Patents Issued in January 6, 2011
  • Publication number: 20110001751
    Abstract: A method in a device for providing navigation instructions in a three-dimensional map environment comprises receiving a start and end positions, determining a route, determining graphical two-dimensional map data, generating navigation instructions comprising setting a transparency level and transmitting the navigation instructions to a display. Corresponding device and computer program product are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Stefan Carlsson, Simon Ekstrand, Jesper Alsed
  • Publication number: 20110001752
    Abstract: A display panel drive circuit including a shift register including unit circuits connected in cascade, each of the unit circuits outputting a signal line selection signal, is so configured that: each of the unit circuits receives a clock signal nd either a signal line selection signal outputted from another-stage unit circuit or a start pulse signal, and the clock signal has a returned portion following an activation portion thereof, the returned portion including a first region that is sloped and a second region that is sloped more steeply than the first region. With the configuration, it is possible to realize a display panel drive circuit and a display panel driving method each of which (i) restrains an occurrence of a poor gate-on pulse signal, (ii) improves a pixel charging rate, and (iii) allows a clock signal to have higher frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Yuuki Ohta, Hideki Morii, Akihisa Iwamoto, Takayuki Mizunaga, Masahiro Hirokane
  • Publication number: 20110001753
    Abstract: A method, module and device for displaying graphical information on a screen are provided. In at least one embodiment, the method includes composing resulting image data from at least one application service, and transmitting the resulting image data to the screen. Further, in at least one embodiment, the composing of the resulting image data includes identifying items associated with each of the at least one application service, determining at least one item that is in a visible state, fetching information associated with the at least one item that is in a visible state, and calculating the resulting image data from the fetched information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Johan Frej, Anders Larsson, Mikael Tellhed, Karl-Anders Johansson
  • Publication number: 20110001754
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel; and a frame memory configured to store an image data. An overdrive control section is configured to perform overdrive processing on a first image data read from the frame memory in a current frame period, by using a second image data read from the frame memory in a previous frame period to drive the display panel. A display panel drive control section is configured to drive the display panel based on the overdrive-processed image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryota YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20110001755
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for low latency remote display rendering using tile-based rendering systems are disclosed. In one implementation, a system includes a network interface and a content source coupled to the network interface. The content source being capable of rendering at least one tile of a tiled image, encoding the at least one tile, and providing the at least one encoded tile to the network interface before all tiles of the tiled image are rendered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: Kim Pallister
  • Publication number: 20110001756
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for filter kernel interpolation for seamless mipmap filtering. There is provided a method of implementing a filter kernel interpolation for seamless filtering of transitions within a plurality of mipmaps derived from a base-image texture filtered using a prefilter, the method comprising choosing a filter kernel, determining a filter width for the filter kernel, selecting a first mipmap and a second mipmap from the plurality of mipmaps, applying interpolation on the filter kernel based on the prefilter, the first mipmap, and the second mipmap to generate an interpolated filter kernel, and applying the interpolated filter kernel to the first mipmap to generate a seamless filtered texture. Two alternative methods of interpolation are introduced, including filter kernel value interpolation and filter kernel position interpolation with x-lerping. By avoiding access to the second mipmap, greater efficiency and image quality can be achieved versus conventional interpolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventor: Brent Burley
  • Publication number: 20110001757
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for increasing the perceived brightness of an image. In some embodiments this increase compensates for a decrease in display light source illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Louis Joseph Kerofsky, Scott James Daly
  • Publication number: 20110001758
    Abstract: The subject matter discloses a method of manipulating an object inserted into computerized content, comprising receiving input related to manipulation of the object, determining the manipulation to be applied on the object, determining the display of the object according to the determined manipulation and displaying the object after manipulated. The input may be received from the user or from metadata related to the video content, which may also be a single image. The subject matter also discloses a system for implementing and determining the manipulation applied on an object inserted into an image or video content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Tal Chalozin, Izhak Zvi Netter
  • Publication number: 20110001759
