36th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100225608 | TOUCH DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch display comprises a color filter substrate, an array substrate opposite to the color filter via a plurality of spacers and a voltage detection circuit. The color filter substrate comprises an upper substrate and a common electrode formed on the upper substrate, and the array substrate comprises a lower substrate and a gate line, a data line and a pixel electrode formed on the lower substrate. The plurality of spacers comprise a first spacer formed between the gate line and the common electrode and a second spacer formed between the data line and the common electrode, which are capable of electrically connecting the common electrode with the gate line and the data line respectively under an external pressure more than a threshold value. The voltage detection circuit is connected with the gate line and the data line so as to detect whether the voltage on the gate line and the voltage on the data line become equal to the voltage of the common electrode. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225609 | TOUCH PANEL, TFT-LCD ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch display comprising a first substrate formed with a common electrode; a second substrate formed with a gate line and a data line, wherein a first thin film transistor and a pixel electrode is provided in a pixel region defined by the gate line and the data line and the pixel region and the common electrode form a liquid crystal capacitor; a touch element provided in the pixel region in the second substrate and used to sense a touch voltage reflecting the change of the liquid crystal capacitance at a touch point; and a touch processing device connected with the touch element and used to obtaining a position coordinates of the touch point according to the touch voltage. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225610 | DEVICE THAT MANAGES POWER PROVIDED TO AN OBJECT SENSOR - A hand-held device with a sensor for providing a signal indicative of a position of the hand-held device relative to an object surface enables power to the sensor at a first time interval when the hand-held device is indicated to be in a position that is stationary and adjacent relative to the object surface, enables power to the sensor at a second time interval shorter than the first time interval when the hand-held device is indicated to be in a position that is moving and adjacent relative to the object surface, and enables power to the sensor at a third time interval when the hand-held device is determined to be in a position that is removed relative to the object surface. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225611 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICES - Electrowetting display devices are provided. The electrowetting display includes a first substrate and an opposing second substrate with a polar fluid layer and a non-polar fluid layer interposed between the first and second substrates. A first electrode is disposed on the first substrate. A second electrode is disposed on the second substrate. A hydrophilic bank structure is disposed on the first substrate, and a reflective layer is disposed on the second substrate, wherein the first substrate of the electrowetting display serves as a display face. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225612 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a first and second substrates disposed in an opposing relationship to each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed adjacent the first substrate; a displaying function layer exhibits an image displaying function based on an image signal supplied to the pixel electrodes; a driving electrode disposed in an opposing relationship to the pixel electrodes adjacent one of the two faces; a plurality of detection electrodes disposed on a face of the second substrate on the opposite side to the driving electrode and separated from each other in one direction so as to cooperate with the driving electrode to form capacitance therebetween; and an electrode neighboring layer disposed in contact with the second substrate and the detection electrodes and covering the detection electrodes; the electrode neighboring layer having a refractive index within a range from that of the second substrate to that of the detection electrodes. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225613 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, and an insulating liquid confined in a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate is provided with linear contacts in a region where the insulating liquid is confined. The linear contacts project at a predetermined height and extend in a predetermined direction. The second substrate is provided with a resistive film, which is formed to correspond to at least the location of the linear contacts. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225614 | STYLUS DEVICE ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A stylus device is adapted for use with a capacitive touch panel, and includes a main body having a handle portion, and a transparent touch portion connected to the handle portion, adapted to be placed on the capacitive touch panel and having a flat touch surface. A transparent conductive membrane is formed on the touch portion and the handle portion, and covers the touch surface of the touch portion so that the transparent conductive membrane connects electrically a user's hand when the handle portion of the main body is held by the user's hand. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225615 | TOUCH PANEL - An embodiment of the present invention provides a touch panel that enable data sensing with multi-gray scale and an electronic device. At least a first pixel including a first photosensor portion detecting light with a first color, a second pixel including a second photosensor portion detecting light with a second color, a first A/D converter performing A/D conversion on an output signal of the first photosensor portion, and a second A/D converter performing A/D conversion on an output signal of the second photosensor portion are included. The voltage resolution of the first A/D converter and the voltage resolution of the second A/D converter are different. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225616 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH POSITION DETECTING FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device with a position detecting function includes: an optical position detecting device which includes a position detecting light source for alternately emitting position detecting infrared light having a light amount attenuated along a predetermined direction and position detecting infrared light having a light amount attenuated along a reverse direction of the predetermined direction, and a light receiving element for receiving the position detecting infrared light reflected by a target object inside a detection region, and which detects a position of the target object on the basis of a light amount detection result of the light receiving element; and an image creating device which includes an image display region of an electric optical panel in a region overlapped with the detection region, wherein the light receiving element is constituted by a semiconductor element formed on the electric optical panel. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225617 | POSITION DETECTION DEVICE - A touch position detection device includes (i) infrared light sensors and visible light sensors which are sensitive to light of respective different wavelengths, and (ii) an external light intensity calculation section which calculates an estimated value serving as an index of external light intensity, which is intensity of light in the surroundings of a target subject. As such, the touch position detection device is capable of appropriately detecting a position of a figure of the target subject under a broad range of ambient light intensities. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225618 | IMAGE ANALYSIS DEVICE, IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, IMAGE SENSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A touch position detection device includes a light sensor-containing LCD which informs a user, in accordance with a result of analyzing an image captured by light sensors, that it is difficult to identify where a pointing body is located. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225619 | INPUT DEVICE - A slide type input device is provided, which can be made thin and which has the operability of a dial type input device. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225620 | DISPLAY, TIMING CONTROLLER AND DATA DRIVER FOR TRANSMITTING SERIALIZED MULT-LEVEL DATA SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a display, a timing controller and a data driver for transmitting a serialized multi-level data signal, and more particularly to a display, a timing controller and a data driver for transmitting a serialized multi-level data signal for reducing the number of wirings between the timing controller and the data driver, and for reducing an EMI component. The display of the present invention comprises a display panel, a scan driver, a timing controller and a plurality of data drivers, wherein the timing controller transmits a transmission signal including a serialized data signal to one of the plurality of the data drivers, wherein a level of the data signal is selected from at least four different levels according to a value of a data having a length of at least two bits, and wherein the data driver restores the data from the transmitted transmission signal. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225621 | GATE-DRIVING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A gate driving apparatus includes a first stage which outputs a first gate output signal, and a second stage which outputs a second gate output signal. The first stage includes: a transistor which includes a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode; and a dummy transistor which includes a dummy gate electrode, a dummy source electrode and a dummy drain electrode. The gate electrode receives the second gate output signal, and the dummy source electrode is connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode of the transistor and prevents static electricity from flowing to the first stage. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225622 | DRIVING APPARATUS - A driving apparatus for driving a plurality of loads is provided. The driving apparatus includes a control unit, a driving unit, a current adjusting unit, and a detecting unit. The control unit outputs a control signal. The driving unit generates a driving signal according to the control unit to drive loads. The current adjusting unit is coupled to the loads to adjust the current passing through the same. The detecting unit is coupled to the current adjusting unit to detect a state of the current adjusting unit to generate a detecting signal. Here, the control unit adjusts the control signal according to the detecting signal. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225623 | ELECTRIC CURRENT DRIVING TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND PIXEL CIRCUIT - In a pixel circuit | 2010-09-09 |
