Abstract: A liquid ejection head, including a recording element substrate for ejecting liquid in response to an externally supplied electrical signal; an electrical wiring board having a first and second part mutually joined via a bent portion, the first part having an electrical joint portion for supplying the signal to the substrate, the second part having an electrical signal input portion into which the signal is input and to which the joint portion is connected; and a housing having a first and second surface mutually adjoining, the first and second surfaces respectively supporting the first and second parts. The second part is fixed to the second surface at plural first fixing positions around the input portion. The second surface has a depressed portion formed closer to the bent portion than the first fixing positions. The second part is fixed to the housing at a second fixing position inside the depressed portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a substrate for a liquid ejection head including an ejection port forming member which has formed therein ejection ports, includes the steps of: forming a first layer by using a first layer forming member; forming a second layer on the first layer by using a second layer forming member; and hardening a partial region of each of the first layer and the second layer and removing a region different from the partial region so as to form the ejection ports, resulting in that the first layer and the second layer constitute the ejection port forming member, and a member containing a solvent to dissolve the first layer forming member and a photo-acid-generating agent having an acid strength weaker than an acid strength of the photo-acid-generating agent contained in the first layer forming member is used as the second layer forming member.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of first support members, a second support member that is jointed to the first support members and is provided with openings, a plurality of printing element substrates that are each positioned in the opening and are jointed on the first support members to discharge liquid, and an electrical wiring substrate that is jointed on the second support member and is provided with wiring for applying electrical signals on each of printing elements of the plurality of printing element substrates, wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the second support member is lower than that of the electrical wiring substrate.

Abstract: A printhead including a venting system and an actuator array, wherein each actuator may include an actuator air chamber. The venting system includes an air path that vents each actuator air chamber to the atmosphere. The printhead further includes a dryer configured to remove moisture from air within the air path. The dryer may include a passive desiccant, an active resistive heater, or both.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus is provided with an actuator substrate on which a piezoelectric actuator that generates a pressure change in a pressure generation chamber, which is in communication with a nozzle opening that ejects a liquid, is provided. The liquid ejecting head is provided with lead-out wiring that is led out from the piezoelectric actuator to the top of the actuator substrate, the lead-out wiring is provided with an adhesive layer that is provided on an actuator substrate side, and a conductive layer that is provided on a side of the adhesive layer which is opposite the actuator substrate, and the adhesive layer has a width that is narrower than the conductive layer in at least a parallel arrangement direction of the lead-out wiring.

Abstract: Provided is an active energy ray-curable inkjet ink containing at least photopolymerizable compounds. The photopolymerizable compounds include: at least one monofunctional monomer selected from the group consisting of a monofunctional monomer of which homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 90° C. or higher, a monofunctional monomer having a ring structure, and a monofunctional monomer of which homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 90° C. or higher and that has a ring structure; and urethane (meth)acrylate.

Abstract: An ink jet type printer including: a printing function section, a liquid ejecting head that is supported on a carriage movably disposed in the printing function section and performs recording by ejecting ink with respect to a paper sheet, and an ink supply tube that guides the ink of a main tank in which the ink is stored to the liquid ejecting head and has a deformation movable section capable of being deformed following movement of the carriage. The printing function section is provided with a filling port for filling the ink and the filling port and the main tank are connected through a connection pipe, a sub-tank, and an ink communication pipe.

Abstract: A lamp is provided including a first module (1) and at least one second module (1), each having a plurality of LEDs (3) distributed over a module surface. The modules (1) are arranged on at least one cooling element (2) for dissipation of lost heat. A reflector (5, 5a, 5b) deflects light emitted by one of the modules (1) into an exit opening (6) of the lamp. An optical system (8, 9, 11, 12) located between at least some of the LEDs (3) and the exit opening (6) bundles the light of the LEDs (3) into a defined structure on a target surface (10).

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition for sublimation transfer includes dye A and a dye B, in which the dye A is a disperse dye which has a molecular weight of 380 or less and an anthraquinone skeleton having a water-soluble group in a molecule, the dye B is a disperse dye which has a molecular weight of 400 or greater, and in the ink jet ink composition for sublimation transfer, dye solubility of the dye A is greater than dye solubility of the dye B.

