Abstract: A first detaching step including (1) moving a nozzle cap from a position, where a sealing surface of the nozzle cap is entirely in contact with a nozzle surface of a recording head, to a first state, where a first end of the sealing surface is separated by a minute distance from the nozzle surface and a second end of the sealing surface is separated from the nozzle cap by a first distance, and (2) maintaining the nozzle cap in the first state. A second detaching step including (1) moving the nozzle cap from the first state to a second state, where the first end of the sealing surface is separated from the nozzle surface by a second distance and the second end is separated from the nozzle surface by a distance greater than the first distance, and (2) maintaining the nozzle cap in the second state.

Abstract: A fluid injection apparatus comprises a fluid injection head, a capping member, a tank, a fluid flow path, a drive motor, a suction pump, and a shift preventing apparatus. The fluid injection head has a nozzle forming surface. A nozzle for injecting a fluid onto a target is provided on the nozzle forming surface. The capping member makes contact with the fluid injection head in a state where the fluid can be sucked from the nozzle and includes a cap portion which is formed to receive the fluid. The tank collects and holds the fluid discharged from the fluid injection head via the capping member. The fluid flow path connects the cap portion to the tank. The drive motor is rotatable in both forward and reverse directions. The suction pump sucks the fluid through the inside of the cap portion and the fluid flow path and feeding the fluid toward the tank when the drive motor rotates in the forward direction in the state where the fluid injection head and the capping member make contact with each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus that can print high-quality images even if a print head with smaller nozzles is used, by efficiently stabilizing the ink ejection state of the print head without increasing the running costs of the printing apparatus. A cap that can be used to cap the print head includes a hole through which ink inside the cap is discharged and which can be sealed so as to retain the ink in the cap.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an inkjet printing apparatus that can reduce the scattering or floating, through the main body of the printing apparatus, of ink mist generated during pre-ejection. To achieve this objective, according to this invention, after a printing unit has completed ink ejection relative to an ink receiving member, and before the printing unit is moved from the position opposite the ink receiving member, an ink mist suction operation is started.

Abstract: An inkjet dispensing apparatus. The inkjet dispensing apparatus includes a cartridge body, a plurality of dispensing chips, a storage device, and at least a through hole. The dispensing chips are disposed on the cartridge body. The storage device comprises a plurality of storage sinks. The storage device is disposed above the cartridge body. Each storage sink is connected to each dispensing chip. The through hole penetrates the cartridge body.

Abstract: A recording head includes a recording element substrate having a discharge port facilitating discharging a liquid droplet, an energy generating element configured to generate energy for liquid discharge, and a supply opening facilitating supplying the discharge port with a liquid. The recording head also has a support member having a supply path formed by laminating a plurality of plate-shaped members including an opening portion. The support member supports the recording element substrate and includes a chamber communicating with the supply path and adapted to hold air.

Abstract: An ink jet head includes a recording element substrate includes a plurality of ink supply ports and a supply port partition between adjacent ink supply ports; a substrate supporting portion supporting the recording element substrate at a back side thereof, the substrate supporting portion including ink supply passages corresponding to the ink supply ports and a supply passage partition corresponding to the supply port partition; a sealing material contacted to a side surface of the recording element substrate and to the substrate supporting portion; adhesive material fixing the opening partition and the supply passage partition to each other, wherein back sides of opposite ends of the recording element substrate with respect to an arranging direction of the ink supply ports are unfixed by the adhesive material to the substrate supporting portion.

Abstract: An inkjet image forming method of forming an image on a recording medium includes the step of ejecting an ink composition through a nozzle hole onto the recording medium so that the image is formed on the recording medium. The ink composition contains coloring material particles and polymer particles, the polymer particles including an anionic hydrophilic functional group, and having a minimum film forming temperature of not higher than 25° C. and a ratio Mv/Mn of a volume-average particle size Mv to a number-average particle size Mn of not less than 1 and not greater than 1.5; and the nozzle hole is provided in a nozzle plate which is uniformly coated with an ink repelling film on a front surface of the nozzle plate, an inner surface of the nozzle hole and a part of a rear surface of the nozzle plate surrounding the nozzle hole, the ink repelling film having properties to repel the ink composition.

Abstract: An ink jet recording head and an ink jet recording apparatus are provided to prevent occurrence of a white line or recording unevenness due to a head tilt, and realize a high image quality recording. For this purpose, in a recording head provided with nozzles ejecting three types of droplets, a large droplet, medium droplet and small droplet, nozzles are configured such that any nozzles are not arranged on the same line at the centers thereof in the main scanning direction.

