45th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110273418 | Emission driver, light emitting display device using the same, and driving method of emission control signals - A light emission control driver, including a first circuit unit receiving a clock signal, an input signal, and an input bar signal and generating an output bar signal, the first circuit unit being connected to a first node, a second circuit unit receiving the output bar signal, an input signal, and a clock signal and generating an output signal, the second circuit unit being connected to the first node, and a third circuit unit connected to the first node, the third circuit unit receiving the output signal and maintaining a voltage of the first node by applying a first voltage to the first node during a predetermined period responsive to the output signal. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273419 | PIXEL CIRCUIT OF A FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A pixel circuit of a flat panel display device and a method for driving thereof are provided. The pixel circuit includes a first transistor having a first gate electrode coupled to a scan line, a second electrode coupled to a data line, a second gate electrode coupled to a controlling signal line, and a first electrode, a second transistor having a first gate electrode coupled to the first electrode of the first transistor, a second electrode coupled to a first voltage source, a second gate electrode coupled to the controlling signal line, and a first electrode, a capacitor coupled between the first gate electrode of the second transistor and the first electrode of the second transistor, and an organic light emitting diode coupled between the first electrode of the second transistor and a second voltage source, in which the threshold voltage of the first and second transistors may be controlled to the required level by supplying a controlling signal of a fixed voltage level to the second gate electrodes of the first and second transistors through the controlling signal line. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273420 | Organic Light Emitting Display and Method for Driving the Same - An organic light emitting display includes scan lines, row common electrodes and rows of pixels. The scan lines sequentially transmit scan signals. The row common electrodes disposed in parallel with the scan lines and sequentially transmit common voltage signals corresponding to the scan signals. The rows of the pixels are electrically coupled to the scan lines and the row common electrodes and sequentially receive the scan signals and the common voltage signals. A method for driving the organic light emitting display is also disclosed herein. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273421 | SCAN DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A scan driving circuit that generates a plurality of scan signals overlapping with each other by h horizontal cycles, that is driven by using (2h+2) clock signals, and that includes a small number of transistors, where h denotes a natural number less than or equal to n−1 and n is an integer greater than “4.” | 2011-11-10 |
20110273422 | DC-DC CONVERTER, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE - A direct current (DC)-DC converter for preventing ignition and destruction of an organic electroluminescent display device by not driving the current when a parameter of the organic electroluminescent display device is abnormal, an organic electroluminescent display device including the DC-DC converter, and a method of driving the organic electroluminescent display device. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273423 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate and at least a conducting wire. The conducting wire, disposed in a peripheral region of the array substrate, includes a first straight section, and a second straight section structurally connected to the first straight section. At least one side of the first straight section is arranged along a first direction, and at least a side of the second straight section is arranged along a second direction, where the first direction and the second direction are non-parallel. The first straight section includes a plurality of first slits arranged along the first direction, and the second straight section includes a plurality of second slits arranged along the second direction. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273424 | DISPLAY PANEL DATA DRIVER AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A data driver driving a display panel includes a data processing unit receiving digital data synchronously with a master clock signal and storing the digital signal, and a driving signal output unit generating a driving signal corresponding to the digital data in response to a driving instruction signal, and outputting the driving signal to the display panel. The data processing unit is activated at an activation time determined according to a setting signal. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273425 | DRIVE VOLTAGE GENERATOR - N drivers convert n digital values into n voltages. N amplifiers amplify the n voltages, thereby generate n drive voltages. An amplifier voltage supply supplies an amplifier voltage for driving the n amplifiers. An amplifier voltage controller detects a maximum digital value among a plurality of digital values, and sets the amplifier voltage to a voltage value dependent on the maximum digital value. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273426 | Apparatus and method for driving e-paper panel - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for driving an e-paper panel. The e-paper panel driving apparatus includes a power supply module that supplies a DC power, a DC/DC converter that converts voltage of the DC power supply supplied from the power supply module into a preset voltage, a sensing module that senses an output voltage from the DC/DC converter, and a control module that supplies or blocks the output voltage from the DC/DC converter to an e-paper panel according to the output voltage sensed by the sensing module. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273427 | Organic light emitting display and method of driving the same - An organic light emitting display, and a method of driving the same, controls the voltage of a second power source in accordance with an ambient temperature. The organic light emitting display includes a driver IC configured to drive a pixel unit and to generate a control signal in accordance with an ambient temperature, and a DC-DC converter configured to generate a first power source and a second power source from an input voltage, to change a voltage of the second power source in accordance with the control signal from the driver IC, and to output the changed voltage of the second power source and the first power source. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273428 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device includes: a display unit including pixels coupled to scan lines and data lines; one or more control lines coupled to the pixels; a control line driver for supplying control signals to the pixels through the control lines; a first power driver for applying a first power having a low voltage level or a high voltage level to the pixels; and a second power driver for applying a second power having a low voltage level or a high voltage level to the pixels, in which each of the pixels includes: an organic light emitting diode (OLED); a driving transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied to the OLED; and an initializing transistor coupled to a gate electrode of the driving transistor and for supplying a reset voltage to the gate electrode of the driving transistor. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273429 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device includes: a scan driver; a data driver; a display unit including pixels located at crossing regions of scan lines and data lines; first power lines coupled between a first power supply and the pixels; at least one second power line located outside the display unit and coupled to a second power supply having a voltage different from a voltage of the first power supply; at least one third power line coupled to a third power supply having a voltage different from the voltage of the first power supply; and fourth power lines coupled to the pixels, wherein the pixels are charged with voltages corresponding to the data signals and the third power supply and are configured to control the amount of current flowing from the first power supply in response to the voltages charges in the pixels. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273430 | VOLTAGE LEVEL SHIFTING WITH REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION - In an embodiment, a voltage level shifter circuit includes a first terminal configured to be connected to a high voltage supply rail (Vs+), a second terminal configured to be connected to a low voltage supply rail (Vs−), and an output voltage (V | 2011-11-10 |
