34th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140232717 | Merging Three-Dimensional Models of Varying Resolution - Systems and methods for merging three-dimensional models, such as a three-dimensional range sensor-based model and a three-dimensional camera-based model, are provided. According to aspects of the present disclosure, an enhanced volumetric merging technique can be used to merge the three-dimensional models. A plurality of voxels can be constructed for a three-dimensional space. A first distance field can be propagated based on the range sensor-based model in an extended margin between the range sensor-based model and a range sensor viewpoint. A second distance field can be propagated based on the camera-based model for voxels in the extended margin. A cumulative distance field can be determined based at least in part on the first field and the second distance field. The merged three-dimensional model can be constructed from the cumulative distance field using, for instance, a suitable meshing algorithm. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232718 | DENSIFYING AND COLORIZING POINT CLOUD REPRESENTATION OF PHYSICAL SURFACE USING IMAGE DATA - Image data obtained from an image sampling of a physical surface is integrated with position data obtained from a three-dimensional surface sampling of the same physical surface by combining data from the images with the measured surface points from the surface sampling to create additional “implied” surface points between the measured surface points. Thus, the originally obtained point cloud of measured surface points is densified by adding the implied surface points. Moreover, the image data can be used to apply colors to both the implied data points and the measured data points, resulting in a colored three-dimensional representation of the physical surface that is of higher resolution than a representation obtained from only the measured surface points. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232719 | VOLUME RENDERING OF MEDICAL IMAGES - Certain embodiments provide a photo-realistic rendering apparatus and method. An illumination model is used that includes placing a synthetic or virtual light source adjacent a region of tissue of interest in order to visualize the thickness of the tissue by modeling how light from the virtual light source interacts with the tissue of interest, through effects including absorption and scattering, as light emitted from the light source travels through the tissue of interest to a view point of view plane. It is simulated how some light is absorbed making tissue regions that are thicker darker (since more of the light is absorbed and the intensity reduces) and more red (since tissue tends to absorb blue and green wavelengths more strongly than red wavelengths and this chromatic effect is incorporated in the illumination model). A 2D image can thus be provided in which the color and intensity of light propagating through the tissue provides visual feedback on the tissue thickness. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232720 | RAY TRACING SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES AND METHODS - Aspects comprise systems implementing 3-D graphics processing functionality in a multiprocessing system. Control flow structures are used in scheduling instances of computation in the multiporcessing system, where different points in the control flow structure serve as points where deferral of some instances of computation can be performed in favor of scheduling other instances of computation. In some examples, the control flow structure identifies particular tasks, such as intersection testing of a particular portion of an acceleration structure, and a particular element of shading code. In some examples, the aspects are used in 3-D graphics processing systems that can perform ray tracing based rendering. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232721 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING FULL AZIMUTH ANGLE DOMAIN IMAGE DATA - A device, system, and method for displaying seismic image data may include computing, from a wide-azimuth data set, a discrete data set associated with an image function at a seismic image point. The discrete data set may be mapped onto a continuous curved three-dimensional surface. The mapped data set may be projected onto a continuous planar surface. The projected data may be displayed as a planar disk. A plurality of continuous planar surfaces, each representing a single image point, may be assembled to form a three-dimensional body, representing a seismic gather of image points. The three-dimensional body may be displayed. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232722 | DISPLAY SCREEN HAVING REGIONS OF DIFFERING PIXEL DENSITY - A display device including: a display screen having first region and second region, the first region having a first pixel density and the second region having a second pixel density, the second pixel density being higher than the first pixel density, an input for receiving image data, a power source; and wherein the display screen is operable in a full screen mode in which an image is displayed in both the first region and the second region and a reduced screen mode in which power to the first region is turned off and the image is displayed in the second region. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232723 | MOVING VISUALIZATIONS BETWEEN DISPLAYS AND CONTEXTS - Apparatus and methods for displaying a visualization of an object within a boundary area of a first display based on first display characteristics thereof, determining second display characteristics of a second display, formatting the visualization based on the second display characteristics, and providing the visualization to the second display without at least a portion of the boundary area for display thereon. The visualization may be displayed with a visualization context on the first display, and another visualization may be displayed with a visualization context on the second display. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232724 | MOVING VISUALIZATIONS BETWEEN DISPLAYS AND CONTEXTS - Apparatus for and methods including displaying a visualization of an object within a boundary area of a first display based on first display characteristics, determining second display characteristics of a second display, and formatting the visualization based on the second display characteristics. The visualization is then provided to the second display, without at least a portion of the boundary area, for display on the second display. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232725 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A graph estimated to represent hepatic veins is extracted from image data. Shape models representing partial tree structures branched from a point of origin within a tree structure representing a common shape of hepatic veins are obtained. A cost function correlates the graph with the shape models. Whether parts extending from the peaks of correlated graph parts and not correlated with a shape model exist within the extracted graph is judged. Positional data of the peaks are obtained as data representing the position of the point of origin in the case that no such parts exist, or positional data of a node closest to an estimated position of the point of origin, specified by tracing along the nodes of such parts from the peaks to approach the estimated position, is obtained as data representing the position of the point of origin, in the case that such parts exist. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232726 | SPACE-FILLING CURVE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SPACE-FILLING CURVE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A space-filling curve processing system includes a data density acquisition unit ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140232727 | METHOD FOR GENERATING WRITING DATA AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An apparatus and a method for generating writing data by obtaining data generation information in an electronic device are provided. A method for inputting data in the electronic device includes displaying an attribute of the writing data by detecting a first input, checking a type of the writing data by detecting a second input, and determining output writing data, and displaying the output writing data according to the attribute of the writing data. The attribute of the writing data includes at least one of a position of the writing data to generate, a length, an angle, or a vertex of a line of the writing data. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232728 | Display Apparatus Incorporating Reflective and Absorptive Polarizers - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for reducing ambient light reflections from a surface of a display device in a power efficient manner. The display device includes a reflecting circular polarizer (RCP) and an absorbing circular polarizer (ACP) having the same polarity. The RCP provides light recycling functionality, while the ACP provides ambient light reflection suppression. In some implementations, the light generated by the display device is polarized by the RCP before it is incident on the ACP, which is located at the front of the display device. Because the polarities of the RCP and the ACP are the same, the ACP substantially passes all of the incident polarized light towards the front of the display device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232729 | POWER EFFICIENT ATTRIBUTE HANDLING FOR TESSELLATION AND GEOMETRY SHADERS - Attributes of graphics objects are processed in a plurality of graphics processing pipelines. A streaming multiprocessor (SM) retrieves a first set of parameters associated with a set of graphics objects from a first set of buffers. The SM performs a first set of operations on the first set of parameters according to a first phase of processing to produce a second set of parameters stored in a second set of buffers. The SM performs a second set of operations on the second set of parameters according to a second phase of processing to produce a third set of parameters stored in a third set of buffers. One advantage of the disclosed techniques is that work is redistributed from a first phase to a second phase of graphics processing without having to copy the attributes to and retrieve the attributes from the cache or system memory, resulting in reduced power consumption. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232730 | INFORMATION ACQUISITION/PRESENTATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION ACQUISITION/PRESENTATION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - Based on whether a display region of a display for displaying information provided from an information providing center is large or small, in a state in which a display area is small (display pixel is small or number of characters that can be displayed in character array direction is small), an information presentation ECU requests the information providing center to provide mobile-ready information to be displayed in the state in which the display area is small by access in a mobile user agent. Meanwhile, in a state in which the display area is large (display pixel is large or number of characters that can be displayed in character array direction is large), the information presentation ECU requests the information providing center to provide PC-ready information to be displayed in the state in which the display area is large by access in a PC user agent. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232731 | DISPLAY POWER MANAGEMENT - Techniques are disclosed relating to power management within an integrated circuit. In one embodiment, a display buffer receives image data through a data transfer interconnect. A data transfer interconnect is powered down based on the received image data being greater than a threshold amount of data. The display buffer transmits at least a portion of the image data to one or more outputs, and in response to the transmitting, the data transfer interconnect is powered up. In some embodiments, the display buffer includes a plurality of line buffers, each configured to store a respective image source line. In such an embodiment, a display pipe configured to render images to be displayed includes the display buffer, and the powering down is performed in response to the received image data including two or more image source lines. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232732 | Parameter FIFO - A graphics system may include one or more processing units for processing a current display frame, each processing unit including a plurality of parameter registers for storing parameter settings used in processing the current display frame. A parameter buffer in the graphics system may store frame packets, with each frame packet containing information corresponding to parameter settings to be used for at least one display frame. A control circuit coupled to the buffer and to the one or more processing units may retrieve and process a top frame packet from the parameter buffer to update one or more of the parameter registers according to the contents of the top frame packet. The control circuit may issue DMA requests to fill the parameter buffer with frame packets transferred from system memory, where the frame packets may be written by an application (or software) executing on a central processing unit. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232733 | Graphics Processing Unit Pre-Caching - A method includes searching storage media of a computing appliance for application-specific configuration files by executing a configuration utility from a non-transitory storage medium of the computing appliance, upon finding an application-specific configuration file, directing a graphics processing unit (GPU) driver to partition a portion of GPU random access memory (RAM) as cache, and loading data specified in the configuration file to the cache portion partitioned in the GPU RAM. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232734 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A DATABASE FOR GENERATING PRODUCT VISUALIZATIONS - This disclosure includes a method for creating a database stored on a computer-readable medium, comprising: receiving a first plurality of images of variations of a first consumer product layer, each of the first plurality of images depicting a variation of the first consumer product layer, each of the variations comprising at least one surface. The method also includes receiving a second plurality of images of variations of a second consumer product layer, each of the second plurality of images depicting a variation of the first consumer product layer, each of the variations comprising at least one surface. The method further includes providing a first depth attribute to the first consumer product layer and a second depth attribute to the second consumer product layer. The method also includes storing the first plurality of images, the second plurality of images, the texture maps, and the plurality of textures in the database. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232735 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DATA PROCESSOR AND METHOD THEREOF - A data processor for a display device that includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes red, first green, blue, and second green sub-pixels, may include an input gamma processor for processing image data including red, green, and blue grayscale data into linearized image data by applying a gamma function to the image data, a first sub-pixel rendering unit for rendering the linearized image data according to layout of a plurality of sub-pixels included in the plurality of pixels using a | 2014-08-21 |
20140232736 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROJECTING AN IMAGE - The present invention relates to a method of projecting a portion of an image, which is to be projected on to a display area, with improved brightness, comprising the steps of configuring a projector such that it projects over a portion of the display area, modifying a signal which defines the pixels of the image, to provide a signal which defines pixels of a portion of the image. The present invention further relates to a corresponding device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232737 | DISPLAY ADJUSTMENT METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display adjustment method, system and electronic device. The method comprises: determining whether a touch sensing unit generates a color cast to obtain a first determination result; when the touch sensing unit generates a color cast, determining whether the color cast meets a preset condition to obtain a second determination result; and when the second determination result indicates that the color cast meets the preset condition, adjusting display parameters of a display unit based on the color cast, so as to correct the color cast. The technical solution provided in the embodiment of the disclosure can effectively correct the problem of the color cast of the display screen caused by a reason such as the used material or display structure and enhance the display effect. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232738 | PROJECTION CORRECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND PROJECTOR - The purpose of the present invention is to carry out, simply and reliably, distortion correction and uneven brightness correction, and includes a memory for blending data; a memory for geometric correction data; an image correcting unit; and a CPU which, upon receiving two-dimensional correction data representing the contents of geometric correction data for performing distortion correction and blending data for performing brightness correction, creates the blending data and the geometric correction data based on the two-dimensional correction data, stores the data into the memory for blending data and into the memory for geometric correction data, refers, as regards the input image signal, to the stored contents in the memory for blending data and the memory for geometric correction data and causes the image correcting unit to perform distortion correction and uneven brightness correction in accordance with the stored contents. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232739 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OBJECT ON SCREEN OF TERMINAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for processing an object on a screen of a terminal that may receive or determine information about a recognition area of a wallpaper image of a home screen of the terminal, determine whether the recognition area and an object overlap based on information about the recognition area, and process the object so that the recognition area is not covered or concealed by the object on the home screen. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232740 | DOSE DISTRIBUTION DISPLAY METHOD USING COLOURS - The invention is directed to a data processing method of displaying a radiation dose distribution in tissue of a patient and a corresponding program and computer running the program, the steps of the method being executed by a computer and comprising:
