Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080267606 | SCENE AND USER IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHOD - An image capture device and methods are provided. The image capture device has a scene image capture system adapted to capture an image of a scene and a user image capture system adapted to capture an image of a user of the image capture device. A trigger system adapted to generate a capture signal and a controller is adapted to receive the capture signal and to cause an image to be captured by the user image capture system and the scene image capture system at substantially the same time. The controller is further adapted to associate the image of the user with the image of the scene. | 10-30-2008 |
20080297588 | MANAGING SCENE TRANSITIONS FOR VIDEO COMMUNICATION - Video communication systems and methods for operating the same are provided. The system has a computer cooperating with at least one image capture device which acquires video images of a local environment having an individual therein, an audio system, an image processor and a communication controller to acquire video images based upon the acquired video images and to cause output video images to a remote individual during the communication event; said computer further providing a contextual interface including an intra-scene analysis algorithm for identifying potential intra-scene transitions during the communication event and a scene capture management algorithm for determining intra-scene adjustments in video capture settings when an intra-scene transition is detected; and the contextual interface further including a transition test with an inter-scene analysis algorithm, for identifying potential inter-scene transitions in the activities of the individuals, and a transition process structure for determining inter-scene adjustments in video capture settings. | 12-04-2008 |
20090079328 | THIN FILM ENCAPSULATION CONTAINING ZINC OXIDE - The invention is directed towards an OLED device, comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, one or more organic layers formed between the first electrode and second electrode, at least one organic layer being a light-emitting layer; and a thin film encapsulation layer comprising either (a) at least one first layer of zinc oxide and at least one second layer of a second inorganic compound, or (b) a layer that is a mixture of zinc oxide and a second inorganic compound. The invention is also directed to a method of forming such an OLED device. | 03-26-2009 |
20090081356 | PROCESS FOR FORMING THIN FILM ENCAPSULATION LAYERS - A process is disclosed for making a thin film encapsulation package for an OLED device by depositing a thin film material on an OLED device to be encapsulated, comprising simultaneously directing a series of gas flows along substantially parallel elongated output openings, wherein the series of gas flows comprises, in order, at least a first reactive gaseous material, an inert purge gas, and a second reactive gaseous material, optionally repeated a plurality of times, wherein the first reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a substrate surface treated with the second reactive gaseous material to form an encapsulating thin film, wherein the first reactive gaseous material is a volatile organo-metal precursor compound. The process is carried out substantially at or above atmospheric pressure, and the temperature of the substrate during deposition is under 250° C. | 03-26-2009 |
20090081360 | OLED DISPLAY ENCAPSULATION WITH THE OPTICAL PROPERTY - A process of making an optical film or optical array comprises: a) simultaneously directing a series of gas flows along elongated substantially parallel channels to form a first thin film on a substrate; wherein the series of gas flows comprises, in order, at least a first reactive gaseous material, an inert purge gas, and a second reactive gaseous material; wherein the first reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a substrate surface treated with the second reactive gaseous material to form the first thin film; b) repeating step a) a plurality of times to produce a first thickness of a first film layer with a first optical property; wherein the process is carried out at or above atmospheric pressure; c) repeating steps a) and b) to produce a second film layer; and wherein the process is carried out substantially at or above atmospheric pressure. | 03-26-2009 |
20090278454 | OLED DISPLAY ENCAPSULATED WITH A FILTER - The invention is directed towards an encapsulated electronic device, comprising a substrate; an electronic device on a first surface of the substrate; a first thin-film layer of a first inorganic material having a first optical property on the thin-film electronic device; and a second thin-film layer of a second inorganic material having a second optical property which is different from the first optical property on the first thin-film layer and wherein at least one of the first layer or the second layer is also an encapsulation layer and wherein the first thin-film layer and the second thin-film layer form at least a portion of an optical filter. | 11-12-2009 |
