Image Based (addressing) Patents (Class 345/682)
  • Patent number: 11863788
    Abstract: An encoder for encoding images includes at least one processor configured transform a given input pixel of an input image having (x, y) coordinates in a Cartesian coordinate system into a given transformed pixel of a transformed image having (?, ?) coordinates in a log-polar coordinate system, using a log-polar transformation in which a radial distance (?) of the given transformed pixel is a logarithm of a distance of the given input pixel from an origin in the Cartesian coordinate system, and an angular distance (?) of the given transformed pixel is a sum of an arctangent of a slope of a line connecting the given input pixel to the origin and a function of the radial distance, encode the transformed image, by employing a compression algorithm, into an encoded image, and send the encoded image to a display apparatus for subsequent decoding thereat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Varjo Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Mikko Strandborg, Ville Miettinen
  • Patent number: 11853423
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for interfering with malware using displaced display elements are disclosed. In an example, a processor is configured to change a location of a displayed pointer by a first offset vector from a hidden true pointer. The processor is also configured to change a location of at least one application display element, such as a website “Submit” button, by a second offset vector from a hidden true application element. The first offset vector may have a similar magnitude as the second offset vector but an opposite direction Changing a location of a pointer and the application element by the offsets enables a user to interact with the application normally. However, the offsets prevent malware or a malicious application from interacting with the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SUNSTONE INFORMATION DEFENSE, INC.
    Inventor: David K. Ford
  • Patent number: 11790872
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a device housing and one or more displays presenting one or more user actuation targets defining one or more virtual buttons in a predefined arrangement relative to a first end of the device housing. One or more sensors detect a condition of the electronic device, such as an approaching object, change in the direction of gravity, or an object tapping or pushing the electronic device. One or more processors cause, in response to the one or more sensors detecting the condition, the one or more displays to present the one or more user actuation targets defining the one or more virtual buttons in another predefined arrangement that is different from the predefined arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Rachid Alameh, John Gorsica, Michael Russell
  • Patent number: 11477424
    Abstract: Content data representing content that includes at least one or more components is acquired. Projection area data representing a projection area is acquired. A deteriorated part, which is a part where a projection condition is deteriorated in the projection area, is identified based on the projection area data. A priority of the component included in the content is identified. Display deterioration of the content, which is caused by the deteriorated part, is suppressed based on a position of the identified deteriorated part in the projection area, the content data displayed on the projection area, a threshold according to the identified priority, and a degree of deterioration indicative of a level of deterioration of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Soh Masuko
  • Patent number: 10653947
    Abstract: A technique for allowing a user to easily understand an operation method of an input apparatus is disclosed. An example of non-transitory storage medium having a game program stored therein is performed by a computer of an information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus is connected to a display apparatus and an input apparatus and performs game processing on the basis of an operation performed by a user. When the game processing is in a predetermined situation, the game program causes the computer of the information processing apparatus to perform outputting an operation model video showing a model of an operation of the input apparatus together with a video related to a content of the game to the display apparatus. In the outputting, an animation video, which indicates an animation occurring in the game when an operation indicated by the operation model video is performed, and the operation model video are displayed side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 10610774
    Abstract: A technique for allowing a user to easily understand an operation method of an input apparatus is disclosed. An example of non-transitory storage medium having a game program stored therein is performed by a computer of an information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus is connected to a display apparatus and an input apparatus and performs game processing on the basis of an operation performed by a user. When the game processing is in a predetermined situation, the game program causes the computer of the information processing apparatus to perform outputting an operation model video showing a model of an operation of the input apparatus together with a video related to a content of the game to the display apparatus. In the outputting, an animation video, which indicates an animation occurring in the game when an operation indicated by the operation model video is performed, and the operation model video are displayed side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 9842377