    Abstract: An image displaying apparatus is provided, which includes: a display unit that displays an image, and which has a horizontal width and a vertical width; an image processing unit which processes the image; and a controller which controls the image processing unit, if an aspect ratio of the image is different from an aspect ratio of the display unit, to extend the image in a first direction until a horizontal width or a vertical width of the image becomes identical to any one of the horizontal width and the vertical width of the display unit, to extend the image in a second direction to maintain the aspect ratio of the image, and to move the extended image in the second direction on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-dae KIM
  • Publication number: 20110001760
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and system for displaying an image generated by at least one camera (11) on an image displaying means (13), comprising the steps of generating at least one image (15) by the camera (11) capturing at least one real object (12), displaying the image (15) on the image displaying means (13), analysing (2.1A, 2.1B, 2.1C) at least one characteristic property of the at least one image and/or of the camera when generating the image, and automatically determining whether the at least one image (15) is to be displayed on the image displaying means (13) in mirrored fashion, or not, depending on the at least one characteristic property. The method and system is capable of automatically determining whether the at least one image is to be displayed in mirrored fashion, or not, depending on the particular situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: Peter Meier
  • Publication number: 20110001761
    Abstract: One or more blood vessel regions that represent one or more blood vessels that govern the function of an organ are extracted from a three dimensional anatomical image that represents the three dimensional shape of the organ. Next, blood vessel governed regions, the functions of which are governed by a single blood vessel, are estimated, based on each blood vessel region, while regions other than the blood vessel governed regions are estimated to be non governed regions. Index values to be indices of diagnosis are calculated by analyzing evaluation values that constitute a three dimensional functional image, without using the evaluation values included in the non governed regions. Then, the calculated index values are output to a display screen or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Futoshi SAKURAGI
  • Publication number: 20110001762
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a displayed frame, an electronic device, and a computer readable medium thereof are provided. In the present method, a connection line between both eyes of a user is obtained. Then, a relation between the connection line and a screen of the electronic device is calculated. Finally, a frame currently displayed on the screen is rotated according to the relation, and the rotated frame is displayed on the screen. Thereby, the frame is automatically adjusted to an angle most suitable for the user without any action performed by the user on the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.
    Inventors: Li Li, Liang Huang, Tony Tsai
  • Publication number: 20110001763
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including a pickup image acquisition unit that acquires a pickup image of a viewer viewing a display image, a detection unit that detects a viewing position and a viewing distance of the viewer with respect to the display image based on the pickup image of the viewer acquired by the pickup image acquisition unit, and a display control unit that changes a size of the display image in accordance with the viewing distance of the viewer detected by the detection unit while associating the viewing position of the viewer detected by the detection unit with a display position of the display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Murakami
  • Publication number: 20110001764
    Abstract: A system and method for driving a display region on the display are described. The method includes receiving a desired color for a pixel, determining a waveform to drive the pixel to desired color, updating frame buffer with an index to the determined waveform, updating waveform table with the determined waveform, and then driving the pixel on the display using the index and associated waveform. After the drive, the waveform is removed from the waveform table and the corresponding pixel in frame buffer is updated with an index corresponding to a null waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: Bradley J. Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20110001765
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor integrated circuit including: line buffers; an alpha channel first selector; an alpha channel digital-to-analog converter; a beta channel digital-to-analog converter; a redundant digital-to-analog converter; an alpha channel second selector; a beta channel second selector; an alpha channel amplifier; and a beta channel amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Hyodo, Takashi Ichirizuka, Takuya Kimoto, Minoru Togo
  • Publication number: 20110001766
    Abstract: A LED drive circuit for SCR dimming including an external controller configured to receive AC voltage from a power network to convert the AC voltage to an AC voltage with a lacked phase by phase controlling the voltage through a thyristor, and a LED driver that includes a bridge rectifier configured to shape the AC voltage with the lacked phase output into a unidirectional pulse DC voltage, and a phase angle detecting circuit configured to shape the AC voltage signal output with lacked phase from the external controller into a saw-tooth wave pulse signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Guichao Hua, Xinke Wu, Xiaoli Yao, Liangan Ge
  • Publication number: 20110001767
