Abstract: Provided is a method for creating a 3-D curved surface by using corresponding curves in a plurality of images. The method includes performing an NURBS fitting curve with respect to one image in a plurality of images having camera calibration and extracted camera parameter by using control points designated in a curve characterizing a subject shape. When the curve fitting is performed with respect to the curve that commonly exists in more than two images, a 3-D curve is created by using a camera calibration information, or a 3-D curved surface is created by creating a plurality of 3-D curves or straight lines. Therefore, a 3-D curved surface model can be easily and quickly created by simplifying a complex modeling process for an actual object modeling into an actual image-based modeling process.

Abstract: A system and method for displaying text are described. According to embodiments of the invention, the system and methods describe operations for displaying text, where the text does not include hints.

Abstract: There is provided a method of representing and animating a 2D (Two-Dimensional) character in a 3D (Three-Dimensional) space for a character animation. The method includes performing a pre-processing operation in which data of a character that is required to represent and animate the 2D character like a 3D character is prepared and stored and producing the character animation using the stored data.

Abstract: An apparatus processes collision information in a graphic system, and includes a first storage unit for loading geometry information of primary and secondary object graphics inputted from outside, and outputting the geometry information of the primary object graphics and geometry information of a plurality of secondary object graphics in which a collision detection operation with the primary object graphics is to be performed; a transformer for transforming coordinates of the secondary object graphics to be coincided with a coordinate system that is based on the primary object graphics; a processor for acquiring a collision point, collision presence information, and a collision depth between the primary and the secondary object graphics simultaneously based on the geometry information of the inputted primary object graphics and that of each of the coordinate-transformed secondary object graphics by using a collision detection operation technique determined by the geometry information properties of the primary

Abstract: A system for generating a story framework from a plurality of data elements of a spatial domain coupled to a temporal domain. The story framework includes a plurality of visual story elements including storage for storing the plurality of data elements of the domains for use in generating the plurality of visual story elements. The system also includes a pattern template stored in the storage and configured for identifying a data subset of the plurality of data elements as a data pattern, such that the data pattern is used in creating a respective story element of the plurality of visual story elements. A pattern module is configured for applying the pattern template to the plurality of data elements to identify the data pattern. A representation module is configured for assigning a semantic representation to the identified data pattern, such that the data pattern and the semantic representation are used to generate the respective visual story element. The story element can be assigned to a thread category.

Abstract: The subject application is directed to display means adapted to interface with multiple personal electronic devices, such as personal data assistants, cellular telephones, laptops, and the like. An accessible display system includes shared display means and access control means in data communication with the shared display means. The access control means is in data communication with multiple associated mobile computing devices and selectively allows access to the shared display means from the associated mobile computing devices. The shared display means includes at least one of: a display of a fixed computing device, a display of a mobile computing device, and a mobile display, and is adapted for providing feedback to the associated mobile or fixed computing devices. The access control means may be built directly into a desktop computer or into a mobile monitor, or may be a stand alone device.

Abstract: When there are a plurality of kinds of starting modes in which conditions to start a process of a job are different, a device driver of an information processing apparatus can recognize the starting modes which can be designated by a peripheral apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus and method utilizes system memory as backing stores so that local graphics memory may be oversubscribed. Surfaces may be paged in and out of system memory based on the amount of usage of the surfaces. The apparatus and method also prioritizes surfaces among different tiers of local memory (e.g. frame buffer), non-local memory (e.g. page locked system memory), and system memory backing stores (e.g. pageable system memory) locations based on predefined criteria and runtime statistics relating to the surfaces. As such, local memory may be, for example, expanded without extra memory costs such as adding a frame buffer memory to allow graphics applications to effectively use more memory and run faster.

