25th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110148869 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus in which a user can view a 3D image using shutter glasses is provided. The display apparatus, in which a user can view a three-dimensional (3D) image using shutter glasses, may include: a cover; a display module which is disposed in the cover and displays an image; and a transmitter which is disposed in the cover and transmits a synchronization signal to the shutter glasses to synchronize the image displayed by the display module with the shutter glasses. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148870 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING GRAPHIC TENTACLE MOTIONS - Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for generating graphic tentacle motions. In the method, a 3D tentacle is divided into a 1D center line and a 2D surface based on information about an initial mesh of the 3D tentacle. New locations of sample points of the center line in a new frame are determined from initial locations of sample points of the center line, based on a tentacle root motion. New locations of sample points of the surface in the new frame are determined from initial locations of sample points of the surface, based on both the initial locations of the center line sample points and the tentacle root motion. The surface is coupled to the center line using the locations of the sample points of both the center line and the surface in the new frame. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148871 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RENDERING WOVEN FABRIC MATERIAL BASED ON TYPE OF WEAVE - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for rendering woven fabric material based on a type of weave. The apparatus includes an input unit, a database (DB), a control unit, and a display unit. The input unit receives information about the type of weave and the material properties of the surface of a woven fabric object. The DB stores information about correlations between the types of weave and the material properties of the woven fabric objects and mathematical Bi-directional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF). The control unit searches the DB for rule data based on search condition information inputted from the input unit, and renders the woven fabric material. The display unit displays a rendered virtual woven fabric object in response to a control signal from the control unit. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148872 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - This invention is directed to provide a technique for efficiently, optimally deciding the shape and number of meshes when performing mesh coding for an object having a gradation. This invention is also directed to provide a technique for setting representative points to minimize the mesh distortion. A mesh generation unit divides an object area into a plurality of meshes and obtains position information, gradient information, and color information for each vertex of a mesh. A mesh control unit decides unnecessary vertices based on the difference between color information of each vertex and color information in the object area that corresponds to the vertex. An optimization unit obtains position information, gradient information, and color information of necessary vertices to minimize the difference between color information of each necessary vertex other than the unnecessary vertices and color information at a position in the object area that corresponds to the necessary vertex. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148873 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPOSING AN ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides a computer implemented method and apparatus for composing an assembly of a plurality of objects. The method comprises navigating in a PLM database and displaying 3D representations of modeled objects. The method further comprises selecting in the PLM database a plurality of the modeled objects. The method further comprises storing the selected modeled objects in an editable area. The selected modeled objects are three-dimensionally displayed in the editable area. The method further comprises composing the assembly in a scene by using at least one instance of at least one of the objects stored in the editable area. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING MUSCLES OF CHARACTER MODEL - Disclosed herein is a method and system for transforming the muscles of a character model. The muscles of a target model are created using the muscle information of a reference model. The system includes a reference model processor and a target model processor. The reference model processor creates a reference feature volume, that is, a 3D geometric shape, based on the skeleton and appearance information of the reference model, and subordinates the muscle information of the reference model to the feature volume. The target model processor deforms the reference feature volume to be suitable for the target model, and applies the muscle information of the reference model to the target model, thereby creating muscles for the target model based on the extent of the deformation of the reference feature volume. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148875 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING MOTION OF DYNAMIC OBJECT - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for capturing a motion of a dynamic object, and restore appearance information of an object making a dynamic motion and motion information of main joints from multi-viewpoint video images of motion information of a dynamic object such as a human body, making a motion through a motion of a skeletal structure on the basis of the skeletal structure, acquired by using multiple cameras. According to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to restore motion information of the object making a dynamic motion by using only an image sensor for a visible light range and to reproduce a multi-viewpoint image by effectively storing the restored information. Further, it is possible to restore motion information of the dynamic object without attaching a specific marker. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148876 | Compiling for Programmable Culling Unit - During compilation, the interval bounds for a programmable culling unit are calculated if possible. For each variable, interval bounds are calculated during the compilation, and the bounds together with other metadata are used to generate an optimized culling program. If not possible, then an assumption may be made and the assumption used to compile the code. If the assumption proves to be invalid, a new assumption could be made and the code may be recompiled in some embodiments. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148877 | EFFICIENT GEOMETRIC TESSELLATION AND DISPLACEMENT - Methods and computer-storage media are provided for rendering three-dimensional (3D) graphics by tessellating objects using novel structures and algorithms. Rendering utilizing “patches,” configurable functions that include a specified number of control points, allows for computation on a per-patch or per-control-point basis, in addition to traditional per-vertex, per-primitive, and per-pixel methods. This produces a number of advantages over previous tessellation methods, including the reuse of computations across existing vertices and the ability to process at a lower frequency. The operations to compute points are simplified in order to optimize system resources used in the process. Transitions from un-tessellated to tessellated objects are smoother utilizing the present invention, while developers have more flexibility in the level of detail present at different edges of the same patch. Detail within a displacement map also can be increased without negative effects associated with previous systems and methods. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148878 | AUTOMATIC TREE RESTRICTION - Systems and methods to provide automatic tree restriction are provided. In example embodiments, sizing parameters for a display location are determined. Data to be graphically displayed within the sizing parameters is accessed. A determination is then performed to determine if restriction of nodes associated with the data is needed based on the sizing parameters. If needed, restriction is performed based on the determination. The restriction is performed based on predetermined criteria established prior to the determining of the sizing parameters and the accessing of the data. A graphical display of the data within the sizing parameters may then be rendered. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148879 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LANE GRAPH VISUALIZATION - A system and method for lane graph visualization are described. In various embodiments, a system includes modules to receive and display nodes in topological order. In various embodiments, the system determines a structure for nodes and sorts the data nodes. In various embodiments, a user interface is provided for displaying the lane graph visualization. In various embodiments, the user interface offers interactivity features responsive to user interface events. In various embodiments, a method for lane graph visualization is presented. The method includes receiving nodes in topological order and displaying the nodes in a lane graph visualization. In various embodiments, the method provides interactivity features for the lane graph visualization. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148880 | Smart Impact Views - A technique for allowing collapse or expansion of a multi-node subgraph of a directed acyclic graph is disclosed. The subgraph may be collapsed or expanded with a single user interaction, retaining the important service context information and relations, while minimizing information of lesser importance in the service model. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148881 | DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM - In a liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer (LC/MS), three kinds of graphic data (or graphs) composed of an LC chromatogram, an MS chromatogram, and an MS spectrum should be mutually compared to perform a specific analysis. Conventionally, a plurality of graphs are arranged for comparison on one monitor in accordance with a user's purpose. However, when an operation is once terminated and then the graphs are displayed again or in other processes, their display formats are not reproduced. Hence, the user needs to manually set the desired layout every time, which is cumbersome. The data analysis system according to the present invention has been developed to solve this problem. The data analysis system has a layout memory for storing layout information including a plurality of kinds of graphs to be displayed on the monitor and the display position of each graph, and refers to the layout information when displaying the graphs. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148882 | FIRE SIMULTATION METHOD WITH PARTICLE FUEL - Disclosed is a fire simulation method using particle fuel. The fire simulation method includes: preparing a grid and a fuel particle in an initial state; calculating speed of the fuel particle by using the speed of the grid; calculating advection of the fuel particle; tracking and finding a fuel surface; setting temperature at the fuel surface; calculating buoyancy generated by the combustion of the fuel particle; calculating a vortex effect generated by the combustion of the fuel particle; calculating the speed of the grid meeting a incompressible condition based on a calculated result value for the buoyancy and the vortex effect; and obtaining a result of temperature transition from the change in temperature field advection and temperature based on the speed of the grid meeting the incompressible condition. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148883 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR COMPUTATION AND DISPLAY OF EQUIPMENT OPERATIONAL DATA - A method and system for displaying a characteristic of power associated with a first piece of electrical equipment that has an on-state and an off-state. A measurement of current consumed or produced by the first piece of electrical equipment in the on-state is received. Data derived from the current measured and associated times when the first piece of electrical equipment is in the on-state are stored on a memory device. A characteristic of power is calculated as a function of the data. A graphical representation of the first data as a multi-dimensional shape on a graph having a first axis with time increments and a second axis with increments representing units of the characteristic of power is displayed on a video display. The multi-dimensional shape includes a first dimension representing a duration of the on-state and a second dimension representing the characteristic of power consumed or produced by at least the first piece of electrical equipment during the time period associated with the duration of the on-state. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148884 | System and method for determining motion of a subject - A system and method of generating a representation or alteration of a subject. One or more devices may be attached to a subject, and a first signal transmitted towards the subject, the first signal interacting with the one or more devices to produce a second signal. The second signal may be received from the subject and data therein processed. A representation or alteration of the subject may then be generated as a function of the processed data. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148885 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EDITING ANIMATION DATA OF VIRTUAL OBJECT UTILIZING REAL MODEL - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for editing animation data of a virtual object using a model. The animation data editing apparatus using the model according to the embodiment of the present invention allows motion information acquired by measuring a real model to be used by computer graphic software for animation or modeling so as to produce a computer graphic model corresponding to the real model into an animation by being adjusted and modified by a designer on the basis of measured motion information. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148886 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING AN INDEXED LOOK-UP TABLE AND VIEWING A VECTOR ANIMATION SEQUENCE - A method for interactively viewing a vector animation sequence, including receiving an indexed look-up table that stores a plurality of local vector objects associated with tile regions of a first vector image, indicating a request for a desired portion of a second vector image, for display at a specified resolution, determining tile regions of a pre-processed vector image, wherein the pre-processed vector image includes a plurality of tile regions and a plurality of local vector objects, each local vector object being associated with one of the tile regions, requesting at least one tile region of the pre-processed vector image from a server computer, receiving local vector objects and local vector object indices, extracting local vector objects from the indexed look-up table according to the local vector object indices, and generating the desired portion of the second vector image using the received local vector objects and the extracted local vector objects. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148887 | GRAPHICS RENDER CLOCK THROTTLING AND GATING MECHANISM FOR POWER SAVING - An example of a controller circuit may include a policy module to generate a power reduction policy output based on a processor power state input. The power reduction policy output may also be generated based on a graphics render engine idleness input. The circuit can also include a clock masking cell to apply a clock masking configuration to a graphics render clock trunk based on the power reduction policy output. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148888 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE DISPLAY PANELS FROM A SINGLE GRAPHICS OUTPUT - Techniques for providing image information in a single graphics pipe for operation of a plurality of display panels, where a displaying of an image represented by data in the single graphics pipe is to span the plurality of display panels. In an embodiment, the plurality of display panels is represented to an operating system as a single display. In another embodiment, a scale factor may be determined for the representation of the plurality of display panels to conform to one or more criteria of the operating system. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148889 | Method and System for Improving Display Underflow Using Variable Hblank - Methods and apparatus for improving the effects of display underflow using a variable horizontal blanking interval are disclosed. One embodiment of the present invention is a method of display that includes detecting a data ready signal that indicates availability of display data for transmission from a display pipeline, and generating a line-transmit signal based upon a clock signal and the data ready signal. The line-transmit signal is provided to the display pipeline. The line-transmit signal is substantially coincident with the clock signal if the data ready signal is set, and may be delayed if the data ready signal is not asserted. The display pipeline transmits the display data upon receiving the line-transmit signal. Another embodiment is an apparatus including a display pipeline configured to set a data ready signal when the display data is available for transmission, and a timing generator coupled to the display pipeline and configured to generate a line-transmit signal based on the status of the data ready signal. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148890 | Synchronized media processing - An electronic device comprises a central processing unit, a graphics processing un and a power control unit comprising logic to develop a predictive model of power states for a central processing unit in the electronic device, and use the predictive model to synchronize activity of a graphics processing unit in the electronic device with periods of activity in the central processing unit. Other embodiments may be described. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148891 | Method and Apparatus for Frame Buffer Management - Methods and apparatuses for dynamic virtual frame buffer management. At least one embodiment of the present invention dynamically enables or disables the use of a virtual frame buffer, which is not under control of graphics hardware of a data processing system, without restarting the graphical user interface system (e.g., the window system) of the data processing system. For example, in response to the addition or removing of a frame buffer that is under control of a graphics controller (e.g., due to the activation or deactivation of the graphics controller, or the hot plug-in or hot disconnection of the graphics controller), the virtual frame buffer is disabled or enabled respectively. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148892 | Forming a windowing display in a frame buffer - A windowing display using deferred drawing commands operates by processing the drawing commands that write to a tile | 2011-06-23 |