    Abstract: A first user input is received when a client program executed by a client computing device is in a first state. The first user input is sent to a server computing device to render a view of a virtual scene. A state change from the first state in the client program due to a second user input or a program event is identified. One or more gaps in a server-rendered current view due to the state change are determined. A rendering of the one or more gaps is selected from among the server-rendered current view, a server-rendered predicted view and one or more prior-rendered views. A current view is rendered using a simplified model of the virtual scene by rendering the one or more gaps from the selected rendering. The current rendered view is visually presented via a display of the client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Johannes Kopf, Eduardo Alberto Cuervo Laffaye, David Chiyuan Chu, Bernhard Reinert
  • Patent number: 9601027
    Abstract: a system for determining vehicle driver hazard detection proficiency and calculating insurance discounts, the system comprising: an Internet device that presents to an Internet user a visual presentation of a continuous drive through a driving environment comprising at least two hazard modules, wherein each hazard module presents to the Internet user at least one driving scenario that comprises at least one hazard; an Internet device that records user viewing locations within the visual presentation, the user viewing locations corresponding to locations within the visual presentation that are viewed by the user during the visual presentation of the continuous drive; a computer analytics device comprising an algorithm that compares the recorded user viewing locations with defined locations of hazards within the visual presentation of the continuous drive, and determines a hazard detection proficiency of the user based at least on the comparison; a computer memory device comprising at least one minimum hazard d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventor: John Adrian Nepomuceno
  • Patent number: 9583017
    Abstract: A system for determining vehicle driver hazard detection proficiency and calculating insurance discounts, the system comprising: an Internet device that presents to an Internet user a visual presentation of a continuous drive through a driving environment comprising at least two hazard modules, wherein each hazard module presents to the Internet user at least one driving scenario that comprises at least one hazard; an Internet device that records user viewing locations within the visual presentation, the user viewing locations corresponding to locations within the visual presentation that are viewed by the user during the visual presentation of the continuous drive; a computer analytics device comprising an algorithm that compares the recorded user viewing locations with defined locations of hazards within the visual presentation of the continuous drive, and determines a hazard detection proficiency of the user based at least on the comparison; a computer memory device comprising at least one minimum hazard d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventor: John Adrian Nepomuceno
  • Patent number: 9569812
    Abstract: A first user input is received when a client program executed by a client computing device is in a first state. The first user input is sent to a server computing device to render a view of a virtual scene. A state change from the first state in the client program due to a second user input or a program event is identified. One or more gaps in a server-rendered current view due to the state change are determined. A rendering of the one or more gaps is selected from among the server-rendered current view, a server-rendered predicted view and one or more prior-rendered views. A current view is rendered using a simplified model of the virtual scene by rendering the one or more gaps from the selected rendering. The current rendered view is visually presented via a display of the client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Johannes Kopf, Eduardo Alberto Cuervo Laffaye, David Chiyuan Chu, Bernhard Reinert
  • Patent number: 9384674
    Abstract: A method for determining an insurance premium based at least in part of a vehicle driver's proficiency at detecting hazards, having steps including: visually presenting at least one driving module that comprises at least one hazard; recording where within the visual presentation the driver looks to detect hazards during the visual presentation; determining the driver's hazard detection proficiency by evaluating whether the driver looked at hazards during the visual presentation; and calculating an insurance premium based at least in part on the driver's hazard detection proficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventor: John Adrian Nepomuceno
  • Patent number: 9033520
    Abstract: A projector includes a lens adjustment mechanism that performs a predetermined adjustment operation for a projection lens, an adjustment value storage unit that stores lens adjustment values for performing the predetermined adjustment operation by linking the lens adjustment values to the type of aspect ratio of an image signal, a signal aspect ratio recognition unit that recognizes the aspect ratio of the image signal input to an input terminal as a signal aspect ratio, an adjustment value acquisition unit that acquires, from the adjustment value storage unit, the lens adjustment values corresponding to the type of signal aspect ratio recognized by the signal aspect ratio recognition unit, and an adjustment control unit that causes the lens adjustment mechanism to perform a lens adjustment operation based on the lens adjustment values acquired by the adjustment value acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shunji Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20150116370
