52nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090315841 | Touchpad Module which is Capable of Interpreting Multi-Object Gestures and Operating Method thereof - A touchpad module, capable of interpreting multi-object gestures and an operating method, includes a detecting element for detecting an object amount and gesture made from a conductive object placed on the touchpad surface and a processing element for interpreting and driving a corresponding simulation such as a mouse, a keyboard or a hot-key simulation and thus controlling a change of document, icon, picture or frame displayed on a display. Accordingly, the touchpad and the operating method thereof detect and interpret multi-object gestures so that it may simulate the input operation with the input devices such as a mouse and a keyboard and the selection of hot-key functions provided by various application programs. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315842 | Method and Related Interface for Controlling an Electronic Device with a Touch Panel - A method for controlling an electronic device with a touch panel includes displaying a background picture on the touch panel, displaying a plurality of selecting objects corresponding to a plurality of functions of the electronic device on the background picture, displaying a zooming scroll on a position of the touch panel, controlling a number of the plurality of selecting objects simultaneously displayed on the touch panel by zooming in or out via the zooming scroll, and controlling the electronic device to execute a function corresponding to a selecting object of the plurality of selecting objects when the selecting object is clicked. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315843 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION - Provided is a resistance film type input device including: a first light transmission substrate and a second light transmission substrate which face each other; a first light transmission planar electrode formed on the surface of the first light transmission substrate, which faces the second light transmission substrate, in an input region, and first band-shaped electrodes having a sheet resistance value lower than that of the first planar electrode and electrically connected along both ends which face each other in a first direction of the first planar electrode; and a second light transmission planar electrode formed on the surface of the second light transmission substrate, which faces the first light transmission substrate, in the input region, and second band-shaped electrodes having a sheet resistance value lower than that of the second planar electrode and electrically connected along both ends which face each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of the second planar electrode, wherein a plurality of openings is formed in at least one of the first planar electrode and the second planar electrode, and wherein island patterns formed of the same light transmission conductive film as the planar electrodes are formed at the inside of the openings. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315844 | FILM FOR OPTICAL USE, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE MEMBER AND TRANSPARENT TOUCH PANEL USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a film for optical use wherein interference patterns are inconspicuous, while hard coat properties and image sharpness are maintained. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315845 | TOUCH SENSOR - A touch sensor has a support layer ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315846 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a first display unit configured to display first information for selecting a first key function, a second display unit configured to display second information for selecting a second key function, in which the second display unit is disposed to overlap with one surface of the first display unit, a touch input unit configured to receive a touch input for receiving an instruction for selecting the first or the second key function upon activation of the first or second key display unit, and a controller configured to control the second display unit to display the second information upon deactivation of the first display unit. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315847 | INPUT APPARATUS HAVING TOUCH PANEL OPERATION ACCEPTING METHOD, AND OPERATION ACCEPTING PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to facilitate an operation, an MFP includes a touch panel which has an operation-accepting surface and detects a position on the operating-accepting surface designated by a user, an operating object discriminating portion to discriminate types of operating objects based on the number of positions on the operation-accepting surface simultaneously detected by the touch panel, an operation system determining portion to determine one of a plurality of predetermined operation systems based on the discriminated type of the operating object, and an operation accepting portion to accept an operation in accordance with the determined one of the plurality of operation systems based on the position detected by the touch panel. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315848 | MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF SENSING PROXIMITY TOUCH - The present disclosure is related to a mobile terminal comprising: a touch screen configured to display a plurality of objects, and to generate a proximity signal or a direct touch signal by using an input medium; and a controller configured to display changed sizes of a plurality of selected objects located within a range from the input medium among the plurality of objects according to the proximity signal. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315849 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE MULTILAYER BODY AND TOUCH PANEL MADE OF THE SAME - A transparent conductive multilayer body includes a cured resin layer, a first transparent conductive layer, and a second transparent conductive layer sequentially laminated on at least one surface of a polymer film. The first transparent conductive layer is a crystalline transparent conductive layer free of an organic component. The second transparent conductive layer contains alkoxysilane, and at least one kind of fine particles A formed of conductive fine particles of metal oxide or metal having an average primary particle diameter of 100 nm or less. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315850 | Multipoint Touch Surface Controller - A multipoint touch surface controller is disclosed herein. The controller includes an integrated circuit including output circuitry for driving a capacitive multi-touch sensor and input circuitry for reading the sensor. Also disclosed herein are various noise rejection and dynamic range enhancement techniques that permit the controller to be used with various sensors in various conditions without reconfiguring hardware. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315851 | Multipoint Touch Surface Controller - A multipoint touch surface controller is disclosed herein. The controller includes an integrated circuit including output circuitry for driving a capacitive multi-touch sensor and input circuitry for reading the sensor. Also disclosed herein are various noise rejection and dynamic range enhancement techniques that permit the controller to be used with various sensors in various conditions without reconfiguring hardware. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315852 | Method, System, and Graphical User Interface for Selecting a Soft Keyboard - A portable electronic device may display one of a plurality of soft keyboards in a first display area and input characters in a second display area. The user may select a key on the soft keyboard, causing a plurality of objects corresponding to the plurality of soft keyboards to be displayed. The user may then select one of the objects, and the soft keyboard corresponding to the selected object is displayed and made operational. The soft keyboards corresponding to the objects not selected are not made operational. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315853 | MULTI-INDUCED TOUCHPAD - A multi-induced touchpad sequentially includes a protect layer, a first axis locus, an insulation layer, a multi-induced layer, a space dot layer, a conductive film and a substrate. The first axis locus layer has the first axis locus and the multi-induced layer has the second axis locus and a conductive circuit is provided at the first axis locus layer and the multi-induced layer respectively. The respective axis locus is intersected to each other and the conductive circuit is connected to the axis locus respectively for transmitting the conductive inducing signal to a subsequent signal processing component. The second axis locus has an electrical node at an end thereof and the conductive film has an electrical node thereon for connecting with a voltage source and a resistance calculation circuit such that the induced signal at the presses spot can be created and figured out. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315854 | CAPACITANCE TYPE INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION - Provided is a capacitance type input device, in which a plurality of first light transmission electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of second light transmission electrodes extending in a second direction crossing the first direction are formed in an input region of a light transmission substrate, wherein, when the light transmission substrate is viewed from the top, dummy patterns formed of the same light transmission conductive film as the first light transmission electrodes and the second light transmission electrodes are formed in regions sandwiched between the first light transmission electrodes and the second light transmission electrodes. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315855 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT, TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY - A flexible printed circuit includes: a flexible substrate extending from a first end section to a second end section, and having an opening or a notch in proximity to the first end section; a first wiring layer extending from the first end section to the second end section so as to avoid the opening or the notch; a second wiring layer extending from the first end section to the second end section so as to block the opening or the notch; a first conductive member being formed opposed to the flexible substrate in relation to the first wiring layer and at least in proximity to the first end section in a region opposed to the first wiring layer, and being electrically connected to the first wiring layer; and a second conductive member electrically connected to the second wiring layer via the opening or the notch. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315856 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT, TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY - A flexible printed circuit includes: a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer being in contact with one surface of a flexible substrate, a third wiring layer and a fourth wiring layer on the other surface of the flexible substrate, a first conductive member being formed on surfaces in proximity to a through hole of the second wiring layer and the fourth wiring layer; a second conductive member being formed on surfaces in proximity to the first end section of the first wiring layer and the third wiring layer; and an insulating layer being formed in a space between the first wiring layer and the second conductive member, and the second wiring layer and the first conductive member and a space between the third wiring layer and the second conductive member, and the fourth wiring layer and the first conductive member. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315857 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - A present display device with a touch panel includes: four detection circuits each of which is provided in one of the four corners of the transparent conductive film; and a coordinate position arithmetic circuit to which voltages detected by the four detection circuits are input. The detection circuits each include: a detection switch which supplies the position detection voltage to the corner of the transparent conductive film; and an integration circuit which integrates a current that flows in the corner of the transparent conductive film where its own detection circuit is provided after the detection switch is switched off. Based on voltages integrated by the four integration circuits, the coordinate position arithmetic circuit calculates which point on the transparent conductive film has been touched with one of a finger of an observer and a pen held by the observer. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315858 | Display Device with Touch Panel - A present display device with a highly reliable capacitive touch panel includes: a display panel; and a capacitive touch panel which is placed on an observer side of the display panel, in which the touch panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged to face each other, in which the first substrate includes on a surface thereof, which is opposed to the second substrate: a plurality of first electrodes which extend in a first direction side by side; and a plurality of second electrodes which extend in the second direction to intersect the plurality of first electrodes side by side, in which the second substrate includes on a surface thereof, which is opposed to the first substrate a planar third electrode, and the display device includes a gel-like sheet interposed between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes, and the third electrode. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315859 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A capacitive touch panel including a substrate, a plurality of first touch pads, a plurality of first dummy pads, an insulator layer, a plurality of second touch pads, and a plurality of second dummy pads is provided. The first touch pads arranged along a first direction are electrically connected. Each first touch pad has at least a first opening. The insulator layer covers the first touch pads and the first dummy pads insulated therefrom. The second touch pads arranged along a second direction are electrically connected and each second touch pad has at least a second opening. The size of the second opening is substantially larger than that of each first dummy pad. The second dummy pads insulated from the second touch pads are disposed on the insulator layer above the first opening, wherein the size of the first opening is substantially larger than that of each second dummy pad. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315860 | TOUCH CONTROL PEN ASSEMBLY - A touch control pen assembly comprises a pen head including a touch head and the base; the touch head being placed in the base; one end of the touch head having a spring; a rear end of the touch head being formed with an annular groove for receiving the spring so as to form as the pen head; when the touch head being pressed downwards, the spring providing a buffer force to the touch head; and a pen shaft assembly connected to a rear end of the pen head for extending a length of the pen head so that a user can hold the pen conveniently. The pen head is detachable to be used with pen shaft assembly of different types. The spring at one end of the touch head will provides a buffer force for a pressed touch head so that the pen has uniform pointing forces. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315861 | INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD SYSTEM - An interactive whiteboard system includes a combination electrical writable and dry erase marker, an interactive whiteboard to receive writing on the interactive whiteboard with the combination electrical writable and dry erase marker, and a computer operatively coupled to the interactive whiteboard to capture writing on the interactive whiteboard with the combination electrical writable and dry erase marker. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315862 | ELECTRONIC PEN WITH RETRACTABLE NIB AND FORCE SENSOR - An electronic pen having a retractable nib for interacting with a surface. The pen comprises a slidably movable cartridge having a nib for contacting the surface, a retraction mechanism for retracting the cartridge, an actuator coupled to the retraction mechanism, a force sensor providing a reaction to an axial force transmitted from the cartridge, and a processor configured for generating force data indicative of a force detected by the force sensor. The retraction mechanism comprises a barrel for receiving the cartridge, which is adapted for seating the cartridge in either an extended position or a retracted position, whereby the axial force from the cartridge is transmitted to the barrel in the extended position. A biasing mechanism biases the cartridge towards the extended or retracted positions. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315863 | ELECTRONIC PEN HAVING FAST RESPONSE TIME - An electronic pen for interacting with a surface. The pen comprises a cartridge having a nib for contacting the surface, a capacitive force sensor cooperating with said cartridge for sensing a nib force transmitted axially through the cartridge, and a processor configured to generate force data indicative of a force detected by the force sensor. The capacitive force sensor comprises: a spring having an integral conductive moving plate resiliently biased towards a reference position, a conductive fixed plate and a dielectric separating said plates. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315864 | Electronic pen with retractable and replaceable cartridge - An electronic pen comprises a user-replaceable cartridge having a nib, a force sensor for sensing a nib force transmitted axially through the cartridge from the nib and a retraction mechanism for retracting the cartridge. The retraction mechanism comprises a barrel adapted for seating the cartridge in either an extended position or a retracted position, and a first biasing mechanism for biasing the cartridge towards the extended or retracted positions. A second biasing mechanism biases the barrel towards engagement with the force sensor. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315865 | OPERATING DEVICE AND BUTTON ASSEMBLY FOR COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE - An operating device for a CNC machine includes an operating portion, an encoder, a memory unit, a microprocessor, a display unit, and a controller. The operating portion includes a rotary button and a confirm button. The encoder is connected to the rotary button and the confirm button for generating corresponding position codes. The memory unit stores a number of function menus corresponding to a number of operating instructions. The microprocessor is connected between the encoder and the memory unit for receiving the position codes from the encoder and invoking the corresponding function menus from the memory unit. The display unit is connected to the microprocessor for displaying the function menus. The controller is connected to the microprocessor for executing input instructions. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315866 | Input apparatus - An input apparatus that moves an instruction sign displayed on a display device to any position, the display device being connected to an information processing apparatus, including: an operation portion that includes a magnet, and operates the movement of the instruction sign; a restoration portion that is composed of an elastic member, supports the operation portion, and restores the operation portion to a reference position when the operation portion has inclined; magnetic members that are arranged at maximum displacement positions of the operation portion where a suction force of the magnet exceeds the restoring force of the restoration portion; a detection portion that detects an inclined direction and an inclined angle of the operation portion; and an output portion that outputs the inclined direction and the inclined angle detected by the detection portion to the information processing apparatus. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315867 | INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT - An information processing unit of the present invention includes a display control unit that causes an icon display area, in which a plurality of icons related to each other are grouped, to be displayed and an operation unit that receives various operations by a user. When the operation unit inputs a command for expanding or contracting the icon display area in a one-dimensional direction which is the same as an arrangement direction of the plurality of the icons in the icon display area, the display control unit causes the icon display area to be expanded or contracted in the one-dimensional direction. With such a configuration, the operability can be enhanced by shortening a time for searching for a desired icon. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315868 | Pulse output circuit,and display device drive circuit,display device, and pulse output method using same circuit - In one embodiment of the present invention, a source driver includes a shift register including latch stages each including a level shifter that level-shifts clock signals so that the signals are fed into a set-reset flip-flop as inverted set input signals. Outputs from the set-reset flip-flop are delayed by a hazard preventing circuit and then fed into a level shifter in the next latch stage as enable signals. A delay trimming circuit causes a NAND circuit to perform a NAND operation with respect to outputs obtained by a delay of the outputs by a delay circuit and outputs from the level shifter in the next latch stage, so that a sampling pulse is derived. This allows for provision of a pulse output circuit capable of further trimming delay in output pulses and of securing a sufficient interval between the output pulses. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315869 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A digital photo frame includes a display section, a display control section, a detection information acquisition section that acquires detection information detected by a user detection sensor, and a user state determination section that determines at least one of a positional relationship between a user and the display section, an observation state of the user with respect to the display section, and whether or not the user is positioned within a detection range. The display control section changes a display state of an image displayed on the display section corresponding to at least one of the positional relationship between the user and the display section, the observation state of the user with respect to the display section, and whether or not the user is positioned within the detection range. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315870 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a display device and a driving method thereof. A display device in the present invention comprises: a capacitor connected between a first node and a second node; a switching transistor controlled by a first scanning signal and transmitting a data voltage to the first node; an emission control transistor controlled by a second scanning signal and transmitting a reference voltage to the second node; a driving transistor comprising a control terminal connected to the first node, an output terminal connected to the second node, and an input terminal; a driving control transistor controlled by a third scanning signal and transmitting a driving voltage to the input terminal of the driving transistor; and a light-emitting device connected to the second node. Accordingly, display contrast of a display device may be improved. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315871 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE SIGNAL TRANSMITTER AND IMAGE DISPLAY UNIT - An object of the present invention is to realize a transmission distortion correction system for allowing an image signal including a plurality of picture signals to be corrected, and to realize an image signal transmitter and an image display unit. The image display unit of the present invention includes: a second reference signal generation means for generating a second reference signal similar to a first reference signal regarding the image signal in which the first reference signal is inserted into each of the plurality of picture signals by the image signal transmitter; a plurality of waveform equalizers provided that correspond to the plurality of picture signals and that include a filter circuit capable of setting a characteristic thereto; and a control portion for inputting the plurality of picture signals, analyzing a characteristic of a transmission path between the image signal transmitter and the image display unit upon detecting the first reference signal in the input picture signals by comparing the first reference signal with the second reference signal, and setting a characteristic inverse to the analyzed transmission path characteristic to a filter circuit of the waveform equalizers that correspond to the input picture signals. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315872 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL DRIVING MEHTOD - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes common voltage generator circuit ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315873 | ENERGY RECOVERY CIRCUIT AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - The present invention relates to an energy recovery circuit for supplying driving signals to a plasma display panel (PDP), and a plasma display apparatus employing the same. The plasma display apparatus includes a PDP, and a driver for generating a driving signal for driving the PDP. The driver includes a first capacitor that charges a voltage recovered from the PDP, an inductor that forms a resonant circuit together with the first capacitor, a voltage source that supplies a voltage for generating the driving signal, and a second capacitor connected between one end of the inductor and a voltage source. According to the present invention, in the event that a driving signal is to be supplied to a PDP using an energy recovery circuit, a capacitor is connected to one end of the inductor of the energy recovery circuit. Accordingly, distortion of a driving signal waveform supplied to a panel, which is caused by using a cheap element, can be prevented, damage to an inductor due to a voltage can be prevented, and stability of the energy recovery circuit can be improved. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315874 | Pixel and organic light emitting display device using the same - Disclosed is a pixel structure capable of reducing the rate of defective pixels. The pixel includes a plurality of organic light emitting diodes, and a plurality of light emitting control transistors respectively coupled to a plurality of the organic light emitting diodes. The light emitting control transistors are turned on at different times to supply an electric current to each of the organic light emitting diodes at different times. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315875 | Display apparatus and method - Image processing and corresponding apparatus, methods and systems. The image processing includes controlling n number of data-line driver circuits included in a display apparatus, the data-line driver circuit driving n number of subpixels. Such controlling causes to display a moving picture image such that frame information of the moving picture image with first frame rate is displayed at a second frame rate, which is 1/n of the first frame rate, and the n number of subpixels included in each pixel are sequentially driven with a time shift, the time shift being 1/n of display period of single frame with the second frame rate. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315876 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes an input section configured to input a plurality of types of video signals; and a timing controller configured to perform, separately for each of split regions that are obtained by splitting a display region of a display device, control of timing at which a corresponding one of videos corresponding to the plurality of types of video signals is displayed in the split region. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315877 | LARGE AREA THIN FILM CIRCUITS - A thin film circuit comprises a plurality of thin film transistors, wherein the output response of the circuit is dependent on at least first ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315878 | PHASE COMPARATOR, AND CLOCK GENERATION CIRCUIT, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND REPRODUCTION SIGNAL PROCESSOR EACH USING THE SAME - In a synchronous reproduction signal processor, when a phase error between reproduction data and a clock is repeatedly detected such that a clock synchronized with a reproduction signal is generated based on the phase error, a filtering process unit ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315879 | Plasma display device - A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel (PDP), the PDP including sustain electrodes, scan electrodes, and address electrodes disposed in correspondence to a plurality of discharge cells to selectively drive at least one discharge cell of the plurality of discharge cells, a chassis base supporting the PDP, at least one printed circuit board on the chassis base, the chassis base being between the printed circuit board and the PDP, a flexible printed circuit (FPC) connecting the scan electrodes to the printed circuit board, the FPC including a switch configured to control the scan electrodes, a conductor on the FPC, the conductor overlapping the switch, and a stiffener on the conductor to dissipate heat generated from the switch. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315880 | METHOD FOR DRIVING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AN ARRAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - In a method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, an array substrate, a method of manufacturing the array substrate and the LCD device having the same, data signals are boosted by a first and a second boost signals up to a first and a second pixel voltages, respectively. The first and the second pixel voltages are applied to a transmissive electrode and a reflective electrode, respectively. As a result, the retardation of light passing through a liquid crystal layer on the transmissive electrode and the retardation of light of the liquid crystal layer on the reflective electrode may be controlled to be substantially equal to each other. Thus, the LCD device is driven in a transflective mode with a mono-cell gap so that the yield of the LCD device may be increased. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315881 | DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM - In case it is necessary to have high-speed drawing processing such as display scrolling and so on, a drawing switching signal is input at a step, and high-speed drawing display data is output to a display at a step in response to this input, thereby display is performed. A high-speed drawing data generating means generates high-speed drawing display data for displaying each pixel concerning a character or visual object using a digitized gradation value digitized from each corresponding gradation value, and display is performed on this generated data. When it is necessary to have high-speed drawing, it is possible to have quick processing without increasing loads on a CPU and graphic controller on digitized data from gradation value. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315882 | REDUCING THE NUMBER OF VERTICES IN A CLUSTERED DELAUNAY MESH - What is disclosed is a system and method for reducing the number of vertices obtained when building an image gamut from a large number of image pixels. In one embodiment, a color image comprising a plurality of image pixels is received and the color data points measured. An n-dimensional Delaunay triangulation is defined wherein vertices of the triangulation comprise clusters of the measured data points. Cluster analysis is performed on the color data points to determine which existing cluster will receive a new point or if a new cluster should be created. The point clusters are added to the triangulation. For point clusters within the triangulation, a representative point is defined which serves as a normal vertex for the point cluster. The vertex is then added into the triangulation and a gamut generated. The gamut can be used to model a gamut of the color image or a color device. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315883 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY WITH PIXELATED LUMINAIRE - An autostereoscopic display is described. The autostereoscopic display apparatus includes a pixelated backlight having a plurality of vertical pixel stripes. Each pixel stripe includes a left view light source and a right view light source. An image display panel is configured to display a plurality of image stripes that are in registration with the backlight plurality of vertical pixel stripes. A lens array is between the pixelated backlight and the image display panel. The lens array is formed of a plurality of lens stripes. Each lens stripe includes a right view lens and left view lens, and the backlight plurality of vertical pixel stripes are in registration with the plurality of lens stripes. Light from the left view light source is directed through an image stripe and to a left view position through the left view lens and light from the right view light source is directed through an image stripe and to a right view position through the right view lens. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING AND DISPLAYING IMAGE DATA - A method of outputting three-dimensional (3D) images, the method including: generating first-perspective image data and second-perspective image data to display the 3D image by converting a same two-dimensional (2D) image data; adding additional information indicating a relationship between the first-perspective image data and the second-perspective image data to the first-perspective image data and/or the second-perspective image data; and outputting the first-perspective image data and the second-perspective image data. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315885 | Method and apparatus for automatic coalescence of connected rigid bodies - The present invention pertains to a method and apparatus for simulating the motion of three dimensional models, toys, games, etc. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving a plurality of three dimensional objects for motion simulation. The method may also include determining at least two three dimensional objects from the plurality of three dimensional objects that do not move relative to each other during motion simulation. A super body may then be constructed that represents the determined at least two three dimensional objects, and a motion of the super body computed at a physics simulation engine to simulate motion of the super body and any remaining three dimensional objects that are not part of the super body. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315886 | METHOD TO PREVENT RESOURCE EXHAUSTION WHILE PERFORMING VIDEO RENDERING - The inventive system and method for preventing resource exhaustion while performing video rendering comprises calibrating resource utilization of operating parameters, obtaining input configuration comprising a priority order and source data, and controlling streaming and rendering frame rates by dropping data based on the input configuration. The operating parameters can comprise CPU, RAM, and GC usage. The source data can be resource utilization, a database and an application service. Dropping data can be performed using a throttling mechanism. In one embodiment, calibrating further comprises determining resource utilization using an input resolution and streaming at 1 FPS, determining resource utilization using the input resolution and streaming at 30 FPS, calculating an output resolution, if the output resolution does not exceed the input resolution, getting another input resolution, and determining resource utilization and calculating another output resolution, and determining resource utilization and calculating output resolution with rendering on. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315887 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - There is provided an image display apparatus which divides an image into plural partial images, each having a region overlapping an adjacent partial image, and displays each of the plurality of partial images on an associated one of a plurality of displays to allow a viewer to view the partial images as a single image. The image display apparatus receives an image signal corresponding to an image to be displayed, stores the received image signal in a buffer on a partial-image-by-partial-image basis, and corrects the image signal so that correction appropriate to an optical system of a display associated with each of the plurality of partial images is applied to the partial image. The speed of the correction processing is changed for each partial image represented by an image signal stored in the buffer to complete the correction of the whole image in a predetermined amount of time. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315888 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF DYNAMIC INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a method and system for graphic representation of dynamic information from a dynamic 2D or 3D object. In particular, the invention relates to a novel method of interpolating dynamic information having values of different signs. The method of the present invention is particularly useful for the graphic representation of dynamic information, in particular flow data which has been acquired with a colour-Doppler-method. The method of the invention can be used for representing the flow of liquids, such as blood and is therefore useful for human and animal diagnostics. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315889 | SIGNAL PROCESS AND SYSTEM - A signal process, including processing signal data representing a signal to determine cycles of the signal, the cycles having different lengths; and processing the signal data to generate normalisation data for normalising the cycles to a common length. The process generates cycle data representing alignment of a plurality of normalised cycles of the signal. The cycle data can be displayed to a user to provide a visual representation of the signal that is readily understood by non-expert users. The displayed image can be modified by the user and used to generate an output signal. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315890 | METHOD FOR ENUMERATING CLIQUES - Techniques for enumerating at least one maximal clique are provided. The techniques include obtaining data, wherein the data comprises a graph, obtaining a user-specified minimum size restriction on at least one maximal clique of interest, filtering the data using the user-specified minimum size restriction to reduce graph size, and enumerating at least one maximal clique from the graph provided that at least one maximal clique exists above the user-specified minimum size restriction. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315891 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC RANGE DETERMINATION OF DATA FOR DISPLAY - A system and method for automatically determining state ranges for data displayed on a display medium is disclosed. At least one metric relating to an object within a problem set is selected. Range parameters used in generating state ranges for each selected metric are specified. The range parameters include the number of state ranges for each metric and at least one statistical model. Data reflecting the values of each selected metric is input and analyzed using the range parameters, resulting in at least one state range for each of the selected metrics and statistical models. The statistical model that provides the best fit to the data is selected. The state ranges for the selected metrics and statistical model are output for use by a display medium that displays data relating to the selected metrics as a graphical representation of a state of the object to which the metric relates. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315892 | VECTOR IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method for converting an image includes the steps of: obtaining an inclination of a character in the image; obtaining apex pixels forming contours of the character; obtaining an identical line segment candidate pixel group from a portion supposed to be expressed by a single line segment; extracting, based on the inclination, the identical line segment candidate pixel group as an identical line segment pixel group; obtaining both-end pixels which are apex pixels located on both sides of the identical line segment pixel group thus extracted; approximating, by a line segment connecting between the both-end pixels thus obtained, a contour of the character in a portion corresponding to the both-end pixels; and approximating a portion, excluding the portion that has been approximated, by a straight line or a curved line by performing an outlining process using apex pixels other than the apex pixels of the identical line segment pixel group. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315893 | USER AVATAR AVAILABLE ACROSS COMPUTING APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES - An avatar along with its accessories, emotes, and animations may be system provided and omnipresent. In this manner, the avatar and its accessories, emotes, and animations may be available across multiple environments provided or exposed by multiple avatar computing applications, such as computer games, chats, forums, communities, or instant messaging services. An avatar system may change the avatar and its accessories, emotes, and animations, e.g. pursuant to a request from the user, instructions from an avatar computing application, or updates provided by software associated with a computing device. The avatar and its accessories, emotes, and animations may be changed by a system or computing application associated with a computing device outside of a computer game or computing environment in which the avatar may be rendered or used by the user. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315894 | BROWSER-INDEPENDENT ANIMATION ENGINES - Tools and techniques are described for browser-independent animation engines. These animation engines may include browser-independent animation objects that represent entities that may be animated within a browser. These animation objects may define animation attributes, with the animation attributes being associated with attribute values that describe aspects of the entity. The animation attributes may also be associated with animation evaluators that define how the attribute value changes over time. These animation engines may also include a browser-specific layer for interpreting the attribute values into instructions specific to the browser. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315895 | PARAMETRIC FONT ANIMATION - Font animation technique embodiments are presented which animate alpha-numeric characters of a message or document. In one general embodiment this is accomplished by the sender transmitting parametric information and animation instructions pertaining to the display of characters found in the message or document to a recipient. The parametric information identifies where to split the characters and where to rotate the resulting sections. The sections of each character affected are then translated and/or rotated and/or scaled as dictated by the animation instructions to create an animation over time. Additionally, if a gap in a stroke of an animated character exists between the sections of the character, a connecting section is displayed to close the stroke gap making the character appears contiguous. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315896 | ANIMATION PLATFORM - An animation platform for managing the interpolation of values of one or more animation variables from one or more applications. The animation platform uses animation transitions to interpolate the values of the animation variables. When conflicts arise, the animation platform implements application-supplied logic to determine an execution priority of the conflicting animation transitions. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315897 | ANIMATION PLATFORM - An animation platform for managing the interpolation of values of one or more animation variables from one or more applications. The animation platform uses animation transitions to interpolate the values of the animation variables. The animation platform uses a continuity parameter to smoothly switch from one animation transition to the next. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315898 | PARAMETER CODING PROCESS FOR AVATAR ANIMATION, AND THE DECODING PROCESS, SIGNAL, AND DEVICES THEREOF - The invention relates to a method for coding animation parameters for a character (A) with which are associated morphological values, said animation parameters comprising a translation parameter associated with at least one part of said character (A), characterized in that to code an intrinsic translation of said part of said character (A) by a translation vector, said translation parameter contains a value which is dependent on said vector and on one of said morphological values. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315899 | GRAPHICS MULTI-MEDIA IC AND METHOD OF ITS OPERATION - A graphics multi-media integrated circuit (GMIC) is connected to a host processor over two serial links: a half duplex bi-directional serial link which accords to a protocol defined for a display serial interface, and a uni-directional serial link which accords to a compatible protocol defined for a camera serial interface. The GMIC receives packets according to the protocol from the host over the half duplex bi-directional serial link and processes these packets. The GMIC sends packets according to the protocol to the host over the uni-directional serial link. A packet from the host can request a processing operation by the GMIC or can initiate a memory operation at the memory of the GMIC. The GMIC can also send packets to the host to initiate a memory operation at the memory of the host. The GMIC may be connected to a display over a bi-directional serial link according to the display serial interface protocol and to a camera over a uni-directional serial link and a bi-directional control link according to the camera serial interface so that the host controls the display and camera indirectly through the GMIC. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315900 | GENERIC SURFACE MANAGER - A method, medium, and system are provided for a generic surface manager which allows graphics surfaces generated according to various existing and/or new graphics protocols to be rendered by a graphics consumer. The generic surface manager functions as an interface between a graphics consumer and one or more applications that generate graphics surfaces. Support is provided for various existing graphics protocols and the generic surface manager can be easily modified to accept surfaces generated according to new graphics protocols. An extensible system is thereby provided that can support a variety of graphics protocols without requiring modifications to be made to the graphics consumer. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315901 | ELECTRONIC PAPER PANEL IMAGE UPDATE METHOD - A updating method of images in electronic paper panel includes: divide the screen and image into (N*N) areas and build indexes for them; compare the present image on the display screen with the next image and compute the different areas; according to the computing result, find the uppermost, undermost, leftmost and rightmost different areas and compute the area of the smallest rectangle which includes the different areas; compare the result with the configured threshold and according to this compared result, set up the updating method to display the image. This method effectively reduces the data of updating images and save the power of the electronic paper, especially the power of the electronic paper panel. It can also improve the response time of the electronic paper panel. At the same time, it is easy to be ported to other advanced embedded operating systems. Thus, it could provide an effective method for the products related to the electronic paper. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315902 | INTELLIGENT CACHING DATA STRUCTURE FOR IMMEDIATE MODE GRAPHICS - An intelligent caching data structure and mechanisms for storing visual information via objects and data representing graphics information. The data structure is generally associated with mechanisms that intelligently control how the visual information therein is populated and used. The cache data structure can be traversed for direct rendering, or traversed for pre-processing the visual information into an instruction stream for another entity. Much of the data typically has no external reference to it, thereby enabling more of the information stored in the data structure to be processed to conserve resources. A transaction/batching-like model for updating the data structure enables external modifications to the data structure without interrupting reading from the data structure, and such that changes received are atomically implemented. A method and mechanism are provided to call back to an application program in order to create or re-create portions of the data structure as needed, to conserve resources. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315903 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus has a plurality of functions and is capable of executing a job relating to any of the plurality of functions. The image processing apparatus includes a memory management unit to secure a storage region in a first storage device for program execution, a save unit to save information from the storage region in the first storage device to a second storage device, a history recording unit to record a history relating to execution of the job each time the image processing apparatus executes the job, and a save restriction unit to restrict saving of information from the storage region in the first storage device to the second storage device in order to execute a job relating to a function which is specified based on a job history recorded by the history recording unit from among the plurality of functions. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315904 | Information Processing Apparatus - An information processing apparatus including: a display section; a memory section which memorizes a display configuration for displaying each processing condition of a job on the display section, the display configuration having been selected from a plurality of display configuration types and set by being correlated with the each processing condition; and a control section which controls to display a plurality of processing conditions on the display section by utilizing the display configuration having been correlated with the each processing condition and memorized in the memory section. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315905 | LAYERED TEXTURE COMPRESSION ARCHITECTURE - Various technologies for a layered texture compression architecture. In one implementation, the layered texture compression architecture may include a texture consumption pipeline. The texture compression pipeline may include a processor, memory devices, and textures compressed at varying ratios of compression. The textures within the pipeline may be compressed at ratios in accordance with characteristics of the devices in the pipeline that contains and processes the textures. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315906 | CACHE ARRANGEMENT FOR GRAPHICAL APPLICATIONS - A cache arrangement for graphical applications is disclosed. One embodiment comprises receiving a first address having a first n-bit portion and corresponding to a first pixel, receiving a second address having a second n-bit portion and corresponding to the first pixel, reversing the order of the second n-bit portion to form a reversed n-bit portion, and generating a first cache entry number derived from the first n-bit portion and the reversed n-bit portion. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315907 | Tint Block Image Generation Program and Tint Block Image Generation Device - A tint block image generation program generates tint block image data which forms a tint block image including a latent image portion, which is reproduced during copying, and a background portion, of which output density drops during copying, on a print medium. The program causing a computer to execute: a latent image portion generation step of generating data of a plurality of first dots on the latent image portion; and a background portion generation step of generating data of a plurality of second dots having a second screen ruling, and data of a plurality of third dots which are dispersed among the second dots, and of which size is smaller than that of the second dots, in the background portion. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315908 | Anisotropic Texture Filtering with Texture Data Prefetching - A circuit arrangement and method utilize texture data prefetching to prefetch texture data used by an anisotropic filtering algorithm. In particular, stride-based prefetching may be used to prefetch texture data for use in anisotropic filtering, where the value of the stride, or difference between successive accesses, is based upon a distance in a memory address space between sample points taken along the line of anisotropy used in an anisotropic filtering algorithm. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315909 | Unified Shader Engine Filtering System - Each row of a row based shader engine comprises a shader pipe array, a texture filter, and a level one texture cache system. The shader pipe array accepts texture requests for a specified pixel from a resource and performs associated rendering calculations, outputting texel data. The texture mapping unit receives texel data from a level one cache system and through formatting and bilinear filtering interpolations, generates a formatted bilinear result based on a specific pixel's corresponding four texels. Utilizing multiple rows of a row based shader engine within the shader engine allows for the parallel processing of multiple simultaneous resource requests. A method for texture filtering utilizing a row based shader engine is also presented. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315910 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING AN IMAGE ALPHA MATTE - Methods and systems for obtaining an alpha matte for an image are disclosed. First and second known portions of an image are determined. The alpha matte for the image is estimated based on an initial fuzzy connectedness (FC) determination between the entire image and the first and second known portions. A third known portion is obtained. The estimated alpha matte for the image is refined based on a subsequent FC determination between a subset of the image and the first, second, and third known portions for the subset of the image and the initial FC determination for a remainder of the image. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315911 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON COLOR CONVERSION PROGRAM, AND COLOR CONVERSION APPARATUS - Display control means displays, on display means, an image based on first conversion target image data in which color information is set for each of a plurality of image elements. Coordinate determination means determines a first coordinate in accordance with an instruction performed by using the pointing device. Conversion target condition setting means obtains color information of an image element, in the first conversion target image data, which corresponds to the first coordinate, and sets a first conversion target condition in accordance with the obtained color information. Color conversion means performs color conversion processing of changing color information of an image element, in the first conversion target image data, which satisfies the first conversion target condition, and displays an after-conversion image on the display means. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315912 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTIG COLOR SATURATION AND IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM APPLYING THE SAME - A method for adjusting color saturation, adapted for color adjustment of a pixel in a color space, is provided. The method includes: determining a color cube in the color space; selecting one from a plurality of diagonals of the color cube as a primary diagonal, and setting the primary diagonal at a vertical axis of the color space; determining a hue azimuth angle and a height in the color cube desired by the pixel; determining a reference point at an outermost periphery of the color cube corresponding to the azimuth angle, and obtaining a reference height and a reference horizontal distance of the reference point distant from the primary diagonal; and obtaining a color saturation value of the pixel by multiplying the reference horizontal distance with a ratio between the reference height and the height of the pixel. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315913 | MAP DISPLAY SYSTEM - A map display system includes a first map image generating section configured to generate a first map image, a second map image generating section configured to generate a second map image larger in scale than the first map image at intervals lower than intervals which the first map image is generated at, a first display device configured to display a first composite map image generated by overlaying, on the first map image generated by the first map image generating section, a first mark image indicating a current position and a traveling direction of a moving object, a second display device configured to display a second composite map image generated by overlaying, on the second map image generated by the second map image generating section, a second mark image indicating the current position and the traveling direction of the moving object. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315914 | EMBEDDING LARGE IMAGES WITHIN ONE ANOTHER - An image processing system embeds at least one image inside a second image. The images are displayed together as a composite image. The first and second images are each tiled and have image pyramids comprising representations at different resolutions formed for them. The image processing system allows a user to zoom into and out of the embedded image, to a desired depth, using its image pyramid. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315915 | MODULATION OF BACKGROUND SUBSTITUTION BASED ON CAMERA ATTITUDE AND MOTION - A device and method of background substitution are disclosed. One or more cameras in a mobile device obtain a depth image. A processor in or external to the device segments the foreground from the background of the image. The original background is removed and a stored background image or video is substituted in place of the original background. The substituted background is altered dependent on the attitude and motion of the device, which is sensed by one or more sensors in the device. A portion of the stored background selected as the substitute background varies in correspondence with the device movement. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315916 | ON-THE-FLY CREATION OF VIRTUAL PLACES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - A specification of a set of objects associated with at least one virtual world is obtained. The objects are laid out in a three-dimensional virtual representation. An on-the-fly virtual place is created in the virtual world, based on the layout. The virtual place depicts the set of objects in the three-dimensional virtual representation and enables navigation and interaction therewith | 2009-12-24 |