20110148893 | OUTPUT BUFFER HAVING HIGH SLEW RATE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING OUTPUT BUFFER, AND DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE INCLUDING OUTPUT BUFFER - An output buffer having a high slew rate, a method of controlling the output buffer, and a display driving device including the output buffer. The output buffer includes: a first output buffer adapted to output a source line driving signal to a first output terminal in response to a first control signal and output a source driving signal to a second output terminal in response to a second control signal; a second output buffer adapted to output a source line driving signal to a third output terminal in response to the first control signal and output a source line driving signal to a fourth output terminal in response to the second control signal; and a feedback circuit for connecting the first through fourth output terminals to negative input terminals of the first and second output buffers in response to the first control signal and the second control signal | 2011-06-23 |
20110148894 | DEMAND-PAGED TEXTURES - A method and system may include a chip having graphics rendering hardware, a cache and a processor to execute an application with texture allocation logic to receive notification of a page miss from the graphics rendering hardware. The logic can map the page miss to a tile of a texture image, store the tile as an entry to the cache, and map the entry to a virtual address space of a virtual image corresponding to the texture image. The system may also include off-chip memory to store the texture image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148895 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DEPLOYMENT WITH A WARM CACHE - A cache image including only cache entries with valid durations of at least a configured deployment date for a virtual machine image is prepared via an application server for the virtual machine image. The virtual machine image is deployed to at least one other application server as a virtual machine with the cache image including only the cache entries with the valid durations of at least the configured deployment date for the virtual machine image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148896 | Grouping Pixels to be Textured - A region or group of pixels may be textured as a unit, using a range specifier and one or more anchor pixels to define the group. In some embodiments, processing grouped pixels improves efficiency. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148897 | Apparatus and methods for processing images - The disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for processing images. The method for generating a manga-style image from an input image comprises: generating a line drawing from the input image; generating a manga-style screening from an input image; and overlaying the line drawing and the manga-style screening to generate the manga-style image. The method can provide a high efficient way for auto-generating manga images. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148898 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING COMPLEX MATERIAL APPEARANCE INFORMATION - The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing material appearance information. The apparatus for processing material appearance information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a material appearance information inputting unit that receives material appearance information of each layer of multi-layered material; a material appearance information processor that processes material appearance information of each layer; and a rendering unit that performs rendering by using results of the material appearance information process. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148899 | Image Quality Configuration Apparatus, System and Method - A method includes detecting one of an application access or a file type access, and configuring, in response to detecting the application or file type access, automatically without user interaction, a display system in an image quality configuration for the application or the file type where the image quality configuration is based on providing best image quality with respect to the application or the file type. Configuring the display system in an image quality configuration, may involve determining that a profile associated with the application or associated with the file type is stored in memory, and configuring the display system according to the profile. The method may adjust at least one anti-aliasing parameter or at least one anisotropic filter parameter. The method may monitor an operating system to obtain an indication that an application has been accessed or that a file type has been accessed. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148900 | Compensated LCD display - A method for displaying an input image on a display includes receiving the input image to be displayed on the display. The image is modified with a first process to determine a driving signal for a two-dimensional backlight array of independently selectable light emitting elements of the display. The first modified image is modified with a second noise reducing process to determine a driving signal for a two-dimensional liquid crystal layer defining pixels of the display. The two-dimensional backlight array has a different density of light emitting elements than the two-dimensional liquid crystal layer defining the pixels of the display. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148901 | Method and System For Tile Mode Renderer With Coordinate Shader - A method and system are provided in which one or more processors and/or circuits are operable to generate position information for a plurality of primitives utilizing a coordinate shader, one or more lists based on the generated position information, and rendering information for the plurality of primitives utilizing a vertex shader and the generated one or more lists. The generated one or more lists may comprise indices associated with one or more primitives from the plurality of primitives and with one or more tiles from a plurality of tiles in a screen plane. The position information and the one or more lists may be generated during a first rendering phase, and the rendering information may be generated during a second rendering phase different from the first rendering phase. The coordinate shader may perform a subset of the operations supported by the vertex shader. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148902 | Evaluation method of display device - An evaluation method of a display device includes steps of obtaining a measured value of color difference, for the display device to be evaluated which is in a state of displaying a predetermined color reference image, determining a detection limit value of color difference for the display device, in consideration of spectral luminous efficiency which has a dependence on color, with use of a subjective evaluation result of color difference obtained for the display device which is in a state of displaying both the color reference image and a color comparison image in parallel, determining an evaluation parameter with use of the measured value of color difference and the detection limit value of color difference; and evaluating a display property of the display device with use of the evaluation parameter. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148903 | Image display system comprising a viewing conditions sensing device - The viewing conditions sensing device comprises an image sensing device and is able to output target viewing conditions under which the image display device displays images. Then, a color appearance adaptation module transform reference colors of images delivered under reference viewing conditions into target colors under target viewing conditions, according to a color appearance model, as the CIECAM, differentiating a display field from a surround field. According to the invention, the viewing conditions sensing device further comprises identifying means adapted for identifying, within the sensing images, the contour of the display field. The background and the surround are therefore better connected and the CIECAM model can be implemented more efficiently. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148904 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display apparatus according to this invention performs control so as to reduce the difference between image data input to a display unit and an image which is displayed on a display surface and acquired by an acquisition unit, based on the image data and the image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148905 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING PRE-EVENT AND POST-EVENT ANALYTE CONCENTRATION LEVELS - Embodiments of the invention provide apparatus, systems and methods wherein pre-event and post-event analyte concentration readings associated with an event are collected and processed to determine a numerical delta. The numerical delta may be displayed on a visual display to aid in a ready determination of the affect that the event (alone or in combination with medication and/or insulin dosages) had on the analyte concentration levels. Medication and/or insulin dosages may be displayed alongside the numerical delta to gauge immediate relationships between numerical delta, dosage and/or an associated event. Apparatus and systems for calculating and displaying the numerical delta are described, as are other aspects. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148906 | DATA DISPLAY METHOD AND DEVICE - A low power display and a method for display in a display device having an Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diodes AMOLED panel are provided. A display window that includes content to be displayed on the AMOLED panel is determined. Luminance values of pixels constituting the display window are grasped. The pixels having luminance values that are to be adjusted are determined in accordance with a distribution degree of pixels having luminance values that are larger than a reference luminance value. The luminance values of the determined pixels are changed to the reference luminance value, and the display window is displayed on the AMOLED panel with the changed luminance values. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148907 | Method and system for image display with uniformity compensation - A method and system are provided for image display with color transformations that also compensate for non-uniformities in different regions of a display. The method involves performing color measurements at different locations or zones of a display, and deriving respective compensation factors based on these measurements and corresponding target color values, such as those associated with a reference display. These zone- or location-specific compensation factors can be used to derive appropriate compensation factors for arbitrary pixels in an image, which are then used for color transformation of the pixels for display. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148908 | METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - In a method of processing data of a display apparatus, red, green and blue data are gamut mapped as red, green, blue and white data. The red, green, blue and white data are reconstructed by means of subpixel rendering to generate metameric sets dot pixels composed for example of one such dot pixel having red and green color components and another such dot pixel having blue and white color components such that when the metameric set dot pixels is lit up it produces a white colored region on the display apparatus and when un-lit it appears as contrastingly dark colored region on the display apparatus. By selectively forcing one metameric set of dot pixels to be un-lit, the method allows an immediately adjacent metameric set of dot pixels to be lit-up as a contrasting white region on the display apparatus. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148909 | GENERATING OBJECT REPRESENTATION FROM BITMAP IMAGE | 2011-06-23 |
20110148910 | COLOR CORRECTION TO COMPENSATE FOR DISPLAYS' LUMINANCE AND CHROMINANCE TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS - Displays are provided with circuitry performing color correction to compensate for the displays' luminance and chrominance transfer characteristics. Some techniques are suitable for RGBW displays and for subpixel-rendered displays. Some displays include an external light source (e.g. a backlight unit in LCDs), and the color correction is coordinated with dynamic control of the light source. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148911 | IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUIT - The image processing circuit | 2011-06-23 |
20110148912 | DISPLAY COLOR CORRECTING SYSTEM - A display color-correcting system is provided. Color response values are measured that go into the vertices of polyhedra in a cubic color output space of the display. A set of corresponding values for the display is built from intermediate values determined between the measured color response values. The intermediate values are determined by decomposition and interpolation of interpolation volumes in the cubic color output space. Each of the interpolation volumes is the combined volume of a selected polyhedron within the cubic color output space and a predetermined volume of space between the selected polyhedron and the next polyhedron within the cubic color output space. The set of corresponding values is converted into decoupled RGB adjustment values that specify the RGB signals independently for the display to produce corrected colors. The RGB adjustment values are saved into one or more look-up tables. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148913 | Processing of computer graphics - A graphics processing platform includes a rasteriser | 2011-06-23 |
20110148914 | Host apparatus connected to image forming apparatus and information displaying method thereof - Disclosed are a host apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus and an information displaying method thereof. An information displaying method of a host apparatus which receives a data of at least one image forming apparatus including: receiving a data of the image forming apparatus; displaying a User Interface (UI) screen including a data area displaying the data by item and a graphic area displaying a graph of the data in the data area; adding a data of an item in the data area to the graphic area; determining whether the data of the item added is graphicalizable; and graphicalizing and displaying the data of the item added in the graphic area according to the determination result. With this, the host apparatus provides a user with convenience in facilitating graph reprocessing and data expansion as the user needs with regard to a web solution or an application to control information of the image forming apparatus. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148915 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF CONTROL BY REFLECTING GRIP OF USER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a hand-held electronic device capable of manipulation by reflecting grip of user. The hand-held electronic device includes a display unit, a touch sensor, and a controller. The display unit is disposed in a front surface of the hand-held electronic device. The touch sensor is disposed in a certain region of the display unit, and sensing a touch of a user. The controller activates and displays a menu for manipulating the hand-held electronic device on the display unit, and performs control for the menu to be displayed in correspondence with the certain region of the display unit in which the touch sensor is disposed, when the touch sensor senses the touch of the user. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148916 | MODIFYING AVATAR BEHAVIOR BASED ON USER ACTION OR MOOD - Techniques are described for enabling the selection of wallpaper to modify the mood projected by an avatar. The mood projected by an avatar may be modified, for example, by modifying behaviors and/or appearance of the avatar to characterize a mood to be projected. The mood projected by an avatar also may be modified based on user action, such as user input of a mood to be projected by the avatar. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148917 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A BACKGROUND SETTING TOGETHER WITH ICONS AND/OR APPLICATION WINDOWS ON A DISPLAY SCREEN THEREOF - An electronic device is operable to display images on a display screen of the device's display. The images include at least one icon and at least one image to be used as a background setting for the display screen. The electronic device includes the display, at least one storage device, and a processing unit. The storage device(s) digitally stores the images and operating instructions for displaying the images. The processing device is operable in accordance with the operating instructions to: retrieve the images from the storage device, determine at least one portion of the background setting that is of higher importance than a remainder of the background setting to produce at least one high importance portion of the background setting, and instruct the display to display the background setting and the icons on the display screen such that the high importance portion(s) of the background setting is viewable. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148918 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold information that associates objects constituting images, with layers to which the objects belong, a display control unit configured to display hierarchical relationship of the layers and the objects belonging to respective layers on a display unit, based on information held in the retention unit, and a control unit configured to, when an object of interest out of displayed objects is moved by a predetermined distance or more from a layer to which the object of interest belongs, create a new layer and cause the object of interest to belong to the created layer. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148919 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS - An “accumulation buffer” process in a graphics processing system is carried out not by rendering each sub-frame making up the accumulated frame in its entirety in turn, but by subjecting each individual tile | 2011-06-23 |