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for successively displaying sections of a screen and a corresponding computer-readable medium. The method comprises loading the screen, transforming a section of the screen to which a starting point on the screen corresponds into a starting sub-screen, transforming a section of the screen to which a selected ending point on the screen corresponds into an ending sub-screen, and transforming sections of the screen to which a selected plurality of midway points on the screen correspond into midway sub-screens. The points collectively correspond to a time sequence, based on which the sub-screens are sequentially displayed. The present invention enables digital mechanisms that capture and sequentially display parts of a wide-angle image to approximate the shifting motion of the human eye or mechanical PTZ cameras in response to changing observing angles of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Shih-Wu FAN JIANG
  • Publication number: 20150109333
    Abstract: The present invention provides a projecting device including a movement detecting unit, an image processing unit, and a projection module. The movement detecting unit is configured to detect displacement information of the projecting device. The image processing unit is configured to receive an image data frame, adjust a position of the image data frame related to a virtual image frame according to the displacement information, and generate a projection frame according to the intersection between the image data frame and the virtual image frame. The projection module is configured to project the projection frame on a projection plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Lite-On IT Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Long LIN, Kevin KW CHENG, Chiou-Ming WU, YU-TE LIAO
  • Publication number: 20150084992
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a projection surface on which a projection unit projects a target image, a storage unit configured to store first information indicating a first position, on the projection surface, of the target image projected on the projection surface by the projection unit in a first projection state, and a control unit configured to control a position, on the projection surface, of the target image to move from a second position on the projection surface where the target image is projected by the projection unit in a second projection state to the first position on the projection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Asuka Wada
  • Patent number: 8950875
    Abstract: A projector includes a lens adjustment mechanism that performs a predetermined adjustment operation for a projection lens, an input selection unit that selects one input terminal from plurality of input terminals provided in the input terminal unit according to a predetermined operation, an adjustment value storage unit that stores lens adjustment values by linking to the type of the input terminal, an adjustment value acquisition unit that acquires, from the adjustment value storage unit, the lens adjustment values corresponding to the type of the selected input terminal when the predetermined operation is received, and an adjustment control unit that causes the lens adjustment mechanism to perform a lens adjustment operation based on the acquired lens adjustment values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shunji Maruyama
  • Patent number: 8896624
    Abstract: In order to make visible the image in a region which is hidden by an image sensor provided on a display unit when performing color calibration, an image display device of the present invention includes a sensor position detecting unit that detects a position on a screen where the image sensor is provided, and an image processing unit that displays, at another region on the screen, an image at the position on the screen that is detected by the sensor position detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8856678
    Abstract: A display device and a method of controlling therefor according to one embodiment relate, if a display area of the display device does not have an enough space to display a whole content, to the display device providing only a content area which a user wants to see and providing an easy-to-use scrolling environment to the user by folding a part of the whole content and the method of controlling therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eunhyung Cho, Sinae Chun, Jihwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20140247287
    Abstract: An image processing device adapted to correct a keystone distortion of an image projected on a region where a first plane and a second plane intersect with each other at a predetermined angle includes a transformation section adapted to calculate a first coordinate to be referred to in a first coordinate transformation for correcting the keystone distortion and a second coordinate to be referred to in a second coordinate transformation for correcting the keystone distortion, a combination section adapted to generate a composite coordinate obtained by combining the first coordinate and the second coordinate calculated by the transformation section, and a correction section adapted to perform a coordinate transformation for correcting the keystone distortion using the composite coordinate generated by the combination section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu SAIGO
  • Publication number: 20140240355
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SafeRay Spine LLC
    Inventors: Robert E. Isaacs, Samuel Morris Johnston
  • Publication number: 20140232754