    Abstract: An image display device includes signal lines; a video signal generating means which generates a video signal based on gray level information from the outside; a compensation signal generating means which generates a compensation signal based on the gray level information; a selecting means which alternately supplies the video signal and the compensation signal to the signal lines; and a plurality of pixel circuits which are connected to the signal lines. The compensation signal generating means generates the compensation signal based on the gray level information such that the larger the time integration of the potential of the video signal is, the smaller the time integration of the potential of the compensation signal is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Kenta KAJIYAMA, Hiroshi Kageyama, Takeshi Izumida
  • Publication number: 20110001768
    Abstract: A display controller, video signal transmitting method and system thereof are provided. The display controller includes a processing circuit; a transmitting channel, coupled to the processing circuit; a receiving channel, coupled to the processing circuit; and a clock generator, that generates an internal clock signal and an external clock signal. Upon receiving a video signal, the processing circuit processes a first partial pixel data of the video signal to output a first display control signal. The transmitting channel converts a second partial pixel data of the video signal to a partial video signal having a multiple data rate according to the internal clock signal to be outputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Chen-Nan Lin, Ming-Chieh Yeh, Chun Wen Yeh, Chun-Chia Chen
  • Publication number: 20110001769
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses apparatus for communicating with an RFID tag, comprising: a feeding device that feeds a tag tape including an RFID tag circuit element having an IC circuit part and a tag antenna, said RFID circuit element disposed on one side area along a width direction of said tag tape; an inkjet head disposed fixedly so that color printing is applied to said one side area; a thermal head disposed capable of printing on the other side area along the width direction other than said one side area; and an apparatus antenna that performs information transmission and reception via radio communication with said RFID tag circuit element, wherein printing by said inkjet head and said thermal head is performed so as to produce an RFID label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takuya Nagai
  • Publication number: 20110001770
    Abstract: A mail processing system and method that will that reduce clogging of the print head nozzles due to the use of different inks is provided. When an ink tank is being replaced in a mailing system, the system controller determines if the ink in the new ink tank is a known ink type that is deemed to be compatible with the ink from the ink tank being replaced. If the new ink is deemed to be not compatible with the ink from the tank being replaced, a maintenance operation is performed to remove the ink from the ink tank being replaced that may remain in the supply path and print head from the system. By removing the ink remaining from the ink tank being replaced out of the system, there is minimal ink left in the supply path or print head to mix with the new ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher M. Giles
  • Publication number: 20110001771
    Abstract: A system for adjusting the flow of fluid along the gutter line of a continuous inkjet printer includes a variable flow restrictor 1 fitted into the gutter line 3, and a pressure transducer 5 for measuring the pressure in the gutter line 3 downstream of the variable flow restrictor 1. The variable flow restrictor 1 is controlled in response to the output of the pressure transducer 5 in order to maintain the downstream pressure substantially constant. Since airflow along the gutter line 3 has a lower flow resistance than a slug of ink, the variable flow restrictor 1 will apply a greater flow restriction to the gutter line 3, in order to maintain constant pressure at the pressure transducer 5, when there is only air in the gutter line 3 as compared with when a slug of ink passes along the gutter line 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Henry Charles Heylen, Robert Lionel Walton
  • Publication number: 20110001772
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a detector configured to be in a first state when an amount of liquid stored in a liquid container is greater than a first threshold amount, and to be in a second state when the amount of liquid is less than or equal to the first threshold amount, an estimator configured to estimate the amount of liquid, and a determiner configured to determine that, if it is determined that the state of the detector has changed from the first state to the second state, the liquid container has become a low-amount state, and that, if it is determined that the amount of liquid estimated by the estimator has become less than or equal to the second threshold amount, which is less than the first threshold amount, the liquid container has become the low-amount state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hisaki SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20110001773
    Abstract: An ink cartridge (9; 2) configured to be mounted and demounted from a printer having a fill level detector (7) that includes a light transmitter (20) and a light receiver (21). The ink cartridge includes a fill level detection device (6, 8) that is configured for use with the fill level detector (7) such that when the ink cartridge (9; 2) has been mounted a fill level of the ink cartridge is detectable, and a mounting detection device (3, 4, 4b) which likewise co-operates with the fill level detector (7) of the printer in such a way that the mounting and demounting of the ink cartridge (9; 2) is detectable. The mounting detection device (3, 4, 4b) includes a light beam interruption element (4, 4b) which is mounted so as to be movable relative to the fill level detection device (6; 8) and permits an asymmetric signal sequence on mounting and demounting of the ink cartridge (9; 2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: PELIKAN HARDCOPY PRODUCTION AG
    Inventors: Lucio Bianco, Daniel Sulser, Markus Vogel
  • Publication number: 20110001774
