Abstract: In a printing apparatus which must periodically execute maintenance operation after activation and has a timer that counts the time on the basis of power supplied from a battery and has a register in which a flag is written when an abnormality occurs in the battery, the internal time is so set as to be counted up on the basis of time read out from the timer. When the flag is written in the register upon activating the apparatus, information representing occurrence of the abnormality is written in a nonvolatile storage. Predetermined time is set as the internal time, the flag is cleared, and execution of maintenance operation is designated on the basis of the internal time.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for cleaning an inkjet printing head which has nozzle openings and ink channels which lead to them, in which electrical drive elements for ejecting ink out of the nozzle openings are located, in which the nozzle openings and the ink channels are forcibly flushed with cleaning liquid. To achieve improved cleaning action more gently and less expensively, the drive elements are triggered in an oscillating manner during the forced flushing with cleaning liquid. A cleaning device for carrying out this process is also disclosed.

Abstract: In an inkjet recording apparatus, a suction channel is defined between a concave groove-like channel of an ink guide member and a cap member. An ink discharge port is open to the suction channel while the suction channel communicates with the atmosphere through a plurality of communication holes. The distance between a bottom surface of the cap member and a surface of the concave groove-like channel facing the bottom surface is reduced in accordance with the distance from the ink discharge port. The ink discharge port is entirely covered with one longitudinal end portion of the ink guide member. The horizontal sectional area of each communication hole increases in accordance with the distance from the ink discharge port.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a service station for maintaining pens is provided. The service station includes a treadmill belt that has an outer surface and an inner surface. At least one wiper is positioned on the outer surface of the treadmill belt. The treadmill belt is mounted on a first roller and a second roller. The first roller and the second roller contact the inner surface of the treadmill belt for driving the treadmill belt. Either the first roller or the second roller can be coupled to a drive axle. Preferably, the drive axle is coupled to a paper motor via a paper drive shaft. The wiper can be, for example, a flicker squeegee or a wicking squeegee.

Abstract: A device for cleaning the nozzles of a printhead of a printer which includes scraper means, recording means for recording which nozzles require cleaning, and a control unit coupled to the recording means for actuating the printhead and/or the scraper means in order to clean the section(s) of the printhead having nozzles(s) requiring cleaning.

Abstract: A recording apparatus for effecting recording on a recording medium by a recording head includes a carriage for reciprocally scanning with the recording head carried thereon, a guide member for guiding the reciprocal scanning of the carriage, a drive source for driving the reciprocal scanning of the carriage, a transmitting member for transmitting a driving force from the drive source to the carriage, a holding member for holding the transmitting member, a projected portion disposed on the carriage and having the holding member mounted thereon, and an attenuating member for attenuating vibrations from the drive source between the carriage and the holding member, the attenuating member being of a shape surrounding the projected portion of the carriage, and the holding member holding the transmitting member being mounted on the projected portion with the attenuating member interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a plurality of ink ejecting sections for ejecting ink. The printing apparatus prints an image on a medium to be printed by ejecting ink from the ink ejecting sections. The ink ejecting sections include a first ink ejecting section that is set to eject ink for printing a highlight region in the image, and a second ink ejecting section that is set not to eject the ink for printing the highlight region in the image.

Abstract: A printing apparatus including a first cartridge having at least one reservoir for holding a first color of ink, a multi-color cartridge including three reservoirs capable of holding a second color of ink, a third color of ink and a fourth color of ink, and a third cartridge having at least one reservoir for holding ink. The printing apparatus can have a holder for holding the first cartridge, the second multi-color cartridge and the third cartridge.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater element is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble therein. The generation of the bubble causes the ejection of a drop of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through the respective corresponding nozzle, to effect printing. Each heater element is formed of solid material, more than 90% of which, by atomic proportion, is constituted by at least one element, from the periodic table of elements, having an atomic number below 50.

Abstract: A liquid drop discharger includes a coil for generating a magnetic field based on an electric current that is applied; a moving section, removably disposed with respect to the coil so as to be movable in a central axial direction of the coil, for generating an induced current by the magnetic field generated by the coil; device for vertically applying a magnetic field to a peripheral surface of a peripheral member, where the induced current is generated, of the moving section; and a discharge opening, which moves together with the moving section, for discharging a liquid by changing the volume of a liquid chamber containing the liquid as a result of the movement of the moving section.