    Abstract: A first portion of the electronic document is displayed without displaying the entire electronic document. Upon receiving input, the appearance of the electronic document is updated by displaying a second portion of the electronic document which is different than the first portion. An appearance of a third portion of the electronic document is dynamically updated or a message is dynamically generated when an edge of the electronic document is reached. The third portion of the electronic document is located between the edge and a position indicating point. In this way, the user may be informed when an edge of the electronic document is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8773475
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an operation receiving section that, when an enlarged image of a specific region in a first captured image having a predetermined size or an enlarged image of a specific region in a second captured image having an aspect ratio different from that of the first captured image is displayed on a display section, receives an operation input for changing a display state of the enlarged image; and a display control section that changes a control amount based on the operation input in accordance with whether or not the enlarged image displayed on the display section when the operation input is received is the enlarged image of the specific region of the second captured image, thus changing a display state of the enlarged image being displayed on the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Minoru Ishida
  • Publication number: 20140176613
    Abstract: Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for alternate viewpoint rendering. A first image and a set of pixel-shift values for the pixels in the first image are received. A portion of a second image is generated, the second image comprising a different viewpoint than a viewpoint of the first image. A first pixel from the set of pixels is selected based on the different viewpoint. A first destination pixel is identified for the first pixel in the second image based on a pixel-shift value from the set of pixel-shift values associated with the first pixel. A value of the first destination pixel is determined based on at least one of (a) a previously considered pixel from the set of pixels of the first image that is horizontally adjacent to the first pixel or (b) the pixel-shift value associated with the first pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: DELUXE 3D LLC
    Inventor: Kuniaki Izumi
  • Publication number: 20140160145
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a holography user interface is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jonghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8711170
    Abstract: A video display pipe used for processing pixels of video and/or image frames may include edge Alpha registers for storing edge Alpha values corresponding to the edges of an image to be translated across a display screen. The edge Alpha values may be specified based on the fractional pixel value by which the image is to be moved in the current frame. The video pipe may copy the column and row of pixels that are in the direction of travel, and may apply the edge Alpha values to the copied column and row. The edge Alpha values may control blending of the additional column and row of the translated image with the adjacent pixels in the original frame, providing the effect of the partial pixel movement, simulating a sub-pixel rate of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Bratt, Peter F. Holland, Gokhan Avkarogullari
  • Patent number: 8681182
    Abstract: Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for alternate viewpoint rendering. A first image and a set of pixel-shift values for the pixels in the first image are received. A portion of a second image is generated, the second image comprising a different viewpoint than a viewpoint of the first image. A first pixel from the set of pixels is selected based on the different viewpoint. A first destination pixel is identified for the first pixel in the second image based on a pixel-shift value from the set of pixel-shift values associated with the first pixel. A value of the first destination pixel is determined based on at least one of (a) a previously considered pixel from the set of pixels of the first image that is horizontally adjacent to the first pixel or (b) the pixel-shift value associated with the first pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Deluxe 3D LLC
    Inventor: Kuniaki Izumi
  • Patent number: 8675026
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a storage which stores image data of one frame; an image receiving unit which receives image data on an area of all or a part of the one frame; an image writing unit which writes the image data received by the image receiving unit into the storage; an image reading unit which periodically reads the image data of the one frame from the storage in a predetermined order of address; an image output unit which outputs the image data read by the image reading unit; a copy instruction receiving unit which receives a copy instruction which specifies address information of a copy source area to be copied in the one frame in the first image storage, and which specifies address information of a copy destination area in which image data copied from the copy source area is to be placed; and a copy image writing unit which, when an address of the image data read by the image reading unit is included in the address information of the copy source area, writes the ima
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Shingo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140063073
    Abstract: In a method for controlling movement of scalable vector graphics (SVG) images which allows display and examination of all parts of an SVG image even when zoomed in, an image display area and an event detection area for the SVG image are determined on a display device. An updated position of the image display area is determined according to current coordinates of a cursor of a mouse on the display device when a mouse event is detected in the event detection area. The SVG image is displayed at an updated position of the image display area, to generate a drag operation of the SVG image on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHUNG-I LEE, DE-YI XIE, SHUAI-JUN TAO, ZHI-QIANG YI, JUN-CHAO YAO