Abstract: An ink jet recording head includes a recording element substrate having energy generating means for generating energy in accordance with an electric signal, and an electrode portion for receiving the electric signal to be supplied to said energy generating means; an electric line member including an opening in which said recording element substrate is contained, an electric line extending toward an inside of the opening and connected to said electrode portion, an inclined electric wiring extending in a direction crossing with said electric line and contacted to said recording element substrate, wherein said electric line member is disposed above a surface, having the electrode, of said recording element substrate, wherein the inclined member extends in a direction of an arrangement of a plurality of such electric lines, and constitutes an inclined surface descending from said electric wiring toward the surface of said recording element substrate.

Abstract: An ink jet recording head is constituted by a recording element substrate provided with an energy generating element for generating energy for ejecting ink from an ink ejection outlet, an electric wiring member electrically connected with the recording element substrate, a mounting portion for mounting the recording element substrate, and an opening provided in the mounting portion. The electric wiring member penetrates through the opening.

Abstract: Plural electrothermal transducers (heaters) belonging to each of blocks having different driving timings are constituted as one group and are connected to a common interconnecting wiring in units of one group. Plural lines are connected to the common wiring such that the plural lines are extended to return with respect to the heaters and are each arranged to extend in an adjacent or sandwiched relation to the heaters. A printhead substrate, a printhead, and a printing apparatus can be provided which can realize higher quality of a printed image and a higher printing speed by arraying the heaters at a higher density while ensuring a sufficient area for arrangement of each of the heaters.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head is constituted by a substrate provided with a plurality of energy generating elements for being used for ejecting a liquid and a plurality of liquid supply ports for supplying the liquid, and a plurality of flow passage forming members, disposed on the substrate, provided with a plurality of ejection outlets for ejecting the liquid supplied from the liquid supply ports and a plurality of flow passages for establishing communication between the liquid supply ports and the ejection outlets. One of the flow passage forming members for forming one of the flow passages for establishing communication with one of the ejection outlets and another one of the flow passage forming members for forming another one of the follow passages for establishing communication with another one of the ejection outlets are independently provided.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a substrate including, at a surface thereof, an ejection energy generating means for generating ejection energy for ejecting liquid, a flow path forming member provided with an ejection outlet, the substrate further including a liquid supply opening, penetrating therethrough, for supplying the liquid to be ejected by the ejection energy to a flow path of the flow path forming member; a reinforcing member connected to a back side of the substrate; a first penetrating electrode, penetrating the substrate from a front side to the back side thereof, for supplying electric power to the ejection energy generating means; and a second penetrating electrode penetrating the reinforcing member from a front side to a back side thereof, the second penetrating electrode being electrically connected to the first penetrating electrode.

Abstract: This invention relates to a micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead. The arrangement includes a substrate having a layer of drive circuitry and defining an ink chamber with an ink supply channel etched through the substrate. The arrangement also includes a roof structure connected to the drive circuitry layer and covering the ink chamber, the roof structure defining a fluid ejection nozzle rim above said chamber. Also included is a plurality of actuators radially spaced about, and displaceable with respect to, the nozzle rim, each actuator configured to thermally expand upon receiving current from the drive circuitry thereby moving said actuators into the chamber and operatively increasing a fluid pressure inside the chamber to eject a drop of ink via the ejection nozzle. The substrate defines a number of vias through which the drive circuitry is connected to the actuators.

Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting head that drives pressure generating portions disposed in pressure chambers inside ejectors to thereby pressurize liquid inside the pressure chambers and cause liquid droplets to be ejected from nozzles communicated with the pressure chambers, wherein the ejectors are connected at a plurality of places via a plurality of communicating paths to common flow paths in which forcible liquid flows are formed, is provided.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes: a lower electrode which is formed on a surface of a vibrating plate, and is one polarity of a piezoelectric element which displaces the vibrating plate; a flexurally-deformable piezoelectric body formed on a surface of the lower electrode; and an upper electrode which is formed on a surface of the piezoelectric body, and is another polarity of the piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric body is formed by a vacuum deposition method. Polarization of the piezoelectric body is oriented in a direction from the lower electrode toward the upper electrode.

Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes a piezoelectric actuator including a plurality of piezoelectric elements and a plurality of electric supply members. The plurality of piezoelectric elements is provided in a row and includes an even number of piezoelectric element columns provided via a groove at a predetermined pitch. The plurality of electric supply members supplies electricity to the plurality of piezoelectric elements and includes electrodes disposed for the alternate piezoelectric element columns of the respective piezoelectric elements. One end of the electric supply member is positioned outwardly from an outer end of an endmost driven piezoelectric element column to which the electrode is connected, while another end of the electric supply member is positioned inwardly from an outer end of an endmost non-driven piezoelectric element column to which the electrode is not connected, in a manner that adjacent electric supply members do not overlap.

Abstract: An inkjet head including a plurality of restrictors to reduce crosstalk. The inkjet head includes a channel plate in which an ink channel is formed, an actuator formed on the channel plate, and an ink-supply bezel including a manifold. The ink channel includes an ink inlet to receive ink from the manifold, reservoirs to store ink received through the ink inlet, chambers filled with ink supplied from the reservoirs, nozzles to eject ink filled in the chambers, first restrictors connecting the reservoirs to the chambers, and second restrictors connecting the reservoirs to the ink inlet. Each of the reservoirs includes a first reservoir and a second reservoir that are separated by a central separation wall, and the separation wall includes a third restrictor connecting the first and second reservoirs. Therefore, crosstalk caused by a back flow of ink and transmission of a pressure wave can be prevented during ejection of ink.

Abstract: The invention provides for a print engine for a printhead assembly. The print engine has a refillable cartridge that includes a body defining a plurality of fluid chambers, the body having a lid assembly including a plurality of ink refill ports leading to respective fluid chambers and an actuator to actuate a refill unit. The cartridge also includes a number of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements configured to operatively eject printing fluid onto a printing medium, and a fluid distribution member operatively arranging the nozzle arrangements in fluid communication with respective fluid chambers. A refill unit is engageable with the lid assembly to actuate the refill unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a printer ink supply cartridge assembly. The assembly includes an elongate printer ink supply cartridge including a pair of internal walls separating a triplet of longitudinally extending ink supply reservoirs for storing respective colored inks. The ink supply cartridge defines a plurality of support ribs extending between the internal walls. The walls extend toward each other so that the ink supply reservoirs taper. An elongate ink ejection printhead unit is received within the ink supply cartridge so that ink from the tapered ends of the ink supply reservoirs can be supplied to the printhead unit.

Abstract: An ink refill cartridge is provided for refilling an ink ejection printhead cartridge. The refill cartridge includes a receptacle configured to receive a collapsible ink container storing ink. The receptacle is further configured to engage with an ink refill port of the printhead cartridge. A handle assembly can be slidably mounted relative to the receptacle so that, when the handle assembly and receptacle are compressed between the printhead cartridge and a hand, the handle assembly can slide along the receptacle and collapse the ink container to cause the stored ink to be supplied through the ink refill port. In one embodiment, the receptacle defines one or more protrusions configured to engage with complementary recesses of the handle assembly so that the handle assembly will not slide along the receptacle until a threshold compression force has been applied by the hand.

Abstract: A solid ink delivery system for use with a ink stick for use in printers is provided. The stick has an external periphery including opposed surfaces of the stick. The solid ink delivery system delivers the stick to a melting unit for melting the stick so that the ink may be transferred to media to form an image on the media. The delivery system includes a guide for guiding the stick in a prescribed path. The guide defines a loading position to permit the stick to be placed in the guide and a delivery position adjacent the melting unit. The guide at the loading position defines constraints for positioning the stick. A portion of the constraints, including a shaped insertion opening, is adapted for cooperation with the opposed surfaces of the external periphery of the stick. At least one of the constraints defining a grasping recess in the constraint for providing access to a portion of at least one of the opposed surfaces of the external periphery of the stick.

Abstract: There is provided an ink pressure regulator for regulating a hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to an inkjet printhead. The regulator comprises: an ink chamber having an ink outlet for fluid communication with the printhead via an ink line; an air inlet open to atmosphere; a bubble outlet positioned for bubbling air into ink contained in the chamber; and an air channel connecting the air inlet and the bubble outlet. The bubble outlet is dimensioned to control a Laplace pressure of air bubbles drawn into the ink as result of supplying ink to the printhead. Hence, the hydrostatic pressure of the ink is regulated.