Abstract: A fluid ejection device comprises a substrate including a fluid ejector thereon, and an orifice member positioned over said substrate. The orifice member has a fluid-transfer bore extending therethrough and corresponding to the fluid ejector. The orifice member further has a counter-bore about the fluid-transfer bore.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles 3 and one or more heater elements 10 in a bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle 3. Drive circuitry 22 corresponding to each of the nozzles for controlling the operation of the heater element 10. Each heater element 10 is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. Part of the drive circuitry 22 is disposed on one side of the bubble forming chamber 7, and part of the circuitry 22 is formed on the opposing side of the bubble forming chamber 7. Printheads manufactured in accordance with the present invention can have a relatively high nozzle density (nozzles per unit area).

Abstract: In an ink-jet printhead and a method for manufacturing the same, the ink-jet printhead includes a substrate, an ink chamber to be filled with ink to be ejected formed on an upper surface of the substrate, a restrictor, which is a path through which ink is supplied from an ink reservoir to the ink chamber, perforating a bottom surface of the substrate and a bottom surface of the ink chamber, a nozzle plate, which is stacked on the upper surface of the substrate and forms an upper wall of the ink chamber, a nozzle perforating the nozzle plate at a position corresponding to a center of the ink chamber, a heater formed in the nozzle plate to surround the nozzle, and a conductor for applying a current to the heater.

Abstract: This invention is intended to connect a dummy lead while preventing depression of a resin that seals electric connection sections, without bringing the dummy lead into contact with a recording element substrate or without taking the dummy lead for a lead electrode. The dummy lead which is provided inward of an opening of a flexible film wiring substrate to be shorter than the lead electrode, and which is not electrically connected to an electrode pad is provided to be adjacent to the lead electrode.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles 3 and a bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle respectively. At least one heater element 10 disposed in each bubble forming chamber 7 to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. The heater element 10 has at least one bubble nucleation section 158 with a smaller cross section than the remainder of the heater element. The smaller cross section creates a region of higher resistance. A high resistance section in the heater element will heat up quicker than the rest of the element. The gas bubble will nucleate at this point and subsequently grow to the other areas of the heater element.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles 3 each defining a nozzle aperture 5 with a nozzle axis extending through the center of the nozzle aperture 5 and normal to the nozzle aperture. An ejectable liquid inlet 31 for establishing fluid communication between the nozzle aperture 5 and an ejectable liquid supply, the inlet having a central axis substantially parallel to the nozzle axis. A bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle respectively. At least one heater element 10 disposed in each bubble forming chamber 7 to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. The heater element 10 is configured to nucleate the gas bubble at two or more regions such that each nucleation region is laterally offset from the nozzle aperture 5.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles 3 and a bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle 3. The bubble forming chamber of each nozzle having at least one side wall 6 and at least one heater element 10 suspended within each of the bubble forming chambers respectively. Each heater element 10 is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. The heater element 10 spaced from the at least one side wall 6 of the bubble forming chamber 7. The spacing between the heater element 10 and the at least one side wall 6 is between 0.1 microns and 20 microns. The nucleation and growth of a gas bubble causes the pressure pulse that ejects ink from the nozzle aperture.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles 3 and a bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle respectively. At least one heater element 10 disposed in each bubble forming chamber 7 to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. The heater element is a suspended elongate strip, the strip having a cross section with a lateral dimension at least triple that of the thickness of the strip. A heater element that is relatively wide and flat can be more accurately fabricated by lithographic deposition and will require less etching. The resulting heater elements have greater consistency, conformity with specification and reliability.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles 3 and at least one heater element 10 corresponding to each nozzle respectively. Each heater element 10 is operatively controlled by associated drive circuitry 22 and is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. The center of the drive circuitry 22 is offset from the center of the corresponding nozzle 3 by less than 200 microns. Positioning all the drive circuitry for the heater element of one unit cell 1 in a single, undivided area will reduce some conductor lengths within the circuitry and improve its efficiency. The present invention achieves this with an offset between the drive circuitry and the associated heater.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles 3 and a bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle respectively. At least one heater element 10 disposed in each bubble forming chamber 7 to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. The gas bubble collapses to a collapse point 17 spaced from the heater element 10, and the heater element has two planes of symmetry intersecting along the nozzle axis. A heater element with two planes of symmetry intersecting along the nozzle axis will generate a symmetrical bubble centrally aligned with the aperture. This gives the nozzle an ejected drop trajectory along the nozzle axis.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles unit cells 1 and one or more heater elements 10 corresponding to each nozzle 3. Each heater element 10 is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. The gas bubble encircles at least some of the heater element. By configuring the heater element such that the bubbles formed surround the element, the heat transfer to the bubble forming liquid is maximized. Less heat is wasted through conduction to the surrounding nozzle structures thereby raising the overall efficiency of the printhead.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles 3 and a bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle respectively. At least one heater element 10 disposed in each bubble forming chamber 7 to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. Integrated circuit metalization layers corresponding to each of the nozzles supply electrical energy to the heater 14. The heater 14 and the integrated circuit metalization layers 23 are substantially planar and at least partially overlapping, the metallization layers electrically connected to the heater electrodes 15 by vias, the cross sectional area of all the vias being greater than 50% of the surface area of one side of the heater 14.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles 3 each defining a nozzle aperture 5 with a nozzle axis extending through the center of the nozzle aperture 5 and normal to the nozzle aperture. An ejectable liquid inlet 31 for establishing fluid communication between the nozzle aperture 5 and an ejectable liquid supply, the inlet having a central axis substantially parallel to the nozzle axis. A bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle respectively. At least one heater element 10 disposed in each bubble forming chamber 7 to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. The heater element is configured to nucleate the gas bubble at a point that is laterally offset from the inlet.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles unit cells 1 and one or more heater elements 10 corresponding to each nozzle 3. Each heater element 10 is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. The nozzle unit cells 1 are manufactured using semiconductor and micro mechanical techniques such that the spacing between adjacent nozzle apertures 5 in the printhead is less than 100 microns.