  • Publication number: 20140009504
    Abstract: In a method for displaying a software interface on a display screen of a handheld device, initial software icons corresponding to an initial state of the handheld device are first displayed on the display screen. The method detects a current state of the handheld device, and determines movement information of the handheld device between the current state and the initial state of the handheld device. The method further determines current software icons on the display screen according to the movement information of the handheld device, and displays the current software icons on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HOU-HSIEN LEE, CHANG-JUNG LEE, CHIH-PING LO
  • Patent number: 8567958
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing projection areas on a surface. A search module is configured to search for one or more markers defining one or more projection areas on a surface. An area module is configured to select a usable projection area from the one or more projection areas on the surface. A boundary module is configured to determine a boundary for the usable projection area. A constraint module is configured to constrain a projection from a projector onto the surface within the boundary of the usable projection area in response to the boundary module determining the boundary of the usable projection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Randall C. Humes, Heather C. Miller
  • Patent number: 8514255
    Abstract: An image control device includes a display control section that performs a normal display control process that controls an image based on a first designation position, and controls the image based on a second designation position, and performs a special display control process that controls the image based on the first designation position and the second designation position based on a given condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kami, Masanao Kuroda, Masahide Kito, Katsunori Kimizu, Naohiro Hayashi, Tomokazu Matsumaru
  • Publication number: 20130162689
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a reading unit which reads an intermediate image having a number of recording pixels smaller than that of a main image and larger than that of a thumbnail; and a control unit which controls, with regard to an image file to be displayed, such that, when the intermediate image is read, an image based upon the read intermediate image is displayed; and such that, when the intermediate image is not read, an image based upon a thumbnail in the image file is displayed if a main image in the image file to be displayed is equal to or greater than a predetermined size, and an image based upon the main image in the image file is displayed if the main image in the image file to be displayed is less than the predetermined size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
  • Publication number: 20130162688
    Abstract: An image projecting apparatus includes an image projecting unit configured to project received original image data on an image projection surface; an area identifying unit configured to identify an obstruction area in which different content is displayed as compared to a normal projection surface to be projected based on the original image data; and a layout modifying unit configured to modify a layout of an object included in the original image data that is projected, on the basis of the object and the obstruction area on the image projection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Taira MATSUOKA, Yoshihiro INUKAI, Taro KIKUCHI, Akira MURAKATA, Naofumi YOSHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 8446434
    Abstract: An image processor enabling a user to quickly select desired images from a large number of images without scrolling repeatedly through the images. The image processor assigns image numbers to segments of a scroll bar and displays image data corresponding to an image number assigned at the position on the scroll bar pressed by the user. The image processor also reduces the number of image numbers assigned per segment of the scroll bar near the image number at the pressed position on the scroll bar to facilitate the user in specifying a desired image through a subsequent input operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuro Matsuno, Koji Akagi, Tatsuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20130113788
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are optical projection systems and related methods for projecting imagery employing shifting image position in-time to mitigate speckle. Exemplary optical systems may include a projector having a light source, a relay lens and at least one projection lens for projecting images. The relay lens or the projection lens may have at least one lens element that may be translated in-time substantially orthogonal to the optical axis of the optical system. Alternatively, the projection lens in its entirety may be shifted in-time to reduce speckle. Further, in stereoscopic embodiments, two projection lenses may be employed, wherein at least one element in each projection lens is moveable to shift the image in-time to reduce speckle. Moreover, electronic compensation, such as electronic addressing or image warping, for the image shifting may be employed to shift the image in a direction opposite to the speckle-reducing shift in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: REALD INC.
    Inventor: REALD INC.
  • Publication number: 20130113791
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: MINISPINE, INC.
