - A multi-participant teleconferencing system includes a telecommunication manager that is configured to establish telecommunication connections with participants by instructing and initiating one or more telecommunication devices (e.g., media gateway devices, email servers, web servers, multipoint control units, etc.). Participants can be enabled to provide personal preferences to the telecommunication manager. The personal preferences and other participant information can be stored on one or more storage devices as participant records. The participant records preferably include preferred forms of telecommunication for the participants. Each preferred form of telecommunication can include an indication of a preferred type of telecommunication device and/or an indication of a preferred telecommunication technology. The telecommunication manager can utilize the preferred forms of telecommunication stored on the one or more storage devices to schedule, manage, and initiate multi-participant telecommunication. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342636 | Image-Based Real-Time Gesture Recognition - Techniques are provided for image-based real-time gesture recognition. Video data of a person is obtained. Pixels are classified in the video stream at a given time instance during a time period as a foreground or a background pixel. A data entry is generated comprising data indicating foreground history values for each of a plurality of time instances of the video stream and data indicating a time period value. When the classifying indicates that a first pixel is a foreground pixel, the data structure associated with the first pixel is evaluated to determine whether or not to update a foreground history value associated with the first pixel at the given time instance. A motion gradient vector is generated for the video stream based on the foreground history value associated with the first pixel and foreground history values associated with other pixels. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342637 | VIDEO CONFERENCING TRANSITIONS AMONG A PLURALITY OF DEVICES - Embodiments of methods, systems, and storage medium associated with transitioning a video conference session from one device accessible by a user to another device accessible by the user are disclosed herein. In one instance, the method may include detecting at least one condition for transitioning a video conference session from a first device accessible by the user associated with the video conference session to a second device accessible by the user that is not associated with the video conference session, and in response to the detection, transitioning the video conference session to the second device. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342638 | Apparatus and Method for Integrating Computing Devices - Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for physically and/or logically combining two or more smart devices to enhance user experience and help efficiently design, create, implement, or execute desired applications. According to one embodiment, system of the present disclosure provides a smart device apparatus having one or more processors, a communication interface device, and one or more internal data storage devices that are operatively coupled to the one or more processors. The smart device or a sleeve thereof further includes a housing, also interchangeably referred to as a slot or a docking basin, where the housing is configured to physically receive a second smart device and couple the smart device with the second smart device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342639 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE DISTRIBUTED MIXING OF DATA STREAMS - The invention relates to a device for the distributed mixing of data streams, including a main multimedia server ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130342640 | OBJECT OF INTEREST BASED IMAGE PROCESSING - An apparatus, a method and a system are provided, wherein the system includes an encoding engine to encode and/or compress one or more objects of interest within individual image frames with higher bit densities than the bit density employed to encode and/or compress their background. The system may further include a context engine to identify a region of interest including at least a part of the one or more objects of interest, and scale the region of interest within individual image frames to emphasize the objects of interest. | 2013-12-26 |