Abstract: To suppress cleaning fluid from remaining on a conveyor belt and dirtying of a medium to be recorded by the cleaning fluid when applying the cleaning fluid to clean the conveyor belt. This is equipped with a conveyor belt 2 configured to support a medium to be recorded P on a support surface S and conveying it, and wiper blades 13 and 16 abuttable with the conveyor belt 2. The wiper blades 13 and 16 are more hydrophilic than the support surface S. With this configuration, it is possible to suppress the cleaning fluid from remaining on the conveyor belt and dirtying the medium to be recorded with the cleaning fluid when applying the cleaning fluid to clean the conveyor belt.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus which is configured to expose a photosensitive member to light beams emitted from a plurality of light emitting elements, generates a plurality of BD signals by a plurality of laser light beams, and controls timings at which the plurality of light emitting elements emits the light beams based on a difference between timings at which the BD signals are generated.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a photosensitive member; a light source configured to emit a light beam; a deflecting unit configured to deflect the light beam to scan the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image and having a rotary polygon mirror and a motor configured to rotate the rotary polygon mirror; a housing provided with the photosensitive member, the light source, and the deflecting unit; a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a temperature; and a control unit configured to pre-rotate the rotary polygon mirror before a start signal for image formation and to rotate, after the start signal, the rotary polygon mirror at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed for pre-rotation of the rotary polygon mirror, wherein the control unit sets a target value of the rotation speed for the pre-rotation based on a result of detection by the temperature detecting unit.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, the marking apparatus comprises a marking section configured to print, with a color erasable material, a mark in the margin area of a sheet and a marking control section configured to overprint, using the marking section, a mark at a specific position of the sheet every time an image is formed in the image printing area of the sheet with a color erasable material.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a charging member; a transfer member; a setting portion for setting a positive-side discharge start voltage when a positive-side voltage relative to a reference potential is applied to the transfer member after a voltage is applied to the charging member so that a surface of the image bearing member is charged to the reference potential by the charging member and for setting a negative-side discharge start voltage when a negative-side voltage relative to the reference potential is applied to the transfer member after the voltage is applied; a calculating portion for calculating a correction amount for correcting a light portion surface potential, of the image bearing member, calculated by the calculating portion on the basis of the positive-side and negative-side discharge start voltages; and a correcting portion for correcting the light portion surface potential by using the correction amount.

Abstract: A video endpoint and related methods are disclosed. A video endpoint includes a control circuit configured to provide a user interface configured to enable a user to communicate with another user of another video endpoint with text during video communications with the other user. The user interface is also configured to enable the user to select from text strings stored in a database. A method of operating the video endpoint includes transmitting data corresponding to a selected one of the text strings stored in the database to the other video endpoint during the video communications responsive to the user selecting the selected one of the text strings. A method of transforming a computing device into a video endpoint includes storing computer-readable instructions directed to performing the functions of the control circuit on one or more servers, and transmitting the computer-readable instructions to the computing device.

Abstract: A local video conference system executing a video conference application, that lacks an ability or functionality to control a remote camera of a remote video conference system, can display video from the remote video conference system. The local video conference system can also execute a controller application that can provide the local video conference system control of the remote camera. The controller application can receive user input that selects a region of multiple regions of a display window of the video conference application indicating a camera action for the remote camera, can determine a camera action based on the user input and the selected region, and can provide the camera action to the remote video conference system via a network. The remote video conference system can pan, tilt, and/or zoom the remote camera based on the camera action received from the controller application of the local video conference system.

Abstract: Describe is a video stream mixer (60) for generating a mixed encoded video stream from an encoded primary video stream associated with a primary window, and at least one encoded secondary video stream, each associated with a corresponding secondary window that is smaller than the primary window.

Abstract: A transmission management system receives, when a terminal and a relay device is connected, domain information that indicates a management system capable of executing control associated with start of communication using the relay device. The management system can allow another management system to execute control based on the domain information even if the management system cannot execute the control.

Abstract: A participation device in a multiparty conference call may act as a server device and/or a client device for two-way audio and video (AV) streaming. A server device may encode a requested AV stream into a set of different encoding profiles that may be dynamically determined based on the varying channel conditions and device capacities of the client devices. At least a portion of differently encoded AV streams is selected and dynamically communicated to the client devices for display. Session parameters are determined according to the varying channel conditions and the device capacities of the client devices to create intended sessions. The selected encoded AV streams are communicated utilizing segment-based adaptive streaming techniques such as HTTP. A client device may access to a HTTP session to download an expected AV stream from the server device. The downloaded AV stream may be decoded into different decoding profiles for display as needed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for providing low-frame rate continuous presence for all video participants to a video conference.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display image generation section configured to generate display image data by performing a display projection process in a case where panorama image data to be a display target is judged to be a full circumference panorama image.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for analyzing and manipulating images and video. According to particular embodiments, the spatial relationship between multiple images and video is analyzed together with location information data, for purposes of creating a representation referred to herein as a surround view. In particular embodiments, a surround view can be generated by combining a panoramic view of an object with a panoramic view of a distant scene, such that the object panorama is placed in a foreground position relative to the distant scene panorama. Such combined panoramas can enhance the interactive and immersive viewing experience of the surround view.

