| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-5,923,375 |
Memory reduction in the MPEG-2 main profile main level decoder The video memory requisite of an MPEG-2 decoder commonly comprising a stage of decompression of the respective I, P and B-pictures of the MPEG compression... |
| US-5,923,374 |
Method and apparatus for reduced-bandwidth transmission of television
signals A system for reducing bandwidth of video signals. Ordinarily, an NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) video signal has (a) a bandwidth of 6.0 MHz, (b)... |
| US-5,923,373 |
Communication system for communicating between two microcomputers A communication system includes a first microcomputer disposed in a body, a second microcomputer disposed in an accessory device which can be detachably attached... |
| US-5,923,372 |
Apparatus and method for controlling an iris according to brightness
variation of input signal An apparatus and a method for controlling an iris. The apparatus includes a data detector, a controller, and an iris controller using a feedback method, and... |
| US-5,923,371 |
Automatic focus adjusting apparatus An automatic focus adjusting apparatus comprises: a focus detecting circuit for detecting a focusing state and generating a signal according to the focusing... |
| US-5,923,370 |
Image smear and dark signal reduction device and method A fast frame interline transfer charge coupled device imaging sensor includes an imaging section and an storage section. The imaging section includes a plurality... |
| US-5,923,369 |
Active pixel sensor cell with differential amplifier and array including
same An active pixel sensor cell array in which a differential amplifier (whose output is fed back to one of its inputs) amplifies the output of each cell. By using... |
| US-5,923,368 |
Camera with image stabilization controlled by focus detection A camera includes a vibration detecting sensor for detecting a vibration of the camera, a correcting device for correcting a shake of an image due to the... |
| US-5,923,367 |
Integral image recording and image playback system An image pickup device which includes a device for picking up an image of an object and photoelectrically converting the image into an image signal, a photograph... |
| US-5,923,366 |
Apparatus and method for calibrating video displays A system for performing beam convergence in video displays. The system is implemented through one or more convergence sensors, which are exposed to two distinct... |
| US-5,923,365 |
Sports event video manipulating system for highlighting movement A sports event video manipulating system for manipulating a representation of a sports event, the sports editor including a video field grabber operative to grab... |
| US-5,923,364 |
Video security system A video security system (10) capable of monitoring and recording fixed and moving targets and recording management information into a video signal such that the... |
| US-5,923,363 |
Apparatus for powering a television interphone monitor via a signal
transmission line In an apparatus for powering a television interphone monitor for communication between entrances of a building and individual apartment of the building, power is... |
| US-5,923,362 |
Merging multi-source information in a television system The present invention provides a scheme for merging television schedule information received from multiple sources (26, 28, 30 and 34). In the preferred... |
| US-5,923,361 |
Multiple subscriber video-on-demand system A system which makes use of existing coax wiring to provide video-on-demand to individual subscribers. IP addressable, bi-directional video switches are used to... |
| US-5,923,360 |
Printing control apparatus Disclosed is the printing system 1 including the printer 2 and the personal computer 51 through which the command combination is selected according to kind of... |
| US-5,923,359 |
Internal drum scophony raster recording device An optical recording and data processing system for exposing an image on to a flexible, light sensitive medium, which includes a medium holder having an inner... |
| US-5,923,358 |
Laser printer apparatus Through an imaging lens, respective luminous fluxes from a semiconductor laser array light source comprising a plurality of semiconductor laser devices arranged... |
| US-5,923,357 |
Line thermal printer A platen is located at a print position in a sheet path leading from a sheet supply position through the print position to a sheet delivery position, and a... |
| US-5,923,356 |
Liquid developing material replenishment control system An apparatus for developing an electrostatic latent image in a liquid developing material-based electrostatographic printing machine including a control system... |
| US-5,923,355 |
Optical writing device An optical writing device by which an image with desired tone can be obtained. The optical writing device includes a write head and a modulation unit. A time for... |
| US-5,923,354 |
Hot-melt ink-jet type printer with heater outside the print area A nozzle plate having a nozzle hole defined therein is directly heated from the nozzle side by a heating device such as a halogen lamp in a state of being in... |
| US-5,923,353 |
Fail-safe, backup valve in a pressurized ink delivery apparatus A fail-safe, backup valve for an ink-jet print head in a pressurized ink delivery system. The backup valve is in series with and is actuated by a back pressure... |
| US-5,923,352 |
Method of adjusting electromechanical element of ink jet print head to
increase uniformity of performance... A method of adjusting an ink jet head having at least one polarized electromechanical transducer forming an ink pressure chamber from which ink drops are ejected... |
| US-5,923,351 |
Vibrating plate for an ink jet recording head which causes ink to be
discharged from a pressure chamber when... In an ink jet recording head in which pressure chambers are formed by fastening a vibration plate to a nozzle-opening contained member, and piezoelectric... |
| US-5,923,350 |