Abstract: An emission device for ejecting a liquid drop, and methods of operating and manufacturing same are provided. The device includes a structure defining a chamber volume adapted to receive a liquid and has a nozzle orifice through which a drop of received liquid can be emitted. The chamber volume defining structure includes a membrane portion having a plurality of individually deformable portions. A controller is adapted to selectively actuate at least one of the plurality of individually deformable portions of the membrane.

Abstract: A bubble-ink jet print head includes: a substrate having ink chambers to store ink and resistance heat emitting bodies to heat ink disposed thereover; and an ink supply passage which penetrates the substrate and which is connected with the ink chambers. The ink supply passage includes: a first trench formed at a first surface of the substrate in a first pattern having a separating distance from at least one of inlets of the ink chambers and connecting portions between the adjacent ink chambers, the first surface of the substrate having the ink chambers disposed thereover, and a second trench formed at a second surface of the substrate in a second pattern, having one of an area equal to and an area smaller than that of the first trench in the range of the first pattern of the first trench, and in communication with the first trench.

Abstract: An ink jet print head includes a cavity plate having a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with the respective nozzles, and a plate-like piezoelectric actuator, in which piezoelectric sheets having a plurality of electrodes formed at positions with respect to the pressure chambers are stacked one after another. The piezoelectric actuator is bonded to the cavity plate so as to close the pressure chambers in the cavity plate. Each of the piezoelectric sheets has a thickness of between 5-40 &mgr;m, preferably between 15-30 &mgr;m. Surface electrodes, which electrically connect one of the electrodes, are provided at both end portions of a surface of the piezoelectric actuator, which is opposed to a surface to be bonded to the cavity plate. Protrusions having a thickness of the surface electrodes are provided between the surface electrodes on the surface of the piezoelectric actuator.

Abstract: A contact structure for transferring an electrical signal from a main body to a print head, particularly a printing apparatus having a line contact structure, is provided. The printing apparatus comprises an electrical connecting portion formed at an end of the cable; a plurality of contact points formed at the electrical connecting portion, each in a form of a hollow projection so as to correspond to a circuit portion of the print head and having a hole form at an apex of the projection; a fixing portion for fixing the electrical connecting portion to the main body; and an elastic member interposed between the electrical connecting portion and the fixing portion and having a plurality of protruding portions corresponding to the plurality of contact points, wherein the elastic member presses the electrical connecting portion so that the plurality of contact points are in line contact with the circuit portion of the print head when the print head is mounted in the main body.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ink set for use in an ink jet recording process, wherein at least two aqueous inks A and B having different hues are superimposed to form a color image. The ink set can give a clear color image by high speed printing having good resolution without bleeding in the boundaries between two colors. Disclosed also are a method, an ink cartridge and an apparatus for ink jet recording using the above ink set. The ink set is characterized in that, of the two aqueous inks A and B, one ink A comprises a coloring material A having an anionic group and in that the other ink B comprises a coloring material B and a quaternary ammonium salt having at least one alkyl group which has 6 or less carbon atoms and which has a hydroxyl group.

Abstract: An inkjet recording ink includes at least one yellow-azo dye having specific properties or a specific structure dissolved and/or dispersed in an aqueous medium and containing a water-miscible organic solvent having a specific solubility with respect to dye.