    Abstract: An ink delivery device (30) for the ink supply of an inking system (20) of a printing machine (10) with ink, includes an ink reservoir (31), a drive that is connected to the ink reservoir (31) and configured such that the ink reservoir (31) can be pressurized by the drive, and a control device for controlling the drive of the ink delivery device (30), in which the drive and the control device are configured and connected with each other such that the ink delivery device (30) can be operated based on a method, in which the method includes the following steps: initiating an ink delivery process, increasing the pressure in the ink reservoir to a target operating pressure, adjusting the pressure in the ink reservoir to an adjusted operating pressure, and terminating the ink delivery process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: TECHNOTRANS AG
    Inventor: Thomas Hartung
  • Publication number: 20110001775
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet clear ink containing a polymer fine particle. The polymer fine particle has a core-shell structure obtained by polymerizing an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomer (b) as a core polymer in the presence of a shell polymer that is a copolymer having at least a unit derived from an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomer (a) and a unit derived from a monomer selected from an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer and a salt thereof. The ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomer (b) includes at least a monomer containing a chain structure saturated alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuko Nishiwaki, Yoshio Nakajima, Yuhei Shimizu, Tetsu Iwata, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Kenji Nishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20110001776
    Abstract: Quantizing means generates a quantized density and a quantization error component for a target pixel in a plurality of pixels. A subtracter calculates, for the target pixel, a quantization error correction component by subtracting the density of the target pixel contained in preliminary ejection data from the quantization error component output from the quantizing means. An allocator allocates the quantization error correction component calculated by the subtracter to a plurality of the pixels around the target pixel. The quantizing means outputs the quantized density and the quantization error component of the target pixel by performing an addition using the density of the target pixel contained in the image data, the density of the target pixel contained in the preliminary ejection data, and the accumulated diffused error component assigned to the target pixel by the allocator when other pixels are quantized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuaki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20110001777
    Abstract: To provide an azo pigment excellent in coloristic characteristics such as tinctorial strength and hue and at the same time, excellent in the durability such as light fastness and ozone resistance, a pigment dispersion containing the azo pigment, a coloring composition, and an ink for inkjet recording. An azo pigment represented by the following formula (1), its tautomer, or a salt or hydrate thereof: (wherein R1, R2, R3, Y, Z and G each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; n represents and integer of 2 to 4; and the formula represents a dimer through R1, R2, R3, Y, Z or G when n is 2, represents a trimer through R1, R2, R3, Y, Z or G when n is 3, and represents a tetramer through R1, R2, R3, Y, Z or G when n is 4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Hayashi, Keiichi Tateishi, Naoyuki Hanaki
  • Publication number: 20110001778
    Abstract: A recording apparatus or a method for recording a pattern according to the present invention can record patterns for adjusting a recording position deviation between a forward direction and a backward direction of a scanning direction at a position in the scanning direction through which both of a first recording medium and a second recording medium smaller than the first recording medium in the scanning direction pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidehiko Kanda, Wakako Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110001779
    Abstract: This aims to provide an inkjet recording apparatus which prevents a beading or a color bleeding in a recording system using a line head, and an inkjet recording method. The inkjet recording apparatus comprises an ink line head equipped with nozzle rows having a plurality of nozzles arranged at a predetermined pitch for discharging inks containing coloring materials, and a fixing liquid line head equipped with nozzle rows having a plurality of nozzles arranged at a predetermined pitch for discharging fixing liquids to enhance the fixtures of the inks to a recording medium. The inkjet recording apparatus performs the records by discharging the inks and the fixing liquids from the individual line heads to the recording medium while moving the recording medium and the individual line heads relatively in predetermined directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Shuji Kida
  • Publication number: 20110001780
    Abstract: Among other things, in one aspect, an apparatus comprises features to enable mounting first and second jetting assemblies on a frame. The features comprise first and second alignment datums pre-fixed with respect to the frame for establishing respective positions of the first and second jetting assemblies, when mounted, so that at least some of the nozzles along a length of one of the jetting assemblies have predetermined offsets relative to at least some of the nozzles along a length of the other of the jetting assemblies, and an opening exposing all of the nozzles along the lengths of the first and second jetting assemblies are exposed to permit jetting of a fluid onto a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick H. Amidon, JR., David A. Brady, Marc K. Torrey
  • Publication number: 20110001781