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20140232741 | Image Processing Method and Display Apparatus Using the Same - An image processing method includes receiving an RGB data, converting the RGB data to an HSV data configured to include hue, saturation, and value compensating for the HSV data on a basis of a hue data of the HSV data, and converting the compensated HSV data to a compensated RGB data. The compensating of the HSV data includes reading out a compensation data corresponding to the hue data from a look-up table and compensating for the HSV data using the compensation data. The data are compensated on the basis of the hue in the HSV color space and the saturation and value are preserved, and thus the image, e.g., the memory color like the skin color, may be prevented from being distorted. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232742 | ENERGY-EFFICIENT ANTI-ALIASING - Anti-aliasing methods and systems may include logic to conduct a vertical blending weight determination based on horizontal pixel data associated with an image, and conduct a horizontal blending weight determination based on vertical pixel data associated with the image. Additionally, the logic may modify the image based on the vertical blending weight determination and the horizontal blending weight determination, wherein the vertical pixel data is excluded from the vertical blending weight determination, and the horizontal pixel data is excluded from the horizontal blending weight determination. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232743 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHED BY PORTABLE TERMINAL, MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - A system generates a synthesized image by combining content of a first image with content of a second image where both the first and second images are acquired by a portable terminal, The system identifies a portion of the second image, selects at least a part of the portion of the second image as a region of interest and generates a synthesized image by incorporating content of the first image in the region of interest. The method displays and stores the synthesized image. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232744 | INFORMATION DISPLAY - A method displaying information for viewing by a user characterized by the steps of: peripherally displaying primary information ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140232745 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SYNTHESIZING IMAGE - A method and device for synthesizing an image for audiovisual communication includes: generating, if a request for synthesizing a sensor image input through a camera sensor and an image designated by a user is input, a synthesis image of the sensor image and the designated image. The method also includes storing, when the synthesis image is generated, object information of an object of the sensor image and object information of an object of the designated image; and changing, if a sensor image is input in which object information of the sensor image object has changed, object information of the designated image object according to the changed object information of the sensor image object and synthesizing the sensor image and the designated image in which object information has changed. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232746 | THREE DIMENSIONAL AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD USING EYE TRACKING - A three-dimensional augmented reality display apparatus and method using eye tracking adjust a depth of an image without an increase in volume and are easily applied to an augmented reality head up display (HUD), by adjusting an angle of a total reflection prism based on positions of both eyes of a driver detected in real time using eye tracking to allow a right eye image to be formed in a driver's right eye and allow a left eye image to be formed in a driver's left eye. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232747 | OPERATION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND OPERATION DISPLAY METHOD - Disclosed is an operation display system, including: an operation display device including a display unit to display an operation window; an operating unit to receive an operation to the operation window; and a display control unit to change the operation window in accordance with the operation received by using the operating unit; an air operation detecting unit to detect an air operation performed by one user in air apart from the display unit; a virtual operation window creating unit to create a virtual operation window in which the operation window is changed in accordance with the air operation; and an AR display unit to show the one user an augmented reality space in which the virtual operation window is synthesized with a real space, wherein the display control unit does not change the operation window displayed on the display unit, in accordance with the air operation. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232748 | DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes recognizing at least one object from a digital image, wherein the recognizing of the object includes generating at least one descriptor from the digital image, determining an object in the digital image on a basis of at least one part of the at least one descriptor and identification data corresponding to the at least one reference object, and determining a pose of the object on a basis of at least one part of the reference descriptor corresponding to the determined object and the at least one descriptor. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232749 | VISION-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM USING INVISIBLE MARKER - A vision-based augmented reality system using an invisible marker indicates an invisible marker on a target object to be tracked, such that it can rapidly and correctly track the target object by detecting the invisible marker. The augmented reality system includes a target object (TO) including an infrared marker (IM) drawn by an invisible infrared light-emitting material; a visible-ray camera ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140232750 | VISUAL OVERLAY FOR AUGMENTING REALITY - Augmented reality may be provided to one or more users in a real-world environment. For instance, information related to a recognized object may be displayed as a visual overlay appearing to be in the vicinity of the object in the real-world environment that the user is currently viewing. The information displayed may be determined based on at least one of captured images and transmissions from other devices. In one example, a portable apparatus receives a transmitted user identifier (ID) and may submit the user ID to a remote computing device that compares a profile of a user corresponding to the user ID with a profile associated with the portable apparatus for determining, at least in part, information to be displayed as the visual overlay. As another example, the portable apparatus may include a camera to capture images that are analyzed for recognizing objects and identifying other users. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232751 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Provided is an information display device that includes: a transmittance setting unit configured to set, to a first character transmittance, a character information transmittance that indicates a degree that character information included in first display information of display information to be displayed in a display unit transmits second display information that is the display information, and to set, to a first image transmittance different from the first character transmittance, an image information transmittance that indicates a degree that image information included in the first display information transmits the second display information; a superimposed information generation unit configured to generate superimposed information in which the second display information and the first display information to which the transmittances have been set by the transmittance setting unit are superimposed; and a display processing unit configured to display the superimposed information in the display unit. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232752 | MATCHING GEOMETRY GENERATION AND DISPLAY OF MAMMOGRAMS AND TOMOSYNTHESIS - A method and a system for using tomosynthesis projection images of a patient's breast to reconstruct slice tomosynthesis images such that anatomical structures that appear superimposed in a mammogram are at conforming locations in the reconstructed images. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232753 | SOCIAL AND RETAIL HOTSPOTS - Systems, methods, and apparatus for social and retail hotspots are provided. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232754 | INDICATING AN EDGE OF AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - A first portion of the electronic document is displayed without displaying the entire electronic document. Upon receiving input, the appearance of the electronic document is updated by displaying a second portion of the electronic document which is different than the first portion. An appearance of a third portion of the electronic document is dynamically updated or a message is dynamically generated when an edge of the electronic document is reached. The third portion of the electronic document is located between the edge and a position indicating point. In this way, the user may be informed when an edge of the electronic document is reached. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232755 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE OF USING SAME - In one aspect of the invention, a driving circuit has a PCB, a transmitter disposed on the PCB for providing an input signal, first and second transmission lines disposed on the PCB and electrically coupled to the transmitter for transmitting the input signal, and a plurality of source drivers formed in a COF architecture disposed between the PCB and the display panel. The input signal is an encoded signal including first and second Gamma reference voltages control signals, and image data. The first and second Gamma reference voltages are transmitted by the PLC technology through the first and second transmission lines, respectively. The driving circuit is implemented with differential transmission of the Gamma voltages, the image data and the control signals. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232756 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD OF IMAGE SIGNAL THEREOF - A image signal processing method of a liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving a previous image signal and a current image signal as two sequential input image signals; performing a first correction (DCC) and a doubling for the current image signal to generate a correction image signal comprising a plurality of doubled frames for the current image signal; and post-processing the portion of the plurality of doubled frames to generate a final correction image signal. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232757 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: a plurality of pixels that are two-dimensionally arranged, and each including two or more sub-pixels configured to emit respective color light beams that are different in color from one another; and a drive section configured to perform a display drive of the pixels. The two or more sub-pixels include a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel each configured to emit the color light beam that contains a luminance component as a primary component, and the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are disposed to have a symmetry property with respect to a center of a unit region that is formed by one or more pixels of the pixels, or with respect to an axis that passes through the center. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232758 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCT HAVING LIGHT SENSORS IN PLURAL PIXEL REGIONS - A display device includes: a screen unit; a drive unit; a signal processing unit; and a selector, wherein the screen unit includes rows of scanning lines, columns of signal lines, matrix-state pixel circuits and a light sensor, the drive unit includes a scanner supplying a control signal to the scanning lines and a driver supplying a video signal to the signal lines, the screen unit is sectioned into plural regions each having plural pixel circuits, the pixel circuit emits light in accordance with the video signal, the light sensor is arranged with respect to each region and outputs a luminance signal in accordance with the light emission, the selector supplies plural luminance signals to the signal processing unit by switching the signals, and the signal processing unit corrects the video signal in accordance with the luminance signals and supplies the video signal to the driver. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232759 | DISPLAY - In present invention provides a micro-display device having a source of illumination comprising an array of illuminating portions and an image generator arranged for receiving a signal comprising image data and comprising an array of image forming portions which may be selectively activated to project image-bearing light corresponding with the image data when illuminated by light from the source of illumination. A controller is also provided, arranged for receiving the image data and for selectively activating illuminating portions of the array of illuminating portions according to the image data and according to predetermined criteria relating to heat generation or power consumption by the micro-display device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232760 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention causes noise in a low-luminance portion to become less prominent when a backlight is divided into a plurality of regions and the luminance of the backlight is controlled in accordance with a video signal corresponding to each of the regions. An area active control portion ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140232761 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OUTPUT BUFFER CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a display device including: a plurality of pixel circuits; a power source line connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel circuits; and an output buffer circuit for supplying currents to corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel circuits by alternately applying a first potential applied to a first power source supply terminal, and a second potential applied to a second power source supply terminal to the power source line. The output buffer includes a variable resistance circuit connected to a path between the first power source supply terminal and the power source line, the variable resistance circuit serving to change a resistance value thereof in accordance with a magnitude of a total sum of the currents. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232762 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display with improved long range uniformity, driving method and manufacturing method are disclosed. The OLED display manufacturing method includes forming a first active pattern on a substrate, a gate insulating layer, a gate electrode overlapping at least a part of the first active pattern on the gate insulating layer and an interlayer insulating layer. The OLED display manufacturing method further includes forming a conductive layer pattern and an anode of an OLED, forming a pixel defining layer and forming the OLED by forming an organic emission layer and a cathode. The conductive layer pattern is formed to cover the gate electrode and contact a first power line on the interlayer insulating layer. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232763 | FIELD SEQUENTIAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - There has been room for improvement in terms of increasing the life of display elements which have occurrences of irreversible bright point defects and black point defects and shortened lives of display elements when DMDs, which are reflective display devices, are used in high temperature environments such as being installed in vehicles. In the present invention, a display control means displays a display image in display elements. An illumination control means drives various illumination means in each subframe into which a frame of the display image is temporally divided, by a field sequential system. The frame is provided with a display period in which the display image is displayed in the display elements by the display control means normally driving a plurality of pixels and the illumination control means driving the illumination means and a non-display period in which the display image is not displayed in the display elements by the display control means engaging in non-display period drive of the plurality of pixels and the illumination control means turning off the illumination means. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232764 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention in its first aspect provides an image display apparatus capable of controlling, for each block obtained by dividing a region of a screen, a backlight emission brightness based on image data of an inputted frame, the image display apparatus comprising: a detecting unit that detects a block in which a predetermined object is displayed; a determining unit that determines an object block that is a block in which a background and the predetermined object are displayed based on a detection result by the detecting unit; and a control unit that controls a backlight emission brightness for each block, wherein the control unit approximates a backlight emission brightness of the object block to a backlight emission brightness of another block in which the background is displayed. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232765 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device which includes one image signal line which is connected to a plurality of pixels, a scanning line drive part which outputs an ON voltage to the respective pixels in a predetermined order, and a data line drive part which outputs image signal voltages. The data line drive part outputs a gray level signal voltage corresponding to a gray level value of the pixel as an image signal voltage in a first period, and outputs a correction gray level signal voltage different from the gray level signal voltage as an image signal voltage in a second period which precedes the first period. The liquid crystal display device further includes a control part which generates the correction gray level signal voltage based on the gray level value of the pixel and one or plurality of gray level values of pixels which precede the pixel in order. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232766 | APPARATUS CONVERTING INPUT VALUE TO CONTROL VALUE, DRIVING PIXEL BASED ON CONTROL VALUE, AND MODULATING LIGHT - In an apparatus for modulating light, an spatial light modulator includes a plurality of pixels and configured to modulate input light in response to a drive voltage for each of the pixels. An input value setting unit is configured to set an input value for the each of pixels. The input value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the digital value is “N”, and “N” is a natural number. A converting unit is configured to convert the input value to a control value. A control value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the control value is “M”, and “M” is a natural number greater than “N”. A driving unit is configured to convert the control value to a voltage value and drive the each of the pixels in response to the drive voltage corresponding to the voltage value. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232767 | DRIVING OF A COLOR SEQUENTIAL DISPLAY - A display system comprises a color sequential display ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140232768 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232769 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device includes a recording unit, a feeding mechanism, a guide member, and a lock portion. The feeding mechanism is configured to feed a first feeding object along a feeding path. The feeding path has a straight path and a curved path. The recording unit faces the straight path. The guide member defines the curved path and is rotatable between an exposed position and a closed position. The lock portion is movable between a locked position at which the guide member is locked in the closed position and an unlocked position at which the lock is released. The guide member has a recess formed therein and the feeding mechanism further feeds a second feeding object to the recess along the straight path. When the second feeding object is disposed in the recess, the lock portion is disposed at the locked position. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232770 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - In a stand-by state, when an instruction unit issues the printing instruction, a control unit is switched in a maintenance state, in the maintenance state, the control unit closes an air valve and operates a first pump, and when a sensor detects that the ink of a second tank is reduced by discharging the ink from a nozzle by the pressure of a second tank, the control unit opens the air valve to be switched in a printing state, and when a predetermined time elapses after an operation of the first pump before the sensor detects the reduction of the ink of the second tank, the control unit excludes the solidified ink from the nozzle, and in the printing state, the control unit is switched in the stand-by state when the ink is discharged from the nozzle of the head based on a printing instruction. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232771 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - In a printing apparatus capable of printing the same pixel by a plurality of print elements, a print speed is increased, and further, a partial frequency of use of each of the print elements is reduced, so as to prolong the lifetime of the print head. In view of this, dithering is used as a pseudo-halftone representing method, and further, a distribution pattern for use in creating image data to be distributed to each of the plurality of print elements is switched. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232772 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of nozzles that eject liquid droplets; an image forming unit that determines at least some of the plurality of nozzles as nozzles that do not eject liquid droplets, and to form a plurality of images by performing image formation for each of the determined nozzles based on image information predetermined using the remaining nozzles other than the determined nozzles; and an acquisition unit that acquires information representing a defective nozzle which is unusual in ejection of liquid droplets among the plurality of nozzles based on the plurality of images formed by the image forming unit. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232773 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of nozzles that include a normal nozzle which is normal in ejection of liquid droplets and an abnormal nozzle which is abnormal in ejection of liquid droplets; a storage unit in which nozzle information capable of determining a non-ejection nozzle which does not eject liquid droplets at the time of image forming is stored to correspond to each of a plurality of different conditions; and a control unit that performs a control based on the nozzle information corresponding to at least one of the conditions related to the image forming such that liquid droplets are not ejected from the non-ejection nozzle, and performs a control based on the image information such that liquid droplets are ejected from the nozzles except the non-ejection nozzle among the plurality of nozzles. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232774 | PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device includes a camera position control mechanism configured and arranged to control a position of the camera to switch between a first state in which the alignment mark is photographed from a side of the first face, and a second state in which the alignment mark is photographed from a side of the second face. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232775 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus including a head section which discharges a color ink which is cured due to irradiation of light and a clear ink which is cured due to the irradiation of light, an irradiation section which irradiates the light, and a storage section which stores a relationship between a total amount of color duty which is an amount of the color ink which is discharged per unit region and clear duty which is an amount of the clear ink which is discharged per unit region, and glossiness of an image which is printed using the color ink and the clear ink which have been discharged, wherein, according to the color duty in a certain region in the image, the clear duty in the region is determined based on the relationship so that the glossiness of the image is a predetermined value. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232776 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TENSION IN A WEB - A method for controlling tension in a print media in a tension zone of a printing system comprises enabling an active tension control mode until the tension in the print media is in a stable state for a given period of time, and then switching to a synchronized control mode. The tension is monitored to determine if it exceeds a tension inner band but does not exceed a tension outer band while in the synchronized control mode. The speed of drive rollers is adjusted in response to this determination. The tension is also monitored to determine if it exceeds the tension outer band while in the synchronized control mode. The synchronized control mode is disabled in response to this determination and the active tension control mode is enabled. The frequency of speed adjustments is lesser in the synchronized control mode than in the active tension control mode. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232777 | Method of Using Star Wheel with Adjustable Directional Biaser - A method of printing with an inkjet printer including a printhead, a star wheel located downstream from the printhead, and an adjustable biaser coupled to the star wheel. The method comprises analyzing print data to identify an area of printing to be printed on a sheet of print media that aligns with the star wheel; calculating the density of the printing in the identified area of printing; printing the identified area of printing; determining whether the calculated density exceeds a density criteria, and if so then using the adjustable biaser to lift the star wheel off of the sheet before the printed area of printing reaches the star wheel; advancing the printed area of printing past the star wheel; and using the adjustable biaser lowering the star wheel onto the sheet after the printed area of printing has advanced past the star wheel. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232778 | Star Wheel with Adjustable Directional Biaser - A print media feed system in a inkjet printer, the system has a media feed roll, a star wheel mounted opposing the roll, an adjustable biaser coupled to the star wheel, and a controller coupled to the biaser. The controller varies a magnitude, a direction or a magnitude and direction of a biasing force applied to the star wheel by the biaser. In one form, the biaser comprises a motor driven cam that varies the angular position of a pivotable lever having a star wheel rotatably attached on one end. In another form, a rack and pinion gear assembly is used to vary the biasing force with a star wheel rotatably attached to the rack. In a further form, a solenoid is used to vary the basing force applied to the lever or applied to a star wheel rotatably attached to the end of the shaft of a solenoid. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232779 | TRANSPORT DEVICE AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - The transport device includes a plurality of transporting sections to transport a printing medium; a divided accelerating interval setting section to set a transportation speed in a divided accelerating interval corresponding to a time generated by dividing a time where the transportation speed of the printing medium changes from 0 to a given value in accordance with an acceleration rate; a divided decelerating interval setting section to set a transportation speed in a divided decelerating interval corresponding to a time generated by dividing a time where the transportation speed of the printing medium changes from the given value to 0 in accordance with an decelerating rate; including a basic shaft transporting section configured to be driven at the transportation speed set for every divided accelerating interval or for every divided decelerating interval for transporting the printing medium; and a controller for controlling the foregoing sections. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232780 | PAPER BASIS WEIGHT SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A sheet basis weight sensing device for an image forming apparatus includes a sensor to detect heat conductivity of an ambient gas on a surface of a sheet on which the droplet is deposited or the surface opposite the sheet before and after the droplet is deposited; and a controller configured to: measure a time it takes the heat conductivity after the droplet is deposited to change by a predetermined ratio compared to the heat conductivity before deposition of the droplet; and obtain the sheet basis weight based on a relation between the time and the basis weight. The sheet basis weight sensing device further includes a memory to store a first table and a second table, and an image forming condition controller to set an appropriate image forming condition with reference to the second table. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232781 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus including a recording head that discharges UV ink onto a recording material and an ultraviolet light irradiation unit that irradiates ultraviolet light to the discharged UV ink so as to harden the UV ink; further includes a failure diagnostic unit that diagnoses a failure condition of the ultraviolet light irradiation unit and a controller that controls operations of the recording head, the ultraviolet light irradiation unit, and the failure diagnostic unit. Further, the controller is so configured as to change the operation mode of the recording apparatus to a failure-state mode when the ultraviolet light irradiation unit has been diagnosed as a failure by the failure diagnostic unit. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232782 | INK COMPOSITION AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink composition contains a pigment, first wax particles, second wax particles, and a resin emulsion, in which the first wax particles have a melting point of 120° C. or higher and 170° C. or lower, the second wax particles have a melting point of 70° C. or higher and less than 120° C., the resin emulsion has a glass transition point of 50° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower, the first wax particles contain one or more kinds of wax particles selected from the group consisting of polyethylene wax particles or polypropylene wax particles, and the second wax particles contain one or more kinds of wax particles selected from the group consisting of polyethylene wax particles. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232783 | Printing Systems and Printing Methods - A printing method is described herein. A fixer fluid is applied to a print area. The areal density of fixer fluid in a boundary region of the print area is different than the areal density of fixer fluid in an interior region of the print area. The print area corresponds to an image portion to be printed with a uniform color. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232784 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus - An inkjet recording device is described in which maintenance is performed by a maintenance unit upon a recording head. The maintenance unit is located on a base unit. The base unit includes a wall portion supporting a plurality of gear shafts protruding in a width direction from the wall portion. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232785 | INKJET PRINTER - In an inkjet printer, a first sparsely arranged portion of a first ejection head entirely overlaps in a movement direction with a second densely arranged portion of a second ejection head. A plurality of outlets of the first sparsely arranged portion include use outlets, and among a plurality of outlets of the second densely arranged portion, those that overlap in the movement direction with use outlets of the first sparsely arranged portion are non-use outlets. In an overlapping range of the first ejection head and the second ejection head, outlets of both of the ejection heads are used in recording an image onto a base material. Consequently, it is possible to prevent or suppress a reduction in print quality such as changes in density or the occurrence of voids due to displacement of the mounting positions of ejection heads in the overlapping range. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232786 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS WITH RECIPROCATING CARRIAGE AND HAVING A GUIDE DEVICE - A printer including: (i) a guide device extending in a first direction; (ii) a carriage reciprocateable in the first direction, while being guided by the guide device; (iii) a recording head carried by the carriage; (iv) a feed device for feeding the recording medium in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; (v) a flexible ink-supply tube for supplying ink to the recording head; and (vi) a carriage movement detector including an encoder strip which extends in the first direction. The ink-supply tube has a U-shaped body including a pair of arm portions extending in the first direction and spaced apart from each other in the second direction. The guide device, the ink-supply tube and the encoder strip are located on respective different positions in a third direction that is perpendicular to the first and second directions. The ink-supply tube has a part that overlaps with the guide device and the encoder strip as seen in the third direction. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232787 | Liquid Ejecting Head Unit and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting head unit includes a first nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles, a second nozzle group including another plurality of nozzles, a first flow path substrate including a first pressure chamber group including a plurality of first pressure chambers that eject a liquid from the nozzles of the first nozzle group upon being subjected to a pressure, a second flow path substrate including a second pressure chamber group including a plurality of second pressure chambers that eject a liquid from the nozzles of the second nozzle group upon being subjected to a pressure, and a supply substrate including a first liquid supply path through which the liquid is supplied to the first pressure chamber group, and a second liquid supply path through which the liquid is supplied to the second pressure chamber group. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232788 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet recording method is provided in which an ink jet head having a first nozzle array and a second nozzle array which is arranged along the first nozzle array, in which the distance between the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array is 15 mm or greater and a nozzle density of the first nozzle array and a nozzle density of the second nozzle array are 600 dpi or greater is used, and while varying the relative position of the ink jet head in a direction intersecting an array direction of the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array with respect to a recording medium, an ink composition is adhered to the recording medium by performing a scanning which discharges the ink composition at a frequency of 12 kHz or greater from nozzles in the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232789 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a support member having a plurality of ribs and supporting the sheet; a head disposed above the support member and ejecting ink to the sheet supported by the support member; and at least one contact portion disposed upstream of the head and configured to come in contact with the sheet so as to make the sheet a waved shape. The support member includes a first support portion comprising at least one first guide portions disposed corresponding to the at least one contact portion, and a plurality of second guide portions disposed corresponding to the plurality of ribs and disposed above the plurality of first guide portions. The support member further comprises a second support portion comprising a third guide portion disposed downstream of the first support portion. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232790 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - An inkjet recording method includes a step of forming an image by imparting an actinic ray curable ink composition containing a pigment, a polyfunctional polymerizable compound in which a content ratio to a total polymerization component is 80% by mass or more and a sensitizer in which a molecular weight is 1,000 or more onto a recording substrate which is an aggregate of a nonabsorbable or a low absorbable fiber material from an inkjet head under the conditions in which an amount of ink droplets is from 25 pl to 200 pl and a distance between the recording substrate and the inkjet head is from 5 mm to 20 mm, and a step of curing the image by irradiating the formed image with an actinic ray under the conditions in which an oxygen partial pressure is 1.5×10 | 2014-08-21 |