20090297065 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING AFFECTIVE INFORMATION IN A DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM - An image file for storing a still digital image and metadata related to the still digital image, the image file including digital image data representing the still digital image, and metadata that categorizes the still digital image as an important digital image, wherein the categorization uses a range of levels and the range of levels includes at least three different integer values. | 12-03-2009 |
20090307222 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING AFFECTIVE INFORMATION IN A DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM - An image file for storing a still digital image and metadata related to the still digital image, the image file including digital image data representing the still digital image, and metadata that categorizes the still digital image as an important digital image, wherein the categorization uses a range of levels and the range of levels includes at least three different integer values. | 12-10-2009 |
20100050088 | CONFIGURING A VIRTUAL WORLD USER-INTERFACE - A particular user's user-interface to a virtual world is customized based at least upon an analysis of behavioral characteristics of the user, the behavioral characteristics indicating how the user controls an avatar in the virtual world. In this regard, image-capture-or-sharing tools, avatar-appearance-editing tools, or both may be configured in the user-interface based at least upon the analysis of the behavioral characteristics. Information pertaining to results of the configuring of the user-interface may be stored in a processor-accessible memory system. | 02-25-2010 |
20100303363 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING THE ACCEPTABILITY OF A DIGITAL IMAGE - A method for automatically determining the acceptability of an input image for a predetermined output operation, such as printing, includes the steps of: (a) identifying one or more important areas in the input image; (b) calculating a salient acceptability feature for each of the important areas; (c) determining the acceptability of the input image from the salient acceptability features of the important areas; and (d) implementing the predetermined output operation based on the acceptability of the input image determined in step (c). | 12-02-2010 |
20110063440 | TIME SHIFTED VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS - A method for providing video images to a remote viewer using a video communication system, comprising: operating a a video communication client in a local environment connected by a communications network to a remote viewing client in a remote viewing environment; capturing video images of the local environment; analyzing the captured video images with the video analysis component to detect ongoing activity within the local environment; characterizing the detected activity within the video images with respect to attributes indicative of remote viewer interest; determining whether acceptable video images are available; receiving an indication of whether the remote viewing client is engaged or disengaged; and transmitting the acceptable video images of the ongoing activity to the remote viewing client if the remote viewing client is engaged, or alternately, if the remote viewing client is disengaged, recording the acceptable video images into a memory. | 03-17-2011 |
20110320457 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING AFFECTIVE INFORMATION IN A DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM - An image file for storing a still digital image and metadata related to the still digital image, the image file including digital image data representing the still digital image, and metadata that categorizes the still digital image as an important digital image, wherein the categorization uses a range of levels and the range of levels includes at least three different integer values. | 12-29-2011 |
20120062444 | SWITCHABLE HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY TRANSITION - A method of operating a switchable head-mounted display apparatus includes the steps of providing a head-mounted display that includes a switchable viewing area that is switched between a transparent viewing state and an information viewing state, switching the viewing state to an intermediate state from the transparent viewing state or the information viewing state, and switching the intermediate state to the transparent viewing state or the information viewing state. | 03-15-2012 |
20120070942 | PROCESS FOR FORMING THIN FILM ENCAPSULATION LAYERS - A thin film environmental barrier encapsulation process includes providing an electronic device on a substrate, a first reactant gaseous material, a second reactant gaseous material, an inert gaseous material; and a delivery head through which the reactant gaseous materials and the inert gaseous material are simultaneously directed toward the electronic device and the substrate. One or more of the reactant gaseous materials and the inert gaseous material flows through the delivery head. The flow of the one or more of the reactant gaseous materials and the inert gaseous material generates a pressure to create a gas fluid bearing that maintains a substantially uniform distance between the delivery head and the substrate. Relative motion between the delivery head and the substrate causes the second reactant gaseous material to react with at least a portion of the electronic device and the substrate that has been treated with the first reactant gaseous material. | 03-22-2012 |