20110273431 | MULTIPLEXER FOR DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL - A multiplexer receives multiple differential signals, selects one differential signal, and outputs, via an output port, the differential signal thus selected. The multiple differential signals are respectively input to multiple differential input ports. Multiple buffers are respectively provided to the multiple differential input ports. Each buffer includes a differential input terminal connected to a corresponding differential input port, and a differential output terminal connected to an output port. Each buffer is configured to be capable of switching states, according to the control signal, between an enable state in which a differential signal that corresponds to a differential signal input to the differential input terminal is output, and a disable state in which current consumed by the buffer becomes substantially zero, and the differential output terminal thereof is set to a high-impedance state. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273432 | Light Emitting Device, Driving Method for Same and Electronic Apparatus - It is a problem to provide a light-emitting device capable of obtaining a constant brightness without being affected by deterioration in an organic light-emitting layer or temperature change, and of making desired color display. The lowering in OLED brightness due to deterioration is reduced by causing the OLED to emit light while keeping constant the current flowing through the OLED instead of causing the OLED to emit light while keeping constant the OLED drive voltage. Namely, OLED brightness is controlled not by voltage but by current thereby preventing against the change in OLED brightness due to deterioration of OLED. Specifically, the drain current Id of a transistor for supplying a current to the OLED is controlled in a signal line drive circuit thereby keeping constant the drain current Id without relying upon the value of a load resistance. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273433 | BOOST CONVERTER FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - In order that a boost converter of an LDI can reduce electromagnetic interference by generating a panel driving voltage through the use of a variable frequency, while achieving a stable boosting operation using the same frequency whenever each frame begins, an oscillator generates an oscillation signal having a frequency, which varies in a predetermined pattern or hops in a random pattern around a center frequency, and generates an oscillation signal having a preset fixed frequency whenever each frame begins. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273434 | Scan driving apparatus and driving method for the same - A scan driving apparatus, includes scan driving blocks, each including a first and a second input terminal where a frame start or a scan signal of an adjacent scan driving block is input during forward and backward direction driving, respectively, wherein each of the scan driving blocks transmits a first scan direction signal instructing forward scan driving to a first transistor adjusting a clock signal in accordance with a signal input to the first input terminal, transmits a second scan direction signal instructing backward scan driving to the first transistor in accordance with a signal input to the second input terminal, and outputs the clock signal as a corresponding scan signal, the even numbered ones of the scan driving blocks receive a first clock signal as the clock signal, the odd numbered ones of the scan driving blocks receive a second clock signal as the clock signal. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273435 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - When a light-emitting element emits light for a long time, characteristics thereof change and current flowing therethrough is reduced even in the same voltage is applied. In particular, in a case of a display device with light-emitting element, there is a problem such that burn-in is generated in a display screen. A burn-in correction period in which characteristics of a light-emitting element in each pixel are detected is provided in addition to a normal driving period in which an image is displayed. The light-emitting element can emit light which compensates the changes in the characteristics, by correcting video signals inputted to each pixel in the normal driving period according to the characteristics of the light-emitting elements obtained in the burn-in correction period. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273436 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - In one or more embodiments described herein, there is provided an apparatus comprising a processor and a memory including computer program code. The memory and the computer code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to be able to determine a graphical indicator for display to the originator of personal user data. The graphical indicator is a graphical representation of a determined interest value of one or more viewers to the personal user data. This determined interest value is generated using feedback signalling representative of the feedback provided by changes in facial expression of respective viewers to viewing said personal user data. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273437 | Data Dependent Method of Configuring Stereoscopic Rendering Parameters - A method of determining a configuration of stereoscopic rendering parameters in a computer graphics environment by periodically determining the location of data within the viewing frustum and adapting the parameters to generate a stereo render. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273438 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CHOOSING DATA THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a method of choosing data thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a database and a play unit. The display unit is capable of displaying a three-dimensional (3D) diagram which is used to indicate a plurality of data categories. The outward appearance of the 3D diagram may be transformed in order to point to one of the data categories according to an input instruction. The play unit may read the corresponding multimedia data from the database according to the instruction and play it. The 3D diagram is preferably described by a pillar section, a ring section and a connecting section. The pillar section lies at a central region of the ring section and connects to the ring section via the connecting section. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273439 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A method of driving an image display device comprises inserting a reset frame displaying black data between neighboring data frames alternately displaying left-eye data and right-eye data; reflecting gray-scale information of an (n−2)th data frame in a reset frame corresponding to an (n−1)th frame through a predetermined data calculating operation; detecting a data variation between the (n−1)th reset frame and an nth data frame, reading a compensation value corresponding to the detection result from a lookup table, and modulating input data of the nth data frame using the read compensation value; and inverting the polarity of the modulated data according to N frame inversion (N is a multiple of 4) and applying the data having the inverted polarity to a display panel. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273440 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display and a method for driving the same are disclosed. The stereoscopic image display includes a display panel displaying a two-dimensional (2D) image data in a 2D mode and displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image data in a 3D mode, a gamma reference voltage generating circuit that generates first gamma reference voltages and second gamma reference voltages different from the first gamma reference voltages, outputs the first gamma reference voltages in the 2D mode, and outputs the second gamma reference voltages in the 3D mode, and data driver that converts the 2D image data into the first gamma reference voltages in the 2D mode and converts left eye image data and right eye image data into the second gamma reference voltages in the 3D mode. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273441 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device for displaying 2D and 3D image, the organic light emitting display device including a scan driver for supplying a scan signal to a plurality of scan lines; a data driver for supplying a data signal to a plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixels that located at crossing regions of the scan lines and the data lines for controlling a current flowing from a first power driver to a second power driver via an organic light emitting diode; a data processor for classifying data supplied from outside as 2D or 3D data, and for producing 2D or 3D; and a timing controller for transmitting 2D or 3D data supplied from the data processor to the data driver, wherein the timing controller is configured to set the pixels in a non-emission state during a scan period. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273442 | RECOGNITION AND POSE DETERMINATION OF 3D OBJECTS IN 3D SCENES - The invention provides a method for recognizing instances of a 3D object in 3D scene data and for determining the 3D poses of said instances comprising the following steps: (a) providing 3D scene data; (b) selecting at least one reference point from the 3D scene data; (c) computing, for each selected reference point, pose candidates for the 3D object under the assumption that said reference point is part of the 3D object; and (d) computing a set of filtered poses from the pose candidates. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273443 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE FEATURES - A method and a system for three-dimensional modeling of a three-dimensional scene features, are described. According to the present invention, a reference-image is captured from a known angle while an array of two-dimensional random patterns is projected onto a reference surface from another known angle. The reference image is turned in relation to the reference surface. Then, an image of the scene is captured while the array of two-dimensional random patterns is projected onto it from the same angles. By matching the patterns of these images and measuring the movement between the two projected patterns, the third dimension is computed using triangulation techniques. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273444 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SELECTED GARMENTS ON A COMPUTER-SIMULATED MANNEQUIN - A method and system for providing a computer-simulated environment for displaying a selected mannequin wearing a combination of selected garments. In one aspect, three-dimensional scenes containing mannequin and garment objects are created within a three-dimensional modeling environment, and a simulation is performed using a cloth simulator within the modeling environment to model the construction, draping, and collision of the garment with the mannequin. Rendering frames corresponding to a variety of garments, mannequins, garment dimensions, garment styles, wearing patterns, viewing angles, and other parameters, are then generated from which images can be rendered and displayed in accordance with user requests. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273445 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING HAIR AND CLOTH USING POLYHEDRAL-BASED CONSTRAINTS - Systems and methods are disclosed to create a realistic and dynamic model of an animated object, such as hair or cloth, by employing control vertices and control entities that make up an animated object. The control vertices are used as polyhedral vertices in the creation of a polyhedral mesh, such as a tetrahedral mesh, and a constraint is employed during simulation in which the polyhedral volume is preserved. Using the systems and methods, the workflow may be significantly improved and costs significantly lowered. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273446 | ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic imaging device includes a display unit and a barrier layer. The display unit includes scan lines for transferring select signals, data lines for transferring data signals corresponding to first and second images formed according to one or more input signals, and pixels connected with the scan and data lines. The barrier layer includes first barriers and second barriers corresponding to the first barriers. The first image is displayed during a first period of a unit period during which an image of a single frame is displayed. The second image is displayed during a second period different from the first period. The first barriers are driven according to the first image, the second barriers are driven according to the second image, and a region of the barrier layer corresponding to a mixed region in which the first and second images coexist is a non-transmission region. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273447 | Connection-relation deciding program, computer aiding apparatus, computer aiding method - A computer aiding apparatus includes a storage unit that stores therein pieces of component information on component basis; an calculating unit that searches from the storage unit for a piece of component information assigned to a bonding component that bonds components together and calculates an including shape includes the three-dimensional shape of the bonding component that is included in the piece of the component information found; a search unit that searches, in accordance with the arrangement position of the including shape calculated, for any piece of component information assigned to any component that interferes with the including shape from the storage unit; and a deciding unit that decides, depending on a function of the bonding component, an inter-component unmovable direction in which the component related to the piece of the component information that is found. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273448 | VIRTUAL FLASHLIGHT FOR REAL-TIME SCENE ILLUMINATION AND DISCOVERY - One object of the present invention is to provide a system that adopts a global illumination technique to seamlessly span light across a real world and a virtual world. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273449 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a video processing apparatus and video display apparatus that are capable of reliably preventing the occurrence of motion blur or dynamic false contours. The video processing apparatus has: a subfield conversion unit ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273450 | METHOD OF REPRESENTING A MATERIAL - A method is provided for representing a material by approximating an original function modeling the interaction of the material and of light emitted by a light source, which function is defined as a function of pixels, of viewpoints, and of light directions, the method comprising: for each viewpoint, the steps of performing a polynomial approximation of the original modeling function and a geometric approximation of a residue resulting from the difference between the original modeling function and the polynomial approximation of said function; and a step of simplification by decomposing the results obtained from the two approximations into wavelet packets. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273451 | COMPUTER SIMULATION OF VISUAL IMAGES USING 2D SPHERICAL IMAGES EXTRACTED FROM 3D DATA - A system, method, and computer-readable instructions for virtual real-time computer simulation of visual images of perspective scenes. A plurality of 2D spherical images are saved as a data set including 3D positional information of the 2D spherical images corresponding to a series of locations in a 3D terrain, wherein each 2D spherical image comprises a defined volume and has an adjacency relation with adjacent 2D spherical images in 3D Euclidean space. As the input for a current virtual position changes based on simulated movement of the observer in the 3D terrain, a processor updates the current 2D spherical image to an adjacent 2D spherical image as the current virtual position crosses into the adjacent 2D spherical image. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273452 | DATA DISPLAY - Methods and systems for displaying data are described. The display system extracts first data from a first data set, such as management system data. The first data includes one or more variables between a start time and an end time that may be user-defined. The display system uses the extracted data to populate a temporary database and process the data in the temporary database, such that there is no need to unduly interfere with the functionality of the management system. The data in the temporary database is processed to generate a plot value for each variable for each of a plurality of time slices. Finally, the plot values are presented as a series of images using a video processor to generate an intuitive visual representation of the data. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273453 | CHART DRAWING DEVICE AND CHART DRAWING METHOD - A displaying chart image in a bitmap format is generated from ledger sheet data, while identifying layout information capable of identifying a plurality of line drawings on the chart image respectively is generated for a mouse decision. Then, identifying information corresponding to a dot designated through a mouse cursor over the displaying chart image is acquired from the identifying layout information and a dot string indicated by the identifying information is specified as the line drawing. Consequently, it is possible to increase a display speed more greatly as compared with the case in which the line drawings are subjected to vector rendering and are thus displayed respectively, and to identify the line drawings in the chart image formed into a bitmap based on the identifying layout information, respectively. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273454 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TEXT - A system and method for displaying text are described. According to embodiments of the invention, the system and methods describe operations for displaying text, where the text does not include hints. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273455 | Systems and Methods of Rendering a Textual Animation - Systems and methods of rendering a textual animation are provided. The methods include receiving an audio sample of an audio signal that is being rendered by a media rendering source. The methods also include receiving one or more descriptors for the audio signal based on at least one of a semantic vector, an audio vector, and an emotion vector. Based on the one or more descriptors, a client device may render the textual transcriptions of vocal elements of the audio signal in an animated manner. The client device may further render the textual transcriptions of the vocal elements of the audio signal to be substantially in synchrony to the audio signal being rendered by the media rendering source. In addition, the client device may further receive an identification of a song corresponding to the audio sample, and may render lyrics of the song in an animated manner. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273456 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARTIAL SIMULATION AND DYNAMIC CONTROL OF SIZES OF ANIMATED OBJECTS - Systems and methods are provided for altering a portion of a simulation without deleteriously altering adjoining portions, and in so doing increasing the pace at which simulations may be made by decreasing the overall number and size of simulations required. In other implementations, the systems and method provide convenient ways to dynamically control the size of animated objects, such as hair or cloth, using animated rest poses. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273457 | STABLE SPACES FOR RENDERING CHARACTER GARMENTS IN REAL-TIME - Techniques are disclosed for providing a learning-based clothing model that enables the simultaneous animation of multiple detailed garments in real-time. A simple conditional model learns and preserves key dynamic properties of cloth motions and folding details. Such a conditional model may be generated for each garment worn by a given character. Once generated, the conditional model may be used to determine complex body/cloth interactions in order to render the character and garment from frame-to-frame. The clothing model may be used for a variety of garments worn by male and female human characters (as well as non-human characters) while performing a varied set of motions typically used in video games (e.g., walking, running, jumping, turning, etc.). | 2011-11-10 |