Abstract: A method for capturing images includes associating the pixels with tiles. An input data sequence representing respective current values of the pixels of a currently-captured image frame is accepted. Within each of at least some of the tiles, the current values are compared with respective reference values of the pixels of a reference frame stored in a frame buffer in order to detect variations between the current and reference values. When a variation is detected at a given pixel, the current value is written into the frame buffer in place of a corresponding reference value, and the tile is marked as a changed tile. Subsequent pixel values belonging to the changed tile are written into the frame buffer without comparing the current values of the subsequent pixels to the respective reference values, thereby replacing the reference frame with the currently-captured image frame.

Abstract: A 3-dimensional computer generated image is generated by subdividing the image into a plurality of rectangular areas. Object data for each rectangular area is loaded into a display list memory (4) until that memory is substantially full. Image data and shading data for each picture element of each rectangular area is derived by an image synthesis processor (6) from the object data. Image data is then stored in a local memory (16) and further object data loaded into the display list memory (4) and replaces the existing contents. Once this has happened, the stored image data and shading data is retrieved and additional image data and shading data derived for each picture element by the image synthesis processor (6) using the new object data and the previously derived image and shading data. When there is no further object data to load to the display list memory the shading data is provided for display for the rectangular areas by a frame buffer 11.

Abstract: Vehicle event recorder systems are arranged with three stage memories and special mechanism to manage those memories including transfer of data there between. Namely, a managed loop memory receives data from a video camera in real-time and continuously overwrites expired data implicitly determined no longer useful. Data in a managed loop memory is only passed to a more stable memory, a high-capacity buffer memory, in response to an event having occurred. An event trigger produces a signal, which causes data transfer between the managed loop memory and an on-board, high-capacity buffer memory. The high-capacity buffer memory is suitable for storing video series associated with a plurality of events. Finally, a permanent data store is arranged to receive data from the high-capacity buffer memory whenever the system returns and falls within a predetermined proximity of a download station.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system and method for a patch minimization tool. In one example, the method includes identifying object files required for forming an image for a wireless device, where at least one of the object files is received from an assembler in machine language. Components are formed from the object files and a base address is determined for each component. A memory layout is generated to define a location of each of the identified components at the corresponding base address, and a linker is called to link the components as defined by the memory layout to create the image.

Abstract: A graphics processor or a graphics block for use in a processor includes a type buffer used for determining if a currently processed pixel requires further processing. Each pixel has a number of sub-pixels and each sub-pixel line includes at least one counter that is stored in an edge buffer. A limited edge buffer that can store edge buffer values in a limited range can be employed. Each buffer can include information regarding the whole screen or a portion of thereof. The edge buffer also can be an external or internal buffer, and when implemented internally, the graphics processor or graphics block need not employ a bi-directional bus.

Abstract: A system and method for a mosaic rendering of a 3D model is provided. Textures are created using polygon information related to a vertex of each face of an inputted 3D model, a normal, and a face index, and the textures are one-to-one mapped on respective polygons of the 3D model, using a geometrical structure of the 3D mode, thereby rendering a mosaic image showing a volume and a crinkled effect of paper.

Abstract: A color image viewed from a virtual camera is generated. Next, a fog image is generated by adding a fog color to respective objects in accordance with distances from a position, which is represented by a Z value, of a player object to positions of the respective objects which are represented by Z values. Further, mask processing is performed so as to add to the fog image a predetermined fog color in accordance with distances from a predetermined reference pixel to pixels in a lateral and a longitudinal directions in the fog image. And an image into which the fog image and the color image have been synthesized is displayed as a game image.

Abstract: A display comprises a display device having an image output surface at which an image is displayed as a spaced array of pixel elements, a light transmitting element in the form of an image guide having a viewing surface, the light transmitting element arranged to receive light from the display device and display the received light on the viewing surface, the light transmitting element having a polarising layer arranged in an optical path between the display device and the viewing surface, wherein the polarising layer is arranged to attenuate unpolarised ambient light received from outside the display while substantially transmitting polarised light received from the display device.