Abstract: The present invention compensates a printed image for distortions caused by mechanical image stretch. One embodiment comprises a memory configured to store compensation data, the compensation data corresponding to distortion in a printed image caused by mechanical image stretch, and a processor configured to generate a compensated image data by combining data corresponding to the image and the compensation data, and configured to communicate the compensated image data to a printing system.

Abstract: A printer CPU controls rotations of a photosensitive drum for black and photosensitive drums for other colors such that a phase angle difference between the photosensitive drum for black and the photosensitive drums for the other colors during image formation in a color mode is unchanged before and after execution of a black mode.

Abstract: A phase shift element having a central area (for transmitting part of an incident laser beam in the vicinity of the beam central axis) and a first area (giving the laser beam incident thereon a phase difference &pgr; relative to a beam passing through the central area) is placed on an optical path between a laser light source and a polygon mirror of a scanning optical system. The scanning optical system including such a phase shift element is installed in a printer. By the effect of the phase shift element, the intensity of side lobes (several rings of light accompanying the main beam) is prevented from exceeding a threshold value even when optical surfaces of an imaging optical system of the scanning optical system have certain microscopic undulations, by which black stripes occurring in halftone printing can be eliminated.

Abstract: A tape printing device prints letters/characters on a tape-form thermal recording medium. The tape printing device is provided with a device body, a cassette holding section being formed in the device body to accommodate a tape cassette containing the tape-form recording medium, a cover member that covers the cassette holding section, a thermal head that applies beat to print letters/characters on the tape-form recording medium, a thermal head mounting portion formed on a bottom of the cassette holding section, the thermal head mounting portion including a plate-like member that protrudes from the bottom of the cassette holding section toward the cover member, the thermal head being attached to a side of the plate-like member, and a platen mechanism having a platen which faces the thermal head and is biased toward the thermal head.

Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus which is capable of reducing a period of time required for obtaining an image output, in the case of changing the image forming operation from a monochromatic image formation to a color image formation during execution of the image forming operation. A plurality of image forming units form images and overlap images the formed images onto a transfer material. A preparation for image formation is started in a first mode in which image formation is carried out by the plurality of image forming units while image formation is being carried out in a second mode in which image formation is carried out by at least one of the image forming units. The image formation is carried out in the first mode after the image formation in the second mode is completed.

Abstract: An optical writing system with at least two laser diodes capable of correcting hue deviations. The optical writing system is capable of correcting dot forming positions in the main scanning direction, and setting values for correction through an external key operation unit stored in a phase shift amount register by way of a CPU included in a main controller, and by applying values for arbitrarily shifting picture element clock phases for respective laser diodes. Thus, frequency fluctuations and characteristic changes in the laser diodes over time are compensated, positional precision with respect to a synchronization point is assured for respective laser diodes, picture images at the terminating edge in the main scanning direction is stabilized, and subtle hue variations can be reduced in half tone image portions during repeated full color image formations.

Abstract: A sub-scanning interval adjusting apparatus for a multi-beam scanning unit adjusts an interval between at least two laser lines that are formed on a photoreceptor drum without causing starting points of image formation to vary. In the multi-beam scanning unit simultaneously emitting at least two laser beams by using at least two laser sources, the sub-scanning interval adjusting apparatus includes a transparent member varying in thickness depending on its height, in a direction where the laser beams pass through, the transparent member having an inclined lower side with respect to a scanning direction of the laser beams, and a movable member having an inclined side corresponding to the inclined lower side of the transparent member, thereby adjusting an interval between the laser beams by moving the movable member in the scanning direction and thus varying the height of the transparent member with respect to the laser sources.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that is capable of carrying out image formation on a recording medium such as plain paper without increasing the FCOT (First Copy Out Time) and is also capable of carrying out optimal image formation on a recording medium, such as thick paper, for which the processing speed is reduced with no registration misalignment between the leading ends of toner images and the leading end of the recording medium. An image is primarily transferred onto a rotatively driven image carrier, and the image on the image carrier is secondarily transferred onto a recording medium. An image writing reference position signal for starting image formation is issued based on the circumference of the image carrier which is the length of the image carrier in the direction of rotation thereof or based on a detected reference position on the image carrier.

Abstract: This invention is a system for maintaining eye contact during videoconferencing. Unlike prior art, it involves no special materials or software and can work with common and pre-existing person computer cameras and monitors. If this system is used by participants on both sides of the videoconference, the result is a natural conversation between the participants, with eye contact as if they are sitting across from each other. Unlike prior art, which are full-screen, dedicated systems, the present invention accommodates common ‘windows’ based applications.