    Abstract: A liquid supply system has a liquid cartridge that supplies liquid, a cartridge mounting portion, and an urging member. The liquid cartridge is removably mounted to the cartridge mounting portion, and the urging portions urges the liquid cartridge in a demounting direction when the liquid cartridge is mounted. The cartridge mounting portion includes a bottom plate having a first surface extending in a first direction parallel to the demounting direction and a second surface that borders the first surface and extends from the first surface in a second direction. An angle formed between the second direction and a downward vertical direction is less than an angle formed between the first direction and the downward vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akinari Ishibe
  • Publication number: 20110001782
    Abstract: This invention discloses a method and apparatus for improving the flexibility of ink and substrate. In particular, systems utilizing cationic inks such as Ultra Violet cured ink can control the flexibility of the ink and substrate layer the ink is applied on by using Ultra Violet irradiation control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: GERBER SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL, INC
    Inventors: James M. Jang, John E. Lafleche, Charles H. Dooley, Russel F. Croft
  • Publication number: 20110001783
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head that ejects liquid to be cured by receiving irradiation of an electromagnetic wave onto a medium; a provisional-curing irradiation section that emits a first electromagnetic wave to a dot formed on the medium by the liquid; and a main-curing irradiation section that emits a second electromagnetic wave, which has irradiation intensity higher than that of the first electromagnetic wave, to the dot to which the first electromagnetic wave is emitted. When the main-curing irradiation section emits the second electromagnetic wave, a dot forming surface of the medium faces the lower side in the direction of gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazutoshi FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20110001784
    Abstract: By using an ink-jet application method, a solid content having a desired thickness contained in an application solution is formed in a desired region of a substrate by repeating an applying process and a drying process more than once. In the applying process, the application solution is sprayed and applied on the substrate. In the drying process, the application solution is dried to generate the solid content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Naoaki Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20110001785
    Abstract: An image forming system includes: a recording medium which has a roll shape and is manufactured so as to have both edges curling in a direction opposite to a roll surface of the recording medium; an image forming device which forms an image on the recording medium conveyed along a conveyance path; a recording medium feeder in which the recording medium having the roll shape is loaded in such a manner that the recording medium having the roll shape is conveyed while the roll surface of the recording medium faces the image forming device; a rear end cutter for cutting the recording medium having the roll shape on which the image forming device has formed an image on the roll surface at a position posterior to the formed image; a reverse conveyance path in which the recording medium, on the roll surface of which the image has been formed and which has been cut by the rear end cutter, is reversed in terms of front and back surfaces of the recording medium; and a decurl device for reversing a curl direction of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tsuzawa, Yasuhiko Kachi, Hiroshi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20110001786
    Abstract: An inkjet printing device printhead assembly includes a housing. The housing has a surface. A well is defined within the surface of the housing and is adapted to disposal of a printhead die therewithin. The surface of the housing has one or more grooves. The grooves have ends. Some of the ends are adjacent to the wall. The grooves externally expose the printhead die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY L.P.
    Inventors: John Doran, Joseph R. Elliot
  • Publication number: 20110001787
    Abstract: A device for erasing a used ink ribbon comprises a heater. The heater is provided on a dye layer side of the ink ribbon at the downstream of a printing apparatus and contacts with the dye layer of the ink ribbon. The information remaining on the used ink ribbon can be erased through directly melting and eliminating the dye on the ink ribbon by the heater. The present invention makes the recycle of the used ink ribbon be safer and more reliable, and effectively prevent confidential or private information from being divulged by the discarded used ink ribbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Qingbang Xu, Mingdong Huang, Guoqiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20110001788
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a light source that outputs a plurality of laser beams and a control unit that adjusts the light intensity of each of the laser beams. The control unit calculates a correction value so that, when the laser beam is driven by a control value calculated by correcting a common control value using the correction value and adding a threshold to the corrected control value, the light intensity of the laser beam is equal to a target light intensity. The threshold is calculated so that, when the laser beam is driven by a control value calculated by multiplying the corrected control value by a predetermined factor, and adding the threshold to the multiplied control value, the light intensity of the laser beam is equal to the target light intensity multiplied by the predetermined factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Norihiro YAMAMOTO, Hidetoshi YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20110001789
    Abstract: An optical imaging system having a folded optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: CAPSO VISION INC.