Abstract: Smart graphic elements are provided for use as portions or components of one or more graphic displays, which may be executed in a process plant to display information to users about the process plant environment, such as the current state of devices within the process plant. Each of the graphic elements is an executable object that includes a property or a variable that may be bound to an associated process entity, like a field device, and that includes multiple visualizations, each of which may be used to graphically depict the associated process entity on a user interface when the graphic element is executed as part of the graphic display. Any of the graphic element visualizations may be used in any particular graphic display and the same graphic display may use different ones of the visualizations at different times.

Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method utilize rulesets associated with particular individuals to restrict or otherwise control the use of such individuals' likeness data into media presentations using character replacement or like technologies. A ruleset includes at least one rule configured to define a condition under which the likeness data for an individual may or may not be incorporated into a media presentation. As such, during the generation of a media presentation, the ruleset may be accessed and analyzed, whereby the likeness data for an individual may be selectively incorporated into a media presentation based upon the ruleset to generate a personalized version of the media presentation.

Abstract: A recording title is separated into arbitrary chapters, the chapters are associated with blocks and located in an association area, desired blocks are relocated in a coupling and editing area, the chapters associated with the relocated blocks are edited as a new title in accordance with the location of the blocks.

Abstract: In a drawing processing apparatus and a drawing processing method for superposing a plurality of graphics present on the same plane, a data format is previously extracted in a data format extraction control section. A write data extracting section converts write data from a DDA section into the extracted data format. A read data extracting section converts read data from a drawing frame memory into the extracted data format. A data comparing section compares the data format-converted write data from the write data extracting section with the data format-converted read data from the read data extracting section. When the two pieces of data are the same, a drawing output section omits a process of writing the write data form the DDA section into the drawing frame memory.

Abstract: Provided is a method for displaying a background image in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes storing a predetermined image as background image depending on user's selection, storing position information of vertical screen frame and horizontal screen frame on the background image, and setting the background image; displaying an image of a region associated with the vertical screen frame among the background image, as background image, in response to a request for displaying a display screen of the mobile communication terminal in vertical direction; and displaying an image of a region associated with the horizontal screen frame among the background image, as background image, in response to a request for displaying the display screen of the mobile communication terminal in horizontal direction.

Abstract: A video processing circuit includes a processor that receives an encoded image having first and second regions, decodes the first region of the image, modifies the decoded first region, and re-encodes the modified first region. Such a circuit allows one to modify a region of an image by decoding and re-encoding only that region instead of the entire image. For example, if one wishes to overlay an EPG on a bottom portion of a video frame, then the circuit can decode only the EPG and the bottom portion of the frame, overlay the decoded EPG on the bottom frame portion, and re-encode the overlaid bottom frame portion. Therefore, this technique often reduces the processing time, and thus the cost and complexity of the processing circuit, as compared to a circuit that decodes and re-encode the entire frame during an image overlay process.

Abstract: An instrumented game controller (such as a firearm simulator), head-mounted display system, with electronic equipment with positional tracking equipment, together with associated software, to create unprecedented immersive virtual reality or augmented reality games, entertainment or “serious” gaming such as training,

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for a video window in a graphics background of a screen. The video window is allowed to be removed anywhere and be scaled up or down. The system comprises a receiving module to receive the video and graphics data and group both of the data in segment, a scaling module to process the scaling by applying the provided recursive pixel-extracting algorithm for the video segment, and an overlapping module to post the scaled video data on the graphics data in accordance with a boundary condition.

Abstract: A multimedia system that automatically scales an application according to the resolution of a graphics device when applications having different resolutions coexist on one screen, a method of scaling an application, and a recording medium storing a program for performing the method. The method includes setting a ratio of a reference resolution included in information regarding an application loaded to the multimedia system to a resolution of a graphics device of the multimedia system as a first scaling value; and scaling the application based on the first scaling value and displaying the application.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a display unit which displays an image on a screen based on an input image signal; a scaler which scales the image signal to control a size of the image displayed on the screen; and a controller which controls the scaler to change the size of the displayed image at a predetermined interval of time if the image is displayed on a portion of the screen. Thus, an image processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided which can remove an afterimage at a low manufacturing cost and with high reliability without being visually recognized.