20090315917 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information display apparatus includes: a display portion that displays image information; an acquiring unit that acquires image information being subjected to a display processing; a scale-up and scale-down processing unit that subjects the acquired image information to a scale-up and scale-down processing with a designated scale-up and scale-down ratio; and a deforming unit that compares a size of the image information subjected to the scale-up and scale-down processing with a size of a display area of the display portion, and deforms the image information so that an entirety of the image information is displayed on the display area in a case where the image information is larger than the display area. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315918 | Display apparatus, driving method for display apparatus and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a display panel having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix thereon, each of the pixels including an electro-optical element, a writing transistor, a driving transistor, and a storage capacitor connected between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the driving transistor for storing an image signal written by the writing transistor, each of the pixels carrying out a mobility correction process for applying negative feedback to a potential difference between the gate and the source of the driving transistor with a correction amount determined from current flowing to the driving transistor; a temperature detection section configured to detect the temperature of the display panel; and a control section configured to control the period of the mobility correction process based on a result of the detection by the temperature detection section. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315919 | Display device and method of driving the same - A display device and a method for driving the display device are provided. A pre-gain correction value that can emphasize a contour portion of an image is set by using luminance data detected from an input video signal. The pre-grain correction value is differently amplified in accordance with different light emitting materials that emit light of different colors red, green and blue. The contour portion is thus emphasized, and the contour can be stably emphasized regardless of different life-spans of different light emitting materials emitting lights of colors red, green and blue. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315920 | DISPLAY CONTROL CIRCUIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - In a display control circuit of this invention, a write gray scale level determining part outputs write gray scale level data for performing overshoot drive on a liquid crystal display device. Moreover, an achievable gray scale level determining part outputs achievable gray scale level data indicating a gray scale level which achieves after a lapse of one frame. Further, an error noise predicting part compares, with a predetermined threshold value, predicted values as differences between gray scale level values of plural pieces of input image data and a mean gray scale level value of these gray scale level values to control a data selecting part such that when at least one of the predicted values exceeds the threshold value, the data selecting part gives, to an image compressing part, the input image data rather than the achievable gray scale level data predicted that a decoding error becomes large. This configuration allows suppression or elimination of after-image noise. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315921 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS ASSEMBLY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus includes: an image display panel having a two-dimensional matrix with (P×Q) pixels each including first, second and third sub-pixels for displaying respective first, second and third elementary colors, and fourth sub-pixel for displaying a fourth color; and a signal processing section configured to receive first, second and third sub-pixel input signals respectively provided with signal values of x | 2009-12-24 |
20090315922 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING SCREEN RESOLUTION - A method and system for adjusting a screen resolution of a liquid crystal display module (LCM) of a portable electronic device are provided. The portable electronic device includes a touch panel, and a bay configured to receive and hold a stylus. The method includes receiving input signals received from the touch panel corresponding to user inputs, detecting usage statuses of the user inputs and generating a status notification indicative of the usage statuses of the user inputs; and adjusting the screen resolution of the LCM according to a determined current resolution mode of the LCM and a determined incompatibility of the resolution mode. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315923 | ELECTRONIC PAPER PANEL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A display method of images in electronic paper panel includes: set the resolution for display; add a new event which indicates and drives the new image display; trim the new image to fit in with the resolution; compress the image when it needs to be stored, only reserve the mean values of pixels within each column and each row, as the character of the image; compare the next image with the present image and get the correlation coefficient of the two images; according to the correlation coefficient, set a proper display mode; enhance the image based on human visual character, and then display image. This invention extends the application of electronic paper to intelligent operating system areas, and it is easy to be ported to different advanced intelligent operating systems. It can significantly eliminate the ghosting and flicker on the electronic paper panel, and it also reduces the power consumption of the electronic paper systems and reduces the response time for display. This invention introduces a practical method for further application in various areas of the electronic paper. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315924 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING SCREEN RESOLUTION - A method and system for adjusting screen resolution of a display panel of an electronic device are provided. The method includes defining a mapping table indicative of a suitable screen resolution with respect to a plurality of distance ranges between the electronic device and a user in front of the electronic device, and adjusting the screen resolution of the display panel according to a distance between the electronic device and the user accordingly. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315925 | Image display device - An image display device which can change an image size without the image deterioration and can suppress the large-sizing of the image display device is provided. The image display device includes an optical flux generator which is configured to generate and radiate an optical flux in response to an image signal read out for every dot clock, and an optical scanning part which is configured to display an image by scanning the optical flux two-dimensionally. By changing timing at which the optical flux is radiated from the optical flux generator, a size of an image to be displayed is changed. The change of the timing at which the optical flux is radiated from the optical flux generator is performed by changing a period of the dot clock. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315926 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The image forming method forms an image on a recording medium by using aqueous ink and treatment liquid. The ink contains coloring material, and the treatment liquid contains a component which reacts with the coloring material. The image forming method includes: a treatment liquid deposition step of depositing the treatment liquid onto the recording medium; an ink deposition step of ejecting and depositing droplets of the aqueous ink in accordance with image information, onto the recording medium on which the treatment liquid has been deposited in the treatment liquid deposition step; an ink drying step of drying an ink layer which has been formed on the recording medium by reaction between the treatment liquid deposited in the treatment liquid deposition step and the aqueous ink deposited in the ink deposition step, such that an amount of water originating from the aqueous ink and still remaining on the recording medium after the ink drying step is not more than 4.0 g/m | 2009-12-24 |
20090315927 | PRINTER AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - A printer includes first and second ink cartridges, a print head having first and second nozzle arrays, first and second ink supply passages having first and second valves, and a connecting passages having a third valve. The first passage connects the first cartridge to the first nozzle array. The second passage connects the second cartridge to the second nozzle array. The connecting passage connects the first and second passages at first and second connecting portions, respectively. The first valve is provided in the first passage between the first cartridge and the first connecting portion. The second valve is provided in the second passage between the second cartridge and the second connecting portion. Both the first and second valves are open and the third valve being closed in a first state. The third valve and either one of the first and second valves are open in a second state. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315928 | Fluid Discharge Device, Control Method for a Fluid Discharge Device, and a Fluid Tank - A fluid discharge device, a control method for a fluid discharge device, and an ink tank enable easy and accurate confirmation of the fluid usage history, such as how much fluid is left in the tank, on the user or device side without increasing the price. An inkjet printer that discharges ink from the inkjet head to print on recording paper has a cartridge loading unit in which a ink cartridge is loaded, an inkjet head that discharges ink drawn from the ink cartridge, a reader/writer that reads and writes an ink usage history about usage of ink in the ink cartridge to an IC chip substrate disposed to the ink cartridge, and a control unit that prints at least a part of the ink usage history written to the IC chip substrate to a printable part on the outside surface of the ink cartridge by the inkjet head. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315929 | Drop Coating Apparatus - A droplet applying apparatus includes a base | 2009-12-24 |