Abstract: A digital camera includes an image capturing unit, an image composition unit, and a display control unit. The image capturing unit captures frames at predetermined time intervals. The image composition unit sequentially combines at least a part of image data from image data of a plurality of frames sequentially captured by the image capturing unit at predetermined time intervals. The display control unit performs control to sequentially display image data combined by the image composition unit while the image data of the frames are captured by the image capturing unit at predetermined time intervals.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for enhancing the brightness and/or contrast ratio of display devices. In one aspect, the display devices can include a light redirector that is optically coupled with a diffuser. The light redirector includes a plurality of holographic features that can receive near-collimated light at non-normal angles with respect to a normal to a surface of the light redirector and redirects the received light along a direction that is substantially normal to the surface.

Abstract: A method for generating a stereoscopic video stream (84) having composite frames (C), the composite frames including information about a left image (L) and a right image (R) for three-dimensional display of a scene, wherein the pixels of said left image (L) and right image (R) are selected and the selected pixels are entered into the composite frame (C) of the stereoscopic video stream, wherein one of the images (L,R) is captured at a time instant which is delayed with respect to that of the other image (R,L) by a substantially constant and predetermined interval (60).

Abstract: View synthesis is performed based on obtained texture data and a depth map. The resolution of the depth map is lower than that of the texture data by a ratio dw in the x direction and by a ratio dh in the y direction. Texture pixel positions x, y are transformed into non-integer depth map pixel positions by performing divisions x/dw and y/dh and these non-integer depth map pixel positions are rounded to integer depth map pixel positions, and a view is synthesized based at least on the obtained texture data and depth map values at the integer depth map pixel positions and/or adjacent positions.

Abstract: A display apparatus (projector) includes an evaluating section (image analysis section) that evaluates the type of 3D format in accordance with which an inputted image signal is formatted, an OSD data storage section (OSD memory) that stores OSD data, an OSD data dividing section (OSD processing section) that divides the OSD data stored in the OSD data storage section into columns or rows, a determining section (control unit 20) that determines, based on a result of the evaluation made by the evaluating section, whether to cause the OSD data dividing section to divide the OSD data into columns or rows, and a superimposing section (OSD processing section) that causes the OSD data dividing section to divide the OSD data based on the division determined by the determining section and superimposes the divided OSD data on a 3D formatted image.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes: a video signal acquisition portion that images an object to acquire a video signal by a stereo optical system; a video signal processing portion that processes the video signal to generate a display video signal; a measurement processing portion that performs measurement on the basis of the video signal; and a display portion that displays the display video signal. The video signal processing portion generates the display video signal by extracting one image from the video signal including a plurality of images from the stereo optical system, and the display portion displays the display video signal including the one image extracted by the video signal processing portion during a period regarding measurement. The measurement processing portion calculates a matching degree between the plurality of images at a position corresponding to the measuring position. The display portion displays the matching degree together with the display video signal.

Abstract: An ultrasound device acquires ultrasound image data corresponding to a plurality of volume frames of an object and applies morphing or motion compensation to the acquired ultrasound image data to track a particular region of the object. The ultrasound device compounds the motion compensated ultrasound image data that corresponds to the tracked particular region of the object within the plurality of volume frames of the object. The ultrasound device generates a stationary single three dimensional (3D) volume of the tracked particular region of the object. The ultrasound device acquires the ultrasound image data over at least a portion of a movement cycle. The ultrasound device generates motion tracking information and speckle tracking information from the acquired ultrasound image data for the tracked particular region of the object and group pixels corresponding to the tracked particular region of the object based on the generated motion tracking and speckle tracking information.

Abstract: A pixel of a distance sensor includes a photosensor that generates photocharges corresponding to light incident in a first direction. The photosensor includes a plurality of first layers having a cross-sectional area increasing along the first direction after a first depth and at least one transfer gate which receives a transfer control signal for transferring the photocharges to a floating diffusion node. A strong electric field is formed in the direction in which the photocharges move horizontally or vertically in the pixel, thereby accelerating the photocharges, allowing for increased sensitivity and demodulation contrast.