20120076929 | THIN FILM ELECTRONIC DEVICE FABRICATION PROCESS - A thin film electronic device fabrication process includes providing an electronic device on a substrate, a first reactant gaseous material, a second reactant gaseous material, an inert gaseous material; and a delivery head through which the reactant gaseous materials and the inert gaseous material are simultaneously directed toward the electronic device and the substrate. One or more of the reactant gaseous materials and the inert gaseous material flows through the delivery head. The flow of the one or more of the reactant gaseous materials and the inert gaseous material generates a pressure to create a gas fluid bearing that maintains a substantially uniform distance between the delivery head and the substrate. Relative motion between the delivery head and the substrate causes the second reactant gaseous material to react with at least a portion of the electronic device and the substrate that has been treated with the first reactant gaseous material. | 03-29-2012 |
20120105483 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY CONTROL WITH IMAGE-CONTENT ANALYSIS - Operating a switchable head-mounted display apparatus includes: providing a head-mounted display that includes a switchable viewing area that switches between a transparent state and an information display state; operating the head-mounted display in the information viewing state to display image-sequence information; analyzing the image-sequence information to produce a signal estimating the propensity of the image-sequence information to induce motion sickness or symptoms of motion sickness in the user; and modifying the image-sequence information or the state of at least a portion of the switchable viewing area in response to the signal to reduce the propensity of the image-sequence information to induce motion sickness or symptoms of motion sickness in the user. | 05-03-2012 |
20120121138 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING MOTION SICKNESS - A method of identifying a motion-sickness problem in a motion-image sequence includes using a processor to analyze the image-sequence information to identify a propensity that the image sequence can induce motion sickness in a user and forming a saliency map calculated from salient static and dynamic visual features in the image-sequence information. The method further includes identifying moving and static objects and parameters in the saliency map describing the characteristics of the moving and static objects and distribution of salient features that can induce motion sickness in the identified image-sequence information, determining the propensity of the identified moving and static objects and parameters in the saliency map that can induce motion sickness, and producing a signal based upon the determined propensity to identify a motion-sickness problem in the image sequence. | 05-17-2012 |
20120134543 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING MOTION SICKNESS - A method to determine the propensity of an image-sequence to induce motion sickness in a viewer includes using a processor to analyze the image-sequence information to extract salient static and dynamic visual features in the image sequence information, evaluating distribution of the salient static and dynamic features in the saliency map to estimate a probability of the image sequence causing the viewer to make eye and head movements and, using the estimated probability to determine the propensity that the image-sequence would induce motion sickness in a user as a consequence of the eye and head movements. | 05-31-2012 |
20120182206 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY CONTROL WITH SENSORY STIMULATION - A head-mounted display apparatus with a reduced propensity for causing motion sickness symptoms includes a see-through head-mounted display including an image source, which permits at least a partial view of a scene outside the head-mounted display within the user's line of sight along with image-sequence information or digital image(s) provided by the image source; a processor for analyzing the image-sequence information or digital image(s) to produce a motion sickness propensity signal estimating the propensity of the image-sequence information to induce motion sickness symptoms in a user; and a physical-signal device including one or more transducers that apply sensory stimuli to the user in response to the motion sickness propensity signal to reduce the propensity of the image-sequence information to induce motion sickness symptoms in the user as the user views the image-sequence information or digital image(s) or the at least a partial view of a scene. | 07-19-2012 |
20120230542 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING AFFECTIVE INFORMATION IN A DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM - An image file for storing a still digital image and metadata related to the still digital image, the image file including digital image data representing the still digital image, and metadata that categorizes the still digital image as an important digital image, wherein the categorization uses a range of levels and the range of levels includes at least three different integer values. | 09-13-2012 |