20100225624 | FLAT DISPLAY PANEL - A flat display panel includes a substrate, at least a driving chip, a plurality of control lines and conductive lines. The substrate has a display area and peripheral circuit area defined thereon. The driving chip is disposed in the peripheral circuit area, and has a plurality of pins. The pitches of adjacent pins are varied. The pitches of the pins in the central portion of the driving chip are smaller than the pitches of the pins in the border portion. The control lines and the conductive lines are disposed in the display area and the peripheral circuit area respectively, and the control lines are electrically connected to the conductive lines. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225625 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, ELECTRO OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An integrated circuit device includes: a data driver that drives a plurality of data lines of an electro optical device; and a data distribution circuit that supplies data to the data driver, wherein the data driver includes an odd numbered data line driver circuit for driving odd numbered data lines among the plurality of data lines, an even numbered data line driver circuit for driving even numbered data lines among the plurality of data lines, an odd numbered data line latch circuit provided for the odd numbered data line driver circuit, and an even numbered data line latch circuit provided for the even numbered data line driver circuit; and the data line distribution circuit, upon receiving time serially inputted image data, supplies odd numbered data line image data for the number of multiplexes to the odd numbered data line latch circuit, and supplies even numbered data line image data for the number of multiplexes to the even numbered data line latch circuit. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225626 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate facing the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. The array substrate includes a driving device, at least one conductive wiring, and a transient voltage suppressor. The driving device includes a driver. The driver has at least one common voltage terminal. The conductive wiring has a connection point and is coupled to the common voltage terminal of the driver. The transient voltage suppressor is coupled to a ground terminal and the connection point, and the connection point is near the common voltage terminal. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225627 | VERTICAL ALIGNMENT DISPLAY DEVICE WITH ENHANCED CONTRAST - A vertical alignment liquid crystal display includes two sub-pixels each with a variable capacitor. A pixel is bisected into a high gray sub-pixel and a low gray sub-pixel through forming a variable capacitor at each sub-pixel. With this structure, the sub-pixels express different grays so that lateral visibility is enhanced. It is not required in bisecting a pixel into two sub-pixels to form separate wires for applying different signals thereto, and the amount of data to be processed at the driver for driving the display device is reduced. Furthermore, a pixel is bisected into two sub-pixels with variable capacitors in a simplified manner, and it is not required to form additional wires and elements, so the aperture ratio is enhanced. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225628 | LIGHT SENSOR ARRANGEMENT - Ambient light is sensed for use in determining luminous flux. According to an example embodiment, ambient light is sensed using two light sensor arrangements that respectively respond differently to light of different relative wavelengths. The output of the sensors is nonlinearly combined to generate data indicative of the luminous flux. This luminous flux data is used to generate a control output for controlling an electronic display. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225629 | PHOTO SENSING MODULE HAVING PROTECTION FUNCTION AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A photo sensing module is provided on a first substrate and includes a photo sensing device and a protection wiring. A gap exists between the photo sensing module and an external circuit, and the photo sensing device is provided on the first substrate. The protection wiring is electrically-conductive and located between the external circuit and at least a portion of the photo sensing device. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225630 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT SUBPIXEL COMPENSATED DRIVE SIGNAL - An electroluminescent (EL) subpixel, such as an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) subpixel, is compensated for aging effects such as threshold voltage V | 2010-09-09 |
20100225631 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND SOURCE DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR PERFORMING MUTIPLE DRIVING OPERATIONS WITHIN A UNIT SOURCING PERIOD - A flat panel display device and a source driver circuit for the flat panel display device are provided for performing multiple driving operations within a unit sourcing period. In the flat panel display device, multiple driving operations are performed within the unit sourcing period, and source voltages are supplied to a selected number of data lines in each driving operation. In this case, one DAC is driven to generate source voltages for a plurality of data lines. In the flat panel display device, the number of the DACs is reduced and the overall layout area is greatly reduced. Also, standby power consumption can be greatly reduced due to the reduced number of amplifiers. Since the source voltages provided by the same amplifier are provided to adjacent data lines, a metal layer can be easily wired in the display panel. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225632 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The embodiments of the present invention disclose a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display comprises: a color filter substrate and an array substrate assembled together with a sealant, wherein an electrode is formed between an edge portion of an effective display region of the array substrate and the sealant, and the metal electrode is connected to a first DC power. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225633 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF MOVING IMAGE DISPLAYED ON LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a panel having pixel electrodes arranged at intersections of a plurality of signal lines via switching elements for transmitting display data and a plurality of scanning lines for transmitting control signals, and a control circuit for controlling the panel. The liquid crystal panel is divided into first pixel regions and second pixel regions adjacent to the first pixel regions. The control circuit carries out impulse driving in which the control signals transmitted to each of the scanning lines are activated two times in one frame period for displaying an image. The control circuit writes the display data in either one of the pixel regions and writes reset data in the other pixel regions when the control signals are activated once of the two times. By writing the reset data in the pixel regions, the display data written in an immediately preceding frame are reset. In consecutive frames, the display data written in the pixel regions are always reset in one frame period. Therefore, blurring in a moving image can be alleviated. Since writing the display data and the reset data is carried out separately in the first pixel regions and in the second pixel regions, flicker is prevented from occurring in a display screen. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225634 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY COMPENSATED DRIVE SIGNAL - Subpixels on an electroluminescent (EL) display panel, such as an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel, are compensated for initial nonuniformity (“mura”) and for aging effects such as threshold voltage V | 2010-09-09 |