20110273458 | Shared Graphics Infrastructure - Systems and methods that provide for a common device enumeration point to a class of software objects, which represent hardware and can emit 2D bitmaps, via a presentation interface component. Such presentation interface component can further include a factory component that centralizes enumeration and creation for any components that control or communicate with the frame buffer of the graphics display subsystems. Accordingly, a smooth transition can be supplied between full screen and window models, within desktop composition systems, wherein applications can readily support such transitions. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273459 | DEVICE FOR THE PARALLEL PROCESSING OF A DATA STREAM - A device for processing a data stream originating from a device generating matrices of N | 2011-11-10 |
20110273460 | SYSTEM CO-PROCESSOR - Embodiments of the invention provide assigning two different class identifiers to a device to allow loading to an operating system as different devices. The device may be a graphics device. The graphics device may be integrated in various configurations, including but not limited to a central processing unit, chipset and so forth. The processor or chipset may be associated with a first identifier associated with a graphics processor and a second device identifier that enables the processor or chipset as a co-processor. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273461 | STATUS DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a development environment which makes it easy to verify the performance, processing load, and display status in an actual built-in device, enabling a reduced work cycle time during development and high work efficiency. Display means, central processing means, drawing processing means, and storage means are provided. The central processing means, at every predetermined operation unit clock, interprets content stored in the storage means at an instruction address and performs various computation processing. The drawing processing means shares the storage means with the central processing means and performs drawing processing. The display means shares with the drawing means a predetermined memory space starting at a display address in the storage means and makes a display device perform display in accordance with the memory state of the predetermined memory space starting at the display address. The storage means and/or central processing means is allowed to be provided outside of the status display apparatus. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273462 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND ACCESSING PIXEL DATA IN A GRAPHICS DISPLAY DEVICE - A graphics display device comprises a first and second memory, and a data transfer controller coupled with the first and second memory. In some embodiments, a method of storing pixel data comprises receiving and latching first pixel data associated with a first pixel, receiving second pixel data associated with a second pixel, and concurrently writing the first pixel data in the first memory and the second pixel data in the second memory. In other embodiments, a method of accessing pixel data of an image frame comprises accessing the first and second memory for reading out pixel data of each pair of adjacent pixels, when the image frame has an odd total number of pixels determining whether a final pixel data is in a latched state, and reading out the final pixel data from the data transfer controller when the final pixel data is in the latched state. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273463 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present application relates to method of driving an image display device comprising inserting a black data frame displaying black data between neighboring data frames alternately displaying left-eye data and right-eye data; comparing an nth frame corresponding to a current frame and an (n−2)th frame corresponding to a previous frame with each other when the data frames are input, reading a compensation value according to the comparison result from a lookup table and modulating input data of the nth frame using the read compensation value to output a modulated data; and bypassing data corresponding to the black data without modulating the data when the black data is input to output a bypass data, the application also relates to said image display device. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273464 | Framework for Graphics Animation and Compositing Operations - A framework for performing graphics animation and compositing operations has a layer tree for interfacing with the application and a render tree for interfacing with a render engine. Layers in the layer tree can be content, windows, views, video, images, text, media, or any other type of object for a user interface of an application. The application commits change to the state of the layers of the layer tree. The application does not need to include explicit code for animating the changes to the layers. Instead, an animation is determined for animating the change in state. In determining the animation, the framework can define a set of predetermined animations based on motion, visibility, and transition. The determined animation is explicitly applied to the affected layers in the render tree. A render engine renders from the render tree into a frame buffer for display on the computer system. Those portions of the render tree that have changed relative to prior versions can be tracked to improve resource management. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273465 | OUTPUT CONTROL APPARATUS OF MEDICAL DEVICE - An ultrasound output apparatus includes a first output connector for connecting a first handpiece, a second output connector arranged neighboring the first output connector for connecting a second handpiece, an HP connector connection detection circuit that detects that the first and second handpieces are connected to the first and second output connectors respectively, a display section provided with first and second display screens for displaying setting information of the first and second handpieces at predetermined positions according to an array of the first output connector and the second output connector and a GUI control section that controls a number of partitions of the display section according to connection statuses of the first and second handpieces so as to display, when the HP connector connection detection circuit detects that the first and second handpieces are connected to the first and second output connectors, setting information of the first and second handpieces on the first and second display screens, display, when the HP connector connection detection circuit detects that only the first handpiece is connected to the first output connector, the setting information of the first handpiece on the entire display section and display, when the HP connector connection detection circuit detects that only the second handpiece is connected to the second output connector, the setting information of the second handpiece on the entire display section, and performs a display reflecting the connection status of the HP connector connection detection circuit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273466 | VIEW-DEPENDENT RENDERING SYSTEM WITH INTUITIVE MIXED REALITY - An image is displayed by determining a relative position and orientation of a display in relation to a viewer's head, and rendering an image based on the relative position and orientation. The viewer's eye movement relative to the rendered image is tracked, with at least one area of interest in the image to the viewer being determined based on the viewer's eye movement, and an imaging property of the at least one area of interest is adjusted. Computer-generated data is obtained for display based on the at least one area of interest. At least one imaging property of the computer-generated data is adjusted according to the at least one imaging property that was adjusted for the at least one area of interest and the computer-generated data is displayed in the at least one area of interest along with a section of the image displayed in the at least one area of interest. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273467 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MULTICOLOR VECTOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing device includes: an analysis unit to analyze vector image data including line information and area color information; a detection unit to detect a boundary pixel through which an outline passes; a determination unit to determine whether the outline passes longitudinally through the boundary pixel; and a coloring unit to sequentially fill each pixel on a scan line. A color of a target pixel is calculated based on the area color information and the target pixel is filled with the calculated color when the target pixel is a boundary pixel. A reference filling color is changed from the first color to the second color defined for a target pixel when the target pixel is a boundary pixel through which an outline passes longitudinally. A target pixel is filled with the reference filling color when the target pixel is not a boundary pixel. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273468 | Color Management Method for Color Representation with Self-Luminous Color Primaries - The present invention relates to a unique color management method for calibrating and characterizing a light mixing system comprising a set of primary light modules emitting self-luminous color primaries, which may be intimately mixed to produce a batch color that matches a standard color. The radiant output of each self-luminous color primary, or channel, is modulated by a setting a light controller to a Digital-to-Analog-Conversion (“DAC”) value. In the event that the radiant output of the color primary channels is non-linearly proportioned to the DAC input values, it is useful to employ an innovative “iterative best-fit” method of simultaneously calculating admixtures of light from all color primaries that match a standard color. Otherwise, a matrix method based on matrix algebra may also be used to create a batch color that matches a standard color. A best fit tristimulus value method or best fit minimum RMSD can be used in conjunction with these spectral color matching methods. In addition, an optical feedback method may be used to correct systematic drift of the individual color primary channels. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273469 | SIGNAL DETECTION AND TRIGGERING USING A DIFFERENCE BITMAP - A test and measurement instrument converts digital data that represents an input signal into a plurality of bitmaps, and then subtracts one of the bitmaps from another one of the bitmaps to produce a difference bitmap. The difference bitmap does not contain density values that are common to the two bitmaps, but instead only contains the density differences between the two, thereby revealing very small density variations in the presence of large density values. In some embodiments, the difference bitmap is displayed on a display device. In other embodiments, the difference bitmap is used to generate a trigger signal. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273470 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - When a single page of a newspaper article or a magazine is displayed using hierarchical data, a guidance area (indicated by a line in the hierarchical data) for each article is defined in a scenario definition file. A plurality of guidance areas are defined in the layer below, i.e., the layer having a resolution of a level that allows characters to be legible, so that the viewer can track the article from start to end. The displayed image is initially guided to the guidance area upon a user request for enlargement. Upon a further request for enlargement, the displayed image is guided to the guidance area at the head of the article. When the user having read the sentence in the guidance area provides an input by indicating a direction or pressing a predetermined button, the displayed image is guided to the guidance area showing the continuation of the sentence. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273471 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a display control device including a display mode decision unit that decides a display mode when an image data group including a plurality of pieces of image data obtained by capturing a subject image in a plurality of mutually different focal positions is displayed as a slideshow based on focused image determination information to determine focused image data in which a predetermined subject is in focus from the image data group and a display control unit that controls the slideshow display of the image data group based on the display mode decided by the display mode decision unit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273472 | Dose Volume Histogram Evaluator - A software device that aids the user to evaluate the dose distribution for radiation therapy treatment plans. Radiation therapy treats a desired tumor volume as well as undesired volumes of critical anatomical structures within the patient. The dose volume histogram (DVH) is commonly used to assess the volume of tumor and the volumes of critical structures receiving certain doses. The disclosed invention overlays dose tolerance limits onto the DVH to conveniently and comprehensively enable the user to evaluate the quality of the radiation treatment plan. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273473 | MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF PROVIDING MULTIPLAYER GAME AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and an operating method thereof are provided. The operating method includes displaying a preview image provided by a camera module on a display module; obtaining position information of the mobile terminal; obtaining a map of an area displayed in the preview image and its relevant areas based on the obtained position information; and displaying an image into which the preview image and the map are combined on the display module. Therefore, it is possible for a user to view a preview image and a map at the same time and determine his or her location with an enhanced sense of reality. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273474 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A PC displaying an image on a display unit accepts handwriting input to the image, and displays the accepted handwriting on the image. The PC detects object regions including a certain object in the image and comment placement regions corresponding to respective object regions. If the starting position of the first stroke of handwriting is included in any one of the object regions, the PC determines that the accepted handwriting is directed to the object region. When the input of the handwriting to the object region is finished, the PC identifies a display region for the handwriting and changes the size of the input handwriting so as to display the input handwriting in the comment placement region corresponding to the object region. The PC displays the size-changed handwriting in the identified display region and further displays a comment balloon surrounding the displayed handwriting. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273475 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING SENSORY INFORMATION TO DEVICES AND PERIPHERALS - Peripherals and data processing systems are disclosed which can be configured to interact based upon sensor data. In at least certain embodiments, a method for sensing motion and orientation information for a device includes receiving a motion event from at least one sensor located in a device. The method further includes determining an orientation for a display of the device. The method further includes determining whether the device is currently moving. The method further includes determining whether the device moves within an angle with respect to a ground reference for a first time period. The method further includes switching the orientation of the display of the device if the device moves in excess of the angle. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273476 | Low Resolution Graphics Mode Support Using Window Descriptors - Herein described is a method and system of displaying low resolution graphics onto a high resolution display. The low resolution graphics may be displayed using one or more displayable maps or surfaces, each of which is defined by way of one or more parameters. The display may comprise a monitor, television set, or set top box, capable of displaying at a particular resolution. In one or more representative embodiments, the various aspects of the invention permit scaling the low resolution graphics onto the high resolution display by way of using the one or more displayable maps or surfaces such that the graphics data is properly displayed on the higher resolution display. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273477 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A VARIABLE SCALE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - In a method for displaying information with the aid of a display mounted in a motor vehicle, a user-interface device generates graphics data that control the display such that a graphical object is displayed in which a display content is shown in a specific scale, and one pixel of the display is selected with the aid of an input device, and a line is drawn on the display starting from this pixel. The scale of the display content is altered as a function of the length of the line. A display device for a motor vehicle can implement the method. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273478 | AUTO-SCALING STRIP CHART - Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying a strip chart on an electronic display. A furthest extremum value of the measured quantity is recorded over a period of time and a plurality of values of the measured quantity are displayed on the strip chart. The furthest extremum value is used to automatically rescale the strip chart, providing for at least one bound of the zoomed range. In response to receiving a selection of a zoom factor defining a degree of magnification of the strip chart, the strip chart is automatically scaled to a degree of magnification commensurate with the zoom factor and the strip chart may be automatically scaled such that the strip chart is bounded on one side by one of a furthest extremum maximum or minimum value and the other one of the furthest extremum maximum or minimum value is not displayed on the strip chart. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273479 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING VISUAL INFORMATION ON A DEVICE - Systems, methods, and devices for displaying visual information on an electronic display are provided. For example, rather than requiring a user to manually pan and zoom across visual information displayed on an electronic display, an electronic device may automatically display certain details of the visual information that are of interest to the user. One such method may include defining objects in visual information and detecting certain specific touch input gestures entered on the electronic display while the electronic display is displaying the visual information. When the touch input gestures are detected, the electronic device may automatically display a sequence of the objects of the visual information on the electronic display. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273480 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display and a method for driving the same are disclosed. The stereoscopic image display includes a display panel that displays a two-dimensional (2D) image data in a 2D mode and display a three-dimensional (3D) image data in a 3D mode, a backlight unit providing light to the display panel, a backlight controller that reduces a duty ratio of the backlight unit in a 3D mode lower than a duty ratio set in the 2D mode, and increases a forward current supplied to light sources of the backlight unit in the 3D mode greater than a forward current set in the 2D mode, and a light source driver driving the light sources of the backlight unit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273481 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - The plasma display device has a sustain pulse generating circuit for generating sustain pulses in a sustain period. The sustain pulse generating circuit generates at least two kinds of sustain pulses of different rising gradients in the sustain period, generates a predetermined number of sustain pulse whose rising gradient becomes steeper to the latter half in at least one-side electrode in the sustain period after first two sustain pulses and except an erasing pulse, and continuously generates the sustain pulses while the rising gradient of the sustain pulses is varied in response to the light emitting rate of the plasma display panel in the sustain period. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273482 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE IN A DISPLAY - The invention relates to a method for processing an image, adapted for a display comprising a plurality of pixels, comprising the steps of setting, in dependence upon the image content, a portion out of the plurality of pixels to black for obtaining off-pixels thereby reducing the resolution of the display to a predefined value; and sequentially switching the position of the off-pixels over the plurality of pixels comprised by the display. In this way, a possibility for reducing or compensating for image retention in displays is provided. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273483 | Display apparatus, electronic appliance, and method of driving display apparatus - A display apparatus includes: a display panel unit in which electro-optical devices that emit display light are arranged in the form of a matrix; and a control unit performing display grayscale control by sequentially selecting the electro-optical devices are arranged and driving the selected electro-optical devices in order with a first signal voltage and a second signal voltage based on an image signal, wherein the control unit divides a grayscale range that can be expressed by the second signal voltage into a plurality of areas and performs a grayscale interpolation operation for interpolating the display grayscales by the electro-optical devices by setting voltage values of the first signal voltage and the second signal voltage according to the grayscales of the image signal as commonly using respective setting information of the first signal voltage for each divided area of the second signal voltage. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273484 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY CIRCUIT AND BACKLIGHT OF A DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for controlling the display circuit and the backlight source of a display device is utilized to improve the color display performance at the low grey scale region. The method includes dividing a plurality of display data into first original display data and second original display data according to a threshold value; the display circuit outputting the first original display data at a first frame duration; the backlight source outputting a first brightness at the first frame duration; the display circuit adjusting the second original display data according to a first parameter for generating second adjusted display data; the display circuit outputting the second adjusted display data at a second frame duration; lowering the first brightness according to the first parameter for generating a second brightness; and the backlight source outputting the second brightness at the second frame duration. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273485 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFORMING AN IMAGE - A system and method for visually transforming an electronic image is provided. The electronic image may be displayed on a high-definition flat display screen and manipulated to appear as a work of art via a layered material. Embodiments include processing the electronic image to provide an electronically pre-filtered image, displaying the pre-filtered image on a display screen, and physically filtering the displayed, pre-filtered image with the layered material to reduce light emission, add texturing, and enhance the passage of a wavelength of light. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273486 | FIELD SEQUENTIAL COLOR DISPLAY APPARATUS - A backlight unit includes a plurality of light sources whose light-emitting colors can be controlled independently. Each light source is associated with any one of a plurality of areas which are obtained by dividing a display screen. A color signal processing unit determines a chromaticity distribution of a video signal in an area, determines, in color space, a region containing all color coordinates in the area, and determines a light-emitting color of a corresponding light source for each field based on the determined region, and determines a transmittance of a liquid crystal element for each field based on the video signal in the area and the determined light-emitting color. By this, the difference between a color to be displayed and a color actually displayed is reduced area by area, reducing color breakup occurring in a field sequential color system. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273487 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE - At least one embodiment of the present invention provides a liquid crystal display module which can achieve low power consumption and high display quality without generating tearing. In at least one embodiment, the liquid crystal display module includes: a gate driver for driving a plurality of pixels per color of a plurality of primary colors different from each other, the plurality of pixels including pixels of the plurality of primary colors so that each of the plurality of primary colors is displayed by pixels of the each of the plurality of primary colors; a plurality of light sources for emitting different kinds of light, respectively, which different kinds of light correspond to the plurality of primary colors, respectively; and an LED driving circuit for controlling the plurality of light sources so that, during a time period in one frame, in which time period pixels of one of the plurality of primary colors are driven by the gate driver so as to display the one of the plurality of primary colors, at least one of the different kinds of light, other than a kind of light corresponding to the one of the plurality of primary colors, is emitted. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273488 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, DATA GENERATION METHOD, DATA GENERATION PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Under management by a main microcomputer, an LED controller performs, along at least two directions within a plane of planar light formed by LEDs arranged in a matrix, brightness correction processing for adjusting the distribution of brightness of the planar light on light source color video signals to convert them into light source color video signals. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273489 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A gradation change detection circuit determines whether a gradation value has been changed from a previous frame. In at least one example embodiment, a first frame memory stores, when the gradation value is changed, a gradation value before change. A hold count calculation circuit determines a hold count indicating the number of frames inputted after the change of the gradation value. A second frame memory stores the determined hold counts. An emphasis conversion circuit performs a process of emphasizing a change in gradation value on a video signal, and makes a degree of emphasis smaller with a larger hold count. A liquid crystal panel is driven based on a video signal obtained by an overdrive circuit. By this, double optical responsivity occurring due to overdrive drive is prevented. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273490 | MOBILE TERMINAL, A PEEKING PREVENTION METHOD AND A PROGRAM FOR PEEKING PREVENTION - A mobile terminal includes user setting unit | 2011-11-10 |
