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20110198319 | Method And Apparatus For Welding-Type Power With Real Time Clock - A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power is disclosed and includes an RTC module and/or a non-volatile memory. | 08-18-2011 |
20110198328 | Welding-Type System With USB Host - A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power is disclosed and includes a USB host and/or non-volatile memory, for example, an SD card and a memory stick. The controller preferably includes a receptacle for receiving a USB flash drive according to one embodiment. The controller can include one or more of a data monitoring module, a data logging module, a data logging module for providing diagnostic data, a code update module, an IP address logging module, disposed to provide data to the USB flash drive or non-volatile memory, according to various embodiments. | 08-18-2011 |
20110198329 | WELD BANK DATA STRUCTURES FOR WELDING APPLICATIONS - A data structure for weld programs associates configuration data for a welding system with a plurality of weld programs and weld sequence data. The data structure allows the welding system to be configured for a particular part, operator, or stage in a welding process, and to be easily reconfigured when the part, operator, or stage changes, providing improved efficiency and flexibility in operation. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202168 | Welding-Type System With Embedded Database - A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power is disclosed and includes a database, preferably with a DBMS, and preferably embedded. The welding-type system includes a source of power, and a controller connected to the source of power. The DBMS may be part of the welding controller. A method of monitoring a welding-type system is also disclosed, and includes monitoring data and storing the data in an embedded database. The database may include data organized in a plurality of columns and rows, and the date may relate to one or more welding processes, data relating to welding parameters, including one or more of commanded welding voltages, welding current, wire feed speed, data relating to one or more welding sequences, and/or one or more fedback welding parameters such as current, voltage, welding time, ramp rates and wire feed speed. The data may be located in a file in an operating system, in a file on a personal computer, and/or in a file networked to the welding-type system. The system may include a user input connected to the database and the user can change the data in another embodiment. The user input may be connected to a network. | 08-18-2011 |
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20140048517 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING SECONDARY WELD ERRORS - A controller for a welding system adapted to determine a value of a weld secondary parameter across a weld secondary component based on a sensed parameter is provided. The controller may also be adapted to compare the determined value to a reference value range and to alert a user to a presence and location of a weld secondary error when the determined value is outside the referenced value range. | 02-20-2014 |
20140076862 | WELD BANK DATA STRUCTURES FOR WELDING APPLICATIONS - A data structure for weld programs associates configuration data for a welding system with a plurality of weld programs and weld sequence data. The data structure allows the welding system to be configured for a particular part, operator, or stage in a welding process, and to be easily reconfigured when the part, operator, or stage changes, providing improved efficiency and flexibility in operation. | 03-20-2014 |
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20090313549 | CONFIGURABLE WELDING INTERFACE FOR AUTOMATED WELDING APPLICATIONS - A welding power source including an embedded web server provides access to an operator at a remote web browser. From the remote web browser, the user is provided access to weld functions, and can selectively choose between weld functions that can be displayed and controlled from the remote web browser. The weld functions that can be accessed include control functions, which allow an operator to activate welding functions such as a jog or purge function; a command function, which allows an operator to provide a command level for a voltage, wire feed speed, or other parameter; and a display function, which provides access for an operator to display welding command and actual feedback values. The operator can also selectively view diagnostic data, including weld state data, error data, and operational voltage and current levels within the power source, such as motor voltage and input voltage levels. After an operator selects parameters to be displayed or controlled from the browser, the selected functions can be stored and recalled as a web page. | 12-17-2009 |
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Patent application number | Description | Published |
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20090091667 | EMBEDDED STEREOSCOPIC 3D DISPLAY AND 2D DISPLAY FILM STACK - An LCD device with 3D and 2D sections. The device includes an LCD panel, a light guide with a backlight, and an embedded 3D-2D film stack positioned between the LCD panel and the light guide. The 3D and 2D sections provide for simultaneously viewing visual content in 3D and 2D formats. The device can also include a frame providing a barrier between the 3D and 2D sections and can include other features to enhance the display. | 04-09-2009 |
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20100086200 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-PERSPECTIVE SCENE ANALYSIS - Systems and methods for using visual attention modeling techniques to evaluate a scene from multiple perspectives. | 04-08-2010 |
20100086221 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING ROBUSTNESS - Systems and methods for evaluating the robustness of objects within a scene or a scene itself. | 04-08-2010 |
20100086278 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING A SCENE - Systems and methods for optimizing properties of objects within a scene or achieve a visual goal. | 04-08-2010 |
20110141244 | ZERO-D DIMMING FOR 3D DISPLAYS - A method of zero-D dimming backlights for 3D or multi-view displays using right and left image data. The method receives right and left pixel luminance values for the right and left image data, and it remaps the right and left pixel luminance values using a factor based upon an average luminance value or based upon a luminance percentile value or a modified factor that further includes the absolute difference between left and right pixel luminance values. The factor or modified factor are selectively used to remap particular right and left pixel luminance values based upon a disparity consideration. The method results in power savings by dimming the backlight without perceptible or substantial loss in brightness of the display. | 06-16-2011 |