Abstract: A voltage mode laser diode driver selectively turns on and off a laser diode. An output stage has an output node configured to be connected to one of the terminals of the laser diode. Depending upon implementation, an active swing controller drives the output stage in a manner that substantially prevents inductive kickback from causing the output node voltage to swinging above the voltage level at the voltage output of the power supply, or swing below ground. The output stage provides a discharge path around the laser diode to shunt current associated with the inductive kickback, and substantially eliminates ringing on the output node of the output stage while the laser diode is off. A power supply controller adjusts the voltage level of the voltage output of the power supply so that current through the laser diode when on and emitting light is substantially equal to a predetermined desired current.

Abstract: A method of operating a depth sensor includes generating a first photo gate signal and second through fourth photo gate signals respectively having 90-, 180- and 270-degree phase differences from the first photo gate signal, applying the first photo gate signal and the third photo gate signal to a first row of a pixel array and the second photo gate signal and the fourth photo gate signal to a second row adjacent to the first row in a first frame using a first clock signal, and applying the first photo gate signal and the third photo gate signal to a first column of the pixel array and the second photo gate signal and the fourth photo gate signal to a second column adjacent to the first column in a second frame using a second clock signal.

Abstract: Provided is a 3D shape measurement apparatus that can obtain a phase delay distribution image of an object to be measured from a single image and has simple optics. The 3D shape measurement apparatus 1 includes a coherent light source 10, a random phase modulation optical system 11, a mount 12, a Fourier transform optical system 13, an image pickup device 14, and an operation part 15. The random phase modulation optical system 11 two-dimensionally and randomly phase-modulates the coherent light to produce two-dimensionally and randomly phase-modulated flat light. The Fourier transform optical system 13 optically Fourier-transforms the light having passed through the object 16 to be measured to generate a light intensity distribution image. The image pickup device 14 takes the light intensity distribution image. The operation part 15 computes phase information on the object 16 to be measured from the taken light intensity distribution image.

Abstract: A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine includes a noncontact 3D measuring device that has a projector configured to emit a first pattern of light onto an object, a scanner camera arranged to receive the first pattern of light reflected from the surface of the object, an edge-detecting camera arranged to receive light reflected from an edge feature of the object, and a processor configured to determine first 3D coordinates of an edge point of the edge feature based on electrical signals received from the scanner camera and the edge-detecting camera.

Abstract: A plenoptic camera device and a shading correction method thereof are provided. The plenoptic camera device includes a processor including a shading correction block configured to determine a four-dimensional axis with respect in a raw image, generate a four-dimensional profile by applying a polynomial fit with respect to the plurality of pixels in the raw image based on the four-dimensional axis, and calculate a gain using the four-dimensional profile and a non-volatile memory device configured to store the gain. Accordingly, the plenoptic camera device can remove a vignetting effect using the gain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a digital device capable of obtaining both a color image and a depth image and a method of processing a three dimensional image using the same.

Abstract: In a method for taking three-dimensional (3D) images, a camera unit of an electrical device is utilized to shoot a same scene with a same lens focal length and focusing on different distances respectively to generate several pictures. Depth-map information of several blocks on the scene is calculated according to levels of clarity on the blocks. Offsets of the blocks of the pictures are respectively adjusted for right and left eyes according to the depth-map information of the blocks to generate at least one 3D image. The present invention also discloses an electrical device for taking 3D images and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing the method for taking a 3D image.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image display device and a method for displaying a three-dimensional image, and particularly relates to a three-dimensional image display device improving movement degradation and a method for displaying a three-dimensional image. A three-dimensional image display device includes: a display panel; a movement determining unit determining whether an object of a 3D image moved in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the display panel based on image information; a hole-filling unit filling a hole generated according to the movement of the object with an edge region of the object to compensate a movement degradation when it is determined that the object moved in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the display panel; and a 3D input image signal generator generating a 3D input image signal based on the image information compensated with the movement degradation.

Abstract: In a stereoscopic video observation device 200, an optically transmissive HMD 208 presents video observed when a three-dimensional image in a virtual three-dimensional space is projected into a real space. A transmittance changing section changes the transmittance of light that passes through the optically transmissive HMD 208. A shutter control section 220 sets a lower limit value of the light transmittance that can be changed by the transmittance changing section.