Abstract: A printhead ink supply system is provided. The system comprises an inkjet printhead; an ink reservoir; an ink pressure regulator and an ink line connecting the printhead and the regulator. The ink pressure regulator regulates a hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to the printhead and comprises an ink chamber having an ink outlet; an air inlet open to atmosphere; a bubble outlet for bubbling air bubbles into the chamber and an air channel connecting the air inlet and the bubble outlet. Each air bubble comprises an air cavity trapped inside a film or a body of ink and the bubble outlet is dimensioned to control a Laplace pressure of air bubbles drawn into the chamber as result of supplying ink to the printhead.

Abstract: There is provided an ink pressure regulator for regulating a hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to an inkjet printhead. The regulator comprises: an ink chamber having an ink outlet for fluid communication with the printhead via an ink line; an air inlet open to atmosphere; a bubble outlet positioned for bubbling air bubbles into a headspace of the chamber, each air bubble comprising an air cavity trapped inside a film of ink; a capillary channel in fluid communication with ink contained in the ink chamber, said capillary channel supplying ink from the chamber to the bubble outlet by capillary action; and an air channel connecting the air inlet and the bubble outlet. The bubble outlet is dimensioned to control a Laplace pressure of air bubbles drawn into said chamber as result of supplying ink to the printhead, thereby regulating a hydrostatic pressure of the ink.

Abstract: There is provided an ink pressure regulator for regulating a hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to an inkjet printhead. The regulator comprises: an ink chamber having an ink outlet for fluid communication with the printhead via an ink line; an air inlet open to atmosphere; a bubble outlet for bubbling air bubbles into the chamber, each air bubble comprising an air cavity trapped inside a film or a body of ink; and an air channel connecting the air inlet and the bubble outlet. The bubble outlet is dimensioned to control a Laplace pressure of air bubbles drawn into the chamber as result of supplying ink to the printhead, thereby regulating a hydrostatic pressure of the ink.

Abstract: An ink cartridge suitable for regulating a hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to an inkjet printhead is provided. The cartridge comprises an ink chamber having an ink outlet for fluid communication with the printhead via an ink line; an air inlet open to atmosphere; a bubble outlet for bubbling air bubbles into the chamber, each air bubble comprising an air cavity trapped inside a film or a body of ink; and an air channel connecting the air inlet and the bubble outlet. The bubble outlet is dimensioned to control a Laplace pressure of air bubbles drawn into the chamber as result of supplying ink to the printhead, thereby regulating a hydrostatic pressure of the ink.

Abstract: A UV module of this invention has connection block (optional), connection end cap, shutter, and exhaust end cap assemblies. The connection block has doweled or tapered bayonets for facilitated installation and removal of the UV module. The connection end cap has a drive train with sleeve bearings and/or torque limiting clutches. Each of the sleeve bearing cooperates with a poppet valve in the connection block assembly to assure fluid-tight integrity during assembly and disassembly. Each of the clutches allows for facilitated shutter synchronization and helps prevent drive train breakdown. The shutter assembly may include a novel coolant flow path cross over and/or improved positive and negative positive and negative retainers to eliminate or greatly reduce shutter binding. The shutter end caps may include coolant flow paths and mate with the shutters to achieve a fluid-tight integrity.

Abstract: A system for printing and folding media including a plurality of detectable features located on the media with each of the plurality of detectable features having a predefined spacing relative to each other includes a print station for printing on the media; a sensor for detecting a spacing of the plurality of detectable features after the media has been printed; a media folder mechanism operable to fold the media after the media has been printed; and a controller operable to adjust an action of the media folder mechanism based on a comparison of the spacing of the plurality of detectable features after the media has been printed with the predefined spacing of the plurality of detectable features.

Abstract: A printing device includes a developer for developing a latent image with toner particles; an imaging plate comprising a plurality of pixel plates; and a plurality of voltage generators connected respectively to the pixel plates. The voltage generators positively bias selected pixel plates to form a latent image that is developed with toner from the developer. Another printing device includes a developer for developing a latent image with toner particles; an imaging plate comprising a plurality of pixel plates for selectively receiving toner particles from the developer; a plurality of voltage generators for biasing respective to pixel plates; and a background grid in the imaging plate for preventing toner particles from being deposited in areas between the pixel plates, wherein the background grid is connected to a voltage generator for applying a range of biases, positive and negative to the background grid.

Abstract: An objective of this invention is to suppress an increase in power consumption and reduce ink density unevenness caused by variations in the amount of ink discharge upon performing printhead temperature retaining control. To achieve this objective, a printing apparatus according to the invention which prints on a print medium by scanning a printhead with a printing element for generating thermal energy has the following arrangement. That is, the printing apparatus includes a determination unit which predicts a maximum temperature which the printhead reaches in printing, and determines a target temperature based on the predicted maximum temperature, and an adjustment unit which adjusts the temperature of the printhead in printing to the target temperature.