Abstract: Movement of a point of contact by a user over an index on a touch-sensitive display is determined. The displayed index has a sequence of index items. In response to the movement, a list of information items on the touch-sensitive display is scrolled. The list of information items may include a sequence of information item subsets corresponding to the sequence of index items. The scrolling may include scrolling through a respective information item subset if the point of contact moves over a corresponding respective index item.

Abstract: A display device is disclosed, in which calibration information for the display panel is stored in a memory separate from an image processor that controls the display panel. The image processor, which receives input signals and generates control signals to control the display panel, performs various calibration functions using calibration information stored in the memory. Such a structure avoids the loss of calibration information when the image processor fails, so the device may be repaired by replacing the image processor only. It also makes it more practical and less costly to perform color calibration for individual panels during manufacturing without significantly altering the product assembly process. A method for manufacturing display devices includes calibrating each individual display panel and storing the calibration information in the associated memory device before assembling the panels with other components of the display devices.

Abstract: A display device with point-to-point transmitting technology is provided. The display device comprises a smart panel and a image processor. Wherein, the smart panel comprises a plurality of source drivers ICs that are coupled to a pixel array for transmitting an image data to the pixel array to drive a plurality of pixels in the pixel array. In addition, the image processor couples to the source driver ICs through a plurality of image data buses, respectively. Each of the image data buses corresponds to one of the source driver ICs.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device and a method of driving the display device that can reduce pseudo contours while suppressing the number of sub-frames as much as possible. In the display device, where one frame is divided into a plurality of sub-frames to display a gray scale, the plurality of sub-frames have M (M is an integer number of greater than or equal to 2) regular sub-frames which is necessary for displaying predetermined gray scales and further an N (N is a natural number) additive sub-frame; and at least two sub-frame lighting patterns of a first sub-frame lighting pattern, where only the regular sub-frames are used, and a second sub-frame lighting pattern, where the additive sub-frames and the regular sub-frames are used, are provided at least for one gray scale of the predetermined gray scales.

Abstract: A conventional setting voltage was a value with an estimated margin of a characteristic change of a light emitting element. Therefore, a voltage between the source and drain of a driver transistor Vds had to be set high (Vds?Vgs?VTh+a). This caused high heat generation and power consumption because a voltage applied to the light emitting element. The invention is characterized by feedbacking a change in a current value in accordance with the deterioration of a light emitting element and a power source voltage controller which modifies a setting voltage. Namely, according to the invention, the setting voltage is to be set in the vicinity of the boundary (critical part) between a saturation region and a linear region, and a voltage margin for the deterioration is not required particularly for an initial setting voltage.

Abstract: Printing systems and method of printing on substrates are provided. A method of printing one or more images using a printhead, the method including moving a substrate on a transporter, providing a printhead configured to print a plurality of print lines in a direction, rotating an image to an image angle relative to the direction of the print lines, and printing the image rotated to an angle onto the substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of controlling power supplied to a printer head included in an image forming device. The apparatus includes a power supply unit to supply DC power to the printer head, a capacitor connected to a power supply terminal of the printer head to stabilize the DC power supplied to the printer head, a discharger to discharge the capacitor, a controller to drive the power supply unit by generating a power signal of a first predetermined value and a discharge signal of a second predetermined value to supply the power to the printer head, and to drive the discharger by generating the power signal of a third predetermined value and the discharge signal of a fourth predetermined signal not to supply the power to the printer head, and a head locker to lock the printer head so that the printer head cannot be disassembled from the image forming device while the power is being supplied to the printer head.

Abstract: An paper recycling and reclaiming system designed for paper copiers and printers or independent use. In one embodiment, the recycling paper system, will include the paper feeder, scanner, printer for same paper color printing (typically white) which could be externally or internally added to conventional copier or printer or used independently for general paper recycling and reclaiming.