Recording apparatus with improved head installation mechanism An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a positioning device for postioning a recording head on a carriage and an electrical connecting device for establishing... |
| US-5,923,349 |
Density-based print masking for photographic-quality ink-jet printing A method and apparatus for printing color images by binary construction from individual colorant dots formed in pixel arrays uses a multi-pass print mode and... |
| US-5,923,348 |
Method of printing using a printhead having multiple rows of ink
emitting orifices The invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a printhead in an ink jet printer for jetting an ink onto a print medium. An advance speed of the print... |
| US-5,923,347 |
Method and system for cleaning an ink jet printhead An improved method and apparatus is provided for cleaning an ink jet printhead following a print operation. A source of pressure is applied to the printhead... |
| US-5,923,346 |
Shadow pulse compensation of an ink jet printer In an electrostatic ink jet printer, all nozzles of a printhead are spaced generally the same distance from a moving paper print substrate. Three voltage levels... |
| US-5,923,345 |
Multi-printing-mode control circuit for an ink ejecting printing
apparatus An ink ejecting printing apparatus is capable of selectively changing between a first printing mode, in which two driving signals are output for each pulse... |
| US-5,923,344 |
Fractional dot column correction for scan axis alignment during printing Data input received by a printer is printed. Dot data, which indicates location of dots on a print medium, is generated from the data input. Dot shift data is... |
| US-5,923,343 |
Mailing machine having a registration shield with improved air flow
capability during ink jet printing on envelopes Mailing machine comprising a printer module including an array of ink jet print elements for printing on an envelope having a top surface, a registration shield... |
| US-5,923,342 |
Video display controller A laptop computer 53 has an LCD display 542 which is used to display images represented by data-reduced video signals supplied to it from a buffer 52 of a video... |
| US-5,923,341 |
Raster operation lookup and execution The present invention is a method and apparatus for executing three-operand raster operation in two-operand raster environments. Structurally, the present... |
| US-5,923,340 |
Process of processing graphics data The graphics data processor of the present invention offers as a single instruction in its instruction set a draw and advance operation. A first data register... |
| US-5,923,339 |
Higher-speed parallel processing An information processing apparatus which processes a large amount of data at high speed. The synchronizing signal has a cycle including a transfer period and a... |
| US-5,923,338 |
Image generation systems having processing element arrays with direct
element communication An image generation system is provided which includes a processing element array comprised of a plurality of processing elements, wherein the processing elements... |
| US-5,923,337 |
Systems and methods for communicating through computer animated images The current method and system generates an animation sequence for a live character during communication. In response to a performer's voice and other inputs, the... |
| US-5,923,336 |
Method of associating a dimensional representation with a structure in a
CAD system In a method and a CAD system for associating a dimensional representation with a structure, in particular with a structure of a technical drawing in a... |
| US-5,923,335 |
Computer generated objects having magnets and targets A computer-implemented method for generating objects configured for assembly into a scene during assembly time. The method includes the step of associating a... |
| US-5,923,334 |
Polyhedral environment map utilizing a triangular data structure The present invention generates an environment map by storing in memory color values associated with pixels of an image representing the panoramic scene. For at... |
| US-5,923,333 |
Fast alpha transparency rendering method A fast method for rendering opaque and transparent objects that produces a higher quality image at a greater speed for a given level of hardware support. Opaque... |
| US-5,923,332 |
Image processing device A device for creating an image representing a three-dimensional scene of objects includes a conversion unit which divides a Z axis into a plurality of segments... |
| US-5,923,331 |
Method of generation of computer-generated images using a spherical
buffer A method of generation of computer images of a three-dimensional scene constituted by a set of facets, viewed from a point of observation along a viewing axis.... |
| US-5,923,330 |
System and method for navigation and interaction in structured
information spaces A method and system for generating an interactive, multi-resolution presentation space of information structures within a computer enabling a user to navigate... |
| US-5,923,329 |
Method of grid generation about or within a 3 dimensional object A method to generate body-fitted grids, based on the direct solution for three scalar functions, is derived. The grid is re-meshed, based on the solution, using... |
| US-5,923,328 |
Method and system for displaying a hierarchical sub-tree by selection of
a user interface element in a sub-tree... A sub-tree bar control is provided that aggregates a group of sub-tree view controls. The sub-tree bar control contains user interface elements that are... |
| US-5,923,327 |
Scrolling with automatic compression and expansion The system and method consistent with the present invention improves searching and display features of graphical user interfaces by providing automatic... |
| US-5,923,326 |
Edge docking foster window Systems, methods, and computer program products provide a graphical user interface for a data processing system wherein a foster window associated with a... |