    Inventors: Gordon Wilson, Mark Wang
  • Publication number: 20110001790
    Abstract: In an image processing method, a first two-dimensional image (I(x, y)) of a three-dimensional scene is obtained. Each pixel location of a first image is associated with a respective distance parameter (z(x, y)) representing a distance of a viewer's eye to an object of the scene appearing at this pixel location in the first image. A respective spreading parameter (?d(x, y)) is determined for each pixel location as a function of the distance parameter associated with this pixel location, of a dioptric power (Pcorr) of a portion of a correction lens simulated as placed along a ray extending between the viewer's eye and the object of the scene appearing at said pixel location in the first image, and of a simulated maximum accommodation power (Pacc) of the viewer's eye. A second, blurred two-dimensional image (I?(x, y)) is generated from the first image using a local convolution kernel varying across the image. This kernel can be made sparse, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Gildas Marin, Marc Le Renard
  • Publication number: 20110001791
    Abstract: A system and method for generating three-dimensional models of physical objects, includes the steps of providing a plurality of two dimensional images of a physical object, wherein the two-dimensional images are captured from a plurality of viewing angles of the physical object; associating each of the two-dimensional images with a viewing zone, wherein: the viewing zone includes a range of viewing angles of the physical object; and at least one of the viewing zones having a minimum of three shared boundaries; and processing the associated two-dimensional images for each of the viewing zones to generate a three-dimensional local model of the physical object for each of the viewing zones. In another implementation, views are rendered from a visualized model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: EMAZE IMAGING TECHONOLGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Gilad Kirshenboim, Nitzan GOLDBERG
  • Publication number: 20110001792
    Abstract: Various implementations are described. Several implementations relate to a virtual reference view. According to one aspect, coded information is accessed for a first-view image. A reference image is accessed that depicts the first-view image from a virtual-view location different from the first-view. The reference image is based on a synthesized image for a location that is between the first-view and the second-view. Coded information is accessed for a second-view image coded based on the reference image. The second-view image is decoded. According to another aspect, a first-view image is accessed. A virtual image is synthesized based on the first-view image, for a virtual-view location different from the first-view. A second-view image is encoded using a reference image based on the virtual image. The second-view is different from the virtual-view location. The encoding produces an encoded second-view image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Purvin Bibhas Pandit, Peng Yin, Dong Tian
  • Publication number: 20110001793
    Abstract: It is possible to perform three-dimensional shape measurement with easy processing, regardless of whether an object is moving or not. An image capturing unit (103) captures a captured image (I) including both a real image (I2) of the object (113R) and a mirror (101). A light amount changing unit (63a) changes a light amount of a virtual image (I1). An image separating unit (captured image separating unit 104) specifies, as a virtual image (Ib1), an image in a region having a different light amount (R1), in a captured image (Ia) in which the light amount is changed and a captured image (Ib) in which the light amount is not changed, and specifies an image in a region having the same light amount (R2) as a real image (Ib2). A three dimensional shape is reconstructed from the real image and so on that are specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Takaaki Moriyama, Akira Uesaki, Tadashi Yoshida, Yudai Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20110001794
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to capture a digital 3D image of a portion of a subject's body. The systems and methods may be effective under static or dynamic conditions, either under the weight of a load or under non-weighted conditions. The system includes a grid of intersecting, flexible fibers arranged so as to achieve a variable surface contour. The surface contour of the grid conforms to and matches the surface contour of the subject when the grid covers a portion of the subject (i.e. residual limb, or deformity to correct). The coordinates of each point of intersection of two or more flexible fibers of the grid is recorded and produces a signal that generates a digital 3D image corresponding to the surface contour of the subject. The method includes covering a portion of the subject (i.e. residual limb or deformity to correct) with a grid of intersecting, flexible fibers and generating a digital three dimensional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: Amit V. Bhanti
  • Publication number: 20110001795