Abstract: A power control apparatus and method includes a power detector to detect a power supplied to an image forming apparatus, an information storing unit to store information on a printhead, and an auxiliary power supply unit to supply an auxiliary power to the information storing unit in response to a detection result detected by the power detector.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to settle a phenomenon that a quantity of jetted ink increases at the end of an image and a density increases in a share-mode ink jet head. In a three-split driven head, a first group prints so that a diameter of a dot is reduced by reducing the quantity of jetted ink as dots at both ends, a second group similarly prints, and a third group also similarly prints. Since each three dots at both ends in a main scanning direction of an acquired image are smaller than dots in the middle, a phenomenon that a quantity of jetted ink increases at the end of the image and density increases is reduced.

Abstract: The image recording apparatus forms respective images on two or more types of printing media having different widths. The apparatus includes an ink ejection device for ejecting ink droplets toward a surface of a printing medium in the two or more types of printing media and a pair of ink receivers which are positioned near to both side edges of the printing medium in a width direction perpendicular to a transport direction of the printing medium and receive the ink droplets ejected from the ink ejection device and landed beyond the both side edges of the printing medium in the width direction. At least one ink receiver of the pair of ink receivers is moved in the width direction in accordance with widths of the two or more types of printing media having the different widths.

Abstract: Methods of and apparatus for handling data associated with a cartridge for printing with the cartridge, such as those involving comparing color data associated with a cartridge with reference cartridge data representative of a type of the cartridge to yield a comparison result; and determining whether any of the color data is corrupt color data based on the comparison result.

Abstract: A system for detecting failures in a sensitive region of an inkjet printhead is described. The system includes an inkjet printer that uses a printhead for printing an image on a substrate. The image has a sensitive portion that is more sensitive to printing failures than the rest of the image. The printhead includes a first portion that prints an area of the substrate corresponding to the sensitive portion of the image. A radiant energy source is used with a photodetector located downstream from the printhead to detect background florescence from the substrate in the area of the substrate corresponding to the sensitive portion of the image that should be quenched by printing of the image. If background florescence is detected, a failure is indicated.

Abstract: An image-forming apparatus having an inkjet type printer is configured to prevent ink from being wastefully consumed through a purge processing. Before next purge processing is executed, test printing is carried out. The user looks at the result of the test printing and inputs instruction indicating whether or not the next purge processing is to be executed. If the inputted instruction indicates that immediate purge processing is unnecessary, execution of the purge processing is prolonged. In this manner, a purge processing is not automatically executed but executed only when the test printing indicates that an ejection condition of ink is no good.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a sensor serving as a unit that detects a position of a trailing end of a recording sheet and a control unit serving as a unit that generates a layout of an image to be recorded. The control unit decides a position of the trailing end of the recording sheet based on a result of the sensor detection and layout information, calculates a recordable area, and performs control for not recording an image in areas other than the recordable area. A CPU in the control unit corrects the result of the sensor detection in deciding a position of the trailing end of the recording sheet.

Abstract: The image recording apparatus includes: a recording head which has a plurality of recording elements; a conveyance device which causes the recording head and a recording medium to move relatively to each other by conveying at least one of the recording head and the recording medium; a characteristic information acquisition device which acquires information that indicates recording characteristics of the recording elements, the recording characteristics including recording position errors of the recording elements and errors in volume of droplets ejected from the recording elements; a correction range setting device which sets N correction recording elements (where N is an integer larger than 1) for use in correction of output density, from among the plurality of recording elements; a correction coefficient specification device which specifies density correction coefficients for the N correction recording elements according to correction conditions including conditions where a differential coefficient at a fre

Abstract: A discharge failure nozzle, which cannot print, can be complemented by a printable discharge nozzle according to a simple, low-cost method capable of a high-speed process. A printing apparatus, which prints by using an inkjet head having nozzle arrays formed by arraying a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink while scanning the inkjet head on a printing medium, includes a storage unit which stores the position of an abnormal nozzle that abnormally discharges ink among the plurality of nozzles arrayed in the nozzle arrays, an assignment unit which assigns data subjected to discharge by the abnormal nozzle to a plurality of normal nozzles positioned near the abnormal nozzle in a nozzle array including the abnormal nozzle in accordance with predetermined priorities, and a control unit which controls to perform assignment of data subjected to discharge by the abnormal nozzle every time column data along the scanning direction are created by a predetermined number of columns.