    Inventor: Minispine, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130083071
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image display apparatus including a recording unit in which a plurality of images are recorded, an obtaining unit which obtains at least one displaying image from the recording unit, a display unit and a setting unit which sets at least one image display region in the display unit. The image display apparatus further includes a deciding unit which decides a position for arranging the displaying image in the image display region and a control unit which displays the relating information corresponding to the displaying image in a non-arranging region along a longer dimensional direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8350873
    Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle navigation system may entail inquiring if the navigation system is displaying a road map in a first map scale on a display, inquiring if a scrolling feature was used to pan the road map in the first map scale on the display to a specific scrolled point, concluding that the scrolling feature was used, calculating a detail road display area based on the specific scrolled point of the display; loading detailed road link data in a second map scale from memory of the navigation system, the detailed road link data corresponding in actual geographic area to the detail road display area, converting the detailed road link data from the second map scale to the first map scale to create converted detail road link data, and displaying the converted detail road link data together with the road map in the first map scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Naohiro Sakashita
  • Publication number: 20130002847
    Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying images of cells in a sample include obtaining a plurality of images of cells in the sample, where each image corresponds to one of the cells in the sample, determining values of at least one property for each of the cells based on the plurality of images, arranging the plurality of images to form a first image array, where the images are ordered in the first image array based on the values of the at least one property, displaying the first image array, sorting the plurality of images to form a second image array in which an ordering of the images is different from the first image array, and displaying the second image array, where the sample includes blood and the cells include red blood cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CONSTITUTION MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: David Zahniser, Michael Zahniser, Adam Yie
  • Publication number: 20120309537
    Abstract: A game system has at least two modes of operation, that is, a monitor game mode and a terminal device game mode. In the monitor game mode, a main game image is displayed on a monitor and a sub game image is displayed on an LCD of a terminal device. In the terminal device game mode, the main game image is displayed on the LCD of the terminal device. The mode of operation can be switched in accordance with a mode switching instruction from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi NOGAMI, Tomoaki Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20120287152
    Abstract: A displayed image generation unit enlarges, reduces, or scrolls a displayed image in accordance with a command for change from a user. When a clip command receiving unit receives a clip command, a clipping area identification unit identifies an area to be clipped according to the clip command. A thumbnail image generation unit generates a thumbnail image corresponding to the identified area. A positional information acquisition unit acquires positional information identifying a position of the identified area in an image as a whole. A content ID acquisition unit acquires identification information identifying an image when the clipping command is received. A hard disk drive maps the identification information, the thumbnail image, and the positional information and stores the mapped information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Hisayuki Kunigita, Il-Kwon Cho, Jae-Hyun Park, Yeon-Sook Kim, Ju-Yeong Ji
  • Publication number: 20120268499
    Abstract: Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for alternate viewpoint rendering. A first image and a set of pixel-shift values for the pixels in the first image are received. A portion of a second image is generated, the second image comprising a different viewpoint than a viewpoint of the first image. A first pixel from the set of pixels is selected based on the different viewpoint. A first destination pixel is identified for the first pixel in the second image based on a pixel-shift value from the set of pixel-shift values associated with the first pixel. A value of the first destination pixel is determined based on at least one of (a) a previously considered pixel from the set of pixels of the first image that is horizontally adjacent to the first pixel or (b) the pixel-shift value associated with the first pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventor: Kuniaki Izumi
  • Patent number: 8284216
    Abstract: To provide a projection-type image display system, a projector, a program, an information storage medium, and an image projection method that enable simple changing of a projection position, a liquid-crystal projector is provided with: a sensor which senses a projection target area and outputs sensing information; an edge detection section which outputs detection information, based on the sensing information; a projectable area determination section which determines a projectable area which has no obstructions within the projection target area, based on the detection information; a projection area selection section which selects a projection area within the projectable area, based on a user selection or a predetermined reference; a projection-area/pixel-area associating section and a lens adjustment section which performs predetermined adjustments in such a manner that an image is displayed on the projection area; and an image projection section which projects an image towards the projection area, based on th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 8259137