Abstract: A display system used with a television display. An image projector is supplied with image information that differs from but is related to the television content displayed by the television display. Image information is decoded from the content information supplied to the display system and supplied to the image projector. As a result, the image projector projects an image on a surface separate and apart from the display screen of the television display.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including a parallax acquiring unit configured to acquire a parallax of each of a plurality of stereoscopic pictures in a moving picture including the plurality of stereoscopic pictures chronologically as a moving picture parallax, and a parallax generating unit configured to generate a parallax causing a position in front of all of the plurality of stereoscopic pictures corresponding to the moving picture parallax acquired in a certain period of time to be a display position of a user interface picture as a user interface parallax.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including an analysis unit configured to analyze contrast according to a spatial frequency of an input image, a parallax transition information acquisition unit configured to acquire a relation of a crosstalk aggravation amount and a parallax transition corresponding to the contrast according to the spatial frequency of the input image with reference to a database in which the relation of the crosstalk aggravation amount and the parallax transition is stored in association with contrast according to spatial frequencies of various images, and a parallax computation unit configured to compute parallax corresponding to a predetermined threshold value set for the crosstalk aggravation amount in the acquired relation of the crosstalk aggravation amount and the parallax transition.

Abstract: An apparatus and system are provided for adjusting the depth of stereoscopic video content. The apparatus comprises a frame that supports a first lens and a second lens. The first lens is associated with a first image in a stereoscopic image pair and the second lens is associated with a second image in the stereoscopic image pair. An interface for controlling a parameter associated with the stereoscopic image pair is integrated into the frame of the apparatus. The system includes a display device configured to display stereoscopic video content and coupled to the apparatus for controlling the stereoscopic video content.

Abstract: An autostereoscopic 3D image display device includes: a display panel that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; and a view point divider that divides a three-dimensional image displayed by the display panel into n view points, where n is a natural number>=two, and includes a plurality of view point division units. Each view point division unit is inclined with an inclination angle with reference to a column direction of the display panel. The inclination angle satisfies A = tan - 1 ? Hp × a Vp × b , ? 1 < a < b , where Hp is a pitch of a row direction of the pixels, Vp is a pitch of a column direction of the pixels, and a and b are natural numbers.

Abstract: A handheld apparatus for contactless acquisition of a fingerprint image is disclosed. One such apparatus includes an enclosure and at least three digital image capture devices housed within the enclosure and arranged along an arc. The enclosure includes a hollow finger receiving area, sized and shaped to receive a finger. Each of the digital image capture devices is positioned along the arc at substantially a same distance from the finger receiving area and positioned along the arc to have a respective optical axis that lies at about 45° to another of the digital image capture devices. The optical axes intersect within the enclosure. Each digital image capture device is operable to acquire a partial fingerprint image of the finger in a contactless manner. Each partial fingerprint image corresponds to a different side of the finger. The acquired fingerprint images combine to produce a nail-to-nail fingerprint image.

Abstract: The invention relates to an authentication device (1), characterized in that it comprises a support (10) provided with a surface (12), said surface comprising a plurality of peaks (14) and valleys (15) forming a pattern (13) capable of being acquired by a digital fingerprint sensor. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a device.

Abstract: An apparatus for identifying active access, by a viewer, of a source containing an advertisement includes a video capture device for recording user interaction in an area and a video processor electrically coupled to the video capture device. The video processor is configured to analyze the video obtained by the video capture device. The video process analysis includes identification of active access, by the viewer, of the source containing the advertisement. The source is electrically decoupled from the video capture device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for capturing a digital image of a slide using an imaging line sensor and a focusing line sensor. In an embodiment, a beam-splitter is optically coupled to an objective lens and configured to receive one or more images of a portion of a sample through the objective lens. The beam-splitter simultaneously provides a first portion of the one or more images to the focusing sensor and a second portion of the one or more images to the imaging sensor. A processor controls the stage and/or objective lens such that each portion of the one or more images is received by the focusing sensor prior to it being received by the imaging sensor. In this manner, a focus of the objective lens can be controlled using data received from the focusing sensor prior to capturing an image of a portion of the sample using the imaging sensor.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, a visual field information generation unit, and a display controller. The image acquisition unit is configured to acquire an input image having a first resolution, the input image being generated by capturing an observation image of an observation target of a user. The visual field information generation unit is configured to compare a specimen image with the input image, the specimen image including an image of the observation target and having a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution, to generate visual field information for identifying a visual field range corresponding to the input image in the specimen image. The display controller is configured to acquire information corresponding to the visual field range in the specimen image, based on the visual field information, and output a signal for displaying the information.

Abstract: The objective optical system includes a first optical system configured to collimate a divergent light flux from an object, a second optical system configured to converge the light flux from the first optical system, a beam splitter disposed between the first optical system and the second optical system, a reflector disposed on a side where the light flux from the second optical system is condensed and configured to reflect the light flux, and a third optical system configured to converge the light flux reflected by the reflector and then passing through the second optical system and the beam splitter. When a direction in which the light flux travels in the objective optical system is defined as an optical axis direction, positions of respective portions of the reflector in the optician axis direction are each changeable.