20110273491 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING SHORT CIRCUIT FAILURE - The present invention relates to an image display device and a method for repairing a short circuit failure. The present invention is applicable to, for example, an active matrix type image display device using an organic EL device, and a short circuit location between wiring patterns is able to be repaired. In a scanning line WSL or a signal line DTL, a bypass wiring pattern BP for bypassing a region where the signal line DTL and the scanning line WSL intersect with each other is provided. By using the bypass wiring pattern BP, a short circuit location between wiring patterns is repaired. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273492 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD - An apparatus includes a display panel, a scanning circuit, a modulation circuit and a potential generation circuit. The display panel includes a matrix wiring including a plurality of row wirings and column wirings, an electron source connected to the matrix wiring, a display member opposed to the electron source, an anode provided on the display member in an overlapping manner, and a feeding member connected to the anode in a joint portion, a scanning circuit, connected to the plurality of row wirings, a modulation circuit configured to output a modulated potential to the plurality of column wirings, and a potential generation circuit configured to output a first potential, which is higher than a potential of the electron source, to the feeding member during the first selected time period and a second potential, which is higher than the first potential, to the feeding member during the second selected time period. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273493 | PIXEL STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A pixel structure, a display device and an electronic device are provided. The pixel structure includes three primary sub-pixels of a first color, a second color, and a third color; three secondary sub-pixels of a fourth color, a fifth color, and a sixth color; and a logic circuit. The logic circuit includes three input terminals and three output terminals, and a voltage of each of the three output terminals is corresponding to a logic combination of voltages of the three input terminals. The three input terminals are coupled to the three primary sub-pixels respectively, while the three output terminals are coupled to the three secondary sub-pixels respectively. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273494 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A pentile-type flat panel display device, and a method of driving the same. The flat panel display device includes a scan driving unit to apply a scan signal through a plurality of scan lines; a data driving unit to apply a data signal through a plurality of data lines; and a pixel unit comprising a first pixel column comprising first pixels to display a first color and second pixels to display a second color alternatively aligned in a direction parallel to the data lines, a second pixel column comprising the first pixels and the second pixels alternatively aligned in the direction parallel to the data lines in an order opposite to the order of the first pixels and the second pixels of the first pixel column, and a third pixel column comprising third pixels to display a third color in the direction parallel to the data lines, wherein the data driving unit includes a gamma correction unit, and when a pattern of an input image with an increased number of bits corresponds to a reference image pattern, the gamma correction unit applies a predetermined compensation value to the input image, performs a sub pixel rendering process on the input image, and reduces a number of bits of the rendered image and outputs the rendered image with the decreased number of bits to the pixel unit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273495 | Apparatus and Methods for Color Displays - A display incorporates both narrow-band light emitters and broadband light emitters. The light emitters are controlled to display images according to image data. The narrow-band light emitters can be used to provide highly saturated primary colors. Light from the broadband light sources may be mixed with the broadband light. This can reduce metamerism failures arising from variations in the characteristics of the eyes of observers. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273496 | RECORDING APPARATUS - Prior to recording, the gap between ink nozzles and a sheet is set to a first gap and a humidified gas is supplied in a short time. After that, the gap is varied from the first gap to a second gap smaller than the first gap and recording is then started. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273497 | RECORDING HEAD - A recording head includes: a recording element substrate having a recording element and a logic circuit cofigured to control driving of the recording element; and an electric wiring member cofigured to provide a wiring layer that has a first group of a plurality of terminals, a second group of a plurality of terminals, and a plurality of signal lines configured to connect the first group of terminals to the second group of terminals; wherein the plurality of signal lines includes a plurality of logic signal lines including a logic power source line, a logic ground line, and at least first and second logic signal lines, and wherein, on the wiring layer, a line pattern connected to one of the logic power source line and the logic ground line is disposed along the first and second logic signal lines. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273498 | DRIVING DEVICE, RECORDING HEAD, AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - According to an aspect of the present invention, a high-resolution, small-size, low-cost driving device includes a clock signal generating unit configured to receive a first clock signal of a differential signaling system and generate a second clock signal, an input unit configured to input a data signal which includes first information and second information, a first timing generating unit configured to select an edge of the second clock signal based on the first information and to generate a first signal by counting occurrences of the selected edge a second timing generating unit configured to select edge of the second clock signal based on the second information and to generate a second signal by counting occurrences of the selected edge, a logical circuit configured to generate a pulse signal based on the first and second signals, and a driving element configured to drive a driven element using the pulse signal. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273499 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ADJUSTMENT VALUE OF FLUID EJECTION DEVICE, AND FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - An adjustment method is a method for adjusting a fluid ejection device having first and second heads with the first head disposed on an upstream side of the second head in a feed direction in which a medium is conveyed, the second head forming dot rows of a fluid between dot rows of the fluid formed by the first head. The first head and the second head are driven with a first voltage change amount to form a first test pattern, and the first head and the second head are driven with a second voltage change amount to form a second test pattern. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273500 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head with a plurality of nozzle groups each having a plurality of nozzles. Each nozzle ejects a liquid onto a landing target by an ejection pulse applied to the liquid. A movement unit relatively moves the liquid ejecting head and the landing target. A control unit sets an ejection timing of the liquid from the nozzles for each nozzle group according to a distance between the nozzles and the landing target. A driving signal generation unit generates driving signals including the ejection pulses, where a timing of each ejection pulse is based on the distance and a speed of the liquid as the liquid crosses the distance. The control unit selects the driving signal for each nozzle group based on the distance and applies a corresponding ejection pulse to the liquid. A liquid ejecting method is also provided. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273501 | LIQUID JET APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A liquid jet apparatus according to the present invention is a liquid jet apparatus including a plurality of nozzles, an actuator provided for each nozzle and connected to the respective nozzle, a drive waveform signal generation unit that generates a drive pulse, and a drive unit that applies the drive pulse to the actuator, wherein the drive unit includes a transistor pair, wherein the transistor pair: has two transistors connected to each other in a push-pull manner, and power-amplifies the drive pulse. The drive unit also includes a low-pass filter disposed between the transistor pair and the actuator. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273502 | Method And System To Compensate For Process Direction Misalignment Of Printheads In A Continuous Web Inkjet Printer - A method of operating a printer enables printheads mounted on print bars to be operated to compensate for misalignment of printheads in the process direction. The method includes identifying a position in the process direction for each printhead in a plurality of printheads, selecting one of the identified printhead positions as a reference printhead position, identifying a printhead timing parameter for each printhead mounted to at least one print bar, generating a firing signal for the printheads mounted to the at least one print bar, and adjusting delivery of the firing signal by the identified printhead timing parameter for each corresponding printhead mounted to the at least one print bar to coordinate actuation of inkjet ejectors in the printheads mounted to the at least one print bar and compensate for misalignment of the printheads in the process direction. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273503 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a plurality of inkjet print heads to which humidified air is supplied to retain the humidity in the print heads. Ink colors for the plurality of heads are arranged in a sequence corresponding to ink characteristics. The plurality of print heads are arranged in a sequence such that a print head configured to eject ink characterized by having a larger amount of volatile components evaporated within a predetermined time is located in a more upstream area. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273504 | SWATH PRINTER AND METHOD FOR APPLYING AN INK IMAGE TO A RECEIVING MEDIUM USING A SWATH PRINTER - A swath printer includes a print head that is moveable along a scan direction for applying an ink image to a receiving medium. A transport mechanism is configured to move the receiving medium and the print head with respect to each other in a transport direction that is substantially orthogonal to the scan direction. A first sensor is arranged to detect a position of a first reference pattern present on the receiving medium in a first area thereof, and a second sensor is arranged to detect a position of a second reference pattern present on the receiving medium in a second area thereof. A controller is provided to control the printer on the basis of the detected positions of the reference patterns during use of the printer. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273505 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND HUMIDIFICATION DEVICE - A humidification unit has a structure in which a first humidification chamber and a second humidification chamber are connected in series. Humidified gas produced in the humidification unit and having a high humidity is supplied to a space where nozzles of a recording head are exposed and produces a flow current. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273506 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to jet a liquid; a liquid tank configured to store the liquid; and a supply tube having flexibility, the supply tube being provided between the liquid tank and the recording head, wherein the supply tube includes a first flow path through which the liquid flows from the liquid tank to the recording head, and a second flow path surrounding the first flow path, the second flow path being a path through which a temperature control liquid flows, the temperature control liquid controlling a temperature of the liquid flowing through the first flow path. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273507 | PRINTHEAD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - This invention is directed to real time detection of occurrence of a transfer error and feedback of the detection result to a printing apparatus in consideration of a possible risk that a signal transfer error occurs on a transfer path that becomes longer as the printhead is elongated. To accomplish this, in a printhead configured by cascade-connecting a plurality of element substrates, information of a transfer error detected in real time in each element substrate during transfer of a print data signal is output to an element substrate on the next stage by taking account of information input from an element substrate on the preceding stage. Information containing pieces of information from all element substrates is output from an element substrate on the final stage. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273508 | AQUEOUS INKJET INK - According to one embodiment, an aqueous inkjet ink includes water in an amount of from 35 to 60% by mass of the total amount, an ether in an amount of from 5 to 50% by mass of the total amount, 2,5,8,11-tetramethyl-6-dodecine-5,8-diol in an amount of from 0.2 to 2% by mass of the total amount, and a pigment in an amount of from 3 to 10% by mass of the total amount. The ether includes at least one of polyoxyethylene diglyceryl ether having a weight average molecular weight of not more than 1,000 and polyoxypropylene diglyceryl ether having a weight average molecular weight of not more than 1,000. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273509 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus for recording an image by jetting inks in a plurality of colors includes a plurality of recording-head modules for jetting inks in the plurality of colors, and a carriage for mounting the plurality of recording-head modules, wherein each recording-head module includes a plurality of recording heads for jetting ink in the same color and constructs a unit capable of integrally attaching and detaching the plurality of recording heads to and from the carriage. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273510 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A plurality of recording head units are supported by a holder in an integrated manner. The recording head units and pairs of rollers which hold a sheet are arranged alternately along a sheet conveying direction. An elastic member is disposed in a clearance between the holder and each of the recording head units supported by the holder in an elastically deformed manner to form an airtight seal. The airtight seal prevents upward leakage, from the clearance, of the humidifying gas introduced into the narrow space to which ink nozzles of the recording head units are exposed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273511 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING LIQUID-EJECTION RECORDING HEAD - An image forming apparatus includes a carriage movable in a main scanning direction in the image forming apparatus; a recording head mounted on the carriage to eject droplets; a maintenance unit disposed outboard of a recording area in the main scanning direction of the carriage and including a first liquid receptacle to collect droplets not used for image formation; a first space provided between the recording area and the maintenance unit; and a first sloped member provided at a side of the first space close to the maintenance unit. The sloped member has a sloped portion inclined downwardly from an upper side toward a lateral side close to the recording area to guide droplet mist generated by ejection of droplets from the head to a lower part of the first space with movement of the carriage from a position facing the maintenance unit to a position facing the recording area. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273512 | DEVICE FOR ROTATING LIQUID JETTING HEAD, LIQUID JETTING RECORDING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR FILLING LIQUID JETTING RECORDING DEVICE WITH LIQUID - Provided are a rotating device for a liquid jet head, a liquid jet recording apparatus, and a method of filling liquid into a liquid jet recording apparatus, which are capable of keeping print precision, simplifying the structure, and reducing manufacturing cost. A rotating device ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273513 | Wind Baffles for Micro-Fluid Ejection Devices - A micro-fluid ejection device defines a print gap from an ejection head to a print media. An ejection zone of the head ejects fluid across the print gap during use. At least one wind baffle adjacent the ejection zone modifies airflow in the print gap as the head scans. In various designs, multiple wind baffles reside on either sides of the ejection zone to provide a cascading airflow effect from one wind baffle to the next. Baffle shapes, spacing and locations define multiple embodiments. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273514 | Inkjet print head and method of manufacturing the same - Disclosed are an inkjet print head and a method of manufacturing the same. An inkjet print head according to an aspect of the invention may include: an inkjet board having an ink passage therein; a cutting portion provided outside the ink passage of the inkjet board and having a cutting surface created by separation into head chip units of the inkjet board; and an auxiliary cutting portion provided from one surface of the cutting portion inwardly in a thickness direction of the inkjet board, and assisting the separation into head chip units of the inkjet board. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273515 | AQUEOUS INKJET INK - According to one embodiment, an aqueous inkjet ink includes a dispersion medium that contains water and a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol having a weight average molecular weight of 400 or more, and a pigment. The pigment accounts for less than 5 mass % of the total amount of the aqueous inkjet ink. The aqueous inkjet ink has viscosities (mPa·s) measured using a cone-plate type viscometer at 20 rpm and satisfying the following relationships: | 2011-11-10 |
20110273516 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric layer and electrodes provided to the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer consists of a complex oxide containing bismuth, cerium, iron and cobalt and the molar ratio of cobalt to the total of iron and cobalt is 0.125 or more and 0.875 or less. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273517 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element includes electrodes and a piezoelectric layer provided between the electrodes. The piezoelectric layer is made of a complex oxide which contains bismuth, iron, and chromium. The piezoelectric layer contains 0.125 to 0.875 mole of chromium per mole of the combination of iron and chromium. | 2011-11-10 |