20100225635 | DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION SYSTEM - In one embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal driving semiconductor IC for driving a display panel includes an output terminal connected to the display panel, an output circuit block including a DAC circuit, and a spare output block including a DAC circuit, the DAC circuits and being connectable to the output terminal. The IC includes an op amp for comparing output signal from the DAC circuit with that of the DAC circuit, and judging circuit for judging, based on the comparison result of the op amp, whether the DAC circuit is defective, and switches and for, if the DAC circuit is defective, connecting the spare DAC circuit to the output terminal in replacement of the defective DAC circuit. This provides an IC for driving a display device, which IC has concrete measures to easily detect a defect in an output circuit, and can perform self-healing for the defect in the output circuit. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225636 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - This present disclosure provides a display device and method thereof. The display method used in a display device, the display device includes a display unit, a clock unit, a storage unit and an analog clock implementation module, the clock unit configured to provide current real time, and the storage unit configured to store display contents and display modes of an analog clock. The method includes determining positions of clock markings using the analog clock implementation module for the analog clock around the display unit; acquiring the display mode of the analog clock; displaying the current time in the analog clock, acquiring and displaying display contents together with the analog clock in the display mode. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225637 | DISPLAY DRIVING SYSTEM WITH MONITORING UNIT FOR DATA DRIVER - A display driving system includes a timing controller configured to receive a data signal composed of image data and generate a control signal such as a clock signal; an interface configured to transmit the data signal and the control signal to a plurality of data drivers; the data drivers configured to receive the data signal and the control signal through the interface and supply received signals to a display panel to display an image; and a monitoring unit configured to feed back LOCK signals indicative of state information of the data drivers to the timing controller such that the data drivers can be monitored. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225638 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BIAS VOLTAGES TO PAD LOGIC OF AN LCD CONTROLLER - An LCD controller includes at least one I/O pad for providing an LCD drive voltage in an LCD mode of operation. I/O pad logic drives the at least one I/O pad responsive to a provided bias voltage. Voltage selection logic selects a higher voltage between an LCD drive voltage and an externally provided system voltage as a first voltage. Bias voltage logic selects one of the system voltage or the first voltage as the bias voltage for the I/O pad logic. The system voltage is selected as the bias voltage for the I/O pad logic in a non-LCD mode of operation for the I/O pad and the first voltage is selected for the bias voltage for the I/O pad logic in the LCD mode of operation for the I/O pad. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225639 | ARRAY OF LED ARRAY LUMINAIRES - The present invention provides LED array systems with a control system for arrays of LED array luminaires that allows for display of images or light patterns across and array of luminiairs over a low bandwidth control protocol. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225640 | Switching Operating Modes of Liquid Crystal Displays - In an embodiment, a computer comprises a liquid crystal display (LCD) operable in a transmissive mode, a reflective mode, and a transflective mode; a display driver coupled to the LCD; one or more processors coupled to the display driver; mode switching logic coupled to the one or more processors and/or to the display driver; one or more electronic input sources coupled to the mode switching logic and providing input signals to the mode switching logic, wherein the input signals represent states of ambient conditions, other computer elements, user input, or user applications of the computer; and the mode switching logic is configured to cause the one or more processors to perform receiving one or more of the input signals; based on the input signals, selecting a particular operational mode for the LCD from among the transmissive mode, the reflective mode, and the transflective mode; causing the LCD to operate in the particular operational mode. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225641 | FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL DRIVING METHOD AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for driving a ferroelectric liquid crystal panel. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a ferroelectric liquid crystal panel having a ferroelectric liquid crystal provided between a pair of substrates, a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of drive electrodes, and a plurality of pixels constituted by intersections between the plurality of scanning electrodes and the plurality of signal electrodes, and a controller for applying driving pulses to the plurality of scanning electrodes and the plurality of signal electrodes. The controller applies to the plurality of pixels first reset pulses, first selection pulses for switching the plurality of pixels, second reset pulses having a voltage or pulse width different from that of the first reset pulses, and second selection pulses having a voltage or pulse width different from that of the first selection pulses and for switching the plurality of pixels. According to the present invention, a clear image can be obtained regardless of threshold unevenness. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225642 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION OF IMAGES IN THE EARTH'S SUBSURFACE - A system and method for visualizing images in a three-dimensional context. The method involves receiving user input specifying a polyline in a given cartographic reference system. The polyline is displayed in a 2D window. A set of geometry data is generated based on the polyline and a user-specified vertical range. The geometry data set represents a folded object in three-dimensional space, where the folded object has one fold for each knee point in the polyline. A 3D virtual world is rendered to obtain a rendered image. The rendering action includes rendering the geometry data set using a given image as texture. The rendered image is displayed in a 3D window, where the displayed rendered image visually represents the given image as being painted onto the folded object in the three-dimensional space. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225643 | Controlling a Three-Dimensional Virtual Broadcast Presentation - Control of a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation is disclosed. The three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation may be generated based on dynamic information such as traffic information, weather information, or other information that may be featured on a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation. A signal generated by a control device maneuvered by a presenter and reflecting positional information of the control device is received. A view of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation is manipulated in response to the received signal, the manipulation of the virtual broadcast presentation at least partially based on positional information of the control device. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225644 | Method and System for Transitioning Between Views in a Traffic Report - A method and system for transitioning between views in a traffic report are disclosed. The transition involves having the elements of both the 2D map and the 3D virtual world spatially located in the same virtual world. The transition involves moving from one part of the virtual world to another part of the virtual world while fading out the elements that are specific to the first type of graphic and showing elements that are specific to the second type of graphic. The view can be seamlessly transitioned between the 2D map view and the 3D world view, or between two different 3D world views. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225645 | Receiving system and method of processing data - A receiving system that can receive and process 3D images and a data processing method of the same are disclosed. The receiving system includes an image receiving unit and a display unit. The image receiving unit receives a 3-dimensions (3D) image and system information including additional information of the 3D image (i.e., additional 3D image information), generates 3D signaling information based upon the additional 3D image information included in the system information, and transmits the generated 3D signaling information along with the 3D image through a digital interface. And, the display unit receives the 3D signaling information along with the 3D image through the digital interface, formats the 3D image based upon the receiving 3D signaling information, and displays the formatted 3D image. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225646 | Method for magnifying images and videos and associated image processing device - This invention is a method applicable to an image processing device, which includes the steps of providing a preprocess module for extracting a high-frequency portion of an image inputted into the device, extracting a gradient of the image and decomposing the image into plane and edge regions according to a predetermined fixed threshold, and providing a composite up-scaling module for executing the magnification processes on the image and the high-frequency portion thereof respectively, wherein the magnification process of plane regions of the image and the high-frequency portion is based on a simple interpolation while the edge regions of the image and the high-frequency portion is based on both a smart interpolation and the simple interpolation. The magnification results of the image and the high-frequency portion are then processed by a fusion process, so as to output an image having sharp but not blocky edges, rich details and strong contrast. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225647 | RIGHT SIZING RESERVOIR MODELS - Disclosed herein are improved systems and methods for right sizing grid models for performing, for example, reservoir simulations. Implementations in accordance with the present disclosure may begin with a relatively fine scale grid model. Successive coarsening and resampling operations may be repeated until one or more characteristics of the coarsened grid model begin to unacceptably diverge from those of the fine scale model. Similarly, successive coarsening and upscaling operations may be performed until one or more characteristics of the coarsened grid model begin to unacceptably diverge from those of the previously-coarsened grid model. The resulting coarsened grid model may be suitably sized for reservoir simulations. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225648 | STORY DEVELOPMENT IN MOTION PICTURE - Developing a story for a motion picture, including: receiving drawings; receiving camera setups by generating an animated 3-D environment; incorporating placeholders for the drawings into the generated 3-D environment; creating shots by ordering and timing the camera setups; and integrating the drawings into the camera setups. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225649 | GRAPH DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND GRAPH DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A graph arbitrarily input by the user is displayed on a dot-matrix display screen. When an instruction to determine any one of the characteristic points, such as intersections, local maxima, or local minima, is given, an characteristic point to be determined is calculated and the result is pointed by pointer P and, at the same time, the coordinates (X, Y) of the characteristic point are displayed. Depending on whether there is one other graph which overlaps or makes contact with the characteristic point of the graph and displayed dots of the graph near the characteristic point, it is determined whether a locus of the graph near the characteristic point is displayed unclearly. If the condition for unclear display has been satisfied, the graph including the characteristic point is enlarged repeatedly at the enlargement factor set by the user until the condition for unclear display is not fulfilled. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225650 | Networks for Organic Reactions and Compounds - A method for analyzing a collection of organic chemical reactions and compounds reported in the literature in the form of a complex network in either a normal, one-mode graph or a bipartite graph is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods, algorithms, computer-readable storage mediums and other applications derived from the analysis of this graph/network theory. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225651 | Map data update apparatus - In a vehicular navigation apparatus, when map data of a unit area is updated, it is determined whether a border node contained in an adjoining unit area which adjoins the updated unit area is separated from an opponent border node contained in the updated unit area. The positions of the border node and the opponent border node are moved to target points so as to accord with each other, thereby reducing a possibility to worsen an appearance of a map as a result of the update of the unit area of the map data. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225652 | Tile Based Rendering Of Smooth Points Using Polygons - An apparatus and method for rendering a smooth circular point using polygons on a computer graphics display. The circular point is approximated by a polygon and the selection of the polygon depends on the diameter of the point. The polygon is enclosed in a bounding area that is divided into a plurality of tiles. The tiles are classified into different sections depending on their location relative to the center of the point. The tiles in each section are processed according to an algorithm to generate a mask that is used to render the circular point. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225653 | INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD AND INFORMATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - An information notification method includes coding information by a first information processing apparatus, displaying the coded information on a screen of the first information processing apparatus, obtaining displayed coded information as image information by a second information processing apparatus having an image-capturing unit, transmitting the obtained image information to a third information processing apparatus from the second information processing apparatus, receiving at the third information processing apparatus the image information transmitted from the second information processing apparatus, and decoding by the third information processing apparatus the received image information so as to obtain the coded information. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225654 | Theatre Seatback Display - The present invention is directed to improvements on display hardware and/or user presentation interface systems for audience gathering places, such as theatres, stadiums, cinemas and auditoriums. The display hardware relates to the equipment used to distribute communications (such as advertising and audience feedback) throughout the audience gathering place and to (at least some of) the individual members of the audience. The user presentation interface systems involve the substance of the communications that are actually made to and/or from audience members. In this document the focus will be on theatre applications. One key insight is that while delivery of information to/from an audience member who has come to see a performance of some kind (for example, an opera) has the potential to be distracting, this process will be much less distracting, and can even be greatly enjoyment-enhancing, if each audience member has her or his own dedicated user interface presentation hardware (for example, seatback display, netbook plugged into her seat, headphones, etc.) at the individual level. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225655 | Concurrent Encoding/Decoding of Tiled Data - Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for dividing bitmaps into tiles and processing the tiles concurrently using multiple tile engines. Data compression algorithms may be adapted so that the algorithms can be concurrently processed by multiple data slice engines. The algorithms may be further adapted so that the concurrent outputs for each stage may be passed to the next processing stage without delays or dead cycles. The reduction or elimination of delays or dead cycles may result in a lower latency. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225656 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME IN WHICH MEMORY BLOCKS ARE SELECTIVELY ACTIVATED IN FETCHING PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS - A processing unit includes an instruction fetch unit that is configured to process a compiled instruction that includes a plurality of fields. The plurality of fields includes a flag field that identifies memory blocks to be activated for fetching a next instruction. Each of the memory blocks has stored therein one or more fields used to form the next instruction and assigned to the memory blocks in a predetermined way. A block enable signal generator is configured to generate at least one block enable signal to selectively activate the memory blocks in the predetermined way. The flag field is included in fields of an instruction having the shortest length among instructions of the processing unit. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A DISPLAY - Embodiments of the electronic device include a display driver with the ability to receive image data in a streaming display mode or a frame-buffered display mode. In some embodiments, the electronic device may switch seamlessly between the two display modes based on which display mode will provide reduced power usage given the type and/or variability of the image data being received. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225658 | Method And Apparatus For Digitizing And Compressing Remote Video Signals - A method and apparatus for digitizing and compressing video signals for transmitting the signals between a remotely located computer and a host or local computer. The digitization and compression method and apparatus is capable of dividing frame buffers into cells and comparing image data from previously captured frame buffers to create synchronized video signals and transmit the video signals over an extended range by limiting the portions of the transmission bandwidth of pixel data transferred between the remote computer and the local computer. In an alternate embodiment of the present invention, a keyboard video mouse switch is disposed between the remotely located computer and the local computer. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225659 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM AND METHOD - A display control device includes a memory that stores display data to be displayed on a display section, an operation section that specifies a display area of the display section where the display data is displayed, an address setting section that sets a setting address value with respect to a memory address of the display data stored in the memory, an address specifying section that specifies a read start address value of the display area with respect to the memory address based on a first operation amount of the operation section, and a specified address changing section that changes, when the read start address value is equal to the setting address value, the read start address value to a different address value. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225660 | PROCESSING UNIT - A processing unit comprising a memory configured to hold a plurality of colour stops. The processing unit configured to receive a reference offset and to select two of the colour stops in dependence on the reference offset. The processing unit further configured to calculate an interpolated colour in dependence on the selected colour stops and the reference offset. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225661 | METHOD FOR COMPUTER-AIDED VISUALIZATION OF THE RISK STATUS IN A TECHNICAL PROJECT - In a method for computer-aided visualization of a risk status in a technical project for developing or producing a technical system, components or a process, a number of risks and/or a number of uncertainties are provided as first and/or second input variables, each risk being assigned an occurrence probability and a damage degree and each uncertainty being assigned a weighting and an estimate of damage. Furthermore, a visually distinguishable bar chart having a first and second sector for the first and second input variables is generated. For each risk, the first sector has a bar segment in which the probability-of-occurrence and the degree-of-damage variables are depicted, and for each uncertainty of the number of uncertainties, the second sector has a bar segment in which the weighting and the estimate-of-damage variable are depicted. In a circular bar chart, the corresponding bars for the risks or uncertainties are highlighted in different colors. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225662 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH CONTROL PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A contact position is obtained from an input device. As an operation mode of a display device, a cleaning corresponding mode which disenables an operation corresponding to cleaning of a screen and using the input device on an object to be displayed on the screen is started. In the case where the operation mode is the cleaning corresponding mode, when the screen is touched, the color of a pixel in the screen corresponding to the contact position is changed to a predetermined color. When the number of pixels whose color is changed to the predetermined color becomes to a predetermined number or more, the cleaning corresponding mode is finished. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225663 | METHOD FOR CREATING GAMMA LOOK-UP TABLE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for creating a Gamma look-up table (LUT) includes: calculating interpolated display characteristics of a plurality of colors by using a nonlinear interpolation algorithm based on a plurality of display characteristics of the predetermined patterns wherein the number of the display characteristics is smaller than the product of the number of the colors and the number of the interpolated display characteristics of the colors; and correcting the interpolated display characteristics of the colors on the basis of a maximum display characteristic value and a reference gamma value so that the Gamma look-up table is created. The predetermined patterns comprise a plurality of gray level patterns which one-by-one correspond to a plurality of levels, and the interval of a pair of adjacent gray level patterns among the gray level patterns is different from the interval of another pair of adjacent gray level patterns among the gray level patterns. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225664 | CONTENT DISPLAY APPARATUS - A movable content display apparatus with a display section displaying contents including; a position detecting section which is arranged on the surface on the opposite side of the display section and detecting image patterns; and a control section shifting a display position of the image of the contents being displayed in the display section by a distance according to the movement distance and in a direction opposite to the movement direction, when the position detecting section detects from the changes in the image pattern that the own apparatus has moved on a table by a certain movement distance in a certain movement direction. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225665 | MAP AGGREGATION - A system described herein includes a text extractor component that extracts text from a digital image and a determiner component that automatically determines whether or not the digital image is a map of a geographic region based at least in part upon the extracted text. The system additionally includes a correlator component that generates correlation data that causes the digital image to be correlated with a portion of a reference map that pertains to the geographic region if the determiner component determines that the digital image is a map of the geographic region. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225666 | DIGITAL OPTICAL COMPARATOR - A digital optical comparator has a holder for a part under study. A light source illuminates the part and casts an image of the part onto a camera, which is provided with a lens. The image captured by the camera is displayed on a screen, and a drawing of the part is overlaid on the image of the part. Thus, defects in manufacturing can be easily and readily identified. In addition, a determination of whether the part is manufactured within tolerances can also be visually determined. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225667 | Content Display Method Content Display Device and Program - A thumbnail creating section creates a thumbnail of a specified object to be read. A linear information computing section computes an internal coordinate used as linear information from attribute information on each content. An order-of-priority determining section determines the order of priority of each content. A thumbnail line-forming section forms a line of thumbnails according to the scale specified by the user. A superposition thumbnail nondisplay section does not display a thumbnail having the lower order of priority than that of the other of the superposed thumbnails. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225668 | Modes and Interfaces for Observation, and Manipulation of Digital Images on Computer Screen in Support of Pathologist's Workflow - Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of manipulating a microscopy slide image. Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of panning across the entire width and height of a microscopy slide image. Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of changing the magnification of a microscopy slide image. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225669 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed are a display apparatus and a control method of the same. The display apparatus includes: a display unit, an image processing unit; an image receiving unit which receives an image from an image source; and a controller which controls the image processing unit to crop the image such that an aspect ratio of the received image becomes a preset reference aspect ratio and scale the cropped image in correspondence to a resolution of the display unit. With this configuration, an image with no distortion can be displayed. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225670 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ILLUMINATION THERETO - The present invention proposes a method of providing illumination for a display device including a lighting unit having a plurality of light sources ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225671 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention aims to improve a low gradation expression ability by reducing the brightness of the 1 | 2010-09-09 |
20100225672 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICES - An electrophoretic display device comprises an array of rows and columns of display pixels. Each pixel comprises first and second row electrodes ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225673 | FOUR-CHANNEL DISPLAY POWER REDUCTION WITH DESATURATION - A method of presenting an image on a display device having color channel dependent light emission comprising receiving an image input signal including a plurality of three-component input pixel signals; selecting a reduction color component; calculating a reduction factor for each input pixel signal dependent upon a distance metric between the input pixel signal and the selected reduction color component; selecting a respective saturation adjustment factor for each color component of each pixel signal; producing an image output signal having four color components from the image input signal using the reduction factors and saturation adjustment factors to adjust the luminance and color saturation, respectively, of the image input signal; providing a four-channel display device having color channel dependent light emission; and applying the image output signal to the display device to cause it to present an image corresponding to the image output signal. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225674 | METHOD OF DRIVING A LIGHT SOURCE, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A method of driving a light source including a light-emitting block includes generating a luminance representative value based on an average grayscale value and a maximum grayscale value extracted from an image signal corresponding to the light-emitting block. The method further includes detecting a predetermined pattern of the light-emitting block, generating a compensation control signal based on the predetermined pattern, generating a compensated luminance representative value by compensating the luminance representative value based on the compensation control signal, and driving the light-emitting block based on the luminance level of the light-emitting block corresponding to the compensated luminance representative value. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225675 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DRIVING CODE GENERATING CIRCUIT - A display device displays a gray scale by applying a voltage to a display element for each of a plurality of subfields. The display device includes a predetermined code storage unit that stores a predetermined code, in which indication values designating the voltage are arranged, a compression code storage unit that stores a compression code, which includes a first portion designating a number of the indication values and a second portion designating an identifier of the predetermined code, and a developing unit that generates a driving code according to a continuous code, in which indication values designating a first voltage are arranged by the number of the indication values designated by the first portion of the compression code, and a predetermined code corresponding to the identifier designated by the second portion of the compression code. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225676 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, ELECTRO OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An integrated circuit device includes: a grayscale voltage generation circuit that outputs a plurality of grayscale voltages; and a plurality of driver circuits that drive a plurality of data lines upon receiving the plurality of grayscale voltages, wherein the grayscale voltage generation circuit voltage-divides between a high voltage side power supply voltage and a ground voltage thereby generating the plurality of grayscale voltages, each of the plurality of driver circuits includes a data line driving circuit having a first capacitor and a second capacitor, wherein the data line driving circuit performs an inversion-amplification of a gain according to a capacitor ratio between the first capacitor and the second capacitor, thereby outputting data voltages in an output range whose lower limit voltage is higher than the ground voltage. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225677 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD AND DISPLAY DRIVING CONTROLLER OF CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A display apparatus includes a cholesteric liquid crystal display panel, a control circuit and a driving circuit. The control circuit classifies pixels into different gradation level groups. The driving circuit applies a first driving waveform to the cholesteric liquid crystal display panel to bring pixels belonging to the first and the fourth group into a state corresponding to the highest gradation level, pixels belonging to the second group into a state corresponding to the lowest gradation level, and pixels belonging to the third group into states corresponding to gradation levels to be displayed, and applies a second driving waveform to the cholesteric liquid crystal display panel to bring pixels belonging to the fourth group into states corresponding to gradation levels to be displayed. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225678 | DISPLAY DRIVER CIRCUIT - A display driver circuit configured to be shared by three grey-scale voltage generators to be respectively used with red (R), green (G) and blue (B) colors. In particular, two of the three grey-scale voltage generators share first and second resistor strings, gamma voltage selectors, and gamma adjustment buffers provided in the other grey-scale voltage generator, thereby reducing the size and power consumption of the display driver circuit. Also, when only a single grey-scale voltage is output, it is possible to deactivate the grey-scale voltages provided by two of the grey-scale generators and further reduce power consumption. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225679 | Multi-Pixel Addressing Method for Video Display Drivers - A video display system is described which is formed by an array of pixels comprised of fast responding light elements, row select and column select switches and pixel data drivers, and a computation subsystem which generates the control signals for the select lines and the video data. The overall system reconstructs the intended image or video to be displayed through successively displaying subframes of images corresponding to orthogonal image basis function components of the original image acting on a grouping of pixels selected using multiple row and column lines. The resultant system is an architecture which enables one to implement certain video decompression techniques directly on the light elements, as opposed to implementing these techniques in digital processing, and can have a considerably reduced raw video data requirement than a system in which pixels are addressed individually, and enables higher dynamic range to be achieved with similar digital-analog-converter specifications. Embodiments with LED based displays are described herein. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225680 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - An image displaying apparatus includes a display with delta array. If an image is displayed on the basis of image data in an RGB format arrayed in a stripe pattern, data of color values R, G and B are input to a calculator. The calculator performs a weighted average on color values of adjacent pixels in a lateral direction to calculate each color value, and a rearranger rearranges calculated respective color values so as to conform to the delta array. Then, a driver displays an image on the basis of the color values which are rearranged so as to conform to the delta array. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225681 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF MOVING IMAGE DISPLAYED ON LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a panel having pixel electrodes arranged at intersections of a plurality of signal lines via switching elements for transmitting display data and a plurality of scanning lines for transmitting control signals, and a control circuit for controlling the panel. The liquid crystal panel is divided into first pixel regions and second pixel regions adjacent to the first pixel regions. The control circuit carries out impulse driving in which the control signals transmitted to each of the scanning lines are activated two times in one frame period for displaying an image. The control circuit writes the display data in either one of the pixel regions and writes reset data in the other pixel regions when the control signals are activated once of the two times. By writing the reset data in the pixel regions, the display data written in an immediately preceding frame are reset. In consecutive frames, the display data written in the pixel regions are always reset in one frame period. Therefore, blurring in a moving image can be alleviated. Since writing the display data and the reset data is carried out separately in the first pixel regions and in the second pixel regions, flicker is prevented from occurring in a display screen. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225682 | Display device - A display device includes: a panel portion, on which a plurality of sub-pixels with a discrete bus line form each individual pixel, the plurality of sub-pixels that form the individual pixel being sequentially arranged in a horizontal and a vertical direction, the panel portion displaying a two-dimensional image or a three-dimensional image by application of a signal via the bus line; and a filter portion, provided on a front surface of the panel portion, that alternately changes, for each of predetermined horizontal regions, a polarization state of light passing through the panel portion. A boundary of each of the horizontal regions of the filter portion is positioned within a range of a first sub-pixel of each of the plurality of sub-pixels. The first sub-pixel displays a different image when the two-dimensional image is displayed on the panel portion to when the three-dimensional image is displayed on the panel portion. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225683 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING HEAD MAINTENANCE OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A RECORDING HEAD MAINTENANCE OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head for discharging an ink droplet onto a recording medium in a print operation; a maintenance operation unit performing a primary maintenance operation on the recording head after a predetermined time following completion of the print operation; a standing time calculation unit calculating a standing time between a completion time of a secondary maintenance operation performed in the predetermined time and an end time of the predetermined time; an intensity comparing unit comparing an intensity of the primary maintenance operation and an intensity of the secondary maintenance operation; and a selection unit selecting a type of the primary maintenance operation based on the standing time when the intensity of the secondary maintenance operation is greater than the intensity of the primary maintenance operation. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225684 | DRIVE MECHANISM OF A PRINTER INTERNAL TO A MOBILE PHONE - Provided is a mobile phone having a chassis with a drive mechanism incorporated therein. A replaceable print cartridge received by the chassis is also provided. The replaceable print cartridge has a housing with ink-bearing structures and a printhead, as well as a media drive shaft rotatably mounted to the housing for driving print media past the printhead. The media drive shaft has a drive wheel driven by the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism has a piezo-electric element supported by an arm extending from the chassis. Actuation of the piezo-electric element causes an oscillating movement of the arm to contact the drive wheel upon each oscillation to thereby cause rotational movement of the drive wheel and the media drive shaft. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225685 | Droplet Mixing Apparatus and Droplet Mixing Method - A droplet mixing apparatus can be applied for use with a variety of liquids, can provide a mixing speed of hundreds of nl/s by adjusting an opening/closing time of a solenoid valve, can effectively mix droplets, and can reduce a reaction time when applied to clinical appliances that utilize expensive liquids. The droplet mixing apparatus includes a plurality of pressure containers storing liquids that are to be dispensed, a plurality of solenoid valves that are respectively connected to the pressure containers to dispense the liquids fed from the pressure containers into a mixing container, and a control unit that controls the solenoid valves such that the solenoid valves are either simultaneously opened or alternately opened and closed. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225686 | PRINT SIGNAL GENERATION SYSTEM - An embodiment of a print signal generation system is provided. The system comprises a sensor, a divisor processing unit, a reference signal generator, and a print trigger signal generator. The sensor detects a first offset of a first location of a medium being printed. The divisor processing unit generates a first divisor according to the first offset and a predetermined divisor. The reference signal generator generates a reference signal. The print trigger signal generator generates a print trigger signal according to the first divisor and the reference signal. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225687 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus for effecting recording by scanningly moving a recording head, wherein the apparatus is provided with a group of a plurality of arrays each including a plurality of nozzles, wherein the group is responsive to one-color recording data, includes selecting means for selecting a block of a predetermined number of the nozzles in the nozzle array in synchronism with cyclic signals; driving means for driving the nozzles in the block selected by the selecting means; managing means for managing information of the block selected by the selecting means, for each group of the nozzle arrays; generating means for generating, for each nozzle array, driving data including information indicative of a block to be selected by the selecting means and block data corresponding to the block, on the basis of the information of the block managed by the managing means; and transfer means for transferring the driving data generated by the generating means to the recording head. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225688 | LIQUID DROPLET JETTING HEAD AND LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet jetting head includes: a first terminal to which is inputted a clock signal; a second terminal to which are serially inputted liquid droplet jetting-related input data in synchronization with the clock signal inputted to the first terminal and to which are serially inputted control data after the input data; a third terminal to which is inputted a pulse signal when input of the input data to the second terminal is completed; a first holding unit that holds the data inputted to the second terminal at a timing when the pulse signal is inputted to the third terminal; a delay unit that delays the pulse signal inputted to the third terminal; and a second holding unit that holds at least the control data inputted to the second terminal at a timing when the delay unit delays the pulse signal. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225689 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus, including: an ink-jet head having an ejection surface; a conveyor mechanism having a conveyor belt with a conveyor surface and a belt drive mechanism for moving the conveyor belt and configured to convey a recording medium; a pair of comb electrodes disposed so as to be opposed to the ejection surface, each comb electrode including a plurality of electrode portions, the electrode portions of one and the other of the comb electrodes being alternately arranged; a voltage-application power source for applying a voltage between the comb electrodes; and a controller having an attraction control portion for controlling the power source so as to attract the medium to the conveyor surface, wherein the attraction control portion is configured to control the power source such that the voltage is applied between the comb electrodes after initiation of the movement of the conveyor belt by the belt drive mechanism. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225690 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head with a group of nozzles. The liquid ejecting apparatus drives a pressure generating element to generate pressure variation in a liquid in a pressure generating chamber and ejects the liquid from the nozzles using the pressure variation. A driving signal generating unit generates a driving signal including an ejection driving pulse which drives the pressure generating element. An ejection control unit controls application of the ejection driving pulse to the pressure generating element to control a liquid ejecting operation of the liquid ejecting head. The driving signal generating unit generates first and second ejection driving pulses. The ejection control unit calculates a timing at which the amount of the ejected liquid becomes a predetermined correction target value in transition of the ejected liquid amount of each nozzle from a start of the ejecting operation. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225691 | System And Method For Correcting Stitch And Roll Error In A Staggered Full Width Array Printhead Assembly - A method evaluates printhead position in a staggered full width array (SFWA) printhead assembly. The method includes selecting a first printhead configuration for printing a first test pattern on an image receiving member, generating positional correction data for roll and stitch displacements obtained from captured image data of the first test pattern, comparing the positional correction data to at least one threshold in a displacement range, and operating at least one printhead actuator in accordance with the positional correction data in response to the positional correction data exceeding at least one predetermined threshold in the displacement range. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225692 | INKJET PRINTING CORRECTION METHOD AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - An inkjet printing correction method is used with an inkjet printing apparatus. The inkjet printing correction method includes the following steps. Firstly, a first test image file is printed out as a print test pattern by the inkjet printing apparatus. Then, the print test pattern is scanned to obtain a second test image file. Then, all second block intervals are compared with respective first block intervals, thereby obtaining correction interval difference data. According to the comparing results, a procedure of ejecting ink droplets from the ink nozzles is determined to be advanced or delayed. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225693 | Recording device, control method, and recording medium - A recording device including a paper feeder tray that accommodated a recording medium, a print head that discharges ink on the recording medium to record an image thereon, a transfer roller that transfers the recording medium and a printed test chart on which multiple marks are arranged, a control device that controls the transfer roller, a first detection device that detects a rotation position of the transfer roller, a second detection device that detects the multiple marks arranged on the printed test chart, and a transfer device that transfers the recording medium from the paper feeder tray to the second detection device, wherein the control device obtains an difference between an actual transfer amount of each of the multiple marks obtained by detecting the multiple marks by the second detection device and a predetermined theoretical transfer amount of each of the multiple marks relating to a rotation position of the transfer roller, calculates a correction amount for the rotation amount of the transfer roller based on a relationship between the rotation position of the transfer roller and the difference, and controls the rotation amount of the transfer roller using the correction amount. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225694 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head unit includes: a liquid ejecting head which includes a nozzle row formed by nozzles arranged in series so as to eject a liquid onto a printing medium; and a base plate which retains the liquid ejecting head, wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the base plate in a first direction as a relative moving direction between the printing medium and the liquid ejecting head is larger than that in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225695 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - Blocking members are respectively provided at a conveyance direction upstream side and downstream side of a head unit of an inkjet recording device. The two blocking members are provided radially extending from an area near an outer peripheral surface of an image formation drum, and extend across a width direction of a paper, and respectively cover both conveyance direction sides of the head unit. An end of each blocking member near to the image formation drum is separated from the outer peripheral surface of the drum by a predetermined distance. Between an inkjet line head and a blocking member is provided a fan that blows air along a droplet ejection direction towards a vicinity of the outer peripheral surface of the image formation drum, thereby preventing heat from the image formation drum from being transmitted to an ejection direction distal end of the inkjet line head. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225696 | DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE - A droplet ejecting device includes a recording head, a temperature detector, and moving section. The recording head is elongated, a liquid is filled therein, and plural nozzles, that eject droplets on the basis of image information, are arrayed along a predetermined direction. The temperature detector detects a temperature of a predetermined range of a nozzle surface at which the plural nozzles of the recording head are arrayed. The moving section moves at least one of the temperature detector and the recording head relatively in the predetermined direction. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225697 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a printing device which forms an image on a recording medium using ink containing at least pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, resin particles and water; and a fixing device which makes contact with a surface of the recording medium on which the image is formed and applies heat and pressure to fix the image, wherein a minimum filming temperature (MFT | 2010-09-09 |