Abstract: A thermal head includes a head containing a glass layer. The glass layer has a projecting portion on one surface and a concave groove on the other surface at a position opposed to the projecting portion. The head further contains a heating resistor disposed on the projecting portion, and a pair of electrodes disposed on both sides of the heating resistor. The thermal head further includes a rigid substrate on which a control circuit for the head is provided, and a flexible substrate for electrically connecting the head and the rigid substrate.

Abstract: A laser-marking machine comprising a main body, a beam splitter, a plurality of transmitting lines and a plurality of scanheads, wherein the main body has a laser head for producing laser light, the beam splitter is connected with the laser head on the main body, thereby laser light can be split by the beam splitter, one end of each of the transmitting lines is connected to the beam splitter, while the other end of each of the transmitting lines is connected to a corresponding one of the scanheads, thereby the laser light split by the beam splitter can be transmitted to each scanhead through each corresponding one of the transmitting lines.

Abstract: A laser scanning unit for a laser printer includes a frame connected to a casing, an optical system module installed on the frame directly for generating laser beams according to print data, an optical scanning module fixed on the frame for reflecting the laser beams generated by the optical system module, a curved lens for reflecting the laser beams reflected from the optical scanning module, and a reflector module installed on the frame directly for reflecting the laser beams reflected from the curved lens to an organic photo conductor.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus to set up a laser scanning unit includes a laser scanning unit to irradiate light, a photosensitive member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed by receiving the light irradiated from the laser scanning unit, a supply unit to apply a developing agent to the electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive member to form a visible image, and a transfer unit to transfer the visible image formed on the photosensitive member to a printing medium, wherein a time period in which the photosensitive member is rotated from an exposure point of the photosensitive member at which the light is incident to a transfer point of the photosensitive member at which the visible image is transferred, is based on a variation time period of a rotational speed of the photosensitive member.

Abstract: A comparator compares a time interval between a first synchronization signal and a second synchronization signal with a target value, and outputs an error therebetween. A frequency calculator calculates a set value of a pixel clock frequency based on the error output from the comparator, and outputs a frequency specification signal for specifying a pixel clock frequency according to the calculated set value. A frequency divider divides a high frequency clock generated by a high frequency clock generator by a frequency division ratio based on the frequency specification signal output from the frequency calculator, and generates the pixel clock.

Abstract: A laser printer for Braille that obviates the need for embossing mechanisms and specialized paper. A laser printer for Braille according to the present teachings increases an amount of a toner that adheres to an area of a paper that corresponds to the Braille element. The increased amount of toner yields a printed Braille element that may be read by touch.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending, from an originating gateway device (OGW) to a terminating gateway device (TGW), a setup message for setting up a call on a primary bearer channel (B-channel) of an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). The OGW interconnects with a first Internet Protocol (IP) video endpoint, and the TGW interconnects with a second IP video endpoint. In response to an alerting message sent from the TGW, the OGW initiates procedures for synchronizing a plurality of secondary B-channels between the OGW and the TGW prior to the call entering into a connect state. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.

Abstract: A method of setting up a video telephone call between a first video telephone terminal and a second video telephone terminal on a data network includes the steps of: establishing a telephone call over a telephone network between the first and second terminals; exchanging between the first and second terminals during the telephone call availability signals to seek availability to hold a video telephone call; if the availability is confirmed, releasing the telephone call; establishing respective telephone calls between each of the first and second terminals and a corresponding access server of the data network, for achieving connection of the first and second terminals to the data network; establishing a signalling exchange between the first and second terminals through a service center of the data network to achieve the set up of the video telephone call; and establishing a peer-to-peer video telephone call between the first and second terminals over the data network.

Abstract: An advanced video teleconferencing system facilitates an engaging and realistic video conferencing experience. Key design elements and video, audio, and control capabilities are provided for a video conferencing experience that cannot be attained with conventional methods, which elements and capabilities include careful design of the table and room at each site, supplementary displays showing imagery in a mirrored manner, networked environmental control, an AutoDirector with keyword and gesture recognition, and audio reflection from a display or beam splitter.