20090315930 | METHOD OF INKJET PRINTING - A method of inkjet printing includes using a grayscale inkjet print head. The inkjet print head is driven driving to eject a number of successive ink droplets from the ink chamber in accordance with print tone data provided to the grayscale print head, the number of successive ink droplets forming a multiple-droplet drop creating a printed dot of appropriate tone on the receiving medium. The method includes the step of excluding print tone data corresponding with the ejection of a single-droplet drop from being provided to the grayscale print head. A preferred embodiment includes the removal of this print tone data from the data provided to the grayscale print head. A more preferred embodiment includes applying a multilevel halftoning technique for avoiding the use of print tone data corresponding with a single-droplet drop during the generation of the print tone data for inkjet printing the image with the grayscale print head. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315931 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE WITH DATA SIGNAL LATCH CIRCUITRY - A fluid ejection device includes a plurality of firing cells and a fire line adapted to conduct an energy signal including energy pulses. Each firing cell in the plurality of firing cells includes a firing resistor, a drive switch, a first data switch, and a second data switch. The drive switch is configured to enable the firing resistor to respond to the energy signal. The first data switch is configured to receive data signals that represent an image and to latch the data signals to provide latched data signals. The second data switch is configured to receive the latched data signals and control the drive switch to enable the firing resistor to respond to the energy signal and heat fluid to be ejected based on the latched data signals. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315932 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIGH SPEED MULTI-PASS INKJET PRINTING - A method of printing from a printhead includes virtually dividing a nozzle array of the printhead into first and second nozzle sections. N print masks associated with the first and second nozzle sections govern the deposition of ink drops on a print medium. The N print masks are associated with one swath and are defined as a mask grid. The mask grid is arranged as a series of vertically extending adjacent mask columns and a series of horizontally extending mask rows. The vertically extending mask columns comprise enabling mask columns comprising first mask elements and disabling mask columns consisting essentially of second mask elements. The N print masks are associated with the first and second nozzle sections for printing an input image. Each print mask is defined as a mask grid arranged in an N series of vertically extending adjacent mask columns and a series of Z horizontally extending mask rows. The series of mask rows are divided in first and second adjacent mask sections corresponding to the first and second nozzle sections, respectively. The mask rows of the second mask section are arranged spaced from one another by N−1 adjacent second mask elements and the mask rows of the first nozzle section are arranged spaced from one another by 2N−1 adjacent second mask elements within the same mask row | 2009-12-24 |
20090315933 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a sub scanning driving unit which carries a recording medium in a sub scanning direction, a line-type ink jet recording head in which plural nozzles ejecting ink synchronously with the carrying of the recording medium by the sub scanning driving unit are arrayed in a main scanning direction orthogonal to the sub scanning direction, a recording medium supply unit which supplies the recording medium to the sub scanning driving unit along the sub scanning direction, a main scanning driving unit which drive-controls the ink jet recording head on the basis of an image signal and causes the plural nozzles to selectively eject ink, and a nozzle position change unit which changes position where the plural nozzles eject ink, after shifting a relative positional relation between the recording medium and the plural nozzles. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315934 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink jet printing apparatus that can inhibit the possible degradation of image quality caused by variation in the conveyance amount of a print medium is provided. The ink jet printing apparatus includes a detection section detecting the conveyance amount of the print medium, and a print head position adjusting section slightly moving a print head in a conveyance direction of the print medium. The print head position adjusting section adjusts the position of the print head in the conveyance direction according to an error in the conveyance amount of the print medium detected by the detection section. Thus, printing can be performed at the head position adjusted with the error in conveyance amount taken into account. Therefore, the possible degradation of the image quality caused by a conveyance variation can be inhibited. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315935 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - Gradation data for each color to be input to a recording apparatus includes dot-recording-position information for every unit pixel and information for determining a nozzle position in a recording head for recording a dot. The information for determining the nozzle position makes determination in accordance with image data of an ink with resin and image data of an ink without resin. In a region where the ink with resin and the ink without resin overlap with each other, the ink without resin can land first. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315936 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - With a recording apparatus and a control method of the recording apparatus, a pattern is recorded, and the pattern is used for determining whether a recording position is deviated. Only when it is determined that the recording position is deviated, a plurality of patterns are additionally recorded and an adjustment value is acquired. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315937 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a color processing unit that converts print data to color data, a reaction liquid ejecting unit that has plural nozzles arranged and ejects a reaction liquid onto a recording medium, an ink ejecting unit that has plural nozzles arranged and ejects an ink onto the recording medium based on the color data, a subscanning driving unit that conveys the recording medium having an image formed by the ink ejecting unit, and a controlling unit that controls to a constant value a ratio of an amount of droplets of the reaction liquid ejected by the reaction liquid ejecting unit and a total amount of ink droplets of the ink ejected by the ink ejecting unit, with respect to each of pixels of the image formed on the recording medium. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315938 | RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICE - An apparatus includes a belt that attracts a recording medium using electrostatic force, and a power source that applies voltage to the belt. The apparatus further includes a voltage controller that controls the voltage applied to a charging portion of the belt, and a recording controller that transmits recording medium information on the recording medium to the voltage controller. The voltage controller changes a value of voltage applied to the charging portion, according to the recording medium information transmitted from the recording controller. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315939 | System And Method For Defective Inkjet Correction Using Edge Information In An Image - A method for image correction compensates for a defective inkjet in a printhead by distributing compensation values to other image data locations in an image data memory. The method includes searching image data stored in an image data array to detect one or more edges in the image data, modifying an ordered sequence search to search for compensation candidate positions in image data array positions proximate a defective inkjet image data array position in response to an edge being detected proximate to the defective inkjet image data array position, searching the image data array positions proximate the defective inkjet image data array position in accordance with the modified ordered sequence, identifying a compensation candidate image data array position to which a compensation image value can be moved, and moving the compensation image value to the identified compensation candidate image data array position. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315940 | INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An inkjet image forming apparatus including an exposure time of ink attached to nozzles is determined considering various factors including a capping/uncapping time of a print head, a time interval of a powering operation, and a time interval of a printing operation, and then a washing mode to be performed is selected out of a plurality of washing modes with different washing methods in accordance with the exposure time of the ink. Therefore, washing of a print head can be performed more efficiently depending on a condition of ink attached to the nozzles. In addition, a viscosity of the attached ink can be weakened by heating the print head while performing the washing mode. Especially, when washing the print head by an ultrasonic washing mode, a washing energy can be concentrated on a removal of the ink, thereby improving washing efficiency. | 2009-12-24 |