20100225698 | PAGEWIDTH PRINTER WITH MOVABLE CAPPING MEMBER FOR PRINTHEAD - A pagewidth inkjet printer that has a printhead with a nozzle surface and a surrounding surface that surrounds the nozzle surface, a platen that partially defines a media path extending passed the printhead, a capping member for sealing engagement with the surrounding surface, a solenoid for moving the capping member in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the nozzle surface. During use, the printhead, the media path and the platen all remain fixed relative to each other, and the capping member is movable through the media path. Production efficiencies from lower precision assembly have particular significance for high volume products. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225699 | Rotary wiper assembly for fluid-ejection printhead - A rotary wiper assembly for a fluid-ejection printhead that has fluid-ejection nozzles includes one or more wipers and a rotatable shaft to which the wipers are at least indirectly attached. The rotatable shaft is to rotate the wipers to a static wiping position. While the wipers are stationary in the static wiping position, the fluid-ejection printhead is to move back and forth in relation to the wipers while the wipers are not to move, to cause the wipers to come into contact with the fluid-ejection nozzles to wipe material from the fluid-ejection nozzles. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225700 | PRINT CARTRIDGE WITH PRINTHEAD IC AND MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ROTOR ELEMENT - A print cartridge that has a printhead integrated circuit having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements, a rotor element rotatable between a blot position where the rotor element blots the printhead integrated circuit, a seal position where the rotor element seals the nozzle arrangements, and a platen position in which the rotor element positions a printing medium proximate the printhead integrated circuit, an air distribution channel configured to deliver air along the printhead, communicable with an air supply, a plurality of reservoirs for printing fluids for the printhead integrated circuit and, a refill port arranged in fluid communication with printing fluid conduits each leading to one of the reservoir respectively, the port facilitating refilling of the reservoirs from a refill cartridge. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225701 | WALL MOUNTABLE PRINTER HAVING HIDDEN PRINT ENGINE - A printer unit is provided comprising a print engine for printing on print media, a print media supply for supplying print media to the print engine and a body arranged to house the print engine and to be mountable to a substantially vertical surface so as to suspend the printer unit. The print engine and print media supply are contained in the body so as to be substantially hidden. Such a wall mountable printer is capable of blending into the design of a home or a work space within office environment whilst providing high-speed, e.g., more than 30 pages per minute, and high-quality, e.g., images of about 1200 dots per inch or more, printing capabilities and ease of use. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225702 | Printhead Assembly Incorporating Plural Printhead Integrated Circuits Sealed To Support Member With Polymer Sealing Film - A pagewidth printhead assembly includes a plurality of printhead integrated circuits linked end to end across a width of the pagewidth printhead assembly; a support molding to which the plurality of printhead integrated circuits are sealed, the support molding defining a plurality of ink channels; a plurality of etched channels provided on an underside of each printhead integrated circuit, each etched channel defining along a length thereof a plurality of ink inlets for receiving ink from one of the plurality of ink channels; and a polymer sealing film for sealing the printhead integrated circuits to the support molding, the polymer sealing film defining therethrough a plurality of openings. Each of the plurality of etched channels is divided into two or more separate channel sections separated by respective channel wall structures. Each opening of the polymer film is in fluid communication with ink inlets of two separate channel sections. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225703 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH MULTIPLE PRINTHEAD MODULES AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS IN SINGLE CASING - A printhead assembly that has a casing with a series of module mounting sites, printed circuit board mounting sites and busbar support formations. A printhead module is mounted to each module mounting site respectively. Each printhead module has a printhead integrated circuit (IC). A plurality of printed circuit boards control the printhead IC's, one of the printed circuit boards being fixed to each of the printed circuit board mounting sites respectively. Busbars are secured in the busbar support formations for receiving data and power from the printed circuit boards. The printhead modules are electrically connected to the busbars to provide the printhead integrated circuits with power and data. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225704 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID HOUSING CONTAINER - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid housing container that is housed by a container housing portion. The container housing portion includes a first terminal connecting to the liquid housing container. A position determining pin defines an insertion direction in which the liquid housing container is inserted into the container housing portion. The liquid housing container includes a circuit substrate and a second terminal connecting to the first terminal. A position determining hole determines the position of the liquid housing container by inserting the position determining pin therein. An inclination portion is configured such that the first terminal first contacts a member disposed on a substrate mounting face, on which the circuit substrate is installed, of faces of the liquid housing container, by inserting the position determining pin into the position determining hole along the inclination portion when the liquid housing container is inserted into the container housing portion. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225705 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING MODULAR PRINTHEAD TILE SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES - A printhead assembly includes a printhead module having at least first and second modular printhead tiles, the first printhead tile having a first set of connection strips, and the second printhead tile having a second set of connection strips; an electrical connector assembly for electrically connecting the first and second printhead tiles, the electrical connector assembly having printed on a surface thereof a plurality of conducting strips; and first and second modular supports arranged end to end for respectively receiving the first and second printhead tiles, the first and second modular supports shaped to complementarily define a first cavity portion therebetween. The first printhead tile is received in the first modular support such that the first set of connection strips extend over the cavity portion. The second printhead tile is received in the second modular support such that the second set of electrical connection strips extend over the cavity portion. The electrical connector assembly is received in the cavity portion such that the conducting strips are in electrical contact with the first and second set of electrical connection strips. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225706 | Liquid Droplet Jetting Apparatus and Liquid Droplet Jetting Method - A liquid droplet jetting apparatus is provided. The liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes: a plurality of pressure chambers, in each of which is disposed a nozzle for jetting a liquid filling the pressure chambers; a common supply channel that is equipped with branching channels connected to each of the pressure chambers and which supplies the liquid to each of the pressure chambers from the branching channels such that the liquid fills each of the pressure chambers; and a pressure applying component that applies pressure to the liquid filling the pressure chambers to cause the liquid to be jetted from the nozzles such that a frequency of pressure waves propagating in the liquid inside the common supply channel when pressure has been applied to the liquid filling the pressure chambers does not become equal to a resonance frequency of the common supply channel. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225707 | AQUEOUS INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An aqueous ink contains at least an aqueous medium, a surfactant, and a dye. The aqueous medium includes only water and at least one water-soluble organic compound(s) and the static surface tension of the aqueous medium is from 45 mN/m or more to 57 mN/m or less. The dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink satisfies the following conditions: (1) The dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink at a lifetime of 50 milliseconds is from 42 mN/m or more to less than 49 mN/m; (2) The dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink at a lifetime of 500 milliseconds is from 28 mN/m or more to 38 mN/m or less; and (3) A difference between the dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink at a lifetime of 50 milliseconds and the dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink at a lifetime of 500 milliseconds is 7 mN/m or more. | 2010-09-09 |