20130002903 | CAMERA USER INPUT BASED IMAGE VALUE INDEX - In an imaging evaluation method, camera, and system, a scene is imaged with a camera. User inputs to the camera are received concurrent with the imaging. The inputs each define a setting of one of a plurality of operational functions of the camera. The inputs are valued to provide a set of input values. An image value index is calculated using the input values. | 01-03-2013 |
20130153651 | ENCODING INFORMATION IN ILLUMINATION PATTERNS - A method for encoding information in structured illumination pattern ( | 06-20-2013 |
20130156330 | ENCODING INFORMATION IN ILLUMINATION PATTERNS - An apparatus for authentication of three-dimensional (3D) structures includes a projector ( | 06-20-2013 |
20140002342 | SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING HIGH-INTEREST-LEVEL IMAGES | 01-02-2014 |
20140002644 | SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING IMAGES TO INCREASE INTERESTINGNESS | 01-02-2014 |
20140003648 | DETERMINING AN INTEREST LEVEL FOR AN IMAGE | 01-02-2014 |
20140003652 | INDIVIDUALIZING GENERIC COMMUNICATIONS | 01-02-2014 |
20140003716 | METHOD FOR PRESENTING HIGH-INTEREST-LEVEL IMAGES | 01-02-2014 |
20140003737 | MODIFYING DIGITAL IMAGES TO INCREASE INTEREST LEVEL | 01-02-2014 |
20140028697 | OBSERVER METAMERIC FAILURE COMPENSATION METHOD - A method for color correcting an input color image having input color values adapted for display on a reference display device having a plurality of input color primaries to account to provide reduced observer metemaric failure on a narrow-band display device. A metamerism correction transform is applied to the input color image to determine an output color image having output color values in an output color space appropriate for display on the narrow-band display device. The metamerism correction transform modifies colorimetry associated with the input colors to provide output color values such that an average observer metameric failure is reduced for a distribution of target observers. | 01-30-2014 |
20140028698 | OBSERVER METAMERIC FAILURE REDUCTION METHOD - A method for color correcting an input color image having input color values adapted for display on a reference display device having a plurality of input color primaries to account to provide reduced observer metemaric failure on a narrow-band display device. A metamerism correction transform is applied to the input color image to determine an output color image having output color values in an output color space appropriate for display on the narrow-band display device. The metamerism correction transform modifies colorimetry associated with the input colors to provide output color values such that an average observer metameric failure is reduced for a distribution of target observers, and is formed responsive to a distribution of perceived color differences for a set of input colors that are determined for a set of target observers. | 01-30-2014 |
20140028699 | DISPLAY SYSTEM PROVIDING OBSERVER METAMERIC FAILURE REDUCTION - A color display system providing reduced observer metameric failure for a set of target observers, comprising an image forming system having narrow-band primaries. A data processing system is used to implement a method for color correcting an input color image having input color values adapted for display on a reference display device having a plurality of input color primaries. A metamerism correction transform is applied to the input color image to determine an output color image having output color values in an output color space appropriate for display on the image forming system. The metamerism correction transform modifies colorimetry associated with the input colors to provide output color values such that an average observer metameric failure is reduced for a distribution of target observers. | 01-30-2014 |
20140086498 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING AFFECTIVE INFORMATION IN A DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM - An image file for storing a still digital image and metadata related to the still digital image, the image file including digital image data representing the still digital image, and metadata that categorizes the still digital image as an important digital image, wherein the categorization uses a range of levels and the range of levels includes at least three different integer values. | 03-27-2014 |
20140361072 | METHOD FOR ENCODING INFORMATION IN ILLUMINATION PATTERNS - A method for retrieving information encoded in a structured illumination pattern including selecting an encoded structured illumination pattern having a variable intensity; providing an object with a surface having a 3D relief pattern; selecting at least one portion but not all of the object's surface including the 3D surface relief pattern; projecting the selected structured illumination pattern onto the selected portion of the surface; using a digital camera to capture an image of the reflected structured light pattern from the selected portion of the surface; storing the image in a memory; and processing the image of the detected reflected structured light pattern using a processor responsive to the detected reflected structured light pattern and the selected structured light pattern to retrieve the encoded information, wherein the encoded information is based on the geometrical and material properties of the 3D surface relief pattern and is distinct from the object, surface, or relief pattern. | 12-11-2014 |