20140232791 | FIRING ACTUATOR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A method and apparatus supply electrical current to a firing actuator of a printhead die across a high side switching transistor in a source follower arrangement and supply a regulated voltage, that is no greater than a concurrent voltage at a drain of the HSS transistor, to a gate of the high side switching transistor. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232792 | FLOW PATH UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLOW PATH UNIT - A flow path unit including a first flow path substrate that includes a plurality of pressure chambers arranged in a row, the plurality of pressure chambers each including a first opening that has, on a substrate surface, a long shape in which a width in a first direction is longer than a width in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The flow path unit further includes a second flow path substrate joined to the first flow path substrate, the second flow path substrate including a plurality of first flow paths arranged in a row, each first flow path being exposed to the inside of a corresponding first opening in a one-to-one manner. In the flow path unit, a direction in which the pressure chambers are arranged and a direction in which the first flow paths are arranged intersect each other. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232793 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes: a nozzle plate including plural nozzles; a piezoelectric element including plural pressure chambers corresponding to the nozzles and sidewalls provided adjacent to the pressure chambers and serving as driving elements configured to press the pressure chambers to eject liquid from the nozzles; a substrate to which the piezoelectric element is bonded; and a frame member placed on the substrate to surround the piezoelectric element. Grooves are formed on the upper end, and in which an adhesive is applied to bond the upper ends of the sidewalls and the nozzle plate. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232794 | LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid-ejecting head includes a pressure-generating chamber communicating with a nozzle opening and includes a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and electrodes. The piezoelectric layer contains bismuth sodium potassium titanate and satisfies the inequality 0≦P | 2014-08-21 |
20140232795 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record on a medium, a supporting unit configured to support the medium, a movable unit configured to move the supporting unit with respect to the recording unit in a first direction between a set position where the recording medium is set on the supporting unit and a recording position where the recording is executed, and an operating unit configured to operate the recording unit and the movable unit. An end portion of the operating unit on the set position side in the first direction is located on the recording unit side with respect to an end portion of the supporting unit on the recording unit side in the first direction when the supporting unit is located at the set position. The operating unit overlaps at least partly with the movable unit in the second direction intersecting the first direction. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232796 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A liquid ejection head includes a nozzle plate, a channel plate, a common-liquid-chamber member, and a deformable damper area. The nozzle plate includes plural nozzles to eject droplets of liquid. The channel plate includes individual liquid chambers communicated with the nozzles. The common-liquid-chamber member includes a common liquid chamber to supply the liquid to the individual liquid chambers. The deformable damper area forms a wall face of the common liquid chamber. The channel plate has an end in a direction perpendicular to a nozzle array direction in which the nozzles are arrayed. The end is opposed to a portion of the damper area and has a relief at a side facing the damper area to permit deformation of the damper area. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232797 | RECORDING MEDIUM HEATING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE RECORDING MEDIUM HEATING APPARATUS - A recording medium heating apparatus includes a plurality of heat rollers disposed in a feeding path of a recording medium and having respective heating units; and a control unit controlling temperatures of the heating units so that the temperature of a first heat roller is lower than the temperature of a second heat roller. Further, the first and the second heat rollers are included in the plurality of heat rollers and the first heat roller is disposed on the upstream side of the second heat roller in the feeding path. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232798 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a base member a conveyor unit supported by the base member, for conveying a sheet in a conveying direction parallel to a first direction; and a recording unit, supported by the base member for ejecting ink when the recording unit is opposed to the sheet in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The base member is divided into a first base portion that supports the conveyor unit and the recording unit, a second base portion contiguous to the first base portion and located downstream of the first base portion in the conveying direction, and a third base portion contiguous to the second base portion and located downstream of the second base portion in the conveying direction. A stiffness of the second base portion is less than that of each of the first base portion and the third base portion. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232799 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus Having Frame for Supporting Carriage - In an inkjet recording apparatus, a support frame has a support part, and supports a carriage on a first surface of the support part. A pinch roller is disposed on a second surface side of the support part, the second surface being opposite from the first surface. A conveying roller is disposed opposite to the support frame relative to the pinch roller and in confrontation with the pinch roller. A roller holder is disposed on the second surface side of the support part and supporting the pinch roller. An urging member is interposed between the roller holder and the support part, and urges the roller holder to press the pinch roller against the conveying roller. The carriage is in contact with the first surface of the support part while the urging member is in contact with the second surface of the support part. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232800 | Conveyor Device and Image Recording Apparatus - A conveyor device may include first and second conveyor units, and a movable member. The first conveyor unit includes a first roller that contacts an upper surface of a sheet and a second roller that contacts a lower surface of the sheet. The second conveyor unit includes a third roller that contacts the lower surface of the sheet and a fourth roller that contacts the upper surface of the sheet. The first and second rollers and the third and fourth rollers nip and convey the sheet along a conveyance path. When the movable member is located in a first position, the first roller contacts the second roller and the third roller contacts the fourth roller. When the movable member moves to the second position, the first roller is moved away from the second roller and the third roller is moved away from the fourth roller. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232801 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a base member; a conveyor unit for conveying a sheet in a first direction; and a recording unit for ejecting ink when opposed to a sheet in a second direction. The base member includes: a first side base portion; a second side base portion; a center base portion located between the first side base portion and the second side base portion in a third direction; first and second side walls extending in the first direction and projecting in the second direction from opposite edge portions of the center base portion in the third direction; and a main board connecting the first side wall and the second side wall and configured to support the conveyor unit and the recording unit. The main board is greater in stiffness than the first side wall and the second side wall. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232802 | NAIL PRINT APPARATUS - A nail print apparatus, including: a placement surface on which a drawing target is placed, the drawing target has a curved shape along a width direction of the drawing target; a drawing head in which at least one drawing tool is set, the drawing tool having a tip portion that contacts with a surface of the drawing target and performs drawing on the surface of the drawing target; and a head drive unit which moves the drawing head along the placement surface. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232803 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND EXPOSURE DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that rotates; and an exposure unit that includes multiple light emitters, a holding unit, and first contact portions, the multiple light emitters being arranged along a rotation axis direction of the image carrier, the holding unit holding the multiple light emitters, the first contact portions being positioned on the holding unit so as to sandwich the multiple light emitters therebetween, the exposure unit exposing the image carrier to light. While the image carrier is being mounted on an apparatus body, the exposure unit is moved away from the image carrier in an optical axis direction of the exposure unit as a result of the first contact portions coming into contact with the image carrier, and the exposure unit and the image carrier are positioned as a result of the first contact portions coming into contact with the image carrier. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232804 | POLYGON MIRROR, LIGHT SCANNING UNIT EMPLOYING THE SAME, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A polygonal rotating mirror, a light scanning unit employing the polygonal rotating mirror, and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus are shown. The polygonal rotating mirror is employed in the light scanning unit for scanning a light beam and includes a plurality of reflective surfaces enclosing outer side surfaces thereof. One of the plurality of reflective surfaces is a reference surface, a region of the reference surface where a light beam for a synchronization signal is to be incident is formed as a non-reflective region, and regions of the remaining reflective surfaces of the plurality of reflective surfaces where a light beam for a synchronization signal is to be incident, are formed as reflective regions. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232805 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical writing device having; a plurality of light-emitting points; a plurality of drive circuits for supplying drive currents to the plurality of light-emitting points respectively; a photodetector for outputting signals indicating quantities of light entering thereto from the respective light-emitting points; a gain switch circuit for outputting photodetection signals obtained by amplifying the signals output from the photodetector in regard to the respective light-emitting points with gains preset for the respective light-emitting points; and a control circuit for controlling the drive circuits such that the photodetection signals output from the gain switch circuit in regard to the respective light-emitting points coincide with a value substantially equal to a predetermined reference value. The gains for the respective light-emitting points are preset based on the distances between the photodetector and the respective light-emitting points. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232806 | PRINTER - A printer includes a frame that includes a frame back part, an arm that includes a rotation shaft and is supported by the frame to rotate around the rotation shaft relative to the frame, a platen roller that is rotatably supported by the frame or the arm, a print head that is disposed between the frame back part and the platen roller and performs printing on a recording sheet placed between the platen roller and the print head, and a first bias spring that is disposed between the frame back part and the print head and biases the print head toward the platen roller relative to the frame back part. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232807 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER PROVIDED WITH SAME - A thermal head and a thermal printer are disclosed. The thermal head includes a substrate, an an electrode on the substrate, a heating portion connected to the electrode, and a protective layer on the heating portion. The protective layer includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is disposed on the heating portion and includes silicon carbonitride. The second layer is disposed on the first layer and includes silicon oxide. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232808 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a heat-sensitive transfer recording medium having a base material, and an undercoating layer and a dye layer sequentially laminated and formed on the base material. The undercoating layer is formed by applying and then drying an undercoating layer-forming application liquid containing polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polyvinyl alcohol whose tensile strength measured based on JIS K 7113 is not lower than 8 kg/mm | 2014-08-21 |
20140232809 | LASER MARKED DEVICE - An optical device projecting one or more synthetically magnified images that has been laser marked with one or more static two dimensional (2D) images is provided. The static 2D image(s) laser marked on or within this device and the synthetically magnified image(s) projected by this device help determine the authenticity of a document (e.g., passport data page) or product that employs it. Several embodiments of the inventive device also offer increased resistance to tampering or alteration and wear. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232810 | Colour Laser Marking Methods of Security Document Precursors - A method of colour laser marking a security document precursor including at least: a transparent biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate foil; at least one colourless colour forming layer for generating a colour different from black containing at least an infrared absorber a colour forming compound and a polymeric binder; and a laser markable polymeric support or a laser markable layer for generating a black colour; comprising the steps of:
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20140232811 | OPTICAL RECORDING HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Image forming apparatus | 2014-08-21 |
20140232812 | METHOD FOR HANDLING INTERFERENCE DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF A CHRONOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF DIGITAL IMAGES - A method for handling interference during the transmission of a chronological succession of digital images (I) from a sender (S) to at least one receiver (R), in which the images to be transmitted show the face of a Speaker at least intermittently, involves images in the chronological succession that are unable to be decoded, or unable to be decoded satisfactorily, on account of the interference being replaced by synthentic images (P) at the receiver. The synthetic images are produced using phonetic data (LD) that are or have been extracted from digital voice data (SD) for the Speaker by means of phonetic recognition, the digital voice data being or having been transmitted together with the digital image data (I). | 2014-08-21 |
20140232813 | USING METADATA FOR VIDEO MESSAGE MODIFICATIONS AMONG WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Systems, methods, and software for transferring video messages between wireless communication devices in wireless communication networks are provided herein. In one example, a method of operating a wireless communication device is provided. The method includes wirelessly receiving a video message and responsively displaying the video message. The method also includes receiving first user instructions to modify the video message responsive to displaying the video message and modifying the video message into a modified video message responsive to the first user instructions and creating metadata that describes modifications to the video message to create the modified video message. The method also includes receiving second user instructions to transfer the modified video message and responsively transferring the modified video message with the metadata. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232814 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PRESENTATION - The system and method capture an image of a presenter of a presentation. The image of the presenter may be a still image or a video stream. In one embodiment, the image of the presenter has the background removed. An image of the presentation is captured. The image of the presentation may be a still image or a video stream. A transition, such as a gesture or movement of the presenter is detected. In response to the detection of the transition, an image of the presenter is superimposed on the image of the presentation to create a combined image. Alternatively, in response to the transition, the image of the presenter is removed from the presentation. The combined image or the image of the presentation with the image of the presenter removed is then sent to participants viewing the presentation. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232815 | Executing Instructions in Response to a Communication - An instruction execution engine on a user device may be configured to receive an executable instruction assigned to one or more contacts or groups of contacts. A communication from the one or more contacts or groups may be detected. Upon detecting the communication, the engine may execute the executable instruction. This executing step may trigger a user reminder or data transfer to one or more third parties. | 2014-08-21 |
20140232816 | PROVIDING A TELE-IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE USING A MIRROR METAPHOR - A tele-immersive environment is described that provides interaction among participants of a tele-immersive session. The environment includes two or more set-ups, each associated with a participant. Each set-up, in turn, includes mirror functionality for presenting a three-dimensional virtual space for viewing by a local participant. The virtual space shows at least some of the participants as if the participants were physically present at a same location and looking into a mirror. The mirror functionality can be implemented as a combination of a semi-transparent mirror and a display device, or just a display device acting alone. According to another feature, the environment may present a virtual object in a manner that allows any of the participants of the tele-immersive session to interact with the virtual object. | 2014-08-21 |