Abstract: A method of printing an image on an object comprises the steps of: providing an object having an exterior surface having a planar portion and a channel recessed from the planar portion; applying a first ground coat on the exterior surface; drying the first ground coat; and spraying droplets of ink on the dried ground coat to form an image, wherein the droplets are sprayed from an ink jet printhead that is maintained at a constant distance from the plane of the planar portion of the object.

Abstract: This invention provides a maintenance liquid for ink jet recording containing water, a resin solvent, and a moisturizing agent.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a cartridge, a cap, a driving assembly and a transmitting assembly. The cartridge is movable along a first direction. The cap is used for protecting the cartridge. The driving assembly is connected to the cap for providing a force to keep the cap away from the cartridge along a second direction. The transmitting assembly is used for connecting the driving assembly and the cartridge. When the cartridge is at an initial position, the cartridge is against the transmitting assembly to oppose the force. As a result, the cap covers the cartridge. When the cartridge moves along the first direction away from the initial position, the driving assembly provides the force, so that the cap moves away from the cartridge along the second direction.

Abstract: In an ink-jet head including black, yellow, magenta, cyan nozzle rows, the nozzle rows are arranged so that in each of the nozzle rows, adjacent nozzles are arranged by a predetermined spacing distance P, and that the black nozzle row is shifted in a nozzle-row alignment direction by a spacing distance smaller than the predetermined spacing distance P, with respect to the cyan, magenta and yellow nozzle rows. When a black dot is formed between monochrome-black dots adjacent in the sub-scanning direction, a dot of color-mixed black which is a mixture of the other three colors is formed between the monochrome-black dots. At this time, by adjusting a black-ink jetting amount to be greater than a total amount of the other three color inks, it is possible to make the monochrome-black dot and the color-mixed black dot to be mutually uniform in size.

Abstract: An ink composition includes a polymerizable compound (a) having a cyclic ether-containing partial structure and at least one fluorine atom in a molecule, a polymerization initiator (b), and a colorant (c). A hydrophobic image region can be formed on a planographic printing plate by ejecting the ink composition onto a support for the planographic printing plate and curing the ejected ink composition. Also provided is an inkjet recording method using the ink composition, a printed matter obtained by using a curable ink composition with high sensitivity, a planographic printing plate, and a method of producing a planographic printing plate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an ink jet head which includes a discharge port for discharging an ink droplet, an ink flow path communicated with the discharge port, and an energy generating element for discharging the ink droplet from the discharge port, the method for manufacturing an ink jet head includes a process of forming a photodegradable positive type resist layer on a substrate having the energy generating element, a process of forming a structure which becomes the ink flow path by exposing and developing the photodegradable positive type resist layer, a process of coating the substrate having the structure which becomes the ink flow path with a negative type resist layer, a process of forming the ink discharge port in the negative type resist layer, and a process of forming the ink flow path communicated with the discharge port by removing the structure which becomes the ink flow path, wherein the photodegradable positive type resist layer includes an acrylic copolymer composition, the acrylic copolymer

Abstract: A printing system includes a print head to deliver ink to an image receptor and at least one ink reservoir to deliver ink to the print head. Driving circuitry provides signals to the print head to control delivery of the ink and a flexible circuit interposed between the print head and the ink reservoirs connects the driving circuitry to the print head. The flexible circuit may include a heater to provide heat to the ink reservoirs. Alternatively, the flexible circuit may be replaced with a rigid substrate having a heater within its layers.