25th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130155065 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING MOTION BLUR - An embedded, programmable motion blur system and method is described. Embodiments include receiving a plurality of vertices in a graphics processing unit (GPU), displacing at least one vertex, receiving a primitive defined by at least one of the displaced vertices, and generating a plurality of primitive samples from the primitive. The receiving of a plurality of vertices, the displacing, the receiving a primitive, and the generating are all performed prior to rendering of the scene. The system includes a central processing unit (CPU), a memory unit coupled to the CPU, and at least one programmable GPU. The GPU includes a vertex shader and a geometry shader programmable to perform geometry amplification and generate a plurality of primitive samples, both of these performed before the scene is rendered. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155066 | Method and system for visualizing a volume dataset - A machine-implemented display method that, with respect to a volume dataset being rendered, enables a user to navigate to any position in space and look in any direction. Preferably, the volume dataset is derived from a computer tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. With the described approach, the user can see details within the dataset that are not available using conventional visualization approaches. The freedom-of-motion capability allows the user to go to places (positions) within the volume rendering that are not otherwise possible using conventional “orbit” and “zoom” display techniques. Thus, for example, using the described approach, the display image enables a user to travel inside physical structures (e.g., a patient's heart, brain, arteries, and the like). | 2013-06-20 |
20130155067 | METHOD OF PROVIDING IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method of providing an image and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. The method of providing an image of a display apparatus includes receiving signals requesting images having different resolutions from each other from a plurality of mobile apparatuses, determining a resolution reproducible by all of the plurality of mobile apparatuses among a plurality of resolutions requested from the plurality of mobile apparatuses as a first resolution and processing the image to be provided to the plurality of mobile apparatuses with the first resolution, and transmitting the image having the first resolution to the plurality of mobile apparatuses. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155068 | GENERATING A RELATIONSHIP VISUALIZATION FOR NONHOMOGENEOUS ENTITIES - A relationship visualization system displays contextual information for a relationship between two entities of a document management system, such as for a user and a document. The system can receive a request for a relationship visualization from a user, such that the request indicates the user and a document. Then, the system determines, from a multipartite graph, a set of relationship paths coupling entity nodes corresponding to the user and the document. A relationship path can include one or more entity nodes indicating contextual information for the relationship between the user and the document. Then, the system selects a first group of entity nodes from the set of relationship paths to represent the relationship between the user and the document. The system then provides a relationship visualization that displays contextual information from the first group of entity nodes to illustrate the relationship between the user and the document. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155069 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CREATING COLLAGES THAT VISUALLY RESEMBLE A PARTICULAR SHAPE OR GROUP OF SHAPES - A method, system and computer program product for creating collages that visually resemble a particular shape or group of shapes are provided. The method is a computer-implemented method of creating a shape collage and includes receiving a shape specification signal which specifies at least one desired shape. Each desired shape has at least one shape boundary and an area. The method also includes receiving image data which represents a plurality of images and processing the signal and the data to obtain a shape collage of the images which at least partially covers and conforms to the area of the at least one desired shape. The step of processing includes the steps of evaluating whether each image is to be treated as being either within or without the area and removing or hiding any image that is evaluated as being outside the area. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155070 | METHOD FOR USER INPUT FROM ALTERNATIVE TOUCHPADS OF A HANDHELD COMPUTERIZED DEVICE - The present invention relates to a handheld computerized device with a bit mapped display screen on the front panel, and a touchpad installed in an alternative location. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and graphical user interface that can, for example, enable the user to see the user's finger position and motion from behind the device superimposed upon a virtual keyboard layout on the front panel. This can allow the user to use a touchpad keypad on the back of the device to input keystrokes and mouse actions, and these will be reflected on the display screen on the front of the handheld computerized device as “virtual fingers” or equivalent. The system operates by inputting touchpad data into a software biomechanical and anatomical model of the human hand, optionally supplemented by video or image information to refine this model. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155071 | Document Collaboration Effects - Various features and processes related to document collaboration are disclosed. In some implementations, animations are presented when updating a local document display to reflect changes made to the document at a remote device. In some implementations, a user can selectively highlight changes made by collaborators in a document. In some implementations, a user can select an identifier associated with another user to display a portion of a document that includes the other user's cursor location. In some implementations, text in document chat sessions can be automatically converted into hyperlinks which, when selected, cause a document editor to perform an operation. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155072 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FILES USING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for managing files using an electronic device determines a target storage path in the electronic device in response to detecting a selection operation of the target storage path on a touch panel of the electronic device. A copy operation on a target file displayed on the touch panel is detected, while the selection operation is being implemented. The target file is stored at the target storage path, and an animated cartoon is output on the touch panel to represent a process of storing the target file to the target storage path. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155073 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT OF A PROCESSOR IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus determines an activity history context for each of a plurality of virtual machines sharing use of a graphics processing core. Each activity history context provides information related to a power setting of at least one engine of the graphics processing core during at least one prior use of the graphics processing core by the corresponding virtual machine. The method and apparatus controls a power setting of the at least one engine of the graphics processing core based on the activity history context corresponding to an active virtual machine using the graphics processing core. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155074 | SYSCALL MECHANISM FOR PROCESSOR TO PROCESSOR CALLS - Provided is a method for processing system calls from a GPU to a CPU. The method includes a GPU storing a plurality of tasks in a memory, with each task representing a function to be performed on the CPU. The method also includes generating a CPU interrupt, and processing of the stored plurality of tasks by the CPU. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155075 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A server device draws a processing result from software into an image memory, detects an update area containing an update between frames in an image, and compresses the image in the update area to a still image by using one of a compression format from among multiple compression formats. The server device identifies a high-frequency change area and compresses the image in the high-frequency change area to a moving image. The server device transmits still image compressed data and moving image compressed data to a client terminal. When the server device ends the compression of the moving image, it attempts to change the compression format of a still image and selects a compression format of a still image based on the result of comparing a compression ratio of still image compressed data in update areas obtained before and after a change in a compression format is attempted. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155076 | DISPLAY DATA PROCESSING - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for processing display data. The display data specify one or more presentations (e.g., digital signage information) for displaying to a user on an end-user device (e.g., a digital signage device). One or more processors receive one or more criteria (e.g., “user preferences”) and the display data. The one or more processors select some or all of the received display data. This selection may be dependent upon the one or more criteria. The one or more processors then provide, for display by the end-user device, the selected display data. This provision may be dependent upon the one or more criteria. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155077 | Policies for Shader Resource Allocation in a Shader Core - A method of determining priority within an accelerated processing device is provided. The accelerated processing device includes compute pipeline queues that are processed in accordance with predetermined criteria. The queues are selected based on priority characteristics and the selected queue is processed until a time quantum lapses or a queue having a higher priority becomes available for processing. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155078 | CONFIGURABLE GRAPHICS CONTROL AND MONITORING - A method and a graphics control and monitoring system are described. The graphics control and monitoring system is configurable and is equipped with a control and processing device, a computer, a data acquisition device, and a display. The control and processing device is equipped with a field programmable device that is configurable to work with a variety of data acquisition devices. The control and processing device receives data collected by the data acquisition device and processes the data. Further, graphics processing is performed by the processor which can be a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), general purpose computation on GPU (GPGPU) that is equipped with parallel computation capability, among others. After processing, display data is provided to a display. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155079 | Saving and Restoring Shader Context State - Provided is a method for processing a command in a computing system including an accelerated processing device (APD) having a command processor. The method includes executing an interrupt routine to save one or more contexts related to a first set of instructions on a shader core in response to an instruction to preempt processing of the first set of instructions. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155080 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT WITH COMMAND PROCESSOR - Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method of controlling a graphics processing unit. In an example, the method includes receiving one or more tasks from a host processor, and scheduling, independently from the host processor, the one or more tasks to be selectively executed by a shader processor and one or more fixed function hardware units, wherein the shader processor is configured to execute a plurality of instructions in parallel, and the one or more fixed function hardware units are configured to render graphics data. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155081 | POWER MANAGEMENT IN MULTIPLE PROCESSOR SYSTEM - Power management for a processing system that has multiple processing units, (e.g., multiple graphics processing units (GPUs), is described herein. The processing system includes a power manager that obtains performance, power, operational or environmental data from a power management unit associated with each processor (e.g., GPU). The power manager determines, for example, an average value with respect to at least one of the performance, power, operational or environmental data. If the average value is below a predetermined threshold for a predetermined amount of time, then the power manager notifies a configuration manager to alter the number of active processors (e.g., GPUs), if possible. The power may then be distributed among the remaining GPUs or other processors, if beneficial for the operating and environmental conditions. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155082 | DATA STREAM PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE ENABLING EXTENSION OF NEIGHBORHOOD MASK - An architecture for processing a data stream forming matrices of pixels of dimension Nl×Nc. The processing architecture includes processing units and interconnection means making it possible to transfer the data stream between them. Each processing unit includes a control unit, neighborhood processors capable of carrying out the instructions from the control unit and a neighborhood storage unit enabling each neighborhood processor to access a neighborhood of dimension Vl×Vc. The invention makes it possible to extend the dimension of the neighborhoods accessible to the neighborhood processors by a coupling of two or more processing units. To this end, the architecture includes a storage manager enabling the neighborhood processors of the coupled processing units to access adjoining neighborhoods of pixels, and means for communication between neighborhood processors allowing for an exchange of data relating to the different neighborhoods. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155083 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAINTAINING STATE IN A VIRTUAL MACHINE WHEN DISCONNECTED FROM GRAPHICS HARDWARE - The present disclosure is directed towards methods and systems for maintaining state in a virtual machine when disconnected from graphics hardware. The virtual machine is one of a plurality of virtual machines hosted by a hypervisor executing on a computing device. A control virtual machine may be hosted by a hypervisor executing on a computing device. The control virtual machine may store state information of a graphics processing unit (GPU) of the computing device. The GPU may render an image from a first virtual machine. The control virtual machine may remove, from the first virtual machine, access to the GPU. The control virtual machine may redirect the first virtual machine to a GPU emulation program. The GPU emulation program may render the image from the first virtual machine using at least a portion of the stored state information. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155084 | Virtualization of Graphics Resources and Thread Blocking - Virtualization of graphics resources and thread blocking is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a system and method of a kernel in an operating system including generating a data structure having an identifier of a graphics resource assigned to a physical memory location in video memory, and blocking access to the physical memory location if a data within the physical memory location is in transition between video memory and system memory wherein a client application accesses memory in the system memory directly and accesses memory in the video memory through a virtual memory map. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155085 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING, STORING, TRANSMITTING AND DISPLAYING IMAGES - An imaging and display apparatus for passive displays evaluates the illumination of an input scene and incorporates data representative of such input scene within a transfer media. The transfer media may be a broadcast or transmission of image data, illumination data and gamma information that can be received by a display system, which includes a passive display illuminated by incident light, to display images while adjusting the incident light and/or gamma based on the received data to reduce energy requirements, to increase contrast or shades of gray in the displayed image, and to optimize light source operation for color fidelity. The data may be provided as a video signal, modulated video signal, s-video signal, digital signal, or other signal that can be used by a passive display system to display images. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155086 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LOCAL SCREEN DATA TO A SINK DEVICE - A method and apparatus is provided for providing local screen data of a source device, such as a personal computer, to a sink device, such as a television, game console, or home theatre system, at a rate determined by the sink device. In one example, the method and apparatus responds to requests from the sink device to provide local screen data by serving the local screen data to the sink device from a circular buffer. The local screen data is written to the circular buffer in FIFO order based on the requests from the sink device, and read from the circular buffer based on the requests. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155087 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING GRAPHICS REGISTER DATA AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A system and method for configuring graphics register data and a recording medium are applied in a mobile device to store graphics operation data for displaying a picture. The system includes a plurality of register modules and an operation module. The operation module obtains unstored data from the graphics operation data, judges whether a register module already configured with data and having a configuration space sufficient for configuring the unstored data exists among all the register modules, so as to determine whether to store the unstored data into the register module already configured with data or a register module not configured with data, and when no register module not configured with data exists and the configuration space of each register module already configured with data is insufficient for storing the unstored data, divides and stores the unstored data into a part of the register modules already configured with data. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155088 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE SLIDESHOW - A method of generating an image slideshow is disclosed. A plurality of candidate images is accessed for the image slideshow. The method determines a plurality of subsections of reference images in a photo book. A corresponding set of the candidate images is selected for each of the determined subsections of the reference images, each set of candidate images being selected based on at least one attribute type of a corresponding determined subsection. The image slideshow is generated using at least one candidate image from each selected set of candidate images. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155089 | REAL-TIME GLOBAL ILLUMINATION RENDERING SYSTEM - The present invention provides an artifact-free, real-time global illumination rendering system. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155090 | STATIC IMAGE POWER MANAGEMENT - This disclosure describes techniques for reducing power consumption of a display device. According to these techniques, a display device is configured to determine whether an image to be displayed by the display device has become static. In response to identifying such a static image, the display device may operate in a static image mode. According to the static image mode, the display device may read a current frame of image data, modify the current frame of image data to generate a modified frame of image data with a reduced size, and store the modified image data in memory. The display device may read the modified image data from memory to present the static image, which may reduce power consumption of the display device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155091 | Color Adjustment Device, Method for Adjusting Color and Display for the Same - The present invention provides a color adjustment device, a method of adjusting color and a display device for the same. In the beginning, it measures a plurality of tristimulus sets at various white grayscales on a LCD panel, converts the multiple tristimulus sets into a plurality of chromatic sets (x | 2013-06-20 |
20130155092 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN FIRST DISPLAY AND SECOND DISPLAY - An electronic device includes a first display for displaying static images, and a second display for displaying dynamic images. The first display includes a plurality of first pixels, and the second display includes a plurality of white pixels. The first display is stacked on the second display, and the plurality of first pixels respectively correspond to the plurality of white pixels. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155093 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ENHANCED VISION AND SYNTHETIC IMAGES - A vehicle display system displays enhanced vision images augmented with selected features of synthetic vision images that correspond to features of the enhanced vision images. The selection of the features may be predetermined, made by the pilot, or based on the operational status of the aircraft. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155094 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING NON-READABLE PART - A mobile terminal having a non-readable part and includes: a control unit for controlling a function of a program; a storage unit in which various data are stored; and a display unit for displaying the digitalized document through the control unit. The display unit includes a readable part which enables a user to clearly read the document and a non-readable part in which the user is not able to read clearly by having the clarity different from the clarity of the readable part. Accordingly, the mobile terminal of the present invention enables the user to easily read the electronic document without missing sentences by improving the readability for the electronic document in the moving state. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155095 | Mapping Visual Display Screen to Portable Touch Screen - A content player transmits a screen image to a display. The screen image includes an active region, which may be a portion that may be manipulated. The player determines active region information for the active region and transmits such to a portable device. The portable device receives the active region information as well as information regarding any inactive regions, which may be portions that may not be manipulated. The portable device utilizes the information to present a simulated version of the screen image on a touch screen. The portable device may then receive manipulation information via the touch screen and transmit such to the player. In response, the player may generate and present an updated version of the screen image, determine updated information, and transmit such to the portable device. The portable device may utilize the updated information to present a simulated updated version of the screen image. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155096 | MONITOR ORIENTATION AWARENESS - A system and method for processing video data related to configurable monitor orientations. A graphics processing unit (GPU) is connected to one or more monitors. Orientation information associated with a given monitor of the one or more monitors is stored. The orientation information includes at least a three-dimensional set of coordinates indicating a location of the given monitor with respect to a user. The orientation information may also include an indication of a rotation of the given monitor with respect to at least the user and possibly another monitor. In response to determining updated orientation information is available, a graphics driver sends it to the processor when the processor requests it. The processor adjusts graphics commands based on the updated orientation information. The graphics driver directs the GPU to render data associated with an image presented on the given monitor with the adjusted commands based on the updated orientation information. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155097 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE VIRTUAL THEMES FOR A USER INTERFACE (UI) - A method and apparatus for creating one or more themed user interfaces (UI) each capable of displaying content unique to the theme selected. This may allow the use of the one or more display configurations for themed content. A device may be associated with a UI, which is capable of displaying content. One or more display configurations associated with one or more themes may be created. Upon selection of a particular theme, content specific to the particular theme is displayed via the associated display configuration. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155098 | Adjusting Fonts for Visual Consistency - A computing device-implemented method includes analyzing a set of executable instructions that define an outline of a font glyph for assigning points of the outline into two or more groups. The method also includes manipulating the points assigned to the two or more groups for adjusting the displayed appearance of the font glyph. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155099 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal having a video call function and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit configured to allow for a touch input and display a plurality of images received from a plurality of counterparts, respectively, during a video call; a sensing unit configured to sense a touch input with respect to at least one of the plurality of images; and a controller changing the touched image to any one of images related to the touched image. The image to be changed among the related images is determined on the basis of a direction of the touch input. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155100 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A display apparatus and method. A display apparatus including a display control unit configured to display a moving image on a first region of a display screen; and a thumbnail generation unit configured to generate a plurality of thumbnail images based on a plurality of still images related to the moving image, wherein the display control unit is configured to display the plurality of thumbnail images on a second region of the display screen. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155101 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT IN AN EXCLUSIVE MODE ENVIRONMENT - The present disclosure relates to a method and system for providing an image for display on a monitor. A method for providing an image for display includes detecting an exclusive display mode. In the exclusive display mode, an application is blocked from display on a monitor. In response to detecting the exclusive display mode, a composited surface is generated that comprises display data of a blocked application surface and display data of an exclusive application surface. A disclosed system includes a display mode detector that detects an exclusive display mode and a surface compositing module that causes a generation of a composited surface. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155102 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ACCURACY MAPPING IN A LOCATION TRACKING SYSTEM - Systems and method of accuracy mapping in a location tracking system are provided. Methods include identifying a position of at least one location anchor on a site rendering, determining, for a plurality of positions on the site rendering, an estimated error value of location accuracy as a function of position on the site rendering, generating an overlay rendering of the estimated error values of location accuracy for the plurality of position on the site rendering, and the site rendering with the overlay rendering therewith. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155103 | INTERMEDIATE VALUE STORAGE WITHIN A GRAPHICS PROCESSING APPARATUS - A tile-based graphics processor includes tile processing circuitry that has both a tile buffer and a per-pixel general purpose data store. The per-pixel general purpose data store is read accessible and write accessible by the tile processing circuitry to store intermediate values. These intermediate values are generated by the tile processing circuitry and then consumed by the tile processing circuitry to generate the output values for the tile being processed. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155104 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING OF LABELS - A method for rendering static labels in a mobile device in applications such as map applications. Panning increments are received for panning a previously rendered frame to a panned frame and a rendering region is defined based on the panning increments. Ones of the labels that overlap the region and that overlap with the panned frame by a threshold amount are determined. Geometry that overlaps the rendering region is rendered and a portion of the previously rendered frame is copied. The ones of the labels are rendered to provide the panned frame. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155105 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SEAMLESS INTERACTION IN MIXED REALITY - An approach is provided for providing seamless interaction in mixed reality. A mixed reality platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of media information associated with at least one augmented reality application to determine one or more digital objects, wherein the one or more digital objects aggregate, at least in part, data for defining the one or more digital objects, one or more computation closures acting on the data, one or more results of the one or more computation closures, or a combination thereof. The mixed reality platform also causes, at least in part, a composition, a decomposition, or a combination thereof of the one or more digital objects to cause, at least in part, an enhancement, a modification, an initiation, or a combination thereof of one or more functions associated with the at least one augmented reality application. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155106 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COORDINATING COLLISIONS BETWEEN AUGMENTED REALITY AND REAL REALITY - A method and system for coordinating placement of an augmented reality/virtual world object(s) into a scene relative to position and orientation. The object(s) can be connected to an anchor point having an absolute location relative to the marker via a connector (e.g., spring-like connector) in such a way that the behavior of the object responds to a physical force and a collision which exists in the augmented reality scene. The connection between the virtual object and location of the marker permits the object to exactly track the marker when there are no real world collisions between the markers. The virtual objects can be displaced so the objects do not pass through one another when the real world markers come into a close spatial proximity and the corresponding virtual objects begin to collide. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155107 | Systems and Methods for Providing an Augmented Reality Experience - Methods and systems, including computer program products, are described for providing an augmented reality experience. A Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled mobile device reads data from a data-encoded tag associated with a physical object. The mobile device captures an image. The mobile device transmits the read data to a server computing device. The mobile device retrieves, from the server computing device, data elements associated with the physical object. The mobile device generates an augmented image based on the capture image and the data elements associated with the physical object. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155108 | Augmented Reality User Interaction Methods, Computing Devices, And Articles Of Manufacture - Augmented reality user interaction methods, computing devices, and articles of manufacture are disclosed according to some aspects of the description. In one aspect, an augmented reality user interaction method includes executing an augmented reality browser application, displaying a camera view of a computing device wherein images generated by a camera are displayed using a touch sensitive display, during the displaying the camera view, displaying an icon interface comprising a pathway and a plurality of icons with respect to the pathway using the touch sensitive display, first detecting a user input moving in a direction of the pathway, moving the icons along the pathway in the direction of the user input as a result of the first detecting, second detecting a user input selecting one of the icons, and depicting augmented reality content with respect to at least one of the images as a result of the second detecting. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155109 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC STRUCTURE FOOTPRINT DETECTION FROM OBLIQUE IMAGERY - A set of instructions stored on at least one computer readable medium for running on a computer system. The set of instructions includes instructions for identifying edges of a structure displayed in multiple oblique images, instructions for determining three-dimensional information of the edges including position, orientation and length of the edges utilizing multiple oblique images from multiple cardinal directions, and instructions for determining, automatically, at least one line segment of a portion of a footprint of the structure utilizing at least one of the relative position and orientation of the edges. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155110 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to the field of display control processing and provides a display method and a display device. The display method includes: obtaining an object to be displayed; parsing the object to obtain corresponding information of the object; obtaining a media resource corresponding to the corresponding information based on the corresponding information; and displaying the object and presenting the media resource corresponding to the corresponding information. With the present invention, the display effect of the object can be enriched and the user's reading experience can be enhanced. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155111 | Customized Design for an Article of Footwear - A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a customer with a pre-selected set of graphics, allowing a customer to choose a set of input graphics, and generating a set of morphed graphics based on a set of input graphics. The user can select a morphed graphic and apply it to an article. The method may further include the step of limiting the number of times a customized graphic may be selected and applied to an article. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155112 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GRAPHICALLY TRANSITIONING BETWEEN MULTIPLE PROGRAM INTERFACE LEVELS OF A PROGRAM - Provided herein is a method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing a method of graphically transitioning between multiple interactive levels of a program. In particular, the method of example embodiments may include providing for display of a first representation of a program including a first interaction level, providing for presentation of a first graphical transition from the first representation of the program to an intermediate representation of the program in response to receiving a first input, where the first graphical transition provides a visual cue indicative of a relationship between the first representation of the program and the intermediate representation of the program. The first graphical transition may resemble the physical manipulation of a tangible object. The method may include providing for display of the intermediate representation where the intermediate representation includes an intermediate interaction level. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155113 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MOBILE DEVICE - A projection display device includes an image generating part which generates an image to be displayed on a predetermined image display surface; a circuit part which operates the image generating part based on an image signal; an image acquiring part which acquires an image signal to be outputted from a mobile device; a tilt acquiring part which acquires, from the mobile device, a tilt signal indicating a tilt angle of a display surface of the mobile device with respect to a reference state; and screen state changing part which changes a state of a screen to be displayed on the image display surface in accordance with the tilt signal. The screen state changing part inclines, on the image display surface, an image based on the image signal acquired by the image acquiring part, based on the tilt signal in accordance with the inclination of the display surface. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155114 | CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a control method and an electronic apparatus. The control method is applied to an electronic apparatus that includes an array of image display components and an array of image collecting components. The method includes displaying a first window by the array of image display components; obtaining the position of a first region in the first window; turning on the image collecting components corresponding to the first region in the first window in the array of image collecting components according to the position of the first region, wherein the number of the image collecting components corresponding to the first region is less than or equal to the number of the image collecting components in the array of image collecting components; and obtaining a first image by the image collecting components corresponding to the first region. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155115 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZING A COMPLICATED METRO MAP IN A LIMITED DISPLAYING AREA - The prevented invention provides a method to visualize complicated metro maps in a limited displaying area, in which the route to the passenger's destination is highlighted. In order to achieve high readability, it sets 1) the distance between neighboring stations to be equal, 2) the transportation lines to lie in octilinear directions, 3) the angles of incident edges at each station to be maximized, and 4) the station positions to be inside the displaying area. It also labels the names of stations that passenger will pass by to make the route navigation easy and intuitive. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155116 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE LEVELS OF INTERACTION WITH A PROGRAM - Provided herein is a method, apparatus and computer program product for providing multiple levels of interaction with a program. In particular methods of example embodiments may include providing for display of a first representation of a first program, where the first representation includes a first interaction level; providing for display of an intermediate representation in response to receiving a first input, where the intermediate representation comprises an intermediate interaction level; and providing for display of a second representation of the first program in response to a second input, where the second representation includes a second interaction level and the second input is different from the first input. The intermediate representation of the first program may be presented in a size that is larger than the first representation of the first program. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155117 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A display apparatus and method allow automatic partitioning of a display screen according to the number of content items so as to minimize a page scroll according to the number of captured content items when the content is reproduced, to increase user convenience, and a computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon computer program codes for executing the display method. The display apparatus includes a display controller that allows first content and second content to be displayed on a first area and a second area of a display screen, respectively. The display controller divides the first and second areas according to a golden ratio. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155118 | SERVERS, DISPLAY DEVICES, SCROLLING METHODS AND METHODS OF GENERATING HEATMAPS - Methods of generating heatmaps including receiving, at a first electronic device, first information associated with a first zone of a plurality of zones of a content item, determining at least one first concept related to the first information, receiving at least one target content characteristic, determining at least one second concept related to the at least one target content characteristic, and determining a first heat of the first zone based on the first and second concepts, the first heat representing a measure of similarity between the first and second concepts. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155119 | TEMPORAL CONTROL OF ILLUMINATION SCALING IN A DISPLAY DEVICE - The techniques of the disclosure are directed to reducing power consumption in a device through adaptive backlight level (ABL) scaling. The techniques may utilize a temporal approach in implementing the ABL scaling to adjust the backlight level of a display for a current video frame in a sequence of video frames presented on the display. The techniques may include receiving an initial backlight level adjustment for the current video frame and determining whether to adjust the backlight level adjustment for the current video frame based on a historical trend. The techniques may also determine the historical trend of backlight level adjustments between the current video frame and one or more preceding video frames in the sequence. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155120 | Color Adjustment Device, Method for Adjusting Color, and Display for the Same - A method for adjusting color measures tristimulus values of white, red, green, and blue at all grayscales performed on a LCD panel, and then converts a white-measured stimulus set (WX | 2013-06-20 |
20130155121 | WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTING METHOD - The invention relates to a white balance adjusting method, which includes steps of: obtaining the maximum and minimum spectral tristimulus values X | 2013-06-20 |
20130155122 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A driving apparatus of a display device includes: a panel driving unit that receives a panel control signal and a first light control signal from an external device, drives a display panel of the display device based on the panel control signal, processes the first light control signal, and outputs the processed first light control signal as a second light control signal; and a light driving unit that drives the light source based on the second light control signal, where the second light control signal is configured to have the light source provide light for the display panel after a completion of a pre-display operation of the panel driving unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155123 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed is an image output apparatus that outputs a plurality of image data to one or a plurality of image display apparatuses capable of controlling amounts of light of backlights, the image output apparatus including: a determining unit configured to determine whether the plurality of image data satisfy a predetermined condition; and a controlling unit configured to control, when the determining unit determines that the plurality of image data satisfy the predetermined condition, the one or the plurality of image display apparatuses such that either or both of amounts of light and number of light emission control units of the backlights used for display of the plurality of image data are the same. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155124 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - The method is for driving a display device including luminescence pixels arranged in rows and columns. The method includes: applying a black signal voltage to (a) a first target luminescence pixel in one row of each row pair and (b) a second target luminescence pixel in the other row at the same time, thereby starting the non-light-emission durations of the first and second target luminescence pixels simultaneously; (ii) applying a first data signal voltage to the first target luminescence pixel; (iii) applying a second data signal voltage to the second target luminescence pixel; and (iv) causing the first and second target luminescence pixels to emit light simultaneously based on these data signal voltages, thereby starting the light-emission durations of the first and the second target luminescence pixels simultaneously. The processing starts at different times for all row pairs. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155125 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus comprises a determination unit and a control unit, wherein when a block corresponding to an object region is not included in a predetermined number of blocks centered around a determination-target block, the determination unit determines that the determination-target block is a block which satisfies a predetermined condition, and wherein the control unit: sets a backlight emission brightness of a block corresponding to the object region to a first level, sets a backlight emission brightness of a block which satisfies the predetermined condition, among the blocks corresponding to a background region, to a second level that is lower than the first level, and sets a backlight emission brightness of a block which does not satisfy the predetermined condition, among the blocks corresponding to the background region, to a third level that is higher than the second level and not higher than the first level. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155126 | DETERMINATION OF DISPLAY DEVICE POWER CONSUMPTION - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to determination of display device power consumption. In example embodiments, an operating parameter of a display device of a computing device is received, which, in some embodiments, may be a current level of brightness of the display device. A level of power consumption of the display device may then be determined based on the operating parameter. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155127 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A 3D image display device is provided. The 3D image display device includes a display panel, a filter, a filter driver and a timing controller. The filter is disposed at a front surface of the display panel and comprises a light transmitting area for transmitting an images and a light blocking area for blocking an images. The timing controller converts a received 3D image into a copied 3D image, outputs the copied 3D image through the display panel in units of a frame, and controls the filter driver for switching between a position of the light transmitting area and a position of the light blocking area in units of a frame. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155128 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE HAVING FIRST LIGHT SOURCE, SECOND LIGHT SOURCE, AND CONTROL SECTION TO CONTROL DRIVE TIMING OF FIRST LIGHT SOURCE AND SECOND LIGHT SOURCE SUCH THAT DRIVE PATTERN OF SECOND LIGHT SOURCE IS INVERSION OF DRIVE PATTERN OF FIRST LIGHT SOURCE, AND PROJECTION APPARATUS AND PROJECTION METHOD WHICH UTILIZE SAID LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A light source device includes a first light source configured to emit light within a first wavelength band, a second light source configured to emit light within a second wavelength band, and a light source control section configured to control drive timing of the first light source with a first drive pattern, and to control drive timing of the second light source with a second drive pattern which is an inverted pattern of the first drive pattern of the first light source, such that a light emission period for light-source light using light emitted by the second light source is positioned between light emission periods for the light-source light emitted by the first light source, and such that a frequency of the light-source light using light emitted by the second light source is higher than a frequency of light emitted by the first light source. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155129 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A liquid crystal display system including a signal processing device uses interpolation to generate an intermediate image frame using previous image frame data and present image frame data. The system converts data of the intermediate image frame into transposed image data that is to be used to drive a liquid crystal display panel and display a corresponding image. The transposed image data and the present image data are subjected to a prespecified DCC process (dynamic capacitance compensation process) to thereby generate respective first and second compensation image data. Since the first compensation image data is generated based on the transposed image data and the transposition is configured to prevent over-compensation by the DCC process, over-compensation by the dynamic capacitance compensation process can be reduced or prevented. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155130 | PARTICLE REMOVAL DEVICE FOR INK JET PRINTER - A particle removal device for an ink jet printer is discussed. The particle removal device includes a first separator comprising an arrangement of obstacles including at least two rows of obstacles that extend laterally with respect to a flow path of ink in the first separator. The rows of obstacles are offset from one another by a row offset fraction. The arrangement of obstacles is configured to preferentially route larger particles having diameters greater than a critical diameter through the arrangement and along a first trajectory vector that is angled with respect to the direction of the flow path of the ink. The angle of the first trajectory vector with respect to the ink flow path is a function of the row offset fraction. Smaller particles having diameters less than the critical diameter travel through the arrangement along a second trajectory vector that is not substantially angled with respect to the flow path of the ink. The first separator causes a pressure drop of the ink of less than about 100 Pa. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155131 | DIGITAL PRINTING METHOD AND AN APPARATUS THEREFOR - A digital printing method includes printing timing marks for each of images; in reprinting after printing is temporarily suspended, feeding a web of paper to travel backwards so that a plurality of images and timing marks printed thereon before printing is temporarily suspended move towards upstream of a digital printer and thereafter feeding the web of paper to travel forwards again, and counting by mark sensors, upstream of the digital printer, the number of such timing marks moving in each of the backward feed and forward re-feed of the web of paper; and when the number of counts of the timing marks counted in the forward re-feed coincides with the number of counts of the timing marks counted in the backward feed, reinitiating to print consecutive images from a position following an image last printed before printing is temporarily suspended. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155132 | PRINTER AND LIQUID TRANSFER METHOD - A printer includes an ink storage unit that stores an ink; a head unit that ejects the ink onto a medium; a plurality of supply flow channels for supplying the ink from the ink storage unit to the head unit; a plurality of bypass flow channels hung between the supply flow channels which are respectively different; a maintenance solution storage unit that stores a maintenance solution; and a controller that causes the ink to circulate inside a circulation flow channel which is configured only by the supply flow channel and the bypass flow channel among the ink storage unit, the head unit, the supply flow channel and the bypass flow channel, and that causes the maintenance solution to flow from the maintenance solution storage unit into a section located further to the downstream side of the supply flow channel than the circulation flow channel, and into the head unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155133 | LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE AND LIQUID DISCHARGE METHOD - A liquid discharge device including a discharge unit including: an elastic discharge part including a storage chamber at least partially formed of an elastic component, a supply hole which leads to the storage chamber and through which liquid is supplied to the storage chamber, and a discharge hole through which the liquid is discharged; and an actuating unit configured to vary a volumetric capacity of the storage chamber. The liquid discharge device further includes: a pressurizing unit configured to pressurize the liquid to be supplied to the storage chamber to a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure; a supply control unit configured to control whether the pressurized liquid is supplied to the storage chamber; and an actuation control unit configured to control operation of the actuating unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155134 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a pressure chamber that communicates with a liquid supply section and a nozzle; an element that changes a pressure of liquid within the pressure chamber; and an ejection pulse generation section that generates an ejection pulse for operating the element to eject the liquid from the nozzle. The viscosity of the liquid is not less than 8 millipascal seconds. The nozzle has a first portion in which a liquid ejection side thereof has a smaller opening area than a pressure chamber side thereof, and a second portion which communicates with an ejection side end portion of the first portion. The ejection pulse has a depressurizing portion for depressurizing the liquid to attract a meniscus positioned on the second portion to the first portion, and a pressurizing portion for pressurizing the liquid to eject the liquid before the meniscus returns to the second portion. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155135 | FLUID EJECTION ASSEMBLY WITH CIRCULATION PUMO - A fluid ejection assembly includes a fluid slot, a recirculation channel, and a drop ejection element within the recirculation channel. A pump element is configured to pump fluid to and from the fluid slot through the recirculation channel. A first addressable drive circuit associated with the drop ejection element and a second addressable drive circuit associated with the pump element are capable of driving the drop ejection element and the pump element simultaneously. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155136 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A recording device includes: a detection unit converting scattering light generated by intersection between light emitted from a light-emitting unit and an ink droplet discharged from each nozzle of a nozzle array, into an electric signal in a light-receiving unit; a first signal generation unit amplifying the electric signal to generate a first electric signal; a determination unit determining presence or absence of an ink droplet based on a second electric signal representing change of the first electric signal; a relation information generation unit generating relation information in which an amplification value corresponding to the first electric signal generated when an arbitrary nozzle of the nozzle array discharges an ink droplet and the arbitrary nozzle are associated with each other; and a control unit performing control to amplify the electric signal at an amplification value according to a corresponding nozzle based on the relation information. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155137 | Method and System for Split Head Drop Size Printing - A method for operating an inkjet printer to form images that include both high density and low density segments has been developed. The method includes operating one printhead to eject ink drops with a large size to form high density segments of the image, and operating a second printhead to eject ink drops with a small size to form low density segments of the image. The large ink drops provide high coverage in the high density segments, and the small ink drops provide improved image quality in the low density segments of the image. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155138 | System For Detecting Leakage of Phase Change Inks - A printing apparatus includes a printhead module having an ink leakage detector to detect a leaked phase change ink. The ink leakage detector includes a plurality of resistance temperature detectors or resistive thermal devices to detect the leaked phase change ink. A horizontally mounted overdriven thermistor can also be used to detect leaked ink. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155139 | System and Method for Analysis of Test Pattern Image Data in an Inkjet Printer Using a Template - Test pattern template data are stored in a memory of a printer to identify locations spatially within image data of a test pattern printed by printheads in an inkjet printer. The test pattern template data identifies an origin of a test pattern in the image data and the distances between structures in the test pattern to enable test pattern structure in the image data to be detected and identified more easily. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155140 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORRECTING MEDIA SHIFT DURING IDENTIFICATION OF PRINTHEAD ROLL - A method for aligning a printhead to compensate for printhead roll when an image receiving member moves laterally during printing has been developed. The method includes generating at different times a plurality of marks in a process direction with different inkjets in a printhead and identifying relationships between marks in each plurality. Lateral motion is thereby detected and removed from the analysis identifying the magnitude of the roll corresponding to the locations of the marks in the pluralities of marks. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155141 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING MAINTENANCE UNIT PERFORMANCE - In a method for determining a maintenance performance of a maintenance unit of an inkjet printing system, the inkjet system comprises an inkjet print head having an orifice surface, the orifice surface comprising an orifice, which orifice is in fluid communication with an ink chamber. The method comprises operating the maintenance unit to perform a maintenance operation on the orifice surface of the inkjet print head and detecting the presence of a wiper element or amount of ink over the orifice by detecting a pressure wave in the ink chamber and analyzing the detected pressure wave to determine the maintenance performance of the maintenance unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155142 | THERMAL SENSING FLUID EJECTION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A fluid ejection assembly includes a fluid slot formed in a die. The assembly also includes a nozzle column is formed along a side of the fluid slot. The assembly also includes a pair of thermal sensors to measure die temperature at the middle of the nozzle column and at a first end of the nozzle column. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155143 | INK FOR INKJET RECORDING APPARATUSES, AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE - An ink for inkjet recording apparatuses is provided in which an adsorbed resin proportion calculated from a total resin mass and a free resin mass in the ink is at least 0.95 and less than 1.00, the ink containing in specific amounts, respectively: water; a pigment dispersion including a resin with a molecular weight in the range of 35,000 to 140,000 and a specific amount of pigment; glycerin and 1,3-propanediol as humectants; and 1,2-octanediol, which has 8 carbon atoms, as a high penetrating agent, and further containing a C2-C4 monoalkyl ether of a polyhydric alcohol as a penetrating agent. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155144 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet recording method includes applying a pigment-containing first black ink to a recording medium to record an edge region of an image, and applying a pigment-containing second black ink to the recording medium to record an inner region of the image. A dynamic surface tension γ | 2013-06-20 |
20130155145 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method applying a pretreatment liquid on the surface of a recording medium; and applying an inkjet ink including a colorant, a hydrosoluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water on the surface applied with the pretreatment liquid, wherein the hydrosoluble organic solvent includes at least one polyol including an equilibrium water content in an amount not less than 30% by weight at 23° C. and 80% RH; an amide compound having the following formula (I); and at least one of compounds having the following formulae (II) to (IV), and wherein a pure water transfers to the recording medium in an amount of from 1 to 15 mL/m | 2013-06-20 |
20130155146 | DEVICE FOR SERVICING AN INK JET PRINT HEAD ON A HAND HELD PRINTER - A hand-held printer that includes an inkjet array having a plurality of inkjets is disclosed. The hand-held printer may include an inkjet cap sized to cooperatively engage the inkjet array, wherein the inkjet cap is movable between and open position and a closed position, and a plurality of wipers carried by the inkjet cap, wherein each of the plurality of wipers is configured to engage one of the plurality of inkjets as the inkjet cap moves from the open position to the closed position; and wherein each of the plurality of wipers includes a gasket configured to form a seal adjacent to one of the plurality of inkjets. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155147 | REDUCING CONDENSATION ACCUMULATION IN PRINTING SYSTEMS - A printing system includes a printing system component and a wick assembly affixed to the printing system component. The wick assembly includes at least one textile pad for collecting condensation that forms on a surface of the printing system component. A heater for heating the wick assembly can be disposed within, adjacent to, or in contact with the wick assembly. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155148 | REDUCING CONDENSATION ACCUMULATION IN PRINTING SYSTEMS - A printing system includes a printing system component and a wick assembly affixed to the printing system component. The wick assembly includes at least one textile pad for collecting condensation that forms on a surface of the printing system component. A hydrophilic coating can be disposed over the surface of the printing system component. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155149 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - Dots with metallic ink are formed in an arrangement in which an average of distances between dots with the metallic dots is shorter than an average of distances between dots with color ink. The “distance between dots with the color ink” indicates a distance from a color dot to be focused to one color dot at the closest position thereto. The same holds true for the metallic ink. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155150 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A process for producing a liquid ejection head including a recording element substrate, an electrical wiring substrate provided with plural lead terminals, a support member provided with a concavity and a joining surface, and a sealant control wall arranged between a side surface of the recording element substrate and a side surface of the support member, the process including preparing a liquid ejection head in which the concavity and recording element substrate are mutually fixed, the joining surface and electrical wiring substrate are mutually fixed, and the lead terminals and connection terminal are mutually connected, and filling the sealant between the side surface of the recording element substrate and the side surface of the sealant control wall on the side of the recording element substrate followed by filling the sealant between a side surface of the sealant control wall on the side of the lead terminals and the lead terminals. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155151 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A support substrate and a liquid ejecting element substrate are bonded to each other with an adhesive agent to manufacture a liquid ejection head. The support substrate is provided with a liquid supply port and a recess or through hole in its main surface. The adhesive agent is applied onto the main surface of the support substrate by means of a roller holding the adhesive agent on its peripheral surface by moving the support substrate and the roller relative to each other such that the recess or through hole and the liquid supply port sequentially face the roller in this order. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155152 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE INCLUDING RECIRCULATION SYSTEM - A fluid ejection device including, at least, one recirculation system is disclosed. Such recirculation system contains, at least, one drop generator, recirculation channels that include an inlet channel, an outlet channel and a connection channel and a fluid feedhole that communicates with the drop generator via the inlet channel and the outlet channel of the recirculation channel. Also disclosed are inkjet pen containing it and method of using it. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155153 | Printhead Module - A printhead including a body; an actuator attached to the body, and an enclosed space between the actuator and the body forms a chamber; an opening defined by the body for releasing pressure in the chamber; and a seal attached to the opening to seal the chamber while permitting pressure to be released. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155154 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: flow channel units, each of which includes a pressure generating chamber operable to generate pressure therein and a nozzle plate formed with a nozzle; drive units, each of which includes a piezoelectric vibrator operable to apply a pressure vibration to the pressure generating chamber, and which correspond to the flow channel units; and a head casing to which the flow channel units and the drive units are fixed and which includes attachment parts. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155155 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid ejecting head contains a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer and an electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer, in which the piezoelectric layer contains a complex oxide containing bismuth, iron, barium, and titanium and having a perovskite structure, has a yield stress of 5.66 GPa or more, and has a Young's modulus of 114 GPa or more. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155156 | FLUID CARTRIDGE - An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer includes a bottom face and a front face; interfaces on the front face of the ink cartridge for connection to a cartridge receiving structure, the interfaces including an ink interface; a guide interface in the bottom face for guiding the cartridge along a straight line for connecting the interfaces; and a latch stop and a latch track disposed in the bottom face of the ink cartridge to guide and retain, respectively, a latch of the cartridge receiving structure. The latch track includes a locking track and an unlocking track to accommodate movement of the latch with respect to the latch stop, the locking track being at least partly separate from the unlocking track, the movement of the latch being along the locking track into a locked engagement position at insertion, and along the unlocking track into an unlocked position at ejection. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155157 | FLUID CARTRIDGE - An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer includes a bottom face and a front face; an ink interface on the front face of the ink cartridge for connection to a cartridge receiving structure; a guide interface in the bottom face for guiding the cartridge along a straight line during insertion into the cartridge receiving structure for connecting the ink interface; a latch track disposed in the bottom face of the ink cartridge to guide a latch of the cartridge receiving structure; a latch stop disposed in the latch track for engaging the latch, where the latch track comprises a locking track and an unlocking track to accommodate movement of the latch with respect to the latch stop, the locking track being at least partly separate from the unlocking track; and a latch guide for redirecting the latch towards the locking track, rather than the unlocking track. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155158 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, includes a liquid jet head; a container main body; an air opening mechanism configured to open and close an air opening path in the container main body. The air opening mechanism includes a holding part, and an opening member movably provided at the holding part. The opening member includes an air communicating path, a filter member, and an air room. An opening cross-sectional area of the air room in a direction perpendicular to an air flow-in direction is greater than an opening cross-sectional area of the air communicating path in a direction perpendicular to an air flow-in direction. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155159 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION HEAD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION HEAD - A liquid droplet ejection head includes plural nozzles; plural individual liquid chambers; a common liquid chamber supplying liquid to the plural individual liquid chambers; a filter sheet member including plural pores formed therein to filter the liquid; and a frame body including an opening part and being in connection with the filter sheet member with adhesive. Further, a size of a region where the plural pores are formed is greater than the opening part of the frame body; an adhesive accumulation area is formed on an inner peripheral end of the opening part; and a size of the adhesive accumulation area in a protruding direction of the adhesive is greater than a size of an area between adjacent pores in the filter sheet member. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155160 | WHITE INK FOR INK JET RECORDING AND RECORDING APPARATUS - White ink of the present invention for ink jet recording contains a white pigment having an average particle size of 200 nm to 400 nm and composed of metallic oxide, and the white ink satisfies Formula (1): | 2013-06-20 |
20130155161 | KEYBOARD MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are a keyboard manufacturing apparatus and method that provide improved printing of at least one of a letter, a symbol, a number, and a pattern onto a keycap of a keyboard. The keyboard manufacturing apparatus includes a loader to load a keyboard, an unloader to unload the keyboard, a printing device provided between the loader and the unloader to print at least one of the letter, symbol, number and pattern onto the keyboard, wherein the printing device includes a support on which the keyboard is positioned, and an inkjet unit to print the at least one of the letter, symbol, number and pattern onto the keyboard, wherein the inkjet unit includes an inkjet head containing ink with a color identical to a specific color to be printed onto the keyboard, and a hardeners positioned on one side of the inkjet head to dry the ink. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155162 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING DEVICE - A printing method comprises supplying a flocculant for promoting aggregation reaction of aggregative material that gels by aggregation to at least a region of a printing medium having a small capillary force, shooting droplets of ink containing the aggregative material by an ink jet method to at least the region of the printing medium having a small capillary force, and fixing the ink that has gelled by the aggregation reaction between the aggregative material and the flocculant onto the printing medium. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155163 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member configured to bear a toner image; a plurality of electrode portions; a control unit configured to control a voltage applied to the electrode unit based on image information; and a toner bearing member configured to bear toner and form a toner image on the image bearing member according to the voltage applied to the electrode portion, in which α>1.22 is satisfied and rx″/ry″ is defined as α, where Dy indicates a thickness of the image bearing member, Dx indicates a distance between the electrode portions adjacent to each other, rx″ indicates a resistance component of the image bearing member in a direction parallel to Dx and ry″ indicates a resistance component of the image bearing member in a direction parallel to Dy in a rectangular solid body including Dx and Dy in a side. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155164 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT FORMS IMAGE USING MULTIPLE LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENTS - An image-forming position displaces from an ideal position occurring due to a portion of a support substrate bending in a direction approaching a photosensitive drum. This displacement is set as a first gap data. Spot size expansion caused by bending of the support substrate can be reduced by using light amount control data that has been corrected in response to this first gap data. Furthermore, by using light amount control data corrected in response to second gap data that indicates displacement to an ideal position from exposure areas occurring due to decentering of the photosensitive drum, spot size expansion caused by decentering of the photosensitive drum can be reduced. | 2013-06-20 |