20110148920 | GRAPHICS ITEMS THAT EXTEND OUTSIDE A BACKGROUND PERIMETER - Described herein are methods and systems that allow a user to reposition or size a graphics item or background such that a portion of the graphics item resides outside the background. This permits tailored operating spaces based on user preference and allowable conditions, which are particularly useful with display devices having a large display area. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148921 | Method for Creating Panels and Pattern-Making - A method comprises steps of: providing a textile coordinate system defined by a horizontal axis and a vertical axis; creating a panel comprising a plurality of panel points and lines defined on the textile coordinate system on the pattern-making window; adding a plurality of pattern-making layers associated with the panel to the pattern-making window; visualizing the panel and at least one of the plurality of pattern-making layers on the pattern making window; editing the panel by applying geometrical operations to the panel points and lines and the pattern-making points and lines; and storing the plurality of panel points and lines, the plurality of pattern-making points and lines, and time stamp of last modification to the panel in a pattern-making computer file. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148922 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MIXED REALITY CONTENT OPERATION BASED ON INDOOR AND OUTDOOR CONTEXT AWARENESS - Provided are an apparatus and method for mixed reality content operation based on indoor and outdoor context awareness. The apparatus for mixed reality content operation includes a mixed reality visualization processing unit superposing at least one of a virtual object and a text on an actual image which is acquired through the camera to generate a mixed reality image; a context awareness processing unit receiving at least one of sensed data peripheral to the mobile device and a location and posture data of the camera to perceive a peripheral context of the mobile device on the basis of the received data; and a mixed reality application content driving unit adding a content in the mixed reality image to generate an application service image, the content being provided in a context linking type according to the peripheral context. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148923 | POWER EFFICIENT MEMORY - A circuit includes a memory circuit. The memory retiling circuit moves image information configured to be distributed among a plurality of memory channels into reconfigured image information configured to be distributed among a subset of the plurality of memory channels. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148924 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR DISPLAYING AN ITEM IMAGE IN ACONTEXTUAL ENVIRONMENT - Method, apparatus, and system for providing an item image to a client for display in a contextual environment are described. In some embodiments, the user may select an item for display in the contextual environment, and the user may position a camera coupled to a processing system to capture the contextual environment. A marker may be generated and associated with an item selected by a user. In an embodiment, the generated marker may be placed in a location within the contextual environment, and the user's processing system may send a visual data stream of the camera-captured environment to a server. In an embodiment, the user's processing device may receive a modified data stream including an image of the item, and the user's processing device may display the item image in the same location as the marker. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148925 | IMAGE OVERLAYING DEVICE AND IMAGE OVERLAYING PROGRAM - An image overlaying device includes an image inputting unit, a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain template data which define a plurality of layout areas and to extract each of the plurality of layout areas from the obtained template data. The controller determines positions of the extracted plurality of layout areas. The controller stores, in the memory, layout order information corresponding to an order of the layout area and further stores, in the memory image order information corresponding to an order of the image data of the documents The controller determines corresponding image data of documents corresponding to each of the plurality of layout areas and generates overlaid image data by laying out, in each of the plurality of layout areas, the determined corresponding image data of the documents. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148926 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for operating an image display apparatus is provided that includes sensing a height or eye height of a user, dividing a screen of a display into an input window and an output window corresponding to the sensed height or eye height of the user, receiving an input on the input window, and displaying an image to correspond to the received input. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148927 | METHOD FOR ARRANGING IMAGES IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS ON SMALL DEVICES | 2011-06-23 |
20110148928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CORRECT MOTION IN GATED-PET IMAGES USING NON-RIGID REGISTRATION - A method of imaging is presented. The method includes reconstructing image data acquired at a plurality of time intervals to obtain a plurality of images. Further, the method includes generating a mean image using the plurality of images. The method also includes correcting motion in the mean image or the plurality of images or both the mean image and the plurality of images by iteratively determining convergence of the mean image or the plurality of images or both the mean image and the plurality of images to generate a converged mean image, a converged plurality of images, or both a converged mean image and a converged plurality of images. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148929 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAY CONTROL THEREOF - An electronic device comprises a slide detector on a rim of the electronic device to detect a slide gesture. The electronic device determines a rotation command for the slide gesture. If the gesture is clockwise, the corresponding rotation is clockwise and vice versa. Each rotation is 90 degrees to interchange the electronic device between a landscape view and a portrait view. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148930 | AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT OF A DISPLAY PARAMETER BASED ON VIEWER DISTANCE - A display system includes a display having at least one display parameter, a controller operatively coupled to the display, and a sensor operatively coupled to the controller. The sensor is configured and disposed to detect a distance between the display and a person viewing the display. The controller is configured and disposed to automatically reconfigure the at least one display parameter based on the distance between the display and the person viewing the display detected by the sensor. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148931 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SIZE OF DISPLAY DATA IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for controlling a size of display data in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a controller for automatically controlling a size of display data according to a preset user's reference eyesight. Accordingly, the size of displayed text can be automatically expanded or reduced in the portable terminal based on the user's eyesight or a distance of the user. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148932 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROWSING IMAGES - The present invention relates to a method for browsing images and an Image browser. The browsing is performed on a display of an electronic device having an image cache and includes the acts of determining an image, from accessible images not already stored in the image cache, being more likely to be displayed during the browsing than one image already stored in the image cache, storing the determined image in the image cache, shifting images presented on the display in response to a user input and at an image shifting rate of S. Said shifting images includes reading image data from the image cache and present the image on the display. The image browser includes a display, a dynamic Graphic User Interface, GUI, generator arranged to present images in accordance with a specific layout and to shift images at a specific image shifting rate S, an image cache arranged to temporarily store a plurality of images for use by the dynamic GUI generator, an access to a data storage, and an image retriever arranged to retrieve an image from the data storage and place it in the cache in case of the image retriever discovers an image in the data storage that is not present in the image cache and that is more likely to be displayed than one of the images present in the image cache. The image shifting rate S is frequently updated and is proportional to the present number of images in the image cache that are likely kept for browsing. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148933 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - In a communication terminal device, in a case where the arrangement of the windows is changed in a list screen, an overhead screen is initially displayed, in which the list screen is overviewed, and the arrangement of the windows is subsequently changed in the overhead screen, and a magnified screen (original screen) of the overhead screen, in which the arrangement of the windows has been changed, is displayed last, as described in the foregoing. By displaying a magnified image, it is possible to make windows better visible in a small display area of a mobile phone. Also, in a case where a window exists that cannot be displayed in a magnified screen, by displaying an overhead screen, it becomes possible for a user to recognize a fact that a window that cannot be displayed exists in a magnified screen, and also recognize a position of the window. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148934 | Method and Apparatus for Adjusting Position of an Information Item - An apparatus, comprising a processor, memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, identify a first information item positioned coincidingly with a determined position of a display boundary, determine at least one split region candidate, select a split region from the at least one split region candidate, and adjust position of the first information item so that the selected split region coincides with the determined position of the display boundary is disclosed. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148935 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTROL OVER A DEVICE DISPLAY BASED ON DEVICE ORIENTATION - An apparatus for enabling provision of control over a device display based on device orientation may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving an indication of data associated with a first potential display view, receiving orientation information indicative of an orientation angle of a device including a display, and enabling provision of a display view at the display that includes a variable portion the first potential display view based on the orientation angle. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148936 | Associating Media Content Items With Geographical Data - Systems and techniques are disclosed for associating and presenting media content items with locations on a geographical track path. For example, the frames of a video segment can be associated with locations on a track path. The track path can be based on position data, including position coordinates and a corresponding time coordinates, obtained while the video frames were captured. Locations for the video frames can be determined based on a start time of the video segment, a frame rate of the video segment, and the position data. The video segment can be displayed with user controls that enable a user to manipulate the frame of the video segment being displayed including a time indicator and a location indicator displayed on the track path. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148937 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BRIGHTNESS THEREOF - An organic light emitting display apparatus having a pixel circuit, the pixel circuit including an organic light emitting diode (OLED); a capacitor having a first terminal connected to a first node, and a second terminal connected to an anode electrode of the OLED; a switching transistor having a gate electrode connected to a scanning line, a first electrode connected to a data line, and a second electrode connected to the first node; and a driving transistor having a first gate electrode connected to the first node, a first electrode connected to a first power supply, a second electrode connected to the anode electrode of the OLED, and a second gate electrode connected to a common voltage line. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148938 | DISPLAYED CONTENTS SECURING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND DISPLAYED CONTENTS VIEWING DEVICE - A system and method for securing contents displayed on a display device, and a device for viewing displayed content are provided. The system may include a first device and a communication module. The communication module may be adapted to communicatively connect the first device to the display device. The first device may be adapted to control, via the communication module, the display device to alternately display a first content and a second content. The second content may contain interference information. The device for viewing displayed content may be adapted to alternately let light through and shut off light. With the device for viewing displayed content, the first content displayed is viewable by an intended viewer while the second content displayed is un-viewable by the intended viewer. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148939 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING CONTRAST AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for adjusting a contrast of an electrophoretic display (EPD) includes: displaying a full white image and detecting the light intensity of the full white image; displaying a full black image and detecting the light intensity of the full black image; computing the ratio of the detected light intensity of the full white image and the detected light intensity of the full black image to obtain a contrast; comparing the contrast with a predetermined contrast value or range; and adjusting the contrast to an adjusted contrast matching the predetermined contrast or falling within a predetermined contrast range if the contrast of the second display area does not match the predetermined contrast or fall within the predetermined contrast range. A related display device and EPD are also provided. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148940 | DRIVING METHOD FOR LOCAL DIMMING OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A driving method for local dimming of a LCD device includes dividing a frame into a plurality of blocks corresponding to a plurality of dimming blocks of a backlight unit, calculating an average value of each color in a block by analyzing image data of the block and determining, for the block, a local dimming value of each color corresponding to the average value of the color, detecting a maximum value among the average values of respective colors in the block determining a luminance local dimming value corresponding to the maximum value in the block, driving a plurality of LEDs corresponding to the block in the backlight unit on a color basis according to the local dimming value of each color in the block, or a color basis using the same luminance local dimming value according to whether the block is a chromatic color area or an achromatic color area. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148941 | DRIVING METHOD FOR LOCAL DIMMING OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A driving method for local dimming of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) device and an apparatus using the same are disclosed. The driving method includes determining a dimming value of each of a plurality of local dimming blocks into which a backlight unit is divided to be driven on a block basis by analyzing input image data on a block basis, detecting a high gray area concentrated with high gray levels from each local dimming block based on the analysis of the input image data, and generating position information about the high gray area according to a distance between the high gray area in the block and an adjacent block, and compensating the dimming value of each of the plurality of local dimming blocks by spatial filtering using a spatial filter having a different filter size or different filter coefficients for local dimming blocks according to the position information about the high gray area in the local dimming block. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148942 | Display data correction by numerical operation suitable for display panel driver - A display data correction apparatus is provided with: a control circuit responsive to an input gray-level value for initially providing first to N-th control points (N≧3) defined in a coordinate system in which a first coordinate axis is associated with the input gray-level value and a second coordinate axis is associated with an output gray-level value to be calculated for the input gray-level value; and a processing circuit obtaining an output gray-level value by repeating an update operation in which the first to N-th control points are updated. The degree (N−1) Bezier curve is used as an approximated curve of the gamma curve. The output gray-level value is finally obtained as the coordinate value of a specific point in the degree (N−1) Bezier curve along the second coordinate axis, where the specific point has the coordinate value closest to the input gray-level value along the first coordinate axis. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148943 | METHOD FOR DRIVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for driving a three dimensional (3D) display and a 3D display apparatus using the same are provided. The 3D display apparatus includes a storage unit which stores a received image; and a controller which compares a previous frame of the received image with a current frame of the received image, and determines whether or not to input an image of the current frame to a liquid crystal panel based on whether the previous frame is identical to the current frame. Therefore, a method for driving a 3D display which does not cause characteristics of a liquid crystal to be deteriorated and a 3D display apparatus using the same are provided. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148944 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a light emitting functional layer disposed between a first and second substrates; a first pixel which emits light to the second substrate and has a first pixel electrode disposed between the light emitting functional layer and the first substrate, a second electrode disposed between the light emitting functional layer and the second substrate, and a first reflecting layer disposed between the first pixel electrode and the first substrate; a second pixel which emits light to the first substrate side and has a second pixel electrode disposed between the light emitting functional layer and the first substrate, a second electrode disposed between the light emitting functional layer and the second substrate, and a second reflecting layer disposed between the second electrode and the second substrate; and a driving element which drives the first and second pixel electrodes is disposed above first substrate. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148945 | D/A CONVERTER CIRCUIT AND ITS VOLTAGE SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - A DAC includes a DAC unit that selects one of a plurality of selection voltages according to an input digital signal, and outputs the selected selection voltage as an analog signal, a first power-supply voltage terminal through which a first power-supply voltage is supplied to a first terminal of a transistor constituting the DAC unit upon power-up of the DAC unit, and a voltage supply control unit that detects a potential difference between the first power-supply voltage and a second voltage used to generate the selection voltages, outputs a voltage corresponding to the first power-supply voltage to a second terminal of the transistor constituting the DAC unit when the potential difference is larger than a predetermined value, and outputs a voltage corresponding to the second voltage to the second terminal of the transistor constituting the DAC unit when the potential difference is smaller than the predetermined value. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148946 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The image display apparatus includes first lines connecting electron-emitting devices which each include a pair of electrodes and an electron-emitting portion located between the electrodes, second lines having a resistance greater than that of the first lines, an insulating layer covering the second lines, and a resistive film which is connected to the first lines, which covers the insulating layer, and which has a surface resistivity of 10 | 2011-06-23 |