    Abstract: A method of browsing images in a loop on an electronic device includes displaying a scroll interface. The scroll interface defines coordinates with a scale in pixels by a display. An initial coordinate value is located at a middle portion of the scroll interface. The scroll interface defines 2F index views. The index views have at least one row, and an interval of two adjacent index views is defined as S. Each index view has an index number. The display displays G images. The index number corresponds to the image number. The scroll interface is moved along a first direction. The scroll interface is adjusted by M, a natural number, multiplied by S pixels to reposition the display for being adjacent to the initial coordinate value, and the display displays images with the image numbers corresponding to the index numbers from X to X+G?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Teng-Yu Tsai
  • Publication number: 20120113151
    Abstract: A position specification accepting section accepts a position specification on a display screen of a display section, and a display position accepting section accepts from a user a specification of a display position of an instruction acceptance image for accepting an instruction concerning to display of an image via the position specification accepting section. A display control section causes the display section to display the instruction acceptance image at the to display position concerning the specification accepted by the display position accepting section from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: Shinichi NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20120098853
    Abstract: A projector including: a light source; a light modulation device modulating a light emitted from the light source in accordance with an image signal for each of colored lights for color display; a projection optical system projecting each of the colored lights modulated by the light modulation device; an operation accepting section; a registration adjustment section performing correction of the image signal corresponding to each of the colored lights based on an operation accepted by the operation accepting section so that a displacement occurring in at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction in a projection screen between the colored lights is reduced, and supply the light modulation device with the image signal corrected if the displacement occurs; and a correction direction display control section displaying a correction direction, in which the correction of the image signal is performed, as an icon indicating a direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kobayashi, Takaaki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20120093278
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, it is an subject to reduce the occasion that a region of interest falls outside an image due to the influence of respiratory motion or pulsation. A medical image processing apparatus causes an slice image generation unit to generate a series of slice images from a series of volume data files associated with a three-dimensional region of an subject, and causes a slice position determination unit to determine each of a plurality of slices respectively corresponding to the slice images based on the position of a specific region included in the plurality of volume data files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Shinsuke TSUKAGOSHI, Kazumasa Arakita
  • Publication number: 20120069053
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image display apparatus including: a display section; a theme icon storage section which stores a plurality of sets of a theme of an image corresponded to a theme icon representing the theme; an image storage section which stores an image folder storing a sequence of a plurality of images; an image theme detecting section which detects an image theme of each image; a representative theme extracting section which extracts an image theme which represents an image line of the divided sequence of the plurality of images as an image line representative theme for each image line; and a folder icon display control section which positions each theme icon corresponding to the plurality of image line representative themes extracted by the representative theme extracting section according to an order of the image line to form a folder icon and allows the display section to display the folder icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi KOJO
  • Publication number: 20120050327
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for performing a position adjustment on an image displayed on a display screen includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of images for which mutual positional relations are set, a display control unit configured to display at least one image among the plurality of images on a display screen, a first position adjustment unit configured to adjust a position of the image displayed on the display screen, and a second position adjustment unit configured to adjust a position of the image that is not displayed on the display screen among the plurality of images in accordance with the adjustment of the position by the first position adjustment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji Takekoshi
  • Patent number: 8089495
    Abstract: A method for the display of standardized Internet pages (for example, in HTML or XML standard), generated for display on large-size screens, on a small display on hand-held devices (mini-computer, PDA or mobile radio device) is disclosed, in which the hand-held device can be provided with a mobile radio connection to the internet. A virtual large image memory is maintained in the device. Within the large virtual image the device display can be freely displaced as a readable image section. A zoom function permits an overview and coarse positioning of the detailed representation. The detailed representation can be continuously moved around within the virtual image in the form of a screen section by means of a pointer device (mouse pointer) by moving the mouse pointer to the display edge (and beyond). Switching can be performed at any time between the display modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Walter Keller