20110273636 | EMBEDDED STEREOSCOPIC 3D DISPLAY AND 2D DISPLAY FILM STACK - An LCD device with 3D and 2D sections. The device includes an LCD panel, a light guide with a backlight, and an embedded 3D-2D film stack positioned between the LCD panel and the light guide. The 3D and 2D sections provide for simultaneously viewing visual content in 3D and 2D formats. The device can also include a frame providing a barrier between the 3D and 2D sections and can include other features to enhance the display. | 11-10-2011 |
20120113153 | METHODS OF ZERO-D DIMMING AND REDUCING PERCEIVED IMAGE CROSSTALK IN A MULTIVIEW DISPLAY - Methods of implementing zero-D dimming and reducing perceived image crosstalk in a multiview display. One method includes providing an image stream to a display. The image stream includes a temporal sequence of images where at least a first image view and then a second image view are displayed on the display in a time sequential manner. Pixel luminance values are remapped for the first and second image views by applying a non-constant remapping function to original pixel luminance values of the first and second image views in order to generate new pixel luminance values. The temporal sequence of images are conditioned by generating new luminance values for the image pixels by applying a non-constant function to the original pixel luminance values and then modifying a color intensity of at least selected pixels along the horizontal dimension based on a non-constant crosstalk correction function for the horizontal dimension. | 05-10-2012 |
20120327297 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROJECTION ONTO NON-PLANAR SURFACES - A system for projecting changeable electronic content, such as video or digital still images, onto a curved surface. The system includes a housing, a reflector within the housing, and a projector. The housing has an exterior surface and an interior space. At least a portion of the exterior surface is a curved display surface capable of displaying electronic content projected upon it, and at least one portion of the exterior surface has an aperture through the exterior surface to the interior space. The projector is located proximate the aperture for projecting content through the aperture to the reflector. When the projector receives converted content and projects the converted content through the aperture to the reflector, the curved display surface displays the converted content undistorted to a viewer. The system can also provide for display of branded content on a product container having a shape corresponding with the brand. | 12-27-2012 |
20130033650 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROJECTION ONTO MULTIPLE SURFACES - A system for projecting changeable electronic content, such as video or digital still images, onto multiple surfaces. The system includes a projector, one or more reflectors, and at least two display surfaces. The projector via a reflector projects content onto one of the display surfaces and either directly or via another reflector projects content onto the other display surface. The display surfaces can be multiple curved surfaces, multiple planar surfaces in different viewing planes, or a curved surface and a planar surface. For the curved surfaces, the projector receives converted content and projects the converted content such that the curved surface displays the converted content undistorted to a viewer. The system can also provide for display of branded content on a product container having a shape corresponding with the brand. | 02-07-2013 |
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20140085432 | METHOD TO STORE AND RETRIEVE CROSSTALK PROFILES OF 3D STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAYS - A method of reducing crosstalk for a 3D stereoscopic display using locally stored crosstalk profiles. The method generates a crosstalk profile for a stereoscopic display and stores the crosstalk profile in a memory, such as the EDID or DID, locally associated with the display. The crosstalk profile includes information for reducing crosstalk in the display based at least in part upon operational characteristics of the display. The method retrieves the crosstalk profile and applies the information in the crosstalk profile to stereoscopic content displayed on the display in order to reduce crosstalk in the displayed content. Using a locally stored crosstalk profile provides for crosstalk reduction tailored to a specific display. | 03-27-2014 |
20140132909 | SWITCHABLE TRANSPARENT DISPLAY - A transparent display is disclosed that includes a display screen. The display screen includes a first film that includes a first transparent conductor disposed upon a first transparent substrate and a second film that includes a second transparent conductor disposed upon a second transparent substrate. A first polymeric liquid crystal composition containing spacer beads is disposed between the first film and the second film. At least one of the first transparent conductor and the second transparent conductor is shaped, or at least one of the first transparent conductor and the second transparent conductor is patterned. Also, disclosed is a display system that includes the disclosed display screen and an illumination device for projecting light onto or through the display screen. Finally, a method of constructing a display screen is also disclosed. | 05-15-2014 |
20140139420 | HUMAN INTERACTION SYSTEM BASED UPON REAL-TIME INTENTION DETECTION - A system for human interaction based upon intention detection. The system includes a sensor for providing information relating to a posture of a person detected by the sensor, a processor, and a display device. The processor is configured to receive the information from the sensor and process the received information in order to determine if an event occurred. This processing includes determining whether the posture of the person indicates a particular intention, such as attempting to take a photo. If the event occurred, the processor is configured to provide an interaction with the person via the display device such as displaying a message or the address of a web site. | 05-22-2014 |
20140218695 | ORTHOGONALLY DISPOSED PROJECTION SURFACES - A system for projecting changeable electronic content across multiple display surfaces. The system includes display surfaces arranged at a non-zero angle with respect to one another, such as three orthogonal display surfaces in the corner of a rectangular shaped product container. Changeable electronic content, including video and digital still images, is converted such that, when the projector receives and projects the content to the multiple display surfaces, the content is displayed undistorted to a viewer. | 08-07-2014 |
20150029211 | ADDRESSABLE SWITCHABLE TRANSPARENT DISPLAY - A display system includes a switchable display screen comprising a first transparent substrate, a first transparent conductive layer disposed upon the first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, and a second transparent conductive layer disposed upon the second transparent substrate. The display screen further includes a polymer-stabilized cholesteric texture layer and spacer elements disposed between and in contact with the first transparent conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The display screen comprises a plurality of addressable regions, each region capable of being switched from a transparent state to a diffuse state. | 01-29-2015 |