Abstract: A video endoscope apparatus includes a light source unit that alternately emits white light and excitation light, a video endoscope that has a color image sensor and a light guide for guiding the light from the light source unit to the distal end, an image data acquiring section that acquires normal observation image data during emission of the white light and acquires excitation observation image data during emission of the excitation light, first and second image processors, an image generating section. The first image processor processes the normal observation image data only. The second image processor extracts reference image data from the normal observation image data, extracts fluorescent image data from the excitation observation image data and generates affected part information. The image generating section generates image data for displaying a special observation image by converting the normal observation image data based on the affected part information.

Abstract: A surveillance system allows a user to characterize the user's environment and/or the user's surveillance application, via a selection from among a variety of predefined environments and/or applications. Preferably, the selection is from among a variety of scene configurations, such as the expected number and type of targets in a typical scene, the lighting conditions of the scene, and so on. The selected environments and/or applications effect a determination of the parameters that are used in the various algorithms and processing modules within the surveillance system. Because the selection is preferably from a variety of common scene configurations, no technical skills are required to effect an optimization of the performance of the surveillance system for a particular environment.

Abstract: An aerial video camera (1, 11) has control communication from a universal-control computer (2) and a vibration damper (6, 7, 8). The camera is rotatable circumferentially and tiltable inside of a hemispherical radome (10) that is suspended from a camera pod (9) which is attached to a wing-strut bolt (14) of an aircraft (3) with preferably an attachment bracket (13). Pan and tilt site of the camera are communicated electronically to a monitor (12) of the universal-control computer having a joystick control (20).

Abstract: A computer-based platform is provided for integrating data from multiple systems including (but not limited to) point of sale (POS) terminals, video systems, electronic article surveillance (EAS) systems, automatic teller machines (ATMs), gas pumps, alarm systems, radio frequency identification (RFID) detection systems, etc. The subject computer-based platform is configured to gather and correlate data (e.g., transactional data and/or video data), package such data into multiple discrete system “events”, and to provide various features for proactively identifying selected events as “exceptions”. Additional aspects of the computer-based platform may be utilized to provide signaled identification to a user of identified exceptions and other integrated system data. Still further aspects of the platform can be used to group these new events to create larger groupings of multiple transactions, events, data, exceptions, and/or research.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling display of a video camera signal received over a powerline network includes a powerline modem for receiving a video camera signal over a powerline network, a security controller for receiving detection signals indicative of a security breach condition, and a signal converter for converting said video camera signal to another format.

Abstract: Methods for real time motion capture for control of a video game character is provided. In one embodiment, a method initiates with defining a model of a control object. Then, a location of a marker on the model is identified. Next, movement associated with the control object is captured. Then, the movement associated with the control object is interpreted to change a position of the model. Next, movement of the character being presented on the display screen is controlled according to the change of position of the model. A computer readable media and a processing system enabling control of video character through real time motion capture are also provided.

Abstract: A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone.

Abstract: Audio processing using a video rasterizer allows simultaneous display of both audio and video data on the same raster display. Audio samples are clocked into a buffer memory, such as a first-in, first-out (FIFO) buffer, by an audio clock and clocked out of the buffer memory by a rasterizer (system) clock to allow the audio data to cross over from the audio clock domain to the video clock domain. The audio data is then upsampled by a sample ratio converter/interpolator before being processed by a video display engine. The video display engine includes a polyphase filter for upsampling display data for input to a rasterizer from which the data is read for display.

Abstract: A technique, and associated system and computer executable program code on a computer readable storage medium, for automatically correcting distortion of a front-projected display under observation by at least one camera. The technique may be employed in a myriad of front-projected display environments, e.g., single or multiple projectors and cameras are used.

Abstract: A digital camera contains a camera main body that obtains data of an object to be photographed and a USB drive that receives the data from the camera main body, stores the data, and transmits the stored data directly to a computer main body independent of the camera main body. The invention also provides a method of feeding power to the USB drive in order for the USB drive to receive data from the camera main body, store the received data, and transmit the data to a computer main body independent of the camera main body. The method further includes a means for recognizing the installation of the USB drive, cutting off the power fed to the USB drive if the USB drive is not installed, transmitting the data to the USB drive if the USB drive is installed, and cutting off the power fed to the USB drive when the transmission of the data is complete.

Abstract: An imaging system and method are provided. In accordance with the method a trigger signal is detected and an image of a scene is captured in response to the trigger signal. The image is presented. A verification mode is determined and the presentation of the captured image is ended at a first ending time when a first verification mode is determined the presentation of the captured image is ended at a second ending time when a second verification mode is determined.