Abstract: A conference link between devices in teleconference system at one site is disclosed. The linked devices include video conference units, speakerphones or stand-alone loudspeakers. Audio data can be transmitted through the conference link between devices. Audio data processing can be performed in either a video conference unit or a speakerphone. The microphones and loudspeakers in the video conference unit may be eliminated. The microphones and loudspeakers in the speakerphone are used. Other data, for example directories of dialing information, may also be transmitted through the conference link and the data processing may be allocated among processors in devices connected by conference links. The conference link may be wired or wireless, analog or digital. The devices may be linked by conference link in parallel or series. A dialing program can adapt the dialing stream with the locations of the near end site and the dialed far end site.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for layer-based panoramic image blending, adjustment and editing. A panoramic image mechanism may provide the automated generation of a panoramic image from a set of input images. The panoramic image may be generated, organized and persisted as a set or stack of component layers, which enables manual modification of the component layers to optimize the panoramic image. The panoramic image mechanism may include scripts and associated user interface mechanisms that automate the generation of a panoramic image and that may provide users access to the adjustment and edit mechanisms, and that thus enable users to retouch the automatically-generated panoramic images.

Abstract: The image processing system for integrating multi-resolution images mainly applies several different multi-resolution image capture devices to extract the images from the observed scene and using the multi-resolution imaging devices to present the scene images relative to the observed scenes, respectively, by means of integration. In order to present a seamless image according to two different-resolution image sources, the coordinate conversions among the image capture devices, and among the imaging devices are mainly applied to extract and present the entire image to be able to resemble of having a single image capturing source and a single imaging source.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a system and method for vivo image capturing system. The system includes a camera having an entrance pupil, where the camera is configured to capture a panoramic image of an environment surrounding the camera, wherein the panoramic image is captured on a single image plane. The system further includes a light source for providing an illumination source for the camera and a closed housing for enclosing the camera and the light source.

Abstract: A system includes a stereo image creation device for converting image data created by image detectors into stereo image data, receiving sounds collected by microphones so as to create sound data from the received sounds, creating stereo moving image data containing the stereo image data, the sound data, and synchronization information necessary to synchronize them, and transmitting the stereo moving image data via a communication network and a stereo image output device for receiving the stereo moving image data via the communication network, separating the stereo image data, sound data, and synchronization information from the stereo moving image data, synchronizing the stereo image data with the sound data according to the synchronization information, and outputting the stereo image data and the sound data via output units so that a performance is simulated at a remote place.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image pickup apparatus, a three-dimensional display apparatus and a three-dimensional image pickup and display apparatus are disclosed by which high-definition three-dimensional display from a plurality of eye points of different directions can be achieved by a simple apparatus configuration. The incoming directions and the intensities of a plurality of lights incoming from different directions to a light reception section are coordinated with each other for individual pixels to form video signals. A light emission section emits lights based on a coordinated relationship between the outgoing directions and the intensities of lights to be emitted therefrom for the individual pixels. The light incoming directions and the light outgoing directions are time-divisionally selected by means of light path selection elements, and a plurality of pixels are formed to pick up and display images having a parallax.

Abstract: The present invention is a portable multimedia electronic device, comprising an enclosure housing a processing means, a display means for displaying videos and images, a data storage means, data transfer interfaces, a means for supplying power, control means, and a means for viewing videos and images in 3D from outside the enclosure. The means for viewing videos and images is designed to encompass eyes of a user. The control means are located such that they can be operated by the user while viewing images or videos.

Abstract: An image-signal transmission system comprising an imaging device, a transmitter, and a determination block, is provided. The imaging device outputs first pixel signals at a first frequency. The first pixel signals vary according to the amount of light received by pixels. A plurality of the pixels are arranged in two dimensions on a light-receiving surface of the imaging device. The transmitter transmits the first pixel signal copies separately, several times at a second frequency. The second frequency is two or more times higher than the first frequency. The determination block receives the first pixel signal copies from the transmitter. The determination block determines whether noise is mixed into the received first pixel signals by comparing the first pixel signal copies.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus to which an endoscope is detachably connected has an endoscope interface, an image processor and a parameter transfer control section. Here, the endoscope multiplexes a video signal obtained by an image pickup section with an endoscope ID as endoscope identification information, and transmits the signal to the endoscope apparatus. The endoscope interface separates the endoscope ID from the signal from the endoscope. The image processor has a parameter register in which a parameter related to an image process of the video signal is set, and a functional module for performing a predetermined image process with respect to the video signal based on the parameter. The parameter transfer control section reads the parameter corresponding to the endoscope ID separated in the endoscope interface, from a table memory for storing the parameter for each endoscope ID, and transfers the parameter to the parameter register.