    Abstract: The invention relates to a field monitoring system using a mobile terminal, the system comprising: a mobile terminal, which transmits context information and receives 3D image information corresponding to said context information, the context information consisting of audio-video information generated by photographing images of the field and by recording sounds in the field, and location information obtained by applying sensed signals from an accelerometer and form a Gyroscope sensor to a GPS signal including latitude, longitude and time; and a control server which receives the contest information, matches location information of the context information with a pre-stored map or architectural drawing information to generate 3D image information for the current location of the mobile terminal, and transmits the generated information to the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: Hyun Duk Uhm
  • Publication number: 20110001796
    Abstract: An emergency vision apparatus for providing an operator visual access to information during a smoke emergency, comprises an enclosure made of airtight material having spaced apart front and rear panels, the front panel being transparent, the front panel including fasteners for attachment to an instrument panel; an image capture device attached to said rear panel, the image capture device being oriented to view the instrument panel through the transparent front panel; an image viewing device for being disposed in front of one of the operator's eyes, the image viewing device being operably associated with the image capture device; and a support structure to support said viewing lens in front of one of the operator's eyes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Bertil R.L. Werjefelt, David Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20110001797
    Abstract: Automatically converging a plurality of images for use in a stereoscopic camera system including a plurality of 2-D cameras, including: receiving a focal distance from each of the plurality of 2-D cameras; calculating a focal distance of the stereoscopic camera system by using the focal distances received from the plurality of 2-D cameras; determining a center of interest using the calculated focal distance of the stereoscopic camera system; receiving the plurality of images from the plurality of 2-D cameras, wherein each of the plurality of images is generated by each of the plurality of 2-D cameras using the focal distance; and cropping the plurality of images to adjust directions of view of the plurality of 2-D cameras to converge at the center of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Chris Cookson, George H. Joblove, David L. Hays
  • Publication number: 20110001798
    Abstract: Automatically converging a plurality of images for use in a stereoscopic camera system including a plurality of 2-D cameras, the method including: receiving a focal distance from each 2-D camera of the plurality of 2-D cameras, wherein each 2-D camera includes at least one image sensor; calculating a system focal distance of the stereoscopic camera system by using focal distances received from the plurality of 2-D cameras; determining a center of interest using the calculated system focal distance of the stereoscopic camera system; and moving the at least one image sensor in each 2-D camera to adjust directions of view of the plurality of 2-D cameras to converge at the center of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Chris Cookson, George H. Joblove, David L. Hays
  • Publication number: 20110001799
    Abstract: A 3D sensor (10) having at least one image sensor (14) for the generation of image data of a monitored region (12) as well as a 3D evaluation unit (28) are provided, the evaluation unit (28) is adapted for the calculation of a depth map having distance pixels from the image data and for the determination of reliability values for the distance pixels. In this respect a gap evaluation unit (28) is provided which is adapted to recognize regions of the depth map with distance pixels whose reliability value does not satisfy a reliability criteria as gaps (42) in the depth map and to evaluate whether the depth map has gaps (42) larger than an uncritical maximum size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: SICK AG
    Inventors: Bernd ROTHENBERGER, Shane MACNAMARA, Ingolf BRAUNE
  • Publication number: 20110001800
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of image capturing units that photograph images from a plurality of viewpoints, a recording controller that performs a process of recording a plurality of subject distances, which are measured by each of the plurality of image capturing units, on a recording unit as attribute information of the photographed images, and an image selection controller that performs a highlight scene extraction process by using subject distance information included in the attribute information. The image selection controller performs a process of determining whether a subject is located at a center area of an image frame by using the plurality of subject distances, which correspond to each of the plurality of image capturing units and are included in the attribute information, and selecting an image, for which the subject is determined to be located at the center area, as a highlight scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Nagao, Atsushi Mae, Shunji Okada