20110148947 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - A display device includes a gray scale value counting module, a ratio generating module, a first sub-frame function module, a second sub-frame function module, and a display panel. The gray scale value counting module is configured for generating a gray scale value counting signal according to image data of each frame. The ratio generating module is configured for generating a ratio value signal according to the gray scale value counting signal. The first and second sub-frame function module are configured for generating first sub-frame image data and second sub-frame image data according to the ratio value signal and the image data respectively. The display panel is configured for displaying a first sub-frame image and a second sub-frame image according to the first and second sub-frame image data. A method for driving a display device is also provided. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148948 | CIRCUITS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of operating a display including loading image data to pixels in multiple rows of pixels in an array of pixels during a data loading phase, actuating the pixels in the multiple rows during an update phase, and illuminating at least one lamp during an lamp illumination phase to illuminate the actuated pixels to form an image on the display, in which each of the loading, actuating and illuminating phases partially overlap in time. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148949 | DISPLAY PANEL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display panel device includes: a luminescence element; a capacitor; a driver that passes a drain current through the luminescence element; a data line that supplies a signal voltage to the capacitor; a switch that switchably interconnects the data line and the capacitor; and a controller. The controller is configured to: apply a predetermined bias voltage to a second capacitor electrode to prevent a flow of the drain current; turn ON the switch to supply the signal voltage to a first capacitor electrode; apply a reverse bias voltage to the second capacitor electrode to flow a discharge current between a source of the driver and the second capacitor electrode; and turn OFF the switch, after a lapse of a predetermined period of time since the discharge current is caused to flow, to stop the supply of the signal voltage to the first capacitor electrode. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148950 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING BACKLIGHT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A backlight driving apparatus of a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus including a master trans and a slave trans for supplying a current to a plurality of lamps, and a master driver and a slave driver for driving the lamps, includes an operated condition unit that converts an AC voltage generated in accordance with a phase difference between a master AC voltage and a slave AC voltage fed back from the master trans and the slave trans, respectively, into an analog DC voltage; a protect controller that determines an error is generated during an operation of the lamps using the analog DC voltage and outputs an operating error signal when an error is generated; and a lamp driving controller that stops driving the master driver and the slave driver in response to the operating error signal. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148951 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A plasma display panel driving method is provided in which one field of an image signal includes a plurality of sub fields each having an initialization period, an address period and a sustain period, one field period includes an all-cell initialization sub field in which an initializing discharge is generated by applying an initialization voltage to all the discharge cells to display the image in the initialization period, the initialization voltage can be varied, and the initialization voltage when an image satisfying predetermined conditions is displayed is set to be lower than an initialization voltage when an image satisfying no predetermined conditions is displayed. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148952 | COLOR IMAGING SYSTEM - A color imaging system includes a sensor assembly having a plurality of sensor pixels for sensing incident light. The sensor pixels generate photocurrents in response to sensing the incident light. An image processor receives the photocurrents and computes a plurality of photocurrent values. A display processor receives the photocurrent values and calculates a plurality of power values. A display driver receives the power values and generates a plurality of power signals. The color imaging system further includes a display device having a plurality of light emitting devices, each being powered by one of the power signals for emitting light. At least one of the light emitting devices is a deep-violet light emitting device for only emitting light having a peak emission wavelength in the range of 400 to 405.87 nm and having a full width at half maximum (FWHM) value of no greater than 1 nm. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148953 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING - A display driver having a first mode where a number of colors to be displayed is smaller than a predetermined number and a second mode where a number of colors to be displayed is equal to or larger than the predetermined number. A generation circuit generates gray scale voltages having a plurality of levels for positive polarity and negative polarity. In the first mode, the generation circuit decreases a current flowing into an internal circuit which generates a gray scale voltage of an intermediate level other than two gray scale voltages of a lowest and a highest level, in comparison to a current flowing in the second mode. In the first mode, the selection circuit selects a gray scale voltage in accordance with the display data, from the two gray scale voltages of the lowest and the highest level gray scale voltage which are generated from the generation circuit. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148954 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - For an image display apparatus, cost reduction is enabled to prevent display errors while ensuring operational margin to prevent display errors even when the delay time of gate line driving signals is large. A source driver of a liquid-crystal display apparatus includes a data latch circuit for supplying display data to a decode circuit. A gate line inactivation transition detecting circuit detects inactivation of each of a plurality of gate lines and activates a detect signal for a certain period with that timing. The data latch circuit updates the held display data in response to activation of the detect signal. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148955 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, PUMP CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming device includes a pump which supplies a recording fluid contained in a first container to a second container via a tube, and a control unit configured to perform rotation of a roller disposed in the pump to press the tube and feed the recording fluid in the tube. When a negative pressure in the second container is not formed by performing a first backward rotation of the roller by a predetermined amount, the control unit performs a forward rotation of the roller and performs a second backward rotation of the roller after an end of the forward rotation. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148956 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus comprising; a recording portion for recording an image on a recording medium, said recording portion having an inkjet head unit including a plurality of connected line heads, an acquisition portion for acquisitioning pixel information indicated by a pixel of a document, a memory portion for storing position information of a joint portion of said head unit and head property information, a prediction portion for seeking output property by each printing directions based on said pixel information, said position information and said head property information, a direction conversion portion for converting a printing direction to reduce influence of the joint portion of said head unit on the document based on the output property acquired by said acquisition portion and said direct conversion output to said recording portion. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148957 | Bidirectional Ink Pump - An ink delivery and recovery system includes a first reservoir for containing ink for delivery to a plurality of ink jets of an imaging device, a second reservoir spaced apart from the first reservoir for containing ink for delivery to the first reservoir, and a third reservoir for capturing ink emitted from the plurality of ink jets. A first conduit is connected to the first reservoir and configured to permit flow of ink in a single direction toward the first reservoir. A second conduit is connected to the third reservoir and configured to permit flow of ink in a single direction away from the third reservoir. A third conduit is connected between the second reservoir and the first conduit and second conduit, the third conduit being configured to permit bidirectional flow of ink from the second reservoir toward the first and second conduits and from the first and second conduits toward the second reservoir. A bidirectional pump is associated with the third conduit. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148958 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHIC SECURITY TO A DOCUMENT AT THE TIME OF PRINTING - A method of printing an image having a graphic security element included therein includes receiving main image data representing a main image, receiving graphic security element data representing a graphic security element to be included in the main image, receiving a request to print the main image, responsive to receiving the request to print the main image, determining particular pixels of the main image data that are to be shifted based on the graphic security element data, and causing a plurality of ink deposits to be deposited on the print medium based on the main image data including causing the position of each of the ink deposits on the print medium that is determined to correspond to shifted pixels to be shifted relative to a normal position that would normally result from the main image data. Also, system that implements the method is provided. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148959 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS, INK JET PRINTING METHOD, DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an inkjet printing apparatus and an inkjet printing method for printing a high-definition image while improving glossiness of the image surface without causing complication and enlargement of the apparatus. A plurality of inks are ejected from first and second printing heads so that a weighted average of a printing rate for each scan regarding an ink having the highest lightness becomes the largest among the plurality of inks and so that a maximum value regarding the printing rate of the ink having the highest lightness becomes larger than those of other inks. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148960 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS HAVING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - The opening area and shape of ejection orifices provided in an ejection orifice member influence the amount of liquid droplet. Therefore, it is necessary to check the opening area and shape of the ejection orifices in detail. For this purpose, in a liquid ejection head having ejection orifices used for ejecting liquid using energy generated by energy generating elements and a dummy ejection orifice having the same shape as the ejection orifices and not used for ejection of liquid, an examination member is provided at a position facing the dummy ejection orifice. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148961 | DRIVING APPARATUS OF INKJET HEAD - An inkjet head driving apparatus, wherein serial data indicating emission or non emission of nozzles respectively for a plurality of heads, is latched and memorized, and the nozzles are driven respectively based on the data memorized, the inkjet head driving apparatus having: an emission timing signal outputting device disposed in common for a plurality of heads so as to output a plurality of emission timing signals in one emission cycle; a setting device disposed respectively for the plurality of the heads so as to select the sequential emission timing signals at which emission starts synchronously, among the emission timing signals outputted from the emission timing signal outputting device in one emission cycle. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148962 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A return component that gently expands the volume of the pressure generating chamber, wherein a time interval of the expansion component is longer than that of the expansion holding component, and a time interval of the return component is longer than that of the contraction holding component, wherein a first reference potential is set to be 50% or more of the potential of the contraction holding component, and wherein when the ejection driving pulse is applied to a piezoelectric oscillator, a flow rate of the ink ejected from the nozzle opening is 0.36 mg/s or more. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148963 | Method for Driving Liquid Ejector - A method for driving a liquid ejector ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110148964 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING SYSTEM - When a gradation mask is used to distribute image data to be recorded by overlapping portions in an overlapping head, color unevenness is generated in an image recorded by the overlapping portions due to a displacement in impact positions caused by an assembly error. As a result, accurate colorimetric measurement of patches recorded by the overlapping portion cannot be performed. To solve such a problem, a distribution ratio by which the image data is distributed to the overlapping portions is set to be approximately constant when recording a test pattern for performing color correction, as compared to when normally recording the image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148965 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND RECOVERY METHOD - An inkjet printing apparatus of the present invention is equipped with a recovery device for recovering an ink ejection state of a print head. The print head has a plurality of nozzle rows each for ejecting an ink of a different color, and a nozzle surface. The recovery device performs wiping of the nozzle surface and preliminary ejection from the print head. After the wiping, an evaluation patch is created by performing the preliminary ejection onto a printing medium, and the number of preliminary ejections of a specific nozzle is increased to a number larger the number of preliminary ejections of other nozzles based on an image of the evaluation patch. It is possible to appropriately decide the number of preliminary ejections for each nozzle according to color mixture parts that vary for every apparatus. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148966 | CONTROLLING DEVICE - A controlling device may perform an image process on specific image data so as to generate processed image data, supply the processed image data to the print performing unit and perform, in order to compensate variability of discharging amount of ink droplets discharged from the plurality of nozzles, a specific process on a target pixel within target image data using correction data for a target nozzle which forms a dot at a position on a print medium corresponding to the target pixel. The correction data may be data acquired using two or more sets of characteristic data corresponding to two or more nozzles of the plurality of nozzles. The two or more nozzles may include the target nozzle and a specific nozzle. The specific nozzle may be to form a raster near a target raster formed on the print medium by the target nozzle. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148967 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OPERATING STATE OF A FLUID CHAMBER OF AN INKJET PRINT HEAD - In a method for detecting an operating state of at least one fluid chamber of an inkjet print head, after having generated a pressure wave in the fluid chamber, a resulting pressure wave in the fluid chamber is detected. A detection signal corresponding to the detected pressure wave is then generated and a state indicator is determined from the detection signal using a wavelet window, the state indicator being suitable for deriving an operating state of the fluid chamber. This method enables reliable state detection. In an embodiment, it is enabled to perform the state detection between subsequent droplet ejections, thereby obtaining a highly reliable inkjet process. | 2011-06-23 |
20110148968 | MULTI-PASS CALIBRATION IN FIXED PRINTHEAD ARRAY PRINTERS - Methods and apparatus herein provide for automated calibration of multiple printheads used in a multi-pass printing system. Aspects hereof print a plurality of gray scale printed patterns each printed pattern corresponding to a gray scale value for each of the multiple printheads. The printed patterns are then measured to determine the intensity (e.g., optical density) of each of the printed patterns. A measurement function is derived from the measured intensity and gray scale levels used to print each pattern. Calibrated transfer functions are then determined from the measurement function and target function where each calibrated transfer function relates, for a corresponding printhead, an input gray scale level of a pixel in an image to be printed to a calibrated gray scale level to use for the corresponding printhead when operating in multi-pass mode. | 2011-06-23 |